Phil Collins Barcelona - 2004 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Henry Rollins performing with Rollins Band at Hultsfredsfestivalen in 1993. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Tuesday Night Rock
Knopfler, Clapton, Sting and Phil Collins on the drums. That's rock'n roll.
And, if Blues is your thing, tell me what's better than Howlin' Wolf -
Smokestack Lightning.
The Salford Guardian (2)
Following on from the previous post and following an interesting suggestion
from Span Ows *at Biased BBC* to test whether the *Guardian *really does
lead the BBC by the nose, here's a list of all the front page stories of
the UK's national newspapers this morning:
*Guardian* - US and Britain at odds as NSA row deepens
Officials promoted bogus bomb detectors
*Daily Telegraph* - The heart disease 'time bomb'
Briton hit my New York taxi loses her leg
Murderer first to challenge whole life term
32: the age we turn into our parents (no matter how hard we try)
The Olympic effect proves a ... more »
The Last Waltz of Separation
On 8/20/13, at 4:20 PM, Jarrafusa wrote:
[12:17:25 AM] Jarrafusa: http://www.paoweb.com/sn082013.htm
[12:17:52 AM] Jarrafusa: get your tools of resonance out...the final dance
is beginning
[12:18:01 AM] Jarrafusa: I love you...
ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: Is there nothing quite as wonderful as money?
[image: image]
Here’s the update on tomorrow night’s programme with our friends at the
Auckland Uni Economics Group:
“Money,” sang the hippies, “it’s a sin.”
Money, say the mercantilists, it’s a sign of wealth!
“There is nothing quite as wonderful as money,” sang Monty Python. But what
exactly is it, this stuff – a store of value? a means of exchange? the root
of all evil? or the source of all good?
What is this stuff that seems to move the world, yet is seemingly so hard
to define, and so impossible to evaluate.
And where exactly does it come from? People strive for it, bargai... more »
Farewell, John; Hello, Hanna!
I’m feeling a little anxious tonight. You ever get that feeling where
you’re about to jump into a situation that can make a big difference, but
can also get you in a lot of trouble? Well, I feel that I am on the verge
of making a big difference. And, really, the only person who […]
L.A.'s Persian Jewish Community Is More Than Just The Shahs Of Sunset-- For Better And For Worse
The biggest community of Iranian Jews in the world isn't in Tehran or
Isfahan, not in Paris, London, Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv or Great Neck... It's in
L.A., where nearly 50,000 "Persian" Jews live. (L.A., meaning Beverly
Hills... and spill over.) After the Iranian Revolution, thousands of
pro-Shah Jews-- many of them rich-- fled to the U.S., one of the wealthiest
waves of immigrants to ever come to America. BRAVO! has a reality show
about a group ofthem-- the Iranian version of *Amish Mafia* or *Princesses:
Long Island*. One of the main characters, Reza, is half Jewish... and all
gay.... more »
WHY I Joined The Class Action Lawsuit Against Obama & Holder!
I received notice of this in my e-mail today through Dick Morris.com. I
usually ignore Morris but the class action lawsuit excited me and I was
happy to donate... (video info about the suit below, a link to
donate and the receipt from my own donation)
Click Here to get involved and DONATE to this urgent effort.
@thechalkface and @slekar mix it up with @henryrollins
Let’s see. We’ve interviewed historians, educators, journalists,
activists, moms, dads, and students. Today we got to talk to badass
celebrity Henry Rollins. I know Shaun already posted a link to the show
but here is another one. In case you’re not sure who Henry Rollins is
here’s a quick wickipedia excerpt: Henry Rollins (born February […]
HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People's History of Egypt, Part 7, 1917-1921
Scene from the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. Image from Egyptian History website.
A people's history:
The movement to democratize Egypt
Part 7: 1917-1921 period -- British oppression leads to nationalist revolution and beginnings of a labor movement.
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 20, 2013
[With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series, "
A BIG thank you to @henryrollins for being At the Chalk Face today
I mean, did you ever see this coming? I didn’t. I want to apologize for
the one caller who stayed diligently on hold today. I didn’t feel cool with
clicking over to callers. I had to do the show from a Starbucks today
because of work, and that schools don’t let BlogTalkRadio pass their
firewalls. […]
Detroit's Unions , Pensioners , Retirees , Politicians and Concerned citizens need to organize a MILLION AMERICAN CITIZEN MARCH on Washington to stop the looting of Detroit - which is nothing more than a sanctioned event to save the banksters from their riskt gambits ! Alternatively , Detroit can passively watch the looting proceed legally and see everything go up in legally blessed smoke !
http://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2013/08/detroit-government-chooses-big-banks-over-the-american-people-once-again-2547028.html
*Government Sides with the Big Banks Every Time*
Ellen Brown noted recently that Detroit is yet another example of the
government choosing big banks over the American people:
The argument for the super-priority of derivative claims [background] is
that nonpayment on these bets represents a “systemic risk” to the financial
scheme. Derivative bets are cross-collateralized and are so inextricably
entwined in a $600-plus trillion house of cards that the whole fin... more »
Senator Ted may not understand what the fuss is about his citizenship, but his Teabagger superfans sure ought to
*Senator Ted had his chance to speak out against the loonery of birtherism.
It's only fitting that he now pay some small price.*
*"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United
States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible
to the Office of President."*
*-- from Article II, Section 1, No. 5, of the U.S. Constitution*
*"Because I was a U.S. citizen at birth, because I left Calgary when I was
4 and have lived my entire life since then in the U.S., and because I have
never taken affirmative steps to claim Canadian citizenship, I assume... more »
Pork Barrel 5: Abolish Pork Fund, or Shrink Government?
The other day, a friend way back from UP Diliman undergrad in the 80s, *JB
Baylon*, posted this in his facebook wall and tagged me, below. I am
attaching some posters circulating in facebook for the Citizens'
indignation rally on Monday, August 26.
*PENNY-WISE, POUND FOOLISH??? THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE
*
*…I think it is important to highlight the fact that the PORK we wish to
save from the clutches of the porkish is only 1% of our total national
budget. This is not to say that it is not worth "saving" even just 1% from
ending up in pockets and not in real projects. But it highlights th... more »
#SurveillanceState: Privacy for me, but not for thee, say National ministers [updated]
The presumption of Westminster Government ever since the 1688 Bill of
Rights used to be that anything was allowed citizens except what was *
prohibited* by law, while nothing was permitted government except what was *
permitted—*with one important corollary therefrom that while citizens
should be safe from intrusion into their privacy and property except by due
process of law, government itself should be transparent*.*
That presumption is dead.
Apparently when it comes to privacy and property, politicians think they
are our masters and not our servants. One rule for them, and anoth... more »
Dear Readers
I have decided, following the controversy surrounding my post on
networking, to remove myself as one of the permanent contributors to the
Duck of Minerva. Through poorly chosen and ill-considered language and
images, I made light of women’s challenges both in their academic and in
their daily lives, for which I am deeply sorry. I
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Germany plan to tax Bitcoin after determining its a legal currency ! Interest rate derivatives set to explode ? John Embry says watch out folks ! Gold and silver Data , news and view - August 20 , 2013 !
Germany plans tax on bitcoin after virtual currency is recognized as
'private money'
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2013-08-19 19:54. Section: Daily Dispatches
From The Telegraph, London
Monday, August 19, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/globalbusiness/10252383/Germany-plans...
The German Finance Ministry ruled that bitcoin is a "unit of account" and
therefore "mining" them is a form of "money creation."
This means that, like stocks or shares, any profit from them is subject to
Germany's capital gains tax, at 25 percent -- unless they are held for more
than a year, according to ... more »
Opting Out is not just in the spring anymore.
For New York Parents: The spring 3-8 state assessments get a great deal of
attention, but there are other mandated tests that could be used to
evaluate teachers. These additional tests cause our children to lose more
instruction time and impact all grade levels- preK-12. Families need to
say enough is enough and boycott any […]
Our Corrupt, Power Hungry Prime Minister Will NOT Answer Questions .....
*"Stephen Harper, for the fourth time, has prorogued the Parliament of
Canada, depriving elected officials of their ability to do what they were
put there to do, which is to ask questions of the Canadian government,"
Mulcair told reporters in Montreal Tuesday.*
***"Mr. Harper is afraid to answer the questions that we have for him."*
*'Prorogation shows Harper afraid of questions.'- says Mulcair *
*"WHITEHORSE—It was a bizarre spectacle. One of many when it comes to
questioning the prime minister.*
**
*A PMO adviser told reporters Monday in advance that Stephen Harper would
not provi... more »
A Public School System from Hell
MONDAY, AUG 19, 2013 07:01 PM EDT At Salon.com “Indescribably insane”: A
public school system from hell
Iraq update - August 20 , 2013 ... Iraq's Kurd leaders discover after rhetoric comes reality ! After pledging to assist the Kurds in Syria , seeing 30,000 Kurds cross from Syria in Iraq Kurdistan in several day in response - Iraq's Kurds set a daily limit of three refugees a day from Syria ! Slowly Iraq being drawn into the smoldering regional war !
http://rt.com/news/kurds-syria-fighting-nusra-730/
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#SurveillanceState: And the internet shrugged
*“One way of beginning to understand privacy is by looking at what happens
to people in extreme situations where it is absent. Recalling his time in
Auschwitz, Primo Levi observed that ‘solitude in a Camp is more precious
and rare than bread.’ Solitude is one state of privacy, and even amidst the
overwhelming death, starvation, and horror of the camps, Levi knew he
missed it.... Levi spent much of his life finding words for his camp
experience. How, he wonders aloud in* Survival in Auschwitz*, do you
describe ‘the demolition of a man,’ an offense for which ‘our language
lacks word... more »
Egypt: It's Not The End of The World If Washington Decides To Cut Off Aid
[image: The Dude On Worrying About Life Quote Gif In The Big Lebowskie]
*Egypt has taken a very Dude-like approach to the prospect of Washington
cutting off aid.*
"Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said in an interview
Tuesday it would be a mistake if the United States cut off military aid but
insisted Cairo could survive without it. . . . *“Let’s not forget that
Egypt went with the Russian military for support and we survived. So, there
is no end to life,” he said. “You can live with different circumstances.”*"
- Al Arabiya, *"Egypt could survive without U.S. mili... more »
"Magical" DNA- quantum fields and communication
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
*"Magical" DNA- quantum fields and communication*
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/08/magical-dna-quantum-fields-and.html
I've put together a smorgasbord of articles that we have been reading,
re-reading and discussing over the past month or so. Suddenly more and
more of these topics are coming out into the lime light of the almost main
stream and main stream media. Our DNA holds the key to the universe.
Literally.
I've posted excerpts of several articles below, with their corresponding
links. Take a wander through the information and ask... more »
Merkel visits Dachau ( first sitting Chancellor to do so ) and gives " pep talk " on euro and united europe . Just me or is that and odd place for that type of pep talk ? Merkel visits plays to mixed reviews in the German homeland - some see it as a campaign stop that is tasteless.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-20/merkel-has-some-words-encouragement-or-warning
Merkel Has Some Words Of Encouragement... Or Is That Warning?
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/20/2013 15:06 -0400
- Deutsche Bank
- Germany
- Greece
- recovery
Germany's Angela Merkel visited the German concentration camp in Dachau -
the first such visit by a sitting German Chancellor- where one may say,
she could have picked her words a tad more wisely:
- *MERKEL SAYS NATIONS SHARING A CURRENCY WILL NEVER GO TO WAR*
- *MERKEL SAYS 'WORT... more »
Are you ready for some football?
It’s been a big week for football (that is, soccer to all you U.S.
readers). The raffle for 2014 World Cup tickets in Brazil started today
($90 is the starting price for first round games). Brazil had a dry run of
hosting the Confederations Cup soccer tourney over the summer, which went
great, aside from
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Untitled
*He’s b-a-a-a-a-ck! Disaster-prone BP boss returns to the Gulf under new
auspices ~Mark Moseley, The Lens*
#SurveillanceState: The GCSB dividend
*[H]e realized at once that he shouldn't have spoken aloud, and that by
doing so
he had, in a sense, acknowledged the stranger's right to oversee his
actions…
“And you should talk less in general; almost everything you've said up
to now
could have been inferred from your behaviour, even if you'd said only a few
words,
and it wasn't terribly favourable to you in any case…
“But I’m not guilty,” said K. “there’s been a mistake. How is it even
possible for
someone to be guilty? We’re all human beings here, one like the other.”
“That is
true” said the priest, “but that is... more »
Your moment of Zen
An xray of poppies and a pitcher plant. [Yahoo photo, more at link]
Who do you trust?
I have never trusted any government to tell me the whole truth. All my life
they've lied to me. Sadly, outside of handful of responsible journalists
and bloggers, now that click bait journalism has become the accepted
business model, I don't trust the media to tell me the whole truth either.
I do trust Charlie Pierce. I don't always agree with him entirely, but I
always listen to what he has to say because he's honest, he's smarter than
me and his institutional knowledge is deep. I completely agree with him about
the NSA:
...(There is simply no logical reason to take anything the ... more »
GalacticU Radio ~ Sierra Neblina with Guest Brian Kelly -- Part I
*GalacticU Radio ~ Sierra Neblina with Guest Brian Kelly -- Part I*
August 20, 2013
http://briankellysblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/galacticu-radio-sierra-neblina-with.html
This is the first of a two part series of my interview with Sierra. I was
asked by a few people to get this up on YouTube so ask and ye shall
receive! Re-listening to this interview actually helped me to remember how
important it is to stay grounded during these times of perceived chaos. I
posted an announcement to this show when it aired but only linked to it as
a suggested listen once part II came out which... more »
Lightning Round--RIP Elmore Leonard, Strained Pulp, Conservatives and Climate Change, Future of Cable TV, Hypothetical Earth Rings, More
*OpenCulture*: The great Elmore Leonard has died after recently suffering a
stroke. He was a writer of pulp for the masses and he was masterful at it.
Dan Colman at *OpenCulture* posted a list of Leonard's hot tips on how to
not mess everything up as a writer. Leonard originally wrote the list for
the *New York Times* and later expanded it into a book. I gorged on
Leonard's fiction back in the 90s. A few months ago I returned to Leonard's
world when I binged on four seasons of FX's *Justified*, a fabulous show
based on Leonard's characters and written in his spirit. Mr. Leonard was 8... more »
Modern architecture in the movies
Some are fake, most are real, and some are modern*ist*. Here’s a great
presentation of modern architecture in the movies.
DESIGN IN FILM: THE MODERN HOUSE from James Munn on Vimeo.
[Hat tip Archinect]
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to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Printing ILLUSIONS in the BOURGEOIS STATE!
Socialist Worker has come out against reformist illusions in 3D printers,
and not a moment too soon! You see, I was walking down the road the other
day, pondering peaceful ways of converting capitalism into socialism by
utilising the existing state to pass Keynesian measures when I thought to
myself "with these new 3D printers, I bet we could print our way to
freedom". Now I’ve read this I see how wrong I was.
No illusions 3D printers.
Yes to more articles without proper paragraphs.
Just a new line for every unconnected statement.
Some of which seem to be sentences.
Others just s... more »
Rationalism vs Postmodernism
This from John Goldthorpe's *On Sociology*. I think it works as a pithy
summary of what was at stake during the postmodern detour much social
theory took from the late 80s to more recent times.
[Western rationalism supposes] that a world exists 'out there',
independently of the ideas about it that any particular scholar or
scientist may hold; that it is possible to use language in order to make
statements about this world that may be regarded as being true in the
degree to which they accurately represent or 'correspond to' it; and that
the attempt to determine their truth, or otherw... more »
Districts Obama Won In 2008 and/or 2012 Where The DCCC Isn't Recruiting Candidates Against Vulnerable Republicans
I've noticed a disturbing pattern since "ex"-Blue Dog Steve Israel took
over the DCCC. He consistently leaves bluer districts on the table and goes
after impossibly red ones if he has a Blue Dog or New Dem running in the
redder district. He would rather expend treasure on re-stocking the House
Democratic caucus with reactionaries and corporate whores like himself than
see a progressive win a seat. After his stupendous failures in 2012-- while
Obama was winning the country and while the DSCC was winning one red Senate
seat after another-- I was astounded to see Pelosi reappoint him.... more »
Erin Burnett and the bear/shark attacks!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013*
*CNN host in the wild:* Let’s be honest just for once. Erin Burnett’s CNN
program can be truly egregious.
Last night, she started in the way shown below. Her whole list of topics
had that tabloidy feel. But one of her claims stood out:
BURNETT (8/19/13): Outfront next, Idaho burning! A wildfire out of control,
threatening to destroy thousands of homes. We're going to go to the scene
for the latest tonight.
*Plus there's been a huge jump in wild animal attacks this summer. Why?*
And a new and disturbing development tonight in the Hannah Anderson
investiga... more »
Five False Assumptions About The Coup In Egypt And Its Aftermath
*1. False Assumption #1: The Coup Against Morsi Was Engineered By The
United States And Israel.*
There are many Muslims who suffer from the disease of self-righteousness
and who believe that any political party with the word "Muslim" in it is
somehow holy, sacred, and pure, and is not capable of doing any wrong or
injustice. The Muslim Brotherhood is clever because it diverts rational
criticism of its policies and methods among poor, uneducated Muslims by
saying that anybody who is against them is against Islam and against
justice for Muslims in the Middle East.
Turkey's Prime Min... more »
The Salford Guardian
Roy Greenslade of the *Guardian* has been complaining for two days now about
the failure of the rest of the press to report the David Miranda-Glenn
Greenwald-Alan Rusbridger story as if it were the biggest story of the
moment.
He's certainly right that the rest of the media - with one notable
exception- hasn't shown anywhere near the same interest in the story as
the *Guardian *itself.
For example, not a single newspaper (excepting the *Guardian*) featured the
story on their front page this morning and I looked at the Sky News and ITV
News websites first thing today and didn't... more »
The Stunningly Rapid Rise of the National Security State. This Shit is Beginning to Get Scary.
Big news on the Orwellian Front. The ascendancy of the national security
state is picking up steam and it's spreading into the upper echelons of the
media.
First up, *The Guardian. *The venerable newspaper reports receiving an
ominous demand from the "centre" of the Cameron government to cough up any
documents it received from whistleblower Edward Snowden. The editors
responded by destroying every hard drive in their possession containing any
Snowden documents.
*The decision was taken after a threat of legal action by the government
that could have stopped reporting on the ext... more »
For no raisin
A joke that's only funny to people who listened to Radio One evening/night
time broadcasts in 1997... but what a good joke. BLUESEXPLOSION!
The Times tries to blow the whistle on docs!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013*
*Forgets to tell us how much:* Remember when dentists would recommend
sugarless gum to their patients who chewed gum?
It was a famous sales pitch, sponsored by the people at Trident. To their
credit, those people knew they ought to say *how many* dentists did this.
The people at Trident used their numbers! This was their famous sales pitch:
“4 out of 5 dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients
who chew gum.”
Four out of five dentists did that? That worked out to eighty percent!
We thought of the savvy people at Trident when we read y... more »
"Bored" American teenagers kill an Austrialian athlete for "fun"
What is happening in U.S. Killing for fun? Maybe Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld
are these kids' role models. They were bored so they invaded Iraq and over
million innocent civilians were slaughtered. What happens in the south
moves up to north. I hope we will not turn into a violent society like U.S.
Christopher Lane, an Australian baseball player and student, was out for a
jog in
an Oklahoma neighbourhood when he was gunned down at random by three
"bored" teenagers who decided to kill someone for fun, police said.
(Associated Press/Essendon Baseball Club)
CBC News .
The Poet: William Ernest Henley, “Invictus”
*“Invictus”*
“Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
- William Ernest Henley
Satire: "Christie Forced Out of G.O.P. Race by Empathy Scandal"
* *
*"Christie Forced Out of G.O.P. Race by Empathy Scandal"*
by Andy Borowitz
TRENTON (The Borowitz Report)— "New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie withdrew
from consideration as a Presidential candidate today after becoming
embroiled in what a leading Republican strategist called “a career-ending
empathy scandal.” After signing a law barring licensed therapists from
engaging in so-called gay conversion therapy, Mr. Christie stunned his
fellow Republicans by seemingly expressing compassion for gay children,
thus disqualifying himself from any further role in the G.O.P. “Showing
empathy... more »
Fall garden seed sprouting contest
I'm not the best fall gardener, but I get by. Seems like every August, I
come across a stash of greens and roots packets that are years out of date,
and, rather than try to do anything meticulous like sort by year, look up
the viability date range, and do a germination test, I wind up funneling
the lot into an empty seasoning shaker, stir them a bit, and head out to
the bare spots in the garden with Darwin on my mind. The procedure involves
clearing a patch in the mulch with the ho-mi (basically a right-angled
trowel), testing the ground a bit (the beds harden up some over the
summe... more »
"7 Idiotic and Dangerous Statements From Right-Wing Nut-Jobs Just Last Week"
* *
* "7 Idiotic and Dangerous Statements From*
* Right-Wing Nut-Jobs Just Last Week*"
By Janet Allon
*1. GOP Congressman: Multiculturalism is bad. There is “an American
race.”*At a townhall meeting in El Dorado Hills, California, Rep. Tom
McClintock
enlightened attendees about his views on immigration reform. He
suggested
that immigrants need to shed their own culture and become something he
termed the "American race” then added that if they can’t do that they
should just go home. “There’s only one race here: it’s the American
race,”
he said. Later, a Latino man who had been in ... more »
Hurricane Sandy Task Force or The Three Little Pigs
*Little pig, little pig*
*Let me come in*
*Not by the hair on my chinny, chin, chin*
*Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in.*
Obama's *Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force* has released a report
urging Americans to be like the little pig who built his house of bricks,
not the unfortunate little pigs who built their houses of straw and
sticks. The warning is the Big, Bad Wolf isn't done yet, not yearly.
He's coming back.
The 200-page report contains 69-recommendations for action, on a regional
scale, to prepare for future natural disasters of increasing freque... more »
Yes, John, America Has Lost All Credibility in the Middle East. Now Here's a Lovely Tuna Sandwich.
It's kind of embarrassing to watch an old man come to some realization,
like suddenly noticing his zipper is undone. It's a surprise to him and he
assumes it's a surprise to everyone else.
John McCain is having a lot of those moments these days. The latest is
his realization that his United States has lost all credibility in the
Middle East.
Yes, John. Right you are, John. Only Egypt had very, very little to do
with it. That's been going on since 1953. Maybe you haven't read the
papers, John, but your Central Intelligence Agency has just confessed what
everyone else has ... more »
UN reports clashes in Golan have intensified. Israel continues to comfort their Islamic IDF
UNITED NATIONS - The spillover in the Golan from the conflict in Syria has
intensified in recent days, posing a threat to UN peacekeepers on the
scene, a senior UN official said Tuesday.
*The UN Disengagement Observer Force "observed the continued presence of
roadblocks with improvised explosive devices in the vicinity of UN
positions *which affects the freedom of movement of UNDOF personnel," he
said.
Improvised explosive devices. Now who would put those in the vicinity of UN
positions?
*"Incidents of threatening behavior against UNDOF personnel from armed
members of the opposi... more »
Yes, Madisonian Democracy Protects Minorities
Matt Yglesias argues that the filibuster protects the status quo (true!)
and that it doesn't protect minorities (false!):
Most people aren't Jehovah's Witnesses, and Jehovah's Witnesses are mildly
annoying when they go door-to-door prosyletizing, so you might see a
proposal to trample on Jehovah's Witnesses interests by banning them from
knocking on doors. In this case, the filibuster would defend the interests
of a minority group because it makes it harder to pass laws.
On the other hand, most people aren't gay and some straight people think
gay sex is immoral, so gay people may be... more »
"An Empire in Panic"
* *
*"An Empire in Panic"*
by Jeffrey Tucker
"A cornered rat has a deadly bite, or so says the lore from 19th century,
when rat baiting was common sport. The same is true of a cornered empire
today. Every hour that goes by presents the evidence. It’s getting
absolutely dangerous out there for anyone who dares to stand up against the
empire and for basic human rights, which is to say that it is dangerous to
corner the rat.
Recall the NSA’s Edward Snowden blockbuster revelations that the U.S.
national security state has been data-mining all email, cell calls, chat
and other comm... more »
The British Zionism of Goyim
1839Lord Shaftesbury takes out a full-page advert in The Times addressed to
the Protestant monarchs of Europe and entitled "The State and the rebirth
of the Jews", which included the suggestion for the Jews to return to
Palestine to seize the lands of Galilee and Judea, as well as the phrase
"Earth without people – people without land".1840Lord Shaftesbury presents
a paper to British Foreign Minister Lord Palmerston calling for the 'recall
of the Jews to their ancient land'.1840 (August 11)Lord Palmerston writes
to Lord Ponsonby, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire: "There e... more »
I'm back from my hols, WITH A NEW NOVEL
*TANDEM*
a G³ whistleblower novel
the new novel (and it really is much more than a long short story, I hope)
went through about three different changes of direction, and title, during
the four frantic weeks it took to write it 'in long-hand' i.e. in notebooks
using biros, while I was away with the family in foreign climes topping up
my tan.
I finally decided on a title of *TANDEM*, that relates to much of the
narrative thrust of the book and is a major theme throughout the novel.
I have NO IDEA how long this book is yet, as described earlier in this
post, it's all in long-hand in ... more »
Cyberwarfare update, cyber weapons crosstalk, tools
CYBERWAR BATTLE FIELD REPORT #13
INSIDE REPORT, Tools and tactics
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18 August 2013 *PROTON, CLEARWATER and Lexis-Nexis* A Proton/Crisscross job
ad below.
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A sends: *PROTON, CLEARWATER and LEXIS-NEXIS* Given the use of
constitutionally repulsive practices by the Department of Justice, the
Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies, this information is
being made public to educate and inform so they might arm themselves
against government intrusion and for attorneys as a backgrounder for future
appeals. I suggest... more »
Alan Waldman: ‘The Vice’ is a Gritty, Dark Cop Series About London’s Vice Squad
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
From 1999 to 2003, Ken Stott headed a strong cast as a police inspector
battling prostitution, pornography, and other sex crimes.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / August 20, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies
Back home to the happy faces and sad stories
My heart is breaking for neighbours of ours here in Copan Ruinas, whose
teenage son was kidnapped 21 days ago while Paul and I were holidaying in
Canada and the U.S. The family has yet to receive any ransom demand, one of
those things that likely signal the worst for the poor boy.
Coincidentally, he drove me to work one morning a few days before we
left on vacation. He was a brand-new mototaxi driver and I was his first
paying customer. He seemed like a friendly and social guy ready to begin a
new life as an adult.
Now I fear he's just another of the thousands of young... more »
EULOGY FOR MY BELOVED TWIN
*Twins holding hands after birth*
*My twin brother, Bobby died in his sleep early in the morning on August
17, 2013. Bobby passed through the event horizon of death knowing he was
loved, most certainly by myself, and safely cradled once again in the arms
of his beloved grandfather who eagerly welcomed him into a **Unified Field of
love, joy and soul consciousness that exists not only beyond time and space
but also beneath our deepest fears: Allen L Roland *
*“Beyond our ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lie... more »
Here, Mo, You Can Have Hosni's Cell
Any remaining shred of doubt that the Egyptian military is playing major
league hardball on this coup d'etat is gone. It's not just the killings of
Egyptian Islamists. It's not the release of their own capo, Hosni
Mubarak. Now they're after Mohamed ElBaradei, the liberal who served for
exactly one month as vice-president briefly after the ouster of Morsi's
Muslim Brotherhood.
ElBaradei, long-serving former Director General of the International Atomic
Energy Agency, lawyer and diplomat, winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize,
is being accused by the Egyptian military of a varie... more »
Israel issues "strident" terror alert. Attacks in the coming weeks?
Hmmmmmm........
Israeli and Jewish targets all over the world are likely to be sought out
by terrorist organizations in the coming weeks, the Israeli government’s
Counter-Terrorism Bureau warned in strikingly strident tones on Monday,
listing dozens of countries where it said it had “concrete” indications of
a terrorist threat.
It cited concerns about terrorist acts timed to coincide with the
forthcoming Rosh Hashana (New Year), Yom Kippur and Succot festivals, and
also said that the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US was
likely to be “a favored period” for al-Qae... more »
Miranda Detention: Intimidating Journalists and Their Families a New Norm?
Eric Draitser
RT
To everyone’s regret, given the current state of secrecy and political
repression, the detention of Glenn Greenwald’s partner seems to have become
the norm, rather than the exception.
David Miranda, detained at London’s Heathrow airport earlier this week, is
yet another example of the use of draconian “anti-terror” legislation in
the US and UK to intimidate whistleblowers, journalists and their families,
and anyone confronting the surveillance/police state directly.
Not just another flight delay
Early Sunday morning, while attempting to connect to a British Airways... more »
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Discount Codes and a Free Train Activity
I was given tickets to Ringling Brothers in exchange for this post. All
opinions are my own.
I have never been to the circus. Somehow I missed that childhood
milestone. Every year, when the circus would roll into town, I would see
classmates the day after their circus adventure and it was all they could
talk about. That is when it became a life long dream to make it to the
circus. Fast forward a lot of years and I finally have tickets for when the
circus comes to Utah in September. I am so excited to finally go the Circus
and to be able to take my daughter.
We have spent hour... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Victor Thorn of
*American Free Press*. Victor is the author of numerous books, including *9-11
Evil*, which documents the role of Israel and a wider network of Jewish
criminals in organizing, executing and benefitting from the events of
September 11th, 2001, and *The Holocaust Hoax Exposed: Debunking the 20th
Century's Biggest Lie*.
Be sure to visit *WING TV* where you can learn more about and purchase the
various books Victor has written over the years.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and ... more »
Tiwesdæg: the Left-hand of Linkage
A new tumblr: “Everyday Power and Privilege in IR.” David Axe lambasts the
F-35. Cheryl Rofer recalls her trip to Semipalatinsk. A map of confirmed
US-backed coups. Seth Masket holds up the ‘tweets predict congressional
winners’ paper as an example of how scholars should not publicize their
research. David Herter announces the completion of volume one of his new
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Promoting HEP physics in the U.S.: a poll
*Listen now:* I disabled the Odiogo's "listen now" buttons because the
company found out that there's insufficient demand for audio ads on the web
and the service has to be a paid one, from $129 a year (since September
1st), which seems like too much to me. It's plausible that this blog could
be free as a "personal" one but I don't want to investigate.
Joseph S. sent me a link to the Symmetry Magazine, Why Particle Physics
Matters, that offers you four 1-minute-or-so videos explaining the
Americans why HEP physics is worth their money. You may vote for your
favorite.
I decided ... more »
We Lose Americans
At least it's not a total loss.
The big loss is the death of esteemed crime novelist, Elmore Leonard, of a
stroke at age 87. Among his 45 novels are *Get Shorty, 3:10 to Yuma, and
Rum Punch* (remade by Tarantino as *Jackie Brown*).
Canada also says goodbye - and good riddance - to U.S. Tea Party senator
Ted Cruz who has announced his intention to renounce his Canadian
citizenship. Cruz says he's really got nothing against us or our country,
it's just that people might talk if they knew he had foreigner status.
So it's farewell Elmore and don't let the door hit you on the ass on ... more »
Are You Going To Let Chris Christie Derail Hillary Clinton?
Rahm Emanuel was never a big fan of Hillary Clinton. Perhaps that's why
he's been giving the thumbs up to his wealthy Wall Street supporters who
want to write checks to Chris Christie's gubernatorial campaign, like hedge
fund crook/billionaire Ken Griffin, one of Emanuel's top supporters.
Christie's gubernatorial campaign is all about his presidential campaign in
2016.
The other day Ron Paul said "Christie has nothing to offer" conservatives
and that if he's the GOP nominee, he wouldn't vote for him. But Christie
does have something to offer. He's the only Republican who can come ... more »
Mo Money Fuels ALEC's Mandatory Minimums Change of Heart
ALEC
is getting a huge amount of press - for something that they should not
be getting press for
Monday, the conservative, corporate-backed group adopted model
legislationthat would reform draconian mandatory minimum prison
sentences, according
to Families Against Mandatory Minimums, which sponsored the legislation.
The ALEC Board of Directors passed a version of the Justice Safety Valve
Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in both houses of Congress to give
judges
discretion to reduce statutory minimum sentences that impose onerous
sentences for a range of drug and other crimes, FAMM... more »
Maureen Dowd gobbles the big nothingburger!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013*
*The New York Times can’t find the beef:* Last Wednesday morning, the New
York Times published a nothing-burger.
In fairness, it was a *giant* nothing-burger. It ran at the top of the
paper’s front page. It consumed almost 3000 words. Inside the paper, it was
accompanied by a giant Venn diagram which was worth basically nothing.
The big pile of hamburger posed as something resembling an expose
concerning the Clinton Foundation. In Sunday’s column, Maureen Dowd treated
herself to a small breakdown about it:
DOWD (8/18/13): In a Times article last week head... more »
Closing Ranks Behind Officer Forcillo
The right wingers seem to have settled on their talking points for Jimmy
Forcillo, the Toronto cop who executed Sammy Yatim on a Toronto streetcar
last month.
The first point is to contend that there's no justice in convicting
Forcillo of the execution.
The second point is the claim that Yatim died in a "hail of gunfire." It's
a "hail" of fire, a blur, who can tell, who can judge? Except that's a lie
as anyone who has watched the videos knows.
The third point is that Forcillo is being thrown to the mob. Public
emotion is riding so high there's no way he can be treated fairly. H... more »
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*State moves to fill 3 East Bank levee authority seats, including posts
held by president, vice president ~Mark Schleifstein*
Iraq’s Unemployment Rate Much Worse Than Officials Say
Iraq’s unemployment rate has seen a slow and steady decline. Baghdad likes
to claim that its policies are the cause for this drop since it provides
thousands of public sector jobs each year. People have always criticized
the official statistics however, and now a new study by Booz & Company has
found that the reason for the decrease is not the creation of new
employment opportunities, but rather large numbers of Iraqis giving up
looking for work. That affects the young the most, which is the largest and
fastest growing group within the population. That could cause severe
problems d... more »
Personalized Scrabble Pencil Boxes
I can't believe that summer has come and gone. We have one more week in
this house until school starts, but in essence it is over. We have been
school shopping and bought new clothes, shoes and school supplies. As sad
as every child is that summer is over, that is how excited I am for school
to start. I have always loved getting my all of my school supplies together
and of course, new clothes. I did it every year up until I graduated
college. The first fall that I didn't go back to school, even though I was
happy to be done with school, I still missed getting ready for school. Now... more »
The Gay Agenda And The War Against God
.
The Independent reports today that schools in the UK are practicing
homophobic policy that was outlawed under Tony Blair. A columnist in the
same paper refers to the relevant (and detested) 'Section 28' saying "...it did
lasting damage to adolescents trying to come to terms with their sexuality,
because *responsible adults were inhibited from telling them that
homosexuality is a natural occurrence.*"
This statement brings us close to the heart of the matter. The idea that
the LGBT/Judeo-Masonic lobby want to force on our children is that
homosexuals are born not made, that homos... more »
No, Really, You Can't Skip Iowa (First 2016 Edition)
Yes, it's time to roll this one out already:
The first question Team Christie will have to confront will be whether they
play in Iowa at all. (Christie adviser Mike DuHaime declined to engage
questions for this story.)
The last two GOP victors of the caucuses — Rick Santorum in 2012 and Mike
Huckabee in 2008 — were ardent social conservatives, backed by gritty
grassroots networks of evangelicals, pastors and home-schoolers and
bolstered by a relentless retail repertoire. At first glance, the Hawkeye
State does not look like hospitable turf for the bawdy, biting Christie who
has c... more »
"Magical" DNA- quantum fields and communication
*I've put together a smorgasbord of articles that we have been reading,
re-reading and discussing over the past month or so. Suddenly more and
more of these topics are coming out into the lime light of the almost main
stream and main stream media. Our DNA holds the key to the universe.
Literally.*
*
**I've posted excerpts of several articles below, with their corresponding
links. Take a wander through the information and ask yourself "What do I
know?" then sit back and enjoy the information over load.*
*
**Homework: Look up Melanin - with special attention to neuro melanin- and
... more »
PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
- I taped the latest edition of my public access TV show yesterday. My
guest was Shenna Bellows, the Executive Director of the ACLU in Maine. We
talked about our work together on a drone bill in our state legislature
last spring. It passed but with an exemption to allow for weaponized drone
testing in northern Maine. Interestingly enough our right-wing Gov. LePage
demanded the exemption then vetoed the bill anyway. We parted ways with
the ACLU once they agreed to the weaponized drone exception - ACLU felt it
important to give in on that issue in order ... more »
Caption Contest
No matter how much coffee he drinks, poor Chuck Schumer still can't
get the taste of Wall Street executive semen out of his mouth.
What else is going on in these great United States aside from Ted Cruz
going birther on himself?
LIVE COVERAGE OF 9 11
WHO CONTROLS YOUR MEDIA EXPOSED! - YouTube
Not Too Big to Jail: Why Eliot Spitzer Is Wall Street’s Worst Nightmare
BBC removes musician’s anti-Israeli comments from performance
Fake Al Qaeda Actors EXPOSED! Adam Gadahn & Yousef al-Khattab... more »
RODEO CLOWNS: No trains lead to Finland!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013*
*Part 2—The information vanishes:* Did you happen to watch The Lady
Vanishes on PBS Sunday night?
We happened to do that! That morning, we’d chuckled at the synopsis shown
below, which appeared in the Washington Post.
Its author refers to several characters in the famous old tale:
CUTLER (8/18/13): *Soon, Miss Froy simply vanishes from the moving train.*
*Many people definitely saw her, though they deny it.*People have their own
reasons for lying. Iris is made out to be mad or—as is more favored for
1931—a hysterical young woman in need of supervision.
... more »
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*Eric Draitser appears on Press TV (August 16th, 2013) to discuss the
latest developments in the ongoing political crisis in Egypt. He explains
the growing conflict between Saudi Arabia and Qatar as it relates to Egypt
and the region more generally. Additionally, he examines the nature of the
Egyptian ruling establishment and the role of the United States in this
developing crisis.*
Some Wise Words From John Lennon
*You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are
what you are!*
**
**
*I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I
believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that
what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's
just that the translations have gone wrong.*
**
*Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.*
Are Weapons Inspections about Information or Inconvenience?
Editor’s note: this is a guest post by William Spaniel, a doctoral
candidate at the University of Rochester. See this previous Duck post
describing some of his work, and this post at his own blog providing more
information about the research discussed here. Spurred by a new
International Organization article by Alexandre Debs and Nuno
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Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to KRS-One, 48.
Good stuff:
1. Hey, academics: you'll want to read "How Not To Publicize Your Research"
from Seth Masket.
2. Amy Fried:
Maine is the whitest state in the country (96.9% white) and Vermont is the
second most white (96.7% white). Obama won both, convincingly. Twice. In
2012, Obama won 56.3% of the vote in Maine and 66.6% in Vermont. In 2008,
Obama won 57.7% of the vote in Maine and 67.5% in Vermont.
And how did LePage do in Maine in 2010? Not anywhere near Obama’s total —
just 38%.
3. And I'll lump the baseball ones together: Joe Sheehan on
Dempst... more »
Yes, criminal charges ought not be driven by public pressure -- but this is the the Federal Government's current policy -- so it's hardly surprising it applies to the Sammy Yatim case...
But appeasing the families of victims, however terrific they may be;
quieting the howling mob, however loud their cries; playing to the changing
favourites of the public gallery, however much that may suit the agenda of
government or agency, such things aren’t conducive to good decision-making.
Worse, the only justice they have anything to do with is the sort preferred
by the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. “No! No!” she cried. “Sentence first —
verdict afterwards.”
Story
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: 11 Facts About The ONGOING Fukushima Nuclear Holocaust That Are Almost Too Horrifying To Believe
The Fukushima nuclear disaster is turning into what will probably go down
in history to be the greatest environmental disaster that this planet has
ever seen. The situation, in spite of what the liars in the media
continue to promote as somehow being "under control" is very much totally
out of control, with no hope in the near future of any solution possible.
The fact is that nobody can even get close enough to the failed reactor
cores to even try to clean up this mess, because to do so would mean a
painful death from radiation sickness.....
I came across a very disturbing articl... more »
Fracking: Natural gas and risks
I watched a documentary on fracking by David Suzuki -The Nature of Things.
It is an eye-opener that how dangerous fracking can be to the environment.
It causes water pollution, air pollution and produces methane more than CO2
produced by other fossil fuels. Gas can show up in drinking water that if
you put a match near your tap water/gas catches fire.
Here is a brief clip:
You can watch full documentary here.
Here is another interesting video:
Stephen Harper is asking for prorogation of Parliament again
*Prime Minister Stephen Harper has confirmed he will ask the Governor
General to prorogue Parliament until October, when his Conservative
government will introduce the next speech from the throne....*
**
* "There will be a new throne speech in the fall, obviously the House will
be prorogued in anticipation of that. We will come back — in October is our
tentative timing," *CBC News
He wants extended summer vacation as he works very hard. Or is it working
hardly?
Prince William changes diapers first time
Is this really news? The common reaction: "What the shit?". NBC Front-page
Headline.
Today Musharraf Was Formally Indicted For Murdering Benzir Bhutto
Tuesday, there were three charges against Pakistan's former military
dictator, Pervez Musharraf: murder, conspiracy to murder and facilitation
of murder, shocking in a country which has had an unwritten rule that top
military men are NEVER held accountable for their crimes, no matter how
serious the offenses. (There has also been a lot of speculation that he's
always been a CIA operative, which complicates everything.)
Musharraf, who's been under house arrest in his palatial digs in Rawalpindi denies
everything.
Musharraf was indicted during a short hearing at a court in the cit... more »
Beware of ALEC Legislators "Copy/Paste" Press Releases
On August 8 - ALEC released this press release on their webpage:
State Legislators, Business Leaders Meet in Chicago
American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual Meeting
Promotes Collaboration, Participation in Policy Research
On August 19th Del Norman - from who cares where released this press
release:
Del. Norman Attends American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual
Meeting in Chicago
*August 19, 2013*By Dagger News Service Leave a Comment
From Del. Wayne Norman:
*From Del. Wayne Norman*
*Well - - - NOT REALLY*
ALEC PRESS RELEASE – 8/7/13
Chicago, Ill. (*August 7, 2... more »
Quick note on PD in #k12
A quick thought. When consultants do training on products, why do they feel
the need to immediately disclaim that they don’t do sales or receive
commissions? I know the materials are paid for, but what is this besides
sales conference? Tagged: education, k12, professional development
Greece will need another ( third for those keeping score ) bailout , says German finance Minister Schaeuble ! And the Germna view is what matters , not the humorous declarations from Greece Prime Minister Samaras on how" reforms are on track " or Troika rep Asmussen discussing run ups to the next review.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-20/schaeuble-admits-greece-will-need-another-bailout
Schaeuble Admits Greece Will Need Another Bailout
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/20/2013 08:33 -0400
- European Central Bank
- fixed
- Germany
- Greece
- Reuters
In the biggest non-news of the day, Germany's Finance Minister Wolfy
Schaeuble finally admitted, officially for the first time, what everyone
knows: Greece will need a third bailout. His exact words, as cited by
Reuters,*"There will have to be another programme in Greece," *Wolf... more »
LinkedIn profiles for Children
*LinkedIn is reducing its minimum age for connection from 18 to 13. *Children's
profiles will have default settings making less of their personal
information publicly perceptible, with more important links to safety
information. Support requests from teen members will also be dealt with
individually. The conclusion comes the day after the social-networking site
for professionals launched University Pages, allowing higher education
institutions to set up profiles.
Dr Bernie Hogan, of the Oxford Internet Institute, supposed the growth,
which takes effect on 12 September, would assi... more »
Check Out Time
Stephen Harper confirmed yesterday that he intends to run for re-election
in 2015. Michael Harris at *ipolitics *gives ten reasons why Harper should
retire. Consider three of Harris' reasons:
First, Harper is tempermentaly unsuited for the job. He is a politician who
doesn't like people:
And as strange as this may seem, he doesn’t much like politics either. At
least not the part most of us would associate with the world’s second
oldest profession — meeting people, experiencing the world, trying to make
things better for the people whose affairs you temporarily hold in trust.
As P... more »
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*Noise ordinance divides musicians, neighbors ~Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans
Advocate*
*Sounding Board: Public Weighs in on Noise Ordinance ~William Dilella, NOLA
DEFENDER*
*The League Better Beware Brees’ Reloaded Gun ~Saints Tailgate*
*Trying to wash us away ~Clancy DuBos, Gambit*
*MAP: Global Flood Damage Could Exceed $1 Trillion Annually by 2050 ~Mother
Jones*
*Hens rescued from cockfighting raid find new homes*
* *
*~Cockfighting fairly prevalent, warns LA/SPCA*
“Honesty is such a lonely word…”: Jeb Bush Lacks Credibility (Again)
It is becoming a disturbing refrain in my head whenever I visit Twitter:
Where’s the media? Jeb Bush offers a string of claims, no relevant
evidence, and the all-too-usual glossing over of real educational problems
in “Toward a Better Education System: A set of bold, proven reforms is the
key to raising student achievement.” This commentary […]
Overnight summary ( h/t Zero Hedge ) - Asia and europe see equities slammed and bond markets crumbling in emerging markets as well ! Convenient timing for the US ten bond - hit 2.90 yesterday but catching a nice bid this morning - yield s down about 10 bps today ! News , data and views on the global markets markets ......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-20/overnight-10-year-buying-offsets-usd-weakness-keep-futures-rangebound
Overnight Safety Bid For 10 Year TSYs Offsets USD Weakness, Keeps Futures
Rangebound
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/20/2013 07:01 -0400
- Activist Shareholder
- Apple
- Barack Obama
- Best Buy
- Bond
- Borrowing Costs
- Brazil
- British Pound
- Budget Deficit
- CDS
- China
- Copper
- CPI
- Crude
- Danske Bank
- Department of Justice
- Eurozone
- Greece
- Gr... more »
An American Rant-A Moral Imperative
Rufus Blaq and I Love The YO
"This is on my mind in the wee hours of my morning Facebook.
I have changed my profile pic to MLK on the anniversary of his historic "I
Have a Dream" speech and to those brave souls in my hometown, Youngstown,
Ohio who yearn for a better life than gangs and violence.
We are still so far from realizing MLK's dream as a society. In fact we
have "lost it". We have become fragmented, stiffled, oppressed, again.
America is decompensating.
We have an angry divided government that has become dangerous.
We have begun to live in a new Dark Ages in America sinc... more »
free bradley manning, and all war resisters
My thoughts on the Bradley Manning verdict at Socialist.ca: here.
Some Wisdom Of Buddha
*Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind
on the present moment.*
*To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring
peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a
man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all
wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.*
**
*It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the
victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons,
heaven or hell.*
"Something You Already Know"
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine
and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to
your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody
is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how
hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and
keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what
you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be
willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where
... more »
The Poet: Wendell Berry, "The Peace of Wild Things"
* *
*"The Peace of Wild Things"*
"When despair grows in me
and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting for their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free."
- Wendell Berry
I am Ray Fair
Or at least we agree on most things, according to this website, which
identifies which economist on the IGM Forum your opinions are most similar
to.
The top 10 jokes from the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe
1. *Rob Auton* - "I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an
oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa."
2. *Alex Horne* - "I used to work in a shoe-recycling shop. It was
sole-destroying."
3. *Alfie Moore* - "I'm in a same-sex marriage... the sex is always the
same."
4. *Tim Vine* - "My friend told me he was going to a fancy dress party
as an Italian island. I said to him 'Don't be Sicily'."
5. *Gary Delaney* - "I can give you the cause of anaphylactic shock in a
nutshell."
6. *Phil Wang* - "The Pope is a lot like Doctor Who. He never... more »
Three insightful BH information papers
*...I mean papers on entanglement in quantum gravity theories...*
Yesterday I discussed a paper on the black hole interior that I considered
bad but today there's some better news, namely three papers that are
interesting and not self-evidently wrong. Let me begin with
Black Holes or Firewalls: A Theory of Horizons
by Nomura, Varela, and Weinberg, three physicists who were previously
pointing out that the black hole firewall arguments were flawed because
they didn't treat the superpositions of macroscopically distinct states of
black holes correctly, among related "interpretational"... more »
US TRYING TO WRECK EGYPT
*Islamist militants slaughter 25 Egyptian policemen *
Israel and the USA put Morsi into power, to weaken Egypt.
"And even after the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood, *US ambassador
Patterson refused to give up on her bet, and convinced the leaders of
the
Muslim Brotherhood to try and mobilize their loyalists and stir up
violence*to convince the west that Egypt is on the brink of a civil
war...
"A few months after Morsi took office, he swiftly and regularly released
all the Islamist prisoners, who got convicted over terrorist operations,
including the murder of the late president Sada... more »
"A Flight Through The Heavens"
"This animated flight through the universe was made by Miguel Aragon of
Johns Hopkins University with Mark Subbarao of the Adler Planetarium and
Alex Szalay of Johns Hopkins. There are close to 400,000 galaxies in the
animation, with images of the actual galaxies in these positions (or in
some cases their near cousins in type) derived from the Sloan Digital Sky
Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7. And this is “only” about 400,000 galaxies in
their actual positions, or just 0.0003% of the galaxies in the Universe, at
most.
Vast as this slice of the universe seems, its most distant reac... more »
Would Western Democracies Have Opposed A Coup Against Democratically Elected Hitler?
"One would never know from reading The New York Times editorials and a good
deal of its coverage – along with that of other leading news organizations
– *that the Egyptian armed forces had moved against a political movement
attempting to impose an authoritarian regime on the country.*" - Egyptian
professor Abdullah Schleifer, *"Media at odds with military in Egypt
coverage"** *[Al Arabiya, August 13].
*"The Arab Spring, of course, a destabilization against all the Arab,
North African, Middle East, and Islamic countries broadly. The Arab Spring
was designed to destabilize all tho... more »
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Are Agents Provocateurs From The Coup Regime Behind The Attacks On The Coptic Churches?
The leaders of Egypt's military coup has a very savvy propaganda operation,
which I would bet anything is directed from what we used to call "Madison
Avenue." The drum they were beating over the weekend was about biased
western reporting. "Biased," from their point of view, means covering
events independently of the lies the coup leaders are demanding is the
story. It drives them crazy when western media-- like the *Times of Oman*--
runs dispatches like Sisi cannot get away murdering Egyptians.
Egypt is getting soaked in blood virtually every day. Within a trifle over
48 hours of... more »
Flower Tower Power...
*in case you're sick of all the crapola going on in the world, I thought
you might want to see something pretty.*
I decided to make a flower tower for my front deck and I wanted it BIG -
mainly because I didn't want to cut my fencing in half. *Waaaay *too much
work. So my flower tower measures 4 1/2 feet tall from the deck to the top.
Here's what I started with back in May:
And here they are now:
(Notice also that the disgustingly ugly metal mini-blinds are gone. We
bought 2 1/2 inch Norman faux wood blinds from Blinds.com and couldn't be
more pleased. Great service and super... more »
Annual goose egg blowout
*Re-re-re-post, I think.*
Every year I have to learn all over again -- the margin of error, with the
high-speed grinder and the basketball pump, is relatively small. I'm sure
there are better ways to go about this, but this is what we do:
We gather up containers for the freezer, and a Sharpie for writing on the
container, spread out some newspaper, find a round toothpick, an
old-fashioned milk bottle or a glass carafe, the basketball pump, the
high-speed Dremel-style tool (ours is a Craftsman), and a bowl of soapy,
salty water.
With the little cone-shaped grindstone, we zip off a b... more »
Paulo Coelho, "Killing Our Dreams"
"Killing Our Dreams"
by Paulo Coelho
"The first symptom of the process of our killing our dreams is the lack of
time. The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to
do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention
to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain
constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to
fight the Good Fight.
The second symptom of the death of our dreams lies in our certainties.
Because we don’t want to see life as a grand adventure, we begin to think
of ourselves ... more »
It's Here - Earth Overshoot Day, This Year 20 August, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, marks Earth Overshoot Day for 2013. This is not a
record to celebrate. It tells us that, in under eight months, mankind
exhausts an entire annual supply of renewable resources. After that, we're
eating our seed corn. Another way of looking at it is that, at current
rates of biomass consumption we need 1.5 planet Earths.
Now you might be asking yourself how mankind could possibly be using up
more renewable resources than the Earth can provide? The answer is we're
very good at it or very bad at it.
Biomass provides us the stuff we consume. It also absorbs ... more »
Kahlil Gibran, "The Madman"
* "The Madman"*
by Kahlil Gibran
"It was in the garden of a madhouse that I met a youth with a face pale
and lovely and full of wonder. And I sat beside him upon the bench, and I
said, “Why are you here?”
And he looked at me in astonishment, and he said, “It is an unseemly
question, yet I will answer you. My father would make of me a reproduction
of himself; so also would my uncle. My mother would have me the image of
her seafaring husband as the perfect example for me to follow. My brother
thinks I should be like him, a fine athlete. And my teachers also, the
doctor of phi... more »
UK destroys The Guardian's "Snowden" hard drives
Just as we are absorbing yesterday's news that Glenn Greenwald's domestic
partner was detained at London's Heathrow Airport for 9 hours under
Schedule 7 of the UK's Terrorism Act while they asked him all about
Greenwald and whistleblower Edward Snowden ?!?! ... comes this column today
from the Guardian's Editor-in-Chief, Alan Rusbridge :
*David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face*
In it he describes how two months of visits from "senior government
officials" demanding he hand over the Edward Snowden material culminated in
an ultimatum a month ago :
"..ha... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Wakefield, Kansas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Personal trivia
My friend and former employer gets invited to the occasional White House
function but this encounter on the Vineyard happened by chance. Tom has
spent every August there for many years.
Boston Globe tells me:
One diner who kept his distance was Northampton attorney and Obama
fund-raiser Tom Lesser, who happened to be at the restaurant with his wife,
Maggie Spiegel, and their daughters Grace and Elisabeth. Obama stopped to
say hello and, before leaving, took a quick selfie with the girls. Patrons
applauded as the president and first lady departed.
I watched those girls grow up. ... more »
“Fukushima Apocalypse"
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*“Fukushima Apocalypse: *
*Years of ‘Duct Tape Fixes’ Could Result in ‘Millions of Deaths’”*
by RT
"Even the tiniest mistake during an operation to extract over 1,300 fuel
rods at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan could lead to a
series of cascading failures with an apocalyptic outcome, fallout
researcher Christina Consolo told RT. Fukushima operator TEPCO wants to
extract 400 tons worth of spent fuel rods stored in a pool at the plant’s
damaged Reactor No. 4. The removal would have to be done manually from the
top store of the damaged building in the radiat... more »
Philadelphia School District Financial Drama- Rama - Week of August 19, 2013 .. Monday opens with the news budgeting by the School District and SRc will NOT include money pledged from State ( with concessions from the PTF tied to release of any funds - as best one can tell , the negotiations are far , far from being concluded ) .....
Tuesday......
Countdown, Day 20: Schools bring back staff, but many can only afford aides
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Less than three weeks left. The good news: Each school is staffed for
student registration. Either a secretary who has been called back from
layoff or a temp worker is at each school. Hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
all weekdays but Wednesday, when the hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The bad news: Principals have been confronted with difficult personnel
decisions, and it is becoming increasingly apparen... more »
JP Morgan to launch sale of its commodities assets in early September ( moving rather quickly .. ) Maybe the fact that the DOJ is investigating JP Morgan's Energy market manipulations is adding a sense of " urgency " ? Does the investigations by FERC and DOJ regarding Enron - like energy manipulations mean some day we have someone examine JP Morgans actions regarding gold and silver - or it that too much to ask ?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323608504579022852576701892.html
J.P. Morgan Chase JPM -2.74% & Co. has told potential buyers of its
commodities assets that it expects to kick off sale efforts in early
September.
The bank plans at that time to circulate a memo that details the balance
sheets and profitability of its physical-commodity assets, according to
people familiar with the sale process.
J.P. Morgan said in July it was pursuing strategic alternatives for these
assets, which range from metal warehouses to pipeline leases and power
plants, including a possible sal... more »
Marx and Dialectics
If you're not a lefty geek you probably don't know a vast literature has
grown up around scattered remarks by Marx on the 'D' word - dialectics.
There, I said it. Listen carefully and you might hear half the audience
clicking their mouse button to navigate away. And who can blame them?
Dialectics have a terrible reputation on the left not least because they
are abused to bolster a bit of dirge with some clever-sounding terminology,
provide a posse of get out clauses should otherwise cast-iron prophecies
not come to pass, or to position oneself as an adroit thinker and masterful
int... more »
Gold and Silver news , data and views - BTW , Germany recognizes Bitcoin as a legal currency August 19 , 2013 .... Good posts from Jesse Crossroads cafe , Harvey Organ snippets , Gata items of note.....
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/08/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_19.html
19 AUGUST 2013
Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Goldman Was Buying Gold While They
Were Saying 'Sell?'
Gold and silver had quiet pullbacks today as the markets digested some of
their recent gains.
Overall trading is very quiet as many traders are on their summer vacations.
Registered inventory bounced back up a little bit last week, but remains
rather thin and indicative of an intermediate trend change.
A reader informs us that:
"For those with a bloomberg terminal, type up the comma... more »
Compound interest appropriate for breach of trust damages
Bronson v. Hewitt, 2013 BCCA 367:
At para. 17 of his supplementary endorsement, the motion judge explained
why he awarded compound interest:
Courts of equity have always exercised the power to award compound interest
whenever a wrongdoer deprives a company of money which it uses in its
business. On general principles it should be presumed that had the business
not been deprived of the money, it would have made the most beneficial use
of it available to it. Alternatively, it should be presumed that the
wrongdoer made the most beneficial use of it. [Internal citations omitted.]
I a... more »
At the Foreign Correspondants' Club of Japan, Oliver Stone speaks on the U.S. government's violations of the the 4th and 5th Amendments and its tacit abolition of the Magna Carta. He sees Edward Snowden as an American hero and Obama ...as a snake.
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Oliver Stone criticizes massive US government surveillance as a violation
of basic democratic rights and praises Edward Snowden as a hero who give up
his own well-being for the benefit of all citizens.
Cherchez la Verite
I wonder if this is still true?
If any of you have ever looked at your FBI file, you discover that
intelligence agencies in general are extremely incompetent. That's one of
the reasons why there are so many intelligence failures. They just never
get anything straight, for all kinds of reasons. Part of it is because of
the information they get. The information they get comes from ideological
fanatics, typically, who always misunderstand things in their own crazy
way. If you look at an FBI file, say, about yourself, where you know what
the facts are, you'll see that the information has some kind of relation to
the f... more »
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*Barry: Lawsuit opposition based oil & gas politics ~New Orleans Advocate*
*Water gates: Bob Marshall of The Lens on what it takes to activate New
Orleans' flood protection system if tropical weather approaches*
Fukushima contamination updates - August 19 , 2013...... " Water World 2013 " - Fukushima Bay Tritium measurments hit highest ever as Tepco admits to 40 Trillion Becquerels have spilled ( who knows what the true numbers might be ? ) As the reality that Fukushima is the world worst nuclear disaster admitted to so far , Rube Goldberg schemes to keep things together for a day / week / month longer falling to the wayside.....Grim reality that Tepco flying / lying in the dark slowly utterd out loud ( that's when you know there's no hope really - the truth is slowly being vocalized ) ......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-19/tritium-measurement-fukushima-bay-highest-ever-tepco-admits-40-trillion-becquerels-h
Tritium Measurement In Fukushima Bay Highest Ever As TEPCO Admits 40
Trillion Becquerels Have Spilled Into Pacific
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/19/2013 17:22 -0400
- Newspaper
- Nikkei
- Reality
Over the weekend we posted an in-depth narrative of what may happen in a *
theoretical*worst case scenario in Fukushima, one in which the government *
continues *to do nothing and pretends all is well, and where the en... more »
Simply so predictable
Glenn Greenwald says this is a misquote:
"I will be far more aggressive in my reporting from now. I am going to
publish many more documents. I am going to publish things on England too. I
have many documents on England's spy system. I think they will be sorry for
what they did," Greenwald, speaking in Portuguese, told reporters at Rio's
airport where he met Miranda upon his return to Brazil.
He's right. It wasn't an exact quote. Nonetheless, having read Glenn's
version, I think Reuters captured the general sense of Glenn's statement.
Even in his own words, it reads like a not so su... more »
#SurveillanceState: “But he’s such a *nice* man…” [update 4]
*[I]n Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella "Traps," which involves a seemingly
innocent man put
on trial by a group of retired lawyers in a mock-trial game, the man
inquires what his crime
shall be. "An altogether minor matter," replies the prosecutor. "A crime
can always be found."*
- Daniel J. Solove, “Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'”
Instead of protecting our private communications, the state plans to invade
them.
There are people about, loads of them,who are okay with that.
In a veritable swamp of stupidity that I had to confront around me
yesterday, I thin... more »
Clean and Pretty Darn Funny and a Giveaway
Have you heard of Pretty Darn Funny? It is a comedy web series produced by
Desert Book, that is back starting today with its second season. It focuses
on Gracie Moore, a mom to three and a member of an all women comedy troop.
Watch the Mom Footloose Parody, a hilarious take on parents embarrassing
their children. My child doesn't usually need me to stop dancing in public,
just singing and all sorts of other embarrassing things.
The first episode of Pretty Darn Funny, embedded in this post, came out
today is about "Movie Cheating," or seeing a movie without your spouse. It
is fun, ... more »
What is Bill Keller talking about!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013*
*Persistently, the New York Times simply defies belief:* Bill Keller’s
column didn’t appear in today’s hard-copy New York Times. For that reason,
we hadn’t seen it until we saw Paul Krugman’s link.
We clicked the link and started reading. In paragraph 5, we hit this:
KELLER (8/19/13): [The Common Core] is an ambitious undertaking, and there
is plenty of room for debate about precisely how these standards are
translated into classrooms. But the Common Core was created with a broad,
nonpartisan consensus of educators, convinced that *after decades of
embarra... more »
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And The Purge Is On-- Fascist GOP Thought Police Will Not Tolerate Pro-Gay Members
I guess if Troy King is still in the closet, he can be on the Alabama GOP
steering committee. BINGO!
You may have read last week that top RNC leaders voted unanimously on a
resolution stating that the national party "will not partner with the
networks nor sanction any primary debates" if they they plan to sponsor and
broadcast a documentary on Hillary Clinton. They're talking about excluding
CNN and NBC (including Spanish labguage networks CNN en Espanol and
Telemundo) from the Republican debate season, meaning Rachel Maddow and
Chris Hayes fans will have to look elsewhere in order ... more »
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