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of environment... more » Michelle Rhee: A Teacher’s Best Friend
What makes a really good friend? The listening? The understanding? Always
being there for you? Well, if you are a teacher, Michelle Rhee wants to be
your friend. To prove it, she’s personally inviting you to her upcoming
Teacher Town Halls, where you and Michelle (and two of her other friends)
can have “an open […]
Any Islamic Terrorist Who Kills Americans Is An Infidel And A Mossad Operative
Any Syrian or Muslim response to an American attack on Syria that involves
the indiscriminate murder of American citizens on U.S. soil should be
condemned as the act of an infidel.
If there are future terror attacks on American soil in the coming months
and years because of the mess in Syria and the Middle East, remember that
they will be carried out by Mossad operatives and their fellow conspirators
in the CIA, not by Muslims. The Mossad and CIA did 9/11 and every other
terror operation of note in the Western world since that day.
Any Muslim who hates Americans for what their cold-... more »
Putting Lipstick On A Pig ... (or) ... How To Make Stephen Harper Look Like A Warm Caring Kinda Guy
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*I, for one, am not buying the spin that Postmedia's **Michael Den Tandt is
trying to pass - that Stephen Harper is actually a kind, warm loving guy ..
even though he does things that hurt working and low income Canadians (like
restricting access to EI - cutting back pensions and pension eligibilty for
wage earners - and handing out hundreds of billions of tax dollars in
corporate welfare payments to his pals)!*
*"OTTAWA — Stephen Harper, it will sadden some to learn, is not an ogre or
a troll. Nor are the members of his staff orcs, goblins, hobgoblins or cave
wights out of To... more »
The ZAP Report 8-25-2013
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* *Zap's take on the RV below... -Bill*
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* *Greetings and Salutations,*
*
* *Time to wake up! Many of you may have taken a nap the last few weeks as
it appeared that nothing very interesting was traveling through the
grapevine. At least that we could hear or see. Well, how about the NASDAQ
shutdown last week which bleed over into the NYSE and many other global
exchanges. I'm sure there will be an investigation to find out what
happened. But will the public really "know the whole truth and nothing but
the truth?" In time maybe they will. However, you are about to find out the
rea... more »
Deja Vu?
So, flying back from Costa Rica earlier this month, we had the strangest
thing happen to us. Total, terrifying, deja vu.
We had flown from San Jose to Ft Lauderdale, and were waiting for our next
flight to Detroit. We were there pretty early, eating dinner we had
bought. We were sitting right next to the gate and the flight before ours
to Port of Spain was leaving through Caribbean Airlines, which I had never
heard of before.
While sitting there, I suddenly found myself listening to an eerie
conversation. I heard a flight attendant talking to a man who did not have
a valid pass... more »
Weekend
Had a great weekend, with NO working (as I posted about previously).
Me and a toucan at La Paz.Kurt and I had great workouts this weekend.
Outside part was running a 5K on Friday, Biking 17.5 miles on Saturday and
running 4.75 miles on Sunday. I also worked out on Friday and Sunday in
the basement doing biking, abs and pushups and some light weights, while
watching Dawson Creek on Netflix.
Saturday, I went to the mall as macy's was having a 25% off the entire
store sale. I ended up finding some great deals. Got myself an uber cute
dress in the Junior's section on clearance, ... more »
Untitled
*Letter to Director of George Bush Museum*
To the Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library:
The newly opened Bush Library and Museum–which operates with $6 million of
annual taxpayer support–makes barely a mention of any federal failures
relating to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The Museum, housed on the campus of Southern Methodist University in
Dallas, describes the federal response of one of compassion and rescue when
in reality, the response has been unilaterally condemned by House and
Senate investigations. And rather than examine the failure of the levees
buil... more »
Andorra-- Probably Not A Place Elizabeth Warren Will Be Buying A Home
If you're even a semi-regular *DWT* visitor you're probably familiar with
the video above that helped make Elizabeth Warren's election campaign a
cause célèbre for progressives across Massachusetts and across America.
Over a million people have watched it on YouTube. "There is nobody in this
country," she told her small audience," who got rich on his own; *nobody*"
Rich people don't like hearing that. Rich people have their own fantasy
about how they got rich-- very much on their own. "You built a factory out
there," she continued. "Good for you. But I want to be clear: you moved ... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday August 25th, 2013
It is Sunday.... The world is definitely going to hell in a hand basket...
And time again for my weekly rant.
First and foremost..... What the hell is wrong with the American people
that they are doing absolutely NOTHING to stop their criminal government
from going to war against another innocent country, Syria? The Jewish run
mainstream media is indeed doing its usual dirty work, this time in going
now 24/7 with the lies that the recent so called "chemical weapons" attack
was conducted by the Syrian Assad government forces. But all of the
evidence now clearly points to it defin... more »
L'il Miss Piggy's Tar Sands Adventure
Oilsands Quest, Inc. was very, very good to senator Pam Wallin. Her spot
as a director of the Calgary-based energy company earned her $648,000 in
cash and stock options, according to *The Globe & Mail*.
SenPam resigned from the OilQuest board when it fell into receivership but
that didn't keep her from being named as a defendant in a lawsuit that
claimed the company defrauded investors with bogus claims of great bitumen
wealth in Saskatchewan.
Earlier this month the now defunct company settled the suit for $10.2
million. According to counsel, it's the directors' and officers' in... more »
"Les homes construisent trop de murs et pas assez de ponts." (Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.)
Commonly attributed to Isaac Newton and usually presented as "we built too
many walls and not enough bridges".
As even a cursory knowledge of Isaac Newton's thinking would suggest, this
is most unlikely to be something he said.
Indeed it is a recent, and erroneous, attribution. Dominique Pire
attributes the quotation to Isaac Newton upon receiving the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1958. Earlier attributions do not exist. It seems that Pire
confused Isaac Newton with another, less famous, Newton.
The real author was Joseph Fort Newton, a baptist minister and Freemason.
He wrote extensivel... more »
Economics for Real People: Learning from Tiwai Point
Here’s the early update for you on this week’s meeting at the Auckland Uni
Economics Group…
Hello all,
We are very excited this week to have Professor Tony Endres join us this
Thursday evening at 6pm.
Professor Endres has published numerous books and is an authority on
the history of economic thought. In this week's seminar Professor Endres
will outline some of the ideas from a paper he will soon be presenting at a
conference in the US.
Using the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter as a case study Tony will
address the following questions:
1. The Nature of Capital – What ... more »
When silence speaks louder than words
Most brilliant protest ever:
Haddockmopnger tells us the tickets were actually free. No idea if this is
true. Don't really know any of these guys. It was retweeted into my stream
by Jay who was a random follow back. Might add he's been a pleasant
addition to my timeline. He rarely posts politics. Most of his tweets are
beautiful photos.
But whether it's true or not, it's a brilliant idea for a silent protest.
Stephen Harper and his fluffers
What an extraordinary amount of work it takes to keep Steve afloat.
(Think the flapping bald guy requested a copy he can show to his kids?)
But it obviously is a lot of work - getting election endorsements from 95%
of the nation's media owners; prorogation; contempt of parliament; election
fraud; polling fraud; muzzling backbenchers, gov. academics, and staff;
gutting and dismantling independent gov. departments and research - like
the ELA and StatsCan; lying about the costs of things he wants - like the
F-35; the EAP ads; creating a climate of fear in the civil service;
marginaliz... more »
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST: SPONTANEOUS OR CONTRIVED?
It seems the momentum towards escalated war in Syria is shifting from
‘crossing a red line’ to having ‘crossed a red line’ where ‘red line’ has
become a euphemism for the point at which the US military will intervene
against president Bashir al-Assad.
The ‘red line’, in the case of the Syrian civil war, is the use of chemical
weapons against civilians by government forces. In the latest incident
Syrian rebels have accused the government of using the weapons, an
accusation the government strenuously denies saying they have proof that
rebels have been manufacturing chemical weapons a... more »
Down To The Doctor's: The ‘Lucky Country’ has a real electoral choice [corrected]
*With his gaze recently augmented by LASIK corneal surgery,* this week
Libertarianz leader Dr Richard McGrath casts it westward, at the curious
bunch of people walking about on that enormous, hot and dry continent just
over the horizon, who seem to lack a decent rugby team—but not a decent
choice in the forthcoming election.*
*Noting the pending advance auction of stolen goods (otherwise known as the
Australian general election), he reckons there is a sane alternative to the
Mad Monk and the Narcissist from Nambour.*
Let me says this as bluntly as I can: I urge all New Zealanders ... more »
Alex Morph feat. Sylvia Tosun - An Angel's Love
I'm well aware it's supposed to be *M.O.R.P.H.*. And yes, the video is
awful. But *An Angel's Love* is a truly beautiful track, though as a trance
purist I prefer the extended vocal mix to below's radio edit.
Book Review: Mark Levin's "The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic"
*By MARC McDONALD*
If you want someone who rants against "Big Government" and taxes, then
extremist radio commentator/right wing hack Mark Levin is your man. His
latest book, The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic is
another predictable screed against big government and taxes.
However, there's one big problem. Levin is a profoundly dishonest pundit.
The only "big government" he takes on is that of the Left.
What Levin never mentions is that the GOP is *just as fond* of big
government programs as the Democrats are. It's just that the GOP is more
clever at claiming t... more »
Jesse Marcel Has Died
Just minutes ago I received some very sad news. Jesse Marcel, Jr. died of a
heart attack on August 24. He was alone, at home, apparently reading a UFO
book when he died.
I have known Jesse for more than a quarter century. I first met him while
we both Jesse Marcel in 1994.were in Roswell to film a segment for the old *Unsolved
Mysteries* that aired on NBC. We had gone out to dinner with a number of
those in town for the program and since we shared a military background,
including that of Army Aviation, we connected immediately. As medical
doctor, he was trained as a flight surgeon a... more »
Henry Geiger - Liars And Conquerors (1987)
*Related: *
* Henry Geiger - Symbol And Myth (1974).*
*Henry Geiger - The Present And The Long View (1979)*.
*Henry Geiger - Moonshine And Sunlight (1984).*
* * * Henry Geiger - The Uses of Make Believe (1983).*
*Henry Geiger - Signs of A New Civilization (1980).*
* * *Henry Geiger - We See What We Are (1980).* * *
* ** Henry Geiger - An Ancient Question (1986).*
* Henry Geiger - The Chains Of Prometheus (1959).*
* Henry Geiger - Men and Gods (1973). *
* Henry Geiger - Plato's Intent And Method (1976). *
* Henry Geiger - How Opinions Are Formed (1986).*
*Wikipedia:*
Henry Ge... more »
A Coast Undefended
British Columbia's environment ministry knows that the west coast is
unprepared for even a small oil spill.
*Bureaucrats in BC`s environment ministry have warned that the province
lacks the ability to respond to even a moderate oil spill -- let alone a
big one.*
*They also say the requirements Transport Canada places on industry to deal
with oil spills are perceived as woefully insufficient.*
**
*The warnings are in briefing notes written for BC environment minister
Mary Polak in June and obtained by The Canadian Press.*
***The notes say Environment Canada`s move last year to close ... more »
War With Syria Scheduled For Next Week?
Eliot Engel never has America's best interests at heart
Alexei Pushkov, Chairman of the Russian Duma's International Affairs
Committee (imagine a cross between Cold Warriors Bob Menendez and Ed
Royce), claims, with some justification, that Obama, who he claims is just a
Bush clone, is moving the U.S. inexorably towards an illegitimate war with
Russia's ally, Syria. He tweeted it:
If you don't read the Cyrillic alphabet: "Obama neuderzhimo idet k voyne v
Sirii, kak Bush shel k voyne v Irake.Kak i v Irake, eta voyna ne budet
legitimnoy, a Obama stanet klonom Busha." I ran it though G... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
What should the US do in (or about) Syria?
Liars on Parade
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Alexandra Bruce
*Forbidden Knowledge TV*
This a jaw-dropping series of edits, depicting members of the government
and familiar TV personalities being caught lying right through their teeth
about the warrantless wiretapping, the infinite dragnet abuses of the
already-unconstitutional Patriot Act. This video was put together by
author, Allan Weisbecker and is part of an essay he wrote for
Banditobooks.com.
30+ year NSA veteran programmer and whistleblower, WIlliam Binney says it
all when he describes the motive of this vast ... more »
Obama Killed Hope For Young People
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JUST A REMINDER
I've run this short video before but with the coming US attack on Syria
it's worth playing again. Can there be any doubt who Obama works for?
In an interview with Amy Goodman on March 2, 2007, U.S. General Wesley
Clark (Ret.), explained that the Bush Administration planned to take out
seven countries in five years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
and Iran.
So, with the pending illegal action against Syria, is the Obama
Administration following Bush’s mid-east plan?
Why didn't Hitler use poison gas against Allied forces?
During the Second German War both sides expected the other to use poison
gas. And both sides were ready to retaliate in kind for the first use of
such gas.
So why didn't Hitler, especially when things got rough after Stalingrad use
poison gas? It certainly was not because he believed only in an ethical
war - and he was happy to use poison gas in other contexts.
There are three general views, and I incline to the last.
First, Hitler had himself been gassed and recognizing the inhumanity of the
weapon forbade its use. With another leader I might accept this. Mustard
gas, from the ... more »
Dear World, Americans Don't Want War in Syria
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*Open letter to the citizens of the world about our war-mongering
government.*
Anthony Freda Art Eric Blair
Dear World,
As the U.S. government fabricates its way into yet another aggressive war,
this time in Syria, I understand why you might resent average Americans
because we allow this war path to continue.
After Gaddafi's carcass was dragged through the streets of Libya, our
Secretary of State told you with a demonic smirk "We came. We saw. He
died." I get it, they make us look like bloodthirsty thugs.
You might think ... more »
Statism is Slavery!
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'Broadcasting House' this morning
This morning's *Broadcasting House* began with a short discussion between
Paddy O'Connell and BBC political reporter Louise Stewart about the latest
UK and US statements on Syria. Somehow, it managed to transform into a
'government splits' story:
*P O'C*: This is a very divided [sic] issue, and in the government
backbenches as well?
*LS*: Absolutely.
Then it was onto the real main story - the David Miranda/Glenn Greenwald/*Guardian
*story. (What still!?)
Paddy began by reading out a representative [*/sarc*] sample of comments
from the papers - Simon Jenkins in the left-leaning *G... more »
No liberals need apply?
News isn't doing it for me today, so cleaning up a few amusing links. Rachel
Maddow picks up on an odd Heritage Foundation event
What you need to know about the event
Date: August 19, 2013
Time: Registration begins at 6:00 p.m. Town Hall Meeting begins at 7:00
p.m.
Location: Pratt Place Inn & Barn, 2231 West Markham Road, Fayetteville, AR
72701
Cost: Free for conservatives. RSVP required.
Rachel wonders, "Have Heritage events always been listed as 'cost: free for
conservatives'? or is this new for the DeMint era?"
I have no idea but I wonder how they figure out if you're a re... more »
Chomsky’s concept of engineering opinion illustrated by Broad’s Jean-Claude Brizard
“But as long as people are marginalized and distracted and have no way to
organize or articulate their sentiments…” — Professor Noam Chomsky Broadyte
Jean-Claude Brizard was interviewed by the right-wing Fordham Institute a
few days ago, and excerpts appeared in a Chicago publication. Not wasting
any opportunities to vilify teachers and demonize organized working class
[…]
American Clown Academy
Stephen Harper deserves to be a member of this Academy. I added the caption
on the photo - looks like Harper. :)
*Photo updated:*
*NYUK NYUK NYUK: Jeffery Potts, right, threw a cream pie at, Thom Stevenson
as Mr. Stevenson got hit from the left side too in Newark, Ohio, at the
American Clown Academy. Mr. Potts, the director of the Academy, describes
the weeklong gathering of about three dozen clowns as a ‘place where crazy
is the norm.’ (Paul M. Walsh/ The Leader Telegram/Associated Press)*
Syria: Pre-War Mass Ritual
"Of all the races in the Galaxy, only the English could possibly revive the
memory of the most horrific wars ever to sunder the Universe and transform
it into into what I'm afraid is generally regarded as an incomprehensibly
dull and pointless game"
- Douglas Adams, *Life the Universe and Everything* (1982).
*Just saw (and heard) this broadcast live on Channel 5:*
*And did those feet in ancient time.*
*Walk upon Englands mountains green:*
*And was the holy Lamb of God,*
*On Englands pleasant pastures seen!*
*
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*And did the Countenance Divine,*
*Shine forth upon our clouded h... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
What's the worst foreign policy/national security mistake that Barack Obama
has made? By "worst" I mean the one with the most important consequences,
so I'd also like to know what you think it has major effects.
(And technically: I'm asking for the worst mistake by the US government, or
at least the presidency/exec branch, during the Obama presidency. It's
always difficult to know, especially in this realm, which are presidential
decisions and which are not. But the shorthand is okay most of the time).
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Sunday Classics: Arthur Rubinstein offers compelling advice for young pianists
*"Many pianists perform at their concerts music which they do not
understand or particularly like, only because these pieces are much in
demand and recommended to them by their managers. . . . My long experience
taught me that your only way to success, young pianists, is to pour out
your own deep emotion into the music you really love and understand."*
*by Ken*
I admit it's taken me till now to read Arthur Rubinstein's two volumes of
autobiography: *My Young Years* (1973) and *My Many Years* (1980). But I
often think the passage of some time gives us a better indication of the
val... more »
Stephen Harper and his cabinet
Stephen Harper keeps his cabinet totally synchronised.
Modern Libraries
Libraries which lend more than books. These libraries lend tools, cameras
and other necessities of life beside books. I think its a great idea - as
long as they don't lend guns. Other libraries should adopt this innovative
idea.
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Soap bubble art
Interesting picture.
*Artist Manny Ford performs with soap bubbles in New York City's Central
Park.*
Maybe Harper should take on this hobby. He blows a lots of bubbles too. :)
Louisiana sinkhole updates - August 25 , 2013.....With the advent of the sinkhole now swallowing trees whole in seconds , should we reconsider whether the Sinkhole has morphed from a perceived inverted witch hat shape to more like a cauldron ? And just how deep is the hole now anyway ?
On the sheer vertical drop, whole trees swallowing sinkhole ......
Dear Blue Ribbons,
AUGUST 25, 2013
Please explain WHY THESE TREES ARE FALLING STRAIGHT DOWN.
LINK - http://youtu.be/8hdCA_gEmjQ
Remember this *Blue Ribbon* report from April 5, 2013 and the drawings of
the “witches hat”?
[image: witchhat1]
Pomkiwi commented that is “hat” could not have allowed those trees to fall
STRAIGHT DOWN. If this CBI art were a real representation of the shape of
Lake FUBAR the trees would simply have fallen over sideways. These trees
were sucked *STRAIGHT DOWN!*
[image: witchhat2]
*More* ... more »
The Wisdom Of Osho
20 Wise Quotes From Osho
1.
“Be — don’t try to become”
2.
“Be realistic: Plan for a miracle”
3.
“Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a
masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know
it, to realize it.”
4.
“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only
if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to
bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more
dance to it.”
5.
“Life be... more »
The path of progress . . .
HOW
DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL? Like the old joke goes, practice! Malcolm
Gladwell, who brought the term “Outlier” to the public consciousness,
has a fascinating article in the New Yorker, “Complexity and the
Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule” that is worthy of pondering in a world that uses
Attention Deficit Disorder as an excuse for intellectual laziness.
Never underestimate the power of human
The People's Right to Go Ape-Shit
Ahem. I have about ten people who comment sporadically at this blog. I've
had one anonymous commenter comment on my plan to have toppled harper. One
person.
This is why we can't have nice things people. Because we're captivated by
the ease of internet bitching, with the more ambitious of us wedded to the
failed tactic of meaningless afternoon protests.
My plan might be a ludicrously over-ambitious piece of nonsense, or it
might be the only feasible means we had for redeeming Canada's democracy. I
don't know because nobody debates it with me.
What really saddens (and bewilders) me ... more »
NSA bugged UN , as well as everyone else apparently....Additonal items on US and UK spying and the heavy handed retribution against David Miranda ....
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/25/us-usa-security-nsa-idUSBRE97O08120130825
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has bugged the United
Nations' New York headquarters, Germany's Der Spiegel weekly said on Sunday
in the latest in a series of reports on U.S. spying that has strained
relations between Washington and its allies.
Citing secret U.S. files that the magazine has seen stemming from fugitive
former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, Der Spiegel said the
revelations proved how systematically the United States spied on other
states and institutions.
Der Spi... more »
Your moment of Zen
Wild Iris. [photo via The Garden Oracle]
Who are the Muslim Brotherhood and what do they want?
Three minutes that should be compulsory viewing for all western
politicians. The trouble is some wouldn't believe it and some know already
and some like Barack Obama actually seem to support the Muslim Brotherhood.
Malcolm X : A forgotten leader
I did some work in the field of human rights at the urging of a university
professor - a black person. I read quite a bit on human rights and racism
in my spare time. One of the books I read was an autobiography of Malcolm
X. He was an extraordinary person and went from a drug dealer, when he was
very young, to a well-respected leader.
He changed his last name to 'X' because he did not like his given name
which he got from his parents -because that name was given by a
slave-master. He wrote in his biography that his grandmother was raped by a
white man and he said that's why he had... more »
joni, my idol, redux, plus personal update
A few months ago, I wrote about my idol, Joni Mitchell, and posted a number
of links to in-depth, lengthy interviews with her. I wasn't able to listen
to them at the time. Today I am relaxing on the patio, drinking iced
coffee, listening to Joni talk about her life, her art, and life, and art.
Podcast of Jian Gomeshi (CBC) one hour in Joni's home. At around 17:30 she
talks about what it was like to be a pregnant, destitute teenager in 1965,
and the erroneous claim that she surrendered her child for adoption in
order to further her career. She also demolishes several cultural myths, ... more »
fifty years later, king and his most famous speech are transformed into patriotic mush
Today, Americans will march on Washington in commemoration of the most
famous March on Washington: August 28, 1963, when Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. gave his now-famous "I Have A Dream" speech. The meaning of that
speech, like the man who delivered it, has been purposefully misremembered,
and so, is constantly misunderstood.
Here's the fully researched version of a theme I am always talking about,
adapted from the book *The Speech: The Story Behind Martin Luther King
Jr.'s Dream*, by Gary Younge.
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the podium on August 28, 1963, the
Department of... more »
Cyber-stalkers of the NSA
I don't find LOVEINT terribly shocking:
We have HUMINT, or human intelligence gathered from agents. We have SIGINT
or signals intelligence. And now we have LOVEINT or NSA analysts
occasionally reading the emails of ex-lovers. It doesn’t happen a lot, the
NSA told the WSJ, but often enough that there is a word for it.
I don't even think it's necessarily always being done with bad intentions.
Who hasn't done an internet search on an ex-lover or even a long lost
friend to see what happened to them? Which is not to say LOVEINT isn't a
concern.
The difference with LOVEINT is they have... more »
Thousands turn out to celebrate Martin Luther King's legacy
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*"Tens of thousands of people flooded the Lincoln Memorial and the National
Mall on Saturday, the first stop in a week of events commemorating the 50th
anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s watershed “I Have A Dream”
address and the March on Washington." *NBC Nightly News.
Tainan: But...but our land grab is different!
*Art takes shape.*
The Taipei Times editorialized today on the land expropriation for the rail
line in Tainan....
The project, which was approved by the Executive Yuan in 2009, aimed to
move an 8km long stretch of railroad track underground. To facilitate the
project, the Greater Tainan Government plans to demolish more than 400
houses on the east side of the current tracks in downtown Tainan. When the
project is completed, the original surface tracks are to be removed to make
way for a park and a commercial district.
The land expropriation case in Greater Tainan has sparked prote... more »
Fukushima Updates - August 25 , 2013 ... Tepco discloses at an unusual Saturday press conference details regarding the following : 1) Three tanks ( incluidn the one which may have leaked 300 tons of highly contaminated water ) , were recycled - used again after land subsidence incident : 2) Tepco denies knowledge of the recycling of the water tanks ( then who did this and why wasn't Tepco informed ? ) ; 3) photos of cracked platfrom distributed , leaks not visible ( may be on bottom of tank ) ; 4) Tepco subcontractors calls out Tepco on its " bad but cheap " policy regarding work at Fukushima - tanks made quickly , as cheaply as possible and not meant to last a long time ; 5) Was Tepco aware bolts and packing would quickly deteriorate , was Tepco aware leaks would occur ? Did Tepco factor in leaks ? Tepco mmain concernspeed and cost , not safety ; 6) Is there any reaosn to trust Tepco to do the right thing ?
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/08/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-ro-waste-water.html
( Overview of Tepco extraordinary presser on Saturday August 24 , 2013 )
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2013
#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: RO Waste Water Tank That Leaked Had Been Moved
from Another Area After Ground Sank
That was what TEPCO's ad hoc press conference on August 24 was about, it
seems.
Three tanks including the one that is leaking were originally in the H1
area, closer to the in-the-ground water storage ponds. But *when TEPCO
conducted the test of the tanks by filling them with water in July 2011, it
caus... more »
Why Is Obama Protecting The Tobacco Companies' Deadly Profits?
A deal with Obama?
I'm just back from my little Tuscan summer adventure. I rented a house in
the countryside, near the small town of Montespertoli in the Chianti
region, with some friends. It wasn't my first time in Italy. I used to live
in Innsbruck, Austria, one of the planet's most boring towns, and I would
escape through the Brenner Pass down into Italy at every opportunity. Years
later, my company had an office in Milan and I rarely ever missed a chance
to go visit. I've also made a point of spending a month in Rome, a month in
Sicily and plenty of time in Venice and Tuscany ove... more »
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*Hurricane Katrina anniversary spurs discussions on how to protect coast ~La
Tonya Norton, WDSU*
~*“If you had the wetlands the speed of all storms would have been reduced
significantly, but we wouldn’t have corrected the manmade problems that the
Corps of Engineers created,” *Anne Milling of Women of the Storm.
*Community leaders focus on climate change near 8th anniversary of Federal
Flood *
*Bob Breck: active stretch of hurricane seasons may be nearing end ~WVUE*
*Bush library rewrites Katrina role ~Bruce Nolan, The Advocate*
*James Gill: Jindal’s just too funny*
*Stephanie G... more »
Some weekend listening
I'm having a bit of fun at the moment digging unexplained sea sounds,
broadcast hijacks, backwards stations, but most of all numbers stations.
Number stations are short wave radio broadcasts that broadcast mysterious
number sequences, usually with a synthetic voice and capped by a short
musical item. They're probably not that. It's clear they are broadcasting
some kind of code, but no one knows to whom or for what reason or why, if
they are sending some kind of top secret code, why they are broadcast on
open radio for anyone to hear?
This is possibly the most famous station, called ... more »
Wise words re the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt and Barack Obama
Colonel Ralph Peters gives his analysis of the situation in Egypt, the
Muslim Brotherhood and Barack Obama's administration's failure of foreign
policy.
Syria updates - August 24 , 2013 - Planning for military intervention by the Western / GCC Coalition of the willing to depose Assad . Does having an objective investigation to determine whether any chemical weapons were uses , what chemical agent (s) was actually used - and most important , who actually used any chemical weapons on fighters , soldiers or civilians in syria
Sunday highlights .....
UK seems to be wavering somewhat - especially the military
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10264658/David-Cameron-to-give-Syria-ultimatum.html
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By Robert Watts, and Richard Spencer in Cairo
9:00PM BST 24 Aug 2013
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The Prime Minister spoke with President Barack Obama by telephone to ask
for help with convening an emergency session of the United Nations Security
Council.
He wants to put forward a “game-changing” resolution that would give the
Syrian government, led by Bashar al-Assad, “... more »
Louisiana sinkhole updates - August 22 - 23 , 2013 - must see video of a "burp " at the sinkhole gobbling up whole trees like a dog gulps down chunks of beef !
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
From the Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle .....
Oxy 3 Cavern Floor Rises 116 Feet! + Friday News
AUGUST 23, 2013
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The Parish blog says it rose *116 feet* in a week! Some more news from them
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*Crosstex* keeps doin’ it’s thing. They put up an *update* dated Aug. 20.
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"Doctors" Behind Syrian Chemical Weapons Claims are Aiding Terrorists
*August 25, 2013* - (Tony Cartalucci) The "evidence" upon which the West is
propping up its narrative of the Syrian government using chemical weapons
against large numbers of civilians hinges so far entirely on claims made by
"Doctors Without Borders." In the New York Times article, "Signs of
Chemical Attack Detailed by Aid Group," it is reported:
An international aid group said Saturday that medical centers it supported
near the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus received
more than 3,000 patients showing symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic
nerve age... more »
They Know A Phoney When They See One
The folks on the Rock are very good at spotting poseurs. *The Toronto* *Star
*has reprinted an editorial from the *St. John's Telegraph* which captures
what Stephen Harper's trip to the North illustartes:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in virtual campaign mode as he began his
regular summer trip to Canada’s North earlier this week. His targets? Well,
everyone else, of course.
“Their instincts are all bad,” he said about the Liberals and New
Democrats. “Tax-and-spend proposals so extreme they would make the worst
European budget look solid in comparison. . . . Big government bia... more »
Where is the Well, when things go Well again...?!
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 16 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/koPChWHxvh0
*Max Keiser*, whether you 'like' him or not, continuously tries to inform
us about the direction of our economy. His opinion is nearly completely
opposite to reports in orthodox newspapers, writing that "all is going well
again!" How come? In this show he firstly discusses the Dutch situation,
which of course interests *me* much, but also receives Mrs. Ann Pettifor, a
leading economist from South Africa living in London, who coined the phrase:
*"We live in a world of Alice in Wonderland"*.
Both agree that "the economy isn't doing well at all, in con... more »
Misapprehension of evidence
*R. v. Vokurka*, 2013 NLCA 51:
[20] In *R. v. MacIsaac*, 2013 NLCA 26 (CanLII), 2013 NLCA 26, Rowe
J.A. summarized the law relating to misapprehension of evidence:
[16] The test for misapprehension of evidence was set out by Doherty
J.A. in *R. v. Morrissey* 1995 CanLII 3498 (ON CA), (1995), 97 C.C.C. (3d)
193 (Ont. C.A.), at paragraph 83:
A misapprehension of the evidence may refer to a failure to consider
evidence relevant to a material issue, a mistake as to the substance of the
evidence, or a failure to give proper effect to evidence.
[17] The misapprehension... more »
Diana : Enemy of the (Apartheid) State (of Israel)
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*You Can't Build a false Clash of Civilisation narrative out of material
like this:*
Weekend Fun 46: Pork Barrel's New Names
Legislators’ pork barrel fund was called Countrywide Development Fund (CDF)
in the 90s, later called Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
President Noynoy Aquino has abolished the PDAF on Friday, August 23, 2013.
The legislators’ pork was not abolished, it was simply reformed and it has
no name yet.
Filipino humor comes in, as usual. The first eight below, I got from
facebook, posted by a friend. The next 10 were my inventions.
Suggested new terms for the pork barrel or Congressional insertion as PDAF
has been abolished already:
1. NACAW (National Assistance for Citizens’... more »
Free Bikes and Girls' Education - Update
Last year, I posted a video about some new research on how giving bicycles
to girls in a India increased their educational attainment. Here is an
update.
Enbridge Proposal Cannot and Will Not Be Permitted To Proceed In British Columbia, Coffin Nail Number 1000
Go click the link and read the entire article, in a nutshell, British
Columbia was ill-prepared for oil spills with the existing Kinder Morgan
pipeline, the oil spill response and regime was virtually non-existent,
adding Enbridge`s pipeline is an unacceptable risk, remore location, no oil
spill response vessels, no access to a remote rugged location, no
expertise, no funding in place for oil spill clean up costs, and the
uncomfortable fact that bitumen can`t be cleaned up in water, even Enbridge
themselves admit there is no technology for cleaning up bitumen in water,
in rivers... more »
"Unless..."
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
- Dr. Seuss
'Sunday' - Syria, Witches, Humanists, MLK, charities and Lord Sacks
Here's this week's review of Radio 4's *Sunday*.
7.10 *Introduction*, by Edward Stourton
7.11 *Syria*. Edward talked to Fr. Nadim Nassar of the Awareness
Foundation, the only Syrian priest in the Anglican church. He was critical
of Obama, Cameron and Hague, saying that the West are "paper tigers" and
that the debate within the West is mere "empty words". "Where are the
actions?", he asked. He didn't want us to attack militarily, only to have
worked much harder to achieve a negotiated peace. Edward asked him about
sectarianism. He said it's "severe" because of the influx of Islamist... more »
MUSLIMS WAKEN UP TOO LATE TO ISRAELI CONSPIRACY?
*The BBC lies about almost everything - **BBC uses 'Iraq photo to
illustrate Syrian massacre'*
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*1.* Rather late in the day, some Arab Moslems are wakening up.
"A high-ranking Egyptian military delegation has arrived in Syria charged
by the Egyptian Minister of Defense Al Sissi with coordinating the war
efforts by Damascus and Cairo for 'a more effective fight against the
Muslim Brotherhood'...
"Al Sissi has made no secret of his intention to see the 'the Egyptian and
Syrian armies fight all the terrorists.'
*Premier contact Al-Sissi/Régime Assad, Riyad en colère!!! - IRIB -Tra... more »
ALERT: Evidence of Nuclear Criticalities at Fukushima Daiichi
PLEASE SEE MY POWERPOINT OF EVIDENCE here
http://www.academia.edu/4314657/Fukushima_Update_Aug_2013 or here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/11xz1zjgwcsbpo0/Fukushima%20Update%20Aug%202013.pptx
*EVIDENCE OF NUCLEAR CRITICALITIES*
*MASSIVE SPIKE IN RADIATION LEVELS IN GROUDWATER*
*Radioactivity levels in Fukushima groundwater increase 47-fold over 5 days
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN August 06, 2013 *
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201308060059
[excerpt] Radioactivity levels soared 47-fold over just five days in
groundwater from a monitoring well on the ocean side of the crippl... more »
Bases 30 - Mind Control in Britain - Cathi Morgan Part One
Cathi Morgan gives an update on her research into institutionalised MK
Ultra or Mind Control/False Memories involved with Satanic Ritual Abuse in
UK, and mentions (recently deceased at age 93) whistleblower T Stokes.
Morgan suggests victims of Satanic Ritual abuse have implicated the Princes
Philip and Charles, Jimmy Savile and other high-level members of 'civilised
society'.
People like this always forget that EVERYONE is professionally mind
controlled by mainstream coercion and completely indentured to the
Corporate War system for PROFIT, every day of their commercialist lives. ... more »
Insiders and outsiders debate: fuzz or fire?
There is a KITP rapid response 10-day workshop on the black hole
information puzzle in Santa Barbara: Complementarity, Fuzz, Or Fire?
*Red fire or fuzz? asks a mad professor before she connects the wires and
fires some red fuzz.*
The speakers (click for all the talks in various formats!) include a great
part of the most well-known researchers in the area plus some folks who are
close enough to them: Marolf, Bousso, Polchinski; van Raamsdonk, Susskind,
Maldacena, Sanford; Mathur, Turton, Bena; Harlow, Aaronson (intelligent
outsider); Preskill, Oppenheim; Hawking (remotely), Unruh, ... more »
Musical Interlude: Dan Fogelberg, “Nether Lands”
Dan Fogelberg, “Nether Lands”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePrQFaB50w0&html5=1
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million
light-years away. Found in the multi-headed southern constellation Hydra,
the winding spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are loaded with
luminous young star clusters and dark dust lanes. Still, for earthbound
astronomers NGC 3621 is not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy. Some
of its brighter stars have been used as standard candles to establish
important estimates of extragalactic distances and the scale of the
Universe.
*Click image for larger size.*
This beautiful image of NGC 3621 trace... more »
"There Are Some Things..."
“There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is
all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very
simplest things and because it takes a man's life to know them the little
new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he
has to leave.”
- Ernest Hemingway, “Death in the Afternoon”
"Singing To The Deer"
*"Singing To The Deer" *
by Patricia Monaghan
“At solstice, the woods were bright in a snowy way, the sky pearl gray
above the stately maples and gnarled burr oaks. An Alaskan marooned in the
urban Midwest, it took me years to find this nearby patch of relatively
undisturbed land where I can sense the power of wildness. Now I go there
often, watching the seasons unfold their changeful unchanging patterns in
the increasingly familiar forest. I especially like to walk among the
sleeping trees in the half-lit silence of winter dawns. The trail I follow
winds and twists, new patc... more »
"A Home Beyond What This World Knows"
"You can chain my body
But you cannot chain my soul.
You can enslave my body
But you’ll never own my soul.
You can whip my body,
But you cannot touch my soul.
For my soul is mightier than your chains,
My soul endures all your blows,
My soul is eternal, eternally remains,
My soul has a home beyond
what this world knows.
You can imprison my body,
but you cannot jail my soul.
You can break my body,
But you’ll never break my soul.
My soul is free as the eagle flying so high,
Vast like a dark, starry sky,
Deep as the ocean, wider than the sea,
My soul is forever, eternally free,
my soul is f... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Wasilla, Alaska, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"If That Be So..."
"You cannot run away from weakness;
you must some time fight it out or perish;
and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?"
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Free Download: Viktor E. Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning"
*"Man's Search for Meaning"*
by Viktor E. Frankl
"Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most
influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins
with a lengthy, austere, and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's
imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years, and
his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of
the book, called "Logotherapy in a Nutshell," describes the
psychotherapeutic method that Frankl pioneered as a result of his
experiences in the concentration camps. Freud b... more »
The Poet: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "A Psalm of Life"
"A Psalm of Life"
"Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream! —
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bi... more »
“Learning And Yearning”
*“Learning And Yearning” *
by Chet Raymo
“This photograph of the Eagle Nebula made by a rather modest telescope -
the 0.9 meter instrument at Kitt Peak, Arizona - appeared on APOD (click to
enlarge). I sat in front of the computer screen for ten minutes,
breathless. One tiny corner of the Milky Way Galaxy, one of tens of
billions of galaxies that we can potentially see with our telescopes! At
the center are the so-called "Pillars of Creation" from a famous Hubble
photograph.
Click image for very large size.
I recall when the Hubble photograph appeared in the media hundr... more »
"Be Still, And Listen..."
"Sit, be still, and listen,
because you're drunk,
and we're at the edge of the roof."
- Rumi
Weddings and Pie- Creative Link-Up
It is cooling down here and I am starting to feel fall in the air. I am so
excited for leaves, apple cider and cool days. Fall is my favorite time of
year, there is something so beautiful about it and it is my my favorite
time of year to photograph. Here are my favorite link-ups from last week.
I love these Tips for a DIY Wedding at Ashley's Dandelion Wishes.
This Darling Owl Knitting Bag can be found at Will Cook For Shoes.
You can download this cute Never Been Kissed Quote from Allons-y Kimberly.
I love these Pom-Pom pens from The Crafty Blog Stalker.
This cute Welcome Banne... more »
The Clintons certainly aren't above criticism, but aren't they entitled to fair treatment?
*Joe Conason says that the NYT's reporters "dished out unflattering,
largely irrelevant anecdotes about Band and Ira Magaziner [above], whose
work at the Clinton Health Access Initiative has provided vital drugs,
tests and medical services to millions of patients across Africa and around
the world."*
*"if Dowd and her Times colleagues were honestly interested in what the
Clinton Foundation does with its funds, including the millions raised
annually by President Clinton himself, all they would have to do is get off
their asses and go look at its projects, which can be found all over... more »
You've Woken Up.... Now What?
When I was young, I was fully indoctrinated into the false and very
deceptive so called "education system"... I was a firm believer in such
things as; What we have been taught in our history books is real and
factual...Governments are honest, and actually work for the good of their
citizens...And that the pursuit of happiness stems through the pursuit of
monetary gain.....
But sometime in my early 20's, I was beset by the real reality of how
society really works, and about the evil tribe that is out for our
destruction and/or enslavement. My wake up came with a price... I was
dis... more »
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*Bush, Blanco tell different stories on ‘federalization’ ~Bruce Nolan, The
Advocate*
*Good fishing in New Orleans City Park ~Sun Herald*
Read more here:
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/08/23/4897516/good-fishing-in-new-orleans-city.html#storylink=cpy
Learning from returning to the classroom: Setup week
College professor back to teaching. Steep curve ahead. What have I learned
so far? I can easily spend roughly $800 getting ready for Kindergarten, but
saved a good amount building some things like sand and water tables. The
Common Core Standards, for Kindergarten at least, offers me absolutely no
guidance whatsoever. It is thin soup. […]
Newest Syrian Chemical Weapons False Flag Attack: Why The Claims About Syria And Chemical Weapons Are Bullshit!
I am continuing my efforts to have this race to war against the innocent
nation of Syria stopped in its tracks before it is too late.... But it may
already be too late, because the newest news coming out of Syria shows a
massive United States forces buildup around Syria itself.... And we find
continuing reports about American forces already in Syria, via Jordan, that
entered a full 4 days BEFORE this fraudulent chemical weapons attack. I
am hoping that people can truly see this newest chemical weapons attack for
what it truly is... A provocation by the criminals running the Americ... more »
"Canine Researcher: Dogs' Intelligence On Par With Two-Year-Old Human”
*"Canine Researcher: *
*Dogs' Intelligence On Par With Two-Year-Old Human”*
by ScienceDaily
"If there are no dogs in Heaven,
then when I die I want to go where they went."
- Will Rogers
"Although you wouldn't want one to balance your checkbook, dogs can count.
They can also understand more than 150 words and intentionally deceive
other dogs and people to get treats, according to psychologist and leading
canine researcher Stanley Coren, PhD, of the University of British
Columbia. Coren, author of more than a half-dozen popular books on dogs and
dog behavior, has review... more »
Obama: I Have A Dream About Bombing Syria
*One gave us a dream, the other gave us a nightmare.*
*Below: World Exclusive Speech by President Obama On Syria.*
Some score years ago, a great American invented lies to convince world
public opinion to embrace America's vision of destroying a sovereign nation
in the Middle East. That nation was Iraq, that great American was George W.
Bush. Today, I walk in his shadow in calling for the world to once again
get behind America as it prepares to destroy yet another sovereign nation
in the Middle East based on lies, by the name of Syria.
Some are afraid of this war. Some see no mora... more »
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