Eric Gill: sculpture for Broadcastinghouse. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
'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. :)
*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!*
*
*
*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).
Mercedes “advert” shows car hitting young Hitler | Trending Central
http://www.trendingcentral.com/mercedes-advert-shows-car-hitting-young-hitler/
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 bubble 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 »
Untitled
*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 Gr... 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
[image: Robert Watts]
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 - 7 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
.
*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 - 8 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'*
*
*
*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 »
Greg Palast discovers the "end game" by which Larry Summers and his "flunky" Timothy Geithner arranged for a few criminal banksters to take posession of virtually the whole world. If you don't believe in conspiracy theories, don't read this or it will spoil your day.
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*GREG PALAST'S COLUMN*
Original Here
*THE CONFIDENTIAL MEMO AT THE HEART OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS*
By Greg Palast
When a little birdie dropped the End Game memo through my window, its
content was so explosive, so sick and plain evil, I just couldn't believe
it.
The Memo confirmed every conspiracy freak’s fantasy: that in the late
1990s, the top US Treasury officials secretly conspired with a small cabal
of banker big-shots to rip apart financial... more »
Defeated NATO Dangerously Desperate in Syria
Did the West Gas Thousands to Rescue Failed Syrian War?
*August 25, 2013* - (Tony Cartalucci) As far back as 2007, it was a
documented fact that the West, including the United States and its allies
Saudi Arabia and Israel, conspired to use terrorists drawn from the ranks
of the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda in an attempt to overthrow the
governments of Iran and Syria.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh in his 2007 New Yorker
article, "The Redirection," stated (emphasis added):
"To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration
has decided, ... more »
News from the Jews
*Jewish involvement in Civil Rights movement, ridiculous "Holocaust"
promoting stunt, & rappers praise their Jewish lawyers*
It may surprise some to learn that *the Civil Rights movement was largely
led and organized by Jewish activists and intellectuals with direct ties to
the international Communist movement*, whose primary aim is the overthrow
of White Western Christian civilization. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa
Parks, and many other leading Civil Rights "heroes" were actually *trained
Communist activists*. Simply put, the Civil Rights movement and the ideas
it championed (*raci... more »
TV Watch: "Girls" update -- Creator Lena Dunham seems to want us to know about the time when she was a 19-year-old virgin
*Can't wait for Season 3 of Girls? Here's a tease. This post pretty much
wraps up TV Watch's coverage of the show.*
*by Ken*
As I believe I reported at the time, I checked out of HBO's *Girls* --
created by, largely written and directed by, and starring Lena Dunham -- at
the outset of the last season. Much as I admire Dunham's obvious talents,
my feelings from the outset were decidedly mixed, but I tried to reserve
judgment until the thought of watching any more of it became unbearably
oppressive.
Lena's on-screen alter-ego, Hannah, seems to mirror Lena in wanting
desperately, wi... more »
Eggplants, Vampires and Us
It’s not writers block. It’s identity crisis. “Who are you?” has been
the perpetual question this week. It is sort of like being a vampire. I
am surrounded by mirrors that offer no reflection. People and problems
used to keep popping up like springing targets in an arcade game, needing
removal. They were handy excuses, blames and faults for what was wrong. With
me. Each health crisis, relationship breakdown or financial hardship had
different *non-me* pop up culprits. They’ve vanished. There is only me.
This comes as a surprise. We are sort of like eggplants. These... more »
Fat Free Econ 46: On Pork Barrel Aboition
* This is my article today in interaksyoncom.
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MANILA - From Countrywide Development Fund (CDF) to Priority Development
Assistance Fund (PDAF) and now a reformed pork that has yet to be named.
The legislators' pork barrel is not truly abolished but only reformed.
The pork barrel system can truly be eliminated, but that would mean a
significant shrinking of the Executive branch -- in budget, subsidies, size
of the bureaucracy and regulatory powers. Because an activist and really
independent legislature will disallow unnecessary spending. Are the people
ready for this scena... more »
SYRIA: TALK OF ACTION IS LIKELY ALL TALK – AT LEAST FOR NOW
In an interview with CNN yesterday President Obama, using non-explicit
language, hinted that the US, while being ‘gravely concerned’ about the
gassing incident in Syria late last week, would unlikely be taking any
action until the facts on the ground had been established. He further
indicated that he would await the outcome of the UN mission to the affected
area though did not expect the Syrian government to be co-operative in
allowing UN inspectors into the area. However, the Syrian government has
since indicated that it would be facilitating the UN into the area.
If UN inspectors... more »
Progressives And Liberals Who Spread Anti-Assad, Pro-War Propaganda Are Morally Worse Than Neocons And Zionists
Progressive and liberal news websites and talking heads who spread
anti-Assad, pro-war propaganda, which is written by neocons and their
Zionist allies, are morally inferior to neocons and Zionists.
At least Israhell is up front about its strategy towards Arabs and Muslims:
kill them all. Progressives and liberals take this immoral and cruel
strategy and put it in a moral context for the American people, saying the
war against Assad is to save Syria's people from chemical attacks, and that
President Obama must intervene to protect Syria's children. These are lies,
and it does not ma... more »
Syria Is The Gateway To World War III: What Will President Obama Do?
*"History is full of places where hundreds of thousands of people like you
and I have died, and I go back to World War I as the stellar example,
because every major capital had idiots in charge. That's what we have in
Tehran and Washington. We have idiots in charge in both places. And we
could be looking at the beginning of a true tragedy because of these
idiots."* - Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, U.S. Army (ret.), Chief of Staff to
Secretary of State Colin Powell (2002-2005). The quote appears in the
documentary "A Future Scenario for Israel," made by VPRO Backlight, and
directed b... more »
It's Not "Military Intervention" - It Is Called Aggressive War, Fucking Morons
Anyone who stands behind "military intervention" in Syria or anywhere else
stands behind "aggressive war."
This won't end pretty, especially not for America and Israel. It will get
to the point where the Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians, Afghans, etc, will
HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE and they will burn Israel down to the ground
along with any American invader stupid enough to tag along in this
Zionist-led mass murder journey. Spreading lies about Syria, causing
sectarian and ethnic division across the Middle East, killing innocent
people, supporting fanatical terrorist groups, all t... more »
Hope Springs Infernal
On the 29th of last October I walked up to the village to survey the damage
from the Sandy storm. Massive trees had fallen, exposing their centers,
rotted from pollution.
This maple was by no means the largest but its condition was typical.
The interior was a festering black, and the leaves were speckled with the
classic spots from stomata absorbing ozone.
Given the millions of trees that fell it's very impressive how quickly they
were cleared out.
The owner of this house replaced the dead tree in the spring, a younger
version which began turning fall colors even before August. No do... more »
HOLD A LOCAL EVENT DURING SPACE WEEK
*No Missile Defense***
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*No to NATO Expansion*
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*End Afghanistan Occupation*
*Stop the Drones Surveillance & Killing*
*No Nuclear Power in Space or on Earth*
*End Corporate Domination of Foreign/Military Policy*
*Convert the Military Industrial Complex*
*Resources*
- Download our full-size *space week poster* at:
http://www.space4peace.org/actions/Keep%20Space%20for%20Peacer%20Poster%202013.pdf
* *
- ***The award winning documentary Pax Americana & the Weaponization of
Space** is now available online at: *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&... more »
I Have a Dream
Evidence of Revision: The Assassination Of Martin Luther King Jr from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Billy Kyles from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"Thirty year later at a Press Conference, he slipped...
Because God do baffle your mind, sometimes...."
The Other Hole in Martin King's Face.... from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Bill Pepper's a great lawyer - but in all the 18 years he worked non-stop
on James Earl Ray's post-Conviction Defence, he was NEVER given access to
the "Ray" Rifle or the bullet fragments - a ballistics analysis never
became a realistic topic for discussion and was in any case irreleva... more »
“The Most Honest Three Minutes In Television History, EVER”
*“The Most Honest Three Minutes In Television History, EVER”*
Strong Language Alert *
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- http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/
Will Wentworth Miller's coming out embarrass Russia's rampaging official homophobes just a little? One can hope
*by Ken*
To be honest, I never heard of Wentworth Miller before now. He is, I
gather, the star of *Prison Break*, and lots of people have heard of him.
And now he has picked what seems to me an excellent moment and method for
coming out. This letter he wrote to the St. Petersburg (Russia)
International Film Festival is posted on the GLAAD website.
August 21, 2013
Re: St. Petersburg International Film Festival / "Guest of Honor" Invitation
Dear Ms. Averbakh:
Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting
Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of R... more »
Internet Activism, Politics and Protest
I just want to make some points about this article by Joe Rivers that
appeared on the *New Statesman* website today.
1. Despite its title, 'Let's stop pretending internet activism is a real
thing', it's not really about that at all. I can only assume it was subbed
with that heading to pick up a few Facebook likes and retweets on what is
traditionally a slow day for all bloggers. But the idea the internet and
social media particularly offers a facsimile of activism is absolutely
nothing new. Remember 2009's battle for the Christmas Number One? An
internet-based grassroots movement m... more »
Spacey Questions 'Yeterday's' Media Practices
When someone of the status of Kevin Spacey does a keynote speak at the
Edinburgh International Television Festival about media and content we have
to listen. The speech centred on the lessons he had learned from his
successful remake of the ‘House of Cards’ series.
His first point was that in making the series they refused to be drawn into
the US TV pilot route forced on the market by the networks. He cites that
some 113 pilots were made last year of which only 35 made it to full
adoption and that of these only 13 were renewed. This year there are some
146 pilots and 35 take ups.... more »
Sourcebook: The Straw Man Attack
The Brennake Gambit: Guarding Against Straw Man Disinformation Stings from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Old School Journalism - get two sources who will confirm on the record,
plus deep background.
Only fight for what you KNOW to be provebly true. Or they with Dan Rather
you....
Also referred to as "memogate," Rathergate is the scandal surrounding the
60 Minutes II story aired on CBS in 2004 about George W. Bush's National
Guard service. Memos providing the basis for many of the claims in the
report were supposedly created in 1973 and found in the files of the late
Lieutenant Colonel Jer... more »
The Glass Half Empty: Gendered Problems in Academic Networking
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Professor
and Department Chair of Political Science at the University of Iowa. It is
Part 1 of a 2-part discussion. Many recent posts (e.g., posts here by
David Lake, Dan Nexon, and Laura Sjoberg, and elsewhere by Christian
Davenport and Steve Saideman) have discussed professional networking
Continue reading
Why I Am No Longer a Light Worker -- Part I
Cameron..... I cannot thank you enough for this AMAZING article! and a
HUGE thanx to Brian for screaming at me to read it "RIGHT NOW". This
article sums up so many things that I have been talking about, thoughts
that I have been trying to convey for months now.
Please repost this article as it needs to go viral. THIS may actually be
the message that shatters the illusion of us vs them and light vs dark and
good vs evil. Please read this with an open heart and an unfettered mind.
This isn't about separation. it's about oneness.
love
D
Original article:
http://www.ascensi... more »
killing me softly fukushima
Oil spills in the gulf of mexico wasn't good enough...
now you have to irradiate the pacific ocean
with radioactive cesium 137 from fukushima...
what's next, atomic bombs ?
Syria: Crunch Time
*Obama still says "No."*
To Quote Depp on Polanski: "Why Now....?"
"Signed, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Emperor of Persia, King of Kings".
This is an enormous deal.
Forget Syria. Someone is trying to derail something truly historic.
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB435/
*Washington, D.C., August 19, 2013* – Marking the sixtieth anniversary of
the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, the National
Security Archive is today posting recently declassified CIA documents on
the United States' role in the controversial operation. American and
British involvement i... more »
"Getting it about right"
So, as might be expected, left-wingers on Twitter are reacting with glee to
the report from Cardiff University 'proving' BBC bias in favour of
right-wing perspectives. (For my take on it, please see below and for DB's
take on it at *Biased BBC* please click here).
This report, part-funded by the BBC Trust and part-written by the BBC's
former head of news Richard Sambrook, will doubtless be used by the BBC to
say that they are criticised from the Right and the the Left - and, thus,
they must be getting it about right.
That's as inevitable as the punchline of a Marcus Brigstocke jo... more »
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*The Film That Will Get Goodell Fired ~Jason Calbos*
O brave new 'PM' that has such people in't
My first encounter with the David Miranda story came when I drove home from
work listening to *PM* on Monday night. The programme led with the story
and how it reported it is worth describing in some detail.
What struck me at the time of hearing was the initial sketching-in of the
background to the story from Eddie Mair, which came across (to me) as
presenting Glenn Greenwald (star *Guardian *journalist, David Miranda's
especial friend) in a flattering light, recounting all his recent scoops
and their earth-shaking impact without even so much as a hint that their
accuracy has been... more »
Countdown
August 24, 2013 The NSA keeps spying, spying; The leaders keep on lying,
lying While drones just keep on flying, flying And people below keep dying,
dying, Leaving children to do the crying. And rich old men are farting,
farting … Continue reading →
What Mattered This Week?
The events in Syria this week, and the emerging world reaction, mattered.
Not sure what I have for "didn't matter," although someone did report a
poll in some state matching Hillary Clinton against one of the Republicans
for 2016. Obviously, Ignore those polls!
What do you have? What do you think mattered this week?
Is Harper Suppressing Climate Change Information?
Canadians are supposed to receive an annual accounting of our federal
government's efforts and progress on fighting climate change. It's overdue
and Environment Canada won't say why or when it will be released.
*“Environment Canada is currently preparing the 2013 Canada’s Emissions
Trends report,” said spokesman Joshua Kirkey, in an email sent on Friday.
“Therefore, they are best positioned to comment on this report.”*
**
*The last report, released on Aug 8, 2012, revealed that Canada’s climate
performance was improving slightly with annual greenhouse gas emissions
projected to be 1... more »
The Mysterious Bookshop Finds A Survival Answer?
Sometimes we miss news, or items, which at the time didn't make our radar.
Today we come across one such story, which at a time when many bookshops
are struggling to see the way ahead, may well offer some food for thought.
Driven by the realism of the book market for independent bookshops, Otto
Penzler woke in the middle of the night and had an idea. Otto thought that
if he asked some of his author friends to write a profile of their series
characters, he could then print them and give them away with a book
purchase as a special souvenir.
Otto is the owner of the Mysterious Booksh... more »
Banking on Neptune
Researchers hope they'll be able to give Victoria and Vancouver a 30- to
50-second warning in advance of the megaquake when it occurs off Vancouver
Island.
That doesn't sound like much but it might be enough to shut down gas lines
and activate emergency systems that will be needed to cope with the quake
and aftershocks.
The Neptune monitoring network deployed off the western coast of Vancouver
Island comprises a number of seabed nodules or monitoring stations.
It's hoped these sensitive instrument clusters will detect and report the
primary wave of the mega-thrust earthquake, ess... more »
How do we transmit values (GOOD values, that is)? E. J. Dionne Jr. provides a case in point
*"If you stand for something, you will always make enemies. That is part of
the price of being principled. What you should avoid are entirely
unnecessary fights that advance no cause but create bitter feelings."*
-- Washington Post *columnist E. J. Dionne Jr., in a tribute
this week to his "second father,"* "Unearned blessings"
by Ken
Probably it's too facile to say that right-wingers don't acknowledge their
roots, the human sources that nourished them into the people they became.
After all, Paul Ryan acknowledges the inspiration he drew from that great
thinker Ayn Rand, or at least... more »
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