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The Real Risk at JPMorgan Isn’t Its Legal Mess
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Thanks to Les! -Bill*
*The Real Risk at JPMorgan Isn’t Its Legal Mess*
*By SUZANNE MCGEE, The Fiscal Times*
August 20, 2013
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2013/08/20/The-Real-Risk-at-JPMorgan-Chase.aspx
Remember that scene in Casablanca when Claude Rains, playing Captain
Renault in the World War II-era city of the title, closing down Rick’s
casino with the immortal words, “I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling
is going on in here,” even as he gratefully pockets his own winnings?
Well, welcome to the Wall Street circa 2013. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)
seems to be mired i... more »
Deutsche Boerse says Eurex trading again after outage
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Thanks to Phil for pointing this one out! It wasn't on the US media that I
saw... -Bill*
*Deutsche Boerse says Eurex trading again after outage *
FRANKFURT | Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:43am BST
(Reuters) - Exchange operator Deutsche Boerse said trading on its
derivatives platform Eurex had been halted for over an hour on Monday,
without giving an immediate explanation for the failure.
Deutsche Boerse said in a statement on its website that trading resumed at
0922 Central European Time, with a company spokesman declining to comment
further.
The market impact of the trading glitch ... more »
#WhatEveritTakes
I must confess I never knew Everit myself, but whatever Everit took was
clearly sufficient inspiration for the coaches and administration of the
modern-day Essendon Football Club that they took it for their motto:
*#WhatEveritTakes*
Not only have they been taking whatever they think Everit might be taking
himself, they’ve boasted about taking whatever it takes all over their
signage and advertising. After disappearing for part of the year, you can
see it below in one of the Essendon Football Club coach’s many press
conferences about what Everit took, or didn’t take:
[image: Ja... more »
Syrian Information Minister: The Entire Middle East Will Burn If Syria Is Attacked by the US [Source: MEMRI TV]
Couldn't the Syrian government find another public spokesman to deliver
this very sane and reasonable message? This cross-eyed four-eyes makes the
viewer dizzy just by looking at him. They should do what the Americans do,
have a hot babe deliver government messages, or at least someone who is not
cross-eyed, because it deflects from the main message.
Syrian Information Minister: The Entire Middle East Will Burn If Syria Is
Attacked by the US. Source: MEMRI TV
La Bestia's victims and the desperate quest to reach North America
I’ve written about how desperate Hondurans are to make it to North America,
about the risks they take, including riding La Bestia, a freight line
through Mexico.
Early yesterday morning, the train derailed. The stories are still
developing, but people died, were maimed and are missing. The papers say
about 250 Hondurans among the hundreds riding on top and between the
freight cars. One man quoted said the people who died had tied themselves
to the train for safety, and couldn’t jump during the slow-motion wreck.
None of this will slow the hundreds of Hondurans who leave every day to ... more »
Greenland Dreams
I recently took a mental voyage to Greenland, which began when I read Knud
Rasmussen’s book, The People of the Polar North, published in 1908. Rasmussen
(1879–1933) was born and raised in Greenland, the son of a Danish minister
and his Danish-Eskimo wife. Most of Knud’s buddies were Eskimos (Inuit),
and he fluently spoke both languages. The family moved to Denmark when
Knud was 14, and he soon realized that the wild frontier was far more
healthy and alive than the noisy crazy crowds of civilization.
At the age of 23, he eagerly returned to Greenland. His mission was to
document... more »
Mac Harb Resigns
Liberal senator Mac Harb has resigned effective immediately and repaid a
total of $231,000 for disputed housing allowances he received plus interest.
Harb said there are plenty of senators in the same boat that he was in.
DCCC Still Refusing To Go Up Against Vulnerble Republicans In Michigan-- Wasting Time Trying To Take Out Benishek Again... This Time WIth The Former Head Of Guantánamo
The DCCC has recruited a candidate to run in Michigan's first congressional
district. Who knows where ex-Kalkaska County Sheriff (1987) and retired
Army Major General, commander of the Joint Detention Operations Group
at Guantánamo Bay gulag, Jerry Cannon, stands on any issues? He has a protypical
DCCC-style website with absolutely no information about any policies or
political stands. He doesn't even indicate he's a Democrat. There's been
plenty of coverage of the recruitment in Michigan but none of the newspaper
articles indicates where he stands on a single issue, just that he ... more »
IN RE Clinton foundation, the Post gets it right!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013*
*Especially compared to the Times:* Two weeks ago, the New York Times
published a giant front-page report about the Clinton foundation.
The report ran 2961 words. It was accompanied by a large and pointless Venn
diagram, helping you limn the tedium of the overlap between all the org’s
key players.
This report itself was a nothing-burger, stuffed with plenty of hamburger
helper. As the Times tends to do in such matters, the report tended to give
the impression that something was rotten in the Denmark of the Clintons’
deeply troubling charity org.
(Four ye... more »
Turkey: We Will Invade Syria With Or Without A U.N. Resolution
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*The Army of Evil From Left To Right: France, England, Germany, America,
Turkey, Saudi Arabia/Al-Qaeda, And Israel.*
Below is an excerpt from, *"Coalition in making for Syria intervention"*published in Hürriyet Daily News on Monday, August 26:
“If a coalition is formed against Syria in this process, Turkey will take
part in it,” Davutoğlu told daily Milliyet, adding that Ankara was awaiting
the results of a U.N. inspection of a suspected chemical attack on
civilians.
*“After the inspection, the U.N. Security Council needs to make a decision
on sanction... more »
The types of facts you will and won’t hear!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013*
*The two Australian miracles:* There are certain facts you hear all the
time. Other facts which are very basic will get disappeared.
In an op-ed column in Sunday’s Washington Post, we read a familiar set of
facts concerning Australia, an island nation located near New Zealand.
Julia Baird wrote about the country’s famous gun buyback and gun
regulations.
We highlight the key statistics:
BAIRD (8/25/13): In 1996, after a gunman killed 35 people and wounded 18
others in Port Arthur, a former penal colony turned tourist attraction,
Australians collectively de... more »
Syrian Chemical Weapons False Flag Attack: Liar John Kohn (Kerry) Lying In Front Of The American Nation!
Today, I am truly sickened by what I am watching happen in the Middle
East..... The United States on behalf of their psychotic masters in Israel
is rapidly wanting to rush to war against the innocent nation of Syria.
And this is happening even with ALL and I do mean ALL OF THE EVIDENCE now
shows clearly that the Syrian government was absolutely NOT behind the so
called chemical weapons attack near Damascus.
But now I came across the Youtube video of John Kohn (Kerry) standing in
front of the American nation to make a prepared statement about the
position of the United States with ... more »
More Monday Cranky Blogging
Well, actually, it's over at Plum Line: I get cranky when people say that
the Iowa Caucuses are going away. They will not.
But I'll toss in a good point that Ed Kilgore made:
You really need to dig into the details to understand Iowa, and that’s the
real hold the state has over political junkies and candidates alike: the
time you have to invest in the place tends to reinforce its importance.
To put it in a more positive way...
The point of primaries and caucuses isn't so much to contest the
nomination; it's to generate information for party actors. Well, it also
technically does de... more »
You Inner Bad Ass
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Embrace your inner bad ass. Forget the inner child. That was when you
needed taking care of. You can take care of yourself. Twenty or seventy,
your age has nothing to do with this. Midwife or firefighter, your
occupation doesn’t matter. This is about that fearless you that sings in
the shower, grins at strangers and does whatever the hell she wants,
anything he wants.
You are needed. Those that have been in control until now don’t know how
to say goodbye.
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They need you to help them. It is way past ove... more »
We can sing a rainbow
I'm in that giddy state that comes after something you've been dreading is
over, and it turned out not nearly as bad as you'd thought. In this case
the anxiety-inducing event was a devotional I did this morning for my
co-workers on gay tolerance - a subject that is rarely talked about here,
and most definitely not in the context of the weekly prayer meeting at our
office.
But for a while now I've been thinking that my co-workers are splendid,
loving people, and that perhaps they really just needed a gentle push to
reconsider some of the kneejerk prejudices against homosexuali... more »
Why Does the American South Embrace Climate Change Denialism?
Even as climate change whipsaws the American south, states such as Florida
and Texas remain hotbeds of global warming denialism.
The outgoing governor of Texas, who is expected to seek the GOP nomination
in 2016, Rick Perry maintains that climate change is "a theory that has not
been proven." Of course this is the same jackass who claimed that, with
enough prayer, Jeebus would deliver the Lone Star State from its ongoing
megadrought. Now there's a theory that has not been proven.
From the *Environmental Defense Fund:*
*NOAA’s comprehensive [State of the Climate report] stands as ... more »
MELANIE PHILLIPS: An unholy war in the Girl Guides and why we must ALL fight secular bigots
Melanie Phillips right on the money.
'... Indeed, this is why 'political correctness' is not remotely liberal at
all, but viciously oppressive. It is simply a mechanism for re-ordering the
world according to a particular dogma — and thus inescapably stifles all
dissent.
Innately hostile to traditional morality, it paves the way for a secular
Inquisition in which today's Torquemadas are the ideologues of such group
rights — and it is Christians and other religious believers who are the
heretics to be silenced by force.'
Read more
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2401899/... more »
happiness
when we expect
we allow others
to determine the
hour of our happiness
Reply to Karen
Karen provided a thoughtful comment yesterday:
Okay. I have been out showing the Rocky Mountains and some of my favourite
BC places to my New Brunswick family for the last while, and, frankly,
ignoring the situation.
I spent the last few years with a great group of people trying to keep the
Enbridge Northern Gateway from happening. It's exhausting. There came
points when I felt like I was living in an echo chamber, and I got tired of
everyone else rolling their eyes when I mention it. I felt one dimensional.
I've engaged in some activism in the past; but never for as sustained a
... more »
Gates’s Cannibalistic Culture: Coming to a School Near You! | the becoming radical
Bill Gates has adopted education as a billionaire’s hobby for many
years—once supporting small schools projects, but more recently focusing on
teacher quality. Little attention, however, has been paid in the mainstream
media to Gates’s struggles in business (Microsoft) or his complete lack of
expertise, experience, or success as an educational entrepreneur.
Until this expose by Vanity Fair addressing […]
German Activists Plant Cannabis to Protest Drug War
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In one German town, growing cannabis has become the new method of civil
disobedience. A group of students has been sowing the plant throughout the
town. Forcing local police to hunt around in hedgerows for the seeds of
their protest.
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Nanotech Food Test May Help Expose Chemtrail Poisoning
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Quantum Dots Rady Ananda
Last week, the University of Missouri announced a new method to detect
silver nanoparticles in fresh produce and other food products.
Though not mentioned by researchers, it’s conceivable that the protocol
could be modified to test for chemtrail dispersants, as well.
Over 200 agricultural pesticides contain nanosilver, which studies have
shown to be toxic to humans and the environment. Over 1,600 consumer
products are known to contain nanoparticles, ranging from clothes to
cleaning agents, to food, ... more »
NEAR AND AFTER DEATH PHENOMENON EXPLAINED
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*The center of convergence in a near-death experience*
*Recent scientific experiments have shown that a person clinically dying
experiences a surge of electrical activity in the brain which could be
explained as a surge in consciousness as we slip away from left brain ego
consciousness into the super awareness of right brain soul consciousness
and thus the near and after death experience: Allen L Roland *
On August 12, 2013 ~ Rebecca Morelle, Science reporter, BBC World Service,
wrote on BBC News, Science and Environment that *"Scientists report that **a
surge of ... more »
Baby Panda: Nap time
*SMALL AND SOFT: A giant panda cub named Yuan Zai slept at the Taipei Zoo
in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday. The female cub was born July 6 to mother Yuan
Yuan and father Tuan Tuan. (Taipei Zoo/Xinhua/Zuma Press)*
Debunking another blunder by Dowd!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013*
*The Truman Library speaks:* Maureen Dowd’s “week that was” was really
quite a week!
Last Sunday, she wrote a ludicrous column about the vile Clintons, the
three millionth such column in her ongoing decade-long series. Three days
later, she wrote a column so grossly bungled that even some journalists
noticed!
Yesterday, she pandered to us liberals in the same way she did the last
time she got into trouble. She wrote a fawning, GOP-bashing column in which
she played a race card!
That seems to be what Dowd does when she gets in trouble. She seems to know
t... more »
The New Teabagger Line In The Sand: Are You Man Enough To Impeach The Kenyan Interloper?
Once upon a time over in GOPWorld, you were a chicken if you weren't
willing to vote to shut down the government the way the crackpots and
nihilist Hate Talk Radio-inspired zombies who pass for the Republican base
were demanding. But that is *sooooo* the day before yesterday... which is
when we did our most recent post of crazy teabagger, Kerry Bentivolio, a random
piece of gutter trash who managed to grab a House seat because Steve Israel
wouldn't help the *Muslim* Democratic candidate.
Times move fast these days if you want to keep up with Ted Cruz and his
psychotic father, and ... more »
Use of Force against Syria just days away? It looks that way.
*There are several updates at the bottom-scroll down! *
Two news stories are causing me a great deal of consternation.
US will make legal case for striking Syria without UN approval
*Sources tell 'Post' the United States is preparing justification for use
of force against Syria with allies, which will circumvent Russia, China
vows to block military intervention; military action possible in coming
days.*
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WASHINGTON -- The United States is preparing legal justification for the
use of force agai... more »
Why PRISM Matters
*The Guardian* has done an excellent and vital job digesting the U.S.
National Security Agency *PRISM* data leaked by Edward Snowden. A good
deal of it had come out, in part, in dribs and drabs but it was the British
newspaper that put it all together in chilling context.
It's partly a warning about our governments spying on us and why. It's
also a warning of what they might have in mind for us in the future.
They foresee unrest and potential upheaval in the future from climate
change impacts. Theirs is a world in which today's environmental activists
are viewed as tomorrow'... more »
The Search for the Wrath of the Conquest of the Planet of the Bride of the Son of the Return of Cranky Blogging
Oy, Fournier.
There's just about no way to get a "generational" analysis of anything
right. People aren't really grouped, naturally, into generations -- Baby
Boomer mythology notwithstanding.
So when Ron Fournier went to look for how the "Millennials" are going to
change US politics, the odds of a train wreck were high. And, yeah, it's
Really That Bad.
We learn, for example, that students at the Kennedy School aren't planning
to run for office. Is that news? I have no idea! I don't know how many
similar students thirty or fifty years ago wound up running for office, or
what their ... more »
Saskatchewan's Deadly Highway 39 Needs Brad Wall's Attention NOW!
*"Of the 61 total fatal collisions in the last 25 years, 34 were head-on
crashes."*
*Regina Leader-Post*
*Anyone who has driven across Saskatchewan's portion of the Trans-Canada
Highway, knows that it's pretty flat and open out here.*
*
**Just south of Regina, Highway #39 (and merging #6) contains one of the
most open highway stretches anywhere in Canada. It is a single lane section
and it is extremely dangerous. The statistics prove this beyond any doubt.*
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**In winter, the wind polishes the surface to something resembling glass.
In summer, strong prairie winds put increased force... more »
Too Dumb to Live
Sean, the IT guy, is no more. The 26-year old Australian was at a
birthday party at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat when he thought he'd
swim across the croc-infested river. The crocs thought otherwise. Sean 0,
Crocs 1.
EPISTEMIC ENCLOSURES: What holds us back?
*MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013*
*Part 1—David Gregory’s search:* Fifty years after the March on Washington,
what is America like?
The question may seem large in scope. But yesterday morning, David Gregory
said we’d be exploring that question on a special Meet the Press.
Fifty years ago this Wednesday, Dr. King gave a world-famous speech. How
does America measure up now? Gregory wanted to know:
GREGORY (8/25/13): *This Sunday, a special Meet the Press: The American
Dream. *
*Fifty years ago this week, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., change history
with his "I Have a Dream" speech.* He had a... more »
Studying Non-Governmental Organizations: What International Relations and Public Management Bring to the Table
In my grad class every semester, I always ask the students if IR is really
the best field for studying human security. Undoubtedly, I get some
students who respond that political science is the best discipline and IR
is the best field – or even the only field – to really study human
security. However,
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Newest Syrian Chemical Weapons False Flag Attack: UN Chemical Weapons Inspectors Shot At By Snipers! (Now WHO Would Do That?)
Continuing with my reports about the chemical weapons assault in Syria by
the US/Israeli bought and paid for mercenary rebels, I have been appalled
by this sudden onrush to war by the criminals in the US government. As I
am typing this latest article, the United States, and now the United
Kingdom as well, have begun to move more forces around the innocent nation
of Syria, in full preparation for an attack that will happen most probably
later this week.... It will be genocide and a definite war crime based on
lies and inunendos!
I have long said that this chemical weapons attack was... more »
A Hungry Black Hole: Mysteries of Nature
Interesting facts about a Black Hole.
*The black hole at the center of our galaxy has been on a near-starvation
diet for *
*almost a million years—but now it’s time for a snack.*
The above video will give you some idea about the diet of a Black Hole.
"But We Should Trust The Cops!"
* *
*"But We Should Trust The Cops!"*
by Karl Denninger
"Uh huh. "Law enforcement officials in the area were suspicious of the man
and regularly sent undercover officers to do surveillance on his store.
During one trip, an officer is caught in plain view of store cameras
pulling out a small bit of crack cocaine and putting it on the counter when
no one was looking. “He comes in, places the crack on the counter. Crack,
which under federal sentencing guidelines, would get him 4 years in jail.
Under New York State law would get him 2 to 7 years in jail,” attorney
Kevin Luibrand said... more »
The fashion show
Now this is called fashion. Beat this U.S and Canada.
*ORNATE: A model showed off an outfit at the Jember Fashion Carnival in
Jember, Indonesia, Sunday. (A. Rochman/Xinhua/Zuma Press)*
Are US Interests At Stake in Egypt and Syria?
Steve Walt asked a great question the other day: Are U.S. Interests Really
at Stake in Egypt, Syria, etc…? In posing the question, he cited a recent
comment from Brendan Green, a visiting professor at the LBJ School at the
University of Texas-Austin: “Pre-2011, if you said that Mubarak would fall,
that Egypt would experience
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Photos: Apache elders protest Resolution Copper, defend sacred Oak Flat
Tribal
Elders protest passing of H.R. 687 in Globe and Superior
Claims of cultural and NEPA violations made to Congresswoman Ann
Kirkpatrick
Article and photos by Sandra Rambler
Censored News
Chi’Chil’Ba’Goteel, AZ – On the morning of Aug. 20, tribal elders from
the San Carlos Apache Reservation prepared for a trip to the Gila
Community College and the
DRONE CRASHES IN CROWD
An aerial drone crashed into the grandstand at Virginia Motorsports Park
during Saturday’s Great Bull Run in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
Iraq’s Moqtada al-Sadr Trying To Rally His Supporters With “Retirement”
In August 2013, Iraq’s mercurial Moqtada al-Sadr said that he was quitting
politics. His movement at first claimed that this was a distortion by the
media, and that their leader was simply taking a break after Ramadan. That
story quickly changed as hundreds of his followers and militiamen pledged
their allegiance, and begged that he return. This appears to just be a ploy
by Sadr to rally his forces, and deal with factions that might have been
considering breaking away.
Letter to Sadr signed by his militia commanders pledging their support with
their bloody thumbprints (*Al-Mada*)... more »
The Economy: “Bogle’s ‘Battle for the Soul of Capitalism’ Rages”
* “Bogle’s ‘Battle for the Soul of Capitalism’ Rages”*
by Paul B. Farrell
“Doomsday Capitalism?” Yes, Jack Bogle’s classic, “The Battle for the Soul
of Capitalism” hit the stands in 2005. The first assault ended four years
later. “They” won. In 2009 we suggested a sequel: “Capitalism Died a Lost
Soul.” We lost more than the American dream. What Bogle diagnosed as
“mutant capitalism” is killing America’s “soul.” Still, “they” won’t stop
fighting. Their greed is all-consuming. More is never enough. “They” want
absolute power. “Mutant capitalism” has morphed into “doomsday capitalis... more »
The UN has a new member: the NSA
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Jon Rappoport
The NSA joined the UN in 2012. But they didn’t go through the usual
process. Instead, they hacked in and began bugging UN teleconferences at
its New York headquarters.
Der Spiegel, based on another Snowden leak, reports, quoting an NSA
document: “The data traffic gives us internal video conferencing of the
United Nations (yay!)”
We’re not just talking about General Assembly meetings. NSA had to crack
code to get in. Presumably, these were smaller, more private sessions.
Der Speigel also mentions that NSA has b... more »
The Dark Tower
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*"Minas Maril"*
Or
"Barad-Marîl"
*
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*"In letters to Rayner Unwin Tolkien considered naming the two as Orthanc
and Barad-dûr, Minas Tirith and Barad-dûr, or Orthanc and the Tower of
Cirith Ungol.*
*
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*However, a month later he wrote a note published at the end of The
Fellowship of the Ring and later drew a cover illustration which both
identified the pair as Minas Morgul and Orthanc."*
U.S healthcare and desperation
A 50 year old man holds up a bank and robs it for $1 and then waits for
police. He did so to get medical treatment as prisons do provide such
treatment at taxpayers' cost.
*50-year-old Tim Alsip allegedly robbed an *
*Oregon bank of $1 then sat down to *
*wait for police to arrest him.*
*"The suspect got the dollar and his wish; police arrived and arrested him
on robbery charges."*
**
This man is not alone. There are many such cases in U.S where people commit
crimes in order to get medical treatment.
Then there are Repug congressmen and women who want to block Obama's
healthcare ref... more »
U. S. : Forest fires and flooding
U.S. South-west has uncontrollable fires because of lack of rain and dry
forests - millions of people are displaced. In the North-east there is too
much rain and cities and towns are flooded, millions displaced and some
deaths as well. I don't know if U.S ever faced this kind of severe
situation before. Below is a picture of a fire near Yosemite National Park
in California.
*UP IN FLAMES: A photograph released by the U.S. Forest Service shows the
Rim Fire burning near Yosemite National Park in California. (AFP/Getty
Images)*
Update: Another picture of the fire near Yosemite Nationa... more »
Britain's Middle East Spy Station
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image source Stephen Lendman
It doesn't surprise. Washington operates the same way. It's longstanding
imperial policy. It relates to waging war on freedom.
On August 23, The Independent headlined "Exclusive: UK's secret Mid-East
internet surveillance is revealed in Edward Snowden leaks."
Did Snowden provide information to The Independent? He categorically denies
doing so. Perhaps its "exclusive" stopped short of telling all. More on
that below.
"Data gathering is part of a ($1.5 billion) web project still being
assembled b... more »
15 Signs That Obama Has Already Made The Decision To Go To War With Syria
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Mr. Nobel Peace Prize Michael Snyder
The Obama administration seems absolutely determined to help radical
Islamic jihadists that have beheaded Christians, that have massacred entire
Christian villages, and that have pledged loyalty to al-Qaeda topple the
Assad regime and take over Syria.
Yes, the Assad regime is horrible, but if these jihadist lunatics take
control it will destabilize the entire region, make the prospect of a major
regional war much more probable, and plunge the entire nation of Syria into
a complete and ut... more »
Matt Damon: Snowden Did a Great Thing
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Misleading the State of Education: Zais Plays Partisan with School Praise
Superintendents of education in states across the U.S. are necessarily
political positions, either political appointments or elected offices.
Should, then, a superintendent of education visit public school districts
to praise excellence—especially in districts and schools struggling under
the weight of poverty? Of course. But in the current accountability era
that persists in pursuing education policy […]
Lindzen's talk at DDP meeting
*Alarming Global Warming: What Happens to Science in the Public Square*
Willie Soon sent us the newly posted video at the bottom, a 56-minute-long
talk by Richard Lindzen at the (July) 2012 DDP meeting (Long Island Hotel
And Conference Center). DDP stands for "Doctors for Disaster Preparedness"
that sounds silly, the talk is 1 year old, and there has already been a 2013
DDP meeting.
But the talk still looked interesting enough to me which is why I thought
it was a good idea to increase the video's visibility and you may watch it
here, too.
So here we go. From the YouTube vide... more »
Spokane police arrest second suspect, Kenan Adams-Kinard, in the beating death of WWII veteran Delbert Belton...
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Police have arrested 16-year-old Kenan Adams-Kinard less
than a week after the alleged beating death of World War II veteran Delbert
Belton.
Adams-Kinard is the second suspect along with 16-year-old Demetrius Glenn
accused of killing 88-year-old Belton. Police arrested him on First Degree
Robbery and First Degree Murder warrants.
Authorities said Adams-Kinard was arrested just after 3:00 a.m. Monday
morning in a basement apartment on West Montgomery Avenue and North Stevens
Street without incident.
Police credited good investigative work and follow-up on dozens ... more »
Bloomberg:Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows: David Reilly
Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows: David Reilly
By David Reilly - Jan 28, 2010 6:00 PM
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-01-28/secret-banking-cabal-emerges-from-aig-shadows-david-reilly.html
The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global
economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile ammo, bottled
water and peanut butter. After this week’s congressional hearing into the
bailout of American International Group Inc., you have to wonder if those
folks are crazy after all.
Wednesday’s hearing described a secretive group deploying bi... more »
Bashar Assad Interview with Izvestia- Must Read!!
I just had to get this up!
Bashar Assad did an extensive interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia.
*Yes, it is the translate version.* And, yes it has it's shortcomings.
But, it is clear enough to understand fully what he is saying, particularly
about* Israeli involvement*. Israeli involvement has been a reality in the
destabilization of Syria. From day one I had made the case Israel was
involved. And, through dozens and dozens of posts Israeli
involvement/collusion with the terrorists in Syria was crystal clear.
Despite all the lying claims to the otherwise made via the msm.
... more »
Untitled
*St Charles Assessor revalues some properties downward ~Richard Thompson,
New Orleans Advocate*
*Plaquemines looks at Terrebonne model for storm protection ~Carolyn
Scofield, WVUE*
*Floating Islands: Jefferson Parish Installs Living Shorelines by Bucktown ~Summer
Moore, NOLA DEFENDER*
*Letter to Director of George Bush Museum*
*Fighter training stepping up in Belle Chasse*
Krugman’s (Probably) Wrong about Apple and Network Externalities
Paul Krugman has an op-ed in today’s New York Times in which he likens the
rise and decline of technology companies to Ibn Khaldun’s account of the
rise and decline of dynasties: success breeds complacency and soon the
barbarians are running the show. This happened, he argues, to Microsoft,
which once upon a time dominated the
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Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Chris Pine, 33. He's okay as Kirk, I suppose; not bad
enough to keep the first movie from being quite entertaining, but certainly
not even remotely good enough to rescue the disaster of the second movie.
You know what? I definitely at this point hate Star Trek Into Darkness a
lot more than I dislike Phantom Menace. And it's not because I'm going soft
on Phantom Menace.
Okay, enough of that: much better to think about the good stuff:
1. Joshua Foust on Glenn Greenwald.
2. Are national security types entering electoral politics? Dan Drezner
goes with the "three make... more »
When Governing Elites View Students Not As Investments In The Country's Future Prosperity, But As... Easy Pickings
Trump caught fleecing students
Obama, the Republican Party and Democratic congressional leaders put their
heads together to work out a "compromise" that would steal nearly a billion
dollars from college students and their parents over the next decade. We
covered the vote on that shameless rip-off in the Senate in late July and
we looked at the House vote at the beginning of August. Every day is a
shameful day to be a congressional Republican but those days were shameful
days to be congressional Democrats as well. Senate Democrats joined the GOP
to reject amendments that would lessen ... more »
Quiet Enjoyment is not limited to breaches of title or possession but it must be a breach made by the lessor or of those lawfully claiming under the lessor
In Kenny v Preen [1963] 1 QB 499, Pearson LJ in the Court of Appeal said
(at 511):
The implied covenant for quiet enjoyment is not an absolute covenant
protecting a tenant against eviction or interference by anybody, but is a
qualified covenant protecting the tenant against interference with the
tenant’s quiet and peaceful possession and enjoyment of the premises by the
landlord or persons claiming through or under the landlord. The basis of it
is that the landlord, by letting the premises, confers on the tenant the
right of possession during the term and impliedly promises not to ... more »
No Economic Geniuses
Scott Clark and Peter Devries write that the stated focus of Jim Flaherty's
seventh annual "national policy retreat" was job creation and economic
growth. The Harper government likes to repeat that those two objectives are
-- and always have been -- its reasons for being.
But all that talk has not yielded much of either:
The economy has been in a growth decline since 2010 — job creation has been
dismal. In 2009, real GDP declined by 2.9 per cent and then bounced back in
2010 to 3.3 percent. Since then, growth as been decelerating: to 2.4 per
cent in 2011, to 1.7 per cent in 2012 ... more »
7 Tips for Back to School Shopping
“This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate
Media Group™ and KuKee, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #KuKeeapp
http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO.”
Back to School shopping can be frustrating and expensive, but it can also
be a lot of fun. Follow these 7 tips to less headaches and more smiles for
the beginning of this school year!
1. Shop the sales. You can imagine my delight when I found this darling
line of Hello Kitty clothes for 30% off at Macy's. We were able to stretch
our money twice as far.
2. Prioritize- My mom always let us pick on... more »
A Choice To Be Made - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
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*You are the one*
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*The one whom chooses*
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*To follow*
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*The banner of fear*
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*Or*
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*The one that leads*
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*The way *
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*To liberation*
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*To freedom*
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*Of self*
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*And*
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*Others*
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*A choice to be made*
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*A life to be chosen*
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*To join the forces of freedom*
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*Or*
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*To join with those who enslave*
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*A choice to be made*
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*Yes*
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*Simply*
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*A choice to be made*
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M.N. Hopkins
*Note: *This poem was written on August 23, 2013 and first published here
on my blog today.
Russia offers help to Tepco to clean up Fukushima - will the Abe Administration accept the offer or turn it down ( as the Kan and Noda Administrations did ) ? Tepco needs help , Russia has experience , maybe this might help Japan come up with answers other than " We don't know " )
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/08/russia-offers-help-to-tepco-to-clean-up.html
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2013
Russia Offers Help to TEPCO to Clean Up #Fukushima I Nuke Plant
I remember Russia invited fishermen in Fukushima to relocate to Russian
Siberia right after the start of the nuclear accident in March 2011 and to
fish there, instead of trying (in vain) to make a living off the water
being contaminated with radioactive materials from the plant. I don't think
anyone took up the offer.
According to Bloomberg News article, Russia reiterated the offer to help,
just as they had been read... more »
Diana : Global Media Blackout
1 week ago, this story broke:
That the story broke on Associated Press and prompted a (terse) official
statement by MPS (the Metropolitan Police Service) obliges the BBC to cover
and report the story as news under its Charter.
It's *ROYAL* Charter.
The Corporation was obliged to give minimal, appropriate coverage to the
story - the presentation of which, every hour, on the hour, on 24 hr
rolling news channel News24 being probably best likened to the careful
behaviour of someone who had recently swallowed a bottle and expects,
presently, to very soon be shitting glass.
Not... more »
Saudi Arabia sentences widow, 75, to 40 lashes after she allows two men into her home to bring her bread via Mail Online
Saudi Arabia's sharia law reveals itself again.
' A Saudi Arabian widow aged 75 has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four
months in prison for mingling with two young men who were reportedly
bringing her bread.
Khamisa Sawadi, a Syrian who was married to a Saudi, breached rules barring
women from meeting with male non-relatives, a court ruled.
The two men, including Sawadi's late husband's nephew Fahd al-Anzi, were
also found guilty and sentenced to prison terms and lashes.'
Read more here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160871/Saudi-Arabia-sentences-widow-75-40-lashes-al... more »
SYRIA AND WORLD WAR
*Anti-Assad forces "injecting substances into the bodies of victims to
prepare false evidence against the authorities in Damascus." **TERRORIST
CHEMICAL ATTACK*
*In the Daily Mail, PETER MCKAY writes that: *
*As the West considers action against the ruling Assad regime in Syria, we
must take note of a chilling warning from 1914*
*Peter McKay writes:*
'As the centenary of the 1914-1918 Great War approaches, historian
Christopher Clark points out that conflict's eerie, modern relevance...
'"Behind the outrage at Sarajevo was *an ... organisation ...
extra-territorial, secretive, sc... more »
DRONES, SURVEILLANCE, AND CENSORSHIP
This latest edition of *This Issue* features Shenna Bellows from the Maine
ACLU. She talks with me about the drone surveillance bill that passed the
Maine legislature this spring but was vetoed by Gov. LePage. The bill
would have required the police to obtain warrants before using drones for
surveillance. The bill also would have allowed for "weaponized" drone
testing in the state. Shenna also speaks about the NSA surveillance
program and the recent revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
I learned just last night that the public access TV channel in Brunswick,
where my s... more »
Monday early morning linkage
Syria agrees to allow a UN team of experts access to the site of last
week’s alleged chemical weapons attacks. US government officials says it’s
too little, too late. The Tunisian opposition is back in the streets and is
again calling for the government’s resignation. FP’s James Traub remains
optimistic. Saturday was the 50th anniversary of
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3rd time’s a charm: CiF Watch prompts correction to Telegraph “correction” on refugees | CiF Watch
Cifwatch show it is possible to get a newspaper, in this case The Telegraph
to correct a glaring mistake.
http://cifwatch.com/2013/08/26/3rd-times-a-charm-cif-watch-prompts-correction-to-telegraph-correction-on-refugees/
RSS: a negative temperature trend in 16.67 years
Before you open this blog entry, you should make sure that all the nuclear
power plants in your country are operational. You may need them because the
text below contains a really long table (with 415 lines or so) which will
be processed as \(\rm\LaTeX\) using MathJax. ;-)
About two years ago, Kevin Trenberth and others promoted a paper (Ben
Santer and 16 co-authors, 2011) that claimed that one needs 17 years – what
a precision – to determine the existence of a global warming trend. The
purpose of the paper was to inject some patience to the minds of the
alarmists and the undecided ... more »
Hot News - Volcanic geyser appears near Rome's 'Fiumicino' airport
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 13 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/9MPyyz8UlUM
The region from Italy's Naples until Rome is geophysically active, i.e.
counts earthquakes and is volcanic active. It's not only the well-known Mount
Vesuvius with its history of explosions, but also the mega-volcano
underneath the Campi Fleigri ('burning fields') north from Naples that are
sources of concern. Now suddenly a *mud-geyser* appeared at a very short
distance from one of the runways of Rome's international airport 'Fiumicino'
(also called: 'Leonardo da Vinci International Airport', LIRF/FCO for
experts) which reminds us how delicate the... more »
"hide my ass" is far superior for vpn and wireless vpn
My adventures with VPNs, wireless VPNs, and other fun IP-address changes
just keep getting better all the time. My new favourite addition is called
HideMyAss - a stupid name, but a terrific service.
When I last updated you on our awesome wireless VPN + Roku experience, we
were using two separate routers - one for wireless VPN, and one for
everything else. This was necessary because MLB.TV - through which we watch
baseball on our TV, via Roku - didn't get along with the wireless VPN
router. The feed would continually stop for buffering, making it impossible
to follow a game. To watch... more »
“Syria: What's Really Going On?”
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*“Syria: What's Really Going On?”*
by Karl Denninger
“Let's take a rather-jaundiced but honest look at Syria, shall we? First,
why does Syria matter? That's pretty simple - they're a rather interesting
energy conduit from a strategic point of view. Syria also "owns" the Golan
Heights, which is under Israeli occupation (Ed: yes, I know Israel
considers it to have been "annexed" - the rest of the world sees it
differently.) Having part of your land occupied by a foreign power is
always good for your general civic mood, you see.
In addition Syria is an ally of both Iran and ... more »
Eliot Spitzer May Matter
Yes, maybe he is. There is no plausible reason that the architects of the
2008 collapse are not in jail and been hounded for all their money to the
ends of the earth except an utterly supine regulatory cadre who need to
join their friends in jail. Elliot is certainly able to make it work as he
recovers from the effects of his own hubris.
He even has something to prove. At some rating level, failure must mean
treason. That has to be felt out there or we will have another round of
all this in about another decade. I was never quite a fan of his, but that
was when a ... more »
How Does Hydrogen Metallize?
The truth is that we do not know at all and are still trying. That is
good enough though as it certainly generates upper limits. Those following
this blog know that we can expect to eventually model the content of such
an atom and then possibly massage it with external fields. Then who knows
what we will end up with?
We are also pushing fundamental limits I am sure so our theory that we are
working against may simply be wrong.
All good stuff.
*How does hydrogen metallize?*
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by Staff Writers*
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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 01, 2013*
*This image shows the predicte... more »
Hyperlooop ?
I held off posting on this until I saw some sober second thought. Here we
get a dose of all that.
Quite seriously, high speed rail links for these distances are excellent
solutions using the technology already deployed globally with serious
success. By that I mean reaching 200 miles per hour. At the same time
delivering 100 miles per hour also works well. Both systems demand modern
trackage and an active suspension making the customer experience excellent.
As important, such a system needs to be linked into the urban train system
that shifts people around. Thus a tr... more »
Turning Deserts Into Carbon Sucking Tree Plantations.
We have discussed this at length here in this blog and I am completely
convinced that all the deserts can be nicely vegetated with a range of
water producing strategies and technologies. On the other hand, I am no
fan of conventional seawater desalination simply because it is not
particularly sustainable. It only make engineers happy.
The perimeter grow out needs to be wet and the easiest way to make that
all happen is with artificial reefs and mangrove swamps that then fill the
atmosphere with humid air. Then the rest is well planned hydraulics and
nature doing what i... more »
World Trade Centre - nuclear demolition - final final final update from Dmitri Khalezov
right: Dmitri Khalezov. left: *Mike Harari*?in a final final final
update/release of his book 911thology, ex-Russian nuclear specialist Dmitri
Khalezov claims that HE KNEW who did the 9/11 event. He claims they were
good friends.
*Moreover, I was so close to him that he did not invite anyone else but me
alone to his early breakfast on the 12th of September 2001 (in Bangkok,
while in the United States it was still the 11th of September) and there he
shared a bottle from his collection of wines with me to celebrate the 9/11
event.*
*The man who planned 9/11, his name is Mike Harari... more »
Promising class of heterotic \(\ZZ_8\) orbifolds
Edward Witten is 62 today, congratulations!
After many twists and turns and the birth of roughly five competing classes
of stringy compactifications, I still consider the heterotic strings to be
the most realistic category of the stringy vacua we know. Heterosis is a
powerful tool.
Most of the time we mention the heterotic strings, we usually think of a
compactification on a smooth Calabi-Yau manifold. The world may be
described by one of the 10,000 or so known topologies of
six-real-dimensional Calabi-Yau three-folds (each of which has several
continuous parameters, the moduli... more »
The most prolific goal scorers in the Premiership
This is a list of the most prolific goal scorers in the Premiership (as of
this morning). This season Frank Lampard should overtake Thierry Henry,
Wayne Rooney hould overtake Robbie Fowler, Frank Lampard and thus Thierry
Henry. Robin Van Persie should easily get into the top 10 by overtaking
Robbie Keane and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and probably Teddy Sheringham, Les
Ferdinand and Michael Owen. Jermain Defore might also get into the top 10
if he's given a run of games, as might Nicolas Anelka should he do
likewise. Stephen Gerrard and Dimitar Berbatov will also make progress this
sea... more »
U.S AND ISRAEL DESPERATE FOR WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Despite the Syrian government acceding to UN demands to allow their
inspectors into the areas affected by last weeks gas attack on civilians,
the US has declared that it is ‘too little, too late’ saying that it may
now be “too late to gather useful scientific results”.
Given the seriousness of the accusations, the inspectors should at least be
given the opportunity of making some kind of assessment about who was
responsible before the US and their NATO allies escalate the war to levels
which may have much wider consequences.
The language being used indicates that the US and their a... more »
New book by Lindsay Perigo: ‘The One Tenor’
*Before the Three Tenors, there was just one. Lindsay Perigo tells the* *story
of the overpoweringly charismatic singer of screen and record whom today’s
singers still revere, and who has somewhat eluded biographers hitherto. From
the new book’s Amazon description….*
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*The One Tenor* is a labour of love for life-long Mario Lanza devotee, New
Zealand radio and television broadcaster Lindsay Perigo.
It is the bringing together of his best Lanza-related essays, critiques and
interviews over the years, with significant new material exclusive to this
book, inclu... more »
NAKED STEPHANIE - THE PRIME MINISTER'S DAUGHTER
*John Key, and his son Max*
Stephanie Key has been posing naked with an octopus and Big Macs.
Stephanie is the daughter of John Key, the Jewish prime minister of New
Zealand.
*Daughter of New Zealand Prime Minister*
*Stephanie Key*
New Zealand has had three Jewish prime ministers: Julius Vogel and Francis
Bell and John Key.
One might think that Israel insists on controlling New Zealand.
*Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, whom Mossad reportedly
tried to assassinate.*
In 2004, Mossad's Zev Barkan's reportedly tried to to assassinate New
Zealand Prime Minister Hele... more »
Contamination caution app for swimmers and surfers launched
*An app that gives bathers and surfers real-time warnings about
contamination incidents on beaches has been launched.* The free service
sends alerts or text messages about discharges of manure and storm water at
nearly 250 beaches in England and Wales. It was formed in response to
concerns about a rise in sewage spills, which can cause illnesses for
beach-goers. The service works by sending out alerts to users when
contamination reaches unsafe levels and the information is posted online.
It was developed by the charitable trust Surfers against Sewage (SAS) and
funded by the Envir... more »
Underhanded Heart (Not A Mixed Metaphor) of Global Financial Catastrophe Exposed! (ArmsTwisted/Blackmailed Internationally - Thus The Secret Goldman Sachs/JP Morgan/Citi Payoff) Wag the Dog? (Syria Style)
Newsflash! Women in Engineering Earn 25% Less Than Men Not really a
surprise is it? I always love to get the "new" news. But . . . back to the
old news . . . no surprise here either . . . after all, why would the
Bilderberg groupies have it any other way? (But why would they take the
risk? El Greedo - and its pal - el Stupido - strike again (h/t to "The Big
Chill"). And the populace doesn't
Philippines:‘Million people march’ set at Luneta against pork barrel scam
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* *‘Million people march’ set at Luneta against pork barrel scam*
By Gang Badoy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
6:48 pm | Monday, August 19th, 2013
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SERIOUS CALL A page from the diary of Peachy Rallonza-Bretaña. CONTRIBUTED
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MANILA, Philippines–Since the controversy surrounding the alleged
P10-billion pork barrel scam broke out, there has been a torrent of
articles and photos that have linked the now fugitive Janet Lim-Napoles to
several legislators. Most of the articles—which first came out in the
Philippine Daily Inquirer—allege that Napoles put up a number of ... more »
Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Rebuilding Without Repeating Costly Planning Mistakes.
*It is still not too late to rescue our cities from the “planners,” says
Guest Poster Phil Hayward—not even in Christchurch.*
THE URBAN PLANNING PROFESSION today is completely unmoored from reality,
and at loggerheads with the economics profession, in so far as expert
economists have been critiquing the outcomes of popular planning policies.
There are some economists ideologically allied with the “planners.” And
most local body politicians blindly follow the “planners’” shallow
assumptions despite them being demonstrably invalid, as demonstrated by
both international experience an... more »
The War Against Syria Was Planned In 1991; A Nasty And Demonic America Was Born On 9/11
*Post-9/11 American leaders are demonic haters of humanity and creators
of evil wars. The civilized world rejects them.*
An American attack on Syria should not surprise anyone. This evil mass
murder campaign against the Syrian people and nation was planned over two
decades ago, after the end of the Cold War. Syria was listed for regime
change by the U.S. government before 9/11 and before the invasion of Iraq.
Read this excerpt from, *"General Wesley Clark - U.S. Foreign Policy Was
Hijacked,"* (April 10, 2011):
"Some hard-nosed people took over the direction of American polic... more »
A non-contest for a non-trophy
Despite NZ’s victory on the water this morning in the conclusive Louis
Vuitton UP race, it’s hard to take it seriously. It was a non-contest for
a non-trophy with a non-audience, winning them the right to be in a contest
that no longer matters.
Yes, it’s a dramatic boat when it’s flying. But there were only two boats
in the non-contest, only one of them fully prepared.
So little interest has the world for the contest only two of the world’s
billionaires had sufficient interest to back other boats. Just them, and
the long-suffering New Zealand taxpayer fronted up—pouring million... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Eco Crap
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
[image: A link-up for green blogs on Reduce Footprints Blog]
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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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*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!*
*
*
*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
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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”?
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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 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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. (And here is the paper.)
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 »
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