English: South facade of Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Syria Français : Façade Sud de l'église de Saint-Siméon le Stylite. Syrie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Female 'Xylocopa (Proxylocopa) olivieri', resting after copulation. Hermon, Israel/Syria, July 9, 2011. עברית: צלפונית מפוספסת, נקבה, מורדות החרמון, 9 ביולי 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Review - UrbanJet by Fanimation
[image: UrbanJet in Spicy Red from Fanimation]
*Cute, cute, cute!!*
That was my first thought when I received an UrbanJet portable fan from
Fanimation. This "retro" styled fan stands just 12.2 inches high. It weighs
approximately 5 pounds and has a 6-inch diameter blade. But don't let its
size fool you ... this fan is powerful.
I tested it out in various areas of our home including our living room, the
largest room in the house. From a distance of 14 feet, I had no trouble
feeling the "wind" from this little powerhouse.
The fan comes with a long cord, making it convenient for a... more »
Si te perdiste de algo, aquí están nuestras colecciones de Agosto
*NOVEDADES DE AGOSTO 2013 | EXPLORA, DISFRUTA Y COMPARTE*
35 fotografías de paisajes increíbles by Sebastián Kraus
Postales para desear a tus amigos un "Feliz Miércoles"
Caballos, Pegasos y Unicornios de cerámica y porcelana (8 fotos)
25 fondos para teléfonos celulares en imágenes de 320x480px
Las mejores imágenes del mundo XIV (28 fotos bonitas)
24 *imágenes de fantasía* que harán volar tu imaginación
12 *fotografías de casas viejas* abandonadas en áreas rurales
Imágenes para desear a tus amigos un Feliz Viernes
Feliz Día Internacional de la Imagen Virtual (23 de Agosto de 2013)
... more »
WHY IS THE ISRAEL LOBBY KEEPING QUIET ON SYRIA CRISIS?
In a recent article in *Politico*, Anna Palmer pondered the question of why
the Israel lobby is silent on Syria. After having spoken with a number of
pro-Israel activists representing pro-Israeli organisations like the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the American Jewish
Committee (AJC) she reports that most have kept quiet about the events in
Syria for two main reasons: one is the uncertainty of what is going on in
Syria and, two, not wanting to seem in any way influential about US foreign
policy relating to affairs in the Middle East – especially after the
disa... more »
The Ministry of Truth
Romney Exposed from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
One of the earliest (and BY FAR, one of the best) Benghazi documentaries,
but so much more than that besides,
Raw, ready and totally straight to the heart of the matter, I think this
one even predated the FIRST set of Issa Committee Government Oversight Star
Chamber Hearings, which places in the last fortnight of September 2012.
Just a couple of corrections to the record that we didn't know then, but
then subsequently have learnt
(and which the vast majority of people have now completely forgotten again)
Firstly, this predates the revelatio... more »
A Networking Post Inspired by Networking
So, I ran into Dan Drezner in the trendy-food part of the West Loop in
Chicago tonight, as you do when you are at APSA. Dan asked if I was
planning to respond to his post on networking, which is critical of my
earlier post. Honestly, it was not high on my agenda, but who can
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New report says bring back phonics to fix widespread illiteracy
[image: Ministry_of_Miseducation]
I posted this morning about the complete and calamitous systemic failure
that happens when government departments go wrong.
Here’s one of the biggest, confirmed by just-released Massey University
research: the minimising and belittling of phonics in teaching reading (begun
by “The Look-Guess Lady” Dame Marie Clay and spread though govt Teachers
Colleges, and govt schools with govt-mandated curricula) which has been
disastrous.
Here is the research that proves it, with the blame squarely laid at the
feet of government programs, including the $40 ... more »
Your moment of Zen
A flying car The Convair Model 118, a prototype which unfortunately never
made it into mass production, 1947. [photo via Historical Pics]
Syrian Chemical Weapons False Flag Attack: Claims Of Assad Using Chemical Weapons Crumbling Rapidly - Wall Street Journal Says There Is NO Evidence!
I am truly hoping today that the rush to war by the criminals in both the
United States and Israel can be averted., and very quickly... The facts
are coming in louder than ever that President Assad absolutely had nothing
to do with the chemical weapons attack on his own people, while ALL of the
evidence now points clearly towards either the so called "rebels" or
possibly agents of Israel or the United States doing the deed....
Now comes an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal through the
website: Intifada- Voice Of Palestine, at www.intifada-palestine.com, that
states ... more »
"ChromaRadio: Choose Your Own Musical Interludes"
"Our purpose is to offer a wide range of music selections that fit any
style. Ranging between Greek and international mainstream hits, New Age,
the sounds of nature, smooth jazz, Soul and Christmas.
You just click on the icon representing the stream you want to listen.
A pop-up window with flash player will appear to your screen.
Music will play automatically.
If not you can click on the icons below.
A file will be downloaded to your windows,mac os or linux based PC.
Double click the downloaded file (for example playlist-1.asx.asf) and your
player will start play the stream.
For mob... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What will become of these galaxies? Spiral galaxies NGC 5426 and NGC
5427 are passing dangerously close to each other, but each is likely to
survive this collision. Typically when galaxies collide, a large galaxy
eats a much smaller galaxy. In this case, however, the two galaxies are
quite similar, each being a sprawling spiral with expansive arms and a
compact core. As the galaxies advance over the next tens of millions of
years, their component stars are unlikely to collide, although new stars
will form in the bunching of gas caused by gravitational tides.
*Click image for l... more »
The Bet: Paul Ehrlich vs. Julian Simon
Over at The Breakthrough Institute I have a review up of *The Bet: Paul
Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and the Gamble over Earth’s Future* by Yale
University historian Paul Sabin. It is an excellent book. Here is an
excerpt from my review:
The bet was over the price of five commodities over a decade – chromium,
copper, nickel, tin and tungsten. Ehrlich thought that resources pressures
would inexorably drive up their prices, while Simon believed that greater
abundance resulting from economic forces would result in lower prices. Both
sides believed that the bet was not really about commodit... more »
Chet Raymo, “Neurology 101”
*“Neurology 101”*
by Chet Raymo
“Here is the homepage one day last week for the Bing search engine, a
photo of the Kurobe Dam in Japan. What struck me at once was the difference
in scale between the tiny antlike humans and the massive bulk of the dam.
How could such miniscule creatures have amassed such a volume of concrete?
Of course, we are not the only creatures that build on a scale that dwarfs
the builders. Tiny coral polyps built the 1,250-mile-long Great Barrier
Reef. On our island of Exuma, termites almost too small to see build nests
the size of a man. Time and teeming... more »
Examining why emerging markets ( stocks bonds and especially currencies ) have further to fall..... On the subject , why the current plunge in India's rupee should have been seen a mile away !
Why Emerging Market FX Has Further To Fall
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/28/2013 20:14 -0400
- Australia
- Bond
- Creditors
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- India
- International Monetary Fund
- Japan
- Market Conditions
- ratings
- Turkey
- Volatility
inShare1
The current external environment and consequence of past policies are
limiting options for EM nations (most specifically Indonesia and India).
Citi believes the *best they can do now is to smooth the (inevitable) macro
adjustment ... more »
Living Skills: "Being Proud of Who You Are"
"Being Proud of Who You Are"
by Dr. Kevin Ross Emery
"We have been told that pride goeth before the fall and that pride is not
just a sin, but one of the seven deadly sins. Of course we also have the
idea that we should take pride in our work, be proud of our country, our
loved ones, and our accomplishments. But no matter how hard I looked, I
could not find a definitive list of the prides I should or should not have,
and which prides I can justifiably have as a patriot without landing in the
depths of hell for eternity. Though I did get the impression that I could
be proud of th... more »
"A Dog's Purpose?" (From A 6 Year Old)
"A Dog's Purpose?" (From A 6 Year Old)
Posted by Thegreenman
"Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish
Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their
little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping
for a miracle. I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told
the family we couldn't do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the
euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home. As we made
arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for
six-year-old Shane to o... more »
Power grid down drill ? November 13-14 will be the dates for a disaster "drill " base don the premise of the failure of the electrical grid ( false flag watch for US , Canada and Mexico ) ....
http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/08/28/power-grid-down-drill-to-be-conducted-by-us-government/#
Power Grid Down Drill To
BeConducted By US Government
Written by: Tara Dodrill Alternative Energy August 28, 2013 24 Comments
[image: power grid drill]
Power grid vulnerabilities are finally garnering some attention by
government officials.
An electrical grid joint drill simulation is being planned in the United
States, Canada and Mexico. Thousands of utility workers, FBI agents,
anti-terrorism experts, governmental agencies, and more than 150 private
businesses are i... more »
"Support Our Troops"
*"Mindless and Extravagant 'Support Our Troops' Display Doesn't Help
Soldiers,*
* But Does a Lot for Those Who Profit From War"*
By Steven Salaita
"My 16-month-old son was having a bad day. When he doesn’t sleep in the
car, he usually points and babbles his approval of all the wonderful things
babies notice that completely escape adult attention. On this afternoon,
though, he was teething and hungry, a lethal scenario for an energetic
youngster strapped into a high-tech seating apparatus (approved and
installed, of course, by the state).
When it became clear he couldn’t, or ... more »
The Four Stages of Neocon Arousal
A Neocon with the apt name of Major Gen. Spider Marks went on
CNN Wednesday to give Wolf Blitzer and his sidekick Tom Foreman a stimulating
tutorial on the Four Stages of Attacking Syria. Marks's presentation did
not, of course, in any way crib from Masters and Johnson's *Four Stages Of
Human Sexual Response*. But it definitely seemed to arouse Wolf Blitzer,
judging from the feverish glitter in his bespectacled eyes and the
rosy flush erupting behind his fuzzy white beard, as the scenario for
wanking Syria was laid out before him, in the form of a colorful map. All
shiny and decked ... more »
Syria- the war that will never happen....and loosing the game
Ohhhhh the smell of false flags, misdirection and outright lies and
deceit..... T'is almost overwhelming in it's rancid stench.
I'm talking about the debacle in Syria of course.
First off, before I get into all the links and information I would like to
copy here something that I posted in Skype to a good friend of mine, and
then into the RTS skype room:
*remind yourself of this:
spring 2011 syria
summer 2011 egypt
fall 2011 new york and USA
Fall 2011 beginning of campaign against Iran (again)
winter 2012 Iran
spring 2012 syria
summer 2012 egypt
fall 2012 syria/turkey
winter 2013 i... more »
Gold and Silver Report - August 26 , 2013....... highlights from Harvey Organ , some items to ponder from silver Doctors.....
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/08/aug-26.html
Monday, August 26, 2013
aug 26/GLD and SLV remain constant/JPMorgan customer gold inventory
declines/John Kerry addresses the nation on Syria/
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen;
Gold closed down $2.70 to $1393.00. (comex closing time ). Silver was up
24 cents to $24.00 (comex closing time).
In the access market today at 5:15 pm tonight here are the final prices:
gold: $1405.00
silver: $24.33
Gold started to fly right on the opening gun, Sunday night. Even though,
London was on holiday today, the American bankers sh... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Fremont, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Public confused about Obamacare
A new poll from Kaiser Family Foundation shows a majority oppose defunding
Obamacare. Only 36% would approve, whereas 57% would disapprove. Which
makes the GOP's grand plan of shutting down the entire federal government
rather than pass any appropriation bill funding the ACA even more tone
deaf than they usually do.
Meanwhile, Americans remain entirely confused about what Obamacare actually
does, which is not surprising given the enormous amount of disinformation
and outright lies circulating about the law. Especially egregious are the
number of mega-corporations lying about Obama... more »
The myth of Colin’s deregulation disasters
*“One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism
consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand
and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring
that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary…”
“Ayn Rand on Today’s Crisis”*
Colin Espiner is the latest clown on point. “In the wake of the Fonterra
debacle,” says a Colin Espiner jumping Bernard Hickey’s shark into the pool
of pro-regulation tadpoles, it’s “become obvious … light-handed regulation
has … been an unmitigated disaster.”
Poor Colin. Turns out overnight that the “... more »
"Perceptions And Self-Delusion"
How we Americans see ourselves...
How the rest of the world sees us (with apologies to the Klingons)...
"How It Really Is"
Yeah, it's not murder when *WE* do it... ask the million Iraqis we killed.
Afghanistan, Africa, everywhere, spreading the gospel of "Freedom and
Democracy"...
Be proud of your slaughtered sons and daughters, killed for lies...
A Timely Musical Interlude: Steppenwolf, “Monster”, 1969
*Steppenwolf, “Monster”, 1969 *
*․ *
“Once the religious, the hunted and weary,
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope,
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of Kingdom and pope.
Like good Christians some would burn the witches,
Later some got slaves to gather riches...
But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands, to court the wild.
But she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light.
And once the ties with the crown had been broken
Westward in saddle and wagon it went.
And till the railroad linked ocean... more »
Cameron backs down on urgent Syria strikes
*Hands off Syria! Hands off Syria!
Hands off Syria! *
David Cameron backed down and agreed to delay a military attack on Syria following
a growing revolt over the UK's rushed response to the crisis on Wednesday
night.
The Prime Minister has now said he will wait for a report by United
Nations weapons inspectors before seeking the approval of MPs for “direct
British involvement” in the Syrian intervention.
Senior sources had previously suggested that Britain would take part in
strikes as soon as this weekend which meant an emerge... more »
Armed intervention in Syria by the U.S. is an appallingly stupid idea.
I oppose any U.S. military intervention in Syria.
Yes, some people were killed with chemical weapons, but are their deaths
any more important than the 100,000+ that proceeded them?
A bullet in the guts, or Sarin nerve gas, does it matter?
It matters to propagandists who want to push the country into another war
in the Middle East. It gives them an emotional button to push that the
American public in its infinite amnesia and gullibility will surely respond
to.
And remember, we don't even know for sure who used the chemical weapons!
Could have been rebel forces, for all we know. Our ... more »
APSA Special: Social Movements and the Politics of Markets
So, in the interests of shameless self-promotion, I just wanted to mention
that if you are attending APSA and stop by the Cambridge U Press booth,
there should be copies of my new book with Ethan Kapstein entitled AIDS
Drugs for All: Social Movements and Market Transformations. Pick up a copy,
or order a hard or
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America At The Economic Crossroads: The Second Gilded Age Must End
By Manifesto Joe
In 2013, America stands at the economic crossroads more starkly than
perhaps ever before. The federal budget deficit, though reduced, remains
staggeringly high. Two-thirds of U.S. corporations pay no federal income
tax, and they employ armies of lawyers and CPAs, plus own scores of
lawmakers through campaign contributions, to make sure things stay that
way. Their well-paid mouthpieces tell us things can't really be any other
way, that we can't be competitive by going back to an arrangement in which
corporations paid 39% of the IRS take (Barlett and Steele, citing IR... more »
Elsewhere: Immigration, Age Limits, More
I'm mostly over at Greg's place this week, so I guess I should drop one of
these "elsewhere" posts by now, no? Let's see...
Yesterday, I responded to an excellent Ezra Klein post and asked (and
partially answered) the question of what should incoming Senators read?
This afternoon at Plum Line, I said that the "calendar" as an obstacle to
immigration reform is bunk.
And I'm beating the drum again for eliminating minimum age requirements for
federal offices.
More:
Why going to Congress before war helps presidents
Yes, people still dislike ‘Obamacare.’ But they also dislike GOP plans... more »
OOPS! NO GAS ATTACK BY ASSAD
*The US and UK are facing a fight to keep their Syria attack plan on track*
The UN and the UK Labour party want to delay any possible action.
A growing number of 'honest' commentators have turned against Obama and
Cameron.
*Dr Tim Stanley*, a historian of the United States, writes in the UK
Telegraph:
*Syria: why would Assad invite a Western intervention by using WMDs*
*Dr Tim Stanley writes:*
*First*, we've yet to ascertain that chemical weapons really were used by
Assad – specifically we've not determined a) what kind of WMDs they were or
b) who actually did it...
*Second*,... more »
This whole Syria thing is just plain weird...
*let's start by talking about dead people.*
The administration is screeching about the "moral outrage" of chemical
attacks that killed more than 300 people in Syria. Yet, they haven't had
much to say about the previous 100K or so dead; people killed by machetes,
guns, garrotes, and be-headings. Dead is dead. Is one way of killing
people more "moral" than another?
Then they proceed to go all blah-blah over what they're going to do. I'm
surprised they haven't started a Facebook page called "We're Really Pissed
and Morally Outraged and So We're Going to Spend a Crap Load of Money T... more »
The Complete Idiot’s Chart to Understanding the Middle East
You got that? Because it will all be in the exam.
Seriously, and scarily, you could have drawn a similar sort of chart about
the Balkans a century ago. And we know how that ended up…
[Pic from *Washington Post*, hat tip Stephen Hicks]
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
If Syria Used WMD, It Violated International Law. But So Would a US Intervention.
In the New York Times yesterday, Northwestern University political
scientist Ian Hurd lays down the law on Syria and intervention: As a legal
matter, the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons does not
automatically justify armed intervention by the United States… Syria is a
party to neither the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972 nor the Chemical
Weapons Convention of 1993… Syria
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"50 Years Later, It’s Time to Stop Paying Lip Service to King’s Dream"
*"50 Years Later, *
*It’s Time to Stop Paying Lip Service to King’s Dream"*
By John W. Whitehead
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort
and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
As one who came of age during the civil rights era, I was profoundly
impacted by the life and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr., who was far
more radical than the watered-down pap about him being taught today. He
taught me so much more than just what it means to look beyond the color of
a person’s skin—h... more »
"Russia Drops Bombshell On Obama: 'Don’t Even THINK About Military Action In Syria'”
*"Russia Drops Bombshell On Obama: *
*'Don’t Even THINK About Military Action In Syria'”*
by David Vose
“YouTube videographer David Vose has released another excellent
compilation video sharing that Russia has ‘dropped another bombshell’ on
Barack Obama’s plans to launch a terrorist attack against Syria: “Don’t
even think about it.” Will Obama listen to this warning or will he put the
lives of millions of Americans and innocent people living in Israel, Syria
and throughout the Middle East at risk? An American attack upon Syria now
looks like nothing more than suicide.”
- http://... more »
Paul Hardcastle - Nineteen
Who says dance music can't do politics?
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by
Clement Pulaski of *www.TrueSonsofAbraham.com* and a leading writer at *
www.DailyStormer.com*. Clement and I will be discussing American identity
and some of his recent essays. *Brother Ryan*, another past guest on The
Realist Report, also participated in this discussion.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Navajo Medicine People Oppose Horse Slaughter 'The Horse is our Medicine'
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News Breaking News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
"The horse is our medicine," states the resolution of the Nahooka Dine',
traditional Navajo medicine people opposing the slaughter of the horse.
The resolution was passed by traditional Dine' practitioners gathered
at lower Black Mesa.
"The Horse is our medicine and has helped us survive many hardships,
Republicans' "Market-Oriented" Health Care Reforms Won't Work, Part 2
Last time we examined a common conservative "solution" to the country's
health care problems, allowing insurance companies to sell policies across
state lines. What we found, though, is that this would lead to a race to
the bottom in state regulation of insurance products, and that there is no
reason to think that further marketization of healthcare in the U.S. will
lower costs.
Today, we turn our attention to tort reform. It figured prominently in Karl
Rove's *Wall Street Journal* article last week (paywalled). This has been a
conservative theme for so long that most states have al... more »
How Beijing Became Conservatives' Home Away From Home
Alberta premier Alison Redford is leading a delegation to China next month
to "drum up business."
Comrade Redford will undoubtedly be warmly embraced by her kindred spirits
in the Politburo just as eager to give her the business she's there to up
drum.
Was a time when Conservatives would react reflexively at the mention of the
Peoples Republic of... denouncing it as totalitarian, brutal, despotic,
evil. I guess that was before those came to be seen as great qualities in
a business partner.
Reford and Harper love China and not just because the bosses there want to
buy lots of ... more »
Racial Inequity Undeniable in U.S. | the becoming radical
Racial Inequity Undeniable in U.S. | the becoming radical.
He's a Man You Must Believe
I never know how to take self-reports about information sources...it's
probably not a very good idea to take them at face value.
But for whatever it's worth, I'm a bit intrigued at one bit from today's
new Kaiser poll. It turns out that of the various sources of information
about the ACA, people say they trust "your doctor or nurse" the most (quite
sensibly, people claim to trust "social networking sites" the least,
although that they say that doesn't, again, mean it's actually true). It's
not anywhere close to the most used source; only 22 percent say they've
recently heard somethi... more »
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
This is how Fox "News" chooses to commemorate the 50th anniversary of
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" that capped off
the historic March on Washington. I'm surprised they didn't bring Ted
Nugent to weigh in.
Just Think of the Optics - Think As a Muslim
Oh great, a bunch of white guys gearing up to bomb the hell out of a bunch
of Muslims again. Christians versus Muslims. Europeans versus Arabs or
Persians. Foreigners from distant lands versus the Home Team.
Christ, does anybody ever think of the optics? If the shoe was on the
other foot, what would you think? If the Arabs had all the guns and all
the bombers and could rain mayhem down on us at will - and did, again and
again - what would you think? Do you think after two or three rounds of
this you might figure they were out to get us? And what if it was those
same Arabs... more »
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*Environmental groups say Bobby Jindal opposes lawsuit against oil and gas
companies because of industry political contributions ~Mark Schleifstein*
~At a New Orleans news conference, environmental groups presented a list of
231 contributions to Jindal state election campaigns between 2003 and 2013
by oil and gas companies and executives that total $1,019,777.
The Jindal administration has criticized a lawsuit filed by the East Bank
levee authority against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies.
First Duffy, Then Wright, Now Tkachuk and Stewart-Olsen. Is Harper Losing to a Tory Insurgency?
I wondered whether Harper would track down and silence the insurgents in
the Tory ranks who began by leaking e-mails that sparked the Duffy-Wright
scandal in May. The word I got was that there was a dissident faction that
was fed up with Stephen Harper's unique blend of greasy authoritarianism.
That Duffy e-mail was devastating because it was corroborated by undeniable
facts. When the senate scandal erupted, Duffy was brought in-house,
inside the PMO, where the chief-of-staff no less put him in funds to the
tune of 90-large to settle his tab with the Senate. The money was given ... more »
GIVING HYPOCRISY A BAD NAME
According to declassified CIA documents, US intelligence officials
disclosed the location of Iranian troops to Iraq knowing that Saddam
Hussein would use chemical weapons against them back in the 1980s.
According to the new revelation from *Foreign Policy Magazine*, not only
did they the US provide the location, but were aware of the scale of nerve
gas attacks. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern weighs in on the report and
explains how America's intervention changed history.
Mike Duffy Expenses: The plot thickens
CTV explains with more specificity after senators David Tkachuk and Carolyn
Stewart Olsen denied any involvement with Mike Duffy's expenses affair and
the payment by Nigel Wright to cover Duffy's $90,000 expenses.
*Carolyn Stewart and Olsen David Tkachuk*
*"But CTV News never reported that the senators knew about Wright’s $90,000
cheque to Duffy. CTV News has seen emails showing an organized effort by
the Prime Minister’s Office and the senior Conservative senators to coerce
Duffy into publicly declaring he’d repay money owed to taxpayers.*
**
*In the emails, Tkachuk stated that if ... more »
Is the strike on Syria imminent? Evacuated Damascus, oil prices & UN Fail!
CNBC
*In advance of a possible Western military strike, President Bashar Assad's
forces appear to have evacuated most personnel from army and security
command headquarters in central Damascus, residents and opposition sources
said Wednesday. *
*Among the buildings that have been partially evacuated are the General
Staff Command Building on Umayyad Square, the nearby air force command and
the security compounds in the Western Kfar Souseh districts, residents of
the area and a Free Syrian Army rebel source said. *
*UPDATE # 1 * ... more »
Environmental Journalism and Environmental Activism
What do journos think of the revolving door bt environmental
journalism/activism? http://t.co/H7VKRY8HhR @revkin @boykoff @yulsman
@jfleck
— Roger Pielke Jr. (@RogerPielkeJr) August 28, 2013
With the above Tweet, motivated by Leo Hickman's announcement that he was
moving from The Guardian to WWF, I walked into a bit of a Tweet storm this
morning.
My colleague here at Colorado, Tom Yulsman replied via Tweet by asking me
to provide names of people who had gone through that revolving door, one
way or the other. Via a reply I provided him with 4 names of people who
have moved betwee... more »
Amanda Ripley, Believe Her or Not!
Since Amanda Ripley was assigned to do the Time story with Michelle Rhee on
her broom, she has been the darling of CorpEd. And with no study of
education (BA in Government, Cornell) and no schooling in Journalism (BA in
Government, Cornell), she is perfectly suited for the task of taking the
latest bullshit from […]
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*I Was Shot in New Orleans, But I’m Not Angry at My Shooter ~Deb Cotton,
Next City*
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*Judge refuses to suspend BP settlement payments ~WDSU*
TOURISTS - AVOID CYPRUS, TURKEY, JORDAN, ISRAEL, EGYPT...
*The King David Hotel, blown up by Jewish terrorists.*
Our advice to tourists is to stay well clear of *Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan *and
* Israel.*
Israel and its friends may well carry out false-flag attacks in these
countries and blame such attacks on Syria's Assad.
*Syria crisis: warplanes spotted in Cyprus as tensions rise in Damascus*
The Pentagon could sink one of its own ships and blame it on Assad, but,
these days there is little sympathy for the US military.
*THE US GOVERNMENT TRIED TO SINK THE USS LIBERTY*
*
*If we look at other CIA-Mossad false flag attacks we see that hotel... more »
Syrian Smoking Gun Found - We're Told
Now who would be happier to see Syria's air force and army reduced to
rubble by the West - free of charge no less - than its neighbour and
longtime adversary, Israel?
And who in the Middle East has mastered pulling America's strings better
than Israel?
So it's Israel's very good luck that its intelligence types just happened
to intercept the "smoking gun" - calls between Syrian officials discussing
the use of chemical weapons.
The Pinterest Plot- Pretty Darn Funny
Did you catch last week's episode of Pretty Darn Funny? The comedy web
series, produced by Deseret Book that focuses on Gracie Moore, a mom to
three and a member of an all women comedy troop. This week's episode is
all about Pinterest.
Do you ever feel like Pinterest is one big plot to make you go a little
crazy trying to make the perfect craft or cake? Then you are going to love
this week's episode of Pretty Darn Funny. It is all about Pinterest fails
and the lengths people go to replicate things they see on Pinterest. It is
a recipe for hilarious antics.
Check out this w... more »
The Islamic Republic (of Iran) is a successful example of political Islam... Hezbollah is an expression of political Islam and a very good and successful one
'The Islamic Republic (of Iran) is a successful example of political
Islam... Hezbollah is an expression of political Islam and a very good and
successful one.'
So says George Galloway...
Well if you think that hanging homosexuals 'is a successful example of
political Islam' then I suppose Iran is a success but what does that say
about you?
If you think that bombing the US Embassy in Beirut killing 63, bombing
Beirut barracks killing over 300, bombing Israeli connected entities in
Argentina killing over a hundred, high jacking planes, firing rockets at
Israel, planning to blow... more »
50 Years Later - West Defiles Martin Luther King's Memory
Legendary equality, justice, and peace activist who championed character
over the color of one's skin is compared with warmongering corporate
servant Obama ... because of the color of his skin.
*August 28, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - The differences between Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. and current US President Barack Obama could not be greater.
In fact, the only thing they have in common is that they are both black.
Yet somehow, Western media outlets have managed to draw parallels between
these diametrically opposed figures - presumably because they are indeed
both black. AP recently p... more »
Are Republicans Theocrats?
*by Len Hart, the Existentialist Cowboy *
Whether the immediate provocation be placement of the Ten Commandments
in a courthouse, Bible classes in public schools, school prayer, school
vouchers, public display of the crèche, tax exemptions for churches,
federal funds for faith-based initiatives, or judicial interdiction
against the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, the new
theocrats seek to undermine the Establishment Clause of the First
Amendment. A favorite ploy is to attribute pious remarks to the first
U.S. presidents. The remarks, some spurious, are supposed to demons... more »
SPEAK OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN
This is what an US attack on Syria will look like. Tomahawk cruise
missiles will be fired from Navy destroyers just like in 2003 when Bush's
"shock and awe" attack on Iraq began with the firing of cruise missiles
from these same ships.
Many innocent people, likely many hundreds, will be killed in Syria as
Obama "punishes" the already suffering Syrian people even more. For those
liberal Democrats out there that still apologize for Obama, who acts more
like Bush every day, this attack should be hard to swallow. But swallow it
they will.
We worked the polls yesterday (in a specia... more »
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT TAKEN BY SURPRISE - INTERCEPTED PHONE CALLS
Intercepted phone calls indicate that the Syrian government was taken by
surprise when the gas attack took place in Damascus.
*Intelligence Suggests Assad Not Behind Chemical Weapons Attack*
*Paul Joseph Watson, at Infowars.com, writes:*
Phone calls by the Syrian Ministry of Defense intercepted by Mossad and
passed to the US reveal that Syrian government officials, 'exchanged
panicked phone calls with a leader of a chemical weapons unit, demanding
answers for a nerve agent strike that killed more than 1,000 people,' in
the hours after last week’s attack.
*Why would the Syrian Mini... more »
dear war criminals: don't lecture us about morals as you prepare to bomb civilians
Let me be clear. The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of
women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral
obscenity.
- Secretary of State John Kerry
The slaughter of innocent civilians is a moral obscenity? I'm betting the
people of Iraq and Afghanistan* agree.
Or is only the slaughter of civilians *by chemical weapons* obscene? Is
slaughter by bombs - by house raids and checkpoints, by torture and endless
imprisonment - merely ordinary and banal?
Does white phosphorous, the US's chemical weapon of choice, constitute
moral obscenity?
... more »
Denialism 2.0 - Even More Dangerous Than the Original
By and large, the pioneers of climate change denialism have moved on.
Those who used to lead the campaign claiming that the theory of
anthropogenic global warming is a hoax, a conspiracy, a fraud or
fundamentally flawed, have retrenched.
In his final column for *The Guardian*, Leo Hickman warns these veteran
denialists have morphed into something far more dangerous:
*What we are now seeing more of, though, are climate policy sceptics. Yes,
some of these are the same characters as before, but who have subtly,
artful repositioned themselves over recent years. So rather than claimi... more »
American Experience: Remarkable people who once walked the earth!
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2013*
*A program that’s hugely worth watching*: Last night, WHUT re-aired it. We
sat there and re-watched it.
You might want to watch it too. We refer to the 2011 American Experience
program, Freedom Riders.
Even the second time around, this has to be one of the best documentaries
we have ever seen. The program can be seen in full at this WGBH site.
We offer one word of warning:
There is a danger in watching this program. The danger is this:
Such programs may tend to make us think that we and our friends are The
Very Good People, while everyone who isn’t e... more »
Longest Walk 4 arrives in St Louis, Missouri
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Oglala Commemoration
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St. Louis Metro Area: The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz arrives
Wed., Aug 28, at Horseshoe State Park on Route 111. On Friday, Aug. 30,
there will be a meet and greet and presentation at Black Bear Bakery.
Around 4 pm, there's a pot luck and donations will be accepted. Come
meet the walkers and find out what this walk is about. A Sunset ceremony
Syrian Chemical Weapons False Flag Attack: Here We Go Again - New Report Of Another False Flag Chemical Weapons Attack In Damascus!
It definitely looks now that there is no stopping the criminals in the
Obama/Soetoro/Davis (or what ever his real name is) regime's push for
another war for Israel, against the innocent nation of Syria. The criminal
US Government is indeed "raising on a busted flush" in their attempts to
convince the American public that war is necessary based on nothing more
than pure lies. It is disgusting that the American people are willing to
sit by while their criminal government puts them on the precipice of World
War III !
Now it seems that the criminals in both the US and the terrorist ... more »
The War on Iran Begins...in Syria
Eric Draitser
RT
As the United States, along with its European and Israeli allies, prepares
to launch yet another illegal war of aggression in the Middle East, the
geopolitics of the US strategy could not be more apparent.
Despite the high-minded talk of humanitarianism, the US is advancing a
transparently neo-colonialist agenda aimed at securing hegemony in the
region by destroying what little opposition remains.
Lights…camera…war!
The images and videos flooding the internet since last week purport to show
*‘evidence’* of a chemical weapons attack perpetrated by the Assad regime.
T... more »
The Truth About World War 3
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New Mona Liza in town
Mona Liza Wallin texting her friend Mike Duffy!
"Why Doesn't Duff Just Resign?"
*And Up Yours, Too, Mr. Prime Minister*
Consider who's asking. He's a former Harper deputy chief of staff who now
sits comfortably installed as a Vice-President at Air Canada for government
affairs in 2012. Derek Vanstone says he'll take the word of Tkachuk over
Duffy any day.
"*It truly angers me to see Duffy trying to take honest people down with
him," *tweets Vanstone. Really Derek? They're honest because you say
so? You can't do any better than that?
It seems to me that all Duffy has ever called for is a full and open
enquiry. I'm pretty sure he didn't leak the initial e... more »
Sadrists Increasing Their Attacks Upon Iraq’ Prime Minister Maliki Once Again
Since the results of the 2013 provincial elections were announced, the Sadr
Trend has increased its rhetoric against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The Sadrists have played this double game before attacking the premier off
and on, while taking no substantive measures against him, and holding onto
the most ministries within the government. Now it appears the party is
increasing its criticism in preparation for the 2014 national vote. Moqtada
al-Sadr has always aspired to become the preeminent Shiite leader in Iraq,
and with his showing in the 2013 balloting, and the deteriorating s... more »
Stephen Harper's Nasty Little Senate Scandal About To Fall In On His Head ....
*Stephen Harper's lone gunman theory defence wobbles: Tim Harper*
*OTTAWA—In his bid to survive the Nigel Wright-Mike Duffy affair, Stephen
Harper has clung assiduously to the lone gunman theory.Harper has repeated
that mantra time and again — his former chief of staff cut a $90,000 cheque
to the disgraced former Conservative senator on his own, without the prime
minister’s knowledge.*
*The best way to destabilize the Harper argument is to involve as many
others players as possible, making it appear to be a conspiracy in the
Prime Minister’s Office and beyond, making it increasingly... more »
EPISTEMIC ENCLOSURES: Was Dr. King right?
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2013*
*Part 3—Love of hate:* Friend, might we liberals be in the grip of some
epistemic enclosures?
We’re good at spotting the “epistemic closure” in the other tribe—and
without any question, it’s there. But are any mental habits penning *us*in? Possibly holding us back?
We’d have to go with yes. One such epistemic enclosure would be the love of
hate.
Are we liberals learning to hate the other tribe? Being encouraged to do
so?
On Sunday, Maureen Dowd penned the first column of her ongoing makeup tour.
She beat up on a no-name, accidental member of Congress ... more »
On the road again: Scenes from a car window
I've been searching for a way to describe the swervy, teeth-rattling
experience of travelling on a typical rural road in Honduras, but it's one
of those things that you really have to feel for yourself.
But yesterday on the drive back from Las Flores, where my co-workers
did a workshop on making organic fertilizer, it dawned on me that if I just
stuck the video camera out the window, I might be able to convey at least
some of the experience. The jouncing, the sharp turns, the speed bumps as
we pass through little towns - a hand-held video shot catches all of that.
So click... more »
The Dream and The March
Open Thread -- please share your thoughts and links. To get you started:
On this 50th anniversary of the rally for rights and jobs, let's
remember
that immediately after Martin Luther King's iconic *I Have* *a
Dream*speech, the USG went into full clinical paranoia mode, stepping up
their
surveillance of him. He was considered a "dangerous Negro," a
subversive,
back in the day. That radicalism cannot even be tolerated by the current
PTB, who've stepped up their surveillance of all the brothers and
sisters,
black and white alike. But the bowdlerization of MLK continues apace:
fr... more »
Floods in India: Ganges River
*STRANDED: men sat on the roof of a submerged house Monday in Salori,
India, after water from the Ganges River flooded the area amid monsoon
rains. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)WSJ.*
Zurich, Switzerland: Drive-in brothel opens its doors
What next? Drive-in spouse and marriage? I don't want to play the moralist
card here as it is the world's oldest profession. Brothels do exist in
every country legal or not legal. Switzerland made brothels legal a while
ago... but drive-in? Interesting!
*"Compound rules: Just one man per car, no bikes or motorcycles and of
course no littering”.*
**
*Zurich's taxpayers approved the 2.5 million-franc ($2.7m; 2m euro; £1.8m)
sex-box facility in a referendum, and Ms Regula Rother (who runs a drop-in
centre for sex workers.) believes their support had more to do with their
annoyance at ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Tick Tock'
TICK
TOCK
Posted on August 27, 2013
MNN, AUG. 27, 2013. In today’s Postmedia News, Natural Resources
Minister Joe ‘the-clock-is-ticking’ Oliver said, of course, the “clock
is ticking”. Extractions and exports of Indigenous resources have to be
done asap before it’s too late [for what?]. It’s a “once-in-a-lifetime”
opportunity [said Oliver, following the used car salesman hard sell
approach
WotW: Organize Your Life with Mynd: the Calendar App That Knows Everything
My coworkers think I'm insane. For a number of reasons. But the one
eccentric feature that puzzles them most is my phone. It's an ordinary
iPhone by all accounts, but the thing that sets it apart is my
notifications.
You see, I have multiple calendar apps. So, when my phone decides to notify
me about an upcoming event, it beeps five different times for the same
event. This makes for a chaotic cacophony of panic every time an event
approaches, but it's important to me.
I'm not worried about missing an appointment or anything, I just have a
hard time narrowing down which calendar a... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to J. August Richards, 40.
Ah, yes, the good stuff:
1. Adam Serwer on one of the more awful reactions to the Obama years from
(some in) the conservative press.
2. Seth Masket: media coverage matters for making congressional elections
work well.
3. And Ben Lindbergh on Jeter's defense. Fascinating, on a subject I would
have thought was long since played out.
Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech; here's the text
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand
today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as
a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been
seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak
to end the long night of their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years
later, the life of the Negro is still ... more »
US/UK/ Israel ally AQ ready to punish Assad for alleged chemical attack
*You might think this is satire.** It isn't. *
* AQ and all other brands of the Islamic NATO/IDF troops have always been
allied with the US/UK/Israel/NATO(France) global war machine. *
*So here we go, yet again!*
Syria: Al-Qaeda vows 'volcano of revenge' for chemical attacks *Compare
this with:* France 'ready to *punish*' *Syria* over gas attack*Compare this
with:**US to punish Syria*, not push regime*Compare this with:*Britain has
a responsibility to take action to punish the “morally indefensible” use of
chemical weapons by the Syrian regime even without a UN mandateAnd then
th... more »
Making Energy Access Meaningful
In the current issue of *Issues in Science and Technology*, published by
the US National Academy of Sciences, Morgan Bazilian and I have a new paper
out on global energy access. Here is an excerpt from the introduction:
Our distinctly uncomfortable starting place is that the poorest
three-quarters of the global population still only use about ten percent of
global energy – a clear indicator of deep and persistent global inequity.
Because modern energy supply is foundational for economic development, the
international development and diplomatic community has rightly placed the
pr... more »
Quebec Values? No, just politics of separatism.
Newspaper reports suggest that planned legislation in Quebec will forbid
the wearing of religious garb in government facilities. It is unclear if
there would be exceptions for religious hospitals or schools. The expressed
purpose of the legislation is to protect Quebec values and traditions.
In Canada there is a constitutionally protected "freedom of conscience and
religion". That right is subject to reasonable limits - and the courts
have held those limits need to be narrow and focused on a significant and
proper governmental objective. It seems most unlikely that the protection ... more »
Separating The Parties
Quebec is a French island in an English ocean. That's undeniable. The
question has always been, "How should Quebecers react to that fact?" There
have always been those who have argued that, to survive, Quebecers must
look inward and erect political and cultural bunkers. Others have argued
that Quebec must look outward and embrace the world.
The Parti Quebecois has opened the isolationist argument again with its
proposed Charter of Quebec Values. That charter is not only separating
Quebecers; it's also separating each of the three federal political
parties. Tom Walkom writes:
Fede... more »
Civil contempt is the intentional doing of an act which is prohibited by court order
*Sabourin and Sun Group of Companies v. Laiken,* 2013 ONCA 530 holds that,
to constitute civil contempt, it is not necessary to show that an act was
deliberately contumacious; civil contempt is committed by the intentional
doing of an act which is in fact prohibited by court order:
[57] It is well-established that while the act that contravenes a
court order must be intentional to constitute civil contempt, it is not
necessary to show that the act was deliberately contumacious. This is not
a case of criminal contempt where public defiance of the court's authority
is an ... more »
New York Times Website-Suspected Hacking
*The New York Times website has gone offline for the second time this month
after what the corporation described as a hateful external attack.* A
technical trouble knocked NYTimes.com offline on 14 August. Analysts
supposed facts showed a group supporting Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
was behind Tuesday's assault.
The website was incompletely back online three hours later, though some
users still reported difficulties. During the postponement the New York
Times published new articles on its Facebook page as well as a reflect
site. According to Mr. Westin, media attacks seem to ... more »
Syria updates - August 28 , 2013 ....UK to present resolution on Syria later on Wednesday - condemnation of Assad Government and authorization of necessary measures to protect civilians to be part of resolution .....UN Syria envoy states international law requires a UN Security Council resolution for military action.... US and UK deploy warships ahead of syria missile strikes ( as soon as Friday ) , Israel allegedly captured incriminating conversations between Syrian Officials regarding the use of chemical weapons....UN Chief says give his inspection team time to do its job....Al Qaeda threatens reprisals against Assad for alleged chemical weapon attacks ( if the conversation exists , it should be played in full to the UN Security Council and Syria should be given the opportunity to respond ) ........
http://rt.com/news/syria-crisis-live-updates-047/
International pressure has been building for a military strike on Syria in
the wake of an alleged chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb. The
West has laid the blame at the feet of President Assad, as UN inspectors
probe the site of the attack.
Wednesday, August 28*
*
*10:59 GMT:* German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle urged members of the
UN Security Council, including Russia, to back the UK resolution on Syria
expected to be proposed later Wednesday. The resolution will condemn the
chemical weapon attacks allegedly carried... more »
Untitled
*The quiet storm ~Library Chronicles*
*Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council to Meeting today *
*Environmental groups to respond to SLFPA-E Lawsuit with press conference
today *
*Family says Chauvin woman gets flesh-eating bacteria by handling live
crabs ~WVUE*
*St. John residents still recovering after Hurricane Isaac ~WDSU*
*Broussard asking to be removed from pump lawsuit ~Chad Caulder, New
Orleans Advocate*
*Architectural Testing, Inc. Opens Regional Office in New Orleans*
Read more here:
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/27/5685154/architectural-testing-inc-opens.html#storyl... more »
Million migrants who don't even have a British passport could decide next election | UK | News | Daily Express
Labour's plan clear yet?
'Commonwealth migrants from 54 states including Australia, Canada, India,
Pakistan and Nigeria can join the electoral roll on arrival in the UK as
long as they have an address here.'
More here
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/425124/Million-migrants-who-don-t-even-have-a-British-passport-could-decide-next-election
DAYS OF RECKONING AND MAD DOGS
.
So here we have it.
Another war for Israel.
Founded on lies.
It is pointless making obvious observations. Why would Syria use chemical
weapons against cornered rebels in Damascus (of all places) when they were
clearly winning the war? Why would Syria invite weapons inspectors into
Syria before attacking rebels 15 miles from where inspectors were to stay?
The truth matters not.
Assad's forces were winning and that cannot be allowed to happen.
Iran must be destroyed as a regional challenger to Israel. Iran must be
brought under the globalists' thumb.
Iran and Hezbolla in Lebano... more »
CHILDREN KIDNAPPED AND MURDERED BY THE REBELS IN SYRIA
Above, we see a Syrian child who was raped and killed by the rebels.
The rebels are supported by the US government.
www.facebook.com
*Unidentified victims of the 'gas attack' in Syria. Were they kidnapped by
the rebels and then murdered?*
*brian* reports:
Arabi Souri posted that people in the region recognised some of the kids in
the photos from Ghouta, the scene of the alleged gas attack.
The belief is that some of the kids in the 'gas attack' photos were kids
who had been kidnapped and murdered by the rebels.
*Child victim of the rebels. **Latakia Massacres*
The rebels ha... more »
Sad that an Israeli designer felt the need to create a 'bomb-proof' backpack for kids
' With the start of the new school year, and amid the backdrop of
increasing security tensions in the region, an Israeli designer has created
a backpack that can also function as a protective vest against explosions.'
More here http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=11611
The BBC and troublesome foreign laws
The BBC report that:
'British holidaymakers have faced fines or worse for feeding pigeons,
playing bingo or eating while sitting on a monument, the Foreign Office has
said.
It warned that Britons booking foreign holidays without researching their
destination risk being caught out by unfamiliar laws.'
The list of countries and odd laws that the BBC/Foreign Office use to
illustrate this report is odd:
- In the Italian city of Venice it is against the law to feed pigeons,
while in Florence it is an offence to eat or drink in the immediate
vicinity of churches and public bui... more »
Libya Prime Minister sums up Libya situation nicely - Libya has many problems , one of which is the non - existence of the State ! Stateless or not , Libya gears up to give Said al - Islam , Abdullah al - Senoussi and Al Baghdadi al - Mahoudi - along with 26 other former regime members fair trials in prompt executions next month ! In other " de facto Stateless States - Afghanistan sees NATO tankers torched ( 25 this time ) as the Taliban continue their war season , Iraq death dealing continues.....
Afghanistan news.....
25 NATO fuel tankers attacked, destroyed in west Afghanistan
Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:19AM GMT
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1
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Taliban militants have attacked and destroyed 25 fuel tankers belonging to
the US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah.
Afghan President Extends Pakistan Visit
Karzai Condemns Afghan Attacks
Taliban Kill 12 Afghan Civilians
Six Afghan Development Workers Executed by Taliban
Iraq.....
Car bomb attacks kill 29 people in Iraqi capital
Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:16AM GMT
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5
3
At least 29 people have been killed in a series of car bomb attack... more »
Bombing of Syria Will Not Be That Subtle (H/T to the Rude One) And When Did Syria (Like Iraq) Attack U.S.?
The Rude Pundit makes some telling points about those running the White
House under the Bush junta. Remember back that far? Funny how it all seems
so familiar again. Almost like an exact rerun (but who will play Rove this
time?). 8/19/2013 Rude Pundit: At Least Now They Use a Scalpel and Not a
Shiv The detention of Guardian reporter and columnist Glenn Greenwald's
partner for questioning in
CIA VIDEO ON SYRIA
*Child actor working for the CIA*
A heartbreaking video shows the moment an actor working for the CIA
pretends to collapse in tears "as he is reunited with young son he thought
had been killed" in the CIA-organised chemical attack
The 7-minute footage allegedly recorded in the Zamalka area of Damascus was
posted on YouTube by Syrian activists in the pay of the CIA.
*http://www.dailymail.cia.uk/*
The young parent is "so distraught" that his minders are forced to take
the child actor away from him
*http://www.dailymail.cia.uk/*
Zamalka is the Damascus suburb where the video w... more »
French Bank Soc Gen puts a " Syria War World " forecast range for Brent at 125 ( base case for start of attacks / anticipation thereof ) to 150 if a wider regional war breaks out - this forecast is for what could jump off over the next week or so ....... Needless to say , Asia markets are getting tommy hammered again - India ruppe pummeled ( 30 percent loss of value of currency since March ) , Gold is spiking ( look at gold in rupee ) , world FX , bonds and equities a sea of blood red ( Shanghai not participating in tonight's blood bath though ) !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-27/socgens-shocking-oil-forecast-150-upside-125-base-case-following-syrian-attack-withi
SocGen's Shocking Oil Forecast: $150 Upside; $125 Base Case Following
Syrian Attack "Within A Week"
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/27/2013 22:32 -0400
- Afghanistan
- China
- Crude
- ETC
- France
- Germany
- Global Economy
- Gross Domestic Product
- headlines
- Iran
- Iraq
- Lehman
- Lehman Brothers
- NYMEX
- President Obama
- recovery
- Saudi Arabia ... more »
Wednesday Addams Linkage
I guess most folks are on the way to APSA. Have fun in Chicago if you’re
going–and if you’re a member of the APSA council, please consider moving
the convention to some weekend besides the first week of school. (Also,
#SeattleEveryYear. Just saying! Especially if it’s going to be in August.)
Here’s some links: Dani
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Musical Interlude: 2002, "Free To Fly"
2002, "Free To Fly"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI1WnY30nJo
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically
fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular nestles deep in
the southern skies near the Southern Cross in the constellation of Crux.
The Kappa Crucis Cluster, also known as NGC 4755 or simply the "Jewel Box"
is just bright enough to be seen with the unaided eye. It was given its
nickname by the English astronomer John Herschel in the 1830s because the
striking color contrasts of its pale blue and orange stars seen through a
telescope reminded Herschel of a piece of exotic jewelry.
IMAGE: The FOR... more »
"No Remedy..."
"Science may have found a cure for most evils,
but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all-
the apathy of human beings."
- Author Unknown
"5 Emotional Vampires and How to Combat Them"
"5 Emotional Vampires and How to Combat Them"
by Therese J. Borchard
"In her book, "Emotional Freedom," UCLA psychiatrist Judith Orloff
identifies five kinds of vampires that are lurking around and can zap our
energy if we're not careful. Here is an excerpt adapted from her book:
'Emotional vampires are lurking everywhere and wear many different
disguises - from needy relatives to workplace bullies. Whether they do so
intentionally or not, these people can make us feel overwhelmed, depressed,
defensive, angry, and wiped out. Without the self-defense strategies to
fend them o... more »
"Think, Hope..."
"Think for yourself, question authority."
- Timothy Leary
"The Gates of Hope"
*"The Gates of Hope"*
by Victoria Safford
"In his book "On the Rez," Ian Frazier tells a story about South Dakota's
Pine Ridge Reservation. In the fall of 1988 the Pine Ridge girls'
basketball team played an away game in Lead, South Dakota. It was one of
those times when the host gym was dense with anti-Indian hostility. Lead
fans waved food stamps, yelling fake Indian war cries and epithets like
"squaw" and "gut-eater." Usually, the Pine Ridge girls made their entrances
according to height, led by the tallest seniors. When they hesitated to
face the hostile crowd, a 14-year-ol... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Ile-de-france, France. Thanks for stopping by.
"Why Are You Here?"
* "Why Are You Here?"*
by Robert Lanza, M.D.
"Why do you happen to be alive on this lush little planet with its warm
sun and coconut trees? And at just the right time in the history of the
universe? The surface of the molten earth has cooled, but it's not too
cold. And it's not too hot; the sun hasn't expanded enough to melt the
Earth's surface with its searing gas yet. Even setting aside the issue of
being here and now, the probability of random physical laws and events
leading to this point is less than 1 out of 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000... more »
Kahlil Gibran, "Pain"
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the
sun,
so must you know pain.
And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your
life,
your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy."
-Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet"
"I Had An Experience..."
"I had an experience... *I can't prove it, I can't even explain it, but
everything that I know as a human being, everything that I am tells me that
it was real! *I was given something wonderful, something that changed me
forever... A vision of the universe that tells us, undeniably, how tiny,
and insignificant and how... rare, and precious we all are! A vision that
tells us that we belong to something that is greater than ourselves, that
we are *not — that none of us — are alone!* I wish I could share that. I
wish, that everyone, if only for one moment, could feel that awe, and
h... more »
"Psychopathic Relationships: The Boomerang Effect"
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*"Psychopathic Relationships: The Boomerang Effect"*
by Claudia Moscovici
"Relationships with a psychopath are usually like a boomerang. Even after
you toss him as far away as possible, he may still swing back into your
life. Years after they break up with a psychopath, women commonly report
that they're still cyber-stalked or somehow harassed by him, or that he's
still testing the waters to see if he can worm his way back into their
lives. So the question is: Why is it so hard to get rid of a psychopath?
Psychopaths are hoarders of women, even those they tired of and tossed ... more »
"Preparing To Be Happy..."
“We do not rest satisfied with the present. We anticipate the future as
too slow in coming, as if in order to hasten its course; or we recall the
past, to stop its too rapid flight. So imprudent are we that we wander in
the times which are not ours and do not think of the only one which belongs
to us; and so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no more
and thoughtlessly overlook that which alone exists. For the present is
generally painful to us. We conceal it from our sight, because it troubles
us; and, if it be delightful to us, we regret to see it pass away. We tr... more »
Chet Raymo, “Seeing”
* *
* “Seeing”*
by Chet Raymo
“Elizabeth Bishop has a poem about a sandpiper, a tiny shore bird scurrying
forward and reverse with the lick and ebb of the tide. It was not the
sandpiper I thought of today as I walked the beach, but the sand with which
the Bishop's bird is seemingly obsessed. The last two lines of the poem:
"The millions of grains are black, white, tan, and gray,
mixed with quartz grains, rose and amethyst."
Everyone sees the sandpiper. Who could not? Those fluttering feet. The
delicate engine of its controlled frenzy. But who sees what the sandpiper
sees... more »
CONFIRMED: US Claims Against Syria - There is no Evidence
*August 28, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - The Wall Street Journal has confirmed
what many suspected, that the West's so-called "evidence" of the latest
alleged "chemical attacks" in Syria, pinned on the Syrian government are
fabrications spun up from the West's own dubious intelligence agencies.
The Wall Street Journal reveals that the US is citing claims from Israel's
Mossad intelligence agency fed to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a
repeat of the fabrications that led up to the Iraq War, the Libyan War, and
have been used now for 3 years to justify continued support of extremi... more »
Syria: The Path to Hell
The path to hell is paved with good intentions. And to take most people at
face value who favour military intervention in Syria, they appear to
sincerely favour "doing something" - anything - for the best of reasons.
The chemical attack on a rebel-held suburb of Damascus is utterly
reprehensible, no doubt about that. After repeated massacres of civilians *by
all sides* and the infamous flesh-eating episode that went viral, this
signals a new, barbarous low. Not even the Nazis used biological or
chemical weapons on the battlefield - that was something reserved solely
for helpless in... more »
Expensive Salt Water
You gotta read this: How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater
http://t.co/xtNRTt7j9F
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) August 28, 2013
Remember Curveball: Dangerous, Familiar Twaddle Precedes US Military Assault on Syria
*Update*: Indeed - just as was suspected, according to the Wall Street
Journal's piece, "U.S., Allies Prepare to Act as Syria Intelligence Mounts,"
citing US administration sources, the UN has been urged to end their
investigation and withdraw, and both the discredited CIA and their Israeli
counterparts claim to have the "intelligence" needed to proceed with
military strikes - a verbatim repeat of the fabrications used to rush the
world into war with Iraq upon intentionally false pretenses.
The CIA and Israel's Mossad are neither impartial nor objective, and exist
solely to support ... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Food Waste Audit
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
On Syria And Politician’s Logic
As a callow undergraduate, I kind of supported the Iraq War for all of the
normal reasons; see The Republic of Fear and The Threatening Storm. (I say
“kind of” because I was in college and, frankly, tuned out in favor of
studying.) A little while ago, it struck me in one of those blinding
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Patshit Crazy Robertson Rides Again
Homophobe extraordinaire Pat Robertson explains how "the gays" have a ring
they use to spread AIDS to the unwary. Careful, you could be next.
"...Of The People, For The People and By The People."
*"Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can
succeed-and no republic can survive. *
*
*
*That is why the Athenian law-maker Solon decreed it a crime for any
citizen to shrink from controversy. "*
*
*
*President John F. Kennedy,*
*"The President and The Press"*
Well, this is fairly depressing....
I have to admit, my expectations were not all that high....
But I can't honestly say this isn't rather disappointing...
Ass: The Movie from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
It won 8 Oscars that year.
Including, Best Screenplay....
*"Without debate, without criticism,... more »
this thursday, august 29: national strike of low-wage workers
If you are a fast-food worker, go here for more information on the national
strike to say: Low Pay Is Not OK.
For the rest of us, *on August 29, visit a picket line*, send an email, sign
a petition. In New York City, join rallying low-wage workers at Union
Square at 2:30. *All* our communities will be stronger we *all* earn a
living wage!
the standard double-standard: prison for war resisters, immunity for war criminals
Abby Zimet reports on Common Dreams:
Days before Bradley - now Chelsea - Manning was sentenced to 35 years in
prison for helping expose U.S. war crimes in Iraq, the Obama Department of
Justice filed a petition in federal court arguing that the perpetrators of
those crimes - Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al - enjoy “absolute immunity”
against criminal charges or civil liability. The filing came in a suit
brought by Sundus Shaker Saleh, an Iraqi single mother and refugee now
living in Jordan, who alleges that the planning and waging of the Iraq war
under false pretenses constituted a "cri... more »
Martin Luther King’s dream: how are we doing after half a century?
So as of today it’s now exactly half a century since Martin Luther King expressed
his dream that his four children would one day live in a world where they
would be judged not by the colour of their skin but by the content of their
character.
Half a century since he expressed the idea that character is all; that skin
colour is just something you're born with; that recognition of that fact
should not be just a Dream.
So how are we doing after half a century? Have we reached that day?
Looking around me just in this country—looking around at race-based law,
race-based preference, ra... more »
Too hot for our babies in Chicago, amateurism in #CPS continues
In just two days of teaching Kindergarteners in 90 degree heat, it would be
unimaginable for me, at the very least, to work in the summer without air
conditioning, like students and teachers this week did in Chicago. Yes. I
get it. I’m sure you trudged five miles in the snow, or ten miles in […]
A note to readers
Hello everyone! I'd like to take a moment and update regular readers here
on some important developments and to ask for your support.
First, to review...
Many of you are already aware that I was *fired from my job* back in
January of this year as a result of what I do here on this blog and on my
radio program. Let's just say that some of the topics I write about and
discuss are not appreciated by a certain group of people... so, obviously,
there are very real risks associated with exposing Jewish power and
criminality, the truth about Adolf Hitler and WWII, Israel's central role
in... more »
ANOTHER WAR FOR ISRAEL
Britain’s parliament is being recalled to debate the Syria crisis though
the outcome is a foregone conclusion since the opposition has already
indicated that it would conditionally support an attack. Already the UK has
deployed naval assets to the eastern Mediterranean together with strike
aircraft that have flown into Cyprus.
Across the Channel, France too is ready to go while across the Atlantic US
President Obama is just waiting on the formality of a go ahead after
Britain’s parliament has voted. Meanwhile, Britain’s Prime Minister David
Cameron has said that intervention in Syr... more »
Gold and Silver Report for August 27 , 2013 - Harvey Organ highlights .... data , news impacting the PMs and interesting views to consider.....
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-27gld-increases-gold.html
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
august 27/GLD increases gold inventory/Comex dealer gold inventory remains
constant/total dealer and customer inventory remain constant/gold rises to
$1417.90 and silver to $24.65
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen; (august 27.2013)
Gold closed up $24.90 to $1417.90. (comex closing time ). Silver was up
65 cents to $24.65 (comex closing time).
In the access market today at 5:15 pm tonight here are the final prices:
gold: $1415.60
silver: $24.50
Today was options expiry on ... more »
How to admire a cat’s arse, by Chris Trotter [corrected + updated]
Chris Trotter is once again banging the drum for the man with a face like a
cat’s arse to be Labour leader. “The Happy Warrior” he calls David
Cunliffe—the man his own caucus colleagues call, but not to his cat’s arse,
“Silent T.”
Why Trotter would want to saddle Silent T with a nickname previously
associated with Democratic time-servers Al Smith, Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden
is a question you would have to ask him yourself (perhaps because it’s
better than ‘Silent T’?), but he is so all-fired* out* for Cunliffe you
wonder what he’s been taking.
This is a man, says a Trotter on his... more »
Any US strike against Syria likely to last hours not days??
Consider this an update on the earlier post from today.* Syrian strikes
sooner rather then later: Israeli intel lights the way. Iran?* To get up to
speed you might want to read there first
If this latest report is accurate, what has changed?
Was it the NATO non assistance?
Fox News and there is a video there you may wish to take in
Any U.S. strike against Syria is *“likely to last hours not days”* and
probably would not come before the British Parliament votes on military
action Thursday, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News.
Sources tell Fox that a strike would be led by the ... more »
Caballos y Pegasos de cerámica y porcelana en colores bonitos
Artista: *FriesianFury*
“I’m guilty of gross violation of equality of opportunity, racism and possibly sexism.”
Professor Walter Williams admits he is guilty of gross violation of
equality of opportunity, racism and possibly sexism, as charged by his
university's Office of Equity and Diversity Services who require him to
“complete the in-person Equal Opportunity and Prevention of Sexual
Harassment Policies and Procedures training.”
He won’t be going. He won’t be going because people discriminate all the
time. Because “George Mason’s Office of Equity and Diversity Services has
far more challenging equity and diversity work than worrying about the
re-education of Professor Williams.” And bec... more »
Miley and modern journalism
So why was Miley Cyrus all over the world news yesterday for a dance at an
awards show?
*The Onion* asked the Managing Editor Of CNN.Com to explain.
It’s a good question. And the answer is pretty simple. It was an attempt to
get you to click on CNN.com so that we could drive up our web traffic,
which in turn would allow us to increase our advertising revenue.
There was nothing, and I mean *nothing*, about that story that related
to the important news of the day, the chronicling of significant human
events, or the idea that journalism itself can be a force for positive
change ... more »
Finally, Milbank starts to explain!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2013*
*Also featuring, Who is Amy Chozick:* Thanks in part to our tireless
efforts, the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank has begun to explain.
What explains the values of the modern upper-end “press corps?” In a recent
column, Milbank described the values of his parents’ generation—and also,
alas, of his own:
MILBANK (8/24/13): *The weakest generation?*
*I was born five years after the March on Washington and three weeks after
King’s assassination. My mother told me that in those grim days of April
1968, she wondered whether she had done the right thing in bringi... more »
Let fall body and mind
"身心脱落!" T'ien-t'ung Ju-ching shouted,
finding a sitting monk half asleep.
He meant it kindly, but his urgency
cracked the air, a thundernote. "You must
*let fall* body and mind!" the old
man pleaded. What effect this might have had
on the sleeping monk, we are not told;
Dogen, sitting nearby, moved from a stuck place
toward a resolution he had sought.
He then traveled home again, determined
to teach his people the simplest way of letting
go. "Sit," he told his students, "just sit.
In doing so you are already Buddha;
there is nothing further to obtain."
It is misleading, perhaps, to t... more »
Is Carolyn Stewart-Olsen a Duffy in the Shadows?
She's ostensibly a senator for New Brunswick but Carolyn Stewart-Olsen been
a denizen of Ottawa since the mid-80s.
According to her *Wiki* entry, Stewart-Olsen served as head nurse of
ambulatory care at Ottawa's Grace Hospital in 1986 before moving on to work
as nursing manager at Carleton Place hospital. She hooked up with the
Reform Party in 1993 when it became established in Ottawa. She worked for
Preston Manning and Deborah Grey before becoming Harper's press secretary
in 2002 when he deposed Stockwell Day. Harper brought Stewart-Olsen into
his PMO in 2006. Three years late... more »
Not All Interventions are the Same.
It now looks almost certain that we will see a US military strike of some
sort in Syria. There is a lot of angst out there about such a strike — what
are its goals? What will it accomplish? and, Where will it all end? Many
are asking “what the hell is the Obama administration
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Claire
NPR review of Claire by the Sea by Edwidge Danticat.
Failing Trial Balloon 101?
I have to say: if Barack Obama really does wind up nominating Larry Summers
for Fed Chair, it's got to be some sort of record-breaking performance for
Worst Use of Trial Balloons.
We've been hearing about the possibility for months. As far as I can tell,
the reactions -- I think from both parties and all ideologies, issue
positions, and experience with the potential nominees -- fall into
basically three baskets:
1. Larry Summers is the World's Greatest Monster. Having him at the Fed
would be an abomination (includes subgroup: Bob Rubin is the World's
Greatest Monster, and Summers i... more »
The March to War in Syria
*Eric Draitser appears on Press TV on August 25th, 2013 to discuss the
drive toward war with Syria. He explains the importance of the US
timetable for action, noting that the speed with which hostilities might be
initiated tells us much about the veracity of the chemical weapons claims
and US intentions. Additionally, Eric points out the competing factions
within the US political establishment and what this tells us about the
internal politics behind this push for war. *
Will America Debut the F-22 Over Syria?
It's been in service for years and surely it's about time the U.S.
introduced its F-22 Raptor, stealth fighter, into combat. And where better
than in the skies over Syria?
Operating out of an RAF base in Cyprus just a hundred miles distant from
Syria, the F-22 would have no significant fuel problems. It could dominate
the airspace over Syria, protecting the strike force, taking out any Syrian
fighters that rose against the attackers and proving itself invulnerable to
Syrian air defences.
“A Question For All Americans”
*“A Question For All Americans”*
by Karl Denninger
“From the Washington Post: “A new Reuters/Ipsos poll has finally found
something that Americans like even less than Congress: the possibility of
U.S. military intervention in Syria. Only 9 percent of respondents said
that the Obama administration should intervene militarily in Syria; a
RealClearPolitics poll average finds Congress has a 15 percent approval
rating, making the country’s most hated political body almost twice as
popular”. I will note that about 40% of the population supported the King
of England in 1776.
*Click im... more »
Tkachuk and Stewart Olsen Succumb to Denialism, Senate-Style
Senate scandal - it's not just for the rookies any more. Veteran Tory
senators, Dave Tkachuk and Carolyn Stewart Olsen, have issued statements
denying they knew anything about the backroom deal between Harper chief of
staff, Nigel Wright, and the beleaguered Cavendish Cottager, Mike Duffy, to
cover Duffy's Senate tab.
Tkachuk and Stewart Olsen deny that PMO deal had anything to do with their
laundering of the Senate
report into Duffy's expense problems - even if that might have been part of
the deal between Duffy and Wright.
*"It was all a coincidence, ya see - a pure coincidence.... more »
It's Time for a Showdown at Washington's OK Corral
Watch for radical Republicans (they're not *all* that way, honest) to shut
down the U.S. government in October. GOP House leader John Boehner may
emerge looking like an idiot who couldn't control the nutjobs in his
party's ranks and the Republicans may pay dearly for that.
As for Obama, he knows not to trust the Repugs and sees no reason to try -
again.
*...there's really nothing Obama wants from Republicans. They had their
chance at a serious debt-reduction deal and turned it down, and Obama
obviously has no desire to waste his time with that again. Besides, with
the deficit al... more »
Power Struggle: Putin, Russia and the West
I watched a documentary last night on "Putin, Russia and the West." It is
an amazing story of power struggle between Russia and America. It revealed
that how these two nations are trying to control the world politics, regime
changes etc. Here is a small clip from the documentary:
* ***
**
*"Even after eight years as President of Russia and four more as Prime
Minister, Vladimir Putin ran for office again and in March 2012 won the
Presidency in elections that are widely seen as fraudulent. Thousands have
taken to the streets in protest. Putin, Russia and the West tells the
inside stor... more »
Because I only cared just now...
Regards this Miley Cyrus thing, she has, retwerked at the VMA, which I
believe must stand for Video Music Awards, after doing the dance in a music
video of hers, highlighting her new, edgy, non-Disnified look and sound.
I’d say who gives a flying fuck, but at the moment everybody does. Is it an
example of racist cultural appropriation or a nasty outbreak of slutshaming?
Either way it’s a terrifically sensitive social intersection, hence, one
would suppose, the great torrent of controversy. As far as I’m concerned...
1) Quite frequently people who have grown up in the entertainment i... more »
Spain: A Terrible Night in August (1973)
*Spain: A Terrible Night in August (1973)*
*Researchers: Joaquín Mateos Nogales, Manuel Filpo Cabana, Gloria Andreu de
los Santos and Antonio Moya Cerpa
Report and Drawing: Antonio Moya Cerpa*
*The Beginning*
We heard about this case 5 years after it occurred. But it doesn’t matter.
As someone said quite wisely, “Ufologists aren’t news reporters” and a case
can be very interesting regardless of the date it took place.
As in most investigations we have performed, it has been our dear friend
and colleague Joaquín Mateos who learned of the event, got in touch with
the witnesses and ar... more »
Spain: UFO Chased By Two Jet Fighters (1977)
*Spain: UFO Chased By Two Jet Fighters (1977)*
*The Witness*
Name: Jose Chavez Jimenez
Age: 28
Marital Status: Single
Profession: Welder. Works at the Astilleros Españoles company in Seville
Address: Calle Comandante Castejón, 1- Gerena (Seville)
We had the impression that the witness was a very well-balanced person.
He’s a countryman, rough, tied to the soil, who told us what happened in
short, simple phrases, entirely sure about what he was saying, or in other
words, he told us exactly what he saw as if it hadn’t the slightest bit of
importance. He could’ve been telling us any comm... more »
Untitled
*Environmental groups respond to the SLFPA-E Lawsuit *
Dear Editilla,
Please join me today and find out the real reason that Governor Jindal
opposes the lawsuit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies.
What: press conference (20 min)
When: 10:30a Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Where: 1100 Poydras Street, Suite 2900, New Orleans, LA
Who: Levees.org, the League of Women Voters, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade,
the Sierra Club, the Gulf Coast Restoration Network, Global Green USA,
VAYLA New Orleans and the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at
Dillard University
More info:
Last mo... more »
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