Lochsa and Selway rivers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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English: Photo of a kayaker rolling over in the Lochsa River. The kayaker used an Eskimo Roll technique to right themself. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Sunday Classics preview: G&S's "republican" kings vow, "For everyone who feels inclined, some post we undertake to find"
Pittsburgh Savoyards
*MARCO and GIUSEPPE (alternating bars)*:
Replying, we sing
as one individual.
As I find I'm a king,
to my kingdom I bid you all.
I'm aware you object
to pavilions and palaces,
but you'll find I'll respect
your republican fallacies.
You'll find I respect
your republican fallacies.
*CONTADINE and GONDOLIERS*:
They're aware we object
to pavilions and palaces.
How can they respect
our republican fallacies?
*MARCO*: For every one who feels inclined,
some post we undertake to find
congenial with his frame of mind --
and all shall equal be.
*GIUSEPPE*: The Chancellor in h... more »
What the left could love about the NSA Presser
Time was when President Obama's forceful style at today's presser would
have had "teh left" exploding with approval on the social nets. Those days
are over. Opening with the appointment of a blue ribbon commission to study
the NSA didn't thrill the spectators. We've seen that movie many times
before and it rarely has a satisfactory ending.
That's not to say there wasn't a couple of (largely ignored) satisfying
moments hidden in the Q & A. The two standout quotes for me came first in
answer to Major Garrett's question on appointing a new head for the Federal
Reserve. Obama answered ... more »
Long Walk 4 Photos with Irene Bedard
Photos by Long walker Aki Zaagi, than you for sharing with Censored News!
The Daily "Near You?"
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Thanks for stopping by.
Night Four: Nez Perce Blockade of the Tarsands Megaload
By
Brooklyn Baptiste, Nez Perce
Censored News
Everyone was hungry but still chipper after things died down early this
morning near Fish Creek on the Lochsa River. I am so grateful for all
the Nez Perce tribal members & non-tribal individuals that
showed how courageous they were by continued efforts to protest. No
matter what some might say about this past week, we created awareness
and
Paul Krugman asks if we should be surprised that "Republican assertions about what ails the economy are pure fantasy"
*"I can't think of a time when a party's economic doctrine has been so
completely divorced from reality."*
*-- Paul Krugman, in his NYT column today,* "Phony Fear Factor"
*by Ken*
"So Republican assertions about what ails the economy are pure fantasy,"
Paul writes in his column, "at odds with all the evidence. Should we be
surprised?"
Well, no, of course this isn't a surprise, he says -- at least "at one
level."
Politicians who always cater to wealthy business interests say that
economic recovery requires catering to wealthy business interests. Who
could have imagined it?
But i... more »
Fukushima debacle updates - August 9 , 2013.... Mission Impossible ?
[Column] Is Japan discharging contaminated water or can’t stop the leakage ?
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There’s a huge difference between discharge and leakage.
However when it comes to Fukushima contamination to the Pacific, the border
becomes quite blur.
I think this is because even the press is not familiar with the situation
because they haven’t been closely following Fukushima situation.
Not to mention, discharge is way less serious than leakage.
They can stop discharge ... more »
"The Fukushima Nightmare Gets Worse"
* "The Fukushima Nightmare Gets Worse"*
by Harvey Wasserman
"Just when it seemed things might be under control at Fukushima, we find
they are worse than ever. Immeasurably worse. Massive quantities of
radioactive liquids are now flowing through the shattered reactor site into
the Pacific Ocean. And their make-up is far more lethal than the “mere”
tritium that has dominated the headlines to date.
Tepco, the owner/operator- and one of the world's biggest and most
technologically advanced electric utilities- has all but admitted it cannot
control the situation. Its shoddy perfo... more »
The criminal big banks have run up $600-plus Trillion (about 40 times the US GDP) in gambling debts to one another. Because of myriad undecipherable claims, the first bank to fail will likely bring them all down -- a "systemic risk" that the US government has decided to prevent at all costs. Adding this to the fact that the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 now forbids additional taxpayer bailouts implies that when the big banks finally do fail, as they must, expect that they will stay alive by bailing-IN (confiscating their depositors' money a la Cyprus). Here Ellen Brown proposes “a safer, saner, more equitable model.” I sure hope struggling cities adopt it.
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The Detroit Bail-In Template: Fleecing Pensioners to Save the Banks
Posted on August 5, 2013 by Ellen
Brown
Original here
The Detroit bankruptcy is looking suspiciously like the bail-in template
originated by the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011, which exploded
on the scene in Cyprus in 2013 and is now becoming the model globally. In
Cyprus, the depositors were “bailed in” (stripped of a major portion of
their deposits) to re-capitalize the banks. ... more »
Tarzancíto
The naked wild boy lived on his own, scampering around the jungle between
Ahuachápan and Sonsonate, in El Salvador. Villagers had been aware of him
for a couple years, but efforts to catch him always failed. He was a
superb runner, swimmer, and tree climber. Folks called him Tarzancíto
(Little Tarzan). The lad lived on a diet of wild fruit and raw fish. He
slept up in the branches to avoid becoming a warm meal for hungry predators.
When a woodcutter finally captured him in 1933, the boy was about five
years old. You must understand that Tarzancíto was not, in any way,
delight... more »
Whose Point of View is it Anyway? (Part II)
Well, it's been a very long time coming but...put out the flags, because
tonight's edition of Radio 4's weekly audio essay *A Point of View *featured
a speaker who comes from a *right*-of-centre political perspective, as
Professor Roger Scruton began his four-week series of talks about
democracy.
BBC Radio 4 listeners went through the entirety of 2010, 2011 and 2012
without a single right-wing speaker and, up till tonight, this year had
been going exactly the same way. Throughout this period there had, of
course, been many regular speakers from a *left*-of-centre political
persp... more »
War watch - August 7 , 2013 ..... Iraq daily death dealing and the Great Abu Gharib breakout ......Taliban biding their time in Afghanistan....... Yemen instability bodes poorly for stability in neighbor Saudia Arabia , do the Saudis believe by funding Al Qaeda influenced groups in syria that that gives them immunity from insurrection at home after the syrian battles are over ? Syria in focus as a huge massacre of Kurds by Al Qaeda influenced foreign mercenaries doesn't merit media attention for some reason.... ?
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Iraq......
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-selling-weapons-to-civil-war-iraq-2013-8
( Pentagon wants to sell 2.7 billion in weapons to Iraq - this despite
Iraq's PM Maliki being aligned with Iran and therefore aligned with
government of Syria - strange....)
The Pentagon is looking to bolster its military options for Syria's civil
war by sending $2.7 billion in weapons to Iraq, despite the country being on
the verge of civil war.
The weapons deal would include 681 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and 40
truck-mounted launchers, as well as three Hawk anti-aircraft batteries with
216... more »
"7 Reasons You Aren't As Smart As You Think You Are"
* *
*"7 Reasons You Aren't As Smart As You Think You Are"*
by David McRaney
"Owning and operating a brain is hard. You are issued one at birth, a model
that comes riddled with delusions and biases, prone to logical fallacies,
and built to create stories to help explain the difficult and messy
business of being a person. It also comes with something else, a powerful
overconfidence module that works around the clock to keep you from noticing
all those shortcomings. Sure, you are capable of logic and reason and
rationality, but when you fall short of those ideals, you tend not to
no... more »
"No Drama Obama" Is Stressing Out! (And Why) The SCOOP!
Wonder how easy it is to still control the news? We're witnessing it daily,
bubbies. Minutely. Talk about out of his depth? This is even embarrassing
me. And Bradley Mannings' convictions? Heck, you'd have thought he got off
if you read the "papers of record." Ha! I love Danny and he is always right
on top of the story. Wherever he's located. 8/8/2013 Obama Gets "Personal"
As Rift
Swiss Inmates Going to Pot
Swiss prisons have a marijuana problem and Swiss prison guards like it that
way.
*A recent study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy
estimates that 50 to 80 percent of inmates in Swiss prisons use marijuana.
Prison staff told researchers they found marijuana to be a relatively safe
drug and that cracking down on consumption would have more negative effects
than positive ones.*
*
**Surveys of detainees and guards revealed similar opinions on marijuana
use, with both groups describing the effects of marijuana as analgesic,
calming and a way to decrease the traumatic... more »
Debbie Wasserman Schultz-- Sugar And Spice And... Nothing Nice
First Jewish Speaker? How about one who isn't steeped in corruption?
Want to know if your physician is competent? Has he asked you about your
sugar consumption? If he hasn't, find another doctor. Sugar contributes to
many of the maladies that most effect mankind, from cancer, diabetes and
heart disease to tooth decay and dementia. But the powerful sugar industry
is as willing to fight regulation as the tobacco industry was. And, like
the tobacco industry did, the sugar barons have plenty of powerful allies
(or, more accurately, bought-and-paid-for minions). Worst of the lot is the
he... more »
Michael Voris: "Obama holds nothing sacred except that which is evil"...(video)
*brought to my attention by my blogger friend Dr. Jay Boyd who has much
more to say on this subject and some other good videos. Thanks, Dr Jay. *
From the following video:
But the same people who pretend to be the moralists and the high-minded
with regard to poverty and social justice are the same ones who were
working tirelessly to elect and
advance Obama.
Since the Church has sadly found itself so closely wedded to the culture,
who can doubt that as the culture disintegrates, it will not impact the
Church as well.
The Church upholds the family – the traditional family. Yet m... more »
"How It Really Is"
•
No joke, kid...
*Click image for larger size.*
Of Meteors and UFOs
I saw a UFO last night, maybe a pair of them.
Vancouver Island has two seasons; wet (9 to 10-months) and, dry (2-3
months). The Pacific night sky holds a lot of fascination for me because
it's a virtual stranger for so much of the year.
Before turning in, I like to sit outside in my backyard for a stretch and
gaze upward into the night sky observing constellations, spotting
satellites and the occasional meteor. A couple of helpful apps make
deciphering the stars even easier.
Most satellites seem to travel on a south to north axis. Just before
packing it in last night I spott... more »
California Climate Changed
The California Environmental Protection Agency has released a report
documenting how the state has already been "climate changed" and warning of
plenty more change on the way.
*The study, written by 51 scientists, tracked a variety of indicators and
found widespread evidence of the toll climate change is taking across the
across the state, including more frequent and intense wildfires, rising sea
levels, shrinking glaciers, warmer lakes and oceans, and hotter
temperatures. These ripple effects of these changes threaten communities,
industry, public health, and the state’s prized nat... more »
"'Affordable' Care: $1 Pay Hike Costs Middle-Class Family $9,355 Hike in Premiums"
* *
*"'Affordable' Care: *
*$1 Pay Hike Costs Middle-Class Family $9,355 Hike in Premiums"*
By Terence P. Jeffrey
"When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare) is
fully enforced on individuals and families next year, a middle-aged,
middle-class couple with three children could be hit with a $9,355 hike in
their annual health-insurance premiums if their annual household income
happens to increase by just $1.
Under ACA, all Americans are required to secure health insurance. Those who
do not get it through their employer can buy it through government-run
heal... more »
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*Levee board association comes out against oil and gas lawsuit ~Jeff
Adelson, New Orleans Advocate*~*The Association of Levee Boards of Louisiana’s
executive committee voted “overwhelmingly” to oppose the Southeast
Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East’s suit during a private meeting
Friday morning, said Bob Lacour, an attorney for the authority. The suit,
which has been opposed by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration, accuses the
energy companies of increasing the risk of catastrophic flooding in the New
Orleans area by destroying wetlands that would have served as a buffer to
... more »
“Thank You, TSA, NSA, IRS, FBI and CIA!”
* *
*“Thank You, TSA, NSA, IRS, FBI and CIA!”*
by Bill Bonner
“It’s been “Bureaucrat Appreciation Week.” Just when we had lost all
respect for them, we notice a countertrend. It’s time for us to get in
step. So, today, we take time out from our regularly scheduled programming
to thank the people who rule us… To the TSA agents at airports… to the IRS
agents who audit our tax returns… to the NSA agents who read our emails…
and to zombies everywhere… To all of you, we’d like to say a heartfelt “Go
f***k yourself.”
No… no… no… We meant to say THANK YOU! Yes, dear reader, we’ve got to... more »
I Still Have Hope for Fukushima's Mitigation
I've come out of hibernation because we have entered an important window of
opportunity.
Tepco and Japan are signalling through outspoken, albeit indirect requests
for assistance that they have lost hope of controlling the Daiichi plant.
The time is right for a diverse group of scientists, engineers, physicians,
activists, and others from around the globe to step forward to help
mitigate a disaster that threatens the fabric of Japanese life and has
global ramifications for us all (e.g., see Akio Matsumura here).
The recent media flurry signals that the situation at Daiichi has beco... more »
Your moment of Zen
Fill me up, buttercup. [photo via Soulful Nature]
What Do a Kid's Sneakers and a Warplane Have in Common?
When I was a youngster growing up in the early postwar era, parents used to
economize a little more than we do today. I think we were more likely to
wear our clothes until they wore out. Being second in line, I got a lot of
"hand me downs." But, when my mother did buy me something new, like
sneakers, she made sure they were generously sized so I would "grow into
them." The idea was they would last perhaps half again longer before I
outgrew them and, if she guessed just right, chances were I'd wear them out
at about the same time.
Which brings me to the F-35.
Sometimes when y... more »
LFTRs by Baby Steps
Some of my readers may wonder why I do not mention the LFTR more often even
though Nuclear Green Revolution is committed to the LFTR movement. The
answer is, that I believe the development of the LFTR will be incremental
and that several and perhaps numerous steps will precede the stage in which
the LFTR is under intense development. Those steps will produce Molten Salt
Reactors that are not Thorium breeders even though Thorium may be used in
the reactor's cores or blankets.
The development of a 200 MW Molten Salt Reactor prototype would be the
first stage in the development of th... more »
Internet Providers shut down email services because of privacy concerns
A screenshot of the Silent Circle
mobile app; image via Silent Circle *What's interesting about these
companies is they store and process data on a backend server which opens
them up to these national security letters about the data stored on the
servers... **standard Internet TCP/IP SMTP/IMAP/POP email services in
REQUIRE a back end centralized server. *
*
* *Project XIII doesn't use a back end server for any storage of data other
than to send a notification that a customer has data waiting for another
customer. Nothing is stored permanently on a central server. -AK*
*
* *Encrypt... more »
Levee en Masse–but it’s only an operational concept!
Over at the National Interest T.X. Hamnes has a nice critique of AirSea
Battle, seemingly the Pentagon’s reigning strategy…sorry, operational
concept…for dealing with a rising China and the problem of Anti-Access/Area
Denial (for the official overview, see here). I expect I’ll be writing a
bit on ASB during my time at the Duck, so I
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Really delayed Thursday Morning Linkage
Apologies for the delay in Thursday linkage but was a bit under the
weather. It’s the Texas heat, making me crazy and violent, or at least so
suggests a recent empirical study in Science though it has its
detractors. This week, I link to the back and forth of a major study on
climate and conflict
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A nation (world?) of one handed people...(video)
*a new phenomena. *
I'll keep this short since I have to zip off to work which is where I first
noticed this thingy of people continually carrying their phones in one hand.
I'm usually located toward the back of the grocery store where I work and
so I have the luxury of watching people as they progress through the
produce department. The vast majority are holding phones. Some have their
grocery list on the phone, but most are just holding the phone. Ever watch
someone trying to squeeze a cantaloupe or pick out ears of corn with a
phone in one hand?
Soon I started to notice pho... more »
Australia's Senate Drops Climate Change Wrench into General Election
The contenders to form Australia's next national government have night &
day differences on climate change. The incumbent, Labor's Kevin Rudd, trails
his rival, Tony Abbott's Liberal Coalition, 48 to 52. Abbott is a strong
climate change denier.
Now into the mix comes a bipartisan report from the Australian Senate,
"Dangerous Degrees", that warns Australia is more vulnerable to climate
change than just about any other country in the world.
*The Senate panel, which includes Labor, Coalition and Greens members,
recommended that "credible and reliable flood mapping" be introduced, a... more »
Putin Politely Rejects Prince Bandar Bush's Bribe In Exchange For Dropping Support For Assad
*Source of photo: AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky.*
*An excerpt from, "Moscow rejects Saudi offer to drop Assad for arms deal"by Sammy Ketz, AFP, August 8:
*
Moscow has rejected a Saudi proposal to abandon Syria's president in
return for a huge arms deal and a pledge to boost Russian influence in the
Arab world, diplomats told AFP.
On July 31, President Vladimir Putin, a strong backer of Syrian leader
Bashar al-Assad, met Saudi Arabia's influential intelligence chief Prince
Bandar bin Sultan, after which both Moscow and Riyadh kept a lid on the
substance of the talks.
... more »
Isn't that Frasier's radio booth? A funny and rather intriguing epsiode of Gary Unmarried staring Brooke D'Orsay
Brooke D'Orsay who I'd only previously seen in Big Bang Theory when she
played Penny's friend Christy who uses sex to ingratiate herself with
Howard, leading to the great line on discovering that Howard is Jewish -
"My first Jew"
So is that the radio booth from Frasier? Sure looks like it.
The end of an era at the Times!
*FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2013*
*After the Dowdism crept:* This memoir in yesterday’s New York Times reads
like a bit of a parody.
It ran on the front page of The Arts section, getting a very large display.
The memoir carried this tag line:
“Critics for The Times explore their inspirations.”
Apparently, it’s part of a series. In this installment, Chris Suellentrop
explains his inspiration, which seems to be video games.
Can you feel the parody kicking in? After describing his childhood from age
5, Suellentrop, who is now 38, starts describing the arc of his
journalistic career:
SUELL... more »
Can A Movie-- With Popcorn Perhaps-- Help Progressives Win In 2014?
Robert Reich's movie, *Inequality For All*, hits the theaters on September
27. Above is a first-look at the trailer. The imagine of the suspension
bridge makes the case for a comparison between Herbert Hoover and George W.
Bush. And it implies the tragic consequences of the comparison between a
powerful and determined leader, Franklin Roosevelt, and a weak, vacillating
one, Barack Obama.
I'll be looking forward to seeing it, of course, while working to elect
progressive problem solvers against corporate hacks in New Jersey and
Hawaii Senate primaries-- where Rush Holt and Brian S... more »
How the CIA vets "Syrian Rebels"
This came to us from one of the Anonymous commenters here.
AnonymousAugust 9, 2013 at 3:51 AM
http://www.karlremarks.com/2013/06/an-ingenious-plan-how-cia-vets-syrian.html?m=1
*SATIRE* via karlremarks.com
I am completely unfamiliar with this place, myself. But, did enjoy the
dialogue presented.
The absurdity of the so called 'vetting process' You know weapons going
only go to the good guys ???
"So the decision has been taken, and the US will start training and arming
the Syrian rebels after vetting them in Jordan. Now we all know what a
capable organisation the CIA is so we should a... more »
Ezra Klein refuses to stop!
*FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2013*
*Professions must be made:* On Monday night, the analysts screamed, then
explained what Ezra had done.
He was guest-hosting for Chris Hayes. He had started the program like this:
KLEIN (8/5/13): Good evening from New York. I’m Ezra Klein, *sitting in for
the great Chris Hayes.*
Gack! We’ve warned you to check your wallets when you see the children do
that. This is part of a marketing campaign designed to convince you that
they and their colleagues are “great.”
Confidentially, they and their colleagues *aren’t *great. If they were,
they shouldn’t be in char... more »
AP outdoes itself on Syria
Today's AP news headline: "Syrian rebels shell neighborhood close to
Assad." But did they?
The first paragraph is certainly frightening news for the Syrian government:
Rockets and mortar shells hit an upscale Damascus neighborhood Thursday
where Syrian President Bashar Assad was visiting a nearby mosque, laying
bare the ability of rebels to strike one of the most secure areas of the
capital despite an ongoing government offensive.
And the next paragraph gets even worse, telling us "At least two rebel
brigades claimed to have hit Assad's motorcade on its way to the mosque."
But the... more »
Gold Markets Get Strange – Is Economic Danger Near?
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image source Brandon Smith
Traditionally, metals markets are supposed to be a solid fundamental signal
of the physical and psychological health of our overall economy. Steady but
uneventful commodities trade meant a generally healthy industrial base and
consumption base. An extreme devaluation was a signal of deflation in
consumer demand and a flight to currencies. Extreme price hikes meant a
flight from normal assets and currencies in the wake of possible
hyperinflation.
This is how gold and silver markets were originally ... more »
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*Brees can join elite fraternity this season ~Scott Walker, WDSU*
Why Have Police In America Turned Into Such Ruthless Thugs?
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Michael Snyder
Once upon a time, the police were one of the most respected institutions in
America, but now most Americans fear them. Almost every single day there
are multiple stories of police brutality or misconduct that make the
national news.
Just this week, there have been stories about police killing a baby deer at
an animal shelter, about police killing a 95-year-old World War II veteran in
a retirement home, and about police using legal technicalities to “legally”
stealmassive amounts of money from innocent citizen... more »
What It Means to Be An NSA "Target"
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*New Information Shows Why We Need Immediate FISA Amendments Act Reform*
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Mark Rumold
*EFF*
An important New York Times investigation from today reporting that the NSA
"is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans’ e-mail and text
communications into and out of the country," coupled with leaked documents
published by the Guardian, seriously calls into question the accuracy of
crucial statements made by government officials about NSA surveillance.
The government has previously tried to reassure the publi... more »
Globalist Agenda Rolling At Super Highway Speed Forcing Conscious Revolution to Accelerate
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Bernie Suarez
There is a strange feeling in the air. It’s happening all across America,
no really! People everywhere are being pushed to make critical decisions
about their perception of the world they now live in. The speed of events
is being artificially manipulated by the globalists; who evidently realize
that time is running out and are seeking control and are going for it all.
They are doing the obvious, like now introducing the North American Union, denying
NSA spying exposed by whistleblowers and even creating world-wi... more »
During The Best Period Of Economic Growth In U.S. History There Was No Income Tax And No Federal Reserve
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Dees Illustration Michael Snyder
How would America ever survive without the central planners in the Obama
administration and at the Federal Reserve? What in the world would we do
if there was no income tax and no IRS? Could the U.S. economy possibly
keep from collapsing under such circumstances?
The mainstream media would have us believe that unless we have someone "to
pull the levers" our economy would descend into utter chaos, but the truth
is that the best period of economic growth in U.S. history occurred during
a tim... more »
SOURCES OF PARALYSIS: The fiery liberals this time!
*FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2013*
*Part 4—Paralyzed by our own people:* In the fall of 1997, we started
trying to create this site.
In those days, the nation boasted two major sources of intellectual
paralysis. You could get paralyzed from “the right” or by the mainstream
“press corps.”
On the right, Fox News wasn’t a big deal yet, but talk radio had been going
strong for more than a decade. The think tanks had been churning the
bullroar since the 1960s.
More and more, the mainstream press corps was taking its cues from these
paralytic sources. Silly claims were repeated, without objection... more »
A Debate over Obamacare
Casey Mulligan versus David Cutler
APSA Aerobics
It’s almost APSA time and it seems all my friends are busy planning really
wonderful sporting engagements for times they aren’t in panels. This
always puts me in a bind – I thought we became academics because we were
bad at sports! I can’t throw a Frisbee and soccer requires too much
coordination. So, I’ve
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Austin, Texas Terror Alert Coincides with Homeland Security Drill
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*Law enforcement ‘on alert’ for ‘unconfirmed’ and ‘random’ potential
terrorist attacks in Austin, while failing to warn the public of the threat.
*
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
While U.S. embassies around the globe have been shut down and travelers
cautioned over a vague terror threat officials claim resembles pre-9/11
activity, law enforcement and counter-terrorism authorities in Austin,
Texas did not issue a warning of terror threats to residents, despite a
city-specific threat sent only to law enforcement.
A Homeland... more »
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*N.O. area housing prices steadily rising ~Jaquetta White, New Orleans
Advocate*
Offending Activists
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*YouTube - Larken Rose*
*Editor's Note*: "Activism" is a broad term. Larken Rose addresses a
particular form of it and calls into question how effective group efforts,
protests and petitions may be, while those efforts often avoid the heart of
the problem. *Personal *activism on the other hand, wherein one transforms
their own understanding of self-determination and becomes *active* to make
necessary changes, remains a key goal.
From the video description: Time to be a total party-pooper, and annoy and
offend lots of people ... more »
Washington’s Drive For Hegemony Is A Drive To War
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image source Paul Craig Roberts
It was five years ago that the president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvilli,
who was installed in power by the Washington supported “Rose Revolution,”
launched a military invasion of South Ossetia, a break-away province under
its own government. The Georgian attack killed Russian peace-keeping troops
and numerous Ossetians.
The Russian military response overwhelmed the US trained and equipped
Georgian army in 5 days to the embarrassment of Saakashvilli and his
Washington sponsors.
Washington b... more »
Former NSA Director Refers to Privacy Activists as Al Qaeda Terrorists
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ACTORS USED FOR FAKE DEMOS; BANKS FINANCING HITLER
*The Muslim Brotherhood: The Best YouTube Actors *
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The Bankers financed Hitler
US air force chief ends secret week-long visit to Israel *
*
**Exposed: Factory chicken slaughterhouses using super-strength chemicals
to cover up extreme salmonella contamination*
*CHARITIES, ORGIES AND SPOOKS
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*HOUSTON AND GAY OSAMA
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What will happen when Bilderberger Jeff Bezos takes over the Washington Post?
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Patrick Henningsen
Amazon.com founder and Bilderberg member Jeff Bezos is all set to take
control of the Washington Post from the Graham family who have owned the
media publication for four generations.
Bezos paid $250 million for the Washington Post, along with the Express
newspaper and several local weeklies bundled in.
Interestingly, the Bezos deal comes on the heals of another major media
move, with the New York Times announcing that it’s selling its ownership in
The Boston Globe. When the NYT purchased The Boston Globe... more »
Silly season
Pandering to attention-seekers is a very annoying trait of the BBC. Putting
people like Owen Jones, Mehdi Hasan and Tim Stanley on our screens at every
opportunity is a ratings-grasping ploy, the equivalent of an internet
phenomenon I keep coming across, called ‘click-bait.’
Then there’s the Bongo Bongo Land thing, which Ed West has nailed, and the
‘is a 13-year-old too young to be called a sexual predator’ question, which
is another multi-faceted issue rather than a suitable topic for knee-jerk
politically correct outrage.
We all know that the BBC’s charter obliges them to appear ... more »
Topsy Turvy World
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Redmond Weissenberger
Sometimes seems like we live in a topsy-turvy world. NSA whistleblower
Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in the former home of the
Proletariat Revolution, while the Home of the Brave's government
desperately wants his scalp. Three decades ago, this was unheard of.
Communist Russia was supposed to be a place of tyranny and surveillance.
Uncle Sam was supposed to leave his citizens in peace. Now the roles have
been flipped as Putin's Russia is taking in political refugees attempting
to outr... more »
GOVERNMENT IS EXPLOITING OUR AMNESIA
Some have claimed that Americans don't care about the revelations that the
NSA is conducting massive surveillance on our private communications. But
Oliver Stone isn't buying it.
In a video produced with the ACLU, Director Oliver Stone shares some of his
reflections on the NSA spying program and the disastrous legacy of
unchecked government abuse of power. All Americans should stand up for our
civil liberties at this critical moment in history, he says-- by asking our
representatives in Congress to roll back the surveillance state.
Al Qaeda Doesn't Exist (Documentary)
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*James Corbett*
Al Qaeda Doesn't Exist (Documentary) - 1 *by corbettreport*
More info visit: AlQaedaDoesntExist.com
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NSA officials admit to widespread collection of emails, other text communications sent to people overseas
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Anonymous National Security Agency (NSA) officials have revealed that the
agency collects emails and other text communications when they are received
from foreign sources, sent internationally or when they mention a
particular person or something related to that person.
The fact that the NSA conducts widespread surveillance of people communicating
with foreign individuals has been known for quite some time, but this is
the first time that officials have admitted that the s... more »
Carbon Fraud Deniers
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Dees Ilustration Jon David Miller
Those who try to expose the falsehood of blaming carbon dioxide emissions
from common human activities as the cause of climate change, are commonly
dismissed as “climate change deniers”. If you are under that misconception,
you should dig deeper to understand what is really happening, rather than
accepting conclusions from false data and assuming the fraud alerts are
just “conspiracy theory”.
I urge you not to ignore what I present because I am not a scientist.
Rather, please discover that ... more »
Colorado Apartment's Gun Ban Thrown Out
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Image *Activist Post*
The question of what is reasonable under HOA regulations seems to have been
answered, at least in the case of The Douglas County Housing Partnership
and their reversal of a policy that was set to be imposed by Ross
Management Group.
An emergency meeting of the housing authority was called in the wake of the
outcry following a new notice to Oakwood Apartments in Castle Rock,
Colorado which stipulated that owners would no longer be permitted to have
guns in their residence as of October 1, 2013. (Source)... more »
"The Human Spirit Can Never Be Vanquished!"
Well, to the extent that "the human spirit" is just a concept, that
statement is true. Obviously though, since it's just a concept, it can't do
much of anything.
The individual human spirit? I can get a handle on that. It's somebody's
optimism and will to survive and triumph. That can be broken. It's been
broken countless times in the past. Countless individuals have committed
suicide or been tortured into compliance. Renouncing their beliefs.
Betraying their comrades. It's nonsense to say that the human spirit can
never be vanquished.
"The people united can never be defeated... more »
A Closer Look At The Minimum Wage
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Wag The Dog : An NSA Production
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*Plot:* Illegal NSA spying has been exposed and people are pissed. Fake
terror plots are hyped to justify spying, and drone strikes. Give up your
rights happily, or you're with the terrorists.
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Hardware and Software Combining to Replicate the Human Brain
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Nicholas West
The goal to create a computer brain every bit the equal to its human
counterpart is nearing reality . . . if the researchers involved can be
believed. These are the same researchers, after all, who have made disingenuous
claims in the past.
On one hand it has been stated that mapping the vast structure of the human
brain - particularly true cognition, not only computational power - is
nearly insurmountable:
Using today’s state of the art technology, it takes an AI-assisted
researcher almost 50 hours to reconst... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Amanda Bearse, 55.
And with that, I'm off on a long vacation weekend. Off to Vegas with my
dad. I should get the normal weekend posts up at some point, I'll have a
Salon column as usual, and it's possible I'll wind up doing another item at
some point, but today and Monday should be fairly quiet around here.
Some good stuff heading into the weekend:
1. Garance Franke-Ruta on living the life...aw, I don't know how to pitch
it.
2. This is fun: how old were they on July 4, 1776? Todd Andrlik has the
answer.
3. And more fun: scouting reports on...presidents! From Dav... more »
US Gov't Forces Snowden's Encrypted Email Service to Shut Down
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*Activist Post*
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden famously used an encrypted email account
to communicate privately with Glenn Greenwald and other reporters.
Shortly after it was revealed that Snowden used Lavabit, the U.S.
government pressured them to close down after ten years of service.
Lavabit's owner, Ladar Levison, received a court order to turn over all
users' private email data. He refused, and said he would not "become
complicit in crimes against the American people."
Levison claims he was given two choices: coope... more »
Muslim Brotherhood Propaganda Film Exposed
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Brandon Turbeville
Taking a cue from the foreign-backed death squads currently wreaking havoc
in Syria, Muslim Brotherhood supporters have been caught attempting to
stage both a demonstration and a violent repression of that demonstration
by government forces.
Incredibly, Muslim Brotherhood supporters literally organized a fake
demonstration complete with camera crews whose purpose was to photograph
the “demonstrators” pretending to march on the streets of Egypt and portray
this demonstration as real. What’s more, the “demon... more »
Can Steve Israel's Beloved Blue Dogs Derail Immigration Reform By Siding With The GOP Again?
John Barrow-- anti-immigrant Blue Dog (GA)
Politically, the battle over immigration reform in pretty black and white,
right? The Democrats want to reform the system. The Republicans don't. If
only it could break down that neatly! The genesis of the immigration
problem is tied up in wealthy corporate interests-- primarily backers of
the GOP-- who want cheap labor and lots of immigration to drive the cost of
labor down and dilute the power of unions. But the other half of the
Republican coalition is made of of racists, xenophobes and bigots filled
with fear and hatred for immigrants. T... more »
The European Union VERY QUIETLY passes an EU Bail IN scheme on August 1 , 2013 - EU denizens , you are now officially on notice your money in Banks is at risk !
GLOBAL LOOTING: The new EU bailin law was passed 8 days ago….did you notice?
Revealed: official details on how the EU will steal from us
[image: lobs]*Are you a citizen with rights, or just a helpless crustacean?*
*Three beaming eurocrats – Barroso, Van Rompuy and Lithuanian Dalia
Grybauskaite – emerged triumphant from a session two days ago, in which
they mapped out the biggest bank heist in world history. This is to put
flesh on the eurozone law hastily passed on August 1st (while EU citizens
were on holiday) to deal with theinevitability event of a bank collapse.
Under this draft p... more »
State Assessment Results: "It Just Doesn't Matter"
Reblogged from SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Even though we opted our
oldest out of the third grade state assessments last year, an error
occurred and her blank math test answer form was scanned and sent on to the
New York State Education Department. As a result, we received a Parent
Report from NYSED […]
Japan total debt crosses one quadrillion yen ! That number translates to 10.5 trillion dollars - an amount larger than the combined economies of the UK , Germany and France ! An amount which 230 percent of Japan's GDP ! Imagine where this numbers soars to as Japan continues QE and at some point in time issues debt to deal with the Fukushima debacle !
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Japan Enters The Keynesian Twilight Zone As Total Debt Crosses
¥1,000,000,000,000,000.00.Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/09/2013 - 08:04
Back in May 2011, together with forecasting Japan's most epic case of
quantitative easing ever unleashed, we presented the absurd, if inevitable,
thought experiment of a country that would soon cross into the twilight
zone of total sovereign debt numbers that no longer even fit on a simple
pocket calculator. The country of course is Japan, *and the debt number is
one quadrillion*. As of last night, the absurd has beco... more »
The Next Terrorist Attack - What The Mainstream Media Isn't Telling You
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Maybe It's Time For Mike Duffy And Pamela Wallin To Throw Stephen Harper 'Under The Bus' And Come Clean On This Whole Sorry Affair!
**
*When Stephen Harper decided to add Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy to
Canada's unelected, undemocratic Senate, he started in motion a series of
events that has ultimately become an ugly, nasty political scandal.
For starters, neither Duffy nor Wallin qualified for senate appointment as
representatives of their respective native provinces.
While Ms. Wallin is originally from Saskatchewan, she has lived away for
most of her adult life and Saskatchewan was no longer her principle
residence. ** Saskatchewan's right leaning corporate MSM came running to
Harper's defence and tried to ... more »
DOJ Admits "Unintended Consequences" in Drug War, May Reduce Sentences
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*NPR*
"The war on drugs is now 30, 40 years old," Holder says. "There have been a
lot of unintended consequences. There's been a decimation of certain
communities, in particular communities of color."
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Uneasy Lies the Head
The knives are out.Tim Hudak's days as leader of the Ontario Progressive
Conservative Party are numbered. Bob Hepburn writes in *The Toronto Star:*
In the wake of disappointing losses in four of the five byelections last
week, now comes news that Hudak is facing a new open revolt within his
party, with two separate calls for a leadership review by groups of Tory
activists furious over the party’s poor showing.
If the calls succeed, Hudak could be dumped as leader at the party’s
convention set for Sept. 20-22.
Such an outcome is unlikely because it’s almost impossible to rewrite p... more »
Abuse of civil forfeiture laws allow the theft of literally billions each year from innocent americans - that these laws use " forfeited " funds to cover police salaries and bonuses really sets up a conflict for the police to enforce the law equitable rather than abusively ! Civil forfeiture just an aspect of the militarization of the police as we devolve to a Stasi style state here in the " Homeland "
Civil forfeiture scam lets police collect billions from innocent Americans
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Police agencies across the United States are seizing billions of dollars
annually in assets and money from people never convicted of crimes, and
they’ve been getting away with it for decades.
Law enforcement uses civil forfeiture to make fortunes in towns around the
US, and only a select few of the innocent parties impacted by the practice
are lucky enough to have their cash and other goodies ... more »
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*FEMA adminstrator gets look at local levees ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans
Advocate*
*Fight heats up against potential huge flood insurance rate hikes ~Scott
Satchfield, WVUE*
*ProPublica: FEMA Flood Maps Fraught with Error ~WWNO*
*New Orleans to Host Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Meeting ~Dredging
Today*
*Exquisite Corps to Consider Elevating Entire Jersey Shore *Seasonal
Get-A-Way* Town of Highland? Well, Yeyuuuh???*
*~"The good news is the proposal we put forth after Sandy to consider
raising the town is now being considered by the Corp."*
*Real estate frenzy near soon-... more »
Municipal debt issuance in Michigan hits turbulence after Detroit bankruptcy forcing three local governments to pull offerings - will Oakland County actually move forward with its 300 million bond offering next month or also be forced to pull its deal ?
http://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-muni-debt-sales-pulled-after-detroit-bankruptcy-filing-2013-8
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — Three governments in Michigan have pulled planned
municipal bond sales off the market since Detroit filed for bankruptcy
protection last month.
On Thursday, Saginaw County withdrew a roughly $61 million sale to cover
pension obligations. Ahead of that decision, Genesee County withdrew a $54
million sale to finance a water and sewer work. And Battle Creek delayed a
$16 million general obligation bond issue.
The decisions come amid concern that Detroit's bankruptcy... more »
Fukushima - Radioactive " Water World " news - August 6 , 2013 ...... Japan with tepco handling the Fukushima debacle is a clear and presnt danger to the world , more dangerous than a Terrorist Groups - WHY THE SILENCE FROM THE WORLD ?
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/08/column-groundwater-is-possibly-65cm-underground-already-press-needs-to-demand-tepco-data/
[Column] Rising groundwater – 2 reasons why Tepco’s countermeasures may
cause further disaster
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The groundwater is estimated to reach the ground surface on 8/19/2013,
which is the very urging problem.
On 8/7/2013, Tepco announced they are going to start pumping up the rising
groundwater from 8/9/2013.
After pumping up the wa... more »
Following the pulling of Embassy personnel in Yemen , the US pulls staff from a consulate in Lahore , Pakistan ..... Note the uptick in the Af - Pak theatre over the past month !
US pulls staff from consulate in Pakistan
Non-essential personnel ordered to leave Lahore diplomatic mission on basis
of "credible threat information".
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The shift of some consulate personnel from Lahore is a precautionary
measure, US officials say [AFP]
The US government has ordered all non-essential staff to leave its
consulate in Pakistan's Lahore after receiving threats of attack, with the
State Department also ... more »
Darwin had it all wrong; missing the Killshot...?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 16 hours ago
"Knowing where to go with your last tank of gas is so important!" That
claims *Maj. Ed Dames*, ret. US Army, involved in Remote Viewing tests for
a.o. the CIA. Archaeologist *Peter M. Jupp* from Australia says it
differently. He claims that Darwin, from the natural evolution theory, had
it all wrong. He overlooked peculiar "jumps", shocks in 'evolution', that
go back to some kind of Killshot, that Maj. Dames introduced. These shocks
rule out a natural evolution, but a cosmic involvement.
*Ben Davidson* from "Suspicious-Observers" explains what cosmic event could
have triggered the de... more »
Working for a Member of Parliament
Bright young things swanning around with their sharp suits and lattes.
Having the most powerful people in the land hanging off your advice and
earning megabucks - it's a nice fantasy. Except for the majority of people
working in politics, the unacknowledged and overlooked battalions beavering
away in MPs' parliamentary and constituency offices, this is a far cry from
what they do. Except for the suits. And the hot drinks. I know because for
the last two-and-a-half years, I've been a caseworker for Tristram Hunt,
the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central. And as today is my... more »
My Day at the Chicago Protest Against ALEC
It's been an interesting day.
First to get this out of the way -
If you would like to look at some of the demonstrators signs
*>>>GO HERE<<<*
If you woudl like to see two good vids of the protest
*>>>GO HERE<<<*
or
*>>>>GO HERE<<< *
Onward and Forward
When I scoped out the area around the Palmer - I said to myself, "where in
the hell are they going to put the people who are supposed to be here"?
Having been at the Scottsdale protest against ALEC - there were about 200
of us - it was gonna be tight if 600 showed up in Chicago, in front of the
Palmer (there were 600 at the protest i... more »
Bill Whittle: We have logic, history, reason, data, and truth...(video)
*if you do nothing else today, please watch this. Forget the sound bites.
Sit back, listen, and ponder. *
Seriously powerful!!
"Barack Obama is not the problem. He is the symptom of the problem"
Medicine for the People - Link To 63 Music Videos
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Update Aug 9th: More Data, spying, and transparency
*Goooooood Morning!! (or evening for my ozzie friends!)*
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**I've been away from the computer for the most part this week, although I
did take a few hours to try to catch up on the over 800 emails in my in
box- (if you emailed me before July 28.... I'm afraid that your email most
likely got deleted- it was an act of desperation), and catching up with the
on going conversations in the various skype rooms, and reading reading
reading....*
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**More transparency coming out this week from all sorts of sources and a
couple of these articles are very pointed in the data that they are
outing... more »
CHARITIES, ORGIES AND SPOOKS
In 2005, The Sunday Mirror had a front page story about an orgy held in
London.
Among those attending the orgy was the director of an international charity.
"The international charity director had sex with a female TV production
company boss."
EXCLUSIVE: BIGGEST EVER FILTHY-RICH ORGY
*Bubb*
Sir Stephen Bubb is head of the UK's *Association of Chief Executives of
Voluntary Organisations* (Acevo)
* Sir Stephen Bubb is a defender of charity boardroom excess.*
Sir Stephen earns £100,000 per year.
*Sir Stephen Bubb, who defended six-figure salaries for bosses of
charities, had his... more »
Beyond Robopocalypticism
In all the media frenzy over “killer robots,” Terminator imagery comes up a
lot. So do references to Battlestar Galactica. So does a specific scene
from Robocop, soon to be remade to resonate with public fears of domestic
drones. These iconic narratives invoke a recurrent theme in American
science fiction about lethal robot malfunctions or
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Skyrmions could make hard disks 100 times smaller
*Remotely related: sci-fi gets real:* tech junkies should look at 27
science-fiction concepts that morphed into reality in 2012.
Nature's Ron Cowen reviewed a technical paper in Nature that is one month
old,
Writing and Deleting Single Magnetic Skyrmions (Niklas Romming and 7
co-authors from Hamburg).
See also reviews in Gizmodo and those via Google News. Thanks to Viktor K.
for the link.
Skyrmions, some topologically non-trivial solutions of non-linear
sigma-models first described by Tony Skyrme in the 1960s, may be thought of
as tiny vortices of atoms. Because in this very r... more »
Meet Donald E. Westlake
The 1999 film 'Payback' is based on the *Parker series by Donald E.
Westlake*.
*Wikipedia: *
Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American
writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He
specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional
foray into science fiction or other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award
winner, one of only three writers (the others are Joe Gores and William L.
DeAndrea) to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel,
God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, "... more »
Phils/Taiwan fisherman killing mess links
*Temple procession in Tainan*
Not much time for blogging today, in Kinmen enjoying that island's
wonderful atmosphere and old buildings, but Manila has put out its official
report on the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman.
Meanwhile Taipei is responding quid pro quo by announcing that it is
lifting the sanctions on Manila. Good news. An emissary came to apologize
-- something that had already occurred -- and Manila announced it was
prosecuting the sailors, obvious sacrifices to Manila-Taipei relations.
When asked to elaborate on dissatisfaction, Hung Tzu-chien said she felt it
was ... more »
Greg Hunter, Weekly News Wrap-Up 8.9.13
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 8.9.13*"
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"I am coming to you from the Midwest, and I have some good news to report
on the crop front. This year looks like it’s going to go much better than
last year. The corn is 10 feet tall in some places, and the soybeans are
looking pretty good. Last year, we had extreme drought conditions across
most of the country. This year, at least half the country has had plenty of
rain. That said, about forty percent of the west is still extremely dry.
Also, even though there has been plenty of water, crops were planted late
becau... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Sea of Dreams”
2002, “Sea of Dreams”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMkzdVrgQ68&html5=1
Ghada Shbeir: Traditional Maronite Chants
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*Source of photo.*
*Brief Bio of Ghada Shbeir (Source: her official website):*
Specialist and professional performer of traditional Middle Eastern folks
and Arabo Andalusian songs, Syriac and Ancient Maronite chants, Ghada
Shbeir has an exquisite talent and the ability to move easily and with
professionalism from traditional folk songs to religious chants. She has
earned frequent comparison to some of the best Middle Eastern singers.
Born in Lebanon, after graduation from high school, Ghada Shbeir moved to
the USEK ... more »
"A look to the Heavens"
“Medieval Albrechtsberg castle is nestled in trees near the northern bank
of the river Pielach and the town of Melk, Austria. In clearing night skies
on August 12, 2012 it stood under constellations of the northern summer,
including Aquarius, Aquila, and faint, compact Delphinus (above and right
of center) in this west-looking skyview.
* Click image for larger size.*
The scene also captures a bright meteor above the castle walls. Part of
the annual perseid meteor shower, its trail points back toward the heroic
constellation Perseus high above the horizon in the early morning ho... more »
"Why You're Always Right: The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind"
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*"Why You're Always Right: The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind"*
by Rith
"Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have
drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you."
- Richard Bach
"No. I'm not talking about indignant righteousness that usually happens
when you have to be right because you can't stand losing an argument and
want to stand your ground (hey it happens to the best of us). I'm talking
about something profoundly powerful…
You see, the job of our subconscious mind is to obey the directions of what
the conscious mind repeatedl... more »
Chet Raymo, "Silk Dawn"
*"Silk Dawn" *
by Chet Raymo
"A magical morning. Warm and still. The hillside is cloaked in a fine,
soft mist that will burn away by ten. I walk down the drive to open the
gate. The field is carpeted with silk. Silk made visible by dew. (Click to
enlarge.)
The spiders were there all along, of course. Their webs too. Everyday as I
walked through the grass, they were there, unseen. Unknowingly, I crushed
them with my footfalls. A field full of snares, each silken net flung
across the grass, each net with its tunnel lair where the predator waits,
patiently, for dinner. And now t... more »
Washington Creates Al-Qaeda Safe Haven In Syria, Then Warns of Its Threat To Global Security
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Washington's three-step policy towards Syria:
Step 1. Create Al-Qaeda Safe Haven In Syria.
Step 2. Warn The World of Al-Qaeda Safe Have In Syria To Global Security.
Step 3. Bomb Bomb Bomb?
An excerpt from, *"As Foreign Fighters Flood Syria, Fears of a New
Extremist Haven"* (The New York Times, August 8):
As foreign fighters pour into Syria at an increasing clip, extremist groups
are carving out pockets of territory that are becoming havens for Islamist
militants, posing what United States and Western intelligence official... more »
Paulo Coelho, “The Meaning of Life”
Paulo Coelho, “The Meaning of Life”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hikADxCjdNE#at=21&html5=1
Untitled
*James Gill: Coastal suit muddies waters*
Ryan Adams Is Now On The Sean Hannity Enemies List-- Why Aren't You?
Hannity took a little time out from Obama-bashing to demonize the new enemy
of American fascism, North Carolina singer-songwriter Ryan Adams.
Apparently the think-skinned Hannity, who loves dishing it out, can't stand
when the barrages are incoming. Wednesday *Rolling Stone* reported that Hannity
took on his most comfortable role: dickhead in desperate search for
ratings.
Last night, Ryan Adams found himself the involuntary topic of Fox News’ *
Hannity* after he got into a Twitter spat with the show’s eponymous host,
Sean Hannity.
After Hannity tweeted about the lack of role mod... more »
In my garden ...
[image: Small Footprints' 2013 Garden.]
Have a nice weekend, everyone!
Thought Dreams
I’ve nearly completely extricated myself from my daily reading and
commenting on Facebook and Twitter. I’m a retired public school teacher.
I’ve virtually stopped writing about education and the continuing
destruction of our public schools. I live it everyday now as a consultant
in the classrooms. I’ve been traveling a lot over the last few […]
Every Person is a Person
"Every Person is a Person" http://t.co/2IDpchmayA
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) August 8, 2013
Detroit: This is what decades of corrupt liberal rule looks like...(video)
*this is so sad and a warning for all of us.*
From YouTube:
*Uploaded on Oct 21, 2010*
Let's go for a ride starting in Highland Park (first few buildings), and
then into Detroit . Witness the destruction of once Great industrial
American cities turning them into ghost towns. Even in downtown Detroit,
there are empty skyscrapers.... This video is just a TINY fraction of
insane amount of buildings destroyed in Detroit . Historical buildings are
falling apart leaving nothing for the next generations to admire. I urge
viewers to research the true reasons of why this happened to this c... more »
Vital Interview: GalacticU Radio w/Sierra Neblina Interviews Brian & Bob -- Archive of Today's Show
*Copied from Brian Kelly's Blog *
*GalacticU Radio w/Sierra Neblina Interviews Brian & Bob at 2:30 pst Today*
August 8, 2013
Bob and I just finished the recording with Sierra a couple of hours ago.
For anyone who feels like they need a deeper understanding of how our
monetary system works, how all loans are fraud, the strawman account and
where we believe the new value system is headed, I highly suggest giving
this a listen. I also think this would be a good dialogue to share with
those who still may need some convincing. I'll probably go back and listen
to it again myself ;) ~BK
... more »
Richard Sennett: Brutal Simplifiers (March 2011 Lecture)
*"Beware the terrible simplifiers." - Historian Jacob Burckhardt (May 25,
1818-August 8, 1897).*
*"Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation"* by
Richard Sennett (2012).
*Wikipedia:*
Richard Sennett (born 1 January 1943) is the Centennial Professor of
Sociology at the London School of Economics and University Professor of the
Humanities at New York University. Sennett has studied social ties in
cities, and the effects of urban living on individuals in the modern world.
He has been a Fellow of The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral
Sciences, of th... more »
"Hello Scotia Mocatta, This Is JPMorgan - We Urgently Need Some Of Your Gold"
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* *Thanks to Dan for finding this one... -AK*
*
* *"Hello Scotia Mocatta, This Is JPMorgan - We Urgently Need Some Of Your
Gold"*
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-08/hello-scotia-mocatta-jpmorgan-we-urgently-need-some-your-gold
Yesterday, it was HSBC. Today, the lucky respondent to JPM's polite gold
'procurement' request, is the second "fullest" New York commercial gold
vault: Scotia Mocatta.
As ZH reported previously, following the announcement of an imminent
withdrawal of 63.5k ounces of its gold (1... more »
After many months of ignoring Ahmed Abu Khatala , suddenly sealed charges have filed against him regarding Benghazi - of course , he denies involvement ! And naturally he has not been questioned by Libyan authorities , just living a normal life in his city ! Meanwhile in forgotten Libya , the usual blend of political intrigue , oil industry strikes and mayhem fill out the scorecard for another MENA success story ....
Another embarrassment in the making for the O Team ? Benghazi rears its
head ...
Suspect denies involvement in Chris Stevens killing
*Tripoli, 8 August 2013*:
A Libyan man wanted by the US authorities on charges related to the killing
of US ambassador Chris Stevens has denied involvement.
Reports in the US media yesterday said that Ahmed Abu Khatala, along with a
number of as yet unnamed suspects, was facing criminal charges in the case
of the attack on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi on 11 September
2012.
Khatala, however, told the *Associated Press* yesterday that he had not... more »
Lost in Mistranslation:Before Inauguration, Rouhani Gets the Ahmadinejad Treatment
Oh,
look, an Iranian president said something about oppression and
occupation in Palestine and his words were mistranslated,
misinterpreted, widely condemned and proliferated by warmongers as
evidence of hatred and aggression. Obviously, this comes as no surprise
as we've all been here before.
And yet again, the accusations are not true.
Speaking to reporters during a rally on Quds Day,
Hasta la vista, Testing?
The dust has not settled yet from the release of the first year scores from
New York State’s Common Core aligned assessments for Grades 3-8. The media
talking heads, bureaucrats, and public are trying to frame what the results
mean for New York’s schools. Read here for some excellent commentaries
about the scores from […]
As the anti-choice crusaders pile on the hypocrisy and irony of their pro-death crusade, my old pal Milt Shook reposts a must-read from 1997
*"Pro-choice is not the same as 'pro-abortion.' Most pro-choicers would
agree that it would be a good thing if no one had an abortion. If we could
eliminate most or all of the reasons why women have abortions, we could
practically eliminate abortion, without having to ban it."*
*-- Milt Shook, in a 1997 post, "Pro-Choice Is the Essence of*
*Liberty," that he recently reposted on his "PCTC* Blog"*
*by Ken*
With attention focused on the anti-abortion jihads in Texas and Carolina,
writes ThinkProgrss's Tara Culp-Ressler (whose post I read via Nation of
Change), in Iowa's Board of Medi... more »
‘AL QAEDA INC.’ FRANCHISE SUCCESS STORY OR NEOCON NONSENSE?
The neoconservatives are going to extraordinary lengths to try and convince
the world (and probably themselves) that ‘al Qaeda’ is a huge complex
homogeneous business organisation that deals in ‘terrorism’ through various
franchise organisations scattered throughout the Middle East, Central Asia
and Africa.
In a recent article by neocon writers Josh Rogin and Eli Lake in *The Daily
Beast* it was actually claimed that the leaders of the various ‘franchises’
around the world held a conference call to plan acts of terrorism.
According to the report from Rogin and Lake we are supposed t... more »
Could the F-35 Be the Biggest Blunder in Canadian Military History?
A timely warning about "locking in" to novel technologies such as the over
budget, overdue and under-performing F-35 from Brookings Institution senior
fellow Peter Singer. His advice - learn from the mistakes of the past,
just don't repeat them.
*In 1934, the British Air Ministry poured money into a new aircraft meant
to advance past the World War I generation of planes. The metal-clad
Gloster Gladiator could fly almost 250 miles per hour and carry four
machine guns. Unfortunately, this biplane was quickly outmatched by new
monoplanes such as the Spitfire and the German BF-109. An... more »
Court officially declares Bitcoin a real currency
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* *
* *Court officially declares Bitcoin a real currency*
Published time: August 08, 2013 15:54 Get short URL
http://rt.com/usa/bitcoin-sec-shavers-texas-231/
*
* *A federal judge has for the first time ruled that Bitcoin is a
legitimate currency, opening up the possibility for the digital crypto-cash
to soon be regulated by governmental overseers.*
United States Magistrate Judge Amos Mazzant for the Eastern District of
Texas ruled Tuesday that the US Securities and Exchange Commission can
proceed with a lawsuit against the operator of a Bitcoin-based hedge fund
because, despite e... more »
Snowden's email server shutdown following government pressure ( what a shocker ! ) ..... An explanation as to how NSA collects Americans cross border emails ..... Will we have explanations Friday from the White House as to what the frick is going on with Yemen or what is the status of the 22 Embassy closings cut and run - is the Terror scare over as Yemen has repeatedly said ? In the meantime , Jihadists around the globe are basking in the glow of their perceived victory in making the US scurry around like chickens without heads , droning any cars driving on Yemeni roads - note none of the 25 Yemeni top targets have been killed !
Jay Carney on CNN’s big CIA/Benghazi scoop: I don’t know nothing ’bout
nothing
POSTED AT 7:11 PM ON AUGUST 8, 2013 BY ALLAHPUNDIT
Via Ace, consider this post an apology to our readership. A few days ago I
led you to believe that it was somehow important for the White House press
corps to ask the press secretary about one of the biggest foreign policy
scoops in weeks. That was obviously in error, as I suspected at the time.
It wasn’t important; this guy wouldn’t give you a straight answer on what
his favorite color is (“I would refer you to my kindergarten
finger-paintings on that... more »
ARRESTED IN MADISON FOR SINGING
At the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin
A cavalcade of Kafka . . .
LAVABIT
IS OFF-LINE FOR NOW. They are-were a pro-privacy email service long
used by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The owner of Lavabit published a
letter you should read, in a WIRED article by Kevin Poulson, “Edward
Snowden’s Email Provider Shuts Down Amid Secret Court Battle”. From the
standpoint of civil rights, this well and truly sucks. America, I mourn
for your Republic. Justice for the
Ohanian on Achieve, Inc. and the Common Core
A clip from Susan writing at The Daily Censored–see the rest here: Reading
the press release, I wonder: HOW to get people to raise up against the
oppressive phraseknowledge-based economy, a term rolling off the tongues of
the “haves” as an excuse for their refusal to acknowledge the vital skills
possessed by people making things work […]
Chinese media praises Russia over restricting US' abuses of power
*Editors Note: This editorial from the Global Times, a nationalist Chinese
media outlet that is said to reflect the opinions of the upper echelons of
leadership in Beijing, provides a telling account of the Chinese
perspective on the Snowden case, the nature of US-China relations, and
Beijing's stance vis-à-vis unchecked US power more generally. *
US President Barack Obama has announced he will attend the G20 summit in
St. Petersburg this September. A meeting between Russian and US defense and
foreign ministers will also be scheduled for later this week in Washington.
Although Obam... more »
Seyyed Hossein Nasr On The Absence of Prometheus In Iranian Thought And Mythology
*Related:*
* Henry Geiger - The Chains Of Prometheus (1959).*
*R. J. Zwi Werblowsky On Prometheus.*
*Below is an excerpt from, "In Search of the Sacred: A Conversation with
Seyyed Hossein Nasr on His Life and Thought" by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and
Ramin Jahanbegloo, introduction by Terry Moore. 2010. Praeger Publishers:
Santa Barbara, California. Pg. 146-48. [Source].*
Ramin Jahanbegloo: It is interesting, because in your book *Persia, Bridge
of Turquoise* you state that there is nothing of a Promethean nature in the
Persian concept of the *anthropos*, especially in Islamic Persia,... more »
WAR ON HOMELESS
Set against the backdrop of modern life in the city of Los Angeles, the
poem "LA is Full of Pigs" weaves together a narrative that touches upon
growing fears and anxieties of working people around such pressing issues
as housing, healthcare and police brutality. It is a poem born of the anger
these times demand.
Matt Sedillo is the author of For What I Might Do Tomorrow (Caza De Poesia
2010), a member of the Inland Empire Lionlike Mindstate national slam team
of 2009, member and Grand Slam Champion of the Damn Slam Los Angeles
national slam team of 2011 (of which a story appeared ... more »
Fukushima updates - August 8 , 2013 .... Nuclide removal systems = epic fails ( ALPS should be YELPS ) ... Meanwhile now we learn that 600 tons of radioactive contaminated water entering Pacific every day ....Yes , Fukushima is out of control - hasn't anyone been following this ? Yes , Virginia - something has broken......Two harebrain schemes from TEPCO / Japan to solve debacle .... including MR FREEZE comes to Japan Plan !
Serious deterioration found in absorption tower of multiple nuclide
removing system ALPS
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Following up this article..*Multiple nuclide removing system ALPS had
leakage due to “corrosion” / Only 2 months after test operation started* [
URL]
While ALPS is suspended, Tepco inspected the inside of the absorption tower
(6A). In the inspection, Tepco found the access door and the part around
the welding line *severely deteriorated*. The color is changed ... more »
Michael Hasting mystery death update - so , some federal agency did visit Hastings the day before his death ( were these government kill list hitmen posing as FBI Agents ? Who knows , we just know Hastings is dead. ) Boston bombing update - former alleged muslim extremist Tamerlan Tsarnaev now supposedly a right wing extremist ? Yeah , well that makes sense ( Sarc Off ) ...........FEMA just getting for Hurricane Season I'm sure when demanding 24 hour delivery of emergency food reserves.....Father of slain young man allegedly a witness ( or pressured to be a false witness ) on Temerlan Tsarnaev , comes to US to sue FBI - He wants to know why his son was killed ........Laws apply to thee but not to me ( Elites above draconian laws imposed on the rest of us ) ...... Police State updates......
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.infowars.com/feds-visited-michael-hastings-house-day-before-his-death/
( I wonder who got to the wife to shut her up ? )
Hastings mystery death....Feds Visited Michael Hastings’ House Day Before
His Death
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Agents were pursuing Rolling Stone journalist prior to suspicious crash
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Prison Planet.com
August 6, 2013
Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings, who was killed in a s... more »
"Far Better..."
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than
to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
- Carl Sagan
Book Review - The 911 Fear-Based Mind Control Program
*"The greatest means of control is not actualized through military might,
physical subjugation, or brute force. The greatest means of control is
actualized through the manipulation of the psychological condition of the
human species." - Lenon Honor*
Lenon Honor's *The 911 Fear-Based Mind Control Program* is simply a
must-read for anyone interested in truly healing from the deep
psychological trauma that was inflicted upon the global population on
September 11th, 2001. The events that unfolded on September 11th, 2001
truly were traumatic - perhaps the most traumatic single series of ... more »
Koch's quiet coup
What
do Ryan and Cantor have to hide? It's not like they're the first
bright lights of the GOP to speak at one of the Koch Brothers' periodic
ultra-exclusive confabs. So why are Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor so
secretiveabout their star turn at the podium of this prestigious event?
Neither Ryan nor Cantor were willing to talk about the appearance,
before
or after attending, and when a reporter from the NBC affiliate in
Albuquerque tried to cover the event where the New Mexico governor was
speaking, he was turned away at a checkpoint -- a mile from the resort.
Good to remember while ever... more »
Back To School
With the end of summer classes last week was Summer Vacation. It went by
fast and was spent mostly playing with Teen Daughter. She and a truckload
of furniture went back to her mom on Saturday, which was uneventful except
for the blowout on the Interstate. Sunday Southern Man and The Titan helped
a friend move. The first part of this week was spent cursing at the lawn
mower and doing yard work and other outdoor projects and today kicks off
three days of eight-to-five meetings. That is all for now. Normal
photo-shooting and blogging may resume this weekend, maybe.
The Question Is Etiquette, Not "Racism"
Slate today said they wouldn't use "Redskins" any more for the Washington
football team. Good choice!
Which is as good an excuse as any to make my argument again that the
question here shouldn't be whether this particular term is offensive, much
less racist. Those are interesting questions, I suppose, but they're not
necessary to the argument.
Instead, this should be thought of very simply as a question of etiquette.
Basically: it's polite to call people by the name they want to go by.
That pretty much solves it. If my brother doesn't want to be called Eddie
Baby, then don't call h... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Friday Morning Ramble: The ‘Failures of Modern Mercantilism’ Edition
The Dangers of Modern Mercantilism, 1: “It is critical to understand that
the issues for the NZ economy arising from the current Fonterra debacle
(as opposed to dairy farmers and Fonterra directors and managers) is
assuredly not a "public relations" issue or one of "reputational
management". The best PR firm in the world cannot resolve such issues
through spin - nor should it try. Calling for better "PR" is simply a form
of denial.”
*Economy Wide Lessons as the lustre of white gold loses its shine* – EYE 2
THE LONG RUN
*Answering the Ws* – HOME PADDOCK
*“The Chinese don’t see ... more »
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