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America is a scoundrel. America is a deadbeat nation.
America has never been a friend of liberty. America is a scoundrel. America
is a deadbeat nation. America backs al-Qaeda and Jihadist terrorism in
Syria and around the world.
May God's vengeance strike down this tyrannical and criminal nation and
leave it exposed to disease, economic collapse, mass shootings, civil war,
urban riots, infrastructure meltdown, and a thousand other evils under the
sky.
America Is Betting Against The Kurds In Syria, Backs Al-Qaeda-Linked Terrorist Groups
Related: *America And Her Allies Stand Opposed To Kurdish Aspirations For
Statehood*.
"It is clear in the civil war in Syria that the US backs the FSA. *Washington
hopes that the fall of the Assad regime will allow the Syrian forces in the
FSA to defeat the Gulf Arab militias who, by then, they hope, will have
defeated the armed forces of the DUP. But this seems unlikely because the
PKK is not just a strong national liberation movement and it is now firmly
embedded in Kurdish society in the east and southeast of Turkey. *Indeed,
it is possible that the PKK and DUP together may ... more »
TV Watch: Lessons from "the" phone call on last week's "Breaking Bad"
*by Ken*
I hadn't planned to write about *Breaking Bad* again until the whole series
was under our collective belts, but in a post prompted by last week's
episode *The New Yorker*'s Emily Nussbaum, "That Mind-Bending Phone Call on
Last Night's *Breaking Bad*," has raised two large issues about the
relationship between TV programs and TV audiences which I think deserve to
be shared.
*[Needless to say, a spoiler alert applies for anyone who hasn't seen last
week's episode, "Ozymandias."]*
Actually, the issue that interests me more isn't really raised as such in
the piece. Emily N ... more »
Meltdown in Washington: President Obama Reported Sedated Following Emotional Breakdown
*Meltdown in Washington: President Obama Reported Sedated Following
Emotional Breakdown*
September 21, 2013
http://nationalreport.net/meltdown-washington-president-obama-reported-sedated-following-emotional-breakdown/
As is the case with many stories these days, I cannot prove the legitimacy
of this story. However, I will say, if it were true I would not be in the
least bit surprised. I personally believe Obama is a puppet (as all
Presidents are) being controlled by many levels of power above the
presidency. This assumption has yet to be proven, yet I feel the stage is
now be... more »
Longest Walk 4 Photos: Powwows in Kansas
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Longest Walk 4 near Topeka, Kansas, at powwow, late today, Saturday,
Sept. 21, 2013.
Photos by long walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Western Shoshone, thank
you for sharing with Censored News! Also see more of today's photos:
Potawatomie honor Longest Walk 4 at Veteran's Powwow:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/09/photos-potawatomie-honor-long-walk-4-in.html
AUSTRALIA: THE NEW RIGHT AND THE END OF TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT
For all the foibles and weaknesses of the previous Labor government, what
with its leadership issues and struggles to govern with the help of the
Greens and independents, at least the Australian people knew what was going
on as the two sides of the media, Murdoch’s right-wing hard copy and online
news resources on one side, and the centrist and left-of-centre Fairfax
hard copy and online news resources and ABC media on the other side, gave a
running commentary which the Labor government under both recent leaders
were always willing to respond to.
But it was the overwhelming ability... more »
Lesson Plans? I don’t need no stinkin’ lesson plans!
It’s Saturday, and I sit down to plan my lessons for the upcoming week.
Fortunately, I don’t have a template to use, a place to upload them, or an
administrator who even looks at my lesson plans. There is a modicum of
dignity left for me as a teacher in that. Sadly, too many teachers […]
America And Her Allies Stand Opposed To Kurdish Aspirations For Statehood
Related: *America, Turkey, And Saudi Arabia: Cease And Desist Your
Unlawful Attacks Against The Kurds In Syria*.
*"The role of the Obama administration in suppressing the long-running
Kurdish uprising in Turkey is largely unknown.* But a few weeks ago a U.S.
diplomat dropped an intriguing clue. *Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr., Obama's
ambassador to Turkey, revealed that the U.S. had secretly offered Turkey
what was, in effect, a bin Laden-style assassination of the top leadership
of the PKK* (Kurdistan Workers Party), the rebels who have been fighting
the U.S.-equipped Turkish army ... more »
Extreme and Fringe... And Don't Forget Crazy
On Thursday Justin Amash (R-MI) told a crowd of libertarians at the Liberty
Political Action Conference that Senators John McCain (R-AZ), and Lindsey
Graham (R-SC) "are on the extreme fringes of American society in terms of
their views on war.” Amash is correct about McCain and Graham but this week
he voted to slash $40 billion from food stamps and also voted to hold
hostage keeping the government open to ending Obamacare. That would be just
as extreme and fringe as McCain and Graham.
Yesterday Paul Krugman dubbed the whole lot of them, The Crazy Party. "In
recent months, he wrote... more »
What Bernanke revealed by failing to follow through with the Federal Reserve's telegraphed taper messaging was put on display that five years after the financial calamity that began in 2008 and hit its most visible moments of turmoil in 2009 with Lehman Bros collapse and AIG last minute rescue - is the financial sphere is still on life support , still unable to handle even a modest withdrawal of the Fed's liquidity " heroin " ...... Like with any ponzi scheme , flow of cash into the scheme must continue or things fall apart ! Manipulation like we saw last week - not just the Fed's abrupt about face , but the PMs rapid rise post - Fed meeting announcement on Wed / TH and then the brutal beat down on Friday where 65 - 70 percent of the price gains were taken away ! And if JP Morgan ( or a Goldman ) recommends that their customers should buy gold - smart money ( or those with the blueprint from the PTBs ) are probably selling ...
What Bernanke Did
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- Ben Bernanke
- Ben Bernanke
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What Ben Bernanke did by not Tapering was *expose the fragility of the US
economy for all to see*. His actions, Mises Institute's Peter Klein
explains in this brief clip, based on the premise that the US economy was
not capable of sustaining any reduction in the $85 billion per month
stimulus free-money, means once again "the economy is so dependent on
artificial stimulation from the ce... more »
Achievement School District Responds
Jeremy Jones, one of the bristly, high-T clones of the Ahievement School
District administration (see pics above and tell me which one is Jeremy),
sent the following comment to my post yesterday on the ASD corporate
corruptionism going on in Nashville and Memphis, as the poorest public
schools are labeled "Priority" before being auctioned off to charter chain
gang operators:
It is incredibly misleading to say "corporate," "corporation" and
"corporatize" when characterizing the changes happening in Memphis in the
effort to move the bottom 5% of schools to the top 25% within five ye... more »
After lulling traders into a Taper assumption , Ben Bernanke pulls a fast one with NO Taper ( well , as you will see below , not quite a surprise to all as some gold trader (s) made a surprisingly good call just before the Fed announcement today ( or got a heads up ) ! Bottom line - carnage for gold and silver shorts , carnage for treasury shorts , carnage for USD longs , risk on for US equities ! There are no markets , just manipulations......
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-18/fomc-shocker-no-taper
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There are no markets , just manipulations... )
FOMC Shocker: No Taper - Full FOMC Statement Redline Comparison
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West Attempts Syria Cover Up - Claims "Twitter Donations" Behind Rise of Al Qaeda
US "officials" claim combined treasuries of US, UK, France, Turkey, Saudi
Arabia, Qatar, Israel, and others no match for "Twitter donations" in
latest and most absurd attempt yet to cover up direct support for Al Qaeda
in Syria.
*September 22, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - In the latest, and perhaps most
absurd attempt yet by the West to cover up direct aid, arms, and funding it
has been sending to Al Qaeda throughout the duration of the Syrian
conflict, the Washington Post now claims "Twitter donations" have somehow
managed to outpace the collective resources of a 7 nation-plus axis w... more »
hedges: "when harper passes right-to-work, you must go on a massive general strike, or you're finished"
Last night, I heard author, journalist, and activist Chris Hedges speak at
the Bloor Street United Church in Toronto, sponsored by the excellent *Canadian
Dimension*.
Hedges is a radical intellectual, in the Chomsky vein, also compassionate
and fearless, in the mode of Howard Zinn. He touched on many subjects - and
credited the work and thoughts of *many* others. I can only hope to impart
a few snippets of the many threads Hedges wove.
*"A seismic moment"*
Hedges called the recent US debate on Syria a "seismic moment". The Obama
administration pulled out all the familiar mechanisms... more »
This time he really means it
Or at least I hope Obama does:
President Obama phoned Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Friday to tell him
he will not negotiate with Republicans on the debt ceiling, according to a
readout provided by the Speaker’s office.
Boehner told the president he was “disappointed” to hear his position, an
aide said.
“Given the long history of using debt limit increases to achieve bipartisan
deficit reduction and economic reforms, the Speaker was disappointed but
told the president that the two chambers of Congress will chart the path
ahead. It was a brief call,” the aide said.
Long histo... more »
America, Turkey, And Saudi Arabia: Cease And Desist Your Unlawful Attacks Against The Kurds In Syria
*America, Turkey, And Saudi Arabia: Hell awaits you if you do not cease
and desist your support for al-Qaeda and your unlawful attacks against the
Kurds in Syria. *
Related:
1. *Kurds In Syria To U.S Ally Turkey: Stop Attacking Us And Stop
Supporting Al-Qaeda*.
2. *Reports: U.S Ally Turkey Is Intervening Militarily In Syria On The
Side of Al-Qaeda*.
3. *America, Turkey, And Saudi Arabia Are Waging War On Kurds In Syria Via
Al-Qaeda.*
* *
* *4. *America's Main Middle East Client Regimes, Turkey And Saudi Arabia,
Are Using Al-Qaeda To Suppress Kurdish Rights In Syria.... more »
Concealed Handguns and Road Rage. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Two motorists, each with a concealed weapon permit. Add one portion of
road rage. Stir.
Benghazi: The Scandal That Never Was
Yesterday we looked at an astonishing Rachel Maddow exposé on how
money-grubbing right-wing operatives are using the "spectre" of ObamaCare
to fleece the flock. Go back and look at that and image she was talking
about how these scurrilous people are using "Benghazi" instead of
"ObamaCare" to line their pockets with the cash of angry, frustrated
dummies who spend too much time glued to Fox and Hate Talk Radio propaganda
networks.
The political brethren of those hucksters-- your Darrell Issas and Michele
Bachmenn, Louie Gohmerts, John Micas and Steve Stockmen-- think they can
conj... more »
The Rise of the Gullibillies
Today's hard Right draws an astonishing amount of electoral support from
people who are simply too damned dumb to realize they're voting against
their self-interest. This is especially true of the United States where
the Red States, the heartland of Republican support, tend to have the
poorest social outcomes - lifespan, health issues/obesity,
education/illiteracy, poverty, violence and imprisonment, teen/unwed
pregnancy, divorce, domestic abuse - the whole gamut. It's the Republican
Red States that also garner the most from the federal government while
contributing the least to ... more »
A Thousand Years of Blagging Politicians
Talking of Nick Clegg, the Lib Dems and plastic bags...
The plastic bag was first invented in 1957, as a sandwich bag. By the
1970's it had already replaced the paper bag as our favourite way of
carrying shopping.
Radio 4's* More or Less *quoted Mr Clegg saying, "We all use plastic bags.
I do. Everyone does. I think everybody feels that maybe we use *too many* plastic
bags. You might use them for twenty minutes walking back from the shops,
but they take a thousand years to degrade."
Do they really? And what's the source of this 'thousand years' claim?
To find out, Tim Harford tal... more »
No One Will Shed A Tear When The U.S. Dollar Collapses
"This is the United States of America, we’re not some banana republic. This
is not a deadbeat nation. We don’t run out on our tab. We're the world's
bedrock investment, the entire world looks to us to make sure the world
economy is stable. We can’t just not pay our bills." - Con Artist Barack H.
Obama.
If America is the "world's bedrock investment" then the world is screwed.
The world can do without this so-called "bedrock" called America. America
can go to hell. The world does not need this collapsing bedrock. Humanity
will be better without America as a bedrock. Humanity will pros... more »
Today With Pope Francis - Money Is the Root of All Evil.
Somebody, on the inside, is going to knock this guy off. He's telling way,
way too much truth.
But if the Pope is just too hard to take, you can always go back to this
guy - he's not a pope, he's a Prophet. Like all these quacks, money is
never the root of evil - provided you're sending it their way.
"Getcha Damn Hand Outta My Pocket!!"
The Navy Yard Raid - White House Down from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Here, we have a Jarhead in civvies letting off firecrackers practically on
the Rose Garden lawn, for no good reason, around the exact time the FBI
declared
*
"Case Close, the dead N*gger acted alone - just sprinkle some crack on him
and lets get out of here."
*
And the manhunt was abruptly called off.
There is historical precedent for this:
*
"Right after Malcolm greeted his audience with "As-salaam alaikum" (earning
the return: "Wa-alaikum-salaam") someone in the 8th row shouted
"Get your hand out of my pocket!".
... more »
Party Conference Watch 2013: The Liberal Democrats
I promised to monitor the *Today *programme's coverage of the party
conferences this year to see if any evidence of bias emerges.
The Greens came first. Next came the Liberal Democrats.
Their conference began last *Saturday*, but that day's *Today* (14/9)
didn't spend much time on it.
The programme spent some two and a half minutes previewing the conference
(from 7.12-7.14), though that discussion with chief political correspondent
Gary O'Donoghue spent a good portion on that talking about a new government
policy - the announcement of a five pence charge on plastic bags. Gary
me... more »
Higher Dimensional Cosmics Permeate All Gaia Upgrade Grids
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* *Higher Dimensional Cosmics Permeate All Gaia Upgrade Grids*
by ÉirePort
Sentience of all Gaia Hue-manity increases dramatically during the 9-20 to
9-22 window, as Higher Dimensional Cosmics permeate all Gaia upgrade grids.
Fore-movement of these Cosmics portends major consciousness upgrades in all
Gaia participants, Hue-manity as well as humanity.
Separation protocols, in place for centuries, have been dissolved and
transcended as a result of these Higher Dimensional Cosmics.
"Fear aligneds" are unable to maintain such, and fade from all dimensional
viewpoints.
Resistanc... more »
IAEA: Go To Hell.
The IAEA is dead. Let it go to hell. The world should reject this
institution and the hypocrites who run it.
"The members of the UN's nuclear agency have narrowly rejected an
Arab-backed resolution calling on Israel to join a global treaty limiting
nuclear arms." (*Source*).
Mike Duffy: Minimum punishment
He should walk in front of the Parliament with a sign: *"I am a thief I
stole money from the taxpayers."*
With love from Mars
Mars Rover found an interesting shape on the Mars' surface. It is a heart
shape.
Photos Potawatomie honor Long Walk 4 in Kansas
Photos
by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Western Shoshone. The Longest Walk 4 was
honored at the Potawatomie's Veteran's Powwow in Mayetta, Kansas today,
Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013.
Thanks for sharing photos with Censored News
Photos of Long Walkers with students in Kansas this
week: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/09/photos-long-walkers-talk-with-students.htmlLong
walkers
SHOOTERS: NAVAL YARD, SANDY HOOK, BATMAN CINEMA
"Operation Gladio never ended. It's still happening, right here in America."
*Who really killed the Connecticut children?*
The AR-15 gun was built for the US armed forces.
The AR-15 gun was used by the Washington Naval Yard shooters, the Sandy
Hook shooters and the Batman Cinema shooters.
*http://www.mirror.co.uk/*
*"Witnesses have been documented stating that evacuation drills were known
to have been taking place at the Navy Yard in the lead-up to the September
16 2013 shooting event." *
*Artifacts From the DC Navy Yard Shooting « Memory Hole / Navy Yard
Shooting: Psyop, Loose ... more »
Untitled
*WhoDatDivas: The Girls in Black & Gold ~Steph Smith, Saints Revelution*
Navy gunMAN 13-for-13; Chicago gunMEN 0-13
Anything odd going on here? In the space of a few days, we had a "gunMAN"
shoot and kill 13 people, and then a few days later in Chicago, home of
Raum Emanual & Barack Obama, we had "gunMEN" shoot exactly the same amount
of people? The odd thing isn't only the exact same number of 13, it's that
the naval shooting was HARDER to kill people at because...ummm...it's a
NAVAL base! But yet the naval gunMAN was 13-for-13 killing people. What a
great shot! BUT...in the Chicago shooting with MULTIPLE gunMEN who,
naturally, weren't caught, THEY WERE 0-13 killing people with their shots!
So... more »
Argentina: Disappearing Paranormal UFOs
*Argentina: Disappearing Paranormal UFOs*
*By Roberto Enrique Banchs
UFO Press October 1977*
[*Another gem from the October 1977 issue of UFO PRESS, courtesy ofAlejandro Agostinelli.
Mr. Banchs needs no introduction – he is one of Argentina’s leading and
most respected researchers, director of the Centro de Estudio de Fenómenos
Aéreos Inusuales (CEFAI) and the author of Las Evidencias del Fenómeno OVNI
(Buenos Aires, RAE, 1976) among other works. We are pleased to present Mr.
Banch’s opinions on the subject – Scott Corrales*]
It is well known that the extraterrestrial hypothesis (E... more »
Damian McBride and Westminster Bubblegum
Deary me. In the words of no lesser figure than Nigel Farage, "Godfrey
Bloom has destroyed UKIP conference". Everyone in the media's talking about
the self-styled "maverick" MEP after he called a roomful of women "sluts".
And amateurish attempts by UKIP spinners to argue that it has a different
meaning to "slag" which, in 21st century Britain, it clearly doesn't, is
pitiful.
While NF is smarting from "the Bloomster", the owner of Biteback Publishing
must have been hoping the oh-so-coincidental publishing of Damian McBride's
Downing Street memoir, *Power Trip*, would similarly dera... more »
Honest Reporting
*TrueToo, in the comments *at *CIF Watch,* recalled a truly remarkable
piece of BBC reporting from 2006 by Frances Harrison.
Frances was the BBC's Iran correspondent at the time and had a particularly
unpleasant news story to report.
The piece, entitled Where Holocaust denial is welcomed, was a powerful
denunciation of the Ahmedinejad-fronted theocratic regime's courting of all
manner of white supremacists and convicted Holocaust deniers at a notorious
conference held in that year.
Frances Harrison placed the Gordian knot of BBC 'impartiality' firmly at
the forefront of her *Fr... more »
Kurds In Syria To U.S Ally Turkey: Stop Attacking Us And Stop Supporting Al-Qaeda
Related: *Reports: U.S Ally Turkey Is Intervening Militarily In Syria On
The Side of Al-Qaeda*.
Read *"YPG Warns Turkey Against Further Provocations"* by The Rojava
Report, September 21, 2013:
According to two separate reports in – found here and here - the General
Command of the YPG has released an official warning to the Turkish State in
which it calls on Turkey to cease hostilities against the YPG. Turkey has
long been known to be backing al-Qaeda affiliated groups in Rojava such as
the al-Nusra Front, which has been involved in heavy fighting with the YPG
this summer. Howe... more »
Tandem novel - second draft - finished
my two-month writing project *TANDEM* *(a G3 whistleblower novel)* is
finally complete. Second draft was treated to A LOT of restructuring,
rewriting and reappraisal of the whole War World dynamic and came in at
68,500 words. It's a much better book than I thought it was going to be.
Nice and nasty. And I got used to the cover design I put together early on
in the book's journey to disc.
Anyway, for those who don't know, or who missed the September 1st Prognosis
II update when it was in the first-draft stage at 20,000 words, the
Tandem-novel blog has been charting the progress of t... more »
'a possible terrorist attack'
The BBC report on the latest Islamist terrorist attrocity, this time in
Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre, includes these lines:
'A senior police officer originally said it was an attempted robbery but
later called it a possible terrorist attack.
The Somali militant group al-Shabab had threatened to strike the centre.'
'...the Kenyan Secretary for the Interior Joseph ole Lenku said the
security situation was "under control".
He urged the public "not to speculate" about the nature of the attack, and
said most people had been evacuated.'
and further down the report this:
'Some of... more »
Killing Mother
Today while 350.org is sponsoring a day of protest in pursuit of their
tepidly insipid policy to target the Keystone pipeline, it is worth
reflecting on just how pointless their approach is. Many words have been
written about the urgent need for far more drastic action than anything the
big Green organizations propose (perhaps most notably by the ferocious
author, Cory Morningstar), since after all most of them have corporate
masters to appease. Below is embedded a film of less than an hour called *Climate
Crimes*, which explores the hypocrisy and futility of pursuing so-called
cl... more »
Big Energy Has All The Money It Needs To Buy Any Politician It Needs To-- In America And In California
Manchin
According to Pulitzer Prize winner Barton Gellman, author of Angler: The
Cheney Vice Presidency, Cheney grabbed the Energy portfolio even before the
Supreme Court halted the recount and handed the presidency to him and Bush.
Since 1990, Big Energy has poured $445,583,154 directly into the campaign
coffers of congressmen and congressional candidates-- $303,699,712 of it to
Republicans. Last cycle alone, they spent over $60,000,000 on congressional
campaigns and their top dozen bribees (just last year) were:
*•* House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)- $1,326,916
*•* defeated Senate... more »
Diaperhedron can't match amplituhedron
*Has the amplituhedron sparked a revolution in physics?*
Scott Aaronson wrote a satirical, condescending parody of the news stories
about the amplituhedron called
The Unitarihedron: The Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Computing
I had to laugh because I found it somewhat funny – and because the
"revolutionary tone" Nima chooses when he talks about his and Jaroslav
Trnka's wonderful new insight is detectably stronger than the tone I would
choose. At the end of this essay, I will explain why.
But that's where my agreement with Scott Aaronson ends.
He wrote about the unitarihedron, dia... more »
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What Mattered This Week?
There's a ton of stuff to choose from, isn't there? And the big ones, or at
least the potential big ones, seem to be from the secondary headlines. I'll
go with the Pope -- but I'll mention, too, carbon regulation and Iran.
What didn't matter? I don't know about not mattering, but I'm certainly on
the side of those who believe the House CR was a maneuver to avoid a
government shutdown, not a step on the way to one. I guess we'll see.
But as I said, there sure is a lot to talk about here. What do you have?
What do you think mattered this week?
HEADING HOME
- I'm on the Amtrak regional train heading back north to Boston. This
train makes more stops but the seats are much roomier and more comfortable
than on the more expensive express train. When I get to Boston I'll then
hop on a bus back to Portland where MB will pick me up for the ride home.
I hear that eggplant parmesan is on the menu for supper tonight at the
Addams-Melman House. Perfect!
- My talk last night at the Catholic Worker Mary House in NYC was quite
stimulating. Lots of interaction with those in the audience. It was a mix
o... more »
I applied to be on the DCPS Chancellor’s teacher cabinet. Should I hold my breath?
I whipped up and out some answers to a few essay questions to apply for a
seat on Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s teacher cabinet. I’m copying my answers
below. There are three answers pasted together, which is why it might read
strangely. Will this get me on? I don’t know. I just wrote how I felt. […]
Chicago murders and cuts in food aid!
*SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013*
*What bad reporting looks like:* Thirteen people were shot in a single
incident in Chicago on Thursday night.
Reading Monica Davey’s report in today’s New York Times, it occurred to us
that this is what bad reporting looks like:
DAVEY (9/21/13): The attack, which took place during a pickup basketball
game, was the latest flare-up of street violence that has confounded city
leaders. *Chicago had more than 500 homicides in 2012—more than any other
city in the nation and about 80 more than New York, which has three times
as many people.
*
Most of the vio... more »
Whistleblower: HSBC Still Laundering Money for Terrorists, Drug Cartels
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*Big banks are apparently too big to jail, even when they bankroll
terrorists and drug cartels, while regular people fill the prisons in the
world’s largest drug population for mostly non-violent drug offenses.*
Aaron Dykes
As a former Anti-Money Laundering Officer at HSBC, Everett Stern was
arguably never actually supposed to catch money laundering activity.
Instead, with little training but an inclination to make a difference,
Stern caught massive levels of fraud, and contacted CIA and FBI officials
in the summer of 2010 t... more »
Republican Priorities
Last Wednesday, the *National Review*, the infamous right wing
publication founded by the late William F. Buckley, quoted Georgia
Congressman Phil Gingrey as saying that Capitol aides “may be 33 years old
now and not making a lot of money. But in a few years they can just go to K
Street and make $500,000 a year. Meanwhile I’m stuck here making $172,000 a
year.”
This statement, which apparently was just tossed out by the NR's
Jonathan Strong as a matter of fact, shows what a fundamental disconnect
there is in the typical Republican mind. You may or may not remember Gingrey ... more »
Hysteria: Virginia Student Sent Home for Wearing Duck Dynasty T-shirt That “Implies Violence”
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Kimberly Paxton
You know that the priorities are really messed up when we are being led off
a cliff by the insane warmongers in Washington, when half the residents of
the country can’t feed themselves without government assistance, where the middle
class is dying a slow and painful death at the hands of deliberate
saboteurs in our own government, and when kids need armed escorts to get to
school safely in our inner cities, but the big line in the sand that gets a
kid sent home from school is wearing a Duck Dynasty t-shirt.
T... more »
Bashar Al-Assad, Russia and Chemical Weapons
Aid to Putin said that if Assad does not co-operate to handover chemical
weapons then Russia may kick Assad's butts.
*"Russia could abandon support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if it
learnt that he was not committed to handing over control of his chemical
weapons arsenal, the chief of staff for President Vladimir Putin suggested
on Saturday."* Sergei Ivanov, chief of staff of the Presidential
Administration.
Read more here.
Man produces beer in his guts
It is an interesting story. An unusual illness. Drunk without drinking.
*Having a beer gut took on a new meaning *
*for a Texas man studied by U.S. researchers, *
*who found that his overgrowth of yeast in his body *
*was making him drunk because he was brewing *
*beer from within. (Rick Rycroft/Associated Press*
*"The man was found to have a blood alcohol level of .37, five times the
legal limit in Texas. Medical staff assumed he was inebriated, but the man
insisted he hadn’t had one drop of alcohol all day. They were also told he
had spent the past five years with bouts of intoxicat... more »
Argentina: Humanoids in Santiago del Estero (1979)
*Argentina: Humanoids in Santiago del Estero (1979)*
By Francisco Checchi
UFO Press #11, April 1979
*[We have been fortunate to secure issues of Argentina’s UFO PRESS journal
from the 1970s courtesy of journalist Alejandro Agostinelli, whose book
Contactados we reviewed two years ago. I regret not having been able to
include some of these amazing cases in “The Humanoid Conspiracy”, but I
will nonetheless make them available to readers through Inexplicata. Our
thanks to Mr. Agostinelli for sharing this information with us! – Scott
Corrales]*
During the first month of this year, t... more »
Audio: Canadian spy tries to entrap Kanesatake man
By
Tom Fennario and Jorge Barrera
APTN National News
MONTREAL--An agent with Canada’s spy agency tried to entice a Kanesatake
man to meet over “coffee” and discuss his recent trip to Greece before
turning the conversation personal by bringing up the 1990 Oka Crisis,
according to a recording of the phone conversation posted online. The
recording offers a revealing snapshot of the tactics
Untitled
*Lawsuit seeks Garret Graves' correspondence with oil and gas industry ~Jeff
Adelson, New Orleans Advocate*
*Jindal Administration says Hurricane Katrina may be culprit in
brain-eating amoeba death of Louisiana boy ~NY Daily News*
*Feds: Nagin Trial Delay Should Be No-Go ~Stephan Babcock, NOLA DEFENDER*
*FEMA ordered to pay New Orleans $10 million for Katrina wages ~Amanda
Becker, Reuters*
*Shrimp import duty refused ~Jordan Blum*
*A house moved to make way for the hospital complex finds new life in Mid
City ~Karen Gadbois, The Lens*
*Custom guitar tribute to Saints is rocker's wa... more »
Yet more evidence that #highered is as gutless as it comes
Can an animal survive without a gut? I mean, perhaps a zombie, leaching off
its own filth to survive, part of a nameless, nearly faceless horde hunting
for their next hunk of gray matter. Did I spoil your breakfast? In my
hometown of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, a private and religious
institution, is getting some attention […]
Stephen Harper: Will he fade away by 2015
All the scandals: Senate, robocalls, secretive government, all that
pro-roguing.... Has his time come and come 2015 he will lose elections and
Cons will choose a new leader? Or he may resign before that.
What Does Santorum Think Of The Pope Now?
I'm generally repulsed by religion but I'm a huge fan of Jesus Christ and
his message and I've got a very good feeling about this new Catholic Pope
Francis I and have since the day he was chosen to replace the Nazi Pope
someone seems to have made resign. I asked Ken, who's the resident expert
on all things Popish, is he wanted to do a post about the latest Francis
pronouncement but he punted it back to me. We can't let it go by unremarked
that the Pope told his followers that he's not a right-winger.
Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old papacy,
sai... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver report - September 21 , 2013 ... News , data and Views touching on the precious metals !
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/market-rigging-whistleblower-ted-butler-interviewed-by-sprott-money-news
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
As I mentioned in *The Wrap* in Friday's column, the price action and
volume in Far East trading on their Friday was dead right up until the
London open. That's when things changed and, in hindsight, for the worst.
The high-frequency traders spun prices lower on several occasions during
the Europe and U.S. trading day, and bought up all the longs that the tech
funds and small traders were prepared to puke up as sell stops were hit.
It was t... more »
A hardened rivet
This blog entry is completely unimportant so I urge all busy readers to
stop reading now.
Indeed, it's not my goal to inform you about every tomato I pick from a
shrub or every roll I bake in the oven. ;-) Those things are mundane,
boring, about 7 billion people is encountering similar things, and I don't
have too many comparative advantages when it comes to these matters –
perhaps a slightly enhanced talent to entertain you.
But the title I choose allows me to merge two distinct down-to-earth-topics
into one blog entry: music and bicycles.
I've moved by about 40,000 kilometers ... more »
Super typhoon heads to Hong Kong - max sustained winds of 139 mph , gusts of 163 mph ! After causing landslides and power outages in the Philippines and likely passing by Taiwan , a strong storm likely in Hong Kong Monday morning !
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/09/20/super-typhoon-usagi/2842095/
U.S. Navy's warning center predicted that Usagi poses a "severe threat" to
Hong Kong.
[image: AP Taiwan Typhoon]
(Photo: Chiang Ying-ying, AP)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Super typhoon Usagi expected to be most powerful of the year
- Usagi triggered landslides and power outages in parts of the north
Philippines
- Storms achieve super storm status when its sustained winds reach 150
mph
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The most powerful typhoon of the year swept thro... more »
US Navy was warned in August by Rhode Island Police that Monday's Naval sea Systems Command Center massacre shooter was hearing voices ( believing people were following him and sending vibrations into his body by some sort of microwave machine ) - and the US Navy still allowed Aaron Alexis access to the Facility and did not pull his secret clearance pending a full investigation ? Was Aaron a certified nut case - or was he being followed and were attempts being made to set him off some how ? Why did the US Navy do absolutely nothing despite this cler report of mental instability of one their contractors allegedly working at their Facility ?
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://www.infowars.com/confirmed-navy-yard-shooter-was-on-anti-depressant-trazodone/
Confirmed: Navy Yard Shooter Was On Anti-Depressant Trazodone
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Drug linked to previous mass shooting despite Washington Post declaring it
“safe”
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
September 19, 2013
It has been confirmed that Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis was on the
anti-depressant drug Trazodone, providing yet another ex... more »
Greece updates - September 21 , 2013 .... As Finance Minister Stournaras prepares to meet with the Troika , news leaks out that Deputy Prime Minister Venezelos might have tried to get the ECB to " rig " Greece's fiscal gap figures ! Greeks believe Merkel's re-election will be bad for Greece - which German Pol would be good for Greece ? Meanwhile , three million Greks have no access to healthcare as Prime Minister Samaras swears Greece will be recover by 2019 ! .....
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_20/09/2013_519458
( Did Venizelos ask ECB's Asmussen to " fix " Greece's fiscal gap numbers ?
)
*Venizelos denies report he asked Asmussen to 'reorganize' fiscal gap
figures [Update]*
German newspaper Die Zeit has reported that Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos
Venizelos asked European Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen
if it was possible to “reorganize” figures so Greece’s fiscal gap for 2015
and 2016 appears smaller than it actually it is.
The report was denied by Venizelos’s office. A spokesman told CNBC that it... more »
ENJOY THE SHOW
Global Network board member Holly Gwinn Graham (Olympia, Washington) doing
her rock-folk love show.
On horns, flute and harp is John Croarkin. On piano is Brian Kinsella. Dan
Walker played guitar. Singing were Hilary Lewis, Anne Kerr, and Margi
Carlson.
All songs were originals by Holly Gwinn Graham, aside from Love Train (the
O'Jays), Children's Crusade (Sting), Common Ground (Ivan Lins and others),
Save The Country (Laura Nyro), Five Pound Box O' Money, Imagine (Lennon),
and Redemption Day (Sheryl Crow).
Set 1
Common Ground,
Earth Anthem,
Love Will Prevail
No Frackin' Way
A... more »
Counterpoint
As argued before, the fact that the BBC gets complaints from both sides *
isn't* proof that the BBC is impartial.
That point duly made...here are two Twitter comments on the subject of bias
that were made at almost exactly the same time today:
*ChrissieSilverSurfer* @ChrissieOAP 2h. @BBCNews showing UKIP conf @
SkyNews showing @Ed_Miliband on soapbox speech in full.#*BBCbias* at it's
worse
*james cooper* @vicarjim4 2h* bbc* at labour party confernece not started
yet. is that *bias* or has ED offered them more money. do they know UKIP
conference on now?
Inequality For All
On September 27th, a documentary film with that title hits the theatres.
The little guy who the film revolves around makes the same argument he has
been making in print for over a decade: the middle class is being squeezed,
and their plight -- the harvest of right wing ideology -- is why the United
States is being pulled apart.
Reich was interviewed this week for an article in *The Tyee*. Here are a
few excerpts:
"Losers in rigged games can become very angry," he says in the documentary *Inequality
for All*, which will be released in the U.S. on Sept. 27. "We're seeing an
entire... more »
Veiling the argument?
Not wearing a niqab
I see that Radio 4's *Sunday* will be discussing what certainly seems to
have been the 'hot topic' of the week (other than red squirrels making a
bit of a return) - namely the Muslim veil controversy:
Shelagh Fogarty explores where it [a national debate on the subject] may
lead with Dr Sara Silvestri, from City University, London and Mirina
Paananen, a student at the As-Suffa Institute in Birmingham.
Given that Mirina Paananen, a Muslim convert who wears the niqab, is against
'banning the burqa' and that Dr Silvestri is also against 'banning the
burqa', it seems... more »
When is a Person's Religion A Personal Matter and When is it Not?
The following piece will not dig deep into the concept of religious belief
and how it may or may not be different than other sorts of belief or
committments. I have done that elsewhere.
I am happy to live in a country that is fairly secularised in the political
sense. This secularisation is of the sensibly liberal and tolerant kind,
where people of openly displayed, institutionalised religious affiliation
are as welcome as anybody else to run for political office, and anyone that
may feel like it has the right to make religiously grounded arguments to
support or reject political su... more »
14 minutes of film that I found facinating and hope you do too
In 2005, an 83 year-old World War II pilot is surprised to see 16mm footage
of his 1944 Spitfire crash for the first time.
SPITFIRE 944 was put on YouTube as part of the Sundance Film Festival
Memorial Day observance through from May 22 through June 5, 2013 (UPDATE,
ShortsHD is allowing the film to stay on youtube for the moment:) The
Sundance portal is here: http://www.sundance.org/stories/artic...
If you are interested in your own copy, you can find it on iTunes here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/spi...
An absolutely fascinating piece of living history.
The debt ceiling tactic is not unprecedented
The *Washington Post* reports:
In 1973, when Richard Nixon was president, Democrats in the Senate,
including Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Walter Mondale (D-Minn.),
sought to attach a campaign finance reform bill to the debt ceiling after
the Watergate-era revelations about Nixon’s fundraising during the 1972
election. Their efforts were defeated by a filibuster, but it took days of
debate and the lawmakers were criticized by commentators (and fellow
lawmakers) for using “shotgun” tactics to try to hitch their pet cause to
emergency must-pass legislation....
One of the mo... more »
English-Speaking 'Forest Boy' Nicknamed 'Siberian Mowgli' Born and Raised in the Altai Wilderness by Anna Liesowska
Odzhan, whose name translates as 'a great soul' is 20 years old. Picture:
youtube
English-speaking 'forest boy' nicknamed 'Siberian Mowgli' born and raised
in the Altai wilderness
by Anna Liesowska
The Siberian Times, 11 September 2013
He is believed to be 20, born in the wild, never went to school, received
no vaccinations, and was cut off from civilisation.
The young man, named Odzhan or 'great soul', was born after his painter
father Alexander and musician mother Elena opted out of society to live in
mud huts and primitive timber houses in the wild. Until this week, he has ... more »
"Nobody's Listening..."
"*Angel:* Well, I guess I kinda worked it out. If there's no great
glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters... then all that matters
is what we do. 'Cause that's all there is. What we do. Now. Today. I fought
for so long, for redemption, for a reward, and finally just to beat the
other guy, but I never got it.
*Kate Lockley:* And now you do?
*Angel:* Not all of it. All I wanna do is help. I wanna help because, I
don't think people should suffer as they do. Because, if there's no bigger
meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the
world.
*Ka... more »
“Combating Emotional Vampires”
*“Combating Emotional Vampires”*
by Dr. Judith Orloff
“Relationships are always an energy exchange. To stay feeling our best, we
must ask ourselves: Who gives us energy? Who saps it? It's important to be
surrounded by supportive, heart-centered people who make us feel safe and
secure. It's equally important to pinpoint the emotional vampires, who,
whether they intend to or not, leech our energy.
To protect your sensitivity, it's imperative to name and combat these
emotional vampires. They're everywhere: coworkers, neighbors, family, and
friends. In Energy Psychiatry I've trea... more »
Boycotting Israel is an anti-Semitic act
Boycotting Israel is an anti-Semitic act.
'... Now apply the image to the behaviour of boycotters. A dispersed weak
focus is the trademark of their interest in Palestinians, where ever that
unhappy refugee-people may live. No heat results. Nothing catches fire.
War-torn Syria displaces Palestinians by the thousands; drops deadly gas on
them. Lebanon stops Palestinians from entering; the near half a million
that have lived for generations in Lebanon get third class treatment.
Egypt closes tunnels into Gaza, strangling the life out of Palestinians in
the strip. Meanwhile look at boyc... more »
Links for a Slow Typhoon Day
I know you must be trapped indoors on this ugly typhoon day -- no rain here
yet in central Taiwan so far. So enjoy some links....
- Taiwan should reform its economy to prosper.
- The Writing Baron on the old Beitou Granary. Such sites are found all
over Taiwan.
- Halpin says the MaWangMess is nothing like Watergate.
- Tourists from India to Taiwan on the rise.
- China's Xi touring Central Asia, where it is a huge investor and power
player. China is the major victor of America's defeats in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Its influence in the area is unmatched.
- Of... more »
U.S. threw two H-bombs on North Carolina
The Guardian brought us some chilling news:
US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina – secret document
A B-52 bomber broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina, and the
detonation mechanism of one of the bombs the bomber carried was ready to do
its job.
Its parachute opened, its trigger mechanisms engaged, and only one
low-voltage switch prevented untold carnage.
In fact, two Mark 39 bombs could have detonated but only one of them came
"really close" to the catastrophe. Each of them carried the equivalent of 4
megatons of TNT, 250 times more than 16 kilotons... more »
POLICE TRY NOT TO CATCH TOP CHILD ABUSERS?
*Child abuser Sir Jimmy Savile with his friend Mick Starkey, a West
Yorkshire police inspector*
On 20 September 2013, we learn that, in the UK, the 'child-abuse police'
have reduced the number of their senior officers.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) works across the
UK 'tackling child sex abuse'.
CEOP's deputy chief executive, Andy Baker, has admitted the organisation
has got rid of some of its most experienced officers.
Child abuser Sir Jimmy Savile and his friends in the police.
Baker told* PC Pro* that CEOP has cut the number of chief superintende... more »
Blackberry to Cut 4,500 jobs among Income Thrust
*Blackberry has announced it is planning to cut 4,500 jobs, or 40% of its
worldwide workforce, in an attempt to stop vast losses. *The smart phone
maker supposed it expected a loss of as much as $995m when it reports its
second-quarter income next week. Shares in the firm closed down 17% after
briefly being halted subsequent the announcement.
According to Blackberry's chief executive Thorstein, we are implementing
the difficult, but necessary operational changes announced today to address
our position in a growing and more competitive industry, and to drive the
company toward pro... more »
Friday Baseball Post
Back to playoff structure again; I can't help it.
I just flipped on the Orioles/Rays game when it got to the 15th
inning...it's now the 16th. I have to admit: this is a great game between
two division rivals competing for the same playoff spot, right near the end
of the season. That's not bad.
And in my preferred system, this game would be irrelevant, assuming all
else equal (which we absolutely cannot, but what else are we going to do?).
Assuming that the Tigers were in the AL East, they would have a lock on
second place. But they and the Red Sox would be still be fighting for the ... more »
Your moment of Zen
Fairy Falls - Columbia River Gorge - Oregon. [Photo via Nate Zeman gallery.
Check out the rest of his fabulous work.]
Broken government
In the face of all evidence to the contrary, John Boehner keeps telling us
the real Murkin people support the crackpottery in his House of
Dysfunction. I suspect what they really would support is complimentary
psyche evals for him and his entire crackpot caucus. These idiots are
literally destroying this country and our entire form of government. As Steve
Benen said:
We've all heard the "elections have consequences" adage many times, but
let's be clear about what we're witnessing in 2013: Republicans are very
clearly telling the country, "No, actually, elections don't have
consequ... more »
Teacher Educators MUST Reject CAEP! @caepupdates
A few weeks ago it was AACTE that sold us out. This week EdWeek published
“Why the New Teacher Ed. Standards Matter“ By Mary Brabeck & Christopher
Koch. According to Brabeck and Koch, the new CAEP standards are so damn
good that blind acceptance of the standards and compliance is required if
teacher education is to ever […]
Sunday Classics preview: "He said, she said" in the opening scenes of "I Pagliacci"
*NEDDA*: How his eyes did blaze! I turned mine
away for fear he should read
my secret thought!
Oh, if he should catch me,
brutal as he is! But enough,
these are frightening nightmares and silly fancies!
*[A] - [C]*
*[D] - [F]*
*by Ken*
This week we return to the troubled marriage of Canio and Nedda, the
protagonists of Leoncavallo's *I Pagliacci*, whose acquaintance we made
several weeks ago "On our way to focusing on Nedda's scenes with the two
baritones of Leoncavallo's *Pagliacci*." Tonight we've plunged right into
the recitative that Nedda sings when she's left alone at her t... more »
Is this More of the ‘Cabal Takedown’?… “The BRICS “Independent Internet” Cable. In Defiance of the “US-Centric Internet””
This was posted at KPs blog....
Is this More of the ‘Cabal Takedown’?… “The BRICS “Independent Internet”
Cable. In Defiance of the “US-Centric Internet””
Posted on 2013/09/20by kauilapele
[image: image]Another move to separate BRICs and other non-West–aligned
countries from the US (et al) corporate controlled media , as I see it…
—————————————————–
*The BRICS “Independent Internet” Cable. In Defiance of the “US-Centric
Internet”*
The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff announces publicly the creation of
a world internet system INDEPENDENT from US and Britain ( the “US-centric
i... more »
Healthcare
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"If you hide your ignorance, no-one will hit you, and you will never learn"
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"8 Million Poor Children Now Have Access Basic Medical Care - What, That
Wasn't Enough to Buy My Way Out of the Doghouse..? from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*Fuck you. You get Biden.*
"44 million Americans are uninsured, and eight out of ten of these are
workers or their dependents. Why is being uninsured a problem?
About 44 million people in this country have no health insurance, and
another 38 million have inadequate health insurance. This means that nearly
one-third of Americans face each day with... more »
Crazy
Another really long day of real life, which is exhausting but somehow not
as stressful as trying to read the news on the internets. I got as far as
the latest thuggery from the crackpot cons voting to defund Obamacare for
the 42nd time because, hearing Rosa Parks' voice in their heads and gave
up. This hot the heels of the GOP's vote to starve the poors because Jesus
told them to do it. Or something.
We need a new word for this level of insanity. Batshit crazy doesn't really
cover it anymore. Maybe we should bring back befuckled. Or invent a new one.
For District Leaders Considering Adopting the New Orleans “Miracle” Model
New Orleans’ Recovery School District (RSD) is being promoted nationwide as
a model of corporate reform “turnaround.” Thus, numerous legislatures,
superintendents and school boards across the country are facing the
question of whether or not to emulate RSD. In this post, I address school
officials who are tempted to believe and adopt the RSD “miracle.” RSD
success is a […]
Reports: U.S Ally Turkey Is Intervening Militarily In Syria On The Side of Al-Qaeda
*U.S. ally Turkey has intervened militarily in liberated Kurdish towns in
Syria on the side of al-Qaeda.*
Related:
*Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Helicopter, Harbors Al-Qaeda, Looks To Play
Spoiler (Videos)*.
*America, Turkey, And Saudi Arabia Are Waging War On Kurds In Syria Via
Al-Qaeda.*
*America's Main Middle East Client Regimes, Turkey And Saudi Arabia, Are
Using Al-Qaeda To Suppress Kurdish Rights In Syria.*
II. Reports: U.S Ally Turkey Is Intervening Militarily In Syria On The
Side of Al-Qaeda
The website 'The Rojava Report' says that the Turkish military is attacking... more »
VIDEO Vicam Yaqui Highway Blockade in Defense of Water Rights Sept 2013
Photo:
Vicam Water Rights Gathering Sept 17, 2013
Yaqui maintain major highway blockade for more than 100 days in defense
of water rights
Article by Brenda Norrell
Video by Ali Brooks
Censored News
Ofelia Rivas, O'odham
VICAM PUEBLO, Sonora, Mexico -- At Vicam Pueblo in Sonora, Mexico, Vicam
Yoeme (Yaqui) maintain their highway blockade in defense of water, now
for more than 100 days
"A Look to the Heavens"
“A gorgeous spiral galaxy some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309
lies on the banks of the constellation of the River (Eridanus). NGC 1309
spans about 30,000 light-years, making it about one third the size of our
larger Milky Way galaxy. Bluish clusters of young stars and dust lanes are
seen to trace out NGC 1309's spiral arms as they wind around an older
yellowish star population at its core.
*Click image for larger size.*
Not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy, observations of NGC 1309's
recent supernova and Cepheid variable stars contribute to the calibration... more »
Louis Massignon On The Sykes–Picot Agreement, T. E. Lawrence, And The Balfour Declaration
*Wikipedia:*
Louis Massignon (July 25, 1883 – October 31, 1962) was a French scholar of
Islam and its history. Although a Catholic himself, he tried to understand
Islam from within and thus had a great influence on the way Islam was seen
in the West; among other things, he paved the way for a greater openness
inside the Catholic Church towards Islam as it was documented in the
pastoral Vatican II declaration Nostra Aetate.
Below are excerpts from, "My Entry into Jerusalem with Lawrence in 1917" by
Louis Massignon. Source: *Testimonies and Reflections: Essays of Louis
Massignon... more »
This Sunday at 6PM EST, Diane Ravitch is At the Chalk Face to discuss Reign of Error.
Listen to the show here. I have to get reading. Tagged: diane ravitch,
reign of error
TN Achievement School Distict Official Granted Charter Approval by TN Achievement School District
Posted at Memphis Schools Matter:
After Bobby White got national attention on Fox & Friends by enforcing a
ban on baggy pants at Westside Middle School in Memphis, where he was
principal a couple of years back, White has become the darling of the
State-funded effort to corporatize and charterize Memphis schools, per the
Bill Gates design.
White has his own consulting business, has hired on as Director of
Community Communications for the Achievement School District (ASD), has
started his own charter school company, and is a voice for the State
Charter School Incubator.
Showing no c... more »
Peltier Tribunal on Indigenous Rights announces judges and witnesses
Planning
session: Dorothy Ninham, Bill Means and Clyde Bellecourt
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The Leonard Peltier International Tribunal on the Abuse of Indigenous
Human Rights has announced the judges and the preliminary list of
witnesses. The Tribunal will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Green Bay,
Wisconsin, on Oneida land, Oct. 2, 3 and 4, 2013. It is open to the
public and will
Women's Knowledge: Three Reasons We Won't Solve Climate Change Without It by Katrina Rabeler — YES! Magazine
Women's Knowledge: Three Reasons We Won't Solve Climate Change Without It
by Katrina Rabeler — YES! Magazine
The DAmN Party (aka GOP) rampages onward in its take-no-prisoners assault on truth, justice, and the American way
*Confirmation yesterday by the Senate Judiciary Committee was the second
step toward the failure of Nina Pillard's nomination to the District
Circuit Court of Appeals, which began with the president's announcement of
her nomination.*
*by Ken*
I had to really scrutinize a washingtonpost.com "Fix" item the other day, "Ted
Cruz vs. House Republicans," to grasp the nature of the reported rupture in
the Capitol Hill GOP, occasioned by the exhortation of Texas Sen. Ted "Rock
Brain" Cruz to his fellow GOP-ers in the House to stand firm when the
Senate strips their latest legislative stra... more »
Tahltan First Nation coal protesters prepare for arrests
Rhoda
Quock hugging 9-year son, Caden with Tahltan Elder Bertha Louie at
protest camp againt coal mining project in the Pacific coast province of
British Columbia.
Photo Credit: Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition
Tahltan First Nation protesters of coal mine project prepare for arrests
By Wojtek Gwiazda | english@rcinet.ca
Friday 20 September, 2013
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL
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Terrance Nelson 'Economic Terrorism to be Legalized Again'
Terrance
Nelson
Economic Terrorism to be Legalized Again
By Terrance Nelson
Roseau River Anishinabe
Censored News
As Canadian Press reports Tuesday, it is a battle between the good guys
and "illegal" supposedly criminals, operating outside the laws of Canada
and the Province of Manitoba. The reality is that the immigrants who
have come into our lands legislated their own laws to
"At Odds..."
"My desire to be well informed is currently at odds with my desire to
remain sane."
"Societal 'Stockholm Syndrome'"
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*"Societal 'Stockholm Syndrome'"*
by Kathleen Trigiani
"The term, “Stockholm Syndrome”, was coined in the early 70's to describe
the puzzling reactions of four bank employees to their captor. On August
23, 1973, three women and one man were taken hostage in one of the largest
banks in Stockholm. They were held for six days by two ex-convicts who
threatened their lives but also showed them kindness. To the world's
surprise, all of the hostages strongly resisted the government's efforts to
rescue them and were quite eager to defend their captors. Indeed, several
months after ... more »
As the United Empire of America and Israel searches for new ways to bomb and/or destabilize Syria in order to get at Iran and corner Russia and China, these three countries are forming a win-win free-trade alliance without dropping a single bomb. Pepe Escobar tells you how they're doing it.
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*OpEdNews Op Eds 9/13/2013 at 22:21:47*
*China stitches up (SCO) Silk Road*
*By Pepe Escobar (about the author)* *Permalink*
Headlined to H2 9/13/13
opednews.com
Source: Asia Times
While the whole world was terrified by the prospect of the Obama
administration bombing Syria, Chinese President Xi Jinping was busy doing
the Silk Road.
One has to love that famous Deng Xiaoping dictum; "Always maintain a low
profile." This being the second-largest economy in the world, "low profile"
always packs a mighty punch. Cue to September 7, in Astana, Kazak... more »
“What is the ‘Hegelian Dialectic?’"
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*“What is the ‘Hegelian Dialectic?’"*
- Stirling
"The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with
a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists."
- J. Edgar Hoover
“Why is it important for you to understand the subject of the Hegelian
Dialectic? Because it is the process by which all change is being
accomplished in society today. More importantly, it is the tool that the
globalists are utilizing to manipulate the minds of the average American to
accept that change, where ordinarily they would refuse it.
The Hegelian Dialectic is, in short, the critical p... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: The End Is Nigh, Say It Ain’t So
Breaking Bad is down to two episodes left. Just like a great book, you
want to desperately get to the end until you realize that the end means the
end of a great story-telling experience. So, here is one set of folks
pondering the end with heaps of spoilers.
CIA Weapons Are Being Used In Syria To Kill Christians, Kurds, And Other Minorities
*Photo: President Obama on a conference call with al-Qaeda, Saudi spy
Bandar Bush, and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, being informed that
Christians, Kurds, and other minorities are being killed in Syria as
planned.*
Who says U.S. policy in Syria is broken? It is working perfectly fine.
Murder and mayhem is what Washington wanted, and this is exactly what it
has got.
Religious and ethnic minorities are being attacked by US-Saudi-Turkish
backed Sunni terrorist groups, with al-Qaeda at the tip of the spear.
American-led Jihadist terrorism is driving hundreds of thousands out of
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SWAT Team Told to ‘Stand Down’ During Navy Shooting Stonewalled by Authorities - why the hell aren't folks outraged by this ? Who gave that Order - and who did they discuss the stand down order with before issuing it ? Why was the leader of CERT replaced without explantion , why have four members applied for temporary leave , why has a stone wall been put in place ? Anyone think this isn't just SLIGHTLY ODD ? Taking a further look at Aaron Alexis's claim to the Rhode Island Police that he was being stalked and targeted by a microwave device sending vibrations through his body - is there something to his claim , any scientific support ? The answer may surprise.....
http://www.infowars.com/swat-team-told-to-stand-down-during-navy-shooting-stonewalled-by-authorities/
SWAT Team Told to ‘Stand Down’ During Navy Shooting Stonewalled by
Authorities
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Unit’s leader replaced, others apply for leave
*Paul Joseph Watson*
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September 20, 2013
Members of a Washington SWAT team who were told to stand down during the
Navy Yard shooting have been stonewalled by authorit... more »
Blackberry releases massive shocker - here are the grim low lights ..............BlackBerry just announced that it plans to cut 4,500 jobs............. It also said it only shipped 3.7 million smart phones last quarter, which is an epic fail.....................The company pre-announced earnings, saying it had a net operating loss of $995 million in Q2 this year......... BlackBerry says it will cut operating expenditures by 50% by 2015.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-20/blackberry-investors-seeing-red-following-early-announcement-50-revenue-miss
BlackBerRIP: BBRY Plummets Over 20% On Friday Afternoon Early Earnings
Debacle
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2013 15:25 -0400
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*UPDATE: BBRY opens and trades down to $8.06 - all-time lows -21%*
So much for the 8 analysts who have "Buys"...
Having risen phoenix-like off the lows in July, it seems Blackberry is
echoing the Eastman Kodaks of the world. Releasing its ear... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver report - September 18 , 2013 .... News , Data and Views including - India escalates gold capital controls , hikes duties on gold jewelry ......Brazil spurns US State visit over NSA spying and demands public apology from US ..... Barclays raising 9.2 Billion in capital , fined 79 million by UK Regulators for lying about bribes paid to Qatari bond investors ....France opts for meek reforms and hope ......Ambrose Evans Pritchard rips German FM Schauble ......Russian ruble debuts on Paypal...Russia seeks to privatize state assets of Greece ...... China seeks to avoid bailout , eyes private funds to tackle bad debt build up ..... fake silver bars reported ( 10 ounce bars ) .... Ed Steer's WRAP for September 18 , 2013...... Syria items of note
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-17/india-escalates-gold-capital-controls-hikes-duty-gold-jewerly-imports-15
India Escalates Gold Capital Controls, Hikes Duty On Gold Jewelry Imports
To 15%
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/17/2013 13:59 -0400
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Anyone following the Indian economy and capital markets has been witness to
what is the worst case outcome for a modern-day central banker: on one hand
forced to keep inflation dow... more »
Winnemem Wintu to protest Shasta Dam raising on Sat., Sept 21, 2013
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Caleen
Sisk, Chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, speaks against the raising of
Shasta Dam as Jessica Abbe, writer for the On Sacred Ground series,
listens at the premiere showing of Episode 1: Pilgrims and Tourists, at
the Cascade Theatre in Redding on Saturday, September 14. The film was
superb with stunning coverage of the common struggles of
May I be excused?
Jimmy Perry, co-creator with David Croft of *Dad’s Army*, *It Ain’t Half
Hot Mum* and *Hi De Hi! *(to name but a few of his popular triumphs) has
just turned 90 and the *Daily Telegraph* pays tribute to him today, asking
"Is there anyone living in Britain today who has contributed more to our
Gross National Happiness than Jimmy Perry?"
Here's how he first sketched out his ideas for *Dad's Army - *that most
golden of comedies from the days when the BBC produced such things:
“I had one of those exercise books with multiplication tables on the back,
and scrawled down the characters wh... more »
5 Years After the Financial Crisis, The Big Banks Are Still Committing Massive Crimes
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-09-20/5-years-after-financial-crisis-big-banks-are-still-committing-massive-crimes
5 Years After the Financial Crisis, The Big Banks Are Still Committing
Massive Crimes
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Submitted by George Washington on 09/20/2013 12:12 -0400
*Preface: Not all banks are criminal enterprises. The wrongdoing of a
particular bank cannot be attributed to other banks without proof. But – as
documented below – many of the biggest banks have engaged in unimaginably
bad behavior.*
You Won’t *Believe* What They’ve Done …... more »
Elsewhere: The CR, Ted Cruz, more
Let's see...haven't done this for a while, so there are a few.
Today at Plum Line I got into the question of whether Democrats have
already surrendered on the budget by accepting a sequestration level CR
(the answer? No, probably not, but I'm not impressed with their strategy).
And I got on Ted Cruz's case for his "new paradigm" of grassroots activism.
What else?
Cruz's rhetoric is self-defeating.
The Republicans could use a Pope -- or maybe Gowron.
Five reasons we might get a budget calamity.
Summers and the proper use of trial balloons.
Credit Poor Marksmanship and Sheer Luck
A mass shooting in Chicago has left 13-wounded but, so far, no dead.
The fusillade was attributed to gang violence and many of the wounded were
gang members. Police say an assault rifle with a high capacity magazine
was used.
*A 3-year-old boy, Deonta Howard, was critically hurt but was alert when he
arrived at a hospital and seemed to be doing well, family and friends said.
Two other people were in critical condition. The others were reportedly in
serious or fair condition.
The attack happened while a park was still crowded with people watching a
basketball game and enjoying a wa... more »
Weaver Slams Christy Clark's Gassy Pipedream
Green Party MLA and professor, Andrew Weaver, says B.C. premier Christy
Clark's vision of a future economy padded by immense wealth from liquified
natural gas exports is a fantasy.
*“I think talk of B.C. becoming a major LNG exporter is nothing more than a
pipe dream,” said Weaver, a climate-change expert and B.C.’s only Green MLA.
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*** Weaver said there is no way the province can meet legislated
greenhouse-gas emission targets if it continues to develop the LNG option.*
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*“The numbers just don’t add up. The greenhouse-gas emissions associated
with LNG development are simply too... more »
One Nun puts US/Israeli intelligence to shame over stage managed Syrian footage
*Excellent op ed from Mahdi Nazemroya *
*Also available at Information Clearinghouse - ht anonymous commenter *
*Just posting parts of this article, one should truly take the entire piece
in and look at all the images presented *
The US intelligence community has been put to shame by the dedication and
determination of a lone Christian nun. Her modest study of the videos of
the Syrian chemical attack shows they were productions involving staged
bodies.
Those who take the time to read the report by Mother Agnes and the
International Support Team for Mussalaha in Syria (ISTEAMS) wil... more »
It came from the swamp...
Godfrey Bloom, MEP for Yorkshire and Humberside has had the UKIP whip
withdrawn after he referred to female party activists as “sluts”. It was
all a joke, apparently... I guess we must be still waiting for the punch
line.
The worst thing, perhaps, about this latest UKIP to-do is all the concerned
pundity: "will it affect the party's popularity?" Let me clear it up for
you. No. Middle England bigots and reptiles have found a home in UKIP.
Godfrey Bloom is merely expressing what these scum think but, usually,
don't have the gall to say. MEP calls women UKIP delegates "sluts" -
everyo... more »
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