Spain-36 (Photo credit: archer10 (Dennis))Obama & Rouhani: the historic handshake that never happened
Nile Bowie
Russia Today
As political leaders in Washington and Tehran signal they are in favor of
diplomacy, is a genuine rapprochement between the two powers actually
possible?
The speeches at this week’s UN General Assembly by the leaders of Iran and
the US, although each striking conciliatory tones, both envisage a vastly
different international order. Recently-elected President Hassan Rouhani,
in his first speech to the assembly, reiterated that the Iranian nuclear
issue is essentially a red herring, while eloquently addressing the moral
deficiencies of the international order... more »
Chet Raymo, “Universal Constants, Universal Consensus”
*“Universal Constants, Universal Consensus”*
by Chet Raymo
“I received a book in the mail last week, as I sometimes do, for potential
review on this blog, James Stein's “Cosmic Numbers: The Numbers That Define
Our Universe”. I often write here about books I read, but I don't review. I
did glance at Stein's book, however. It has an audience, but it's not for
me; been there, done that. The subtitle is provocative, however. The idea
that a dozen or so numbers "define the universe." *That's* a mind-blowing
concept.
The gravitational constant. The speed of light. Absolute zero. Planck'... more »
What stops you from taking a green vacation?
When planning a vacation, do you consider the environment? Do you research
Eco-friendly accommodations, methods of travel and food? If our recent
survey is any indication, then most of our vacations could use some
"greening". Let's take a look at the results:
[image: Green Vacation Survey Results]
We had some comments:
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- I had a great experience WWOOF'ing when I was in Australia in
February, working on an organic farm (pictures here:
http://ecogrrl.net/2013/02/26/where-i-be-chillin-part-four/) in exchange
for room & board. It was great! When I fly, whenever possibl... more »
Will The Extreme Right Make It Easier For Ami Bera (D-CA) To Get Reelected?
Republican civil war comes to Sacramento County
Monday I went to a public forum with three of L.A.'s most progressive
congressmembers, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Janice Hahn and our old friend Judy
Chu. Remember my proposal last week calling for progressives to stop paying
dues to the DCCC while Steve Israel is still chairman? They all seemed open
to the idea and even started riffing on how progressives could give
contributions directly to fellow progressives instead, like Carol
Shea-Porter, John Tierney, and... Ami Bera. Ami Bera?
You *really* have to stretch the meaning of "progressive... more »
Your moment of Zen
Morning on the Hudson in lower Manhattan 9-22-13. [Hudsonette photo]
Anna Porter of eastern europe's transition to democracy
* **"The Storyteller: Memory, Secrets, Magic and Lies"* by Anna Porter
(2002).
"One of the problems with total free speech of course is that you are now
free to voice your hatred." - Anna Porter, a quote from the interview below.
Video Title: Anna Porter of eastern europe's transition to democracy.
Source: AllanGregg. Date Published: June 21, 2011.
The holistic way
If we look up "holistic" in Google we find, apart from the narrower medical
term, that it means "characterized by comprehension of the parts of
something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to
the whole."
It is a term used by Permaculturists and is the point of Permaculture;
treat this life (the "world") as a whole system of which we are a part,
rather than as a set of resources (separate from us: *objectified*) to be
exploited, regardless of "externalized" costs (placed beyond consideration
as a consequence for which we are responsible, so as to be able... more »
How To Get Lots Of "Likes" On Facebook
Just post pictures like this...
Bill and Melinda Gates Money at Work
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by Susan Ohanian*
He's back!
Who knew that Jonah Edelman is alive and well--and pumping the Common
Core! I stumbled on this information by way of a Tweet by Vicki
Phillips,
Director of Education - College Ready at the Bill & Melinda
Gates
Foundation, who issued two shout outs in praise of Edelman's
work--a
Huffington Post piece One Thing All Parents Should Know about the *
CommonCore*, in which Edelman is humping a new film made by Stand for
Children. She'd already declared her love of the film:
#*CommonCore*'Building Dreams' - great video explaining
#*CCSS* from @*Stand4Childre... more »
US Treasury Letter to John Boehnor
Letter courtesy the Huffington Post
M7.0 - NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU
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*M7.0 - NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU*
*Preliminary Earthquake Report*
Magnitude
7.0
Date-Time
- 25 Sep 2013 16:42:43 UTC
- 25 Sep 2013 11:42:44 near epicenter
- 25 Sep 2013 08:42:43 standard time in your timezone
Location
15.851S 74.562W
Depth
45 km
Distances
- 46 km (28 mi) S of Acari, Peru
- 91 km (56 mi) SE of Minas de Marcona, Peru
- 120 km (74 mi) SSE of Nazca, Peru
- 135 km (83 mi) SSW of Puquio, Peru
- 498 km (308 mi) SSE of Lima, Peru
Location Uncertainty
Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 4.2 km
Paramet... more »
Rand and Cruz in the House
During his marathon 21-hour speech on the US Senate floor yesterday,
filibustering against the failing ObamaCare plan, Senator Ted Cruz read
from Ayn Rand’s *Atlas Shrugged* …
[Hat tip Julian D.]
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Emergency: Major Criticality
I just witnessed a major criticality via the Tepco web cam
Time stamp is 4:01am sep 26
I will follow up tonight with screenshots
A purple sphere and flames in the foreground of the common spent fuel pool
building were followed by streaming emissions, still present at 4:21
I brought into my office academic colleagues to witness the phenomena
Please take shelter if downwind and warn others.
Watch the cam and prepare for fallout if it fails.
The 1% Government
Taiwan is getting pummeled by several long-term trends -- the financial
liberalization of the late 1980s that brought in big global financial
players, to Taiwan's detriment; the shift of factories and investment to
China; and governance by the KMT. The trend is clear, as Commercial Times
observed in another hard hitting editorial:
According to government statistics, the disposable annual income of people
aged below 30 averaged only NT$366,000 (US$12,388) in 2012, lower than
NT$380,000 in 1999.
* In 2012, the starting monthly salaries for bachelor's degree holders
averaged NT$26,0... more »
Peter Schiff was right … again. [updated]
Peter Schiff famously gave warning about the collapse of the American
housing bubble .. and was laughed at by others who were less prescient.
[If you haven’t done it before, then Google “Peter Schiff was right.” Go
on, do it. Do it now. I’ll wait.]
He did it again with the non-ending of QE…
Over the last few weeks, as the overwhelming majority of economists,
reporters, and Wall Street insiders expressed certainty that the Fed would
begin to taper its QE program, I did my level best to make the public
understand that the Fed would do no such thing. As a result, last week's
"surpr... more »
ObamaCare - examining the ongoing rolling healthcare clusterfark !
ObamaCare.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-25/they-got-it-wrong-all-accounts-where-obamacare-now
"They Got It Wrong On All Accounts" - Where Is Obamacare Now?
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/25/2013 18:29 -0400
- Consumer protection
- Obama Administration
- Obamacare
- President Obama
- Reality
- Recession
- White House
inShare1
*The Obamacare that consumers will finally be able to sign up for next week
is a long way from the health plan President Obama first pitched to the
nation.* As Politico notes,*mi... more »
The Federal Reserve - are they holding the world hostage as per Marc Faber OR has the Fed been snared by the " tar baby " known as Quantitative Easing - as per Zero Hedge ? Or are both views correct ? To understand the intersection of Shadow Banking and concepts such as re-hypothecation / de-leveraging / counter-party risk ......Excess Reserves and modern finance and the perilous state of the Banking system .......Fed policy and how the tar baby appears stuck to the neo- keynesians , read the Zero Hedge piece entitled " What Shadow Banking Can Tell Us About The Fed's "Exit-Path" Dead End "
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-22/marc-faber-feds-neo-keynesian-clowns-are-holding-world-hostage
Marc Faber: "Fed's Neo-Keynesian Clowns... Are Holding The World Hostage"
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/22/2013 18:16 -0400
- Bond
- Central Banks
- China
- Federal Reserve
- Global Economy
- Housing Market
- keynesianism
- Marc Faber
- Market Conditions
- Monetary Policy
- NASDAQ
- Neo-Keynesian
- Real estate
inShare1
"*There is nothing safe anymore, because the money-printing distorts... more »
Urban Gadabout: Friday is World Tourism Day -- so GO someplace (I've got some NYC suggestions)
*by Ken*
No, I don't know anything more about "World Tourism Day," and I'm not
interested enough to research it. But I do know what it means to me, and
one thing it *doesn't* mean is booking a $10K fancy-pants trip to some
exotic destination.
For reasons that probably wouldn't interest anyone but me, regular
travel-style tourism isn't terribly workable for me, but as "Urban
Gadabout" readers know only too well, I've become a firm believer in the
"tourist in your own city" approach, and if I did have occasion to travel,
I would probably try to do it the way I've been doing my loca... more »
Jordan: Yosra's Pain As A Syrian Refugee [Source: UNHCR]
Jordan: Yosra's Pain As A Syrian Refugee. Source: UNHCR (United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees). Date Published: September 25, 2013.
Description:
Syrian refugee Yosra lost most of her hip bone when her home in Damascus
was hit by artillery fire. But her deepest pain came from losing her
husband in the incident.
‘The Billionaire and the Mechanic’
It’s the story of how the billionaire, Larry Ellison, brought the America’s
Cup to San Francisco through his friendship with a car mechanic. “It’s
non-fiction that reads like a novel.”
And this is just the story of how he first won the Cup, and that’s almost
the material for a film.
As if history’s greatest ever sporting comeback—the dramatic story, that
finally ended this morning, of how the Cup was held by the same team—isn’t
material enough on its own!
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National Guard set to guard Chicago ? The sounds good but what happens the first time a child is accidentally shot by a Guardsman ? How many troops will be deployed and where throughout the City and for how long ? Who directs the Guardsmen and what happens with City Police - are they under the command and control of the National Guard Commander also ?
http://globalgrind.com/2013/09/23/national-guard-chicago-4-dead-15-wounded-weekend-shootings-details/
http://www.guns.com/2013/09/24/il-gov-says-consider-using-national-guard-help-chicagos-violence-police-supt-says-video/
Illinois governor said National Guard could help curb Chicago’s violence
(VIDEO)
9/24/13 | by Jennifer Cruz
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[image: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says that the increase in patrols is
helping to reduce violence in the city. (Photo credit: CBS)]
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says that the increase in patrols is helping to
reduce violence in the city. *(Photo cr... more »
USAID: A Tool of International Development Or International Terrorism?
*US-Backed Al-Qaeda Commander Poses Inside Of USAID Tent.*
"America, *this should be on the front page of every newspaper.* This is
the result of our policy. If this isn't aiding and abetting the enemy I
don't know what is. In a USAID tent, holding a rocket launcher, an al-Qaeda
rebel. Congratulations on your foreign policy America." - Glenn Beck, *referring
to this photo* that shows an al-Qaeda commander posing for the cameras
Hollywood-style inside a USAID tent.
For once I agree with Glenn Beck. This is a miracle. Praise the Lord.
Video Title: Glenn Beck Program: Muslim ... more »
Allah Be Damned If He Supports Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS
Below is an excerpt from, *"A little-noticed battle"* published in The
Economist on September 25, 2013:
In a state-run hospital in Turkey’s south-eastern province of Urfa, rows of
wounded Syrian opposition fighters gaze listlessly at the ceiling. Many
were hurt fighting Syrian regime forces. But some say they were injured in
a little-noticed, nasty battle against Syria’s long repressed Kurds.
The Kurds, who landed control of a string of towns and villages in
northeast Syria after the men of Bashar Assad, the Syrian president, left
voluntarily over a year ago, insist they are the vi... more »
UN inspectors back in Syria after 'one-sided' nerve gas finding
"prepare for another gas attack from the terrorists" is the highest rated
comment for the video below.
UN inspectors back in Syria after 'one-sided' nerve gas finding. Source:
RT.
Are the mainstream media informing Americans of climate change? "Absolutely not." Says Subhankar Banerjee: "The corporate media is doing a dismal job. After my first piece was published about the Boulder Colorado flood last Friday, I received numerous comments from readers that the media is showing the tragedy and what is going on, but no one is raising a single question about if this event is related to climate change. Jaisal Noor, TRNN Producer: "...supporters of President Obama would say that he is confined by the political reality, lack of public support, and the Republicans, who will not back any real climate change initiatives. What's your response to people that say that President Obama is doing is much as he can?" Bannerjee: "That is absolutely not true, because you just mentioned the public. The public, as polls after poll show, are deeply concerned about climate change, and support, actually, public policy to address climate change. And you brought up the Republican. Republican leadership of course has been horrible. Bush was the oil president, and then Obama is following in his heels. But the public ...even some 70 percent Republicans are actually in support, do now understand, and believe climate change, and do support public policy to address it."
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*Colorado's Biblical Floods Linked To Climate Change Pt1: Subhankar
Banerjee: *
The media has utterly failed its responsibility to inform the public of the
link between climate change and worsening natural disasters - *September
19, 13*
More at The Real News
*Obama's Climate Change Policies Are Imperialistic and Despotic Pt 2: *
Subhankar Banerjee: The Obama administration's focus on oil extraction and
emphasis on fracking is not addressing clima... more »
Economics for Real People: ‘How an Economy Grows & Why it Crashes’
*Here’s the note about tonight’s economic discussion from our friends at
the Auckland Uni Econ Group:*
Hi all,
This week, we start taking a look at the boom and bust cycle, which is
said to be a natural feature of mature economies.
But before we know how things go wrong, we need to know how they go
right.
So we’ll start by discussing how economies grow, contrasting the growth
theory of the classical school, and of Friedrich Hayek with that of the
Chicago school economists, of whom Milton Friedman was the best known.
What does growth look like? What exactly grows... more »
Gold and Silver news and views - September 25 , 2013.... Gata , Russia Today , Jesse Crossroads and Harvey Organ items highlighted !
Russia Today ....
Gold shipment disappears from Air France flight to Zurich
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Some 44 kilograms of gold bars from an overall cargo of 300 kg of precious
metal have mysteriously disappeared from a flight bound to Zurich. An
insider operation could be to blame for a €1.5 million heist at Paris’
Charles de Gaulle airport.
France's national aviation police (GTA) is now investigating how and by
whom the gold was st... more »
Should We Celebrate Hispanic Heritage? But of course...
Check out my latest column on CNN where I explore the significance of our
nation celebrating Hispanic American Heritage.
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*(CNN)* -- From the White House to statehouses across America, from Main
Street to Wall Street, there will be many commemorations marking Hispanic
Heritage Month, which officially kicked off on September 15 -- but does all
the hoopla matter?
Yes. All the proclamations, mariachi music and exultations, even the tacos
served at these tributes are necessary -- especially if, beyond cocktails
and soggy nachos, everyone takes the time to learn the stories and
recogni... more »
Kenya: Not Even a Drill-Gone-Live, This is Just a Drill
Spot the Hoxtonite Photojournalist having way too much fun and his
colleague taking pictures of the third photojournalist taking this picture,
who has utterly failed to take cover before snapping away at government
forces whilst standing out in the open, in clear view of the large building
supposedly swarming with crazed killers just across the street.
Seriously, there were more cameramen who responded to this event it seems
at times that police or soldiers...
* Oh, please...*
HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People's History of Egypt, Part 10, 1930-1945
Signing of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty in 1936. Image from Islam Project 2010.
A people's history:
The movement to democratize Egypt
Part 10: 1930-1945 period --Anglo-Egyptian Treaty reaffirms Egypt's 'independence' though British domination continues.
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / September 25, 2013
[With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series,
Failure to prove time of offence does not necessarily require acquittal
R v Jacques, 2013 SKCA 99:
[64] In summarizing the proper approach a judge must take when the
evidence has not proven that an offence was committed on the date specified
in the indictment, Wilson J. said this at p. 53:
Accordingly, when a court is faced with circumstances in which the
time of the offence cannot be determined with precision or the information
conflicts with the evidence, the first question that must be asked is
whether time is either an essential element of the offence or crucial to
the defence. It will only be in cases where this first question is
answere... more »
The world’s biggest sporting comeback. Ever.
Granted, I”m not a sporting historian, but if anyone knows a bigger, more
spectacular come-from-behind sporting victory than this famous America’s
Cup victory by James Spithill’s and Team Oracle, then let us know.
These boys started at minus 2. They were down on the canvas with a broken
arm at 8-1. Yet they got up, focussed, fixed things, and came out to win,
eight straight, against the very best Team NZ could try to throw at them.
That right there is the work of deserving champions.
So stop whinging New Zealand, and start recognising greatness when you see
it.
And start being t... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia. Thanks for stopping by.
The Spirit Level
This excellent talk was given at the SWP's Marxism festival in 2011 by
Richard Wilkinson. He co-authored *The Spirit Level* with Kate Pickett, and
was published in 2009. It's an excellent read that proves time and again
that equality leads to better, healthier, more secure, and more trusting
societies. And that even the mega rich in more equal societies have a
better standard of life than the mega rich in unequal countries. If you
find this video interesting I very much recommend the book.
A Geopolitical Earthquake In The Middle East?
Related:
*Last Year A Leading Iraqi Shiite Cleric Compared Kurds To Rogues And Said
Imam Mahdi Will "Save" Them. *
*Civil War In Iraq: A Matter of When?*
*Don't Take Your Eyes Off Of Iraq.*
*A Future Republic of Kurdistan?*
Below is an excerpt from the article, *"Iraq Kurds dream of independence
but differ on details"* by Prashant Rao, AFP, September 24, 2013:
“We were second-class citizens,” said Mohammed Saleh, an architect who
studied at the University of Baghdad until 1979 but, like many of fellow
Kurds, expressed a desire for independence.
“The people here do not lik... more »
Catch of the Day
I really like Ezra Klein's analysis of the Cruz, Paul, Sanders, and Wendy
Davis filibusters/extended speeches, trying to answer the question: why
don't more Senators pull this stunt, since it seemed to work so well for
the four of them? Klein has three answers: doing it is difficult and
carries risks (of saying something foolish); it's usually unnecessary in
purely legislative terms, at least in the current Senate; and it can be
annoying and counterproductive.
All correct under current Senate rules and procedures.
It's not surprising, then, that the three Senators who have done it
... more »
"Twirling A Baton..."
“Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a
baton.”
- Dean Koontz, “Brother Odd”
Are debts a future perspective, really? Prof. Michael Hudson reviews the world...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 7 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/b-Tkn9zi1Yc
Prof. Dr. Michael Hudson, professor of economics at Missoury University,
author and columnist, is one of the very few economists who can clearly and
plainly explain what is happening around us and... behind our backs in the
world of economy. Who are actually 'leading' this world? What about
growing, crushing debts? How to get rid of both, to be replaced by
something innovative and new? Yes, I reviewed this film a year after it was
made! Has anything turned for the better? There is a lot we can learn from
the explanations from Prof. Hudson! In part... more »
Coalition of Dumb Asses United Against Obama And Rouhani Outside The UN On Tuesday
Below is an excerpt from, *"Former U.S. officials blast diplomacy with
Rouhani at MEK rally outside UN"* by Alex Kane, Mondoweiss, September 24,
2013.
"Former U.S. officials joined an Iranian expatriate group in a rally
outside the United Nations Tuesday to blast any diplomatic opening between
the Obama administration and Iran.
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The stars of the rally included former U.S. ambassador to the UN John
Bolton; former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani; former Rhode Island
Democratic Representative Patrick Kennedy; and former chairman of the
Republican National National Committee Mic... more »
The Economy: “What a Tangled Web We Weave...”
* *
*“What a Tangled Web We Weave...”*
by Bill Bonner
“Oh! what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!”
– Walter Scott, “Marmion”
“First, let’s check the markets. The Dow fell 66 points yesterday. And gold
sold off too – down $10 an ounce. In August, our hypothesis was that we
would see falling US stock markets and rising gold prices as the dominant
trends of fall. So far, we haven’t seen much in the way of trends at all.
Last week’s Fed “no taper” announcement should have been followed by robust
increases in stock and gold prices. But what happened instead? Aft... more »
John Kline (R-MN) Wants To Make A Deal-- Balance The Budget By Reducing Social Security Benefits
Kline hates everyone-- young and old!
Steve Israel was never a businessman-- nor a farmer. He's always worked in
politics. He doesn't know how to make long term plans or how to initiative
and follow through on long term goals. He can't see beyond the quarter or,
off on his furthest horizon, the cycle. And the DCCC chair isn't the only
near-sighted Democrat in power. The whole party is blinkered by strategists
who never see the value of long-term planning. Putting a plan into
operation to win a House seat in 2 or 3 cycles? Unheard of... by these
congenital losers whose idea of strateg... more »
Untitled
*BIG FREEDIA BROKE THE GUINNESS TWERKING RECORD TODAY IN NYC!!!*
“Watch Ted Cruz Read Green Eggs and Ham During His Quasi-filibuster”
* *
*“Watch Ted Cruz Read Green Eggs and Ham*
* During His Quasi-filibuster” *
by Peter Weber
“Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) isn't officially filibustering a House spending
bill he pushed for but doesn't want Senate Democrats to tamper with -
Democrats will start stripping a measure to defund ObamaCare later
Wednesday, no matter how long Cruz talks - but he is putting on an
impressive show. To fill his 13 hours of floor time, Cruz compared his
fellow Republicans to Nazi appeasers, said that most people in Washington
wear "cheap suits with bad haircuts," said a lot of negative things ab... more »
Party Conference Watch 2013: UKIP
So far *Is the BBC biased?*'s whirlwind tour of the *Today* programme's
coverage of the 2013 party has covered the Greens, who received only about
six minutes' worth of coverage on a single day but got a helpful interview
with their party leader, free of interruptions and challenges. We've also covered
the Liberal Democrats, who got two and bit day's worth of fairly extensive
coverage, a good-natured interview with their party leader and generally
positive coverage.
Next up came UKIP, whose coverage was held last weekend (as 'Bloomgate'
broke). [Again, sorry for the delay!]
Frida... more »
Stephen Harper gives cold shoulder to Ban Ki-Moon on Climate Change (repost)
I did this picture in May 2010. There has been change for the worse. Now
that Harper has majority he has become full time salesman for oil
companies, Tar Sands, Crude-oil pipeline etc.
Research Primer for Religion and IR
Michael Desch and Daniel Philpott at Notre Dame have concluded their
two-year Mellon funded working group on religion and IR and published their
final report titled Religion and International Relations: A Primer for
Research. Desch, in his introduction (titled: “The Coming Reformation of
Religion in International Affairs? The Demise of the Secularization Thesis
and the
Continue reading
Mohawk John Kane 'No, Really! It’s OK to Watch Al Jazeera America'
PHOTO
Dianne McNair, Bureau Coordinator/Assistant to the Bureau Chief, Al
Jazeera Network, Washington, DC Bureau and Abderrahim Foukara, Al
Jazeera Bureau Chief, Washington, DC and New York with a Unity Flag from
yours truly. Al Jazeera network is committed to the voices of the
voiceless. Sign me up! No buffalo speeches. Just the hard truth and how
WE see things. (Photo by L. Hill)
By John
Conspicuous Consumption at Its Finest
When you really need to say, "I've got mine and you and your planet can go
straight to Hell," nothing beats a mega-yacht just like any of these
currently on display to prospective buyers in Monaco.
Vancouver islanders will soon be able to bask in the beauty of these
behemoths. Victoria has approved development of a marina for just such
vessels in the inner harbour. True wealth demands nothing less.
The Victoria International Marina will boast 29-slips for yachts from 65'
to 150'. Leasing rates per slip range from $9,500 to $11,000 per lineal
foot on a 40-year lea... more »
Senate to Kill Monsanto Protection Act Amid Outrage
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* *Victory: Senate to Kill Monsanto Protection Act Amid Outrage*
Anthony Gucciardi by Anthony Gucciardi
September 25th, 2013
Updated 09/25/2013 at 2:59 am
In a major victory brought upon by serious activism and public outrage, new
legislation changes will shut down the Monsanto Protection Act rider that
granted Monsanto protection from legal action and was set to renew on
September 30th.
monsanto protection act stopped 263x164 Victory: Senate to Kill Monsanto
Protection Act Amid OutrageThis unprecedented move shows the true power of
the anti-GMO, anti-Monsanto movement, a... more »
Bashar Al- Assad will now follow international norms
Power addiction is dangerous as it could turn some of the powerful into a
mass-murderer. It is hard to understand this aspect of human nature. Assad
is up there with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld.
*Cartoonist: Matt Bors*
Cash Cow $tate $tandards
With all due respect to Joanne Yatvin, who has made important contributions
to NCTE and to literacy (notably her work confronting the flawed National
Reading Panel), this is why we cannot be fatalistic about Cash Cow $tate
$tandards:
CC$ advocacy is being driven by corporate interests, the allure of money to
be made.
If no one could profit from CC$ or the tests, if no one could build
political capital off CC$, how many advocates do you think would remain?
I suspect around none.
It is not too late. Even DC political insiders believe the fate of CC$ is
deeply in question.
To rec... more »
Cash Cow $tate $tandards
With all due respect to Joanne Yatvin, who has made important contributions
to NCTE and to literacy (notably her work confronting the flawed National
Reading Panel), this is why we cannot be fatalistic about Cash Cow $tate
$tandards: CC$$ advocacy is being driven by corporate interests, the allure
of money to be made. If no […]
Add The United States, Turkey, And Israel To The State Sponsors of Islamic Terrorism
"Ask not what al-Qaeda has done to America, ask what America has done for
al-Qaeda." - President Exceptional of Exceptional Country of exceptional
blah blah blah exceptional blah blah blah.
If any states in the world today have to be defined as "terror states" then
the United States, Turkey, and Israel certainly fall into this category,
along with the usual suspects such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, North
Korea, Cuba, and Syria.
America's support for Jihadist terrorism sounds counter-intuitive, but
there is more than enough proof to melt away skepticism in the hearts of
disbel... more »
David Corn shatters a firm pundit rule!
*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013*
*Your Howler keeps getting results:* Last night, speaking with Lawrence
O’Donnell, David Corn broke a firm rule of the guild.
We take our hats off to Corn. Just look what the gentleman did:
O’DONNELL (9/24/13): Who is the best presidential tactician since LBJ? In
an article today from Mother Jones, David Corn gives us his answer. The
article’s entitled, “Obama is the shrewdest political tactician since LBJ.”
Joining me now, David Corn.
David, I got to tell you, when I saw the piece today, I said, “Get me David
Corn,” because I completely agree with y... more »
(Crazies Calling the Shots) Cato/Heritage Thinkers Want You To Be Free To Starve and Die of Disease Miserably (In the Streets If Possible): Exposing The Financial Core of the Transnational Capitalist Class and How Millennials Will Not Be Appealed To By Reaganites
Is it really that they just hate poor people and wish they'd go away (die)?
Or is it that Food Stamps (SNAP - Supplemental Nutritional Assistance
Program) is one of the few programs for poor people that doesn't pay rich
people (enough) as the middle men before eligible recipients can receive
benefits? Is it possible that we'll see further Rethuglican ideas about
deciding to let "undeserving"
NGOs: Chemical Weapons are the Least of Syrian Civilians’ Concerns
Action on Armed Violence is circulating some terrific info-graphs and
advocacy videos documenting civilian harms from various conventional
weapons in Syria: By even the most cautious estimates, explosive weapons
have killed and injured tens of thousands of people in Syria. They are
thought to be responsible for about 40% of deaths in the conflict.
Crucially, civilians are
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Reason to sue Google, Demanda a Google
It has come to ALL Google Bloggers that the Google corporation is
intentionally sending the photographs and other graphics to ALL cell
telephones that are remotely connected with the Google Bloggers. Those
photos are then send in such a way that it becomes impossible to delete...
If you don't want your wife or girl friend to find out what pictures you
post in the internet DON'T USE GOOGLE...They will send all photos to your
cell phone SD card, and if you remove the cell phone number and change it
to say a Fax number Google will then send those pictures to the nearest
Cell number as... more »
Limit CIA Role To Intelligence by Harry S. Truman December 22, 1963
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by Harry S. Truman
December 22, 1963
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The Washington Post, page A11
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INDEPENDENCE, MO., Dec. 21—I think it has become necessary to take another
look at the purpose and operations of our Central Intelligence Agency—CIA.
At least, I would like to submit here the original reason why I thought it
necessary to organize this Agency during my Administration, what I expected
it to do and how it was to operate as an arm of the President.
I think it is fairly obvious that by and large a President's performance in
office is as effective as th... more »
“The Smell of Financial and Economic Collapse is in the Air”
*“The Smell of Financial and Economic Collapse is in the Air”*
by DeviantInvestor
"The U.S. stock market is near all-time highs, while politicians and
economists are blathering about recovery, low inflation, and good times,
but instability and danger are clearly visible in our debt based monetary
system. To the extent we rely upon the fantasies of ever-increasing debt,
money printing, and credit bubbles, we are vulnerable to financial
collapses. Perhaps a collapse is not imminent, but it would be foolish to
ignore the possibility. Consider what these insightful writers have to s... more »
More from the world of bad reporting!
*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013*
*The New York Times and SNAP:* We couldn’t help noting more bad reporting
in today’s New York times.
Ron Nixon in back on the food assistance beat. Today, his report starts
like this:
NIXON (9/25/13): House leaders on Tuesday said they were working with their
Senate counterparts toward a new five-year farm bill, just days after *the
House pushed through a bill that would slash billions of dollars from the
food stamp program.*
[...]
The farm bill, a 1,000-page measure that sets the nation’s food and
nutrition policy, was formerly a bipartisan piece ... more »
Microtel Inns, Dairy Queens, St. Sensible and Detroit Country Day: Realities and Myths of "Choice"
Reblogged from @ THE CHALK FACE: EDUCATION WEEK recently published
"Calculator Use on Exams to Shift With Common Core," by Erik W. Robelen. In
reply to some discussion about the article on a private Facebook page,
Wendy Hart wrote, “ I think the real issue here isn't what is the proper
use of a calculator, but […]
AMANDA RIPLEY’S BELIEF IT BY LAW: Admittedly, a talented writer!
*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013*
*Part 3—With a weak intellectual culture:* This past Sunday, the Washington
Post gave major play to Amanda Ripley’s new book, The Smartest Kids in the
World.
A cynic would say it’s easy to see why the Post did that. Jay Mathews’
review of the book topped the front page of the Post’s Outlook section.
Mathews, a nationally known education writer, drew a conclusion from
Ripley’s new book which extended a treasured Post theme.
(“The most consistent U.S. failing Ripley discovers is our way of selecting
and training teachers.”)
That’s what a cynic would s... more »
United Opt Out Helps Get Folks United Against Common Core
*From Wisconsin Reporter:*
By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — An unlikely alliance of progressives and tea party activists have
found common ground in opposing *Common Core State Standards* in *Wisconsin* —
even as the political elite on both sides support the new standards that
are quickly spreading through schools.
Standing in the hallway that separates *Assembly Majority Leader Robin Vos,
R-Rochester* from *Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha*, two
progressives and two tea party activists recently discussed leading the
outside-the-Capitol charge against Common Core.
... more »
is it a FREE PLANET or is it a WAR WORLD?
the title "is it a FREE PLANET or is it a WAR WORLD?" assumes you
understand what either a Free Planet or a War World even is.
And that's dangerous.
Why?
Well, we're taught, from an early age, that it's our 'right as free human
beings' to 'live long and prosper' and to 'go forth and multiply' to 'earn
our own salt' and have our world 'the way we want it', cherries on top,
three squirts of cappuccino foam and loads of horsepower under the hood.
THE GAME PLAYERS OF THE CORPORATE WORLD still need to fill their pockets
with profit, at your expense, that's the bottom line. Think too ha... more »
Shopping
Teen Daughter was here for the weekend. We had a lot of fun, as usual - a
nice eat-out and movie Friday evening, the local trampoline park with her
cousin on Saturday, and shopping on Sunday.
Teen Daughter is a pro shopper
New York Style
Her Favorite Brand
'Tis a joy to have daughters. Expensive, but a joy.
Is there a split at the BBC?
Whilst BBC's website refers to the murderous Islamist terrorists who killed
so many in Nairobi as 'militants', Radio 4 are correctly calling them
'terrorists'.
Is there a difference of opinion at the BBC?
Obama's Moment – A Deal With Iran! by Patrick J. Buchanan
*PLEASE NOTE: I Do Not Endorse Pat Buchanan.*
*But I Do Endorse This, Wholeheartedly and Without Reservation:*
In his second term, Richard Nixon had Watergate, but also the rescue of
Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
In his second term, Ronald Reagan had Iran-Contra, but also a treaty
eliminating U.S. and Soviet missiles in Europe, his "tear-down-this-wall"
moment in Berlin and his lead role in ending the Cold War.
In his second term, Bill Clinton had Monica, but also came close to a peace
treaty between Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat.
Obama's second-term scandals — IRS, Benghazi, w... more »
And We Thought All We Had to Deal With Was Enbridge.
Nexen, the Chinese Communist Party's anchor in Athabasca, is urging
Canadian National Railways to start shipping bitumen by rail car to Prince
Rupert where it can then be loaded on supertankers for transport to the
Peoples' Liberation Army and other users.
Apparently China is getting impatient with Comrade Steve's inability to
make headway on the Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat and so they've
taken matters in their own hands. For some strange reason, opponents of
the Northern Gateway aren't mollified by the proposal to ship bitumen
across B.C. by rail. This will give you som... more »
Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach Got An "F" From The NRA
Watch Daylin Leach's statement on sensible gun control in the video above.
It's likely to be the only substantive thing you'll hear about guns in the
campaign for the congressional seat being given up by Allyson Schwartz
(Northeast Philadelphia and Montgomery County). There are 4 Democrats in
this primary-- and aside from Daylin, so one has a record on guns... and
that's the way they like it.
Recently the insufferable Chris Matthews fed batty former congresswoman
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky a softball lede about how wonderful PA-13 is,
emphasizing all the wonderful parts of the ... more »
OBAMA'S DECLARATION OF IMPERIALISM
In an address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama
openly embraced an aggressive military doctrine backed by previous
administrations on using armed force beyond the international norm of
self-defense.
Obama told the world that the US is prepared to use its military to defend
what he called "our core interests" in the Middle East: U.S. access to oil.
"[Obama] basically came out and said the U.S. is an imperialist nation and
we’re going to do whatever we need to do to conquer areas [and] take
resources from people around the world," says independent journalist Je... more »
One day the axe just fell
I was working as a cook in the Northwood's for a spell and one day the axe
just fell.
Bob Dylan
Well it happened to me yesterday. I used to work for one of the fourth
biggest Market Research firms in the world. In my five years there I did
many good things for them. I had a sales base that was 34 times my annual
income. About half that total was new clients I had recruited. However my
portfolio was under constant attack from category decline and the move away
from bricks and mortar to the internet. So someone way above my pay grade
analyzed the situation and decided closing the Ca... more »
Evil and Power- The Dark Art of Mind Control
If you have been around here for some time you will have grasped at least
one constant theme that runs through this blog - 'perception management'.
*How is your perception managed?*
The main stream media. Religion. Popular culture would also be a means of
managing you.
Fashion. Advertising. You get the idea?
Being aware of how it is you are manipulated, managed and thusly
controlled is paramount to knowing how to resist the mind control.
A few weeks back I came across an interesting pdf. *Called "Evil and Power"
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It is 27 pages in length. Read it. Print it. Keep it. Share it. Wh... more »
Speech Full Of Lies: Ripping President Obama's Speech To The UN General Assembly To Shreds!
As I stated in my weekly rant on Sunday, September 22nd, I have been
extremely busy concentrating on finishing this work related course.... I
therefore have not had much time to post any new material at this blog.
Today, I happen to have a few hours rest, and I figured I would do some
catching up.....
Just yesterday, the criminal President of the United States,
Obama/Soetoro/Davis (take your pick as to what his real name is...) gave a
speech to the UN General Assembly, and as usual it was so full of lies and
falsehoods that it was amazing most UN members actually sat through it
wi... more »
Filibusted
What if a man, for want of a better word, in the Senate for less than
nine months fell over giving a filibuster and nobody listened? Would it
have happened?
Well, we found out the answer to that quasi-Zen question when Ted "I'm
Morphing into Joe McCarthy" Cruz, after vowing he'd filibuster The
Affordable Care Act until he "could no longer stand", bloviated for exactly
an hour before having to be spelled by Utah Senator Mike "Fuck Child Labor
Laws" Lee. After 20 minutes in, he'd already blown his wad of talking
points and was blabbering on about unemployment statistics... more »
America the Exceptional
I owe my readers an apology. I neither watched nor read Obama's sermon at
the United Nations yesterday. I did not savor his appearance at the Clinton
Greed-Washing Rich People Confab. I am not joining the required
liberal mock-fest of Ted Cruz's phony filibuster. I did not and do not eat *Green
Eggs and Ham.* (the progressive blogs are reverse-orgasming over the
Cruzian rape of Dr. Seuss. I imagine Gail Collins will devote a full column
to it)
Okay. So my denial of watching the latest American Atrocity Exhibition is a
fib, kind of. Because, although I did turn on CNN yesterday, I k... more »
Our Governments Gave Up the Business of Protecting Us a Long Time Ago. Will Banks Fill the Breach?
We know that a fossil fuel future is unsustainable. Even the energy
industry may agree that fossil fuel consumption is unsustainable but just
not yet. The old nag has still got some good years ahead of her, nobody
knows how many for sure, so let's just keep going.
The fossil fuel industry is on life support. It's kept going by
subsidies, grants and deferrals lavished on producers by governments in
their service. Why do we give the most profitable industries such massive
subsidies? Rationalize that, please.
There's the question. Is it rational for governments to keep prop... more »
Iran at the U.N.
The media are all noting "moderate" Iranian President Rouhani's talk at the
U.N., and contrasting him with former "crazy" President Ahmadinejad. Here's
what Rouhani said on the major topic of interest, Iran's [non-existent]
nuclear weapons program:
"Nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction have no place in
Iran's security and defense doctrine, and contradict our fundamental
religious and ethical convictions."
And here's what Ahmadinejad said in 2008:
"Regarding the question of the bomb. We believe, as a matter of religious
teaching, that we must be against any form of ... more »
Right singularity
I've been covering, in my idiosyncratic way, the eight points of the
eightfold path promulgated by Gotama when he snapped out of his long bout
of meditation, determined to save the world. We've arrived at the last one,
and it's a doozy. Here's the first part of the exposition/exegesis by the
author of *A Basic Buddhism Guide:*
*8. Samma-Samadhi — Full, Integral or Holistic Samadhi.* This is often
translated as concentration, meditation, absorption or one-pointedness of
mind. http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/8foldpath.htm
And the rest:
None of these translations is adequate. Sa... more »
UPDATED: Early morning message?
Frame capture from the opening sequence of Star Trek Voyager.... approx
image to what was on my tablet...
I woke up early this morning. My Sony Android tablet was making skype
message sounds and it had somehow come out of its dormant hibernation
state. At night it sits in the docking cradle on my night stand where it
functions as an alarm clock.... or a quick messaging platform if I get an
early morning skype call...
This image was on the face of tablet instead of the usual clock that is
triggered when I place it in the cradle or when the device idle timer
clicks in. The time I ... more »
freedom
Oh yeah...deja vu...sitting in the Tap Room and Weird Harold walks in,
picks up my pitcher of beer. He chugs the whole thing while this is playing
on the juke box and orders me another pitcher. There is a smokeout in the
restroom, where the roaches are an inch deep on top of the towel dispenser.
That's how it was, in the "here&now", in those
days...peace...G:
Many of the folks that were around in those days are not around anymore,
especially the old timers that had some great stories about the "rat room",
which was accessible through a trap door in the floor. There is a rich ... more »
Top Quebec Tory Fine with Charter of Values
The Quebec government's proposed Charter of Values may have Jason Kenney's
frillies in a bunch but the Tories' senior minister from Quebec, Denis
Lebel, is fine with it.
According to Lebel, "*there's nothing that upsets me in there.*"
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's speech at the United Nations
Below is an excerpt. In his full speech he pointed out, among other issues,
that war in Afghanistan and Iraq caused destruction and instability - not
peace and stability. He stated that the turbulence in the Middle East will
not help the world or 'super- powers'. He also talked about the plight of
the Palestinians and brutality of Israel.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
*"The speech wasn’t an unqualified embrace of the west. Rouhani condemned
what he said was the “persistence of a Cold War mentality” and the “bipolar
division of the world... more »
More Notes on the Cruz Speech
First, on "fillibuster." As Josh Huder pointed out on twitter, there
certainly is a filibuster involved here. That's correct, but the filibuster
is, essentially, the objection to the motion to proceed, which forces a
cloture vote and sets the clock for the cloture vote. That's the
filibuster. By all accounts, the filibuster will be defeated at that point.
Cruz's speech is occupying a (very large!) portion of the time within that
filibuster; if he wasn't speaking, either someone else would be or the
Senate would be in recess. So there is a filibuster -- which Cruz and Mike
Lee are re... more »
Ocean heat content: relentless but negligible increase
*0.065 °C in 45 years*
Stefan Rahmstorf posted a text on the Real Climate called
What ocean heating reveals about global warming
where he shows some graphs of the global ocean heat content. He postulates
that "ideologically motivated skeptics will deny the data, reject millions
of stations", and so on.
Well, your humble correspondent is clearly not an "ideologically motivated
skeptic" according to Stefan Rahmstorf because I believe that Argo is a
good piece of work and the graphs of the global ocean heat content are
probably trustworthy and could actually be much more reasonable ... more »
Quote Of The Day: Bryan Fischer
Bryan J Fischer, Republican Party psychopath, on Twitter just now: "Last
night was Ted Cruz's Mount Carmel moment: Elijah standing alone against all
the prophets of Baal."
*UPDATE: Ted Cruz Changes His Mind-- Votes To Back Obamacare*
The Senate just voted on shutting down the filibuster and both crackpots,
Ted Cruz and Mike Lee voted "aye," which Cruz had just defined as a vote to
support Obamacare. Republicans are out of their minds.
The Economy: “Americans Are Smarter Than CNBC Hosts?”
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*“Americans Are Smarter Than CNBC Hosts?”*
by Karl Denninger
“One wonders... “Americans are losing faith in the nation’s economic
recovery even as forecasters expect growth to accelerate, according to a
Bloomberg National Poll. Fewer people anticipate improvement in the
economy’s strength over the next year than in the last survey in June, with
27 percent saying the expansion will be more robust, down from 39 percent
who expected improvement three months earlier.”
There has been no "economic recovery." There has been no job growth. None.
Here's the jobs picture, in a n... more »
Turning Schools into a "Cheaters' Paradise"
James Owens’ *Confessions of a Bad Teacher *is full of the big lies of
urban education that are the essence of school “reform.” The single most
destructive deceit in inner city schools is the claim that individual
teachers with “expectations” do not need disciplinary backing by
administrators. Since long before I entered teaching, every system I heard
of had its equivalent of “the most important and most troubling” convention
at Owens’ “Latinate” Academy. Their big illusion was, “The individual
teacher will handle all behavior problems in the classroom.”
Back then, however, it never... more »
Measles Reports in America: What Does It Mean?
Posted 9/24/2013
*by Barbara Loe Fisher*
On Sept. 12, 2013, public health officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) called a press conference to announce that vaccination rates
among pre-school children are “high and stable” and “less than 1% are
unvaccinated.” 1 More than 90 percent of American toddlers have gotten a
measles containing MMR shot by age three, along with many doses of 10 other
government recommended vaccines.
*159 Measles Cases Reported This Year in U.S.*
But health officials warned there have been 159 cases of measles reported
so far this year, the... more »
Measles Reports in America: What Does It Mean?
Posted 9/24/2013*
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*by Barbara Loe Fisher*
On Sept. 12, 2013, public health officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) called a press conference to announce that vaccination rates
among pre-school children are “high and stable” and “less than 1% are
unvaccinated.” 1 More than 90 percent of American toddlers have gotten a
measles containing MMR shot by age three, along with many doses of 10 other
government recommended vaccines.
*159 Measles Cases Reported This Year in U.S.*
But health officials warned there have been 159 cases of measles reported
so far this year, the... more »
Hungry? Have a bowl of fresh worms/bugs or cook them and then enjoy
*"A team of students from McGill University has proposed insect-infused
flour as a possible solution to the global food crisis."*
Looks delicious. Dig in.:)
KATHY KELLY TO JOIN MAINE DRONE PEACE WALK
Veteran peace activist Kathy Kelly (Voices for Creative Nonviolence) will
join the Maine Drone Peace Walk for our last two important events.
On Friday, Oct 18 the walk will reach the state capital in Augusta and hold
a *3:00 pm closing ceremony inside the Hall of Flags*. This permitted
event will give us the chance to bring our message of "no unwarranted drone
surveillance" and "no weaponized drone testing" directly to the state house
and the office of Gov. LePage. Kathy Kelly will be among the speakers at
this closing. The public is invited to join us.
Then on Saturday, Oct ... more »
Kokesh from Jail: The People's Law of Jury Nullification
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“War With Syria And Iran Will Be Hell On Earth”
*“War With Syria And Iran Will Be Hell On Earth”*
by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“Trends researcher Gerald Celente says President Obama’s handling of the
Syrian conflict deeply damaged his credibility. Celente says, “It was the
presidential amateur hour and reality show all rolled into one. I have
never seen such poor performance as illustrated by our Commander in Chief
and Secretary of State.” War is Celente’s top trend, and when it comes, it
will be ugly and unpredictable. Celente predicts, “If America goes to war
with Syria and Iran, it’s the beginning of WWIII–dirty bombs, ... more »
How to Turn Your Vehicle Into a Statement of Tech Activism Against the Police State
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John Galt
There is clearly no respect for the Fourth Amendment right to probable
cause before being interrogated and searched, as many videos on YouTube
will confirm. There is also an indisputable trend toward the militarization
of police with armored vehicles and an array of exotic battlefield
weaponry. Couple this with new training that we are all "civilians" who
could be the next lone wolf domestic terrorists, and we are sliding very
fast toward a vicious form of tyranny. Even if you are unarmed, trapped in
your vehicl... more »
Iraq’s New 5-Year Development Plan Sets Nice Goals But Will Have Little Effect Upon Policy
Iraq just issued its new 5-year National Development Plan (NDP). Its main
goal is to use the country’s vast oil wealth to diversify the economy
towards agriculture, industry, and other sectors. It has the same basic
goals as the previous plan. The problem is that the NDP is not a real path
of action for Baghdad to follow rather it just sets broad goals for Iraq.
More importantly, the government does not pay attention to it when passing
legislation or making policy, which means it has no real affect upon the
future of the country.
September 2013, Iraq’s latest National Development... more »
Russian Revere Rings Alarm in Albany: Anton Konev vs NDAA
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*YouTube - Blake Walley*
Blake "The Eccentric" speaks with Albany (NY) Councilman Anton Konev about
his introduction of the "Strongest Resolution" in America against the
Dreaded NDAA.
Anton explains the legislation, his past experiences growing up in the
former Soviet Union, the parallels of our current situation versus the
former USSR, why he decided to get involved, and why he's taking a stand
against this secretive and controversial bill.
For those unfamiliar, NDAA was very quietly signed into law by Obama on New
Years ... more »
WotW: Simplify Your Blogging/Social Media World, Part II
Last week we discussed how to simplify your blogging/social media world by
following a simple plan. In less than an hour, you can have all your social
media posts for the day scheduled and out of your hair, freeing you up to
write your next post, do social media for fun or whatever else you love to
do.
Today, we'll continue this simplification process, starting with Twitter.
Remember, in our order of posting, Twitter posts come immediately after
writing a blog post. You should write five tweets based on your post. But
what should you tweet about? And how do you get five tweets fro... more »
"Return of the iZombies"
*"Return of the iZombies"*
by Jason Farrell
“America’s greatest passion– for marginal technical tweaks in existing
products– lives on. Independent film maker Casey Neistat demonstrated as
much in his short film about the iFans who queued up on the sidewalk
outside an Apple store in New York City to wait on the release of the
iPhone 5S earlier this month.
“I think you have to be kind of crazy to wait in line,” said one guy
waiting in line. “We’ve been lined up here for eight days… We got guys that
been here thirteen days…” said another, sounding a bit like an old soldier
reflectin... more »
LNG Black Swans Appear, Christy Clark Keeps Clucking
Harvey Oberfeld is so old, so stale and I believe, now senile, besides him
ranting about perceived Quebec racism and First Nation`s robbing Canada
blind he really has become a bore...Oberfeld`s latest advice to the NDP,
allow all big industrial projects to go through, greenlight everything,
don`t bother with those pesky environmental reviews, ..Oberfeld wants jobs
jobs and more jobs..
Thank goodness Harvey Oberfeld is close to being finished, imagine if he
was deciding your children`s future, a tired old man who`s views went out
with the tide decades ago, ...Just look at Alberta, ... more »
Housing allowances show MLAs' rich sense of entitlement
This Times Colonist story on MLAs' housing allowances should make you angry.
Especially the arrogance.
Rob Shaw reports that MLAs are on track to claim $1.1 million in
accommodation costs this year - $14,100 each - even though the legislature
will sit just 36 days.
That’s simply wrong.
But what’s infuriating and shameful is the sense of entitlement, embodied
by Liberal caucus chair Michelle Stilwell.
She told Shaw MLAs still end up spending some of their own money because
the $1,000-a-month taxpayer allowance isn’t enough. (MLAs can claim $1,000
a month without providing any receipts,... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Rocco Baldelli, 32.
Here's some good stuff:
1. Jordan Ragusa says: cliff analogies for a shutdown are too strong. Hey,
I used that word! I consider myself chastened. Absolutely true that
short-term government shutdowns are really not a big deal. If it gets over
a week, however...
2. David Hawkings on the politics of the third showdown -- the one where
the parties finally get to hashing out a budget. Could be in November,
could be in December, but Democrats are (finally) signalling that it's
coming.
3. Harry Enten argues that the Clinton-era shutdowns had little o... more »
"A Time Comes When Silence Is Betrayal"
*Michelle Newsum, Oregon Reading Association*
*Voices*
“A time comes when silence is betrayal.” ~Martin Luther King Junior April
4, 1967
I was silent when NCLB was enacted. I knew full well the mandates were
ludicrous. As a result of this legislation, many good schools, especially
schools that housed poor kids, suffered unnecessary pain, shame and absurd
sanctions when their special education populations did not pass the
standardized tests.
Harebrained policy continued as NCLB morphed into Race to the Top (Trough),
which removes the 100 percent mandate, but ties teacher evaluatio... more »
Photos Longest Walk 4 Lot Hot Road to Wichita Kansas Sept 25, 2013
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Thanks to Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Western Shoshone, for sharing photos
from the Longest Walk 4 with Censored News! The Longest Walk made it to
Emporia, Kansas, on Tues., Sept. 24, 2013!
More photos from yesterday!
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/09/long-walk-4-photos-near-lyndon-missouri.html
Route
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They Tell Us It's About Principles
Tim Harper writes that the prime minister and the mayor of Toronto are a
political odd couple:
Harper would treat a meeting with a voter in an unscripted moment as a
crisis. Ford ditches his aides and wanders into crowds at a Saturday night
street festival on the Danforth.
Harper works hard to avoid over exposure. Ford has his own open line show.
The prime minister seeks political advantage in a squeaky clean image,
proudly denying marijuana use in his younger years while
Ford laughs, and, without missing a beat, agrees he smoked “a lot.’’
What explains this oxymoron? The ne... more »
The Next Frontier in Choice
Dying with dignity is the next big battle in choice and bodily autonomy.
Who better to lead the way than we Boomers?
Kudos to Dr Donald Low, a courageous and public-spirited man to the very
end.
Check out Dying with Dignity.
ADDED: CON MP Steven Fletcher backs dying with dignity. That'll get him
spanked by PMSHithead who, on this topic, as on abortion, 'does not intend
to reopen the debate'.
(Very busy. In the feast part of the Freelancer's Feast/Famine Cycle.)
The Flood Next Time
*UPDATE:* CU/CIRES/NOAA/WWA have just released their "preliminary
assessment of Front Range floods." You can find it here in PDF.
I have an op-ed published today in the Boulder Daily Camera, titled "The
Flood Next Time." The intended audience is the Boulder community, and here
is an excerpt:
One of the first steps that Boulder should take in the near term is a
rigorous evaluation of how we did in the flood. What actions did we take in
recent decades that worked? Where can we do better?
The city has seen an enormous amount of development since 1969, and the
floods of 2013 tell us... more »
Was an American security team inside Kenya's West Gate Mall - and why ? Did this American security team rescue a Harvard Grad student - and how did they get in place to do so ?
Was an American security team inside Kenya massacre mall?
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*Harvard graduate claims she was rescued by ‘Americans’ after she saw man
sat next to her shot dead*
*HELEN POW and JAMES NYE*
UK Daily Mail
September 25, 2013
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An American woman who was trapped inside the Nairobi mall as terrorists ran
amok claims she was eventually rescued... more »
Will Steve Israel Muck Up Democratic Chances To Take Back PA-08 Again?
Shaughnessy Naughton
Although southeast Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district has a small
chunk of northern Montgomery County, it is basically the Bucks County
district. Along with the neighboring 7th CD, it is the wealthiest party of
Pennsylvania, those two districts being the only two in the state with
medium household incomes over $70,000. PA-08 is a genuine swing district
with a PVI of R+1. Obama beat McCain, 53-46% in 2008 and he and Romney tied
49-49% last year, Romney edging him by a few votes. The incumbent, Mike
Fitzpatrick, was elected in 2004, was defeated after one te... more »
Secretary of State John Kerry to sign UN Arms Treaty without Senate Advice and Consent ..... And Senate Bob Corker warns Obama Administration against taking Executive Action or any other measures to implement the treaty without Senate approval !
CORKER WARNS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AGAINST ANY ACTION TO IMPLEMENT U.N. ARMS
TRADE TREATY WITHOUT SENATE ADVICE AND CONSENT
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
WASHINGTON – Asserting the Senate’s constitutional role on treaties, U.S.
Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations
Committee, in a letter today warned the Obama administration against taking
any action to implement the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty without Senate
advice and consent.
“The ATT raises significant legislative and constitutional questions. Any
act to implement this treaty, provisionally or ... more »
Hong Kong braces for Typhoon Usagi - while the sustained winds are not going to hit super typhoon levels , an astronomical storm surge has been forecast for Hong Kong ! And as we learned just last year from Hurricane Sandy , storm surge can make a relatively managed storm a huge impact type storm !
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Hong Kong Stock Exchange Open Delayed Due To Typhoon
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As Typhoon Usagi bears down on Hong Kong, the Securities and Derivatives
Exchange that the morning sessions of both markets will be delayed. If the
Typhoon remains a Level 8 of above past 9am (HK time), the morning session
will be cancelled and *all trading cancelled if the Usagi holds Level 8 or
above beyond midday local time*. The Hong Kong Obervatory currently has the
Typhoon a Level 8.
*Via HKEx*,
Hong Kong Exch... more »
Why Is The Food Industry Poisoning Us With Trillions of Nanoparticles? by Sayer Ji
Why Is The Food Industry Poisoning Us With Trillions of Nanoparticles?
by Sayer Ji
Green Med Info, 24 September 2013
*The U.S. food industry is notorious for poisoning the very consumers who
drive their multi-billion dollar enterprise, even spending millions against
their right to informed consent (truthful GMO labeling). So, is it any
wonder that this deregulated and increasingly deranged juggernaut is
experimenting on its own customer base by exposing them to trillions of
toxic nanoparticles?*
A new study published in *Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy *titled, "*Effects
of ti... more »
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*Clock running out on flood authority’s days as a panel immune from
political meddling ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*~The political independence of
the local levee board — under fire from politicians for its lawsuit against
oil and gas companies — could come to an abrupt end next Tuesday. That’s
when the state’s highest ranking politician and most outspoken critic of
the lawsuit, Gov. Bobby Jindal, may be able to supplant a citizen
nominating committee and make his own selections to fill three open seats
on the board of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East.
*“The onl... more »
NSA spying blowback continues - Europeans threaten to scuttle EU - US anti- terror agreement ... Brazil blast US spying at the UN General Assembly ! .
NSA spy scandal may scuttle EU-US anti-terrorist agreement – EU commissioner
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*Wisner heirs battle City in Civil Court ~Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans
Advocate*
*Judge Engelhardt’s Danziger ruling points toward a possibly far wider
scandal ~Mark Moseley, The Lens*
*University of New Orleans gets $750,000 in federal grants for
transportation research projects ~The Republic, AP*
***Girlfriend of Lee Harvey Oswald to Make RareAppearance in New Orleans
for JFK Assassination 50th Anniversary*
~Judyth Vary Baker the author of ME AND LEE: How I came to know, love and
lose Lee Harvey Oswald, is making her first appearance in New Orleans in
more than a decade to discus... more »
Unknown Script- Have you seen this before?
Hi again everyone! So over the past few months during the energetic work
I've been doing I have seen several documents. Some are in known "english"
alphabet, but in the past three weeks or so I have had several incidents of
seeing a completely unknown type of script. A few weeks ago I went through
about 10 minutes of "pages" of this script flashing in front of my eyes-
about 5 pages per second. Last night I "knew" what this script was, "knew"
where it came from..... and then on the moment of waking, it's gone- as if
the information was erased. Below is a picture I drew that loo... more »
Al Qaeda rebels in Syria reject Syria National Coalition ( and its fighting wing Free Syrian Army ) - this also is a rejection of their western and GCC sponsors ! Note it's not just hardliner groups like Al Nusra but also so called moderate groups calling for the Opposition to be reorganized under an islamic framework and to be run only by groups fighting inside Syria !
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/syria-rebels-reject-opposition-coalition-call-islamic-leadership-092503945.html
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Powerful Syrian insurgent units have rejected the
authority of the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC), badly damaging
efforts by Western-backed political exiles to forge a moderate rebel
military force on the ground.
Thirteen groups, including at least three previously considered part of the
coalition's military wing, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), signed a statement
calling for the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad to be reorganised
under an Islamic... more »
What is The New World Order?
Fool Me Once... from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
A Lecture by Ian Crane on the world in which you live as it is.
Rather than how it should be.
The best and most succinct presentation available on the nature, practice
and doctrine of The Brotherhoods, their hierarchy and interconnectedness,
the psychopathology of Zionism and the New World Order ideology.
But What is The New World Order?
What does it mean..?
*What Mikhail Gorbochev Was Talking About:*
It's very significant and notable that in all his referencing to any
formulation of his concept, he never names his nation, or make any... more »
Munich Betrayal: 75th anniversary
Because Andreas Karch wrote an exciting article about the applications of
holography yesterday, I find it appropriate to mention a story in which
Germans didn't play quite the same positive role. ;-)
In the Anglo-Saxon world, you probably know the events through this
September 30th, 1938 speech by Neville Chamberlain, "the peace for our
time" (the name of the video above is wrong: "peace *in* our time" comes
from Anglican prayers). Once he returned from Munich, this clueless
conservative boasted that he befriended Herr Hitlər which would bring the
eternal peace to everyone. His eq... more »
You Hold the Geometries of What Is Sacred
It is a very VERY rare thing that I post any channeled messages, and yet I
found myself posting this one almost automatically. It deeply resonates.
That's all I can tell you. So I am posting.
Council of One via Gillian MacBeth-Louthan: You Hold the Geometries of What
Is Sacred
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MacBeth-Louthan
[image: image]Council of One: You Hold the Geometries of What Is Sacred, as
received by Gillian MacBeth-Louthan, September 2013 at:
http://www.thequantumawak... more »
The Problem with Grand Strategy: Preemptive Cyber War with China
Grand Strategy is an arcane and misapplied concept. Developing a Grand
Strategy to deal with China that focuses on cyber capabilities is a
dangerous move that will have large repercussions for the international
system. The National Interest recently hosted a debate about the merits
of the Air Sea Battle strategy versus the Offshore Control strategy.
Continue reading
VIDEO: Rockets Used in Damascus CW Attack Fired from Makeshift Flatbeds, Not Military Vehicles
Video emerges of unmarked truck-mounted launcher surrounded by militants,
firing same ordnance used in August 21 Damascus (and other) chemical
attacks.
*A note of clarification*: *The US maintains that the chemical weapons
attack in Damascus in late August could only have been the work of the
Syrian government because the militants do not possess the means to carry
out such an attack. The report below proves that the technology used to
fire the rockets allegedly used in the attack require nothing more than a
modified flatbed truck, and that the militants on record have received
tra... more »
Somalia: Moses and the Pillar of Fire and Smoke
*"I AM THAT IAM!!"*
21 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on
their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they
could travel by day or night.
22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its
place in front of the people.
Samantha Lewthwaite: "The White Widow"
Sam Lewthwaite - Bringing the Sexy Back to the Waging of Violent Jihad from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Now - hands up who can tell me all the things which are haram, here...
What's wrong with this picture?
Its a very long list, but: Number one - mascara.
Samantha Lewthewaite - The "White Widow" from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
As you can tell, we've been expecting her to resurface again for some time,
they've been carefully preparing her legend for well over 8 years now -
it's more than likely that she was originally an MI5 honey trap for
Jermaine Lindsay (shot dead at Canary Wharf, 11am ... more »
The Vice Presidential Taskforce on Combatting Terrorism
George H.W.Bush Says Thank You (But Not Farewell) to The Company January
1st 1993 from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"For the vast majority of the history of the United States vice presidents
have played, at best, a minor policy role. This began to change after World
War II, particularly with Vice President Nixon who played an active role on
the National Security Council and served as a leading administration
spokesman domestically and internationally. In the 1970s the Office of the
Vice President acquired a substantial increase in funding and personnel.
But, additional resources did not tr... more »
"What Would They Have Left?"
“People don’t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved.
Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved.
Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left?
Just the big scary unknown.”
- Chuck Palahniuk
Stephen Harper missing?
Not to worry! He was found somewhere in the Northwest Territories.
INSIDE-JOB: KENYAN MALL ATTACK
*Bendita Malakia of the World Bank, who was rescued by an American security
team.*
Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has told the Kenyan Senate that, three months
ago, two women gave the Kenyan authorities information about a proposed
attack on the Westgate mall.
Kenyan security organs knew of attack in advance, claims Nairobi Senator.
In terrorist attacks, such as 9 11, the Mumbai attacks and the Norway
attacks, the attackers usually have the support of elements of the local
police, military and intelligence services.
NORWAY - INSIDE JOB / INSIDE JOB - TERRORISM IN INDIA
*Kenya Mall -... more »
REVOLUTION: an instruction manual
Now, that instructional video (seems like it) is a great idea, but (it
feels like) it's written by the SAME GAME PLAYERS who've been promoting the
*Ordo Ab Chao* game since the year dot. We build 'em up, we knock 'em down,
and they still come begging for us to save them. LOL. BIG FAT BANKER LOL.
But it's not, Mike, you haven't watched it.
Yes, it is. And yes, I have. The idea is this, you rebel against your
current government/conglomerate, and then you have to re-organise around
Mad Max-style tribal leaders who'll probably rule with an iron fist like
tribal kings of old, grabbing... more »
"Shibumi"
* "Shibumi"*
by Trevanian
“Shibumi, Sir?” Nicholai knew the word, but only as it applied to gardens
or architecture, where it connoted an understated beauty. “How are you
using the term, Sir?”
“Oh, vaguely, And incorrectly, I suspect. A blundering attempt to describe
an ineffable quality. As you know, Shibumi has to do with great refinement
underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it
does not have to be bold, so poignant it does not have to be pretty, so
true it does not have to be real. Shibumi is understanding, rather than
knowledge. Eloquent sile... more »
"The Only Coin You Have..."
"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have,
and only you can determine how it will be spent.
Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."
- Carl Sandburg
The Ted Cruz Speech
(This is a recycled item; I'm basically reprinting a post on a similar
Bernie Sanders stunt a while back; pretty much only the names and the topic
are changed)
Ted Cruz, as anyone who has flipped past C-SPAN2 today has no doubt
noticed, has embarked on a marathon speech (mostly alone, sometimes with
others) against Obamacare. He's into Hour 11, I think, as I write this.
Technically, I don't think it can really be called a filibuster, because
he's not delaying any action, but this is what lots of people have claimed
they want to see. So?
Gosh, I hate to say "told you so", but:
R... more »
"And remember: you pay for this."
When I wrote the other day
The BBC are, as ever, calling the perpetrators "militants" and avoiding the
use of the word "terrorists". That may make some people feel queasy (and
angry), but they are going to keep on calling them that no matter how often
people like us complain about it. They think they are right to do so.
maybe I was being a bit too pessimistic.
More and more people appear to be getting angrier about it, and the
criticism is spreading into the mainstream media.
Take Damian Thompson's blistering blog post in the *Telegraph* yesterday:
Kenya terror attack: disgracef... more »
Gates Money and Common Core– Part V
This post is the fifth in a series on Bill Gates’ funding of the Common
Core State Standards (CCSS). As of September 22, 2013, Gates has spent
$173.5 million expressly for CCSS according to the Gates grants search
engine. The first post includes CCSS background and Gates funding for key
players at the CCSS planning […]
How To Destroy A Nation The American/USraeli Way In Five Easy Steps
*Related: *
*From Fantasy To Fact: Four Ways The Fake Media Creates A False Reality.*
*Making Assad The Bad Guy: The Four Tricks.*
Pay attention future conquerors and rulers of men; killers of the human
spirit; ravagers of rebellious foes; crushers of free thought; and eaters
of beautiful hearts.
If you want to destroy a nation look not to the fierce hordes of Genghis
Khan or the scientific and atheistic armies of European fascism and
communism, but to the skillful psychological and propaganda campaigns of
the United States and Israel in the 21st century.
USrael has shown th... more »
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*This SAS man was in the Kenyan mall when the attack began. *
How useful are the* big* 'alternative news' blogs?
*Off Duty Soldier Armed With Handgun (photo above) Saves 100 Lives During
Mall Siege - Paul Joseph Watson of Prison Planet.*
*
*
*In what order would you place the following (1 being most useful, 9 being
least useful):*
*
*
*Prison Planet*
*What Really Happened*
*David Icke*
*Global Research*
*Voltaire*
*Veterans Today*
*Rense*
*Iamthewitness*
*Kennysideshow*
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KENYAN MALL SHOOTING A STAGE MANAGED PRODUCTION?
~~~
*Aangirfan Alexa Global Rank *[image: Global ran... more »
Return of Gaia Crystallines portends massive and comprehensive alterations…
*Return of Gaia Crystallines portends massive and comprehensive alterations…
*
by ÉirePort
Spiral forms incorporate into consciousness of each Gaia-centered Hue-Being
at this moment. Energetics at Higher Levels are including spiral forms as
coordination of Inner Growth paradigms are changed.
Return of Gaia Crystallines portends massive and comprehensive alterations
in DNA patterns of all Gaia Beings, on all dimensional levels.
Aging thought patterns are no longer tolerated in this Higher Spiral
Crystalline environ. Such thought patterns burst at the old paradigm grid
points.
Fo... more »
Mitch McConnell Is Paralyzed By Fear
McConnell doesn't get a lot of good news lately. But he did yesterday. The
progressive Kentucky Democrat running for his seat dropped out of the
Democratic Party primary against centrist Alison Lundergan Grimes and declared
his intention to run as an independent.
Marksberry says Grimes is a good Democrat, but she has given up the most
important fights against McConnell to pander to special interests.
"I want to give empowerment back to those that are impoverished, back to
those who understand what the environment is experiencing right now and
back to those who created the middle... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Refrigerator TLC
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
JP Morgan legal woes continue - might a settlement of the mortgage litigation hit 20 billion ? Curiously - where did the 20 billion number floater come from - as HUD says it didn't come from them , can't believe that come from JP Morgan , so from whom ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-24/jpmorgans-mortgage-settlement-may-reach-20-billion
JPMorgan's Mortgage Settlement May Reach $20 Billion
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- Jamie Dimon
- Lehman
- Prop Trading
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It just has not been JP Morgan's year.
The firm which in the early years after the Lehman collapse was happy
basking in the shadow of Goldman and Lloyd Blankstein, as the squid took
the bulk of the public fury, is now getting the royal punching bag
treatment and it appears that with every pas... more »
Islamist uprisings and renewed violence - Iraq and Pakistan as usual , but also Nigeria seeing major uptick in killings !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Iraq.....
Suicide Bombers Attack Iraq Funeral, Police; 109 Killed, 173 Wounded
by Margaret Griffis, September 21, 2013
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*Updated at 4:15 p.m. EDT, Sept. 21, 2013*
At least *109 people were killed and 173 more were wounded* today, mostly
in two brazen attacks. In the worst assault, suicide bombers targeted a
funeral in heavily populated Sadr City. Suicide bombers, these wearing
police uniforms, also took advantage of a national police station in the
north, as the commandos were out on maneuvers.
Two suicide bombers attacked a *Sadr Cit
Olaf Stapledon, "Letters to the Future"
* "Letters to the Future" *
“In 1917 the author Olaf Stapledon published “Letters to the Future,” a
series of 4 letters addressed to his great grandson in the year 1999. This
post is Letter 1, excerpted. How remarkably relevant they seem today...
“To my Great Grandson in early manhood. Sir,
If ever you come upon this letter, forgive its preglacial dialect, and have
patience to spell out its meaning. How gladly would I address you in
whatever speech lives in your ears! The thoughts which follow must, I know,
reach you only as dead and fragile specimens; but today they live. They... more »
AIG CEO Robert Benmosche loses his mind - compares anger at Wall Street bonuses to the lynching of African Americans in the South ! And after learning of the remarks , African American Congressman Ejiah Cummings loses his mind over Benmosche and calls for his head on a platter !
AIG CEO Compares Anger At Wall Street Bonuses To The Lynching Of Black
People In The South
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/24/2013 13:22 -0400
- AIG
- American International Group
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Lloyd Blankfein
- Poland
- Real estate
- Robert Benmosche
- Wall Street Journal
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*Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,*
*I’m doing God’s work.*
- Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein in a November 2009 interview
*It’s war. It’s like when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.*
- Ste... more »
Moving
Hi Everyone!
In a few weeks its my intention within the next 30 days that I will be
relocating to Morocco for an indefinite stay to help out with some things.
I will keep the blog going as usual, as time permits, and keep you up with
what is transpiring. As far as I know its only me and two traveling
companions on this trip. I will be staying for a few months and my
companions will return to the USA after a short stay. I hear our dear
friend and long time good buddy of D, Muxi of Malta, might show up too.
I don't know if anyone from the spring trip other than Muxi is coming ... more »
US-Backed Al-Qaeda Commander Poses Inside Of USAID Tent
[image: Photo claims to show ISIS linked Commander Muhajireen Kavkaz wa
Sham in a USAID tent]
*Photo Source.*
"The photograph allegedly shows Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)
linked Commander Muhajireen Kavkaz wa Sham, along with other rebels dawning
battle-gear and an RPG, inside a USAID tent." - Sara Carter, *"Al
Qaeda-Linked Syria Group Enjoying USAID? You’ve Got to See This to Believe
It"* The Blaze, September 24, 2013.
LMAO @ This. The dumb asses who run USAID (CIA) just got busted big time.
Where do they hire these clowns?
This photo proves that US aids Jihadi... more »
Musical Interlude: Oxygene, “The Ocean”
Oxygene, “The Ocean”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI3yNckfSvU&html5=1
Canada Has A 'Just' Society .... Mostly 'Just' For The Rich!!!
*Remember when that wayward young skier was billed $10,000 towards his
rescue costs after going out on his own at a British Columbia ski resort? *
*
**Well here's the double standard ... if you are rich and get stranded on a
northern ice flow, Canadian taxpayers are required to pay nearly $3 Million
to rescue you!*
*
**Canada's 'Just' society is mostly just for the rich!!*
Alan Waldman: ‘Midsomer Murders’ is a Popular Long-Running British Rural Crime Series
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
So far, 100 episodes of this dramatic and humorous ‘whodunnit’ set in
fictional Midsomer County have aired.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / September 24, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England,
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The stars are not alone. In the disk of our Milky Way Galaxy about 10
percent of visible matter is in the form of gas, called the interstellar
medium (ISM). The ISM is not uniform, and shows patchiness even near our
Sun. It can be quite difficult to detect the local ISM because it is so
tenuous and emits so little light. This mostly hydrogen gas, however,
absorbs some very specific colors that can be detected in the light of the
nearest stars.
* Click image for larger size.*
A working map of the local ISM within 20 light-years, based on ongoing
observations and recent partic... more »
Repealing a law by defunding it is surely unconstitutional, but does it matter to these loons?
*UPDATE: For a contrary argument on the constitutionality of repealing a
law by defunding it, see the comment by esteemed legal commentator Michael
Froomkin in the comments section.*
[*You should be able to click on this News Alert to enlarge it.*]
*"The constitutional process for repealing a law -- such as Congress and
President Clinton did with the old Glass-Steagall Act -- is for both houses
to enact a new bill that repeals the old, which must then be signed by the
President. If the President vetoes it, then the repeal can only go into
effect if the veto is overridden by two-th... more »
Don't Take Your Eyes Off Of Iraq
*East Baghdad in May 2013. Photo Source: Hadi Mizban/Associated Press.*
Related: *Civil War In Iraq: A Matter of When? *
"The idea of keeping Syria “out of Iraq” currently looks like an illusion
that doesn’t differ much from the previous one of distancing Syria from
Iraq. The two countries offer a new model for a region in which the state
is decomposing, and where inter-state solidarities are flourishing. The
destinies of the two countries are connected today more than ever." - Iraqi
scholar Harith Hasan, based in Washington, from his article, *"**Tracing
Syrian Conflict Back t... more »
The Face of Tyranny In The 21st Century
*The world should strip this two-faced maniac of his unearned Nobel peace
prize and give it to someone who actually gives a damn about creating peace
in the world. Photo Source: Reuters. *
The Flaming Lips - My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion
"Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies." - An excer... more »
Federal Reserve embarrassed into investigating how its own FOMC statements were released inappropriately ....... while they are doing that , why not also investigate how the Fed Minutes were released inappropriately ! Isn't it interesting that Nanex and Zero Hedge can complete an investigation into this blatant manipulation in mere days , while the Regulators will without question try to drag this out forever and then find absolutely nothing illegal occurred ......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-24/tip-box-fed-made-it-possible-many-people-leak-it
From The Tip Box: "The Fed Made It Possible For Many People To Leak It"
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/24/2013 16:43 -0400
- Ben Bernanke
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A reader, who shall remain anonymous, provides some much needed color on
today's Fed data-leaking fiasco du jour, reported previously on at least
two occasions by Zero Hedge.
*I knew of the Fed decision and growth forecasts around 5-6 minutes before
2 pm last Wednesday, even though I was not there.* I work at ... more »
Chet Raymo, “That Savage of Fire, That Seed...”
* *
*“That Savage of Fire, That Seed...”*
by Chet Raymo
"Let me say this as simply as I can. The Sun, like the universe, is mostly
hydrogen. An atom of hydrogen is a single proton and a single electron,
bound together. The center of the Sun is so hot- half-a-million miles of
overbearing matter- that the electrons and protons can't hold together (try
holding hands in a surging, tumultuous crowd), so what you have is a hot
soup- a plasma- of protons and electrons, flailing about independently. The
electrical force between like charges is repulsive, so every time two
protons approac... more »
Some random impertinent political questions
It’s reported Prime Minister John Key took ill in New York on his way to
the United Nations. Was it when he heard the news from Wellington about
polling showing David Cunliffe could form a government?
Prime Minister John Key is in New York trying to get New Zealand a seat on
the UN Security Council. But why on earth does New Zealand *need* a seat on
the UN Security Council?
Cunliffe’s “team” has gone from being Anyone But Cunliffe to All Backing
Cunliffe … says David Cunliffe. Anyone believe him?
Has Winston Peters really got any proof of Tariana giving away money she
shouldn’t ... more »
"What We Are, And Are Not..."
"Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not;
a sense of humor was given to us to console us for what we are."
- Mack McGinnis
Fukushima: “In the Pocket of the Nuclear Industry”
* Fukushima: *
*“In the Pocket of the Nuclear Industry”*
by Douglas A. Yates
“The Obama administration’s failure to alert Americans to the danger of
Fukushima radiation is motivated by corporate politics and the interests of
the nuclear power industry. The March 11, 2011 earthquake off the northwest
coast of Japan wrecked a complex of nuclear power plants, throwing three
units into meltdown and exploding high-level radionuclides into the
environment. With the industry’s reputation and billions of dollars in
financial arrangements hanging in the fire, the president chose expedien... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Diane Ravitch Is More than a Writer of Books
*On Diane Ravitch: A Brief Essay*
Jim Horn
*On September 18, Joe Bowers listed 33 reviews of Diane Ravitch’s new
book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger
to America’s Public Schools. Since then, many other reviews have appeared,
including a very substantial one by George Schmidt at Substance News.
Please see Joe’s list for some very good play-by-play reviews. That is not
what I am offering here.*
In 2007 when Diane Ravitch descended from her 20,000-foot view of the
education reform landscape to examine what was going on at ground level,
she ... more »
Gluten and Cross-Sensitivity as a Factor in Post-Interferon Malaise and Autoimmune Syndromes of Chronic Hep C
(Music: Charlie Parker Live at Storyville, 1953)
Coeliac and non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, conditions which can cause
(apart from the classic syndrome) cirrhosis of the liver independent of
viruses or alcohol, are hard to treat by simple removal of gluten grains,
because gliadin sensitivity creates cross-sensitivity to peptides found in
other foods.
(Hat-tip to Suppversity for posting about this).
Gliadin (Wheat), Casein (Milk), Avedin (Barley and Oat) and Zein (Corn)
peptides are prolamines (peptides with Pro-Pro bonds). But why does instant
coffee feature at all? Well, coffe... more »
EU to Legally Enforce Genocide of Europeans
The European Soviet Union is the enemy of Europe. This is something
everyone who cares to pay* *attention to globalisation and the destruction
of the European people *must* be aware of. Now we have the evidence of the
genocidal conspiracy against the 'goyim'. The following video and
information deserves to go viral on the internet. There is no excuse for
not spreading this as far as possible - indeed, we must do this urgently,
as even discussion of this depotism is due to be criminalised in the gulag
which has been built across much of Europe.
Direct link to video: http://www.... more »
Somalia: The New World Order
George H. W. Bush: Somalia New World Order Speech - Remarks at Texas A&M
University (December 15, 1992) from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"For the first time, turning this global vision into a new and better world
is, indeed, a realistic possibility. It is a hope that embodies our
country's tradition of idealism, which has made us unique among nations and
uniquely successful. And our vision is not mere utopianism. The advance of
democratic ideals reflects a hard-nosed sense of our own, of American
self-interest. For certain truths have, indeed, now become evident:
Governments responsive to... more »
Iggy's Back - Slamming Dion, Rae & Layton
Michael Ignatieff has a reputation for smearing others, even where they've
been right and he's been wrong, and he appears to have lost none of his
appetite for that sort of thing.
In his new book, *Fire and Ashes*, Iggy takes swipes at Stephane Dion, at
Bob Rae and at Jack Layton - everyone it seems *except* Stephen Harper.
And as for Harper soaring to a majority on the back of Ignatieff's hapless
leadership? Well that's the voters' fault, not Iggy's. “*So instead of
getting the democracy they deserve, voters end up paying for their own
disillusion.*”
Thanks, Mike. You're all... more »
Lapham Visits Death
*For 40 years during the Cold War, the American government,*
* both Democrat and Republican, deployed the shadow of death (i.e., the
constant threat of nuclear annihilation) *
*to limit the freedoms and quiet the voices*
* of the American people.*
* The surveillance apparatus now waging the perpetual*
* war on terror is geared to control a herd of trembling obedience.** *
*
*
So writes American intellectual (and Caroline Mulroney father-in-law) Lewis
Lapham in an ode to Death.
It is not unnatural once one passes the threshold of 60 to pay a bit more
attention to the subject. It's not a... more »
Council of One via Gillian MacBeth-Louthan: You Hold the Geometries of What Is Sacred
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* *Council of One via Gillian MacBeth-Louthan: You Hold the Geometries of
What Is Sacred*
Posted by Janice Collins on September 22, 2013
http://www.thequantumawakening.com
We have existed long before you were created. We will exist after earth has
turned to a star. We come forth from a place that has always existed as
Light. You hold memoirs of us within your genetic encodings. We are the
‘Council of One’ and each one of us is stationed at a sacred access and
exit on Earth. We align with what has been holy, long before the Earth was
fit for life. We align with what was holy b... more »
Second Grade - Skills Strand Lesson 1: Thanks Engageny
Reblogged from An Antique Teacher: So, today, I did the Core Knowledge
Skills Strand Lesson 1 from Module 1. This is the lesson that SHOULD HAVE
been taught on Day 1 of Second Grade. There were many materials that I
didn't have - flip picture cards (hat, cat, sad, etc), and some things I
didn't […]
Coates continues to seem to flip concerning the Zimmerman trial!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013*
*A favorite blogger, a struggling progressive culture:* Ta-Nehisi Coates is
easily one of our favorite bloggers.
Two reasons: He has his own subject matter and he has his own point of
view. He doesn’t roll out the twenty familiar topics and say the thirty
familiar things, with one or two of the standard points ever so slightly
adjusted.
That said, Coates has seemed to be doing something unusual in the past
week. Unless we’re reading him incorrectly, he’s been changing his stance
on the Zimmerman trial, without explaining why. The process continues toda... more »
The Story of the Jews (Part 4)
Chagall, Russian Wedding
Simon Schama's *The Story of Jews *is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, one of
the best things the BBC has done in years.
A good deal of the credit for that goes to Simon Schama himself. As a
story-telling historian, few can match him.
This week's episode, Over the Rainbow*, *took us from Eastern Europe to the
United States and back again - from the Pale of Settlement to *The Wizard
of Oz, *and then (leaving a lump in this viewer's throat) to a village in
Nazi-occupied Lithuania - homeland of Simon Schama's own family, on his
mother's side. Just one Jewish surv... more »
Some random Cup questions
How do you manage to go sideways in one race for the Auld Mug just when
you’re catching up, and then put yourself dead in the water at a start in
another one—putting your boat right in the way of the other boat—*just at
the moment it looks like you’ve taken the advantage?*
From 8-1 down to 8-7 (or 8-9 if you exclude the court’s penalty against
Oracle) *are we witnessing the greatest comeback ever in any major sporting
contest?*
*Isn’t that a reason to admire James Spithill and Russell Coutts*, *instead
of denigrating them?*
Given that sailors are saying Oracle is a better boat b... more »
“Washington’s Tyranny”
* *
*“Washington’s Tyranny”*
by Paul Craig Roberts
"The war criminal Barack Obama has declared his “outrage” over the 62
deaths associated with the takeover of a Nairobi, Kenya, shopping mall by
al-Shabaab fighters. But the attack on the shopping mall was Obama’s fault.
Al Shabaab spokesmen said that the attack on the Nairobi mall was a
retaliatory response to the Kenyan troops sent to fight against them in
Somalia. The Kenyan troops, of course, were sent to Somalia as a result of
pressure from Washington. Just as the outbreak of violence in Mali resulted
from the fighters that O... more »
"Brush Fires..."
“The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are
worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against
all attacks. We have receiv'd them as a fair Inheritance from our worthy
Ancestors: They purchas'd them for us with toil and danger and expence of
treasure and blood; and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It
will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation,
enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by
violence without a struggle; or be cheated out of them by the artifices of
f... more »
Nazi Takeover In North Dakota?
Leith, North Dakota is on the map. Actually it isn't *literally* on the
map, just in the news. The town was founded in 1910 along a railroad line
that was abandoned in 1984. Since there were no highways going through
Leith it started losing population. At its height in the 1930s there were
174 people. Today there are 24. It's in Grant County (pop.- 2,394), named
for Ulysses S. Grant. Last year Grant County gave Romney 1,012 votes (73%).
It also went for defeated Republican Senate candidate Rick Berg by 61%
(842) and for winning Republican House candidate Kevin Cramer by 65% (912). ... more »
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