10:32pm MDST
Your moment of Zen
Stage two of this moment of Zen. The chrysalis.
Barack Obama and The Unspeakable
“...at a meeting of the Soviet leadership [Kruschev] made this
unprecedented statement:
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Sergei Khrushchev (1935–), son of Nikita Khrushchev, writes in his book
Nikita Khrushchev: Creation of a Super- power,
*“When Father argued at a meeting of the Soviet leadership in favor of
withdrawing the missiles, he made this unprecedented statement:*
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*’We have to help Kennedy withstand pressure from the hawks [supporters of
war]. They are demanding an immediate military invasion.’”*
The Soviet Premier knew an invasion would lead to nuclear war... more »
Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker: Team 6/Bin Laden Story Is ONE BIG LIE, not a word of it is true
*Finally: a great mainstream news reporter breaks the "code of silence" on
government FALSE FLAGS!!!*
*New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid ‘One Big Lie’*
That's nice, Seymour, that you said what us 5th estate truthtellers already
knew. I said the Team 6/Bin Laden story was BULLSHIT about 2 years ago:
We're not talking about Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 7,
Team 8, Team 9, or Team 10...we're talking TEAM 6!!!!!! MYTHICAL,
SUPER-SECRET BUT YET FAMED AND LEGENDARY TEAM 6, who "got Bin Laden" after
he was running around in caves for 10 years while on dialysis, is ... more »
Especially For You!
I wanted a page which offers you something different ... something in
addition to the posts I share on this blog. So, I created one! It includes
daily green tips ... easy things like *Water boils faster with the lid ON
... cover up and save energy!*
It's also a place where I can share great content from other sources. For
example, I discovered a site called "Stagetecture" and a post entitled *Easy
Ways to Grow Vegetables in Containers this Fall*.
I also wanted to offer you special deals ... discounts, freebies, etc. on
Eco-friendly products. No, I'm not part of an affiliate program ... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Finally we hear two-minute samples from Nedda's encounters with the two baritones of "I Pagliacci"
*Lawrence Tibbett sings the Pagliacci Prologue from the film Metropolitan.*
*LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci: Prologue: conclusion*
And you, rather than our poor
actors' costumes, consider
our souls, because we are people,
of flesh and bone, and since in this orphan
world, just like you, we breathe the air!
I've told you the concept.
Now hear how it worked out.
Let's go -- begin!
*Leonard Warren (b), Tonio; RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini, cond.
RCA-EMI, recorded 1953*
*Tito Gobbi (b), Tonio; La Scala, Tullio Serafin, cond. EMI, recorded June
12-17, 1954*
*Giuseppe Taddei (b), Tonio... more »
MORALES: OBAMA SHOULD BE PUT ON TRIAL
RT reports:
In his dramatic speech in New York, Bolivian President Evo Morales called
for the UN to be moved out of the US and for Barack Obama to be tried for
crimes against humanity. Speaking to RT, Morales explained his
controversial proposals.
In his most controversial demand, Morales said that Obama should face an
international trial with human rights watchdogs among the judges. The
Bolivian president accused his US counterpart of instigating conflicts in
the Middle East to make the region more volatile and to increase the US's
grip on the natural resources it abounds in. He... more »
Power Up
The second Permaculture Principle is called "Catch and Store Energy." As
with most of the Principles, if you look for it in the Eightfold Path, it
pretty much falls under Right Doing and Right Livelihood. Livelihood is not
necessarily a job; if your house warms in the sunshine during the winter
day and keeps you warm for at least part of the night, that captured
sunshine is income to you, and therefore part of your livelihood. Designing
the house to do that is acting according to both Buddhist and Permaculture
ideals, since sunshine is not stolen from anyone (unlike petroleum, quit... more »
RENOWNED JOURNALIST: 'THE REPUBLIC'S IN TROUBLE, WE LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING'
Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media
*Pulitzer Prize winner explains how to fix journalism, saying press should
'fire 90% of editors and promote ones you can't control'*
The Guardian (UK)* *
Seymour Hersh has got some extreme ideas on how to fix journalism – close
down the news bureaus of NBC and ABC, sack 90% of editors in publishing and
get back to the fundamental job of journalists which, he says, is to be an
outsider.
It doesn't take much to fire up Hersh, the investigative journalist who has
been the nemesis of US presidents since the 1960s and who was... more »
SHOCKING NEWS
We just this morning that our newest Global Network board member Luis
Gutiérrez-Esparza from Mexico City has unexpectedly passed away. This is
sad and shocking news for us.
Luis had been on our email list for several years and came to our Sweden
space conference last June. His humble and open personality quickly
endeared him to many of us. We enjoyed his quick wit and were thrilled to
have him agree to join our board of advisers - our first board member from
Latin America.
Luis was a journalist and an academic and as soon as he got back to Mexico
he wrote an article for a news... more »
News from the Jews
*Israelis hysterically claim Iran "already has a nuclear bomb" & more
war-mongering from AIPAC*
Israel and the organized international Jewish community have been screaming
for years now about the alleged "threat" Iran poses to Israel specifically
and the entire world generally, along with Iran's supposed attempts at
acquiring or developing a nuclear weapon. For decades now, Israel and
Jewish propagandists have been insisting Iran is developing a nuclear
weapon, which could either be used by the Iranians against Israel or other
Middle Eastern adversaries, destabilizing the region in ... more »
Iranian-Western Peace Philosophy and Poetry Seminar
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*"Towards One World: Ancient Persia and the West"* by Warwick Ball
(Published in September 2010).
This is a very informative and insightful discussion about Iran and the
West that is led by Thomas Clough Daffern B.A. (Hons) D.Sc. (Hon) PGCE
Ph.D., director of the UK-based International Institute of Peace Studies
And Global Philosophy. *Visit their website*. The video is over 2 hours and
20 minutes so it's hard to watch it all in one sitting, but you should
watch all of it. Don't skip over any part.
*Video Tile: Iranian-Western Peace Philosophy and Poetry Seminar. Source:
Inter... more »
Stephen Maher interviews Del Mastro on his elections violations
Fifteen months ago, Stephen Harper's Parliamentary Secretary and robocalls
pointman Dean Del Mastro made an unscheduled surprise visit to CBC's Power
and Politics panel to defend himself against a breaking McMaher story that*
*he was being investigated by Elections Canada for allegedly incurring
costs that breached the spending limit for his 2008 election campaign. EC
laid charges against him yesterday.
Stephen Maher was on that June 2012 panel and this is a rare opportunity to
hear DM using his indoor voice.
Excerpted from above :
*Maher*: If you look at the campaign statements,... more »
Corbett exposes IPCC "climate" report(s)
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 3 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/LOyBfihjQvI
The IPCC is a downright disgrace for scientific research, yet apparently
unstoppable in their costly but *useless* (worthless?) activities. For
those interested: ever more 'real time' scientific data websites close at
this moment, so it becomes harder to see or find out what changes take
place on and nearby Earth. Let alone conclude whether we have (already)
entered a slide into a new 'Ice Age' (small like 'Dalton' or bigger like
'Maunder' or even worse) since 2008. Furthermore I am concerned about the
content and validity of this message. James C... more »
K-12NN Founder's Open letter to the President, entreating him to read Professor Ravitch
*You would come to allow — or steer — some of the worst policies to
undermine, weaken, and privatize public education through your appointee,
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.*
*Those babies and toddlers you kissed grew up some, and are now entering
kindergarten and first grade. In some states, children as young as first
grade might be taking tests on art instead of actually creating art, or
doing worksheets for "homework". — Dr. Cynthia Liu*
[image: Dr. Cynthia Liu of K-12 NN]Dr. Cynthia Liu is one of the Los
Angeles region's best kept secrets. It's not that her K-12 News Netwo... more »
A conspicuous target of ex-Pope Cardinal Ratguts says, "It's fun to be Catholic again"
*"It is clear to [Father Tom] Reese," writes Sally Quinn, "that Francis
would not have been Benedict's choice to succeed him."*
*"I was running a journal of opinion and they only wanted one opinion. They
wanted an echo chamber of what was coming out of the Vatican."*
*-- Father Tom Reese, quoted by Sally Quinn*
*by Ken*
"I've got a very good feeling about this new Catholic Pope Francis I,"
Howie wrote on Saturday ("What Does Santorum Think Of The Pope Now?"), "and
have since the day he was chosen to replace the Nazi Pope someone seems to
have made resign."
When it comes to stuff ... more »
"How It Really Is"
We should be so lucky...
- CP
Adverse inference from failure to call witness
R. *v*. Jolivet, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 751 holds:
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nature of the "adverse inference" sought to be drawn. In J. Sopinka, S. N.
Lederman and A. W. Bryant, *The Law of Evidence in Canada* (2nd ed. 1999),
at p. 297, § 6.321, it is pointed out that the failure to call evidence
may, depending on the circumstances, amount "to an implied admission that
the evidence of the absent witness would be contrary to the party's case, *or
at least would not support it*" (emphasis added), as stated in the civil
case of *Murray v. Sa... more »
Iran - Told You So
Has anyone ever got two Nobel Peace Prizes....?
" and I cannot forget that the *Nobel Peace Prize* was also a *commission*,
a *commission* to work harder than I had ever worked before for *"the
brotherhood of man." *
This is a calling that takes me *beyond national allegiances*, but even if
it were not present I would yet have to live with the meaning of my
commitment to the ministry of Jesus Christ.
*Martin Luther King, Jr.*
*Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence*
*Delivered 4 April 1967, Riverside Church, New York City*
Well, I know that made at least one guy's day...
... more »
Scientific consensus fetishism in climate politics
By
Denis G. Rancourt
It pains me to have to write this. It would pain me more to let it go
without some kind of a fight.
I recently read an article published in Nature Climate Change, entitled
"The relationship between personal experience and belief in the reality
of global warming" [1]. The authors of the paper lament:
Moreover, despite widespread agreement among climate scientists
“How Much Time Is Left?”
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*“How Much Time Is Left?”*
by Karl Denninger
“There is an old truism: Revolution is a game for the young. It's true.
Look at the people who rose up in the Middle East. Or anywhere else for
that matter. It is rare to find a grizzled old man in the crowd, and women
(of any age) are rare too. No, these sorts of things tend to require a fair
bit of testosterone or, if you prefer a bit raunchier language, young and
full of cum. The same dynamic is why military forces don't draft 40 or 50
year old men. It's not, in the world of technology, all about being able to
hump a pack with ... more »
enlightenment
Make no mistake about it...
enlightenment is a destructive process...
it has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier...
enlightenment is the crumbling away of truth...
it's seeing through the facade of pretense...
it's the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true...
adyashanti
IMF proposes a United States of Europe ( which of course means Germany ) with a Eurozone Fiscal Union , Banking Union , Harmonized Employment , Common employment Scheme and " Firewall Tax " ..... Separately , the European Commission may seek an EU bank bailout facility ( boy you can tell the German election is over with all of this stuff being rolled out days later ! )
Friday, September 27, 2013 1:28 PM
IMF Proposes Eurozone Fiscal Union, Banking Union, Harmonized Employment,
Common Unemployment Scheme, Firewall Tax
In the biggest nannycrat proposal ever, the IMF announced it's vision for
the United States of Europe (without using that name to describe the
proposal).
Via translation from El Pais, please consider IMF suggests common
unemployment benefits for the eurozone.
The IMF proposes more discipline, more fiscal integration, and the
creation of a common unemployment benefit and risk sharing scheme to help
the club of countries that have ex... more »
Iran's President and President Obama speak today ( September 27 , 2013 ) - which is the first such conversation between US and Iran Presidents in 30 years ! As we hear more optimistic tones from the Iran and 5 + 1 participants , a look at what Iran may possess by way of nuclear facilities and resources ...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-27/mapping-irans-nuclear-new-normal
Mapping Iran's Nuclear New Normal
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/27/2013 18:40 -0400
- Barack Obama
- Germany
- Iran
- New Normal
- President Obama
- White House
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With President *Obama now on closer talking terms with Iran's President
Rouhani than the Republicans*, we thought the "major geopolitical shift,"
that this is supposed to be should be offset with a glance at the 'known'
nuclear facilities that Iran possesses as the White House ... more »
Peak Oil Is Finally Here (Hint: Its a Peak of Demand)
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By Morgan House
August 5, 2013
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/08/05/peak-oil-is-finally-here.aspx
Peak oil is here, writes *The Economist*.
But not the peak oil you're thinking of, where supplies dwindle and prices
march inevitably higher. That's so 2008. This is peak oil demand, and it
could hit in the next few years.
It writes:
We believe that demand, not supply, could decline. In the rich world oil
demand has already peaked: it has fallen since 2005. Even allowing for all
those new drivers in Beijing and Delhi, two revolutions ... more »
Government Shutdown countdown - with 4 days to go ( September 27 , 2014 ) , The senate has passed its continuing spending resolution today ( funding Obamacare ) and has sent the Bill to the House ( which has said it will not pass the Senate Bill in advance ) ..... Open thread to follow the events and political kabuki through the weekend .....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-27/t-minus-4-days-till-government-shutdown-latest-summary
T-Minus 4 Days Till Government Shutdown: The Latest Summary
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/27/2013 16:55 -0400
- Debt Ceiling
- Obamacare
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With government shutdown day (now in 3-D IMAX) just four days away, some
are unsure what the latest developments are in the fluid and rapidly
shifting landscape of Capitol Hill. For their benefit, here is a pithy but
comprehensive summary of where we stand currently.
- Latest news about the deba... more »
The Week God's Had
From *The Tweet of God:*
*America, you were settled by the extermination of one race and the
enslavement of another. But please, lecture us more about freedom.*
*Hot flashes. Increased irritability. Dryness. Congratulations,
humanity, you've given the Earth menopause.*
*It's the total lack of self-awareness that separates the professional
asshole from the amateur.*
*If, while arguing, you are able to cite a verse in a chapter of an old
book that seems to support your position, then you win.*
*For the last time, mankind, I don't need your help killing people.*
*Don't let any... more »
“Fox News: Obama in Plot to Force Americans to Live Longer”
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*“Fox News: Obama in Plot to Force Americans to Live Longer”*
by Andy Borowitz
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)— "In a blockbuster documentary to be
broadcast tonight, the Fox News Channel alleges that Obamacare is “little
more than a thinly veiled scheme to force Americans to live longer.” The
documentary, called “The Ugly Truth About Obamacare,” claims that President
Obama “is cynically using the health-care law to achieve his true
objective: raising the life expectancy of Americans without their consent.”
“In America, how long you live has always been your own business,” say... more »
The National Bank of Panama suspends all services from September 27 , 2013 until September 30 , 2013 .... The reason for this previously unannounced bank holiday " was a computer system upgrade - which one would expect to have been planned in advance ( so why weren't the customers of the Bank given more notice ? )
http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1380224271.php
*Banking Holiday in Panama Announced!*
-- Posted Thursday, 26 September 2013 | Share this article | 18 Comments
By Randy Hilarski
This morning the National Bank of Panama announced that it was suspending
all services until Tuesday the 1st of October. The National Bank of Panama says
that the reason is to upgrade systems. The Banking Holiday in Panama was
announced this am.
This system wide shutdown has country wide implications. The National Bank
of Panama did not warn the people before making the announcement and
shutting down the... more »
Agnew
"On September 19, I received some welcome encouragement from an unexpected
source. The Governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, telephoned me and expressed
his sympathy over the abuse I was suffering from the prosecutors and my own
administration. Although he is a Democrat and I am a Republican, Carter and
I had become friends through my work as a link between the White House and
the governors.
I told Carter I felt as if I was "fighting a division with a platoon." He
urged me to keep up the battle, and not to resign under fire. When he told
the incredulous press corps in Atlanta about ... more »
Do America And Iran Seek A New Beginning? Or Are We Seeing PR Showmanship From Both Sides?
*"Let us talk now, so that we do not become mad animals!" - Psychologist
Joost A. M. Meerloo, from "Conversation and Communication."*
Related:
*End of The Great Satan Narrative: Why An American-Iranian Truce Is Not So
Far-Fetched.*
*Iran's Soft Power Strategy: Why Iran Does Not Want A Nuclear Weapon. *
*America And Iran Have Two Clear Choices: Rapprochement or War. *
*Talks Between America And Iran: There Are No Downsides. *
*Ayatollah Khamenei's Positive Words For Western Culture.*
"A Dutch psychologist, Joost A. M. Meerloo, caught the apocalyptic tone in
a New York Times ... more »
Normal service will be resumed soon...
Add captionIn the meantime make sure you don't indulge in any identity
politics or silliness.
MOCKINGBIRD: George Lardner of the CIA
Steve Cokely vs. The New World Order from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"NOINTELPRO is the conspiracy to say there is no conspiracy"
The organising supreme council of the New World Order is the G-7 (now the
G-8), not the UN Security Council.
"Don't fall for that file trick.... We want the murderers, not the
information - we GOT the information..!!"
According to Hunt's Book, George Lardner was the last person to see David
Ferrie alive.
Thirty years later, he was somehow able to manage to steal a copy of the
draft shooting script for Stone's JFK seven months prior to its release,
enablin... more »
Establishment Republicans Move To Take Out Principled Libertarian Justin Amash
The Republican base is restive. They're also dumber than a pile of dog
poop. In a recent poll, half the participants were asked if they support
Obamacare and the other half if they support the Affordable Care Act. The
findings could only surprise someone who considers Tea Party-type
Republicans "normal" people: 46% oppose Obamacare while just 37% oppose the
ACA." That 9% difference are the hardest core teabaggers. Have you ever
gotten into a political discussion with one? Calling them "morons" does a
disservice to morons. Every argument comes straight from Hate Talk Radio
hosts li... more »
By-Election Results September 2013
Party
Number of Candidates
Total Vote
%
+/- August
Average/
contest
+/-
August
+/-
Seats
Conservative
30
11,123
32.6%
+5.8%
371
-40
nc
Labour
25
9,688
28.4%
-6.9%
387
-185
nc
LibDem
18
3,206
9.4%
+1.1%
178
-12
-2
UKIP
28
7,261
21.3%
+3.2%
259
-98
+3
SNP*
Plaid Cymru**
Green
10
1,140
3.3%
+2.2%
114
+45
+1
BNP
1
120
0.4%
+0.4%
120
+120
nc
TUSC
Independent***
9
1,381
4.1%
+0.6%
153
+16
-1
Other****
3
176
0.5%
-2.1%
59
... more »
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*The Wiesner Trust Hearings 101 ~American Zombie*
*Two would-be robbers arrested after victim fires gun ~Marta Jewson,
Mid-City Messenger*
*Algiers Ferry Only for Walkers (and Scooters), Starting Monday ~NOLA
DEFENDER*
The Wisner Trust - September 24, 2013 Hearing
The Wisner Trust - September 24, 2013 Hearing
The Wisner Trust - September 24, 2013 Hearing
The Wisner Trust - September 24, 2013 Hearing
Molten Salt Reactors
My September 26 post which offered a link to a video of a recent David
LeBlanc narrative in which he offers an excellent account of a probable
direction of Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) development. David is a brilliant
reactor scientist, who is working to develop commercial MSR technologies.
David's current view is that commercial MSRs using ORNL technology are
possible in the near term, while thorium breeders will require a longer
gestation period.
There are good reasons for developing Uranium fueled MSR and Denatured MSRs
(DMSR) before developing Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (L... more »
MI6 HELPED GADDAFI ESCAPE FROM LIBYA?
*'Gaddafi' has many mansions in Harare.*
On 27 September 2013, The Daily Telegraph reveals the *MI6 plot to help
Gaddafi escape from Libya*
*According to The Telegraph:*
*1.* The plan was drawn up at the highest levels of the British Government.
*2.* Andrew Mitchell, a UK government minister, was sent to make certain
contacts with the government of Equatorial Guinea.
*3.* There has always been speculation that Gaddafi left Libya around
October 2011, the time when Gaddafi was allegedly killed.
*4.* Matthew d'Ancona, a top journalist at The Telegraph, interviewed key
UK government... more »
Words and Deeds: The U.S. Is No Christian Nation | the becoming radical
Words and Deeds: The U.S. Is No Christian Nation | the becoming radical.
Senator John McCain: Grand Daddy of Jihadi Terror
*Senator John McCain: Grand Daddy of Jihadi Terror. *
*McCain’s Moderates Join Al-Qaeda*
*By Daniel McAdams*
*LewRockwell.com*
*September 27, 2013*
Senator John McCain was just sure he could pick moderates in Syria worth
supporting. To prove his point he made a trip to Syria this spring to
demonstrate how much the insurgents were just like us, struggling for
democracy and equal rights for all.
But his trip was organized by the Syria Emergency Task Force’s Mouaz
Moustafa, who not long ago headed up the Libyan Council of North America.
Both organizations are partly funded by the US... more »
Censored News 8th Birthday: Changing the Face of News
Top Story: Lakota blockade tarsands trucks in 2012
Censored News contributors changed the face of news
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Censored News is celebrating its 8th birthday with 2.5 million views and sends a thank you to each contributor of Censored News.
Topping the list of the top ten most viewed articles at Censored News are the Lakota protest actions.
The number one most viewed
You Know Who Dean Del Mastro Makes Me Think Of? Helena Guergis, That's Who.
Helena Guergis, Dean Del Mastro. A *Tale of Two Tories*.
The whole Guergis scandal is a bit fuzzy this far on but, as I recall, she
was unceremoniously dumped from the Tory caucus against her will, on the
mere suspicion of scandal, and once out was kept out even after it was
obvious there was no wrongdoing on her part save for her choice of a
spouse. She was exiled, right from the git go and for good.
The only thing surprising about what happened to Dean Del Mastro was how
long it took for him to be charged and why he was allowed to stay on in the
meantime. The case was clear a... more »
What is IT?
Majia's Blog - 9 hours ago
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*More much-needed global attention on the Texas Brine Sinkhole at Bayou
Corne, Louisiana ~ Stuart Smith Blog*
More much-needed global attention for Bayou Corne
More much-needed global attention for Bayou Corne
More much-needed global attention for Bayou Corne
More much-needed global attention for Bayou Corne
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So how are you feeling lately?
"It was Krishnamurti, the great Indian philosopher, who said 'It is no
measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.'
I submit to you, if you’re willing to take your hand off the throttle of
your life, that there is intelligence in anxiety.
This intelligence, so familiar to teenagers, yet misinterpreted by adults,
is knowing that things aren’t supposed to be this way.
Work isn’t supposed to suck. Styrofoam isn’t supposed to last hundreds of
years after minutes of use. The Gulf of Mexico isn’t supposed to be
drowning in spilled oil. And we aren’t supposed to a... more »
"Unequivocal"
Leaving no doubt; clear; unambiguous. The latest IPCC report concludes
that mankind's influence in driving climate change is beyond doubt, clear
and unambiguous. Anthropogenic global warming is here, it's here to stay
and, unless we want a better future enough to change our ways, it's going
to get a hell of a lot worse in our grandkids' future, our kids' future and
even in our own.
For, you see, it's already having major impacts. Those floods in Calgary,
the floods in Toronto, the floods in Colorado, the floods in Europe and
across Asia? Welcome to the new normal. The dr... more »
Crown does not have to prove a cellphone is working to get a conviction for using a cellphone while driving
*R. v. Pizzurro, *2013 ONCA 584 holds the Crown does not have to prove
whether a hand-held wireless communication device is working or not to get
a conviction under the HTA for using a cellphone while driving:
[6] The respondent has never disputed that the cell phone he was
observed to have in his hand while driving was a hand-held wireless
communication device. The sole issue is whether the Crown must prove that
the cell phone was capable of receiving or transmitting in order to convict
him under s. 78.1(1) of the HTA.
[7] For the following reasons, I conclude th... more »
Elsewhere
I slipped away for a bit this morning (Simchat Torah!); I'll have more
later, but for now here's the elsewhere stuff:
Filibustering something that gets a 100-0 vote (true whether or not Cruz's
speech counts as a "filibuster" is the signature Senate Republican move.
No, the media isn’t out to get poor Ted Cruz
More on Cruz and the post-policy mainstream Republicans
Way back on Tuesday, I said we probably still won't get a shutdown. We'll
see...
And of course, nobody cares about the deficit
Photos Longest Walk 4 close to Wichita Kansas Sept. 27, 2013
Photos by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson
Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 via cell as it happens
Route and donation tab at Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz website:
http://www.returntoalcatraz.com
Wichita Sunday
Clara Curtiss on Long Walk 4 with children
The Longest Walk 4: Return to Alcatraz will be in Wichita this Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013, at 12:30 pm at the Keeper of
Why is the International Community Protecting the Wrong Norm in Syria?
Former Duck guest blogger Betcy Jose has published an excellent Foreign
Affairs Snapshot pointing out the irony of a robust norm enforcement
operation in Syria to protect the chemical weapons taboo, while perversely
ignoring, even permitting, the violation of a far more foundational norm:
the norm of civilian immunity. The whole piece is great but
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ATT, Verizon, Sprint Are Paid Cash By NSA For Your Private Communications
*Everything is a profit model, even the loss of your privacy and
freedom.... -Bill*
*ATT, Verizon, Sprint Are Paid Cash By NSA For Your Private Communications*
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2013/09/23/attverizonsprint-are-paid-cash-by-nsa-for-your-private-communications/
The National Security Agency pays AT&T, Verizon and Sprint several hundred
million dollars a year for access to 81% of all international phone calls
into the US, according to a leaked inspector general’s report, which has
been reported by the Washington Post, AP, and the New York Review of Books. ... more »
MALL ATTACKER - 'CHRISTIAN SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER'; FORMER PRESIDENT'S FAMILY CANCELLED VISIT TO MALL BEFORE ATTACK
*President Kenyatta's nephew, who was killed in Westgate mall.*
In Kenya, the CIA prefers former president Odinga to current president
Kenyatta.
*The family of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga was scheduled to
visit the Westgate mall on 21 September, the day of the attack.*
*But, "God delayed their visit and delivered them from the jaws of death."*
*RAILA says his family was to visit Westgate but God delayed them*
[image: boy sniffing glue at post office, nakuru, kenya]
*Kenyan boy sniffing glue. Chris Lombardi*
*Kenya's National Intelligence Service officials told family ... more »
War and Obamacare and a message from Bill Whittle...(video)...
*our latest distraction.*
Make no mistake about this. The puppet masters that pull Obama's strings
want a war. While we're distracted by a possible government shutdown (a
good thing), and the impending vote on Obamcare funding (who gives a rip),
they are popping around in the background weakening our defenses.
Obama is but a mythical sock puppet (do read Daren Jonsecu's wonderful
article about our "fake" president brought to my attention by the brilliant Fuzzy
Logic), who is kept busy flying around talking to college kids and playing
endless games of golf. Does anyone really beli... more »
The Holocaust (1978 TV-Mini) vs. Shoah
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*"Forgetting extermination is part of extermination, because it is also the
extermination of memory, of history, of the social, etc.... *
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*This forgetting is still too dangerous, it must be effaced by an
artificial memory. *
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*This artificial memory will be the restaging of extermination - but late,
much too late for it to be able to make real waves and profoundly disturb
something."*
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"NEVER AGAIN."*
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"Untrue and offensive"
*"NEVER AGAIN."*
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on The Holocaust vs. Shoah from Spike1138on
Vimeo.
"I have said before that I a... more »
How Will Rand Paul Explain His Deranged Opposition To Obamacare In 2016?
Martin County won't care... They love Rand Paul there anyway
Republicans just can't help themselves when it comes to their latest bout
of nihilism-- the fake battle to "defund" the Affordable Care Act and deny
health insurance to millions of Americans. It's not just their instinctual
hatred for minorities and poor people. It's a business model. As Gene Lyons
explained in the *National Memo* today, scamming is in their DNA: "First
they lie to you, and then they ask you for money." All this commotion over
defunding Obamacare is "about TV face-time and harvesting donations from
gullible... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Temporal adjustments to Gaia upgrade process allow shadow-seekers to ‘catch up’
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‘catch up’*
by ÉirePort
Temporal adjustments to Gaia upgrade process allow shadow-seekers to 'catch
up', as some would call it.
This period of 'Gaia Grace' comes with the caveat that those unwilling to
continue energetic upgrades in the Ascension path will be transferred to
alternate 3D environments, away from the Gaia Earth, to continue their
development.
*Local conditions vary from Gaia location to Gaia location.*
Each hu-being as well as Hue-Being may follow individually arranged
guidance to continu... more »
The upper-end press corps is highly unskilled!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013*
*This work is amazingly bad:* The upper-end press corps is very unskilled.
It’s hard to grasp how low the intellectual standards are within this
group.
For an example, consider the way the Washington Post and the Atlantic have
reported a new bunch of data.
We’ll start with the Washington Post. Yesterday morning, two education
writers reported the new SAT scores for students in the DC region and inj
the nation as a whole:
ST. GEORGE AND ANDERSON (9/26/13): *SAT scores hit eight-year high in Va.;
D.C. also sees gains*
Virginia students received their h... more »
Court Says Lactation Is Related to Pregnancy, Refrains From Saying, "Duh"
I wrote about a really stupid case out of Texas where a federal court said
that "lactation is not pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical
condition," and thus decided that "firing someone because of lactation or
breast-pumping is not sex discrimination." I was irked, to say the least.
Lactation not related to pregnancy and childbirth? Really?
Well, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals which, to its credit, refrained from
saying, "Well, duh," has unanimously ruled that lactation is, indeed,
related to pregnancy and is therefore covered by Title VII. EEOC reports
this about the decis... more »
Two Readings on Obamacare
1. 54 Colleges Cut Adjunct Hours
2. Destined to Flop?
Saturday Play - Covers Edition
On this week's Saturday Play, we're going to look at a few covers. First
stop--Madonna doing Elliott Smith's "Behind the Bars".
This has been an extremely polarizing cover. Critics have been screaming
about Madonna violating the sanctity of what is perhaps Elliott Smith's
finest song. This is, of course, total crap. No song is beyond covering and
if you don't like the results, just file the song along with the billion
other songs you don't like and keep on going. Life awaits you, find a real
problem. An issue was made of the song being used in what is more broadly a
protest agai... more »
GREENLAND URANIUM MINING
- I received an email this morning from Greenland. Kuupik Kleist, the
premier of Greenland from 2009 - 2013, wrote to ask for Global Network
support as people there struggle to stop uranium mining on their lands.
Kleist attended and spoke at our Global Network space conference in 2002
that was held in Leeds, England. Unfortunately there is not yet much
information about all of this available in English. Activists in Greenland
have started a Facebook page called "Naamik qujaannarpunga". Kleist writes:
"I wanted to draw your attention to a movement against l... more »
Chicago Fed Crushes Recovery Dreams In 2 Tweets
Chicago Fed Crushes Recovery Dreams In 2 Tweets
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/27/2013 11:10 -0400
Some joked that the Chicago Fed's Twitter account must have been hacked
buyt it turns out that is not entirely true. Following *Esther George's
"renegade" comments* last night, Austan Goolsbee was unleashed by Fed's
Evans to lay down some ugly truthiness in 140-character-world. The results
- in these 2 tweets - say everything about the level of *excessive optimism
*that remains in our new normal world...
It's crazy pills time...
Here is... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
A little late Friday morning reading: Moving toward a Syrian Tribunal?
Several former tribunal prosecutors will introduce their draft
resolution on October 3 calling for one. Leslie Vinjamuri explains why she
thinks the UNSC is wise not to refer Syria to the ICC. Research from our
friends at Political Violence at a Glance making more news. Speaking of
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Greece On The Verge? Military Special Forces Have 15 Demands... Or Else
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-26/greece-verge-military-special-forces-have-15-demands-or-else
Greece On The Verge? Military Special Forces Have 15 Demands... Or Else
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/26/2013 19:48 -0400
Greek government authorities are on alert after a union of Greek army
reservists of Special Forces issued a statement urging the Greek
administration to step down and make way for a national unity government.
As Keep Talking Greece notes, the statement on the union' website included *15
demands - including the resignat... more »
Winnemem Wintu Say No To Shasta Dam Raise, Twin Tunnels
Winnemem
Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk emphasized that the loss of salmon will result
in a huge catastrophe for fish, people and the planet. “Who will turn
over the rocks in the river when the salmon are gone? Who will provide
the nutrients to the ecosystem? Without the salmon, there will be a
major disaster,” she said.
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Winnemem Wintu Say No
AMANDA RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT BY LAW: Clueless in Pseudojournaliststan!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013*
*Interlude—Ripley does Premont:* To our eye, Amanda Ripley seems a bit
clueless about public schools.
There’s no reason why she *shouldn’t* be clueless—or gullible, perhaps just
naïve. At the start of her new book, The Smartest Kids in the World, Ripley
says that she actively *avoided* writing about education until 2010, when
Time assigned her to do a profile of Michelle Rhee.
She bungled that profile in basic ways. After that, she got taken in by
DC’s rising test scores.
Ripley was a naïf about public schools as of 2010. But so what? Three years
lat... more »
Delingpole on Friday: Ed Miliband’s willy on the Facebook? We should be so lucky…. | Bogpaper.com
Interesting article, although I really didn't want to think about Ed
Miliband's penis this afternoon.
' Well I know which kind I would prefer and it certainly ain't Red Ed. Give
me a good old fashioned pervert or an honest crook, any day, than a pillar
of moral rectitude on a holy mission to spread transparency, fairness and
social justice across the land regardless of the cost.'
More here
http://bogpaper.com/2013/09/27/delingpole-on-friday-ed-milibands-willy-on-the-facebook-we-should-be-so-lucky/
Sniffer dog searches
*R. v. Chehil*, 2013 SCC 49 deals with when "reasonable suspicion" exists
so as to justify a search by a drug detection dog. The Court holds:
[25] The reasonable suspicion threshold respects the
balance struck under s. 8 by permitting law enforcement to employ
legitimate but limited investigative techniques. This balance is
maintained by subsequent judicial oversight that prevents indiscriminate
and discriminatory breaches of privacy interests by ensuring that the
police have an objective and reasonable basis for interfering with an
individual's reasona... more »
Money Can't Buy Happiness
Ask Wild” Willie Seeley of Manahawkin, New Jersey. He is a lotto winner. He
wants his life back.
*Willie Seeley poses for a photo outside his home in Manahawkin, N.J., on
Sept. 20, with the *
*new GMC pick-up truck he bought with winnings from a Powerball jackpot he
shared in August.*
“Wild” Willie Seeley of Manahawkin, New Jersey, has one piece of advice for
the winner of last week’s $400 million Powerball pot in South Carolina:
Run. “Just disappear,” he said, speaking from hard-won experience. “Get
lost while you still can.”
Read more here.
CNN’s ‘Open Mic’ in Tehran: Iranians Tell It Like It Is
This
week in New York City, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke before
the United Nations General Assembly, addressed a UN nuclear disarmament
conference, and was interviewed by Christiane Amanpour, David Ignatius,
and Charlie Rose, while his foreign minister, former UN Ambassador
Mohammad Javad Zarif, had a closed-door one-on-one meeting Thursday with
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry –
Deal Struck at UN regarding Syria- NO Chapter 7
The US is spinning this as a breakthrough, however, the agreement is
closest to Russia’s original text
“The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have
reached an agreement on a draft resolution that would require Syria to turn
over its chemical weapons but does not impose severe consequences if it
fails to comply.
The resolution is the first time that the world’s major powers have acted
in concert”
True enough, but, only because the NATO nutter nations were hell bent on
killing as many civilians with their smart bombs as possible
“The main sticking point in... more »
New Chair Updated
On Harry’s Place one of everyone’s faves is the blogger with the
evocatively Roy Lichtenstein-like handle, Lucy Lips.
Her (?) latest post about the insufferable Mo Ansar was somewhat highjacked
by a torrent of comments about last night’s Question Time.
Inspired by the Islamophobia theme, “Paul” sparked it off by abruptly
asking if anyone watched last nights’ episode from Ilford. He noticed a
‘dead-eyed’ woman in the audience complaining about people linking Nairobi
with Islam.
The subject of Will Self interested many commenters. Then I felt an
overwhelming need to watch it on iPl... more »
The Liars At NASA At It Again: Now Claiming Their Fraud Curiosity Probe Has Found Water On "Mars"
I am still amazed that many people just do not get it.... NASA, which is a
US Government organization, first lied to the American public with its
fraudulent Project Apollo man on the moon space missions, and has been
continuing that deception to the American public to this very day. It
therefore is not a stretch to assume that since NASA conned the world with
its fraud Apollo missions that it has been lying about other space exploits
as well.... Once a liar, always a liar!
It was some time ago that I discovered that NASA has not only been lying
about their manned moon missions th... more »
Conference celebrating Dyson's 90th birthday
Freeman Dyson will be celebrating his 90th birthday in December 2013
(congratulations!) and the Institute for Advanced Studies where he has been
employed for 60 years (I really mean six zero: think about how long this
quantity is) is organizing a conference today and tomorrow. It's called *Dreams
of Earth and Sky*.
The schedule with the live video is here (click).
Yes, I took the picture in Harvard's Jefferson J253.
Freeman Dyson has been a genuine peer of folks like Richard Feynman etc.
He's known for the Dyson series – some of the most comprehensible
derivations of the pertur... more »
Dean Del Mastro: Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and now Dean Del Mastro
Del Mastro the Dean of them all. Step aside Duffy and Pamela the Maestro
himself is here.
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"Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro has quit the party's caucus after he and a
campaign staffer were charged with intentionally breaking campaign rules
during the 2008 federal election, he said in a statement Thursday.
Elections Canada alleges Del Mastro, who represents the Ontario riding of
Peterborough in the House of Commons, intentionally overspent his 2008
campaign limit and tried to cover it up by reporting a $21,000 expense as
$1,575."*
Read more at CBC News here.
Women Have Achieved Equality In Some States But Are Still Second Class Citizens In Others-- Take Virginia
In a comprehensive new study of the state of women in America, the Center
for American Progress gets into great depth about how women are faring in
terms of economic security, leadership and health. The differences between
the states are startling. Less startling is how badly women fare in
Republican-controlled states.
There are 10 states that were ranked "F," 3 ranked "D-" and 3 ranked "D."
I'm sure it won't surprise any *DWT* readers that all 16 of those states
voted for Mitt Romney last year (as did the 4 states with scores of "D").
The failed states, from bad to worse, ranked... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, 47.
Some good stuff:
1. Ah, I think I'm (happily) obligated to link to anything that starts the
way this one starts.
2. Greg Koger, who knows a thing or two about it, says that the Cruz speech
was not a filibuster -- but there was a filibuster, which was " the refusal
of senators to allow a a vote on whether or not it is a good idea to
discuss the continuing resolution, which was the question before the Senate
on Tuesday and Wednesday." As I've said, I agree...but given that it was
Cruz who was delaying that vote, and Cruz giving the spee... more »
On His Own Little Planet
If you were hoping that Stephen Harper was re-evaluating his approach to
people -- particularly Barack Obama -- yesterday should have dashed that
hope. Speaking before the Canadian American Business Council, the prime
minister said that, on the Keystone Pipeline file, he wouldn't take no for
an answer:
The logic in support of the project going ahead is "overwhelming," and
governments at all levels on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are
endorsing it, Harper told a high-powered business audience in New York.
"My view is that you don't take no for an answer," Harper said. "We h... more »
IPCC AR5 WG1 report out: a non-event
*A busy evening:* I was giving a one-hour talk about the Higgs discovery on
the (European) Scientists' Day tonight. Before it began, I was ordered by
the Czech Public TV's main news channel, ČT24, to be a guest (via video
chat from Pilsen, with the Pilsner Tower in the background) in the #1 news
story at 10 pm (the IPCC report) along with two more well-known Gentlemen
on the alarmed side of the climate debate, Dr Tolasz and Prof Moldan. I
resisted for quite some time but then I said OK. It was a better experience
than I was afraid of. The host did a good, balanced job, I think. The... more »
Untitled
*Census shows rise in newcomers since Katrina ~Jaquetta White, New Orleans
Advocate*
*New Orleans economy is good news for all ~Don Ames, WWL*
*Rob Ryan: Sean Payton And The Saints Are His Perfect Match ~Saints Tailgate
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*Mount Up! ~The Angry Whodat*
*Living with water in New Orleans ~Korky Koroluk, Daily Commercial News*
*Gentilly mall still an eyesore years after city started shelling out rehab
money ~Karen Gadbois, The Lens*
*Boh Bros. wins $38M flood control contract in NO ~AP *
*Judge says disparity needs to be explained in LSU president search records ~Joe
Gyan Jr, The Advo... more »
Clever clogs.
Earlier this morning on radio 4 someone complained that the BBC makes a
habit of placing opponents on any topic head to head in order to make
sparks fly, regardless of the merit or expertise of those involved, a
tactic that usually generates more ‘heat than light’; all for fear of
committing the deadly sin of boring the audience.
"Hello. I'm Dom Joly. I'm a comedian, and I've also done quite a bit of
travel round the Middle East"
The supercilious tone of this programme “OBJs (sic) Guide to the Middle
East” indicated that this programme must have been based on the News Quiz,
i.e... more »
Closing of Kingston Penitentiary
In a few days Kingston Penitentiary will close. Originally constructed in
1833–1834 it is one of the oldest prisons in continuous use in the world.
The current federal government has been harshly criticized by many,
including myself, for its approach to criminal justice but in closing
Kingston Penitentiary the government has taken a step long over due. Dirty,
rundown and decrepit the Kingston Penitentiary is dangerous for both guards
and prisoners. Rehabilitation is not a likely outcome from time served in
Kingston Penitentiary. Whatever it's replacement prisoners will see an
impro... more »
Kenya: "Indians Were Brought to Africa.... as Slaves...!"
Well, indentured servitude, but this is absolutely true.
And it certainly informs the racial politics of the current Anglo-Zionist
push to reconquer East Africa, made plain by the events of he last week;
*"The official approach, British and local, to both slavery and free porter
labour included a genuine belief that the man doing the work had real
interests which deserved concern and protection. No such concern was
evident among parliamentarians, missionaries or administrators for those at
work on the construction of the Uganda Railway. It was decided to build the
railway as quic... more »
A $1000/month pension equals $300,000+ in savings
On the road today, but my wife referred me to this article by Lynn
Parramore* (originally published here) on how the 401(k) "revolution" was a
big bust for the middle class, something I have also written about. I just
wanted to add one quick point to her discussion.
Parramore references the common recommendation that you have at least $1
million in savings to retire. This is usually related to the "rule" that
you can take 4% of your savings per year and not exhaust it. That would
give you $40,000 per year in income. However, with low interest rates and
flat stock market performance ... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “We Meet Again”
2002, “We Meet Again”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryOLhmiECu4&html5=1
The Kennedy Doctrine
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remove a Communist regime 90 miles away from our coast, how can I ask them
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Castro replied to this with the provocative statement that his
"ideal government was not to be Soviet oriented."
Kennedy wanted Daniel to tell Castro that he understood the horrible
exploitation, colonization, and humiliatio... more »
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 9.27.13”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 9.27.13”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“It was a big week of fighting in Congress over Obama Care. Some
Republicans want to stop it like Senator Ted Cruz filibustered for 21 hours
to argue his point against it. Truth be known, many Democrats are afraid
the negative impact the Affordable Care Act is going to have on the
economy. Many people have already been cut back to part time work because
of the law. Statistics clearly show a rise in part time employment and a
decrease in full time employment. Some states are reporting a doubling or
tripling of healt... more »
March Against Monsanto – Worldwide, October 12, 2013
http://occupy-monsanto.com/
March Against Monsanto – Worldwide, October 12, 2013
ALERT: LOOKS LIKE BLACK SMOKE Sep 15
Majia's Blog - 19 hours ago
Emissions on the Tepco and TBS cam have been very heavy today.
In the first shot, note the emissions from the common spent fuel pool
area.
In the second shot, notice it appears that very dark smoke is coming
from
the area of unit 3, on the right hand side of screen near the
red-and-white
crane.
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Turkey buys three billion missile defense system - from China ? Syrian islamists stage coup to publicly takeover syria revolt - Washington remains numb , dumb and searching for talking points ! Iran sensing US weakness , distractions and impotence - and the desire by the White House to announce a deal , decide now is the time to make their nuclear resolution ploy moves.....
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-01-270913.html
*Turkey goes for Chinese take-away defense*
By Peter Lee
On September 26, 2013, Turkey made the rather eyebrow-raising decision to
put its long range missile defense eggs in a Chinese basket, announcing it
had awarded a US$3 billion contract to the People's Republic of China for
its truck-mounted "shoot and scoot" FD-2000 system.
The Chinese FD-2000 is based on the Hong Qi missile, which has been around
since the 1990s. The FD-2000 is an export version of the HQ-9 that appeared
in 2009 and is marketed as a next-generation improv... more »
Italian political circus continues - will Silvio Berlusconi bring down the current governing Coalition ?
Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:56 PM
Italy on Verge of Downgrade to Junk; Silvio Berlusconi’s Supporters
Threaten Mass Resignation from Parliament
Silvio Berlusconi supporters threatened to resign form Italy's parliament
en masse today, even though a week ago Berlusconi himself said he would not
end the coalition. To someone in the US, such a ploy makes little sense,
because as soon as you resign, you lose your vote.
Parliamentary rules described below suggest there may be some merit in the
idea, but I still think a coalition collapse by ordinary means (withdrawing
support) is mo... more »
FDA Issues Ridiculous Guidelines to Confine Free-Range Chickens by Elizabeth Renter
FDA Issues Ridiculous Guidelines to Confine Free-Range Chickens
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 27 September 2013
The FDAs use of discretion is often laughable. While they are notorious for
dragging their feet to protect the thousands killed by dangerous
prescription drugs, they are quick to lay down rules for people practicing sustainable
agriculture or those who want to get medical treatment outside of Big
Pharma’s profit net. *Just one of the more recent examples of this is the
agency’s unreasonable and ridiculous regulations for farmers raising
egg-producing hens in p... more »
Why SAT scores have declined.
Sent to the Christian Science Monitor
There are two possible reasons for the decline of SAT scores ("As
college-prep test scores falter, how the US can respond," Sept. 26).
One possibility, suggested by FairTest, is that the massive invasion of
high-stakes tests that began with No Child Left Behind has not worked.
Another, according to an analysis by Seton Hall Professor Christopher
Tienken, is poverty: Tienken has demonstrated that students coming from
wealthier families achieve higher SAT scores. As we all know, poverty has
been increasing in the US.
Most likely, both factors ... more »
Kenya Westgate Mall Terror attack mysteries continue as Kenyans seek answers to key , basic questions to which the Authorities are failing to provide transparent responses !
http://www.infowars.com/some-got-warning-to-avoid-westgate-before-bloody-siege/
( Who knew ahead of time , why wasn't a broader warning not given , when
will the Kenyan government come clean ? )
Some Got Warning To Avoid Westgate Before Bloody Siege
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NIS officials told family members not to visit shopping mall
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
September 27, 2013
Kenya’s National Intelligence Agency (NIS)... more »
CAROLINA GIRL RESCUED FROM MALL BY BROTHER OF KENYAN SPY
*The armed man on the left is Abdul Haji, the son of a former Kenyan
security minister. Here he is 'rescuing 'an American girl called Portia
Walton, from North Carolina. Haji's brother, 'an anti-terrorism agent' was
in the mall when the attack began. **Reuters photographer, Goran Tomasevic*
The Waltons are originally from *North Carolina*.
They have told the Telegraph about Abdul Haji 'rescuing' them from the
Kenyan Mall.
There is a *NORTH CAROLINA* FREEMASON LINK TO THE KENYA MALL ATTACK
DAILY POST: Codes used by AL SHABAAB
Abdul Haji is the son of a former Kenyan security min... more »
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) find evidence for Carbon Tax and/or Eugenics
*too many sheoplezzz*"T.h.e.y. gaggin' for it, innit?"
The War World acronym IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change. And what do they do? They find evidence for 'climate change' (it
used to be called Global Warming but they can't call it that any more
because it isn't) it's their job. Not content with ripping off the public
with Draconian parking charges, t.h.e.y. can't wait for all that lovely
Carbon Tax lolly to come rolling in, too.
Look, face facts, you're a source of revenue for this T.H.E.Y. (the
hierarchy enslaving you) so it's probably NOT going to be the... more »
'In climate research and modelling... the long-term prediction of future climate states is not possible.' - That's from the IPCC's 2001 report
'In sum, a strategy must recognise what is possible. In climate research
and modelling, we should recognise that we are dealing with a coupled
non-linear chaotic system, and therefore that the long-term prediction of
future climate states is not possible. The most we can expect to achieve is
the prediction of the probability distribution of the system�s future
possible states by the generation of ensembles of model solutions. This
reduces climate change to the discernment of significant differences in the
statistics of such ensembles.'
Oddly, this extract from the 2001 IPCC report... more »
The Spiritual Mobilization of Young Sunni Men Against Assad: Has It Succeeded?
"Bin Laden's media behavior mirrors Nur-al-Din's and, as Issam Darraz
suggested nearly a decade ago, the Saudi had learned the lesson that in
addition to "intensive military training [for Islamic youths] . . . there
is a need for the psychological and spiritual mobilization of young
individuals who are joining the Muslim struggle." To date, bin Laden has
beaten the West hands down in the contest for the hearts and minds of young
Muslims. This does not mean all Muslims agree with and support bin Laden,
but it is to say that his views are gaining ground in the Islamic world,
and Am... more »
Banking Holiday in Panama Announced!
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*http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1380224271.php
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* *Banking Holiday in Panama Announced!*
Posted Thursday, 26 September 2013
By Randy Hilarski
This morning the National Bank of Panama announced that it was suspending
all services until Tuesday the 1st of October. The National Bank of Panama
says that the reason is to upgrade systems. The Banking Holiday in Panama
was announced this am.
This system wide shutdown has country wide implications. The National Bank
of Panama did not warn the people before making the announcement and
shutting down the banks. The people do not have a... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Step-ups in Frequencies of Gaia Ascension Protocols Occurs in this Moment-to-Moment…
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* *Step-ups in Frequencies of Gaia Ascension Protocols Occurs in this
Moment-to-Moment…*
by ÉirePort
Step-ups in frequencies of Gaia ascension protocols occurs in this
moment-to-moment as humanity (small 'h') releases grasp on outdated
"paradigms of sleep".
All Gaia ascension protocols are up-stepped. Without exception.
Process toward finalization of Gaia Ascension readiness continues and all
of hu-manity as well as Hue-manity approach full consciousness.
Seeking of lower D solutions ceases as all Gaia inhabitants assert from
"fullness of consciousness" states of Being.
Re... more »
Mr. Nielsen Goes “Old School”; Hates It
I feel bad. I kind of lost it with one of my science classes the other day.
I didn’t freak out. I didn’t actually lose my cool. I just had to change
the lesson midway through and go all “old school” on their butts. That’s
how the cool people used to say it. I think. […]
Thank goodness the NSA had the sense to put funnyman Art Buchwald on the watch list it compiled for President Johnson
*The great Art Buchwald*
*"During his later life, [Art] Buchwald, an old-school liberal who died in
2007, at the age of eighty-one, spent a lot of time kvetching about the
fact that, unlike Mary McGrory and Daniel Schorr, he didn't make it onto
Richard Nixon's famous White House enemies list. But his spirit can rest
peacefully."*
*-- John Cassidy, in a newyorker.com blogpost,*
"When the N.S.A. Spied on Art Buchwald"
*by Ken*
Yes, it appears that the spirit of Art Buchwald can now rest peacefully. As John
Cassidy reports, "The authorities have confirmed that the National Security
A... more »
"Obamacare's Average Monthly Cost Across U.S.: $328"
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*"Obamacare's Average Monthly Cost Across U.S.: $328"*
By Caroline Humer
"Americans will pay an average premium of $328 monthly for a mid-tier
health insurance plan when the Obamacare health exchanges open for
enrollment next week, and most will qualify for government subsidies to
lower that price, the federal government said on Wednesday. The figure,
based on data for approved insurance plans in 48 states, is the broadest
national estimate for the cost of coverage when President Barack Obama's
healthcare reform law takes full effect next year. The prices of the new
plans are... more »
WHO has identified H7N9 as a dangerous virus
Influenza A virus subtype H7N9
WikipediA
H7N9 is a new bird flu strain of the species Influenza virus A (avian
influenza virus or bird flu virus). Avian influenza A H7 viruses normally
circulate amongst avian populations with some variants known to
occasionally infect humans. An H7N9 virus was first reported to have
infected humans in 2013 in China. Most of the reported cases of human
infection have resulted in severe respiratory illness. In the month
following the report of the first case, more than 100 people had been
infected, an unusually high rate for a new infection; ... more »
Was Pamela Wallin's Appearance On 'Corner Gas' Prophetic?
[image: Progressive Bloggers] * *
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Friday Nerd Blogging
Originally circulating as “Every Sci-Fi Starship Ever In One Mind-Blowing
Comparison Chart,” there are some pretty important gaps in this picture,
including (allegedly) no Serenity and nothing from Spaceballs. Still, a
noble endeavor. If you haven’t already seen them comments at Kotaku are fun
to read.
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Here in the Milky Way galaxy we have astronomical front row seats as M81
and M82 face-off, a mere 12 million light-years away. Locked in a
gravitational struggle for the past billion years or so, the two bright
galaxies are captured in this deep telescopic snapshot, constructed from 25
hours of image data.
*Click image for larger size.*
Their most recent close encounter likely resulted in the enhanced spiral
arms of M81 (left) and violent star forming regions in M82 so energetic the
galaxy glows in X-rays. After repeated passes, in a few billion years only
one galaxy will re... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Beauty and Grace"
2002, "Beauty and Grace"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL8LZHT2Lzo&html5=1
Free Download: Hermann Hesse, "Siddhartha"
"Siddhartha"
by Hermann Hesse
"Siddhartha" is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual
journey of a boy known as Siddhartha from the Indian Subcontinent during
the time of the Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in
German, in a simple yet powerful and lyrical style. It was first published
in 1922, after Hesse had spent some time in India in the 1910s. It was
published in the U.S. in 1951 and became influential during the 1960s.
Hesse dedicated "Siddhartha" to Romain Rolland, "my dear friend".
The word Siddhartha is made up of two words in the Sans... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Cabot, Arkansas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Kurds In Syria Kill Al-Qaeda Leader/UAE Emir
*UAE: We build expensive hotels and export al-Qaeda terrorism.*
An excerpt from, *"Syrian Kurds kill al-Qaeda leader near Aleppo"* by Zeina
Karam and Albert Aji, The Times of Israel, September 26, 2013:
The ISIL commander was killed in clashes with Kurdish militiamen in Aleppo
province, activists said. Fighting between the two sides in predominantly
Kurdish regions of the north has gone on for months, killing hundreds of
people on both sides.
The man, identified by the Observatory as a UAE national and the emir — or
local commander — of Aleppo, died Wednesday night.
On Mon... more »
"Yet Now..."
“Yet now, as he roared across the night sky toward an unknown destiny, he
found himself facing that bleak and ultimate question which so few men can
answer to their satisfaction. What have I done with my life, he asked
himself, that the world will be poorer if I leave it?”
- Arthur C. Clarke, “Glide Path”
"Fukushima Crisis Continues to Spiral With Hole in Radiation Barrier"
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*"Fukushima Crisis Continues to Spiral With Hole in Radiation Barrier"*
by Andrea Germanos
"In the latest in a series of mishaps to hit the crisis-stricken Fukushima
nuclear power plant, a radiation-stopping "fence" around the reactors has
developed a hole, plant operator TEPCO admitted on Thursday. Fences made of
earth and sand sit in the harbor next to the plant and were erected to help
contain radioactive material from flowing into the ocean. They "are
suspended from floats and anchored with weights on the seafloor," the Japan
Times ex... more »
RUPERT MURDOCH SET TO PLUNDER SYRIAN RESOURCES
The Golan Heights is territory occupied by Israel. It actually belongs to
Syria and its resources, therefore, belong to the Syrian people. Despite
the fact that Israel has occupied the Golan Heights ever since the 1967 Six
Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981 (a move condemned by the United
Nations Security Council (UNSC) in Resolution 497), Israel nonetheless is
likely to give oil drilling rights to an American resources company which
is part owned by Israel Energy Initiatives. That company is Genie Israel
Oil and Gas, a subsidiary of Genie Energy which, in turn, is partly ow... more »
Father Forgive Us - For We have ALEC Sinned
The question has arisen multiple times across tweetdom lately
Do we forgive someone after they spent time or money doing the evil deeds
of the American Legislative Exchange Council?
If a legislators drops ALEC - do they get to repent?
If a corporation quits in 2012 - does that automatically wipe clean the
slate of financial support they have given to ALEC - financial support
that got us to where we are today in relation to the evilness of ALEC.
The topic came up again today in a tweet roll.
Stace Nelson was elected in 2010.
Stace Nelson was not just a run of the mill ALEC memb... more »
Untitled
*That's one heck of a bounty payment ~Library Chronicles*
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Jim Hightower Brings the Lowdown on 'Poopgate' and 'Tinkle-Down' Economics
Texas
populist gadfly Jim Hightower at the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin,
Texas, September 13, 2013. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Famed Texas populist commentator
and political gadfly, Jim Hightower
In 30 years, we’ve gone from Ronald Reagan’s ‘trickle-down’ to the Koch
Brothers’ ‘tinkle down’ economics. We are resurrecting the robber barons
and imposing a
Turning Out The Base-- Or Turning Off The Base
The DCCC's Steve Israel doesn't give base voters a reason to turn out; he
gives them reason to stay home on election day
Wednesday, Markos wrote an exceptionally well-thought-out post on Kos, Democrats'
Biggest Challenge Is Getting Their Base Voters To Vote. He worries that
historically the party's strongest-performing base groups-- African
Americans, Latinos, Asians, young voters, and single women-- don't show up
for midterms. "[T]he problem with our base turnout," he explains, "isn't
necessarily in presidential years, but in the off years in between. That
means not just the midterm... more »
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*Ponderosa Stomp Returns! To'da Rock'N'Bowl Oct 4-5th!*
Frost/Sirhan
Frost/Sirhan: The Full Interview. from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
It is well-noted that Sirhan's rather meek and pathetic nature makes him
his own worst enemy sometimes; it is also well noted that Frost is NOT AT
ALL sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinian people.
It is of course physically impossible for Sirhan to have shot and killed
Bobby Kennedy, for reasons which are well-recorded previously.
But the nature of Sirhan's personality, coupled with his extreme
suggestibility produced a lengthy period during the 1980s during which he
allowed himself to be persuaded that he must have... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: The Cup Hangover Edition
Three unfortunate New Zealand traits were in evidence after yesterday’s
loss, almost outweighing the admirable New Zealand traits otherwise so much
in evidence over the previous nineteen days in the teams of both boats
(let’s not forget, NZers were everywhere): the ability to put together
winning teams, the ability to put together winning technology, the passion
to pursue excellence, and the ability to *win*. (Yes, plenty of NZers were
on the winning team, in all of the sailing, technology and organisational
fronts. Just enjoy that.)
The first and worst reaction to losing was ... more »
Detroit bankruptcy item of note - Detroit routinely raided its pension funds to award extra cash – including bonuses dubbed “the 13th check” – to both retirees and active employees. These payments were far in excess of the city’s negotiated obligations and hidden from both the public and Detroit’s bond investors. And that's one reason they are broke !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-26/detroit%E2%80%99s-bankruptcy-postmortem-worms-keep-slithering-out
Detroit’s Bankruptcy Postmortem: The Worms Keep Slithering Out
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/26/2013 16:46 -0400
- Bond
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- New York Times
- Unemployment
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*Submitted by F.F. Wiley of Cyniconomics blog,*
You may have seen recent revelations that Detroit routinely raided its
pension funds to award extra cash – including bonuses dubbed “the 13th
check” – to both retirees and active employees. These payments we... more »
Education Carnage in the City of Brotherly Love
*Now the slow starvation has become a complete denial of life support for
Philadelphia’s public schools. - Ken Derstine, Philadelphia Education
Crisis Highlights at pa.ed.crisis@gmail.com*
Here's a glimpse of what it looks like in cities and towns across the
country as public schools starved for funds and resources are taken over
and privatized by for profit charters. Different faces, different places,
same story.
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*Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. (center) said he wants to rehire more
counselors once the district gets more money. (File Photo from Philadelphia
Inquirer... more »
Not only are your savings and checking accounts at risk in any of the big banks, they are also at risk in smaller banks foolish enough to invest in derivatives, because the big banks will loot them on the day of the dollar crash (probably within a year from now).
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The Armageddon Looting Machine: The Looming Mass Destruction
from Derivatives
Posted on September 17, 2013 by Ellen Brown
*Increased regulation and low interest rates are driving lending from the
regulated commercial banking system into the unregulated shadow banking
system. The shadow banks, although free of government regulation, are
propped up by a hidden government guarantee in the form of safe harbor
status under the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act pushed through by Wall Street.
The result is to create perverse incentives for the financial system to
s... more »
Police State / Big Brother watch - September 26 , 2013 ...... Privacy and the Constitutional rights you think you have are slipping away , right before your eyes !
Police state gone wild.....
TSA To Roll Out “Covert Surveillance” Vans
- [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image:
Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones'
Facebook][image: Infowars store]
Details of snooping technology kept secret
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
September 26, 2013
In another indication of how the TSA is expanding its turf way beyond
airport security, the federal agency is about to roll out high-tech
vehicles that will utilize secret technology to conduct “covert
surveillance operations” in cities a... more »
Boston bombing mysteries continue - consider the conduct of the FBI regarding Ibragim Todaashev and his girlfriend , as well as Todashev's friends !
Govt. Refusing to Turn Over Crucial Evidence in Dzhokhar’s Death Penalty
Case
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Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones'
Facebook][image: Infowars store]
Government’s stance: ‘Look, we know what we have and you don’t need to know
about it’
*Julie Wilson*
Infowars.com
Sept. 27, 2013
The government is withholding pertinent evidence from Boston bombing
suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers, making it difficult for them to
adequately defend the 20-year old. Boston.com reports that b... more »
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