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A Plea for Caution From Russia
Vladimir Putin
New York Times
Recent events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the
American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a
time of insufficient communication between our societies.
Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against
each other during the cold war. But we were also allies once, and defeated
the Nazis together. The universal international organization — the United
Nations — was then established to prevent such devastation from ever
happening again.
The United Nations’ founders understood ... more »
Who caused the global financial crisis? An inconvenient truth.
*Guest post by Vinay Kolhatkar*
Who caused the global financial crisis? You must surely have heard the
wrong explanation, something that goes like this:
1. American banks knowingly sold unrepayable home loans to a gullible
public;
2. Unregulated Wall Street greed resulted in poor investments being sold
to retirement funds the world over;
3. Credit derivatives, collateralised debt obligations (CDOs), and
credit default swaps, were evil toxic securities created by banks which led
to a huge loss of wealth;
4. This house of cards collapsed, leading to corpor... more »
Ahmad Abu Layl: A child soldier in Syria
Children in war-torn Syria. I am not in favour of American strikes as it
will simply kill more civilians and may solve nothing. But the world,
especially U.S. and Russia, must do something to end this tragedy in
progress. If Iran can be brought into the negotiations it may work.
*FATHERLY GUIDANCE: Ahmad Abu Layl aimed his weapon as his father stood
behind him in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday. (Hamid Khatib/Reuters)WSJ*
So, you want a job in policy?
I haven’t worked a “real job” since being an undergrad. However, I often
get asked by undergrads for advice about preparations for real world policy
jobs. I recently asked my former PhD student, Kate Kidder, a research
associate at the Center for a New American Security, to provide some advice
for an undergrad wanting to get
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Taking a Green Vacation
Have you ever caught yourself thinking that certain rules can be relaxed
when doing something special, like taking a vacation? We often allow
ourselves to indulge ... perhaps eating less-than-healthy foods or spending
a bit more money than usual. It is, after all, a special time and meant to
be a break from the "norm".
[image: Image of two lounge chairs on the beach.]
Thinking about how we love our holidays, I wondered if we take a break from
living green. Do we use more water if we're staying in a hotel? Do we
ignore the high environmental cost of air travel or opt for the conveni... more »
Meanwhile, the UN crap continues....
[image: Walking stick]
*Any day I see a walking stick is a good day.*
A local journalist sent this around. They were applying to attend the ICAO.
As another discussant observed, the newspaper this reporter represents is
not affiliated with a Taiwanese new agency and thus there are no grounds
whatsoever for rejection.
*++++++++++++++*
Good afternoon,
With respect to your request for accreditation to attend the 38th Session
of the ICAO Assembly, ICAO continues to conduct itself in accordance with
the United Nations’ one-China policy and our unit is unfortunately not
permitted to ac... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Dwarf galaxy NGC 5195 is best known as the smaller companion of spiral
M51, the Whirlpool galaxy. Seen together they seem to trace the curve and
dot of a cosmic question mark, recorded in Lord Rosse's 19th century
drawings as one of the original spiral nebulae. Dwarfed by enormous M51
(aka NGC 5194), NGC 5195 spans about 20,000 light-years. A close encounter
with M51 has likely triggered star formation and enhanced that galaxy's
prominent spiral arms.
*Click image for larger size.*
Processed from image data available in the Hubble Legacy Archive, this
majestic close-up of NGC... more »
To Encourage Resistance To Surveillance Tyranny Sam Adams Prize Awarded To Snowden (Whistleblowers Unite!) 9/11 Anniversaries Observed
If you've read the quote I have above from Senator Frank Church, you will
not be surprised at who was just awarded the Sam Adams prize. And by whom.
In the Whistleblower ChaletBy Silkie Carlo I met the whistleblowers in a
peculiar location, an unassuming, identikit cluster of Dutch holiday
chalets, contoured by optimistic spectrums of tulips and bursts of water
fountains, thirty
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Hair Removal
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 »
Quote of the day: “9/11 was not a ‘tragedy.’ It was an act of war …”
“On Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacked the United States. We
fought in multiple theatres, against industrialised war
machines. In less than 4 years, we won unconditional victory.
“On Sep 11, 2001 something happened. We lit candles,
but bickered over what and who. We fought against a
tactic, and for the ‘hearts and minds’ of our enemies.
12 years later, we can’t even define victory. We are now
considering helping an enemy take over Syria.
“9/11 was not a ‘tragedy.’ It was an act of war. The
endless denial, appeasement, flailing, and conspiracy
theories are the tragedy.”
- Keith Weiner
C... more »
Released Syrian hostage Domenico Quirico outs alleged islamist syrian rebels as mixed up men in pursuit of money ! Quote from Quirico "They follow whoever promises them a future, gives them weapons, gives them money to buy cell phones, computers, clothes." ......Syrian Opposition doesn't trust russians ( know they can't be rolled like the US and West ) ...... the chemical weapon process will take many years if it ever comes to fruition - look at the US example in Kentucky !
BBC article - understanding who some of the Rebels are ! Opportunists
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24039309
10 September 2013 Last updated at 12:44 ET
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Syria hostage Domenico Quirico 'treated like animal'
[image: Italian journalist Domenico Quirico - kidnapped in Syria in early
April - arrives at Ciampino military airport in Rome, Italy in the early
hours of 9 September 2013]Mr Quirico said that paradoxically he was treated
with most humanity when held by al-Qaeda
Continue reading the main... more »
Pastor Terry Jones arrested before the could burn almost three thousand Qurans and set the Islamic world afire again ...
You know things are bad for the Uniparty if they shutdown the crazy Pastor
Terry Jones from completing one of stunts....
http://www.businessinsider.com/911-anniversary-terry-jones-arrest-2013-9
MULBERRY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida pastor has been arrested before he could
set fire to almost 3,000 Qurans.
Polk County sheriff's officials say the Rev. Terry Jones and his associate
pastor were arrested on unspecified felony charges in the small central
Florida town of Mulberry on Wednesday. A news conference is scheduled for
later Wednesday to announce specific charges.
Media reports show he ... more »
Paulo Coelho, “Accepting The Fight”
*“Accepting The Fight”*
by Paulo Coelho
“If someone confronts you over ideas or ideals, step up and accept the
fight, because conflict is present in every moment of our lives and
sometimes it needs to show itself in the broad light of day. But do not
fight in order to prove that you are right or to impose your ideas or
ideals on someone else. Only accept the fight as a way of keeping your
spirit clean and your will spotless. When the fight is over, both sides
will emerge as winners, because they tested their limitations and their
abilities. Since both respect the courage and ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
La Verne, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
“Discovering True Selves: Soul Seeing”
*“Discovering True Selves: Soul Seeing”*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
“The soul is the purest expression of an individual and is not bound by
physical forms or fleeting emotions. When we want to see deeply into the
heart and mind of another person, soul seeing, also called soul gazing,
allows us to see their soul. The soul is the purest expression of an
individual and is not bound by physical forms or fleeting emotions. Through
a simple art that involves looking deeply into a partner’s eyes, soul
seeing can show you a person’s inner beauty that you might otherwise miss.
It ... more »
Teach for America and Noble St Charter Schools: A Dangerous Combination
Recently, the director of Teach for America Chicago, Josh Anderson, wrote
a response to the excellent exposé Edushyster posted regarding TFA
Chicago’s role in charter school expansion. Edushyster’s–or should I
proudly say Jennifer C. Berkshire‘s–piece was entitled “Is TFA Undermining
the Chicago Public Schools.” (The answer is “yes,” if you were wondering…)
And she writes: When news […]
Fukushima updates - September 11 , 2013.....Links to Energy News articles covering both day to day issues as well as long term problems presented... Very important articles from Simply Info on Unit four fuel removal risks , Crane failure due to a cracked beam in the steel framework , Ice Wall being planned that may not work ( why should the Ice Wall fare better than anything else to date ) , ground water problems out of control - as we can easily see , Unit 2 pressure falls again - prior event allegedly due to an open valve , what is causing the new pressure problem though ?
Fukushima horror headlines of the day from Energy News.....
05:51 PM EST on September 11th, 2013 | 4 comments
Nuclear Expert: Molten fuel may have flowed through cracks in foundations
of Fukushima reactor buildings — No one’s been able to go under and take
samples
05:06 PM EST on September 11th, 2013 | 8 comments
Japan Marine Expert: Fukushima radioactive tanks may have already been
emptied into Pacific Ocean -Xinhua
03:06 PM EST on September 11th, 2013 | 7 comments
Xinhua: “Indications are that there is a second leak” at Fukushima, says
Japan expert — Fish over 140 km from plant hav... more »
Financially stressed out Detroit suffers power outage - parts of Detroit may be without power until noon on Thursday ! When you have an old system which has not been maintained appropriately over the years - breakdowns will occur !
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130911/METRO01/309110089/Areas-Detroit-may-remain-without-power-until-noon-Thursday?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
September
11, 2013 at 5:57 pm
Areas of Detroit may remain without power until noon Thursday
- Darren A. Nichols, Christine Ferretti and Serena Maria Daniels
- The Detroit News
- 28 Comments
[image: Fire trucks sit outside Coleman A. Young Municipal Center after
an
apparent power outage in Detroit.]
Purchase Image
Fire trucks sit outside Coleman A. Young Municipal Center after an
apparent
power outage in Detroit. (Robin... more »
Project XIII Desktop: Interview with Caleb and D
I just did an interview with Caleb Skinner for the launch of ProjectXII-
the Desktop app!! We kept the chatting to a bare minimum and managed to
keep to the bare basic essentials and the interview is about 15 minutes
long it total. With the wonderful help of American Kabuki to upload the
audio into video format and onto Youtube..... it's a team effort. :>D
... Just the facts mam
The PXIII desktop app will be released most likely in the next few days- I
will definitely let you all know the moment it's ready to go.
www.projectxiii.com
The first launch will be an alpha version- whi... more »
A system based almost entirely on fraud
There's another important anniversary at this time of year. Five years ago
this week the Banksters crashed our economy, basically by lying and
stealing. Their "punishment" cost trillions. Out of our pockets, not
theirs.
In summary, the financial industry collectively decided that you could fund
economic growth despite stagnant wages through piling on mountains of debt.
But when it all went bad, the solution wasn’t to rebalance the economy, to
get money into the hands of ordinary workers and preference wages over
assets. The solution was to point a fire hose of money at the people w... more »
The Conservative Party of Canada Continues To Do Everything In Its Power To Strangle The Life Out Of Democracy In Canada ...
*Conservative Party lawyer directed robocall questions during
investigation: documents*
OTTAWA – *The Conservative Party lawyer who attended interviews related to
the May 2011 robocalls investigation at times spoke for witnesses and
directed the questions, according to excerpts obtained by Global News.
Arthur Hamilton sat in on the interviews with the witnesses, who had all
worked as Conservative staffers, alongside Elections Canada investigators
Allan Mathews and Ron Lamothe in March and April 2012.
The investigation relates to misleading robocalls in Guelph during the 2011
elec... more »
Gates Money and Common Core– Part III
My first post on Gates and his Common Core State Standards (CCSS) spending
includes information on his paying millions to the four key organizations
involved in composing CCSS as well as to key education organizations
and think tanks for their endorsement. My second post of this
series examines Gates money paid to organizations influencing state
departments and local school districts for the purpose of […]
Divining why US foreign policy on Syria is "bombing " here at home and internationally - the Obama / White House " Ball of confusion factors " , the difficulty for many to grasp " whose red line is it anyway " and does the articulation for War , let alone the proposed remedy on the table make either sense or are likely to achieve the stated purposes ( which seem to change daily ) and do the majority of americans trust this Commander in Chief ?
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Diplomacy on Syria is not what Israel wants and that is frightening!
The entire world breathes a sigh of relief, except for Israel. Jerusalem
Post has an article which expresses disappointment. Yup, who cares if the
the population of the planet has said NO to war. For Israel a possible
Syrian deal that would prevent war is *‘More bad then good for Israel”
*
Exclamation marks denote my exasperation with Israeli spin, lies,
propaganda and incessant warmongering !!!
*Excerpt *
Chemical weapons out of Assad’s hands, therefore, is a net gain – that is
the good news.
*The bad news, however, is that Assad is left standing*.(!!!!)
*Bad new... more »
9/11 is a Joke
You Know You're Right - 9/11 from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Take a Deep Breath.
Look at it Again.
You Know You're Right - 7/7 from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
007 was the number Magician and spy to Elizabeth I Dr John Dee assigned to
himself as his code name.
911 is a Joke from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Don't believe the hype
Wake Me Up When September Ends - The Fox Network and Prior Knowledge from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*2/26*
2.26 from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
2/26 - The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Question: What if 9/11 happened 3 weeks after Bill Clinton's
innagur... more »
"Naïve, Weak, A Fool..."
"If you love, you are considered naïve. If happy, you are considered
frivolous and simple. If generous and altruistic, you are considered
suspect. If forgiving, you are considered weak. If trusting, you are
considered a fool. If you try to be all of these things, people are sure
you are phony. This flippant attitude has had much to do with the breeding
of a society of detached, noncommitted persons too sophisticated to admit
their confusion and unhappiness and too caught up in ego to risk doing
anything about it. It has perpetuated isolation and devalued basic human
values. Th... more »
“The Wealthy 'Make Mistakes', the Poor Go to Jail”
*“The Wealthy 'Make Mistakes', the Poor Go to Jail”*
By Chris Arnade
“I knew him as "Mr one-glove". The origins of his nickname were cloudy,
but had to do with his legendary stinginess. He had just lost his company
close to $1bn betting on mortgages. That company, facing massive losses
from him and other traders, had only staved off bankruptcy because of the
grace of the government. It was late in 2008 and Mr one-glove had joined us
at a bar, a group of disparate Wall Street traders united in an attempt to
drink away a bad year. Near the end of the night, Mr one-glove leaned i... more »
Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms
I never had a handbag, but this was a firm dance floor favourite back in
t'day.
Elizabeth Warren Attacks's America's 'Bought & Paid For' Supreme Court
Former law professor and Senator Elizabeth Warren isn't pulling any punches
when she speaks of America's highest court:
*Look at the increasing corporate capture of the federal courts.*
*According to a recent study, the five conservative justices currently
sitting on the Supreme Court are in the top ten most pro-corporate justices
in a half century – and Justices Alito and Roberts are numbers one and two– the most anti-consumer in this entire time. The
Chamber of Commerce is now a major player in the Supreme Court, and its win
rate has risen to 70% of all cases it supports. Follow... more »
Your moment of Zen
Toys in my head. [Soviet Trade Dictionary via Erin O'Brien.]
Mercator Info Graphics - about Light that we shouldn't need and can be dangerous
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 7 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/M5dRJbhQx_Q
The Moscow-based Mercator Group produces astonishing effective and
educational information graphics as films for business and media.
This one about light pollution and its (hidden!) dangers demonstrates their
professional, compact way of 'getting the message across'. Indeed, take
note that throwing bright lights on at night for a visit to the bathroom
may be dangerous for your health!
What about some romantic candle-light?
John
911 - Echoes of Darkness [Mini-documentary]
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*Storm Clouds Gathering*
The powers that be shredded the constitution and took you into a series of
wars that have left countless civilians dead based on this event. You owe
it to your children and grand children to take another look at it.
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We teach the professors how to talk!
*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013*
*What you should say to your seatmate:* Are women discriminated against in
the world of academic philosophy?
If so, they shouldn’t be. Yesterday, we started reading the links Katy
Waldman provided on the subject.
For Waldman’s piece at Slate, click here. For ourselves, we were stopped
dead in our tracks by the way her first link began.
The piece was written by Sally Haslanger, a philosophy professor at MIT
and, we’ll assume, a darn good one. Below, you see the way her piece began.
What follows has nothing to do with women’s issues. Times are hard al... more »
Armored Backpacks the Latest Back to School Craze
From a report on MSNBC today: Get your armored backpack and bullet proof
vest, it’s sure to provide much value added and raise test scores by taking
out the fear of being shot. TODAY | September 11, 2013 Bulletproof
school supplies aim to keep kids safe Companies like Hardwire LLC. are
introducing a new trend to the […]
Eyewitness identification
*R. v. Yigzaw*, 2013 ONCA 547:
[47] In *R. v. Jack,* 2013 ONCA 80, 294 C.C.C. (3d) 163, at paras.
12-17, Epstein J.A. provides a useful summary of the applicable legal
principles governing jury instructions relating to eyewitness
identification evidence:
The jurisprudence is replete with guidance about how the jury should be
instructed in cases where identity is the issue and where, as here, the
Crown's ability to satisfy the jury that it was the accused who committed
the crime depends on eyewitness identification.
The dangers inherent in eyewitness identification evidence and ... more »
Politico is (said to be) upset with Joan Walsh!
*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013*
*Joan Walsh runs the rubes:* Yesterday morning, Salon’s Joan Walsh was back
on her very high horse.
Few people have ever been quite so heroic. We were struck by what she said
about the good folks at Politico.
This is the way Walsh began. We’ll include the pair of headlines, which she
presumably didn’t write:
WALSH (9/10/13): *You heard me: Rush Limbaugh is “a racist troll”
Mediaite and Politico think my saying that is news. Have they missed his 40
years of shameful racial stereotyping?*
*Politico and Mediaite are aghast that I called Rush Limbaugh a... more »
Are We Exporting a Weapon of Mass Destruction?
Just what is Dilbit anyway? Well it's bitumen together with high-sulfur
petcoke mixed with a light liquid diluent and piped to refineries in
distant lands.
Now, if you had put that stuff in the hands of a Persian 1700-years ago,
he'd have known what to do with it - kill Romans, that's what.
Take the sulfur from the petcoke, combine it with the bitumen, set the
mixture alight and you've got a dandy poison gas, perhaps the very first
chemical weapon of mass destruction.
A British archaeologist has found evidence that just such a weapon was
employed by Persian forces to take down Rom... more »
Parliament Locked Down Until October 15th
It's official. The Prince of Darkness has prorogued Parliament until
October 15th.
Stevie obviously wants to buy a little time, probably to come up with
something that will shift the public eye away from their shifty prime
minister and his shifty minions. Steve's desperate and needs to regain
the initiative, rework the narrative.
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Tom in CT. Tom
and I will be breaking down all aspects of 9/11, including the obvious
Israeli and Jewish connections and the various PSYOP aspects of the event.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *"Global War on Terror": a Jewish racket* by John Friend
- *"Homeland Security": another Jewish racket* by John Friend
- *PSYOP aspects of 9/11* by John Friend
- *September Clues: The Central Role of the News Media on 9/11*
Most Credible VAM Argument Is 0%
At the Shanker Institute, a debate about value-added methods (VAM) for
teacher evaluation was detailed on Twitter (@shankerinst), including
comments from Tom Kane (Harvard) who makes two comments worth noting:
Shanker Institute @shankerinst Kane: Need to move from talking about
WHETHER to use value-added and more about HOW to do so. #VAMuses Shanker
Institute @shankerinst Kane: Nobody […]
Talking with Dinosaurs
Talking of the BBC's science coverage, one scientific lamp glowing in the
dark of Radio 4 is *The Life Scientific, *hosted by theoretical physicist
Jim Al-Khalili (whose name sounds like the word 'alkaline'.)
I listened to the latest edition live last night, but was reminded of it
today by a post from Alan at *Biased BBC*, cleverly entitled *A Warming
From History. *[I wish I'd thought of that. I suppose I could be cheeky and
steal it for the title of this post, but as I've now admitted to thinking
about doing that it probably wouldn't reflect well on me, would it? So I'd
better n... more »
Let’s Get Serious and Adopt the Mexican Model for Educator Resistance
How much abuse, derogation, impugning, hostility, and professional savaging
will it take for American teachers to respond like those in Mexico, where
teachers have been engaged in civil disobedience on an unprecedented scale
during the past week. Now in reaction to a corporate education reform
plan, the teachers are now calling for a national strike today […]
Phil space
August Satellite Eye pictures out. They're another good little collection.
This is just about my favourite, phytoplankton blooms in the Northwestern
Passage over Canada.
THE BATTLE FOR SURINAME
*Obama with 'convicted drugs gangster' Desi Bouterse. **In late August
2013, Desi Bouterse's son, Dino, was arrested in Panama on US drug and
weapon charges, and turned over to US agents.*
In 1980, Desi Bouterse took power in Suriname in a military coup.
He remained in power until about 1988.
In 1999, a court in the Hague convicted Desi Bouterse in absentia for
allegedly leading an international cocaine cartel.
*A photo of an armed woman from a Facebook page belonging to Stephanie
Bouterse.*
In 2010, Desi Bouterse was elected, by the parliament, to lead Suriname.
A New York... more »
What Now For the Weiner?
From the presumptive winner to fifth-place finisher with just 5% of the
primary vote, Anthony Weiner's political career is over. He's just another
old perv who can't stop sexting young women, trying to entice them with
phone camera pix of his junk.
Even his long-suffering wife, Huma Abedin, didn't show up for his
post-campaign rally last night. Would be porn star Sydney Leathers did
show but she was kept out of the hall.
So what does Weiner do now? His B.A. in poli-sci probably won't be a lot
of help on the streets of New York. He committed the ultimate political
crime - he... more »
Corporate Article Proves Why ALEC Must Be Destroyed.
First let start with the author of this whiny article in Forbes:
Tiger Joyce is president of the American Tort Reform Association, based in
Washington, D.C.
The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) – an ALEC member – is behind
the ALEC legislation that intentionally takes consumer rights away from you
in litigation – because they think you are lying and you are milking the
system if you sue an ALEC corporation for cheating, maiming or killing you.
The American Tort Reform Association is a major component behind ALEC tort
reform legislation that protects corporate revenues/profi... more »
AT PEMAQUID
I made this cairn (on the left) while at Pemaquid Point the other
day.....actually quite fun.
WHY WE ARE CONFUSED
.
Morris Herman (channel 108Morris 108 on YouTube) put up one of his best
videos a couple of days ago. It's well worth watching. In it he says,
amongst other things......
"The game is. Just confuse everyone"
....he says that while we are confused and therefore unable to effectively
resist, the globalist powers can simply continue to roll forward their
agenda which is to destroy culture, community, nation, race religion and
any form of social coherence that might effectively oppose them.
Morris is quite right and he wonders out loud, "How could a little tiny
group of people take c... more »
Anthony Weiner: Surprise, surprise - he ends primary bid for Mayor
His parting speech "middle finger". You can't say that he is not steadfast.
*"On primary day, Weiner got into an argument with a woman in Harlem who
ridiculed him and told him to drop out.*
**
*"You are all about you," she said.*
**
*"Get used to it," he replied.*
**
*A few hours later, the returns came in.*
**
*One last time, Anthony Weiner had asked his city for another chance.*
**
*And New Yorkers told him to scram.*
**
*Then, when it was all over, as he drove away from his concession speech, he
flipped a reporter the middle finger."*
**
Read more about his departure and the 'speech'... more »
At Least Tell Us What You Won't Do.
There's an orthodoxy among Canada's political parties that policy must not
be disclosed until on the advent of a general election - if then.
Election campaigns, however, are really awful venues for unveiling
policy. They're hurried and harried and awash in lies and accusations,
emotional appeals and electoral sleight of hand. Just squeezing in an
intelligent discussion of policy can be impossible.
But let's face it. If we're to be governed by consent, the very
cornerstone of democracy, it has to be informed consent freely given.
Everything else is some form of manufactured... more »
Remembering 9-11: Article From Whitewraithe - 9/11: 3000 Innocent Victims, And Other Random Thoughts 12 Years Later
It is now the 12th anniversary of the Israeli Mossad attack on America
known forever as "9-11". It is so astounding that now, 12 years after the
fact, that most Americans and still many around the world are under the
false believe that this pre-planned and absolutely horrendous attack on the
United States was conducted by "19 A-rabs hijacking aircraft using box
cutters". I for one have long hoped that America would have finally
awakened to the truth that their so called "ally" Israel did the deed....
For this article, I want to present the following new report from my
friend, Wh... more »
Is the BBC anti-science?
It's a point that keeps coming up: Does the BBC have an anti-science
bias?
The question isn't usually meant in the sense of 'Does the BBC dislike
science?'; no, it's more a question of whether the BBC has a preference
for
the humanities and whether it undervalues science.
An earlier post tackled the question of why BBC One's *Question
Time*features so few scientists (a mere two in over three years), but
Professor
Lisa Jardine has recently raised a more general point. She claims the
BBC
is, as the* Telegraph *puts it, "dumbing down science programmes because
it
is staffed with hum... more »
And there's more...
So, it's not just James Naughtie who's been flown out to Washington to
cover the Syrian crisis (at licence fee payers' expense).
*
*
*Newsnight'*s excellent Mark Urban must have enjoyed the same in-flight
movie and now Jane Hill (Portugal's favourite, thanks to her role in
reporting on the abduction of Madelaine McCann - something that didn't go
down entirely well with the Portuguese, if you remember) is out there too
for the BBC News Channel, standing around (as is her way).
I've always wanted to visit the States. I should have joined the BBC.
9/11: A licence to extend the state's power
This is the my Vancouver Sun column on the first anniversary of the attack
on the World Trade Centre. More than decade later, I think it stands up
well.
There's something at once wrong and frightening about the fervent
celebration of the attacks on the United States one year ago.Wrong, because
it rests on the false pretence that Sept. 11 was a defining moment that
changed everything, for everyone.
And frightening because it is being used to justify mindless conformity,
an erosion of individual rights in favour of the state -- and even war.
It was a terrible day. But most people have ... more »
The Great 9/11 Debate with Webster Tarpley, Greg Felton, Jim Fetzer, Kevin Barrett, Joshua Blakeney, Anthony F. Sanchez, Janet Phelan, "Syrian Girl", John David Ebert, Walt Brown and Truther Girl Sonia
in the third West Coast Truth Round Table (first broadcast in Jan 2013),
Webster Tarpley and Greg Felton debate whether or not Israel was behind the
attacks - other guests include Jim Fetzer, Kevin Barrett, Joshua Blakeney,
Anthony F. Sanchez, Janet Phelan, "Syrian Girl", John David Ebert, Walt
Brown and Truther Girl Sonia.
Me, I'm lost - what say you?
9/11 - The Frauduent Naudet Brothers "Documentary" - FDNY Complicity in 9/11
9/11 - The Frauduent Naudet Brothers "Documentary" - FDNY Complicity in 9/11from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"I know it was you, Fredo - and it breaks my heart..."
"I wasn't their intention to make a documentary about 9/11...."
No. It really wasn't.
The Brothers Naudet are reputed assets of the Israeli Mossad.
Jules Naudet wasn't directing a movie - he was directing the rescue effort.
As first responders, 3-5 mins after the first planestrike, they set up the
command centre in the lobby;
Any firefighters and rescue teams from out of the precinct rushing to help
would arrive to find a com... more »
9/11 - a licence to extend the state's power
*Here's my 2002 first anniversary column on 9/11. It stands up well.*
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A licence to extend the state's power
There's something at once wrong and frightening about the fervent
celebration of the attacks on the United States one year ago.Wrong, because
it rests on the false pretence that Sept. 11 was a defining moment that
changed everything, for everyone.
And frightening because it is being used to justify mindless conformity, an
erosion of individual rights in favour of the state -- and even war.
It was a terrible day. But most people have placed that devastating event
into some a... more »
The Real 9/11 Hijackers.
Tragically, 9/11 now also marks the one year anniversary since the
terrorist attack on our Consulate in #Benghazi.
— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) September 11, 2013
It undermines our credibility when terrorists can murder our ambassadors
and we do nothing #Benghazi #NeverForget https://t.co/592jtOmqZZ
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) September 11, 2013
On 9/11, we mourn all those we lost this day, including Amb. Chris Stevens
and his brave colleagues killed one year ago in #Benghazi
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) September 11, 2013
Many questions, scant justice from Obama White Hou... more »
“Record 90.5 Million Out Of Labor Force As Half A Million Drop Out In One Month"
*“Record 90.5 Million Out Of Labor Force As Half A Million Drop Out *
*In One Month; **Labor Force Participation Rate Plunges To 1978 Levels”*
by Tyler Durden
“While the Establishment survey data was ugly due to both the miss and the
prior downward revisions in the NFP print, the real action was in the
Household survey, where we find that the number of people not in the labor
force rose by a whopping 516,000 in one month, which in turn increased the
total number of people outside the labor force to a record 90.5 million
Americans. And what is even worse, the Labor Force Particip... more »
Symposium — Reflections on Reflexivity and Theorizing in IR
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Cameron Thies. It is the
13th installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for
the special issue of the European Journal of International
Relations. SAGE has temporarily ungated all of the articles in that
issue. This post responds to Stefano
Guzzini‘s article (PDF). Guzzini’s post appeared earlier today. Other
entries in the symposium–when available–may be reached via the “EJIR Special
Continue reading
Symposium — The Ends of IR Theory: Stages of Reflexivity and Modes of Theorizing
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Stefano Guzzini. It is the
12th installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for
the special issue of the European Journal of International
Relations. SAGE has temporarily ungated all of the articles in that
issue. This post refers to Guzzini’s article (PDF). A response, authored
by Cameron Thies, will appear at 10am Eastern. Other entries in the
symposium–when available–may be
Continue reading
Quebec's Charter of 'Values': 5 things it would do and 5 things it wouldn't
From reading these 5 things (would & wouldn't) it is obvious who is
targeted.
*Would*
- *1. Bar public sector employees — including everyone from civil
servants to teachers, provincial court judges, daycare workers, police,
health-care personnel, municipal employees and university staff — from
wearing a hijab, turban, kippa, large visible crucifix or other
"ostentatious" religious symbols while on the job. ***
- *2. Allow five-year opt-outs from the ban for certain organizations,
but not daycare workers or elementary school teachers.***
- *3.Require that... more »
Religious Rituals: Killing of chickens and turkeys
*An ultra-Orthodox man performs a Jewish ritual called Kaparot in the Mea
Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem on Sept. 10. *
*In the ancient custom of Kaparot, still performed by some Jews today, a
white chicken is held over a person's head as prayers are recited that
symbolically transfer the person's sins accumulated through the year into
the bird. The chicken is butchered in a kosher manner and either donated to
charity or eaten. It's performed ahead of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
and the holiest of Jewish holidays, which begins at sundown on Sept. 13. --
European Pressphoto A... more »
How Important Is The House CR?
Brian Beutler has a smart item up about how GOP obsession with Obamacare
hurts them in the upcoming government funding showdown. I agree with the
general point.
However, I think he puts too much emphasis on the importance of what
Republicans pass (or don't pass) out of the House. Here's Beutler:
If 218 Republicans could ignore their White Whale for just a moment and
pass the House bill, Senate Democrats would kill the provision to defund
the health care law, but probably be stuck with Republican spending levels.
The GOP would both avoid a government shutdown and extract a major
con... more »
Native America Calling 'The Great Horse Controversy' Roundup and Slaughter
Native
America Calling opens the airways for discussion
of the Horse Roundup and Slaughter
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Dine' Leland Grass will be on Native America Calling on Thursday, Sept.
12, 2013, with Navajo Nation government spokesperson Erny Zah and
others. Grass said they will go "head to head" on the Horse round up and
slaughter.
Dine' medicine people passed a
A 9/11 Truth: Evidence of Energetic Materials in the Debris of the Collapsed World Trade Center Towers (reposted from 9/11/2010)
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) remote sensing data
(left and upper right) show the distribution and intensity of thermal hot
spots (warm colors) in the area of World Trade Center (WTC) five days after
9/11/01. The red-dashed rectangle overlaid on the pre-9/11 satellite
photograph of the WTC towers at the lower right corresponds to the white-
dashed rectangles on the AVRIS images. (Note that Degrees Fahrenheit = 1.8
x Degrees Centigrade + 32)
Inspired by David Ray Griffin’s recent web publication “*Left-Leaning
Despisers of the 9/11 Truth Movement: Do You Rea... more »
Paul Craig Roberts laments the uselessness of America's wars and their immense costs to our economy and our troops, as well as the deaths of millions of innocent civilians in the countries the U.S. has invaded. Then because for the past 12 years these wars have been justified as retaliation for the 9/11 attacks, PCR presents some easy to understand arguments as to why "...you do not need any of the expert evidence to know that the US government’s story is false."
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*Too Many Years Of Lies: From Mossadeq to 9/11 *
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Too Many Years Of Lies
from Mossadeq to 9/11
Paul Craig Roberts
Washington has been at war for 12 years. According to experts such as
Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes, these wars have cost Americans
approximately $6 trillion, enough to keep Social Security and Medicare
sound for years. All there is to show for 12 years of war is fat b... more »
I think David Aaronovitch is pretty close to the truth with his analysis of Ed Miliband's character
And in this moment of crisis it became clear — as it does — what Mr
Miliband is. A personable man (and he is a very pleasant companion),
politically he is not a presence at all, he is an absence. He is Oedipal
Ed, the negator of the unpopular actions of the fathers; the anti-Blair,
the non-Brown. His technique for victory to is follow behind the leader,
wait for a slip-up and exploit his or her mistakes. He did it to his
brother. He hopes to do it to David Cameron. He is neither hunter nor prey,
he is scavenger. He is a political vulture. Mission creep? His mission is
all about cr... more »
The NHS is 'the envy of the world' - Really?
Channel 4 News report
'The 2004 figures show that NHS had the worst figures of all seven
countries. Once the death rate was adjusted, England was 22 per cent higher
than the average of all seven countries and it was 58 per cent higher than
the best country.
That meant NHS patients were almost 60 per cent more likely to die in
hospital compared with patients in the best country.
...
Of course, that was nearly 10 years ago and the NHS has been through
several reforms and had record amounts of money poured into it until
recently.
When Professor Jarman projected the figures forward... more »
Get Your NSA On, Zombies!
*NYTimes*: New iPhone's Fingerprint Scanner : "Coming just one day after
leaked documents suggested that the National Security Agency is able to
hack into smartphones, the unveiling of a new iPhone with a built-in
fingerprint scanner prompted dismay and mockery..."
*Business Insider : NSA Slides Refer To iPhone Owners As 'Zombies'*
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*Cryptome/ Spiegel Online: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data*
See the NSA slides at both links above.
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*Tech Dirt : The NSA impersonates Google Servers*
And, as noted by Agent Smith above, it's all turning into a giant hairball :
*The NSA Machin... more »
Never blame Islam or Muslims when on the BBC
There was a distressing piece about the sexual grooming of 'Asian' girls by
'Asian' men on the Today Programme yesterday from 53:42 to 57:42. Listen to
the whole piece it's not that long and note that "Two thirds of the
offenders were Pakistani". John Humphrys doesn't seem to want to press the
interviewee does he?
Untitled
*Levee body says suit against energy firms aims to enforce restoration
clauses in state, federal permits ~Mark Schleifstein*
ADULT ABUSE: Two different worlds!
*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013*
*Interlude—Times profiles Ravitch:* Readers of Sunday’s New York Times were
exposed to a Familiar Old Story—an easily memorized, often-told tale about
“the poor quality of our schools.”
The messaging was conveyed by the headline on the piece—and by a gloomy
visual.
In the visual, a bright yellow school bus has broken down. Smoke is pouring
from under the hood. Gloomily, the headline says this:
“The Great Stagnation of American Education.”
The writer, Professor Robert J. Gordon, rattles a list of familiar
complaints about our public schools, the kin... more »
9/11/1973
9-11-1973 - Chile from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*Salvador Allende*
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*
*Last Words to the Nation*
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*This speech was delivered at 9:10 am on September 11, 1973, in the midst
on an ultimately successful US-sponsored coup d'etat against the
democratically-elected government. Barricaded inside La Moneda, the
presidential palace, President Allende gave his life defending Chilean
democracy.*
My friends,
Surely this will be the last opportunity for me to address you. The Air
Force has bombed the towers of Radio Portales and Radio Corporación.
My words do not have bitterness but disappoin... more »
George Zimmerman and Shellie Zimmerman
Uncanny resemblance. Especially eyes and the stare.
They deserve each other.
"A display of sober strength"
As some of our hard-earned money went towards funding James Naughtie's trip
to the United States, I think we deserve some value for money from the *Today
*presenter's reporting on the Syrian crisis.
[*circumlocutory*, adj. *using or containing more words than necessary to
express an idea. **Synonyms*: circuitous, diffuse, garrulous, logorrheic,
long-winded, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy].
He was on first thing this morning (6.10) giving *Today *listeners his
appraisal of Barack Obama's big speech last night.
"It was a very sober speech, and he laid out the case for ... more »
“The Goodfellas of Wall Street”
*“The Goodfellas of Wall Street”*
by Chris Mayer
“America’s industrial economy — one in which companies compete not on price
and quality but in political influence, and earn profits not by attracting
customers with good service, but by using the power of the state to protect
markets and force customers into the fold.” — Matt Taibbi, "Griftopia"
You know the routine. Mobsters shake down, say, a restaurant owner. They
drink all the booze and eat all they want and pay nothing. They rob the
cash register. They even go out and borrow money against the place and
spend it. When they’v... more »
ReThink 9/11: The Truth That Could Still Unravel an Empire of Lies
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*The 9/11 false flag attack has propelled a wave of perpetual wars
building a new order based upon chaos.*
Aaron Dykes
Twelve years after the September 11 attacks, Americans are still entangled
in perpetual war, centered around the Middle East which has been based in
numerous theaters, including Iraq and Afghanistan, Libya and now possibly
Syria. The specter of terrorism still looms, putting supposedly-guaranteed
civil rights in the backseat and fear in the fast lane.
Checkpoints and security measures have accelerated at hom... more »
Awesome Letter That a Dying Military Veteran Sent To His Representatives In Congress
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Michael Snyder
You will be amazed by the things that a dying military veteran wrote in a
letter to the two U.S. Senators that are representing his state. Like so
many other Americans, this elderly vet is absolutely disgusted by the
corruption and the incompetence that he sees coming out of Washington.
In the past, I have also written about how $1.4 billion is spent on the
Obamas each year and about how Congress is living the high life at our
expense, but in this letter this dying military veteran puts things much
more eloqu... more »
Remember the Raisin
By Capt. Fogg
The people who like to manipulate us by creating and preserving anger, like
to give us slogans. Remember the Maine, Remember the Alamo, Remember Pearl
Harbor, Remember the Raisin!* Never Forget!! *
All these things are inevitably forgotten despite the slogan advertising
campaigns and sooner or later we'll get tired of remembering 9/11.
Sloganeers will get tired of milking the faded fear and self-pity and
choreographed mourning. The people who were born too late to remember it
will eventually need to be told to remember something else that some party
needs to cultiv... more »
The Diver
I saw Greg Louganis dive in St. Louis
in 1984. Oh, the way he folded and
unfolded in the air. We all gasped
when he split the surface and disappeared.
But he rose up in a shimmering swath
of bubbles, unbounded joy.
Seventeen years later, a man steps out
through the lattice of a skyscraper and
folds himself into a breathtaking pike.
An anonymous diver, abandoning his
day job. Maybe you’ve seen the
photograph? A single body falling, white
oxford full and fluttering, like a peony,
blowsy, on that singular day.
(Christine Hartzler)
Not all stray tweets are funny
There's a must-read article at *Honest Reporting* called How to Libel
Israel: A Case Study.
It gives a striking example of the potential for sheer mischief that can
arise from a stray tweet. Unlike the humorous case of Ian Katz and Rachel
Reeves, however, this one is deadly serious.
Ben Phillips, Campaigns and Policy Director for the politicised charity
Oxfam, tweeted (on 8 September) about how the "blockade of Gaza" had
prevented his charity from receiving some equipment to help provide clean
water for Gazans.
The usual anti-Israel suspects, led by the Electronic Intifada, swif... more »
Untitled
On this day in New Orleans, snowballs were still a Really Big Deal
*Big Victory In Effort To Curb Libel Tourism ~Eric Goldman, Forbes*
~New Orleans Ladder pal and defender Doug Handshoe, of Slabbed, is a
Mississippi blogger/griper. He repeatedly criticized a Louisiana public
official, and that evolved into criticisms of the plaintiffs, Nova Scotia
residents who Handshoe asserted were business partners of the initial
target. The plaintiffs sued Handshoe in a Nova Scotia court for defamation.
Handshoe did not fight that lawsuit, so the Nova Scotia court issued a
default judgment agains... more »
9/11 in 60 Seconds: Mass Trauma That Shocked the National Mind
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*9/11 Changed Everything.*
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
Over an hour of footage from live broadcasts on multiple channels from the
day of 9/11 have been condensed into just over a minute to reveal the
persistent trauma of the event. Words of terror, shock, horror and loss
were all broadcast with full impact into the collective minds of viewers in
America and around the world on a day twelve years ago that continues to
haunt us.
“Unbelievable.” “Horrible.” “Catastrophe.” “Collapsed.” “Blown up.” “Fire.”
“Terrorist.” “Ter... more »
Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part III, Sheikh Ahmed Sattar Al-Rishawi Abu Risha
Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was not the first in Anbar to challenge Al
Qaeda in Iraq’s hold upon the province, but he was the most successful at
it. He proposed the Anbar Awakening in 2006, which eventually helped
re-take the governorate away from the militants. It was a dramatic
transformation for a place that the American forces had almost written off.
Abu Risha had far more goals than that, but he wasn’t able to see them come
to fruition as he was assassinated a year after he formed the Awakening.
His brother, Ahmed Sattar al-Rishawi Abu Risha took over the movement after
hi... more »
These Bold 9/11 Billboards in Busy Downtown Cores Will Wake Up Thousands
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Never forget that no plane hit Building 7 Joe Martino
New re-think 9/11 billboards have popped up in two major cities in the US.
One being in New York and the other in Dallas. Both appear in very busy
downtown cores where millions will see them. Importantly, they make their
debut in time for the anniversary of 9/11 today.
Along with these billboards, supporters of Architects and Engineers
campaign to encourage people to RE-THINK 9/11 were handing out factual
brochures aimed at educating and reminding the public that scientif... more »
After 12 Years, It Is Time For The Truth!
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Dees Illustration Dave Hodges
We live in a time where DHS will categorize an individual as a terrorist if
they question the government about nearly anything. At the risk of being
hauled away and never heard from again under the NDAA, I wish to, once
again, bring forth my objections to the government secrecy of the events of
9/11.
On that day newest day that will live in infamy, I lost over 3,000
countrymen; and twelve years later, the victims' families have still not
received closure because the facts are being held under l... more »
Wargasms on the Potomac: U.S. Weapons Good, Syrian Weapons Bad
*By Fred Drumlevitch*
cross-posted from freddrumlevitch.blogspot.com (*Progressive Food for
Thought*)
The sound of war drums rose over the Potomac. As did also certain other
items. The tumescent political “leadership” and their rent boys of the
mainstream media alternated between stroking each other to the point of
wargasm and oh-so-seriously rationalizing to the public why they must let
loose their dogs of war. Fortunately, many ordinary Americans have begun to
realize just how tired *they themselves* are of getting screwed by the
imperial overreach of what is supposed to be *th... more »
Too Many Years Of Lies: From Mossadeq to 9/11
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Dees Illustration Paul Craig Roberts
Washington has been at war for 12 years. According to experts such as
Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes, these wars have cost Americans
approximately $6 trillion, enough to keep Social Security and Medicare
sound for years. All there is to show for 12 years of war is fat bank
balances for the armament industries and a list of destroyed countries with
millions of dead and dislocated people who never lifted a hand against the
United States.
The cost paid by American troops and taxpayers is ... more »
Help Obama Kickstart WW3 (Promo Video)
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*Youtube*
President Obama needs your help starting World War III! Find out how you
can help!
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Secret Memos with Summers and Geithner to Deregulate Banking
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*LipTV*
1996 emails have just come to light between Larry Summers, Obama's current
nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, and Tim Geithner detailing plans to
deregulate international markets and effectively set the stage for the
global financial collapse.
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WWIII Pre-Game Show
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*Joy Camp*
HILARIOUS - but not really...
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9/11 Truth and the Way Forward: Real Criminal Investigations
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*James Corbett*
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Pol. Ideology 49: Machiavelli, The Prince, Liberality and Meanness
My political theoretician and academic friend, Dr. Amado “Bong” Mendoza,
made a follow up discussion about the pork barrel scandal, this time
getting the ideas of the famouos Italian historian-philosopher Niccolo
Machiavelli (1469-1527). Earlier, Bong used the ideas of Thomas Hobbes,
John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau, in analyzing pork barrel scam. See Hobbes,
Locke, Rosseau and Social Contract Theory.
In his facebook posting yesterday, Bong wrote,
*The Florentine political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli (I affectionately
call him the Big Mac) counseled the Prince that if he can... more »
Laying down a few ground rules
Next Monday's *Panorama, *Tax, Lies and Videotape, will be going undercover
in the City of London, in pursuit of tax avoidance by big companies.
It's a favourite theme for *Panorama. *(See, for example, here or here or
here or here).
It's to be hoped that their investigation will be fair and factual, and a
good test of that will be their choice of 'talking heads'.
There is, of course, absolutely nothing wrong with using anti-tax avoidance
campaigners, such as those from the Tax Justice Network, as 'talking
heads'. They are a key voice in the debate over tax avoidance.
What wou... more »
James Corbett: Who was really behind the 9/11 attacks?
Thanks to James Corbett for doing the work@ The Corbett Report
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As we approach the 12th anniversary of 9/11, it is time for 9/11 truth to
mature as a movement before it stagnates into insignificance. Either the
movement will live up to its potential by naming names and identifying
suspects in the crime, or it will become another JFK assassination
investigation, doomed to spend half a century fighting pointless
territorial battles while the real perpetrators walk free. Join us for this
9/11 anniversary edition of The Corbett Report as w... more »
WotW: Color 101 - Beauty is NOT in the Eye of the Beholder
Of all the things I learned in college, only one concept has stuck with me
over the years. Strangely enough, it wasn't from a course necessary for my
degree, but it has profoundly changed my perceptions about the world and
has strongly influenced how I approach my career today.
This sage wisdom came from my Intro to Landscape Architecture teacher. He
started his lecture one day by saying, "You've been lied to your whole
life. *Beauty is NOT in the eye of the beholder*. And I'm going to prove it
to you."
I remember sitting there thinking, "What an idiot, of course beauty is in
th... more »
More Americans "Rethinking" 9/11?
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*Ben Swann*
Ben Swann Reality Check takes a look at claims by Architects and Engineers
for 9/11 Truth about why they say the official story on the collapse of
Building 7 is not only untrue, it is not possible. Also, a new poll shows
that more and more Americans are now rethinking the official story.
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9/11: Essays and Film | the becoming radical
9/11: Essays and Film | the becoming radical.
Pro-Syria War Org Exposed as White House Front
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President Paul: "I Like the Presumption So Far"
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Senator Rand Paul is clearly being put forward to be contender in the 2016
presidential race. After giving the unofficial/official political response
to Obama's prime-time plea for war, Rand Paul was referred to as "President
Paul" by Bret Baier.
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Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Ellis Burks, 49. Not quite a HOFer...but a lot closer
than you might think, and better than quite a few guys who made it.
Terrific late hitting second peak, ages 34-37, but only about 250 PAs after
that.
Plenty of good stuff:
1. Excellent new TNR feature: Isaac Chotiner tries to interview Barney
Frank, receives abuse (via a Chait tweet).
2. Three good ones from the folks at Mischiefs of Faction. First, Greg
Koger's analysis of the Congressional vote on Syria is useful, whether or
not there is a vote.
3. Then Jennifer Victor, also on the Congressional vote.
4. Al... more »
Our Darker Angels
Now that the Quebec Charter of Values has been officially unveiled, it's
clear that Pauline Marois and her party are appealing to an old strain in
Quebec life -- fear of those who aren't like *nous autres*. It was there in
Abbe Groulx's anti-Semitism. It was there when Paul Larose and his
confreres kidnapped James Cross. In fact, in Quebec, fear of the other is
nothing new.
But, by targeting the clothes and the religious symbols people wear, Marois
is making it easy to identify "the other" -- thus, making them targets of
hatred. Tasha Kheiriddin notes that Marois links multicultu... more »
Apple reveals two novel iPhone models: 5S and 5C handsets
*Apple has unveiled two new handsets: the top-end iPhone 5S and a cheaper
iPhone 5C at an occasion in California. *The 5S introduces a fingerprint
sensor built into the phone's main knob to recognize the user. The 5C comes
with a synthetic back in a choice of colours. It marks a change of strategy
for Apple which had not launched two distinct types of handset at the same
instance before.
The iPhone is the firm's most main product in terms of earnings power. The
new fingerprint system can be used to unlock the 5S and provide
confirmation for purchases from Apple's online marketpl... more »
German Elections - - just eleven days away ..... dissecting german polling data , can a grand coalition with Merklel at the helm be achieved ? Without FDP in the government , the answer might be NO !
German Elections update.....
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 2:43 PM
Latest Polls Not Looking Good For Merkel, 12 Days Before election
The German election is on September 22. And with 12 days remaining, things
do not look good for a Grand Coalition headed by Merkel.
Via translation, the latest INSA poll looks like this:
- CDU/CSU - 39%
- SPD - 28%
- Grüne (Greens) - 11%
- Die Linke (Left) - 8%
- FDP - 4%
- AfD - 3%
- Pirate - 3%
I believe AfD will make the 5% cut. I do not know if FDP will make the cut.
If neither makes the cut, an unstable "Grand Coalition" is th... more »
Military.Com observes White House silence on the report that Syrian Rebels were responsible for the August 21 , 2013 chemical weapon incident at Ghouta , Syria ..... Syria updates - the day after the President's speech , where do things stand ? War resolution votes postponed as diplomacy pursued through the UN regarding alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syria government - any attack now allegedly pushed back to mid-October ( as per Chuck Hagel ) ! Blood lust for War deferred but not forgotten !
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/09/10/white-house-mum-on-rebel-chem-weapons-use.html
White House Mum on Rebel Chem Weapons Use
Sep 10, 2013
Military.com| by Bryant Jordan
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[image: In this Friday, April 6, 2012 file photo, rebels gather on a corner
during fighting with Syrian troops in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Media
reports now indicate al Qaida has joined the fight against President Bashar
Assad's regime.]
While wrestling with the case for a punitive attack on Syria over the
alleged use of sarin gas against civilians, the White House is not
commenting on a wi... more »
the other september 11, why "they" might hate "us", and the right to live in peace
For many people in the world, especially people in South America, the date *September
11* was significant long before 2001. On that date in 1973, Augusto
Pinochet, with the help of the United States government, overthrew the
democratically elected, socialist government of Salvador Allende. Allende
was either murdered or forced into suicide. Pinochet then installed a
military dictatorship that ruled Chile until 1990, and was responsible for
tens of thousands of deaths, tortures, and disappearances, along with
right-wing economic policies that were equally brutal.
I often think of the... more »
Guess who's back?
Has a former prime minister ever been invited to write for the BBC News
website before? Well, one has now:
Gordon Brown's school plan for Syria's refugees
By Gordon Brown
UN special envoy for education
Now, what would you rather do: Read that Gordon Brown article or listen to
a Rachel Reeves interview?
Free Planet Manifesto 2013
even in a Free Planet we some times need 'some bloke' to tell us what is
right, and what is wrong, right?
"Good morning Sarah, and good morning BBC listeners"
The* Guardian* published an interview last night with Raquel Rolnik
(above), the UN's special rapporteur on housing. Several further
*Guardian *articles
followed straight on.
Ms Rolnik has entered the political fray here, denouncing the British
government's spare room subsidy/bedroom tax as an attack on people's
human
rights and has called for it to be axed.
(Her last major invention in British affairs came when she called for a
haltto the eviction of the travellers from their illegal encampment at
Dale
Farm in 2011).
Where the *Guardian *leads the BBC so often follows, and this... more »
Fighting Spirit: A Message from Herman Wallace
*PLEASE TAKE ACTION: Demand Humane Release for Herman! USA, UK, France,
Belgium, and elsewhere*
On Saturday. August 31st, I was transferred to LSU Hospital for evaluation.
I was informed that the chemo treatments had failed and were making matters
worse and so all treatment came to an end. The oncologists advised that
nothing can be done for me medically within the standard care that they are
authorized to provide. They recommended that I be admitted to hospice care
to make my remaining days as comfortable as possible. I have been given 2
months to live.
I want the world to know... more »
“At World's End: The Five Stages of Collapse”
*“At World's End: The Five Stages of Collapse”*
By James Quinn
"In the first three parts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) of this disheartening
look back at a century of central banking, income taxing, military warring,
energy depleting and political corrupting, I made a case for why we are in
the midst of a financial, commercial, political, social and cultural
collapse. In this final installment I’ll give my best estimate as to what
happens next and it has a 100% probability of being wrong. There are so
many variables involved that it is impossible to predict the exact path to
our wo... more »
The Upcoming War On Syria: Dissecting The Criminal US President's September 10th, 2013 Speech To The American People..
I decided after taking as much "Pepto-Bismol" as I could to actually listen
to the criminal US President's speech to the American public tonight.....
It was a good thing that I took that stomach antacid, because the lies were
coming out of this criminal's mouth so fast and furiously that I honestly
wanted to puke... What was said was some of the worse bullcrap lies and
falsehoods about Syria that anyone could imagine!
For this article, I want to present the entire transcript of the US
criminal President's speech to the American people right here, and I have
interjected in all parts... more »
Last American Hero Tells the Tale (Massive Worldwide Theft) and What Happens When No One At the Top Goes To Jail (Wealth Loss To U.S. Households Was $11 Trillion)
Richest 1 Percent Earn Biggest Share Since 1920's I genuinely love this
guy. He's the historical fount of financial knowledge and analysis that
I've been saying had to exist to concisely explain what has been happening
to the wealth of the U.S. (and the western world) for the last decade. (And
I'm not even getting into the fake terror wars.) He's so smart my cerebral
cortex aches when I
THE OBAMA SPEECH ON SYRIA: A GREEN LIGHT TO THE ISRAELIS
The Obama speech to the American people and the world, delivered on the
eve of the twelfth anniversary of 9/11, was very carefully crafted and
designed to appeal to public opinion while leaving the ball still firmly in
his court. He reminded the world he is still commander in chief and is only
going to Congress for what he considers ideological reasons that reflect
the democratic nature of the American nation. He laid out past precedents
for going to war without Congressional approval leaving the door open for
him to make such a decision if circumstances dictated.
Obama was also c... more »
Closing credits
Here's how *Newsnight*'s editor acknowledged his gaffe (tweeting that the
scintillating Labour MP Rachel Reeves is a bore) on last night's programme:
*#clever*
9/11 twelfth anniversary - The Third Truth - Dimitri Khalezov
"DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT," Snoop Dogg might say.
*Amazing interview with Dimitri Khalezov, former Nuclear Intelligence
officer of the Soviet Union. Because of the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions
Treaty of 1976 between the USA and the former USSR and Dimitri's military
role in the USSR's Nuclear Intelligence division, Dimitri had certain
knowledge of the WTC demolition schema, which was required to obtain the
original WTC building permit in New York (i.e. NY did not issue a building
permit without submitting a demolition schema). Dimitri uses his insider
information combined with his milit... more »
LUNCH WITH THE FT - VLADIMIR PUTIN
Vladimir Putin meets me in the VIP room at the *Shotlandskaya Kletka*restaurant in Moscow.
Before we order our food, I ask Putin about Syria's offer to hand over its
chemical weapons.
"In 2002," says Putin, "Saddam Hussein allowed the weapons inspectors to
carry out a thorough inspection.
"The inspectors found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction. But Bush
went ahead with his invasion anyway.
"It may be the same this time with Syria," continues Putin,"but, on the
other hand, more of the American public, politicians and military now know
that the American government is run b... more »
BREAKING: Wang kicked out of KMT
CNA reports:
立法院長王金平涉入司法關說，中國國民黨考紀會今天上午開會後決議，將王金平撤銷黨籍。
Wang booted from KMT. This means he lost his seat in the legislature and
his Speaker position, since he is an at-large legislator serving at the
party's pleasure.
More later tonight....
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*Hazard mitigation program ending, missed out on helping thousands more ~David
Hammer, WWLTV*
How Much Would the World Pay for Biodiversity? Nothing, Really
Just a week ago, NPR’s Planet Money reported: “The government of Ecuador
has abandoned a plan that would have kept part of the Amazonian rainforest
off limits to oil drilling. The initiative was an unusual one: Ecuador was
promising to keep the oil in the ground, but it wanted to be paid for doing
so.”
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Alex Jones is (still) a Dangerous White Supremacist
Subtle, Alex, real subtle this time....
IDEAS 3: Wan Saiful's Presentation in Manila
Wan's talk last Monday night here in Manila was great. Will post photos in
my next blog post. Audience were mainly my clubmates in Rotary, plus
friends in the free market movement here in Manila.
It's good that Wan briefly introduced what the Institute for Democracy and
Economic Affairs (IDEAS) is. He said that often people look at free
marketers as not too concerned with high inequality and the poor, so they
made it clear that their goal is to "make markets work for the poor."
Both the administration and the opposition in Malaysia know that IDEAS is
free marketer and hence, not ex... more »
Missing persons in Canada
There are about 7,000 missing people in Canada at any given time. Of those
perhaps a sixth of the adults have mental or drug issues -- the rest are
missing due to other causes.
Sometimes these are benign -- people who leave and seek a new start --
others quite the contrary -- murder victims whose bodies are not found.
Most are people involved in accidents or arrested or for some other reason
kept out of reach of their family for a brief period.
Regardless, missing people cause enormous heartache and anxiety -- the lack
of information can devastate families.
Perhaps the only good... more »
Philosophy: It’s a matter of life and death
Philosophy isn’t just an abstract subject for otherwise unemployable nerds
to sound learned. It explains why, for instance, a culture moves radically
away from respecting objective reality and instead embraces the concept of
subjectivism; or moves away from respecting reason and independent
judgement, and instead embraces consensus; or moves away from respecting
individual rights and peaceful cooperation, and instead begins to embrace
authoritarianism and state control.
In order to live at all in the real world, you need *some view* of that
world and your place in it—either explic... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"This forest of snow and ice penitentes reflects moonlight shining across
the Chajnantor plateau. The region lies in the Chilean Andes at an altitude
of 5,000 meters, not far from one of planet Earth's major astronomical
observatories, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. Up to
several meters high, the flattened, sharp-edged shapes, and orientation of
the penitentes tend to minimize their shadows at local noon.
*Click image for larger size.*
In the dry, cold, thin atmosphere, sublimation driven by sunlight is
important for their formation. A direct transition from a... more »
If August job numbers were by the one week shutdown of the porn industry - September will be a dilly ! Now three porn actors / actresses hit with HIV !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/pointing-at-pornography-for-job-losses/?smid=tw-nytimes
Pointing at Pornography for Job LossesBy CATHERINE RAMPELL
*Updated, 4:24 p.m.* | *to include point about how employees are counted.*
[image: CATHERINE RAMPELL]
CATHERINE RAMPELL
Dollars to doughnuts.
The pornography industry, long accustomed to being a scapegoat for the
country’s moral ills, is now being blamed for America’s economic failings,
too.
Employment in the motion picture and sound recording industries plunged in
August, for a loss of 22,200 jobs. It was the sector with the bi... more »
Neil Young is a Moron
Okay, okay......I promise I took a deep breath and walked away from the
laptop for several minutes before typing this post, but I have to admit I
still can't get over the stupidity that is Neil Young. Apparently, he was
in town over the long weekend to tour our city. But really, like many
other celebs, he only came here to garner publicity for himself and spout
off about the oilsands. And I mean, that's fine, everyone has their
opinion and is entitled to it. But I really have to draw a line in the
sand when the guy then goes ahead and spouts off about Fort McMurray
itself. Acco... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Red Thread”
* “The Red Thread”*
by Chet Raymo
“I am seventy-seven years old and have never witnessed a human death. I
have been there as loved ones- father and mother, most prominently- awaited
the approaching darkness, but I was not present when the last flicker of
light was extinguished. For this, I suppose, I should feel grateful,
retaining a kind of innocence, a blessed lacuna in the realm of possible
experience. I think of how for so many in the world death is a commonplace
and sometimes grisly presence.
In the journal my father kept as he lay dying of cancer, he recounts a
dream ... more »
Bill McCallum Responds to My Post (and I Look Into My Crystal Ball)
“How I Spend My Spare Time” I recently wrote a post entitled, “A Sane Reply
to Bill McCallum: Why I Cannot Support the Common Core “State” Standards.”
I addressed directly some of my concerns and gave some general reasons that
I can’t go along with Bill McCallum’s request to join him in supporting
CCSSI. As […]
The Daily "Near You?"
Pompano Beach, Florida, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Security considerations . . .
A
copper wallet insert shields your credit cards from RFID
skimming.Image: Adam Harvey
Get a Faraday wallet. Something with a lining made of copper, or steel
mesh or even aluminum foil. Or add aluminum foil to the inside of the
wallet you have. With one of those, “they” can “ping” you as you walk
about, and the RFID’s in your credit cards and sometimes, Driver’s
Licence, are shielded, and
Why in the world is the FBI STILL investigating reporter Hastings for alleged " controversial reporting " ? NSA involved in industrial espionage against Petrobras of Brazil - more NSA news of the day... With 9-11 looming , beware the False Flag ! ,
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/9/fbi-releases-redacteddocumentonmichaelhastings.html
FBI continues to investigate Hastings for 'controversial reporting'
by Jason Leopold
@JasonLeopold
September 9, 2013 9:45PM ET Updated 11:45PM ET
Al Jazeera obtains declassified documents on deceased Rolling Stone
journalist following FOIA lawsuit
Topics: Michael Hastings Rolling Stone Magazine FBI
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[image: Michael Hastings]
Hastings died in a late-night car crash in Los Angeles in June.Paul
Morigi/Getty Images
The FBI released a heavily redacted document on Rolling Stone j... more »
#EdSnowden reveals spooks have already cracked and hacked your software
*Guest post by James Ball, Julian Borger, and Glenn Greenwald*
U.S. and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of
the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to
protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails,
according to top-secret documents revealed by former contractor Edward
Snowden.
The files show that the National Security Agency and its UK counterpart
GCHQ have broadly compromised the guarantees that Internet companies have
given consumers to reassure them that their communications, online banking
a... more »
Poll shows Hondurans really, really unhappy with country's direction
Hondurans are ferociously gloomy about the state of their country,
according to a new poll this month.
The poll, by CESPAD, a citizen’s pro-democracy organization, looked at
voter preferences. The national elections are now a little more than two
months away.
It also asked about attitudes toward government, the state of the country
and democracy.
The results were grim. Only 3.2 per cent of Hondurans think the country is
progressing. Only 18 per cent think their families’ economic situation is
even a little better this year than last.
The poll asked whether the current government was... more »
The 1970s called. They want their global cooling scam back.
Ahead of the UN’s climate jobsworths writing up the summary of their fifth
report on the state of the climate’s planet, and desperate to find some
plausible climate disasters on the horizon they can make quotable enough to
go around the world’s media, the planet itself is resolutely refusing to
cooperate.
London’s *Daily Telegraph* reports the Arctic is refusing to give up its
ice, as predicted. Instead of decreasing,
There has been a 60 per cent increase in the amount of ocean covered with
ice compared to this time last year, the equivalent of almost a million
square miles. In a... more »
Testicles and Fatherhood
This is my lab, so let's perform a thought experiment. Say I'm a
sociologist (which I am) and had an interest in the social behaviour of
biologists. Neuroscientists to be more precise. In such a situation, quite
rightly my motives for studying them would have to be justified like any
sociological enterprise should. But also, I think most people would be okay
with the idea of studying a group of scientists in a social setting.
Investigating, describing and analysing social relationships is the bread
and butter of our work after all. However, if our sociologists were to
enter the set... more »
"The Senate is a failed institution.” - Tom Mulcair, Leader, New Democratic Party
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[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*“We live in a democracy. It’s a fundamental principle in a democracy that
laws are made by people who have been elected by the public. The Senate is
a failed institution.”*
*Tom Mulcair *
*-Leader, New Democratic Party*
*-Leader of the Official Opposition**
*
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* *Last thought ... *
*Saskatchewan's Right wing corporate media are a bit anxious about
Mulcair's visit to Saskatchewan ... even repeating the original
Saskatchewan Party 'speaking point' (which Wall has now abandoned) on what
constitutes the term 'Dutch Disease':*
*" Mulcair is likely les... more »
ISRAELIS MAY NEED TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO KICK START THEIR FINAL CONFRONTATION
It seems that an imminent strike against the Syrian government may have
been averted due to Bashir al-Assad conceding to Russian suggestions that
Syria surrender its chemical weapons to international custody. Already the
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting scheduled to meet to discuss
Russia’s proposal has been postponed.
The development has left the neoconservatives fuming. For them, the US
strike against Syria was essential. Without a US strike there is unlikely
to be the much hoped for retaliatory strikes against Israel which would
have provided them with an opportunit... more »
The Sons of God
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*"The Owls Are Not What They Seem"*
Genesis 6
*King James Version (KJV)*
6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth,
and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the *sons of God* saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and
they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that
he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when
the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they ... more »
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*Royalty-screwed: Big Oil likes to confuse severance taxes with cleanup
costs ~Mark Moseley, The Lens*
Untitled
*Judge orders sheriff to seize LSU search records ~WDSU*
Open Thread
So, what's on your mind today? Comments, complaints, suggestions, lost
or stolen items?
Extra Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, "The Story In Your Eyes"
Moody Blues, "The Story In Your Eyes"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgOtLKttDU4&html5=1
I couldn't resist, lol...
Yes, Of Course It's OK to Speculate About Syria and 2016.
This again? I'm hearing all sorts of complaints about people speculating
about how the Syria matter will affect the 2016 elections.
If we're talking general election -- I'm with you. Pending an enormous
policy disaster, and perhaps even if there is one, the outcome in Syria
will likely have zero effect on the November 2016 election.
But if we're talking nominations? As long as you agree on two things:
1. The 2016 presidential nomination contests began some time ago and are
underway right now; and,
2. The outcome of the 2016 nomination contests is important
...then of course it's re... more »
Musical Interlude: The Moody Blues, “Tuesday Afternoon”
The Moody Blues, “Tuesday Afternoon”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEMuAnFH_lM&html5=1
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Moody Blues, Full album, "Days of Future Passed"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_9hwW1eV0&html5=1
“How 9/11 Was Done”
"I didn't say it would be easy. I just said it would be the truth."
- Morpheus
“How 9/11 Was Done”
- http://how911wasdone.blogspot.com/
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"The Heart-Wrenching Images Of 9/11 That We'll Never "
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
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2013 NEW “Loose Change”, 3rd Edition!
- http://www.youtube.com/
Kansas Charter School Anticulturalism Sends Child Home in Tears
The protests that this situation has aroused is a good thing, but a much
better thing would be for parents to get just as upset about the
anticultural curriculum and chain gang behavior control as they now are
about racist rules regarding hair styles. Tagged: anticulturalism,
charter schools
A Better Look at George Zimmerman
Shellie Zimmerman's 911 call
Well it's hard to be sympathetic to her. She covered for him at the trial
for his killing of Trayvon Martin.
“The ‘Mize-Well’ Factor”
*“The ‘Mize-Well’ Factor”*
by Bill Bonner
“The Dow rose 140 points yesterday. Our guess: Speculators are betting on
the Fed’s announcement later this month. In light of bad employment
numbers, they reckon the Fed is unlikely to begin seriously tapering off
from its credit-pumping adventure. They’re probably right. The Fed has
already gone too far. The economy depends on its ZIRP and QE. Besides, Ben
Bernanke is leaving his post as Fed chairman in January. He is desperate to
hold things together so he can get away with his reputation – such as it is
– intact. He has already ad... more »
Maureen Dowd’s Two Faces of Barry!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013*
*The one face of Milbank and Dowd:* In this morning’s Washington Post,
Milbank plays the silly card with respect to Susan Rice.
But first, Maureen Dowd played the silly card with respect to President
Barry. On Sunday, she started her column like this, pitiful headline
included:
DOWD (9/8/13): *Barry’s War Within*
*The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize had been up late pleading for war.*
*The president looked exhausted* as he met the press in St. Petersburg on
Friday. The man elected because of his magical powers of persuasion had
failed to persuade othe... more »
"Insanity..."
“Insanity is when you do the same thing over and
over again and expect different results.”
- Albert Einstein
Ignore the Right, support the BBC - says a Labour MP
The BBC's usual "right-wing and competitor" opponents must be ignored,
states a disinterested political neutral at the *Guardian *tonight.
"We must stand up for the BBC"...
At a time when public trust is so low, the BBC has proved time and time
again its resilience. Its founding principles are to inform, educate and
entertain. It is truly a public good which, despite everything, continues
to be an incredibly successful global broadcaster providing high-quality
journalism, factual programming and drama, and keeping journalistic and
production values higher in the commercial sector ... more »
Satire: “Kerry Shocked to Be Taken Seriously”
* “Kerry Shocked to Be Taken Seriously”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Secretary of State John Kerry said
today that he was “shocked and flabbergasted” that the Russians heeded his
suggestion about Syria’s chemical weapons, telling reporters, “After four
decades in public life, this is the first time someone has taken me
seriously. Whether as a senator, a Presidential candidate, or Secretary of
State, I’ve devoted countless hours to thunderous and droning speeches that
people have consistently tuned out,” he said. “So naturally, to be listened
to all of ... more »
Issa: The Syrian 10 years old boy who works in a weapon factory 6 days a week - more pictures
*Issa assembles a locally handmade mortar shell.Hamid Khatib / Reuters*
*10-year-old Syrian boy works 10-hour days, six days a week alongside
father in weapons factory. See more pictures *here.
As we await Obama's speech tonight, presumably trying to justify launching cruise missiles indiscriminately into Syria to punish Bashar al-Assad for the unproven notion that he was responsible for the chemical weapons deaths 3 weeks ago, he should consider the unequivocal consequences of the stupendously larger amounts of toxic chemicals that the U.S. dumped on Vietnam...
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*The US government has used more chemical weapons than all other countries
combined *
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Guest Contribution by the BBC
Compare what Washington did to the people of Vietnam with its relentless
chemical weapons attacks that the Vietnamese had to endure for years with
the alleged and unproven use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article... more »
Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part II, Sheikh Abdullah Jalal Mukhif Faraji
The Anbar Awakening, which emerged in 2006 was a mix of sheikhs, clerics,
and tribesmen, many of which were involved with the insurgency. Each was
driven by their own motivation to give up the struggle against the
Americans and the Iraqi government, and instead turn their weapons on their
former compatriots. Sheikh Abdullah Jalal Mukhif Faraji was one such
individual. He was the deputy head of the Sunni Endowment in Anbar, and a
member of the Ramadi city council that later helped lead the Anbar
Salvation Council along with Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha and others. To
Faraji it was... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Dr. Harrell
Rhome*, a contributing editor to the bi-monthly historical magazine *The
Barnes Review*. Dr. Rhome and I will be discussing the Jewish Talmud,
Jewish ritual murder, and Judaism's connection to Freemasonry.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Three Years and Counting on the Kalamazoo
Three years after a major dilbit spill on Michigan's Kalamazoo River,
pipeline operator Enbridge is still at work on the cleanup. If it can't
clean a shallow river in three years, what will it do if it dumps a
supertanker load of dilbit to the bottom 600-feet down in British
Columbia's turbulent north coastal waters?
Living Large Chemically
China is taking a page out of North America's book, discovering that
antibiotics are the key to industrial livestock production. Already half
the antibiotics used in China go to keeping livestock ticking over until
they can be slaughtered.
Shocked? You shouldn't be. China is at 50%. In the U.S., the livestock
industry consumes 77% of that nation's antibiotics.
*China's teeming factory meat farms have a drug problem. To make animals
grow quickly under cramped, feces-ridden conditions, animals there get fed
small, doses of antibiotics—creating ideal breeding grounds for
anti... more »
Syria: I Told You So.
I Told You So.
He's just as smart as John Kennedy.
"I call it the Madman Theory, Bob. I want the North Vietnamese to believe
I've reached the point where I might do anything to stop the war.
We'll just slip the word to them that, "for God's sake, you know Nixon is
obsessed about communism.
We can't restrain him when he's angry—and he has his hand on the nuclear
button" and Ho Chi Minh himself will be in Paris in two days begging for
peace."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory
These people are stupid beyond words....
Syria: Agenda-Setting Masterclass for the Com... more »
Best blog post in the world... EVER... again... part two
Ain't Misbeehiving
Ayu Lonesome Tonight
Whelk Oldham
Blenny Kravitz
Queens of the Stoat Age
Fly and the Clam-ily Stoat
La Isla Bonito
Gorilla Radio
Limpet Bizkit
Avenged Sevenfoal
Mr Bungull
Go-gull Bordello
Shrew Fighters
That's What Breams Are Made Of
My Chemical Romants
Half Man Half Biscat
Sweet Breams
Bananallama
Lemurythmics
Half Man Half Puss-cat
Ptarmigan-garoo Down Sport
Prawn to Run
Prawn to Be Wild
The Flamingo Lips
Diana Wasp
The Beetles
Video Killed The Radio Starling
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Here Comes The Sunbird
NOFOX
Cattle Be The Day
Toucan Play That Game
Caribou Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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