Metro Toronto Convention Centre, south entrance, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Dangling Conversations
Bill Keller, *New York Times* executive editor-turned-columnist, devotes an
unprecedented seven digital pages to his most recent piece, an apparently
unedited email exchange with Glenn Greenwald on the role of contemporary
journalism. Read the whole thing and see if you don't agree that Greenwald
comes out the more lucid, fair-minded and even-handed.... despite Keller's
pretty laughable claim that Glenn espouses a "partisan point of view."
So, journalism is activist.... who knew? I always thought the stories just
kinda wrote themselves. And of course, every reporter in America has a ... more »
NR Takes on the Radicals (A Little)
Sometimes,
the twitter machine just spits out perfect material for items to
write. So this morning I wound up opening tabs on Ramesh Ponnuru and
Rich
Lowry's epic (five-screen) condemnation of radical Republicans, along
side anice takedown of Russell Brand's recent political babbling from
Alex Massie. One of them was about "an adolescent extremist whose hatred
of
politics is matched by his ignorance" -- want to guess which one?
OK, it's the one calling all politicians frauds...from the Left, where
liberal democracy, including the "left" parties, looks like a conspiracy
against the Tr... more »
Political Cowardice Is Political Courage
In the opening pages of George Orwell’s 1984, readers are introduced to
Oceania along with the work and world of Winston Smith: Winston kept his
back turned to the telescreen. It was safer; though, as he well knew, even
a back can be revealing. A kilometer away the Ministry of Truth, his place
of work, […]
Argentina: Curious Light Photographed Over San Juan
*Source: Tiempo de San Juan (Argentina)
http://www.tiempodesanjuan.com/notas/2013/10/24/ovni-sobrevolando-cielo-sanjuanino-41938.asp
Date: 10.24.2013*
*Argentina: Curious Light Photographed Over San Juan*
A UFO flying over San Juan?
Luis Adolfo Tinto and Juan José Mulet, public utility inspectors, submitted
the images of what they took to be a UFO to Tiempo de San Juan. They saw
the object on Tuesday, October 22 while going about their duties.
According to the witnesses, “It happened on Tuesday the 22nd at 6:50 at
Sarmiento Street before 25 de Mayo, facing the dovecote (El Palomar... more »
Driving Magnum PI's Ferarri
Loved that show and love this car. Over at Autoblog they drive it. One can
no longer rent a 308 in Oahu. However late models are available for a grand
a day.
Lion Rock 11: Barun Mitra on Democracy, Reading Salon 2013
I still have to write my reflection paper on the Reading Club Salon 2013 of
the Lion Rock Institute (LRI) on "Democracy -- Past, Present and Future"
held in Harbour Grand Hong Kong last October 19, 2013. It's good that good
friend Barun Mitra, Founder and Director of Liberty Institute in India,
sent us today his reflection paper about the event. Short and well-argued
points by Barun, reposting it below.
Our group photo after the whole day round table discussion. Barun is 4th
from left standing. To his left is Peter Wong, Executive Director of LRI,
and to Barun's right (3rd from lef... more »
Dick Cheney (who someday will be charged with war crimes) Says Canada Is 'Too Dangerous' And Cancels Trip Toronto Speaking Engagement ..
* TORONTO — Former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney has cancelled an April
appearance in Toronto citing concerns Canada is too dangerous.*
***“He felt that in Canada the risk of violent protest was simply too
high,” said Ryan Ruppert, president of promotions company Spectre Live
Corp., which had booked Mr. Cheney for an April 24 appearance at the Metro
Toronto Convention Centre.*
***“They specifically referenced what happened in Vancouver,” Mr, Ruppert
added.*
***In September, Mr. Cheney was speaking at a private club in Vancouver
when protesters massed outside the front door harassi... more »
New Survey On Estimated Deaths In Iraq Refutes Lancet Reports
In October 2013 a new study was released in the PLOS Medicine journal
estimating the number of deaths following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It
attempted to avoid and make up for some of the criticism of previous
surveys that looked at fatalities in the country. These included the 2004
and 2006 Lancet papers, the 2004 Iraq Living Conditions Survey, the 2007
Opinion Business Research (ORB) poll, and the 2008 Iraq Family Health
Survey. The new report estimated 460,000 excess deaths occurred after the
fall of Saddam Hussein. It didn’t give a figure for all violent deaths, but
did say ... more »
Education Funders Sponsor a Great Study of NYC Small School Reforms but Will They Read IT?
The Education Funders Research Initiative’s “New York City Schools:
Following the Learning Trajectories of a Cohort," by Douglas Ready, Thomas
Hatch, Miya Warner, and Elizabeth Chu, is excellent. It has the scholarly
integrity of the research of the Consortium on Chicago School Research or
Johns Hopkins’ Everyone Graduates. It also reads like a diplomatic call for
New York City reformers to heed social science when taking the next steps
towards improving the city’s schools.
The results of “New York City Schools” suggest positive outcomes associated
with New York City’s small high sc... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Daphne Zuniga, 51. I know I've babbled on about this
before, but The Sure Thing is just a much better movie than When Harry Met
Sally.
Good stuff:
1. A nice interview with David Mayhew. By the way: the APSA Congressional
Fellowship is basically the best thing in the world. I didn't do it (didn't
apply; I had already spent four plus years on the Hill, plus it wasn't
right for our family situation at the time), but from everything I know,
both from talking to friends who did it and from reading the research of
those who did it, it's absolutely the best thing.
2. ... more »
Rob Zerban Announces A Rematch Against Paul Ryan In Wisconsin
Last year, with no help from the DCCC (unless you want to consider negative
help of Steve Israel calling wealthy donors and telling them to not "waste"
their money on Rob Zerban), Rob Zerban came closer to defeating Paul Ryan
than any Democrat had before. Ryan represents a swing district in southeast
Wisconsin, WI-01 (Kenosha, Racine, Janesville, Muskego, Elkhorn and
southern Milwaukee suburbs like Oak Creek and Greendale. Spending
$6,651,221 to Zerban's $2,250,102, Ryan took 199,715 votes (55%) to Rob's
157,721 (43%). Rob managed to beat Ryan in Kenosha and Rock Counties
(respect... more »
Untitled
*'Bowl eligible' not good enough for Saints ~Mike Triplett*
*N.O. Mayor’s office releases Tulane scholarship forms ~Gordon Russell, New
Orleans Advocate*
*La. lawmakers release insurance reform bill, hope to ease flood insurance
costs ~Antwan Harris, WWLTV*
*Forensic engineering firms explore new business lines in New Orleans ~Ryan
Kelly, New Orleans CityBusiness, via The Republic *
Abandonment
Stephen Harper has abandoned three of his senatorial appointees --
including the man he once called "my most valuable senator." Abandonment
defines the man. And in foreign affairs, Joe Clark writes, Stephen Harper
has "all but abandoned the global arena."
Foreign affairs has never been the prime minister's strong suite, even
though he has spent a lot of time in international forums. Clark writes:
In the seven years between his first election and the time I am writing
this, Stephen Harper would have been exposed directly to informed and
passionate leaders describing similar chal... more »
US has finally found a way to energize and unify much of the world on a foreign policy issue - unfortunately , it's due to NSA spying ! And regarding spying on France - was this the work of Mossad ? Interestingly , a classified note from NSA suggests that might be the situation ! And just wondering who may have been behind the protracted offline situation at NSA site - lots of applause ( I am sure ) heard in quarters we would not normally expect to smile at the predicament of NSA ....
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Axis of Spying ( UK / US and Israel ? NSA / GCHQ and Mossad seem to be the
Spy Club ... )
http://rt.com/news/gchq-surveillance-snowden-secrecy-749/
The UK’s spy agency GCHQ was doing whatever it could to avoid igniting a
“damaging public debate” and a subsequent possibility of a legal threat
over its surveillance practices and cooperation with telecoms, new Snowden
papers reveal.
The documents leaked to the Guardian by former NSA contractor and
whistleblower Edward Snowden illustrate how the Government Communication
Headquarters feared the possibility of being challenged under the ... more »
Why do baseball games take so long?
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013*
*Full service returns tomorrow:* Why do baseball games take so long?
Last week, the New York Times reported on the topic. As we return to our
sprawling campus from a brief trip to the Hudson Valley, we thought you
might want to see what the World Series was like in 1963.
Fifty years ago this month, the Dodgers swept the Yankees. Here are the
scores, with the length of time of each game:
*October 2, 1963:* Dodgers 5, Yankees 2. Length of game: 2:10
*October 3, 1963:* Dodgers 4, Yankees 1. Length of game: 2:13
*October 5, 1963:* Dodgers 1, Yankees 0. Length ... more »
Who's taller comedian Greg Davies or Pointless's Richard Osman?
Who's taller comedian Greg Davies or Pointless's Richard Osman?
According to Wikipedia, Greg Davies 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) tall and has size 13
feet whilst Richard Osman is 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) (his shoes size is not
recorded).
So Greg Davies is taller but his size 13 feet seem a little small, I'm only
5ft 9in and have size 12 feet - *yes everything else is in proportion*.
Tom Friedman, taking dictation from experts!
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013*
*Direct from Shanghai, an innocent abroad:* Tom Friedman isn’t an expert on
schools. But when has that ever stopped anyone?
Last Wednesday, in the New York Times, Friedman wrote a column about his
visit to a public elementary school in Shanghai. Because of its extremely
high scores on the 2009 PISA, Shanghai has become the new Finland—the place
to which the journalists go on junket, hoping to find The Secret to
high-scoring schools.
That was Friedman’s headline: The Shanghai Secret. For decades, writers
like Friedman have been revealing The Secret which e... more »
The Deric Longden Swanwick Memorial Prize
The Writers Summer School in Swannwick, Derbyshire has played host to many
writers. Past speakers have included; Iain Banks, Ruth Rendell, PD James,
Norman Wisdom, Terry Pratchett, Colin Dexter and Deric Longden. Deric was
from Derby and met his second wife, author Aileen Armitage at the annual
writing event. He had been sent to interview her for Radio Derby and became
a regular speaker himself and together with Aileen, helped guide many
budding writers.
Now the Swanwick Writers’ School together with the ME Association are
creating the Deric Longden Memorial Prize. The 500 word ... more »
Operation Tailwind
Operation Tailwind from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
In June of 1998, CNN/Time premiered a new joint venture, a weekly program
called "News Stand'. Their first segment had revelations about a "Valley of
Death' (as one of the veterans interviewed called it) during the Vietnam
War. The news story of this 1970 U.S. military black operation known as
Operation Tailwind aired nationally over two consecutive Sundays. It quoted
members of the military who alleged that commandos from the U.S. Special
Operations Group (SOG) had been dispatched to a village base camp in Laos
with sarin gas, a toxic ... more »
Duck and Cover when Cyber Doomsday Comes
“The current blackout is a result of a cyber attack” “It will happen”
Ominous words from the National Geographic channel and their premier movie
this weekend. Not really sure how the news reporter can still report given
the aforementioned blackout, and also not sure why toilets cease to work
when you lose power, but the
Continue reading
Chris Wark Said No To Chemo And Went Raw!
*July 29, 2013*
**
Chris Wark was told he needed Chemotherapy to live. He understood the chemo
would kill him. Chris decided to go against his doctors advise. Instead
Chris ate a raw food diet while also changing his unhealthy habits. Hear
his amazing story of recovery.
This week on The Raw Life Health Show (http://www.rawlifehealthshow.com) we
will feature interviews with Chris about different topics about his
recovery and what other people in similar situations can do.
If you liked this video please share it with others who need to know the
truth.
**
*Also be sure to check ou... more »
Teenager Megan Sherow Heals Brain Cancer With Raw Food
Teenager Megan Sherow heals brain cancer with raw food
17 year old Megan Sherow and her mother Maria share the amazing and
inspiring story of how she healed brain cancer in three months by
converting to a raw food diet, after two surgeries failed, and instead of
undergoing treatment at St. Jude.
(She had glial neuroblastoma)
Megan is smart, funny and bursting with life. And as you will see, she and
her mom are quite the pair.
This was such a fun interview.
You. will. love. it.
*Source:*
**
*Chris Beat Cancer Blog*
View Video Of Megan Below:
*Youtube link: http://ww... more »
Belling the Cat
Once upon a time, there was a group of human malcontents. Very idealistic
malcontents. They championed such things as social justice, human equality,
environmental sustainability, individual freedom and world peace. But their
lives were made miserable by THE SYSTEM. The System was controlled by
powerful elites. Selfish people who valued profit and excess over social
justice and the environment. Psychopathic authoritarians and militarists
who promoted was and oppression.
Sadly for the idealistic malcontents, The System was an effective
propaganda exercise and millions of ordinary hu... more »
Monday Linkage: Roma and race links
The recent ‘Maria’ case- involving a young blonde girl taken from a Roma
family and found to be the daughter of a Bulgarian Roma couple- has
inspired greater scrutiny of Roma communities. More specifically, there
have been subsequent cases of children taken from their Roma families
because they did not ‘look’ Roma; however subsequent DNA
Continue reading
R.I.P. Lou Reed (1942-2013). "Like a Possum"
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*By MARC McDONALD*
Today, the tributes are pouring in for the great Lou Reed, who passed away
on Sunday. Loads of musicians are coming out of the woodwork, declaring
their love for Reed and claiming what a wonderful influence he was on their
music.
You know, it's a shame that more people didn't love Reed when he was still
around. After all, his brilliant albums with America's greatest band, the
Velvet Underground, were all commercial duds. The Velvets certainly weren't
ever played on the radio---at least in America.
And Reed's four-decade solo career hardly did much better. In... more »
Music Videos: Dine' Klee Benally on tour in Europe!
Watch videos! Klee Benally on tour in Europe!
http://vimeo.com/album/2579852
Read more at www.kleebenally.com
DAVID SHURTER, CHILD ABUSE, CIA SATANISM
*David Shurter*
"My father was a high priest- and along with some very well connected
friends who were enamored with the devil- were using some of the children
that were involved in a human trafficking ring as blood sacrifices to feed
their sick, hedonistic desires.
"Satanic ritual abuse is just what it sounds like- ritualistic abuse that
has a satanic theme to both the abuse, and the ritualistic practices that
are performed...
*Ritual Abuse, Satanic Ritual Abuse, and Omaha, NE*
*Noreen Gosch, mother of kidnapped Johnny Gosch.*
"I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT NOREEN GOSCH IS THE VICTIM SH... more »
EDWARD SNOWDEN CONNED OUT OF SECRET FILES
Reportedly, the Guardian is run by MI6.
"Whistleblower Edward Snowden was taken for a ride by con artists in the
service of the US and UK intelligence agencies.
"Under the cover of 'independent journalism', the scammers conned him out
of his trove of secret NSA files, hustled him from Hong Kong ahead of
legislature-sponsored public hearings on cyber-espionage, and
unceremoniously dumped him, minus documents, in a transit lounge at Moscow
Airport .
"This report shows how the American and British spymasters retrieved the
top-secret files by luring the fugitive into a well-laid tra... more »
Conservatives Need To Come To The Realization That Harper Is The Problem ...
*OTTAWA — The Conservative Senate caucus will meet Monday morning to
discuss possible amendments to three motions that would suspend embattled
senators Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau without pay or
benefits. [...] “There are a lot Conservative senators who are very
concerned about the way the government proposes to do this, so I hope
they’re going to have an opportunity (Monday) to try to persuade the
government to change its mind,” Cowan said. “What I would hope is that
Conservative caucus would say, ‘We not only have to do the right thing, we
have to appear to do ... more »
Not All The Bad News In North Carolina Comes From Republicans
A young member of Congress, Don Young (R-AK), mostly senile these days
When Valerie Foushee replaced Ellie Kinnnaird in the North Carolina state
Senate, she gave up her District 50 state House seat (Orange and Durham
counties), Thursday, a 4 person selection committee, two Democrats from
each county) voted to replace her with Graig Meyer. There were 7
candidates, including, Danielle Adams, whose responses to the committee's
questionnaire are here-- and very much worth reading. Meyer, a white male
with no experience in elective office, will serve out the rest of Foushee's
term, just o... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Eco Passport
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
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*The
rules:*
1. Use the link-up tool below to share your green-living blog or
collection
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*Saints Roar Back From Bye Week With 35-17 Win Over Buffalo Bills ~Jason
Saul, WWNO*
Is This Why AFT Leadership Sold Its Members Up The Common Core River?
It’s pretty widely known by now that American Federation of Teachers
(AFT) received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, leading
many to question the motives of AFT leadership in their silent acquiescence
to the gods of Common Core. But apparently there may be more reasons as
well. My friend and trusted colleague Bess Altwerger […]
Michael Mandel dies - a loss to Osgoode
Just today I learned Michael Mandel, a professor for many years at Osgoode
Hall died, perhaps this morning.
Michael was a part of Osgoode Hall that no one could ever forget. He would
sing and always had a jovial greeting for everyone. His politics were
radical beyond belief but on an interpersonal level he was a kind a
generous man.
As an academic he challenged students to think beyond the obvious. While I
was unconvinced by a Marxist theory of law (or anything else for that
matter) Professor Mandel made me reexamine my own biases - and this is
pushing thirty years ago.
His kin... more »
Your moment of Zen
Pumpkin carving party. [Steve Toutant photos]
The Iranian “Smoke and Mirrors Threat” and Washington’s “Human Rights Card”
*In a cycle of habit borne out repeatedly in the mainstream western media,
demonization and fear mongering against Iran is picking up pace again in
the face of attempts by the new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to rebuild
relations with the west and work toward international cooperation. The
techniques and methodologies used by the west in perpetuating the
geopolitically-motivated, neo-imperialist, agenda against Iran often come
across in the media as clumsy and awkward in their reasoning. Before
delving into the hard geopolitical reality, a much needed word on the
disingenuous l... more »
How We Got Here: History of Heritage Foundation's ACA Health Care (ObamaCare) - Has Obama Caved To the Rethug Tea Partyers?
Are you ready to lose Social Security and Medicare (not to mention Medicaid
and all the other safety net programs that Rethugs are gleefully scheduling
for the chopping block)? The Democrat’s Version of Health Insurance Would
Have Been Cheaper, Simpler, and More Popular (So Why Did We Enact the
Republican Version and Why Are They So Upset?) By Robert Reich October 26,
2013 House Majority
NEA and AFT Offer Appeasements; Locals Prefer Democratic Response
An article appeared in the Albuquerque Journal recently, titled, Two
Teacher Unions Step Up Actions Against PED. The article outlines how the
national and state-level unions plan to put pressure on the New Mexico
Public Education Department (NM PED) in order to treat teachers more
fairly. Read the article
here: http://www.abqjournal.com/288936/news/two-teacher-unions-step-up-action-against-ped.html
Here is my response: I’m […]
I have two words for Gravity the movie in 3D...
*See it**!*
Nobel economist Robert Shiller seems to be saying: I'm right, they're wrong, but we can all be friends
*Why not Nobel Prizes for one and all? says Professor Shiller -- "even if
we sometimes seem to come from different planets."*
*"Actually, I do not completely oppose the efficient-markets theory. I have
been calling it a half-truth. If the theory said nothing more than that it
is unlikely that the average amateur investor can get rich quickly by
trading in the markets based on publicly available information, the theory
would be spot on. But the theory is commonly thought, at least by
enthusiasts, to imply much more."*
*-- Nobel economist Robert Shiller, in a NYT "Economic View"
colum... more »
Lego Minifigs
Who does not love Lego? So its no surprise the minifigs are a cultural
totems.
H/T to Gizmodo
Lou Reed, 1943-2013
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7.3 Magnitude earthquake hits Japan - links to video footage at Fukushima plant , Tepco says no new damage ....... Ponder whether this might be a foreshock ( as per the foreshock 7.3 quake on March 9 , 2011 , two days before the big quake hit on March 11 , 2011 !
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Typhoon watch......Francisco and Leika
Japan looks like it will not see major impacts from either storm system!
Tropical Cyclone Information
Select Track Forecast or Wind Probability 3-Day Track and Intensity
Forecast 5-Day Track Forecast 50kt Wind Probability (by prefecture) 50kt
Wind Probability (map)
Tropical Cyclone All Tropical Cyclones13271328
Click on the tropical cyclone to see the enlarged map of its forecast.
Notes
21:00 JST, 26 October 2013
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Issued at 12:45 UTC, 26 October 2013
Scale-Intensity-LOWCenter ... more »
BAN TAR SANDS IN MAINE
I went down to South Portland yesterday to support the exciting campaign in
that city to pass a referendum outlawing a Tar Sands pipeline scheduled to
carry that dirty fossil fuel product into their port. The election will be
held on November 5.
About 200 folks turned out to work the major intersections in South
Portland....if you want to reach the American people then stand on a busy
street and they will drive by.
This campaign has effectively taken the raging national issue and found a
way to bring it home to the local community. That is good organizing.
RIP Rock N Roll Animal Lou Reed
Lou Reed is one of those people nobody asks "what killed him?" Its more
like what did not kill him in his 71 highly influential years. Reflecting
today his greatest legacy may have been making being Gay socially
acceptable to mainstream baby boomers. His only billboard hit "Walk on the
Wild Side" climbed to number 16 in 1973. It was a song unabashedly
celebrating homosexuality and drug abuse. A song incomparable to any other
on the top 100 at that time. For example the top song was Tie a Yellow
Ribbon Round the Old Oak tree, the seminal plastic ballad by Tony Orlando
and Dawn. I... more »
California rule raises Obamacare rates
Award for biggest corporate fluffer of the week goes to this annoying hit
piece on Obamacare "sticker shock" at the LAT. I've seen this narrative
developing in the courtier media for a while now. ZOMG! Some people are
seeing their super cheap insurance policies cancelled because, they're
crap. Obamacare requires policies to furnish actual coverage for medical
care. Wonder hard LAT had to look to find that one disgruntled young
healthy person in California?
Fine. I see LAT's self-serving anecdote and counter with this guy who is happy
his inadequate insurance was cancelled:
Anyway... more »
Staying Unsettled Next Week + Another Major Storm Brewing?
*Staying Unsettled Next Week + Another Major Storm Brewing?*
After an exceptionally stormy and unsettled start to the new working week
(please see weather warning below), it is set to remain rather unsettled
for the week ahead too. Low pressure will dominate and allow wet and windy
weather to develop across many parts of the country. It will also turn much
cooler than of late, with the risk of developing ground frosts in parts of
the north by midweek. Another period of very stormy weather and potentially
damaging winds is also likely to develop later in the week and into next
w... more »
Lou Reed has left the planet
Sweet Jane:
Sweet Jane was covered by the Cowboy Junkies also.
to bad the credits roll over the video......... more »
As the Detroit bankruptcy proceeds - Detroit pensioners face the staggering possibility of a 16 CENT ON THE DOLLAR RECOVERY - Less than Greece's private bondholders obtained ! And regarding the protection of the State of Michigan Constitution regarding vested pensions , Detroit investment banker says " Not Relevant " asked about same !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-27/detroit-pensioners-face-miserable-16-cent-dollar-recovery
Detroit Pensioners Face Miserable 16 Cent On The Dollar Recovery
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/27/2013 11:12 -0400
- Citigroup
- Creditors
- default
- Detroit
- Lehman
- Lehman Brothers
- Meredith Whitney
- recovery
- Reuters
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If there is ever a case study about people who built up their reputation
and then squandered it for first being right for all the wrong reasons, and
then being wrong for the righ... more »
Masterminds of spying against Merkel have to be brought to justice
In the previous texts about the global spying by the NSA, I was sort of
neutral but times are changing.
*Spiegel* and *Bild* claim to have the testimony of an anonymous NSA
official who claims that Angela Merkel's phone was not only eavesdropped
between 2002 and 2013 but in 2010, Barack Obama explicitly requested the
continuation of the program because "he didn't believe her". The U.S.
embassy in Berlin – a building near the Brandenburger Gate – was used to
collect the information.
I am confident that there hasn't been any evidence that Merkel has been
involved in terrorist atta... more »
Fill in those bubbles Kindergarteners- this is your future.
Not quite as horrible as the learn how to bubble for the sake of test
taking skill as Shaun Johnson’s post today, but what the hell are we doing
here people? From New York parent Heather: Kindergartners learning to be
“college and career” ready by practicing filling in those bubbles? Common
Core aligned too! From […]
Sunday Question for Liberals
I'm curious: are there liberals out there who want to see sequestration
continue because it's the best shot at cutting military spending, even
though it also cuts spending on things they like? (Or to put it in the form
of a proper Sunday question: is that your position?)
Longest Walk 4 Walkin' to Montrose Colorado
Longest
Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz. Today, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, walking from
Gunnison to Montrose, Colorado, after climbing to the Monarch Pass in
the Colorado Rockies, 11,300 feet! Video by Western Shoshone Long Walker
Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, thanks for sharing with Censored News!
ALAN GREENSPAN, SATANISTS AND THE CIA
Alan Greenspan served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve (central bank) of
the United States from 1987 to 2006.
When he worked on Wall Street, "he was known as a hack that always gave ...
his clients what they wanted instead of something actual".[14]
The easy-money policies of the Fed during Greenspan's tenure has been
suggested to be a leading cause of the subprime mortgage crisis
*Alan Greenspan*
Alan Greenspan attended Bohemian Grove one month before he was appointed
chairman of the Federal Reserve.
*Greenspan's Goblins*
Bohemian Grove is said to be a summer camp for top Sata... more »
RIP, Lou Reed
When I woke up this morning, there was a tweet from Lou, The Door. It made
me want to say hello; I didn't. And now I never will be able to again. When
I was in college, in the mid-60's I never missed a Velvet Underground show
in NYC. If they did 4 shows in a week, I schlepped into Manhattan on the
Long Island Rail Road 4 times. A Velvets show at the Dom, the Exploding
Plastic Inevitable, always trumped schoolwork. Decades later, Seymour Stein
brought Lou into my life again by signing him to Sire, where I worked.
Almost no one believed Lou had it in him to make another great record.... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, October 27th, 2013
Sunday... Time for my weekly rant....And today, I am one truly pissed off
blogger!
Yes, I saw that video where that Jewish scumbag, Sheldon Adelson, was
speaking in front of a group of Yeshiva University students in the United
States, and proclaimed his desire to have a nuclear bomb dropped on Iran
just to "make a point" about America's and Israel's resolve to "end Iran's
(non-existent) nuclear weapons program". It was remarkable that this
piece of s*** was able to spew his lies and to proclaim his bloody desire
to have millions of innocent Iranians killed for the glory of his che... more »
US Obduracy in Syrian Crisis
Is the US going to make another push for unilateral action against Syria?
Despite the fact that Syria has cooperated fully of it's own accord with
the CW inspection?
*
**US Obduracy in Syrian Crisis*
* Excerpt:*
Various Western politicians are refusing to comprehend the new situation
that has emerged in the Syrian crisis following the Geneva agreement
between Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State
John Kerry. The results of the Russian-American consultations have given a
real chance for the complete destruction of the chemical weapons arsenal in
Syria the... more »
Russell Brand and Revolution
"There is going to be a revolution, it is totally going to happen." So said
Russell Brand in his widely-celebrated *Newsnight* interview with Paxo. It
would be tempting to view this as the naive aspiration of a dilettante
celebrity taking five minutes out from his lavish lifestyle for a political
dabble. But this would be a grievous mistake, especially for those of us
who spend too much time with our heads in the Westminster goldfish bowl.
Purposely, I've avoided *all* comment on Brand/Paxman. Except for Paul
Mason's commentary. Why? Because Brand has articulated a disenfranchised ... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Are you hoping that healthcare.gov gets fixed quickly and starts
functioning properly? Or are you hoping it doesn't?
Halloween in Turkey
Halloween is not celebrated in Turkey. Yet if they were celebrating
Halloween, Turks who support democracy, secularism, human rights, and the
rule of law would not have a hard time finding a haunted house. The country
seems like a haunted house. This group of Turks, “modern bandits” in the
eyes of the Turkish Prime Minister
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Al-Qaeda's Media Channel Blames Syria's Wounded On Assad's Forces Rather Than Foreign-Backed Jihadist Terrorists
*Al Jazeera: Go Fuck Yourself. Your lies are having no effect. *
pc blob commented in the video below: "Leave it up to Al Jazeera to take a
story about the resourcefulness and heroics of the Syrian people, and use
it against them."
Syrians turn war debris into prosthetic limbs. Source: Al-Qaeda's Media
Channel. Date Published: October 26, 2013.
Sunday Classics: "Up to now I have done nothing even approaching it" (Richard Wagner on Act I of "Die Walküre")
*We've already heard the stormy orchestral introduction to Die Walküre -- in
the February 2012 post "Storms that set three great operatic scenes in
motion (aka: Musical storms, part 3)."*
*Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Georg Solti, cond. Decca, recorded Oct.-Nov. 1965*
*Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, cond. Teldec, recorded
live, June-July 1992*
*New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, cond. EMI, recorded 1969*
*"The score for Act I of The Valkyrie will soon be ready. It is
extraordinarily beautiful; up to now I have done nothing even approaching
it."*
*-- Richard... more »
Senate's Conservative leader is dilly-dallying on suspensation motion
Claude Carignan, the Conservative leader in the Senate, now says that he
may consider amendments to the motion to suspend Senators Mike Duffy,
Patrick Brazeau, and Pamela Wallin without pay. The pressure is on.
** "*The leader of the government in the Senate, Claude Carignan, says he
is open to amendments to a motion that, as it currently reads, would
suspend three senators without pay or benefits for two years over
allegations of wrongdoing with their expense claims. Carignan told
Radio-Canada's television political program Les Coulisses du pouvoir that
there is the potential to ... more »
"A stitch-up"
I hope he doesn't mind, but I think it's worthwhile re-posting a comment
from historian Ara Sarafian, which was posted on *The Ottomans: The
Armenian Genocide* thread. It seems to confirm the sense I had that the BBC
Two series *The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors *was engaged in
something of a whitewash of the Armenian Genocide.
His contribution to the programme was, indeed, remarkably brief and he was,
as I wrote at the time, "talked over by Rageh's commentary saying that
Turkey dismisses such accounts [those contained in the British
Parliamentary Blue Book] as 'war-time propa... more »
Sweet Jane weeps
And the world weeps with her. Another musical icon of my youth -- gone. He
wrote a big part of the soundtrack of my life. The music world will never
be the same. RIP Lou Reed.
Adding, I'm wating for the man. Also too, Lou Reed's last tweet, just six
hours before his death.
you know her life was saved by rock and roll: lou reed, 1942-2013
Lou Reed, 1942-2013
Songwriter, Musician, New Yorker
"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into
jazz." - Lou Reed
"The first Velvet Underground album only sold 30,000 copies, but everyone
who bought it started a band." - possibly Brian Eno
I was shocked and very saddened to learn of the death of Lou Reed at the
not-old age of 71. Lou Reed made a lot of really worthwhile music, much of
it after VU. I'm grateful that I saw him perform a few times, for his
music, and for his politics. I'm really sorry he's gone.
2013 Hertzan Chimera ebooks - the keyboard entity - the sub-atomic unit
well, it's been thirty years in the arriving, but here it is, finally, the
official expansion of the Dementia 13 fake-science article you've all been
waiting for, and a re-edition of a heavily-cropped auto-biography of my
invented writing persona who terrorised the small press horror community in
the 1990's.
They both share the same name, Hertzan Chimera.
They both share the same cover concept.
They both share the same length 12,000 - 16,000 words.
*each title is only $2.99 from all good online distributors*
*HC UNIT DREAM SUPPLEMENTAL:* thirty-five years since the first dream about
... more »
Lou Reed has died, I am most upset
Lou Reed has died, one of the true greats is no more. This is quite
definitely not a Perfect Day.
I am a huge Lou Reed fan and I think that I will leave the Internet for
tonight and listen to some Velvet Underground and then some solo work.
Miliband duped by union dirty tricks in vote-rigging probe | Mail Online
Some more news that you won't find reported on the BBC.
' Ed Miliband was facing fresh embarrassment over his relationship with
Labour's union paymasters last night after secret emails suggested he had
been duped by a 'dirty tricks' campaign orchestrated by them.
A cache of 1,000 messages was said to have disclosed how bosses at Unite
subverted an inquiry ordered by the Opposition leader into vote-rigging
claims.
In the summer, Mr Miliband suspended the selection process in the safe
Scottish seat of Falkirk following allegations that Britain's biggest trade
union had packed the ... more »
Animal Anomalies: Is the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster a 'Tipping Point'?
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*
I’ve been blogging on the unceasing rise in radiation levels reported by
Tepco since July 2013.
July 2013 was the big event, which seemed to have precipitated the current
downhill trajectory. Fission byproducts were detected from that event**
PowerPoint of data examining reports of conditions at the plant and
evidence of criticalities, which can be seen here
http://www.academia.edu/4314657/Fukushima_Update_Aug_2013 or here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/11xz1zjgwcsbpo0/Fukushima%20Update%20Aug%202013.pptx
**
Since then, the radiation levels in ground and ocean water samples have
be... more »
Detroit Aiprort Clears Venus to Land
(*Blogger’s Note*: Brad Sparks recently published the following on a
closed discussion list so I asked permission to make it available to a
wider audience. Brad kindly gave his permission, but he asked that I
publish a slightly updated version. The following was written and updated
by Brad.)
Recently, my attention was called to a story in Allan Hendry's *UFO Handbook
* of 1979, by a Euroskeptic who was properly cautious in bringing it up,
saying "*If cited correctly*" by Hendry, then it might be instructive.
Purportedly, the Detroit, Mich., airport controllers had many times
"cl... more »
The United Nations and American Public Opinion
The following is a guest-post from Martin Edwards, professor at Seton
Hall’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Martin’s website is
here. How do Americans think about the United Nations? The results of
recent surveys by the Pew Research Global Attitudes Project and the Better
World Campaign offer some insights on this question. These organizations
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President Bush: I Lied To You In 2007...the Mortgage/Foreclosure/Financial Crisis That Started In 2007 While I Was President Wasn't the "RECKLESS HOMEOWNERS" Fault...It Was The "RECKLESS BANKSTERS" Fault
So the mortgage/foreclosure/financial crisis WASN'T caused by the "RECKLESS
HOMEOWNERS" in 2007 after all. Have you been following all these stories of
BANKSTERS getting multi-million/billion dollar fines for rigging the
housing market back in 2007?
But do you remember President Bush & the media in 2007 blaming the
"RECKLESS HOMEOWNERS" for it? Bush & the media said the "RECKLESS
HOMEOWNERS" took advantage of the POOR BANKSTERS!!! Remember? If you DON'T
remember, let me refresh your memory with 3 posts I made in 2007 about Bush
& the media's "RECKLESS HOMEOWNERS" speech & media bl... more »
DRONE PILOT
Brandon Bryant, a former sensor operator for the U.S. Air Force Predator
program. He manned the camera on the unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly
known as drones. After he left the active-duty Air Force in 2011, he was
presented with a certificate that credited his squadron for 1,626 kills. In
total, he says he was involved in seven missions in which his Predator
fired a missile at a target.
Brand: The Attacks Begin
*Brand is sleeping with Princess Diana's Sister.*
I felt an immense affinity with comedian and would-be revolutionary
vanguardist Russell Brand as I watched his BBC Newsnight interview with
dismissive interlocutor Jeremy Paxman. In a highly public forum, Brand ran
the frustrating gauntlet of explaining the very basic tenets of radical
politics to a defender of the status quo. It’s a maddening position to
occupy — as Brand’s intensifying eyes and harried stares at Paxman
evidenced — and it’s a position all too familiar for those of us who have
ever identified with anarchism or a r... more »
Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things the Right Ways
Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things the Right
Ways. via Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things
the Right Ways.
Kindergarten teachers have really abandoned their professional ethics in favor of…?
Can anyone explain this to me, as captured by a friend in Texas? Tagged:
bubbles, teachers, testing
A Plague on Earth
*Melencolia I* ~ engraving, Albrecht Dürer 1514
This astonishing film could have been made in any number of places around
the world, and still provided a breathtaking indictment of the fiasco that
humans have wrought on this planet. We will continue to destroy other
creatures and their habitat until there is nothing left, all the while
oblivious to the selfishness and shortsightedness and self-destructiveness
of our behavior. In less than a half-hour this documentary reveals exactly
what a merciless plague species looks like.
Fact-checking The Economist
Here is a question for students who are learning about compounding. What
is wrong with the following passage from *The Economist* magazine?
Investors who bought Treasury bonds in 1946, when yields were around
current levels, did not suffer a formal default. But over the following 35
years they lost money in real terms at a rate of 2% a year. The cumulative
real loss was 91%. By that standard, Greek creditors, who recently suffered
a 50% loss via default, were lucky.
Answer: The second number is inconsistent with the first. Note that
.98^35=.49, so we get only a 51 percent cumulati... more »
Untitled
*Vargas: Craving QB consistency? Saints are your team ~New Orleans Advocate*
*Louisiana oil, gas companies eye growth south of border ~Billy Gunn*
The Nature of Creative Genius
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
The genius mentality sees analogies where ordinary minds see only isolated
instances. Einstein, for example, made a cosmic leap from a tram departing
the clock tower in Bern to a faster than light space craft. Looking
backward the tram passenger sees the hands on the clock tower moving
forward. Einstein was inspired to conduct one of his famous "thought
experiments"; he imagined the same tram exceeding light speed at which time
the hands on the Bern clock tower would run backward as his tram overtook
light waves that had recently departed the... more »
The Ungovernable
Yesterday, I posted another picture of this same banner:
Today, I just thought about what it means. What do these people do
day-to-day? How truly "ungovernable" are they? Do they ever access public
services? Do they ever obey laws?
I'm bitter. I'm a bitter broken man. Lately, my ire is directed at these
radical blabbermouths; going on and on about how awesome they are, while
remaining nothing but a tiny group of irrelevant people.
The Battle For Social Security Begins Anew
I've been wondering if all the *strum und drang* over the typically glitchy
launch of the Obamacare website isn't just a shiny object moment to
distract attention from what the conservatives among our ruling elites have
in mind for us. Friday, Gene Sperling, director of the White House’s
National Economic Council, may have given away the game. Obama has Social
Security firmly in his sites again. The Grand Bargain he and Boehner cooked
up before has been on the back burner and the two of them are determined to
roll it out again-- and that means Chained CPI and other benefits cuts fo... more »
The dark side of fair trade
Copan kids heading into the coffee fields at harvest time
When I stand in my Canadian shoes, I am an ardent supporter of fair trade –
*comercio justo *as it’s known here in Honduras. Count me in for any
practices that try to help small producers in under-developed countries
make a decent living from their coffee crops and such.
But when I look at fair trade from the perspective of Hondurans, things get
a little muddy. That’s especially true around the question of prohibiting
child labour.
Taking steps to stop children from being forced to work to produce goods
for the developed wor... more »
Who Won World War II?
*"The allies may have won the Second World War, but unfortunately the
ideology that won was not that of Roosevelt, but that of Hitler." *
Jose Arevalo,
member of the left-leaning cabinet of President Arbenz of Guatemala prior
to its overthrown by a CIA orchestrated coup, 1953
"University of Chicago law professor Bernard Harcourt explored this myth in
depth in a 2004 article published in the Fordham Law Review. As it turns
out, the Weimar Republic, the German government that immediately preceded
Hitler’s, actually had tougher gun laws than the Nazi regime.
After its defeat ... more »
The Reverse Midas Touch
In 2008, when Stephen Harper cut public funding for political parties, the
opposition rose and threatened to take down his nascent government. He
prorogued Parliament and bellowed that the other parties were engaged in a
conspiracy to deny Canadians the minority government of their choice.
In 2011, after being found in contempt of Parliament, he declared that
"contempt" merely meant being outvoted, then raged rabidly about
"separatist coalitions." Now, when the political threat comes from within
his own ranks, he rages at those he appointed.
The pattern is pretty clear: Stephen H... more »
Targeting the Mi'kmaq: Cancer alleys and white privilege
Snipers
target Mi'kmaq anti-fracking camp Oct. 17 2013
Targeting the Mi'kmaq: Cancer alleys and white privilege
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Dutch translation at NAIS
Investors in Southwestern Energy are being urged to dump stocks, and
stand with Indigenous Peoples against police violence initiated by oil
and gas companies.
Mi'kmaq with eagle feather before RCMP
Southwestern Energy
Is the GOP a "Kooky Cult" or a "Crime Syndicate"?
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
As it is true of individuals, it is also true of groups: they are what they
do! The GOP, like any other group or any individual is defined by what it
has done over the years. I am of the opinion that most of what the GOP has
"accomplished" has been harmful to American society over all and to
individuals in specific cases. This includes the GOP's apparent disdain for
the environment, its horrific record with respect to any "class" that is
not fabulously wealthy. By its many acts and as many omissions, the GOP has
created the ruling elite.
I ... more »
Nothing new under the sun
*"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there
is nothing new under the sun."*
Radio 4's liberal religious affairs programme *Sunday* returned to several
of its favourite themes this morning.
These included:
- an interview with a pro-rebel Syrian "Muslim scholar".
- a feature about sharia banking in the UK, discussed from an 'ain't this
great' and 'what else can be done to make it a success?' standpoint.
- an interview with Archishop Vincent Nichols on ethical banking. (The
Archbishop tends to appear on the programme either to defend his Church
when ... more »
MOCKINGBIRD: How to Cry On Cue
9/11 / MOCKINGBIRD : The "Jumpers" from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
He saw loads of people heave-ho themselves out of the WTC windows (which DO
NOT OPEN), but didn't capture a single one on camera, despite filming the
entire event. He just caught "people" falling and waving.
He also didn't film anyone LANDING; this area of the plaza was obscured
from view.
Probably a good thing - he would have filmed them bouncing.
I see redness, and much rubbing of the eyes, but not one tear.
But he's really trying with that "Blue, blue coat" schtick.
Seriously...?
September 11th 2001 was a gloriously... more »
This Ongoing War: A Blog: 25-Oct-13: Grenade hurled at people in an Israeli school-bus today. How many more terrorists should we free now?
More rock throwing at Israeli civilians, don't wait for the BBC coverage
there won't be any.
More here
http://thisongoingwar.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/25-oct-13-grenade-hurled-at-people-in.html?m=1
Svensmark: “global warming stopped and a cooling is beginning” – “enjoy global warming while it lasts” | Watts Up With That?
' It's important to realise that the Little Ice Age was a global event.
It
ended in the late 19th Century and was followed by increasing solar
activity. Over the past 50 years solar activity has been at its highest
since the medieval warmth of 1000 years ago. But now it appears that the
Sun has changed again, and is returning towards what solar scientists
call
a "grand minimum" such as we saw in the Little Ice Age.'
Much more here
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/10/svensmark-global-warming-stopped-and-a-cooling-is-beginning-enjoy-global-warming-while-it-lasts/but
not on the wa... more »
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