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English: Norman Patrick Brown Immunity from prosecution order in the Leonard Peltier case (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Ben Carnes urges national debate in case of Leonard Peltier
Obama
urged to call for national debate in Peltier case
By Ben Carnes, Choctaw
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Ben Carnes, Choctaw
Ben Carnes, Choctaw from Oklahoma, calls for a national debate in the
case of Leonard Peltier. Carnes said it is necessary “to effectively
make a difference in securing freedom for a man who could be any one of
us from back then, to today, and in
Roberto Rodriguez 'Anatomy of Banning a Worldview'
Anatomy
of Banning a Worldview
By Roberto Cinti Rodriguez
Censored News
Posted with permission
I have heard authors openly complain of never having had their books
banned by Arizona's Grand Inquisitors. I suppose it's a form of street
cred, yet the truth is that censorship and banishment are not a badge of
honor - but evidence of something very sick.
The Tucson Unified School District (
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - The Daily Green
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to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
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of environment... more » Will The GOP Shut-Down-The-Government Strategy Further Decimate California Republicans?
Trends start in California
Obama beat Romney 6,493,924 (59%) to 4,202,127 (38%) in California. Obama
won every county with a substantial population except Orange and
Riverside-- and Riverside was a 49-49% tie. Of California's 53
congressional districts, Obama won 41 districts (including 3 with
Republican congressmen, Jeff Denham, David Valadao and Gary Miller) and of
the 12 Romney won, Obama was within striking distance in 3, all occupied by
GOP congressmen who are Boehner loyalist committee chairmen, Darrell Issa,
Ed Royce and Buck McKeon. There were 7 districts where Romney failed ... more »
Heavenletter #4699 Beyond Choice, October 6, 2013
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* *Heavenletter #4699 Beyond Choice, October 6, 2013*
God said:
Hail to the King! You are the King. You are the King of Your Life! Bow to
your Self. Listen to your heart beat. Listen well. You have a built-in
indicator. Happiness this way, unhappiness that way. Of course, there may
be a thousand ways that lead to Me.
Certainly, you want happiness. I want you to have happiness. Yet there is
greater than happiness to gauge yourself by.
The knack you are developing is to be happy – anyway – any way. Why
wouldn’t every path take you to happiness? Why not start from happiness ... more »
Coast to Coast AM: Time Travel & Teleportation Andrew D Basiago
Andrew Basiago - Project Pegasus
President Bashar al-Assad Tells Der Spiegel: President Obama "Has No Right To Pass Judgment On Syria"
*Dr. Assad has not gassed Syrian women and children. Claims that he has
are obvious lies and should not be believed.*
Below is an excerpt from a recent interview that German magazine Der
Spiegel conducted with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (*Source: Syrian
Arab News Agency*. October 7, 2013).
Der Spiegel: It’s not only us who deny the legitimacy of your presidency.
U.S. President Barack Obama said at the U.N. General Assembly meeting in
New York that a leader who kills his people and gases children to death has
forfeited any right to rule his country.
President Assad: Firs... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Fortification of All Gaia Ascension Grids Occurs at this Time…
*Fortification of All Gaia Ascension Grids Occurs at this Time…*
by ÉirePort
Gaia Release grids are being fortified and opened to facilitate release of
old-paradigm-aligned-and-outdated patterns that have ingrained into the
hu-man component of Gaia whole.
Gaia Construct grids are being fortified and opened to facilitate increased
resonance of hu-beings on all current consciousness levels to align with
the Gaia New Paradigm. This will accelerate the "hu-being to Hue-Being"
process.
Gaia Wisdom grids (as we would term such) have also been fortified to
assist connection of both hu-... more »
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights = Fraud
*Photo: The fraudster front-man of the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights.*
Below is an excerpt from, *"Humanitarian Wars and Their NGO
Foot-Soldiers"*by Daniel McAdams, published at Mises.org on Friday,
October 4, 2013.
Close to 99 percent of the mainstream media articles on Syria rely on a
single source, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It is a one-man
operation in London run by Rami Abdulrahman, whose day job is running a
small clothing shop. Once again, one man and an NGO have been able to
ignite international opinion in favor of “humanitarian” intervention. It
woul... more »
Pennsylvania Governor Corbett's Legacy: only state that doesn't tax frackers, radioactive water, crumbling bridges & roads, only northern state that doesn't participate in Medicare expansion for the poor, only northern state that doesn't recognize gay marriage, cover-up of Penn St scandal & missing DA Ray Gricar, insensitive comments about women & gays, forced vaginal ultrasound, against legalizing marijuana but for "privatizing" (1%-izing) liquor stores to make liquor more "available" & "accessible", escapes media scrutiny for ruining Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Governor Corbett's Legacy: only state that doesn't tax
frackers, radioactive water, crumbling bridges & roads, only northern state
that doesn't participate in Medicare expansion for the poor, only northern
state that doesn't recognize gay marriage, cover-up of Penn St scandal &
missing DA Ray Gricar, insensitive comments about women & gays, forced
vaginal ultrasound, against legalizing marijuana but for "privatizing"
(1%-izing) liquor stores to make liquor more "available" & "accessible",
escapes media scrutiny for ruining Pennsylvania
He should be the governor of a... more »
Urban Gadabout, L.A. edition: "What's Out There Weekend Los Angeles" is coming, October 26-27!
*by Ken*
Last October's "What's Out There Weekend New York" was my introduction to
the Cultural Landscape Foundation, and it was a pretty good indication that
these are serious people when it comes to exploring the ways in which
public landscapes are imagined and executed. Oh, there were glitches that
seemed mostly owing to the fact that the planning wasn't done locally --
not least the scheduling of this incredibly ambitious program for the same
weekend as "Open House New York," which I described here recently, in
connection with this year's edition of OHNY, October 12-13, as "pr... more »
Mohawk John Kane 'The Big Lie: The Doctrine of Christian Discovery'
The
Big Lie: The Doctrine of Christian Discovery
By John Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
Despite where you stand on religion or Christianity specifically, a lie
is a lie even if the church utters it. One of the greatest lies ever
pulled off on people the world over is that “God” chose individual
“families” to rule over the rest of humanity. Even though many,
including Americans who should
Yes, There Are Gay Democrats Who Vote GOP On Everything But Specifically Gay Issues
Don't assume from this picture of Sean Patrick Maloney's lovely family that
he isn't a conservative
Friday Michaelangelo Signorile picked up on the theme we've been discussing
here at *DWT* about the disappointments inherent in identity politics. He
singled out anti-progressive gay congressmembers, specifically Sean Patrick
Maloney (New Dem-NY) and Kyrsten Sinema (New Dem-AZ).
Both, though Sinema even more so, campaigned for Congress as progressives
and both were very upfront about being gay and seemed to hope voters would
assume because they are openly gay, they would also back a pr... more »
"An Empire of Money and Privilege in Decline"
*"An Empire of Money and Privilege in Decline:*
* Portrait of a Tragic Policy Error" *
By Jesse
"Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences."
- Robert Louis Stevenson
"They don't have intelligence. They have what I call thintelligence. They
see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it 'being
focused.' They don't see the surroundings. They don't see the
consequences." - Michael Crichton
"The Fed is faced with a problem that is best represented by the first two
charts below. Velocity of money is a simple ratio measure of money supply
... more »
Young group of different faiths embark on world tour to promote interfaith dialogue
Video Title: Young group of different faiths embark on world tour to
promote interfaith dialogue. Source: romereports. Date Published: October
5, 2013. Description:
http://en.romereports.com
A Christian, a Muslim, a Jew, an atheist and an agnostic. It may sound like
the start of joke, but in reality, their work is no laughing matter. These
five young Frenchmen are in the middle of a world tour promoting interfaith
dialogue.
snowden: mass surveillance threatens to be the greatest human rights challenge of our time
The heroic Edward Snowden, in his own words, via Jesselyn Radack, at the
European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee in Brussels.
I thank the European Parliament and the LIBE Committee for taking up the
challenge of mass surveillance. The surveillance of whole populations,
rather than individuals, threatens to be the greatest human rights
challenge of our time. The success of economies in developed nations relies
increasingly on their creative output, and if that success is to continue,
we must remember that creativity is the product of curiosity, which in turn
is the product of... more »
my favourite customers and two-way readers' advisory
The children's library where I work services a huge age-range of young
people and their caregivers, from birth up to around age 12. I enjoy the
full range - helping parents understand the importance of reading to their
children, helping kids find fun books to read, finding material for school
projects and reports - all of it. But what I love best is connecting avid
young readers - of the age group known as "tweens" - with books they enjoy.
Wikipedia defines the tween demographic as ages 10-12, but tweens may be
9-13, or may even be as young as 7 or 8, depending on the person. Tweens... more »
what i'm reading: the maze runner, a youth novel
There's a subgenre of youth books in which young people are cast into an
alien and dangerous world, where they must struggle to understand their
purpose, struggle to survive. If you remember your own adolescence, the
metaphor should be obvious.
These books are often characterized as nihilistic or depressing, but I find
that's generally the thoughts of people who haven't read the book. While a
survival book may be frightening and sometimes violent, it usually offers
positive messages about what it takes to survive. Young heroes find inner
reserves of strength and courage, and learn ... more »
watch the future unfold: gaudi's masterpiece to be completed in 2026
This post on the design blog Core77 brought back so many wonderful memories
of our recent trip to Spain, especially my total infatuation with the city
of Barcelona, and the wildly beautiful architecture of Antoni Gaudí.
Click here to see a wonderful animation of the projected completion of La
Sagrada Familia in 2026.
Thanks, James!
"Ah, The NSA Has NO Terrorist Stops To Its Credit?"
* *
*"Ah, The NSA Has NO Terrorist Stops To Its Credit?"*
by Karl Denninger
When do we start locking up Administration officials for perjury in their
so-called "testimony" before Congress? "Pressed by the Democratic chairman
of the Senate Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing, Gen. Keith B.
Alexander admitted that the number of terrorist plots foiled by the NSA’s
huge database of every phone call made in or to America was only one or
perhaps two — far smaller than the 54 originally claimed by the
administration."
But wait a second- Clapper assured the American people (and ... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
It's Day 6 of the exchanges: how are you feeling about the future of the
ACA?
Greece considers confiscation of private assets - to obtain social security contributions and avoid slashing pensions and benefits ! 14 billion seems to be the gap the Greek Government needs to close - how they do that without further crushing the economy and sending more folks to the poor house is anyone's guess ! And maybe the reason Greece is trying to avoid a third / fourth bailout from the Troika is there desire to obtain reparations from Germany - 220 billion by the calculation of the Greeks !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-06/greece-considering-confiscation-private-assets
Greece Considering Confiscation Of Private Assets
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/06/2013 15:50 -0400
- Corruption
- Eurozone
- Greece
- Gross Domestic Product
- John Paulson
- None
- Real estate
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The last time we opined on the possibility of a Cyprus-style "bail-in" in
Greece, which is essentially a legally-mandated confiscation of private
sector assets held hostage by the local financial system, until such time
as the ba... more »
Plans to move Czech embassy to Jerusalem
An Israeli newspaper, The Jerusalem Post, finally noticed the current visit
of the Czech president Miloš Zeman to Israel.
The article describes some of the actual depth of the Czechoslovak and
Czech support for the Jewish state. The new Czech president – who has
always been comparing Arafat to Hitler and who recommended the NATO to
invite Israel and redefine the purpose of the organization as a group
fighting against the Islamic Anticivilization, an empire stretching from
Northern Africa through Indonesia that is partly funded by oil and partly
by drugs – made the proposal to move... more »
Ted Cruz with Candy Crowley this morning...(video)
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documentary - George Galloway - The Killing of Tony Blair
there's nothing like the stale taste of yesterday's news, right? So how
about last month's news, or even the month before? Well I have my excuses,
I was away on foreign *vacation* writing the TANDEM novel in splendid
isolation in various European locations away from the British press, away
from the internet, incommunicado.
Yes, I did write, edit and publish a 69,000 words novel in two months!
So, here it is, then in case like me you missed it, the promo video that
George Galloway published in August this year of his determined plan to
make the documentary film exposing our last-but-... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Have you changed your mind about anything related to the shutdown over the
last week -- people, strategy, policy?
Beauty and strength in diversity
"Stacking"
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity
there is beauty and there is strength.”
― Maya Angelou
Despite what some may tell you, human diversity *is* a strength, just as
having three toppings on a pizza provides a greater range of nutrients. But
I'm about income here ("Obtain a yield"), i.e., clean earth, clean air,
clean water, relatively clean fire, good clean local food, low-impact
shelter.
It's worthwhile to widen the variety of vegetables, cover crops, shrubs,
trees and livestock to be found on the premises where you do your food
scen... more »
James Naughtie does it again
On the subject of the *Daily Mail *controversy, here are a couple of
intriguing exchanges from last week's *Today *programme.
The first was James Naughtie's interview with former Conservative press
advisor Nick Wood on Wednesday's edition of the programme, where
Jim betrayed his contempt for the *Mail *and then got defensive when his
guest called him out on his display of bias:
*Nick Wood*: I suppose Mr Miliband is doing what he...I mean if Mr Miliband
had ignored the *Daily Mail, *which I assume is what the Labour Party do
most of the time, then...
*James Naughtie* [interruptin... more »
Party Conference Watch 2013: The Conservative Party
Many of you may have been eagerly awaiting my latest dispatch from the
party conferences. As usual it's running late.
This week it's the Tories.
As with the Liberal Democrat and Labour conferences, the Saturday edition of
the programme didn't feature a *Today *presenter at the Conservative
conference and contented itself with discussing a single proposal here a
plan to give tax breaks to married couples.
A short (three minute) discussion with the BBC's Ross Hawkins kicked off
the programme and a discussion on the same subject occupied the 8.10 spot.
That discussion was held b... more »
Texas Governor: Whither After El Pendejo?
By Manifesto Joe
Texas has a weak governor, strong lieutenant governor system. The No. 2
executive in the state, presiding over the Senate, is often thought to have
at least marginally more power. But the governor does wield a veto pen and
is at least symbolically the state's leader.
The 2014 race for governor seems to be taking shape, now that Rick "El
Pendejo" Perry has, after 14 long years, decided that he doesn't want to be
governor for life and hasn't ruled out another embarrassing bid for the
presidency. Here's how things are looking now:
*State Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth... more »
Assclowns of the Week #95: Monumental Stupidity double-sized edition
"*You can re-litigate these policy issues in a political forum, but we
shouldn't use threats of causing the U.S. to fail on its obligations to
repay its debt as a cudgel.*" Lloyd Blankfein, CEO, Goldman Sachs
"*The American people would get better government out of Monkey Island at
the local zoo than we're giving them today.*" Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)
"*This mess was created by the Republicans for one purpose, and they lost.
People in my district are calling in for Obamacare -- affordable health
care -- in large numbers. These guys have lost, and they can't figure out
how to ad... more »
Sister Corita Kent and authentic education reform
*"Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail. There's only make." —
Sister Corita Kent*
[image: Sister Corita Kent's Ten Rules]
My dear friend Cheryl Ortega, UTLA's Director of Bilingual Education, sent
me the following link this morning: How a Screenprinting Nun Changed the
Course of Modern Art. Along with it she wrote: "I was privileged to have
studied with Corita at Immaculate Heart College."
Reading and reflecting on the article made me think of a few things. The
first was how Sister Kent's ten rules are the antithesis of the corporate
neoliberal education reform proje... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by *American
Free Press* writer and outreach director Pete Papaherakles. Pete and I will
be discussing the Greek nationalist party the Golden Dawn and recent
developments in Greece.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are relevant links and video for this program:
- *Former Greek Justice Minister: Golden Dawn Assault was Ordered by
International Jewry* by Andrew Anglin
- *Mihaloliakos Sent to Prison Ahead of Trial* by Andrew Anglin
- *We a Free Men: K... more »
Colorado Parents See Wizard Behind the Curtain
Fantastic reporting from the front line and on the ground in Douglas
County, CO by Chalkface radio roving reporters. As your own community
continues to follow the yellow brick road to for-profit corporate education
reform and school privatization, show them the shortcut to the Wizard by
listening to parents, teachers and concerned citizens in […]
Mitch Daniels Back Home Again With the Racist and Poor-Bashing Filthy Rich
By Doug Martin
Before heading out with our Tea Party governor Mike Pence to appear on a
panel entitled "Disrupting Higher Ed" at NBC's corporate school commercial *Education
Nation*, Mitch Daniels, former Hoosier governor and current president of
Purdue University, will be in Minneapolis tomorrow hanging out and
keynoting a big gala event at the Center of the American Experiment on
slashing government services.
In fact, if you dish out $2,500, you can get a front row seat in the "Right-to-Work
Row."(scroll down the hyperlink for details)
Connected to ALEC and the Franklin Center ... more »
Colorado Parents See Wizard Behind the Curtain
*"It's time to unite our community"*
*
**"Teachers can be silenced, but you can't fire a parent"*
*"Teacher morale will improve overnight when we get our four candidates
elected"*
*
**"Parents, teachers students rallying together to win schools back"*
*Listen to this radio broadcast from Douglas County, CO @thechalkface radio to
get a nuanced look into the brilliant way ALEC and friends' divide and
conquer community by community.*
Conservatives in Douglas County Colorado won school board election by
vilifying the teacher union and dividing parents and teachers in the local
community... more »
Peltier Tribunal Judges Findings: Restoration of Justice in Indian Country
Peltier
Tribunal Findings include holding FBI agents responsible for crimes,
freedom for Leonard Peltier and an end to environmental racism
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News Breaking News Exclusive
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
copyright Censored News
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin -- A panel of judges at the International Peoples
Tribunal on Leonard Peltier issued an executive summary and
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, October 6th, 2013
Sunday.. A day of rest for most people.... But to me, my day when I take a
look at what ails this world and take shots at the criminals behind it....
I did take the last few days off for some much needed rest and
relaxation.... Honestly, I have been suffering from a bit of burn out due
to the strain from my job, and other personal issues.... I did make a quick
call earlier this week to my friend, Whitewraithe, and even she noticed
that I was overtired, exhausted, and said I was not taking better care of
myself.... It was shortly after that I decided to just say "Screw This" and
take... more »
Choosing God particle Nobel laureates: a poll
The king of an unnamed Scandinavian country, C.G., asked the TRF readers to
help him with a funny award.
A rich billionaire who earned the money from sales of explosives apparently
wanted to clean his conscience a little bit so he donated some money to
create a prize – similar to Yuri Milner's prize but 3 times less generous.
*The inventor of the explosive must have been a twin brother of the Czech
composer Antonín Dvořák.*
On Tuesday 11:45 am Prague Summer Time, the king's committee has to choose
the 1-3 new physics winner(s) and they had an idea that the winner(s) could
be rela... more »
Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki
Just look at this guy - MUST TRY HARDER.... He's from Mobile, Al. FFS...
That well-known hotbed of backward anti-intellectualism and bigoted
religious fundamentalism.
Oh, wait...
*
*
*I quote The Enemy:*
*"Hammami began to identify as Muslim in high school and dropped out of
college. After going to Toronto, Canada, and marrying a Somali-Canadian
woman in 2004, he went with her to Egypt in 2005. *
*
*
*He abandoned his wife and infant daughter to join Al-Shabaab in Somalia in
late 2006.*
Yeah. Of course he did. Because, that's not in any way haram or anything,
is it?
*Hammami has... more »
Al-Qaeda Slams Republicans, Says Government Shutdown Is Bad For War
Related:
*Al-Qaeda Presents The Moral Case For U.S. Intervention In Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Is Disappointed In British Parliament, Calls On British PM To
Attack Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Applauds Secretary of State John Kerry's Latest Remarks On Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Approves of Barack Obama's Glorious Declaration of War Against
Syria On August 31st*.
*Al-Qaeda Praises Obama Reaching Out To Friends McCain And Graham*.
*Al-Qaeda Demands Congress Pass Obama's Syrian War Resolution*.
*Al-Qaeda Rejects False Accusations That It Was Behind The Chemical Weapons
Attack At Ghouta*.
*Al-Qaeda Slams Putin's NYT O... more »
Sunday Classics: "Don't tempt me," Nedda implores Silvio -- but they can't help themselves
*Teresa Stratas and Alberto Rinaldi as Nedda and Silvio in Franco
Zeffirelli's film of Pagliacci*
*NEDDA*: Don't tempt me!
Do you want me to lose my life?
Quiet, Silvio, no more!
It's delirium! madness!
I'm trusting in you,
to whom I gave my heart!
Don't abuse my trust, my fevered love.
*Teresa Stratas (s), Nedda; Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Georges
Prêtre, cond. Philips, recorded 1983*
*by Ken*
This fine piece of imploring from Nedda comes in answer to the stretch of
imploring from Silvio we've already heard, most recently in Friday night's
preview {"In *I Pagliacci*, is ... more »
Enemies of Public Education: ExxonMobil
Here at the Chalk Face, we’ve spent some time questioning and exposing the
intentions behind the energy giant, ExxonMobil. Their ad campaign in
support of Common Core continues to take up space and spread lies on the
network airwaves. It’s well-known by now that Bill Gates is the top fund
owner for Exxon, which somewhat […]
For a Citizen's Basic Income
I've been a fan of a basic income for everyone for some time. And now
there's a European Union-wide campaign agitating for one. As Switzerland
will be hosting a referendum on a 2,500 franc monthly income for every
adult (about £1,720/month), there's no time like the present to whip up
support for it. And pioneering work in Namibia shows it's not just
something rich countries could indulge.
Overcoming Rhetoric
I've somewhat wondered where the "society" publication is for American
Eugenicists. They must have a club or association of some kind. It seems
all professionals do--birds of a feather and such.
This country in particular has striven to plan its future on a very grand
scale. What better way than through forced education (for the good of the
citizen) to manage a population--to funnel people into appropriate roles
for levels of servitude? It is not unlikely that many experts among us
will call this a social reality that has no moral value (it's a "fact") and
likely commend it as a... more »
Stephen Harper gone invisible in Malaysia
His Royal Highness was ignored and non-existent in Malaysia. Both the
Malaysian authorities and media ignored him. It must be hard on his Royal
Highness.
*"Harper's three-day stop in Kuala Lumpur, which begins Friday, is smack
dab in the middle of the three-day maiden visit to Malaysia of Chinese
President Xi Jinping.
Many of the capital's streets have already been festooned with Chinese
flags bidding welcome to Xi, his wife, Peng Liyuan, and the 100 officials
who are to accompany the couple from Beijing.
Local newspapers have also been full of gushing reports about $100 billion ... more »
A Message for Voters in Boston…and Beyond
http://theindignantteacher.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/what-john-connolly-marty-walsh-must-understand-about-charter-schools-and-ed-reform/
Tagged: boston mayoral race, diane ravitch, John Connolly, Martin
Walsh,
reign of error
BIW SPACE WEEK VIGIL
*Flowers grown at the Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm (Hope, Maine) for
everyone after the BIW vigil; photos by a BIW worker)*
Thirteen of us held an hour-long vigil yesterday at Bath Iron Works in
Maine as the workers knocked off at noon on the Saturday shift. We lined
up in front of BIW headquarters on Washington Street with our signs and
banners. Just before the whistle blew we moved down the street and stood
across from a gate where workers came through. Two of the folks from the
Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm stood by the gate and offered flyers.
The Keep Space for Peace ... more »
Your moment of Zen
View from my friend's old cottage overlooking the basin somewhere in
Scotland.
New Left Blogs September/October 2013
First Sunday of the month *is* new left blog time.
1. Andy Newman for Chippenham (Labour) (Twitter)
2. Choosing Life (SDLP/Labour) (Twitter)
3. Cllr Alice Perry (Labour) (Twitter)
4. Crow's Head Fell Off Like a Leaf (Unaligned/Feminist) (Twitter)
5. Feminist Times (Unaligned/Feminist) (Twitter)
6. Feminists Fighting Transphobia (Feminist/LGBT)
7. Just A Thought (Unaligned) (Twitter)
8. Ken Bell (Unaligned)
9. Opinionated Planet (Unaligned/Feminist) (Twitter)
10. The Hampstead Trash (Unaligned) (Twitter)
11. The Hidden Voice (Unaligned)
12. The Occasional Pigeon Unaligned/Satire)
13. Yet A... more »
"Both this and also that"
"Both this and that".
"This and that".
Censored News original series: Peltier Tribunal Green Bay, Wisconsin
Breaking
News Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Northern Paiute Wesley Dick, Kwassuh, descendant of Wovoka, and defender
of Treaty hunting and gathering rights, has been jailed in Nevada.
The US is taking over DQ University near Davis, California.
Breaking news from Randy Blakeley at DQ:
The federal govt has taken control of #DQU a BIA agent staged a coup and
voted
Foil hat time . . .
BOOGITY-BOOGITY. “Adolf Hitler -- Agent of Zionism and Freemasonry”. Yup. Really. Must be true, it's on the web.
Malaria - how to hack it and the Future! Must see!
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 14 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/8Kga-CHf-pU
Paul (Pablos) Holman is an inventor, super-hacker, digital security expert
and futurist associated with Nathan Myrhvold's Intellectual Ventures Lab.
He is a respected and dynamic speaker f.ex. explaining printing of food,
opening all car-doors in a parking lot at once with your phone, killing
mosquitos with laser beams, playing with credit cards of people around you,
using your web browser to change TV channels at your neighbour's home,
watch hotel-bills from different guests, hack with blank pendrive, and how
to make a fission (Sun-like) reactor ... more »
Yanis Varoufakis gives a long view hypothesis as to how Italy could lead to breakup of the Eurozone ..... In the present , how the Pentagon takes advantage of the relative weakness of Italy ( as compared with Germany ) to turn Italy into its new European base of Operations !
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/10/how-the-eurozone-might-end.html
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2013
How the Eurozone Might End
Yves here. This post by Yanis Varoufakis gives a plausible scenario as to
how the Eurozone could unravel. Most commentators believe the country that
is most likely to rupture it is Italy. Italy has a primary budget surplus and
also has a high saving rate, with the result that even under the gold-standard-like
Eurozone, it still funds most of its debt issuance internally. Notice how
quickly the Eurozone could fracture once one country exits.
*By Yanis Varoufakis, p... more »
A natural wonder . . .
The
view from a small window in the wall
of the vast Niubizi Tian Keng in the Er Wang Dong
cave system, where clouds form inside the huge spaces.
Three tiny explorers can be seen negotiating
the heavily vegetated floor
“The cave so huge it has its own weather system: Explorers discover a
lost world with thick cloud and fogs trapped inside” according to The
Mail Online.
Sunday Classics: "Don't tempt me," Nedda implores Silvio -- but they can't help themselves
*Teresa Stratas and Alberto Rinaldi as Nedda and Silvio in Franco
Zeffirelli's film of Pagliacci*
*NEDDA*: Don't tempt me!
Do you want me to lose my life?
Quiet, Silvio, no more!
It's delirium! madness!
I'm trusting in you,
to whom I gave my heart!
Don't abuse my trust, my fevered love.
*Teresa Stratas (s), Nedda; Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Georges
Prêtre, cond. Philips, recorded 1983*
*by Ken*
This fine piece of imploring from Nedda comes in answer to the stretch of
imploring from Silvio we've already heard, most recently in Friday night's
preview {"In *I Pagliacci*, is ... more »
Mike Philbin novels - 2001 thru 2013 - exclusive Smashwords interview
I've been writing novels, short stories, collaborations and collections for
a lot longer than this, but these are the contemporary works, 2001 thru
2013.
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if you want to learn more before buying, check out
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and of course, don't forget my six-year editorial project CHIMERAWORLD 1-6
available in trade paperback version from here.
More Republican Blackmail-- This Time They're Threatening A Worldwide Economic Collapse
Boehner has been widely quoted in the media saying that he will not allow a
default. Apparently, he will be precisely as capable of delivering on that
as he has been on not allowing a government shutdown. Several sources
inside the House Republican caucus have confirmed that the memo obtained by
the *National Review* of Boehner's strategy is accurate-- or at least was
accurate as of Friday night. It's breathtaking and absolutely guaranteed to
bring about a default and possible economic collapse… if they stick to it.
*• One Year Debt Limit Increase*
• Not a dollar amount increase,... more »
Syria and Iran updates - October 6 , 2013 ... International experts from the UN and OPCW begin the process of verification and destruction of Syria chemical weapons ......Iran announces the arrests of four men for allegedly conspiring to sabotage Iranian nuclear facilities - trust on both the US and Iranian sides is lacking but hopefully good faith efforts by both parties will bridge that gap !
http://rt.com/news/syria-chemical-destroy-assad-804/
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U.S. Needs Moratorium on (Privileged) White Men Pontificating on Race, Class, Gender | the becoming radical
U.S. Needs Moratorium on (Privileged) White Men Pontificating on Race,
Class, Gender | the becoming radical.
A Sad And Sorry State Of Affairs
Susan Delacourt's new book, *Shopping For Votes: How Politicians Choose Us
And We Choose Them* is creating quite a stir. Delacourt's central thesis is
that Canadians no longer act as citizens -- with rights and
responsibilities -- but as consumers, who are motivated by self interest,
not the national interest. Jeffrey Simpson wrote in yesterday's *Globe and
Mail* that:
It is a depressing book for anyone who believes in a broad public interest
and the capacity of political parties (and the media) to even discuss that
interest. It is more depressing still because this state of aff... more »
THE BIBLE
*David and Jonathan.*
Jesus appears to attack the Old Testament.
Jesus said: "Turn the other cheek."
In Numbers 31:14, 17, 18: "*Moses said 'Kill all the women and boys, but
keep the girls for yourselves.*"
Moses, if he ever existed, was obviously a child killer.
The Bible is like the curate's egg - good in parts.
The Bible, like the Koran, is a very human attempt to describe what life is
all about.
In Matthew 5:1,2 "Jesus went up into a *mountain*: and when he was ready,
his disciples came to him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them,
saying...."
This is the Sermon on... more »
Free Planet - Preventative Medicine - Accident and Emergency
the Human Body is a complex mechanism that is affected by many things one
finds in one's: different viruses, different sensitivities, different
abuses/toxins.
This part of the Free Planet (concept) is about practical i.e. PREVENTATIVE
MEDICINE where everybody is given a life-scan for the above potential
toxins and how they relate to you and your family. Currently, mankind has
'elected' some tyrannical PROFIT-mongers into the role of Custodians of
People's Health. It's a sham. What's needed is PEOPLE NEED TO CARE about
their own body, what they put in it and how they live, in a plan... more »
Blame Culture
*QUICK UPDATE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, ANCHORAGE:*
The Owls Are Not What They Seem.
The perfect car for girls...or not!
The BMW Z1 is the perfect car for girls, according to Top Gear's Jeremy
Clarkson.
More Questions
A Labour Party activist posing as a disinterested voter
We've done quite a few posts about BBC One's *Question Time*, that weekly
ordeal for many politically-minded people of a right-wing persuasion.
The outstanding problem seems to be the apparently unrepresentative nature
of the audiences, and it's a problem *Question Time *needs to address.
Given that even someone like James Delingpole accepts that the makers of *Question
Time *do try to get an audience that holds a cross-section of views, why is
it that - like this week's edition - that audience so often gives every
impression o... more »
The Telegraph declares war on the BBC
For further reading from the *Telegraph *on the subject of the previous
post, there's another detailed article there re-making the case against the
BBC over the corporation's 'Ed M v the Mail' coverage:
Questions over BBC 'Labour bias'
...a Telegraph analysis has established something of the scale of the
airtime given to the issue. In a week which saw the Conservative Party
conference, the drowning in the Mediterranean of hundreds of African
immigrants, and the shutdown of the US government, the row was the biggest
story for the BBC by far.
Some of it repeats the analysis quoted i... more »
Islamic Tolerance: Myth and Reality - The Commentator
' Warraq himself argues, against the politically-correct view, that Muslim
hatred of Jews goes back to the origins of Islam. The persecution of Jews,
and also Christians, stems from the precepts and principles in Islamic
texts: the Koran, the Sira (the biographies of Muhammad), the Hadith, the
Tradition (records of the deeds and sayings of Muhammad), and classical
Koranic commentaries.
Equally significant is Warraq's answer to the fashionable argument that the
West in the past and Israel in the present are responsible for the troubles
of the Muslim world. He refers to the events of... more »
AL-LIBI CAPTURED
*Anas al-Libi*
On 5 October 2013, in Libya, American special forces reportedly capture al
Qaeda's *Anas al-Libi.*
Anas al-Libi, also known as al-Ruqai'i, has reportedly worked for MI6.
(MI6 hired Al Qaeda men)
Anas Al-Libi was a top Al-Qaeda commander who lived in Manchester in the UK
from 1995-2000.
Manchester has reportedly been a centre of the Al-Qaeda affiliated LIFG (
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group).
(Source: Al-Harati in Manchester « The Flower Throwers)
*Bin Laden was an Arsenel supporter. He wanted to target Manchester United
players. Website *
The Libyan Islamic Figh... more »
Artist Taxi Driver - THE WAR MACHINE IS NOT ELECTED
Why are you voting? I mean what's the point of voting? You don't even know
how the world really works.
More austerity
More work-for
More privatisation
That's what Artist Taxi Driver is forecasting for the next Labour victory
here in UK.
If you want to know more about where this world is going, read my new novel TANDEM
(a G3 whistleblower novel). Learn about the CUNTs. Arm yourselves with
esoteric understanding so that you can LIVE as a CUSTODIAN in a Free Planet.
GAIA PORTAL: Systematic updates to Gaia grids in progress…
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* *Systematic updates to Gaia grids in progress…*
by ÉirePort
Systematic updates to Gaia grids in progress to support blue ascension
paradigm.
Further updates to Gaia grid structures will follow as needed.
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Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “Isn't Life Strange”
Moody Blues, “Isn't Life Strange”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZZjXgJ4W8
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The bubble of
expanding gas pictured below is the planetary nebula PK 164 +31.1, the
remnants of the atmosphere of a Sun-like star expelled as its supply of
fusion-able core hydrogen became depleted. Visible near the center of the
nebula is what remains of the core itself- a blue-hot white dwarf star.
This particularly photogenic planetary nebula shows intricate shells of gas
likely expelled at different times toward the end the star's demise, and
whose structure is not fully understood.
* Click image for larger size.*
This d... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Narangba, Queensland, Australia. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, “The Miraculous Commonplace”
* *
* “The Miraculous Commonplace”*
by Chet Raymo
“I’m reminded of the poet Howard Nemerov, whose poem "Seeing Things" has
long haunted my imagination:
"Close as I ever came to seeing things
The way the physicists say things really are
Was out on Sudbury Marsh one summer eve
When a silhouetted tree against the sun
Seemed at my sudden glance to be afire:
A black and boiling smoke made all its shape."
We have an incident here not unlike that defining moment in Annie Dillard's
“Pilgrim At Tinker Creek” when she sees "the tree with the lights in it." A
backyard... more »
France partly abolishes private ownership
I know that many conservative French women like their socialist leader
Hollande – among other things, he is an active warrior. However, what he's
doing internally would look rather terrifying to me. It's not just about huge
tax rates for the rich anymore.
A story hasn't made it to the world media. The French National Assembly has
already approved some Hollande's bills sending France two more steps closer
to communism.
According to the new bill, takeovers have to be consulted with the
employees (!) as if they were kolkhozes in the Soviet Union. The second
major point of the bill is ... more »
Paul Craig Roberts: "Watch Glenn Greenwald Tear a BBC Pressitute to pieces." I found this to be a terrific recommendation!
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http://youtu.be/f1Zvo8N3G94
NEWSNIGHT: Glenn Greenwald full interview on Snowden, NSA, GCHQ and spying
BBC Newsnight
Published on Oct 3, 2013
BBC Newsnight exclusive interview with journalist Glenn Greenwald on Edward
Snowden, the PRISM revelations and mass surveillance
Blogger's Note: CCHQ is the official site of the UK Government
Communications Headquarters which is the centre for Her Majesty's
Government's Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) activities.
Cherchez la Verite
Are You Hardwired To Be A Liberal Or A Conservative?
I'm thoroughly enjoying Predisposed by John Hibbing, Kevin Smith and John
Alford, which explores the biology of political differences between
conservatives and liberals, and which I mentioned the other day in terms of understanding
why the Carl Sciortino ad was catapulting him to the front of the pack in
his congressional race. I'm sure we'll be looking at the book in more
detail in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, though, the publisher was kind
enough to send me the Left/Right Twenty Questions Game, which I thought you
might enjoy playing this weekend.
*The Five Questions from Hardwi... more »
TV Watch: Maybe it's lucky that Vince "Breaking Bad" Gilligan learned typing instead of calculus
I never took chemistry and I feel that’s a shame. I actually wish I had. I
was a bit intimidated by math in high school. I signed up for calculus and
after about the first day or two I felt that it was so overwhelming that I
changed to a typing course and learned how to type, which actually was
pretty helpful given my chosen career. But I wish I had not allowed myself
to be intimidated out of taking science and math courses.
*-- Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan,
from* Part I of an AMC-blog Q-and-A
*by Ken*
This lovely reply comes in response to a question from BB fan Elizabeth:... more »
Anatomy of Banning a Worldview
Anatomy of Banning a Worldview
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout: The Tucson Unified School District
banned books, shut down a curriculum and the Raza studies department and
colluded with the state of Arizona to attempt to ban a purportedly
"un-American" worldview.
Read the Article:
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19184-anatomy-of-banning-a-worldview
Bill Gates Must Be Worried About Common Core Survival
Bill Gates is heavily invested in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
However, CCSS is in trouble. Even US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is
desperately trying to save them. Forget the students and teachers. It’s The
Standards that the likes of Gates and Duncan wish to rescue.
Gates/Scholastic CCSS Survey Result ”Early Release” In order to […]
Longest Walk 4 Kansas 'The Twins Made It!'
Thanks
to Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone long walker.
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Wonderful to see that the twins made it to the Longest Walk 4 Return to
Alcatraz today to join their parents, Sharon Heta, Maori, and Michael
Lane, on the original Longest Walk in 1978. Maori youth long walkers
Rangitau and Te Ruihi Heta-Lane also walked across America on Longest
Walk 2 in 2008.
Media malpractice
Real life taking up all of my time so I've been offline for days. I check
the news and see the dutiful stenos of the BigMedia are pushing the GOP's
phony "Dems refusing to negotiate" trope. This isn't even malpractice. It's
media malfeasance.
I mean, what the fuck good does it to tell the public what stupid ploy the
GOPers are using to cover up their responsibilty for the shutdown? How
about they ask the damn GOPers what exactly they're willing to compromise
on? Or maybe ask them why they're taking the food out of hungry kids mouths
to "win" a political point?
Shutting down the g... more »
I Am Back.... Took A Few Days Off To Recharge...
I am back...
I took the last few days off from doing this blog to relax, recharge, and
to concentrate on some personal issues including preparation for an
examination for this technical course I am taking....
I will have my usual Sunday rant ready to go for tomorrow, and hopefully
will resume posting daily articles afterwards...
Again, thanks to everyone for your patience, and understanding..
More to come
NTS
THE TARGET VILLAGE
Mikami Chie's *The Target Village* will be showing at the Yamagata
International Documentary Film Festival on Oct. 12 and Oct. 15, 2013.
The film follows Okinawan opposition to the construction of U.S. military
helipads near the eco-village of Takae, located in an ecologically
sensitive area of Yanbaru, a subtropical rainforest in the northern part of
the main island.
The US military appropriated land in Yanbaru during the postwar period
"Bayonets and Bulldozers" base expansion throughout Okinawa. The beautiful
biodiverse region, a World Heritage Site candidate, is used by US M... more »
Michael Tellinger’s Presentation Ancient Sound Technologies
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* *Note: I disagree that the Anunnaki were the Elohim, they are sons of the
Elohim as we are, they are 10 strand DNA we are 12 strand. The did create
a species of human that is linked to their DNA and that has been the ruling
elite on this planet. Its a common mistake that doesn't take into account
what ben/bin means in semitic languages, its means "son of"... I'm sure the
elites of this world wold like to say they have links to the "god's that
created us" but they are only cousins to the rest of humanity. There is no
doubt there is an Annunaki link to South Africa and its gold... more »
Fukushima: “Radiation Soars 6,700 Times Legal Limit as Disasters Continue Unabated”
* *
*“Radiation Soars 6,700 Times Legal Limit as Disasters Continue Unabated”*
'Clean-up' a litany of failures: near daily leaks, escalating danger,
TEPCO and government cover-ups.
- Sarah Lazare
“TEPCO admitted Thursday that yet another spill at the crisis-hit Fukushima
nuclear plant has released water 6,700 times more radioactive than the
legal limit, adding to the near daily news of fresh leaks and climbing
radiation pointing towards systemic failure to mitigate or contain the
worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.The storage tank (bottom) from which
workers detected water drip... more »
Madness, sheer madness!
Stalinicos and Kafka have decided to avail themselves of the International
Socialism Journal to explain the politics of the SWP crisis. You may have
thought you had it down months ago, but no... And it turns out you were
wrong and they were right. Funny that. It's also funny how they are allowed
a glossy publication to receive their musings, while the party plebs get
the IB.
A couple of points worth noting:
1) "Political differences cannot be resolved administratively". Despite
their education and experience this is something they've learned only in
recent months.
2) The nerve of ... more »
Titles in need of stories...
Wall of Ice
Oh, You Scary Things
The Apollonian Way
Goodbye You Lizard Scum
A Plate of Peas
Very Stupid People
You Again?
Drama Mask
Police, Government, Corporations.
D) Fascism And Contemporary Canada. Locating The Conservative Government
of Canada Led By Stephen Harper. Part Four. Police, Government,
Corporations.
:The long awaited part IV in Professor Robin Mathews`s chilling ex`pose on
the growth of Fascism in Canada and those petty tinpot dictators who are
facilitating Fascism`s rise*.....*
*"Like the tenacious probing and relentless determination of spring ivy
modern Fascism must continually be beaten back and burned, for roots
remain" Grant G:..*
Police, Government, Corporations
*Written by Robin Mathews *
The common defini... more »
“A Native American Perspective on the Government Shutdown”
* *
*“A Native American Perspective on the Government Shutdown”*
by Ruth Hopkins
“They’ve done it. A mere thirty Republican Tea Party extremists have
managed to shut down the U.S. government, potentially tanking a national
economy that’s already on life support. Ironically enough, the flawed logic
behind their congressional temper tantrum, to defund the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (coined Obamacare) by taking the country hostage,
was a complete and utter failure. Obamacare remains unscathed by the shut
down and full online enrollment in the program began October 1, ... more »
“’Dream School’, Dream World”
* *
*“’Dream School’, Dream World”*
by David Arquette
“I recently had an incredible experience on - of all places - the set of a
reality show. An adaptation of Jamie Oliver's U.K. series, Sundance
Channel's 'Dream School' takes 15 at risk high school students and provides
them with a 30-day educational and inspirational journey with the goal of
getting them on track to graduate... But before I go into all of that, I
need to get a few things off of my chest.
Why are people so cruel? In a world full of self-appointed and uncertified
judges who wildly swing gavels while pointing the... more »
Holding Elected Officials To A Higher Standard-- An Elizabeth Warren Standard
No one in the Senate is better at articulating relatively complicated ideas
in a way that anyone-- or at least anyone who isn't brainwashed by Hate
Talk Radio and Fox-- can comprehend. Thursday she was on the Senate floor
explaining the shutdown and why the Republicans who are just shrugging it
off are wrong when they say government doesn't matter anyway. "For years
now," she began with a veiled swipe at Grover Norquist, "we've heard a
small minority in this country rail against government. When I hear the
latest tirades from some of the extremists in the House, Im struck by how
... more »
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