The Petronas Twin Towers. One of the towers was built by Hazama. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Liz Cheney-- Rotten To The Core
Dick Cheney with a blond wig-- and rabies
I've been savoring every moment of Barton Gellman's book on how Cheney took
over the Bush presidency, Angler and I recommend it highly. (You can buy at
at the link in the last sentence, which goes right to the *DWT Book Store*.
Gellman begins his book with how Cheney systematically fucked over all the
legitimate Republican choices for vice president, one after the other.
Laytre he had an army of henchmen but that early in his career of evil he
counted on the rotten daughter, Liz, the one running for the U.S. Senate
against Wyoming conservativ... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Briogeo
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
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Christy Clark`s Preposterous LNG Fantasy, Equity Partner Edition
Earlier this year Petronas, the Malaysian Government`s state owned energy
company surprised Stephen Harper and definitely caught him off guard when
they announced this......
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*"Malaysia's state oil firm Petronas plans to spend $35 billion to develop
shale gas assets in Canada and build a liquefied natural gas(LNG) export
terminal linking the country to energy hungry Asian markets, company
officials said.*
*The estimate is $15 billion higher than the figure previously announced,
since it includes costs associated with drilling wells in British Columbia
and taking over... more »
What Would Plato Say About, For Example, Cutting Food Stamps?
The Republican position on food stamps is to cut the program back by $40
billion. If the U.S. had a political party that represented working
families instead of just wealthy campaign donors, it's position would be to
raise taxes on multi-millionaires to stimulate the economy and get people
off food stamps by providing a vibrant economy that creates jobs. Instead,
we have a Wall Street-dependent Democratic Party who's response to the
Republican demands is to offer a smaller number of billions in cuts. A
compromise will ruin the lives of thousands of struggling families, already
vic... more »
OUR SURVIVAL IS AT STAKE
From Moyers & Company:
Have you ever dreamed of quitting your day job to work on something you
really believed in? That’s exactly what this week’s guests, Jill Stein and
Margaret Flowers, did when they left their careers behind as medical
doctors.
Both saw that holding political office largely depended on how much money
you have, which in turn enabled injustices to be fashioned into law and
public policy. Outraged and angry, they decided to stand up and take action.
“When people ask me ‘what kind of medicine are you practicing?’ I usually
say, ‘I’m practicing political medicine b... more »
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*EVIDENCE ON THE EVOLUTION OF SNAKES*
Snakes belong to the suborder *Serpentes* in the order *Squamata* (the
scaled reptiles). There has been a considerable controversy over their
evolutionary origin. The two basic theories are 1)they evolved from
terrestrial burrowing reptiles and 2)that they evolved from aquatic
reptiles and are closely related to the extinct mosasaurs. In both cases
the loss of the legs would aid rather than inhibit mobility. The
paleontological evidence is equivocal. In 1997 Michael Caldwell of the
University of Edmonton reported a 100-million-year-old fos... more »
Supai Waters 'Stories to appease the opposing'
Havasuapi
Supai Waters/Photo Dawn Dyer
Front line appeasements
By Supai Waters
Damon Watahomigie
Censored New
Here are the stories to appease the opposing. When in any direction
given for you to travel and seek solitude, to look for and protect the
sacred and the holy, there you meet confrontation which can be, and will
be, the tricksters at play.
Then and there in those moments of
New Mexico Grad Requirements Mean Trouble
Just in time for high school juniors and seniors to give thanks for all
that Hanna Skandera has given them (headaches, stress, prescriptions for
anti-migraine medications), the New Mexico Public [sic] Education
Department has released its final version of the requirements needed to
graduate with a diploma. This is great news! It means that the […]
Kissinger vs. LaRouche - Is Nancy Kissinger a Pædophile Beard?
Get Kissinger!
On February 7, 1982, two LaRouchians met the Devil, not in a graveyard at
midnight, but in the well-lit terminal at Newark International Airport.
They abandoned their literature table and rushed to exorcise him with a
barrage of hostile questions. "Jesus Christ," muttered Dr. Henry Kissinger,
their longtime hate figure. He and his wife, Nancy, kept walking toward the
boarding area, en route to Boston, where he was scheduled to undergo
triple-bypass heart surgery.
"Dr. Kissinger," shouted twenty-eight-year-old Ellen Kaplan, "is it true
that you sleep with young boys... more »
ISRAEL GETTING READY TO STRIKE IRAN
Netanyahu is becoming increasingly desperate to start his war against Iran.
According to a report in *Haaretz* citing a report in Britain’s *Sunday
Times*, Saudi Arabia has offered help to Israel in order to facilitate an
attack against Iran. According to the report, Saudi Arabia will allow
Israeli strike aircraft to transit Saudi airspace in order to reach targets
in Iran. Saudi Arabia will also allow refuelling tanker aircraft, drones
and rescue helicopters to be in Saudi airspace.
According to another report, Yaakov Amidror, who only recently left his
position as Israel’s nationa... more »
Her Grace
Pat Storey, Bishop of Meath and Kildare
Well, not quite good night...
Returning to this week's edition of *Sunday*, the programme dealt yet again
with the issue of women bishops within the Anglican communion.
Another vote at synod will take place this week and the programme readied
us for a discussion on the subject between a supporter and an opponent.
Unfortunately, the opponent of women bishops had got "lost" on the way to
the studio, so we were left (at no fault of the programme's) with just the
pro-women-bishops guest.
Edward Stourton suggested she might be less forthright in... more »
Guest Post by Joseph Rella: A letter to @arneduncan
Secretary Arne Duncan U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue,SW
Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear Secretary Duncan: My name is Joseph Rella. I am
the Superintendent of Schools in the Comsewogue SchoolDistrict located
in Port Jefferson Station, New York. I am writing to you as a non-white
surburban mother to express my deep concern over recent comment that you
made regardingcriticism […]
"England's funniest joke"
Now, some at *Biased BBC *suspect the aforementioned Tom of being a hoax -
which after I've forced some of you to scroll so far down the blog to get
to the next-but-one post might seem a little annoying, if true...
...which, of course, would call for a joke.
So here's one voted the funniest in England by the University of
Hertfordshire (which is a real university for sure):
Two men are sitting on a bar stool. One starts to insult the other one. He
screams, “I slept with your mother!”
The bar gets quiet as everyone listens to see what the other man will do.
The first again yells, ... more »
Quebec and the NDP #Fail
It seems the NDP leader has said he will "wipe the floor" with Justin
Trudeau.
Why?
Because the Liberal leader holds to the Clarity Act and says Quebec cannot
leave Canada without a clear question and a clear majority on a referendum.
The NDP says 50% plus one will do.
I was impressed with Tom Mulcair.
But not here.
50% plus one is not what the Constitution says but more it suggests Canada
would abandon Anglo Federalists and the semi autonomous region of Nunavik.
Unless these groups also seek separation to say 50% plus one is a betrayal
of English speakers and Inuit.
I app... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
What's the underreported Obama Administration success? What's the
underreported Obama Administration failure?
Sunday Classics: Wotan's bad behavior goes back even before the carving of the spear
*1st NORN*: At the World-Ash-tree
once I wove,
when fair and green
there grew from its branches
verdant and shady leaves.
Those cooling shadows
sheltered a spring;
wisdom's voice I heard in its waves;
I sang my holy song.
A valiant god came to drink at the spring;
and the price he had to pay
was the loss of an eye.
From the World-Ash-tree
mighty Wotan broke a branch.
and his spear was shaped
from the branch he tore from the tree.
As year succeeded year,
the sound slowly weakened the tree;
dry, leafless, and barren --
death seized on the tree;
whisper waters then failed in the spring;
grie... more »
Perhaps the only thing proven by @arneduncan’s latest flub…
… is that he’s really an idiot without the skills and expertise to really
understand what it is that he’s supposed to be doing. That is all. Tagged:
arne duncan, secretary of education
Rob Ford spoofed on late night shows
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Sunday Question for Conservatives
When, if ever, do you think a significant number of (elected) Democrats
will turn against the ACA? Between now and 2014? After the 2014 elections?
After the 2016 elections?
Turkey confronts policy missteps on Syria
*It appears the the tide is turning..... on Turkey*
A group affiliated with al-Qaeda controls the road leading south into
Syria from this key border crossing on the front line of the debacle that
Turkey’s Syria policy has become.
For more than a year,* Turkey turned a blind eye as thousands of foreign
volunteers from across the Muslim world streamed through the country en
route to fight alongside Syria’s rebels, perhaps calculating that the
fighters would help accelerate President Bashar al-Assad’s demise.*
Now the extremists whose ranks the foreigners swelled are gaining
ascenda... more »
On another BBC-bias-related blog
Oh dear, it's "Blimey-this-is-long,-and-I-ain't-gonna-read-it" time again...
But, go on, go on, go on (as Mrs Doyle would say), give it a read. It will
only take you ten minutes! (Think of it as being just two ad breaks in the
middle of *I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!*).
There's a typically lively and interesting exchange going on over at *Biased
BBC* at the moment between Tom and many of the regulars at* B-BBC. *As all
engaging blog exchanges (ideally) should, it's got me thinking. So I'll
share my thoughts with you here.
Tom, new to commenting at *Biased BBC*, has started ... more »
Could November 22 , 2013 be another infamous date in History ? On the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of President John F Kennedy - as we hear endlessly about that , some things pop out........ While President Obama will not be in Dallas on November 22, 2013 , his schedule does note the he will host the King of Morocco at the White House .......Coincidences in November ( White House Down released November 5th / White House Tours resumed November 5th / FBI weapons theft November 8th Secret Service Shake up November 13th ) We can see Obama's poll number are falling swiftly..... ObamaCare a disaster and getting more confused by the day ..... Foreign policy embarrassments multiplying like Tribbles on Star Trek ........ Confidence in Obama both home and internationally has never been lower and trend is for that to worsen ........One has to ask , might a stunt be in order to help revive a flailing second term ? Might a tragci event be ordered up to rescue a flailing agenda ? Fair questions considering the times we find ourselves in ......
Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/2013/11/16/obamas-clintons-to-lay-wreath-at-jfks-grave-in-50-year-remembrance/
( High profile outdoor event.... something to keep an eye on..... )
Obamas, Clintons to lay wreath at JFK’s grave in 50-year remembrance
[image: Flowers are left at the memorial for U.S. President John F. Kennedy
in Hyannis, Massachusetts November 14, 2013. November 22 will mark the 50th
anniversary of his assassination in 1963. Credit: Reuters]
President Barack Obama will join former President Bill Clinton and former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday in a wrea... more »
Doing the DOO
Establishment Dems, no longer quaking and quivering before the
Republicans' Keep Your Plan bill, were making the rounds of the Sunday
shows hurling their own DOO (Defense Of Obamacare) at the naysayers.
It was not easy. Martha Raddatz of ABC-Disney wanted to talk about Kirsten
Gillibrand's presidential plans, and Kirsten Gillibrand wanted to talk
about her trip to the E.R. with her asthmatic son. Raddatz was all about
Obama's suffering numbers instead of actual suffering people. Gillibrand
wanted to talk about poor moms with sick kids. Martha Raddatz is a rich mom
with insured kids,... more »
Despite invasive NSA spying , once again we see they fail to prevent an attack - this time Anonymous hacked US Government sites for a year !
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/16/anonymous-fbi
( Wonder why NSA failed to detect and stop this quickly , this with all of
their surveillance ? )
FBI warns that Anonymous has hacked US government sites for a year
Official memo says that activist collective launched a rash of electronic
break-ins beginning last December
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Some Kids “Aren’t Brilliant”? This Duncan Blunder Is Bigger Than It First Appears
In May 2010, US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke at the first
annual “Mom Congress” at Georgetown University. Duncan’s goal, as reported
on the USDOE website, was “to discuss how to effect meaningful change in
American education and to mobilize millions of parents to become more
involved in their children’s learning.” [Emphasis added.] Duncan wants […]
Pop icons...
Five hilarious years, blogging with my virtual roomie fern hill. Time flies
when you're having fun deriding venal right wing nut jobs, fundamentalist
religious zealots, and vapid political ideologues of all stripe.
The video above captures something of the flavour of our dynamic
interaction, I think.
Happy Birthday to DAMMIT JANET!
The Once and Future World
J. B. MacKinnon grew up on the edge of a Canadian prairie. “I knew the
prairie in the hands-in-every-crevice detail that only a child can, and it
was, for me, a place of magic.” He developed a healthy relationship with
the living ecosystem, an experience that is no longer ordinary. Years
later, as an adult, he returned to visit home, and his sacred prairie had
been erased by the Royal Heights subdivision. He could find no trace of
the red foxes that he had loved so much. It hurt.
By and by, curiosity inspired him to spend some time studying books about
the days of yesteryear. ... more »
DARK SHADOW OF CHERNOBYL TOUCHES FUKUSHIMA / IT'S TIME FOR ACTION
*To fully understand the current folly and cover-up of Fukushima, you must
understand the same folly, cover-up and consequences of Chernobyl in 1987
and recognize that this time we may not outlive the consequences. It's time
now for populist direct action and Germany is a stunning blueprint for the
success of that process: Allen L Roland*
*I thought Chernobyl was bad, until I saw this:* Here's a time lapse map of
the 2053 nuclear explosions that have taken place between 1945 to1998. It
starts slowly but skip to 1962 and the buildup becomes overwhelming before
the ... more »
Duck Dynasty Beats Cantor And Boehner In Louisiana Congressional Race
People pay less attention to politics in one-party states. And with the
decline of the Louisiana Democratic Party following the 1964 Civil Rights
bill, that state has become more and more of a right-wing Republican
bastion. African Americans dominate one (of 6) congressional districts,
LA-02, basically New Orleans and the black neighborhoods on the north side
of Baton Rouge, 80 miles away. That shockingly gerrymandered district
attempts to pack as many African-Americans (and Democrats) into one
district as possible and it is 63% African American (the state is 32%
African American... more »
What "monolithic and ruthless conspiracy" was JFK referring to?
During a speech before the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City in 1961, President John F. Kennedy
described a *"monolithic and ruthless conspiracy"* opposing the United
States. President Kennedy had some extremely profound things to say during
this speech, entitled *"The President and the Press,"* including the proper
role of the news media and the precise purpose of the First Amendment, *which
I briefly discussed this past Friday in a blog post*.
But what *"monolithic and ruthless conspiracy"* was President Kennedy
referring to? L... more »
Mount Etna in Sicily Eruption on 17 November 2013
*Published on Nov 17, 2013*
Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, erupted on Saturday. The eruption
shot up a towering column of ash and fire to light up the night sky over
much of eastern Sicily. Several inhabited villages dot the mountain's
slopes. The latest lava flow didn't endanger any houses, and no evacuation
was ordered. Etna erupts occasionally, its last major eruption occurred in
1992.
Foreign Donations and Customs Bureaucracy
This is from a friend, JB Baylon of the I Am PGH (Person Giving Hope)
Foundation. He posted this yesterday in his fb wall, about the Customs
bureaucracy even for donations to victims of typhoon Haiyan.
*EXTRAORDINARY CONDITIONS REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY RULES. I just saw an email
exchange between Gil Santos and someone based in Guam about an aborted
effort to donate used X-ray equipment and other supplies from the US,
aborted because Customs officials are allegedly assessing each of the four
40-foot containers $12,500.This reminds me of a story of a ship laden with
used ho... more »
Mike Philbin - Published Novels - new blogs added
I (had omitted to but finally) created a couple of new blogs for the 2011
releases YOROPPA and VIEW FROM A STOLEN WINDOW.
I also unified the design style of all the Published Novel blogs, TANDEM,
CUSTODIAN, BUKKAKEWORLD and PLANET OF THE OWLS all showing links to the
latest available version.
What Goes Around....
Uh-oh. You knew this was gonna happen sooner rather than later. Drones are
going rogue. One of America's own just attacked the same great ship of
state that launched it:
The Navy says an aerial target drone malfunctioned and struck a guided
missile cruiser during training off Southern California, causing two minor
injuries.
Lt. Lenaya Rotklein of the U.S. Third Fleet said the accident on the USS
Chancellorsville happened Saturday afternoon while the ship was testing its
combat weapons system off Point Mugu.
The AP reports that two crew members suffered minor burns from the drone
s... more »
“Discredited” Benghazi Whistleblower Disappears
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Kimberly Paxton
Last week, CBS’s “news” magazine program *60 Minutes *issued a contrite
apology and retraction for a chilling eyewitness report on the Benghazi
massacre, and the publishing company Simon & Schuster pulled the book *The
Embassy House* from retailers. Dylan Davies, the author of the book and
source for the report, was painted as a dishonest guy looking to make a
buck off of a tragedy.
Davies has now been “discredited” by none other than our own government.
That would be the same government that allowed Hillary ... more »
Student Exposes Common Core, Teacher Evaluations, and Educational Data
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Greatest Transfer of Wealth in History
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TPP: High Treason! Obama's Secret Meeting to Give Corporations Ultimate Power
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The November Seventeenth Gang
It's our birthday here at DJ!!
Co-blogger deBeauxOs yesterday introduced me to this nifty shared birthday
site.
DJ! shares this auspicious day with a cool gang.
August Ferdinand Mobius
Field Marshall Montgomery
Rock Hudson
Canadian icon Gordon Lightfoot
Martin Scorsese
Danny Devito
And the fabulous RuPaul.
Happy Birthday to all of us.
Drone news updates November 17 , 2013 - malfunctioning drone strikes Navy ship..... German Coalition ( still being formed ) rejects illegal killings and suspends drone purchases ... The drone that can fly , swim , drive and hop !
This Drone Can Fly, Swim, Drive, and Hop Its Way Through a Mission
- BY ALLEN MCDUFFEE
- 11.11.13
- 6:30 AM
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The Sandia Multi-Modal Vehicle Concept. *Image: Sandia National
Laboratories*
The future of military drones isn’t surveillance and dropping bombs. It’s
transformation: a single unmanned vehicle that can fly, swim, drive, and
even hop like a frog across a variety of terrains and obstacles.
Conceived by the Intelligent Systems, Robotics and Cybernetics unit at
Sandia National Laboratories, the “Multi-Modal Vehicle Concept” would
travel land, sea, and air by tran... more »
Cops Kill 8 Times More Americans Than Terrorists Do
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Dave Hodges
Many people have noticed that several of the local police officers,
particularly the younger ones are more gruff, rude and even abusive as
compared to the past. Many veteran officers attribute the shift towards
DHS’ training of local police which focuses on teaching the police that the
public is their enemy as opposed to the traditional view that teaches that
the local population and the police are partners in keeping the community
safe.
Whatever happened to the friendly neighborhood cop who walked a beat, was
w... more »
What happens when looting becomes public policy ? Venezuela shows the world what happens next ? Of course , the reaction from looted businesses is predictable.....
Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/venezuela-president-vows-no-letup-price-gouging-crackdown-010034869--sector.html
CARACAS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist government has arrested
more than 100 "bourgeois" businessmen in a crackdown on alleged
price-gouging at hundreds of shops and companies since the weekend,
President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday.
"They are barbaric, these capitalist parasites!" Maduro thundered in the
latest of his lengthy daily speeches. "We have more than 100 of the
bourgeoisie behind bars at the moment."
The successor to the late Hugo Chavez also said his go... more »
IMF Research Conference
I recently had the pleasure of attending the IMF Annual Research conference
(where I was a discussant of a paper by Reifschneider, Wascher, and Wilcox
in Session 3). You can watch the conference online here.
Reading the papers at 'Breakfast'
Here's an update to an earlier pair of much-loved posts about the people
invited to review the weekend papers on *BBC Breakfast*.
As they used to say in exam papers, compare and contrast the following two
lists - one from this year, one from two years ago. [As this blog isn't an
exam board, I'll add a 'please' to that request.]
*2013*
7/9 Simon Fanshawe, writer
8/9 Ian MacMillan, poet
14/9 David Davies, former FA boss
15/9 Paul Horrocks. former president of the UK Society of Editors
21/9 Cary Cooper, academic
22/9 Kate Williams, historian
28/9 Olly Mann, writer and broadcaster
29/9 E... more »
How's that RttT Working for You, Massachusetts?
Massachusetts has been on the corporate education bandwagon since 1993 with
the coming of MCAS, and in recent years the corporate PR machines have made
the world aware of how much further ahead MA is in the international
testing derbies and on NAEP.
Last week's appearance of new NAEP scores gave us a chance to have a fresh
look at where MA stands in relation to the other states. Even though the
CorpEd pols in MA do not acknowledge the fact, we should point out that MA
started far ahead of the national average in reading and math (both 4th and
8th grade) in 1992, when the last gen... more »
Greece updates November 17 , 2013 - Chronicles of a European Winter ......... Greece news items of note.....
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/11/chronicles-of-a-european-winter-there-is-a-difference-between-saying-greeks-should-live-with-less-and-saying-greeks-should-live-with-nothing.html
SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
Chronicles of a European Winter: “There is a Difference Between Saying
Greeks Should Live With Less and Saying Greeks Should Live With Nothing”
This is the first segment of an ongoing project, Eurowinter, to record
the
human toll of austerity policies in Europe. It focuses on the suffering
Greece, as told by Greeks themselves.
The pace might strike some as languid, but if you s... more »
A Tale Of Two Economies
Last week, Jim Flaherty announced that Canada would run a surplus -- just
in time for the 2015 election. Scott Clark and Peter Devries suspect that
Mr. Flaherty is playing with magic numbers. But, while Flaherty was
trumpeting his projected surplus, Statscan released numbers that were far
from magical. *The Huffington Post* reported that:
StatsCan’s latest numbers on Canada’s trade balance, released Thursday,
look positive on the face of it: Exports and imports both grew, and
Canada’s trade deficit with the world shrank by more than half, to $435
million.
But dig a little deeper... more »
Blast from the Past: The wreck of President Hoover: Life 10 Jan 1938
"The President Hoover, crack Dollar liner christened by Mrs. Herbert Hoover
of Newport News in 1930, was then the biggest ship ever built in an
American yard. A vessel of 615 ft. and 21,536 tons, it cost $88,000,000..."
It had been accidentally bombed by Chinese bombs on Aug 30 (killed one
crewman) and did some damage. On Dec 10 it ran aground on Hoishoto (Green)
Island on a Kobe to Manila run with over 800 passengers and crew, all of
whom got off safely. Wiki notes:
After the Battle of Shanghai had broken out in August 1937, President
Hoover was diverted from Hong Kong to evacuat... more »
Sunday Morning, Praise the Dawning...
Groundhog Day at *Sunday Morning Live*.
Ask the good folk who watch *Sunday Morning Live *a question and, with all
the inevitability of someone citing the film 'Groundhog Day' when they want
to make a point about some something happening over and over and over
again, those BBC viewers will always, *en masse, *give a proud,
two-fingered salute to whichever liberal position is being advocated.
As soon as they asked "Should there be leniency for solders who commit
crimes in conflict?" [discussed in the wake of the Royal Marine convicted
of murdering a Taliban prisoner], I just knew... more »
Secretary Duncan and the Politics of White Outrage
Secretary Duncan and the Politics of White Outrage. via Secretary Duncan
and the Politics of White Outrage.
Why Is Steve Israel Lying To His Own Colleagues About What Jennifer Garrison Is?
Malcolm and Jennifer
My grandfather was a Socialist. He told me to always be wary of anyone from
the Democratic Party. Funny because Malcolm X and he had similar views of
the Democrats back them. Mal: "We won't organize any black man to be a
Democrat or a Republican because both of them have sold us out. Both of
them have sold us out; both parties have sold us out. Both parties are
racist, and the Democratic Party is more racist than the Republican Party…
What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in
disguise."
There were many professional Democrats, care... more »
Bowdlerising 'A Banker's Tale'
There was a curious moment on this morning's *Andrew Marr Show *when Andrew
Marr, reviewing the newspaper front pages, raised the front page of the *Mail
on Sunday*, mentioned its leader story about a former Co-op Bank chairman
whose been caught in what Andrew called "a terrible sting operation", and
then said "We *won't *be talking about that, I suspect".
And, indeed, they didn't.
[The 'they' on his paper review panel, incidentally, consisted of Labour MP
Tessa Jowell, Gordon Brown's former spin doctor Justin Forsyth (now head of
Save The Children) and Conservative.Home's Tim Mon... more »
Dishonesty - Moral Compass Broken
Ratings from the public rely on good faith. Professional liars like this
guy break the model, making it useless for everyone. You also have to ask -
what limits would such people observe? If they can be dishonest here, why
not criminal elsewhere?
I've panned a few books - but never without reading them.
African Take on Gambia bolt
*Definitely NSFW, if you're a beetle.*
An analysis from Swaziland:
Prior to the country severing ties with Taiwan, it has been gathered that
some multimillion dollar Mainland Chinese companies were issued with
licenses to explore Gambia's potentials of drilling oil. Some couple of
millions of dollars has already been deposited into a foreign bank account,
in which Jammeh and his Secretary General and Presidential Affairs Minister
Momodou Sabally are the co signatories to the offshore drilling bank
account. In fact, they have started messing with that money.
This one made it into t... more »
Untitled
*Saints vs Forty Neeneers 2013: Game Time, TV Schedule, Online Streaming,
Odds and More ~John Oliver, Canal Street Chronicles*
*Knitting behind enemy lines ~Disenfranchised Citizen*
*Russel Honore's 'Green Army' discusses legislative agenda in Baton Rouge
~Lauren McGaughy*
*James Gill: Tide turning on oil industry *
*Some New Orleanians not waiting for new bywater park's opening ~Jaquetta
White, New Orleans Advocate*
Andrew Huszar ( who ran the Federal Reserve's Mortgage book during chapter one of the Great Recession / Depression beginning in 2008ish ) apologizes to America for the Fed blowing things with QE .....Central Banking a disease - is there a cure ? More truthiness , this time from the NY Fed - current reach for yield similar to South Sea Bubble of 1720 ? And how was it that the Confirmation Hearing Remarks from Janet Yellen got released early today ? Meanwhile , with apologies / comparisons set to the side , what has the Fed been doing , what will the ECB soon do , how have Central Bankers in G-5 Nations helped their economies ?
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Why the truth now ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-13/qe-whistleblower-warns-we-are-eerily-similar-2008
QE Whistleblower Warns "We Are Eerily Similar To 2008"
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Following his inconvenient truthiness yesterday, Andrew Huszar appeared on
Bloomberg TV today (having dismissed the comic-book-written discussion he
faced in CNBC's Fast Money yesterday). As usual Bloomberg gave him more
time to speak, listened, and challenged some of what he said, but we were
struck by ... more »
When stephen harper rocks out ...
So, apparently the gutless coward (who prefers to skip the country when the
pressure's on, or at least hide from accountability to Parliament) was
turning on the "charm" again, exploiting his apparently okay voice (I've
never heard it) at some club somewhere.
Between his fall from power and his imprisonment for war crimes, SUN News
could feature him in concert, out of gratitude for all the government
advertising that kept them afloat for so long. Then, harper could learn how
few Canadians actually give a shit about his singing.
But when harper is rocking out, ... do you suppose th... more »
'Guardian Sunday' at the BBC
It's been quite a day for *Guardian *journalists on BBC One today so far.
*BBC Breakfast *had Helen Pidd, northern editor of the *Guardian*, as its
sole paper reviewer and *The Sunday Politics *featured not one but two *Guardian
*journalists on its pundits panel - Nick Watt, the *Guardian*'s chief
political correspondent and Zoe Williams, one of the *Guardian*'s
best-known columnists.
That's very nice for the *Guardian*.
A Slow Few Days
It's one of them (thankfully) rare moments. Up until Wednesday I am
absolutely rammed with work so don't be surprised if blogging is very
light. But there is stuff bubbling under, such as pieces on the Baddeley,
Milton and Norton by-election here in Stoke, a 'new stage' of capitalism,
and the collapse of generational difference - among other things. I bet you
can hardly contain yourselves.
In lieu of blogging, here's a ditty from 2009.
REMEMBERING JFK
I have previously written about a book I highly suggest reading entitled JFK
and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters. Long-time peace activist
James Douglass wrote the book and worked on it for 12 years.
I cannot recommend this book strongly enough. You should read it, you will
be shocked and moved by this story, and you will want to tell others about
it.
In a few words, this book tells the story about why and how the military
industrial complex (MIC) had JFK killed. This book is part history, part
mystery story, and part moral lesson. James Douglass does a phenomenal jo... more »
19.19 for the 200m is almost more incredible than 9.58 for the 100m, Michael Johnson's reaction is worth watching again
Again at the World Athletics in Berlin in 2009.
Here are the fastest 200m times in history, all those quicker than
19.70,
notice how many are held by Bolt, Yohan Blake and Michael Johnson:
1 19.19 -0.3 Usain Bolt JAM
21.08.86 1 Berlin 20.08.2009
2 19.26 +0.7 Yohan Blake JAM
26.12.89 1 Bruxelles 16.09.2011
3 19.30 -0.9 Usain Bolt JAM
21.08.86 1 Beijing 20.08... more »
The Francis Effect
An article in* The Sunday Times* talks about the "electrifying" effect Pope
Francis is having on British Catholics. There's even been a 20% increase in
church attendance in Britain since he became pope just eight months ago.
Having listened to every edition of Radio 4's *Sunday* for the last three
years, I can certainly confirm the existence of the 'Francis Effect'.
In the days of Pope Benedict, programme after programme, would dwell on
negative stories about the Catholic Church [extensive proof of which can be
found here], and whenever Benedict's name came up there was bound to b... more »
Catholic Aid getting Its Priorities Straight: Typhoones, Rosaries and the Message of Love
Connecting to my former post re. certain gaps in human moral psychology
made visible by the global aid response to the typhoon Hayian (also known
as Yolanda), it is not exactly uplifting to be forced to share this
evidence of morally adequate compassion being most seriously lacking where
one would perhaps expect it the most: from aid organisations working from a
christian ethical basis, with the message of love at the core of its
mission – or not?
Have a look at this admirable crock of /%&€ of an initiative of a Catholic
aid organization at providing the homeless, starving and plag... more »
POPULAR CHILD MODELS
*Vladik Shibanov*
"I received a response from Toronto Police to my Freedom of Information
request for information about the AZOV case.
"They declined to provide any info, claiming that they are investigating a
'murder' in conjunction with the AZOV case."
*Toronto Police: AZOV case involves 'murder'*
*Yalta in the Crimea*
Yalta in the Crimea is where Hillary and Bill Clinton, Tony Blair,
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, David Petraeus, Mario Monti, Shimon Peres and
others met in September 2013.
Coincidentally, this was just before the Azov-Film child porn bust took
place in Toronto.
Bl... more »
What Lonely Planet is the BBC on?
Being Sunday, there's just got to be a juicy BBC-related piece in the *Sunday
Telegraph*. And so there proves to be.
The paper features an Andrew Gilligan piece called *What Lonely Planet is
the BBC on?. *
This outlines the findings of the BBC's own investigation into its
extravagantly costly purchase of the travel guide Lonely Planet - a
"scandal" that resulted in a £100 million loss to the corporation (and,
thus, to licence fee payers).
Intriguingly, Andrew Gilligan observes that this BBC report, published last
week, went "almost unnoticed by the media". His piece was, indeed, ... more »
The Epic Journey of Truth and Tooth
Well everyone.... I'm BAAACCCCKKKKK!
.... you didn't think you'd get rid of me that easily, did you?
Buhahahhahaha!
For the past week and a bit, I have been on an adventure- a truly epic
adventure that shone a brilliant spotlight on the entire current system of
corruption and ridiculousness. While the adventure itself was exhausting
and enough to make me pull all my hair out, when I was able to stand back
after the fact and analyze the scope of all that had taken place- both
internally and externally- I realized that I had been put in a situation of
immense value: to absolutel... more »
The Dogs of War
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot
This morning's news agenda
Sky News are leading this morning with:
PM Orders Review Into 'Union Intimidation'
David Cameron orders an inquiry into alleged bullying tactics by unions in
the wake of the Grangemouth industrial dispute.
ITV News makes that its second story (after the typhoon in the
Philippines):
Union 'bullying tactics' probed
Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered a wide-ranging inquiry into
industrial disputes, including alleged intimidation tactics of trade
unions, following the bitter row that almost led to the closure of the
Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland.
It's obviously a big s... more »
Naturalness and JFK conspiracy theories
Among the 89 episodes of the classic show Penn & Teller: Bullshit, the 29th
one was dedicated to conspiracy theories, namely to 9/11 truthism,
moonlanding, and JFK conspiracy theories.
I recommend you to find all the episodes and watch them – it will be 45
hours of intelligent fun!
Just to be sure, JFK was assassinated in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963; it
will have been 50 years next Friday. The apparent sniper was Lee Harvey
Oswald, an American commie (believed to be a "lone gunman") who loved Cuba
and who emigrated to the Soviet Union. Yesterday, CNN listed a dozen of the
consp... more »
ROBERT LANZA ON GOD
*Robert Lanza from North Carolina*
Professor Robert Lanza believes that Death is an illusion.
He believes that it is our minds that create space and time.
He believes that Life creates the Universe.
Robert Lanza and Deepak Chopra, in an article entitled *Evolution Reigns,
but Darwin Outmoded *write:
*"Darwin's theory of evolution is an enormous over-simplification. *
It's helpful if you want to connect the dots and understand the
interrelatedness of life on the planet - and it’s simple enough to teach to
children between recess and lunch.
"But it fails to capture the driving fo... more »
Repost: Five Lingering Unsolved Mysteries From the JFK Assassination
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*By MARC McDONALD*
*Note: this is an encore presentation of a piece I wrote last year.*
It has now been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Since then, thousands of books have been written about what is probably the
single biggest unsolved mystery of the 20th century. After nearly half a
century, it's becoming increasingly clear that we may never fully
understand what happened that day.
I myself have long harbored doubts about the government's own seriously
flawed version of what happened in Dealey Plaza. The 1964 Warren Commission
Report has rightfully ... more »
Open Letter To Christy Clark And Stephen Harper---Enbridge Is Dead
Today, Saturday November 16th/2013 thousands rallied against bitumen
Pipelines in British Columbia, tens of thousands more rallied across
Canada, but by far the largest protest was in Vancouver, there were
thousands in attendance, people representing all age groups and all
political stripes, there was NDPers, Liberals and Conservatives at these
rallies, the issue of Alberta tar/bitumen pipelines threatening British
Columbia`s rivers and streams and oil laden supertankers risking destroying
British Columbia`s pristine temperate northern coastline crosses all
political boundaries
... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, November 17th, 2013
It is indeed Sunday again, and time for my weekly rant….
First, I really wonder myself why I am always apologizing for not putting
up articles daily at this blog. I absolutely have no reason for any
apology as far as I am concerned… I do have a life and I do have
requirements in my daily life that have shown to be increasingly hectic
over the last while. Family and personal issues have always come first for
me, and it does take me away from doing this blog. Most readers that have
followed my work here for a while understand where I stand….
In recent weeks the attacks by the JIDF... more »
My Japanese Hate-Mail Tells I am a ‘S— Kimchi Propagandist’ (Hah!) …Where’s Thunderdome When You Need it?
Hollywood’s solution to intractable interstate conflicts This is what
happens when you write in the area of Japanese-Korean relations. Pretty
much everybody hates you, because you don’t tell them what they want to
hear, and then maximalists come out of the woodwork to, as Robert Farley
aptly put it, “explore Japanese-Korean animosity one angry e-mail
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Harold Meyerson on "The 40-Year Slump" -- did it (does it?) have to be this way?
*by Ken*
The American Prospect, as part of a special feature called "The State of
Work in the Age of Anxiety," has an important piece by Harold Meyerson
called "The 40-Year Slump," of which I can only hit some of the highlights
here.
The economic landscape of the quarter-century following World War II has
become not just unfamiliar but almost unimaginable today. It constitutes
what historian Vaclav Smil has termed “a remarkable singularity”: The
United States came out of World War II dominating the world’s production
and markets, and its unprecedented wealth was shared broadly am... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Got behind on the day, so What Mattered is a bit late, but better late than
never, I hope. So: the press frenzy about the ACA isn't going to matter
much, and I suspect Barack Obama's ACA fix won't matter either.
What does matter? Fixing the web site.
That's what I have. What do you think mattered this week?
FIRE OF WINTER - WHISKY TRENCH RIDERS
Video Title: FIRE OF WINTER - WHISKY TRENCH RIDERS. Source:
WhiskyTrenchRiders. Date Published: October 30, 2013. Description:
This is our entry for the CBC Music, Hockey Night in Canada Song Quest!
Please 'like' us and vote for us in the link below:
http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Whisky-Trench-Riders
An excerpt from "Biographical Info" (*Source: CBC.ca*):
'Fire of Winter' is an ode to Canada, encompassing in one rocking song all
that links Canadians and makes us stand apart: hockey, a great sense of
humour, good hearts and fantastic music.
Fire of Winter, By Ryan Bevan
So we dr... more »
Did Obama write the regulation to cancel your insurance after Obamacare was passed?...
*Rand Paul says he did.*
And the democrats (you know - the ones who claim they didn't know anything
about this) voted to keep the regulation that if your insurance changed in
any way it would be cancelled.
*Why are we just hearing about this now?? *
Rand Paul, speaking at the Charleston Meeting on November 11, 2013:
“*I’m still learning about it. It’s 20,000 pages of regulations. The Bill
was 2,000 pages and I didn’t realize this until this week, the whole idea
of you losing or getting your insurance cancelled wasn’t in the original
Obamacare. It was a regulation WRITTEN BY PRESID... more »
Long Past Due
Wow! No posts since September 29! Life has been kinda insane. Work,
stuff after work, working out, starting to get things ready to
move........Selling my stuff online is like a second fulltime job.
Exhausting.
So, let's see, what has happened since September?
Let's do bullet points!
- Vito passed away on October 1. It was horribly sad, and I almost
hyperventilated I was so upset. He was the sweetest, most giving and happy
dog I have ever known. It was pretty devastating for us. He died in
Kurt's arms, and we had him cremated so we could bury his ashes. I am... more »
The Real Problem Right-Wingers Have With 'Obamacare:' It Requires Insurers To Insure
By Manifesto Joe
It's obvious that President Obama made a big political -- I repeat,
*political* -- mistake in selling his health care plan. And he should never
have put any trust in computer geeks -- such people nowadays hold the Earth
hostage to their "expertise," while in reality they are often among the
most titanic fools on the planet. (Not only do their initial programs
sometimes not work, they are forever changing programs that worked fine as
they were. It seems that they never heard the old wisdom that if it works,
DON'T FIX IT!)
But the Mainstream Media are failing to tell... more »
Only Hostile Republicans Call Social Security "Entitlements"
Jason Thigpen is running for Congress in eastern North Carolina (the Outer
Banks, most of the coastal plain, from the outskirts of New Bern, down the
17 to Jacksonville and on past Camp Lejeune into Wilmington. The district
has been trending Republican in recent years but Democrats have a 12% voter
registration edge and Jason is just the kind of guy who can appeal across
the partisan divide without abandoning his progressive values. He penned
this guest post. Please give it a read and see if you'd like to contribute
to his grassroots campaign here.
*Carpetbaggers Want Entitlement... more »
Updates On Syria: Albania Refuses To Participate In The Destruction of Syria's CW, Assad's Army Is Winning, Al-Qaeda Finds Camping Ground On NATO's Border
An excerpt from, *"No Surprise That No One Wants Syria's Chemical Weapon
Stuff"* by 'b' of Moon of Alabama, November 16:
The United States and Russia have both the specialized incineration
capabilities to destroy chemical weapons, their precursors and the
hazardous waste their neutralization creates. But Albania was left with the
mess after it was pressed to destroy the weaponized stuff where a
repackaging of the original weaponized chemicals would likely have been a
much safer and longer term solution. Albania would have been crazy to
accept more dangerous stuff as it is already le... more »
Cervical Cancer in Haiti
Louisville doctor battles Haiti's deadly cervical cancer
http://t.co/nZEBycoHn3 via @courierjournal
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) November 17, 2013
Agendas Agendas Everywhere But What's the Real Agenda of the American Police State?
Is this really news? Geithner to join private equity firm Agendas. Agendas.
Where have I heard that word before? Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes have
estimated that the current out-of-pocket and already incurred future costs
of the Afghan and Iraq wars is at least $6 trillion. In other words, it is
the cost of these two wars that explain the explosion of the US public debt
and the
Why Write About Gender if You are Going to Get Blasted for it: diplomacy lessons from Miss Universe?
This week Dan Drezner hosted a guest post on the politics of Miss Universe
and I responded by pointing out the lack of/and the need for a gender
analysis in his post. In his response, Drezner asks an important question:
“Why on God’s green earth would I want to venture out from my professional
comfort
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Heather Tucci-Jarraf: Absolute Transparency of What Is, The Structure of a Value Bond with Routing Numbers for the USA
http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2013/11/heather-tucci-jarraf-absolute.html
Heather Tucci-Jarraf: Absolute Transparency of What Is, The Structure of a
Value Bond with Routing Numbers for the USA
*AK Note: The D_CALL bond is a damages bond, the E_CALL bond is an equity
bond. These are templates those wishing to play with the banking system
can use for their own purposes. The ABA routing number is for the USA
only, you will need to locate the routing number for your country if you
live outside the USA. Heather suggests you contact World Bank "whistle
blower" Karen Hudes for the ... more »
Surface 2 Tablet Giveaway!
*Welcome to the Surface 2 Giveaway!*
Some of us awesome bloggers have teamed up to offer one lucky reader a
chance to win his or her choice of the two tablets! This giveaway is
organized by Bay Area Mommy and cohosted by The WiC Project, Freebie Depot, Coupon
& Freebies Mom and Mom To Bed By 8. Giveaway ends December 14, 2013 at
11:59pm EST. Open worldwide. Void where prohibited. Must be at least 18
years old to enter. If the winner resides outside the US, he/she will
receive $500 cash instead. Entries will be verified. Winner will be
randomly picked by Rafflecopter, will receive ... more »
Heather Tucci-Jarraf: Absolute Transparency of What Is, The Structure of a Value Bond with Routing Numbers for the USA
*AK Note: The D_CALL bond is a damages bond, the E_CALL bond is an equity
bond. These are templates those wishing to play with the banking system
can use for their own purposes. The ABA routing number is for the USA
only, you will need to locate the routing number for your country if you
live outside the USA. Heather suggests you contact World Bank "whistle
blower" Karen Hudes for the correct routing codes, since she is a General
Counsel for the World Bank she will know which routing numbers to use for
each individual country. - Bill*
From: Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf
To: D, Bill... more »
Did You Hear The One About The Deranged Lesbian Who Voted Against Marriage Equality?
Sad, pathetic person
*"Truth is on the side of the oppressed… If you're not careful, the
newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and
loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”*
-Malcolm X
A couple of years ago, when uber corrupt, very conservative and somewhat
homophobic state Senator Colleen Hanabusa decided to try once again to get
into the U.S. House of Representatives-- having been defeated several times
previously-- she resigned from her state Senate seat. Governor Neil
Abercrombie appointed state Rep. Maile Shimabukuro to her old seat and t... more »
Israel Blocks Key Witness Testimony In US Anti-Terror Case - China forcing Israel government including Prime Minister Netanyahu to bow down if they want to increase trade ties with China ? Key takeaway ....."(Netanyahu) is sending a message to the terrorists and the whole world, that Jewish blood is cheap," said Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, an Israeli lawyer who represents the families of 22 people killed in various Palestinian militant attacks.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli government has decided to prevent a key
witness from testifying in an anti-terrorism case in the United States,
drawing accusations that it is caving in to pressure from China.
The lawsuit revolves around allegations that Bank of China knowingly
allowed Palestinian militants to use its accounts to finance their
operations, including a suicide at... more »
DRONE ART
This artist is at the drone conference in Washington DC and his sign is
sitting on the stage, leaned up against a mock up of a weaponized drone.....
An Update on my Indoor Garden
November 16, 2013 With the Philippine Islands and their people devastated
by typhoon Haiyan – most certainly made more powerful by rising sea levels
and warming ocean around those islands from global warming – and the
countries of the world … Continue reading →
Canada's Conservative Party Is So Fixed On Right Wing Ideology That They Will Tolerate A Crack Smoking, Drunk Driving, Profane, Gang Connected, Bombastic Bully To Stay On As Mayor Of Toronto ...
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