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Who Is The DCCC Selling Your Personal Information To?
You may not remember Dick Gephardt, once a powerful congressman from
Missouri with ambitions to be Speaker and vice president and president.
None of that worked out for him and he's just a sleazy K Street
lobbyistnow working for Goldman Sachs and other criminal enterprises…
but he was
the House Democratic leader from 1989 until 2003. A past chairman of the
corrupt Wall Street-owned Democratic Leadership Council, the reason he
sunk
to that level is because he cosponsored, with Speaker Denny Hastert, the
authorization for Bush to invade Iraq and persuaded 80 other House
Dems(mostly Bl... more »
Duck Dynasty speaks...
*and we thank them.*
*The Robertson Family Official Statement: *
We want to thank all of you for your prayers and support. The family has
spent much time in prayer since learning of A&E's decision. We want you to
know that first and foremost we are a family rooted in our faith in God and
our belief that the Bible is His word.
While some of Phil’s unfiltered comments to the reporter were coarse, his
beliefs are grounded in the teachings of the Bible. Phil is a Godly man who
follows what the Bible says are the greatest commandments: “Love the Lord
your God with all your heart” an... more »
Another "tweak" to Obamacare at the discretion of HHS "director" Sebelius...
*I don't call this a "tweak." *
Guess what, all you people with cancelled policies? Kathleen Sebelius has
now said you can buy a catastrophic policy.
I heard this on the radio on the way home from work. The reporter stated
that insurance companies have already said this would create even more
chaos to an already chaotic situation.
*From WSJ:*
The Obama administration said Thursday it would allow some of the millions
of Americans whose insurance policies had been canceled to purchase
bare-bones plans next year, in another 11th-hour tweak to the law likely to
cause consternation ... more »
Why Does South Korea View Japan as a National Security Threat Worse than China? My Hypothesis: Competition with North Korea
This has been on my mind a lot because the Korea-Japan meltdown has been so
bad recently. And I think it’s a good research question if you are into
Asian IR. I have written about this before and just did again this month
and yet again. I’ve argued repeatedly that the reason America’s allies in
Continue reading
Some Reflections on Lunar Skepticism and Empiricism
*Addendum: it turns out that the lunar surface reflects sunlight quite
well...*
*It's known as moonlight.*
*Or put another way - *
*"It's an off-white object under direct, unfiltered sunlight - What the
fuck were you expecting it to look like?!"*
“The 13th Warrior: Prayers Before Final Battle”
*“The 13th Warrior: Prayers Before Final Battle”*
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: “Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans
of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to
live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have
not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to
have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.”
“Lo, there do I see my father.
Lo, there do I see my mother and my sisters, and my brothers.
Lo, there do I see the line of my people back to the beginning.
Lo, they do call to... more »
Untitled
*Lawyers representing levee authority in lawsuit against oil companies
agree to limit potential earnings ~Mark Schleifstein*
Northerntruthseeker Taking A Much Needed Vacation Break..
Well, I decided to do it... Take a much needed break that my family says I
should take to have some rest and "recharge my batteries"... Stress from
work and other issues was long in building up, and I am in need of a bit of
time off to avoid burning out....
I will be taking the coming week off from doing any writings here at this
blog, other than my usual Sunday rant.... During this time, I do recommend
that everyone once again take a look at some of the fabulous writings by
those who I call the best bloggers that I know, including my great friend,
Whitewraithe, who writes Pragmati... more »
“The Charge of The Light Brigade”
“The Charge of The Light Brigade”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyqcZMsBOU4
“The Charge of The Light Brigade”
“The Charge of The Light Brigade”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyqcZMsBOU4
Bad Bear's Photo Longest Walk 4 the final trek to Alcatraz!
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Dec. 19, 2013: Photos by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Western Shoshone long
walker, as the Longest Walk 4 takes those final steps to Alcatraz. The
walk arrives in Alcatraz on Dec. 21, with a Sovereignty Gathering at
Oakland Friendship House on Dec. 22, 2013. Congratulations to our
friends, the long walkers.
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I know there hasn't been much here lately, but I've been busy as usual over
at PP, plus a bit at Greg's place.
I'm really skeptical about the "Obamacare rollout hurt Obama's approval
ratings" story. It just doesn't match the numbers, as far as I can tell.
Part of which is that it's a bit difficult to know what to make of the
shutdown. Since I'm inclined to think the shutdown hurt Obama's approval, I
see less movement from the ACA fiasco than those who believe the shutdown
helped him.
Here's some others from the last week or so:
Return of the Huck.
A big lesson from the HealthCare.... more »
US Treasury says " These Are The Main Financial Risks Of 2014 " ....... But what about the NSA and the question of what might they be doing with offensive cyber hacks ?
These Are The Main Financial Risks Of 2014 According To The US Treasury
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- Barclays
- Bond
- Borrowing Costs
- Brazil
- Central Banks
- China
- Covenants
- Debt Ceiling
- default
- Federal Reserve
- fixed
- Greece
- Gross Domestic Product
- India
- International Monetary Fund
- Ireland
- Italy
- Market Conditions
- Monetary Policy
- Portugal
- Quantitative Easing
- ratings
- Recession
- recover... more »
The drain of physical gold from the West continues December 16 , 2013 - YTD 856 tons of gold bullion leave Comex / 10 major Western ETFs and Funds including GLD ! Additional news and views touching on gold and key gold and not gold related items of interest !
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/12/ytd-856-tonnes-of-gold-bullion-leave.html
16 DECEMBER 2013
YTD 856 Tonnes of Gold Bullion Leave the Comex and 10 Major Western ETFs
and Funds
About 856 tonnes of gold bullion have left the Comex and the ten major
western ETFs and funds that I have been tracking in calendar year 2013.
For comparison I include the same chart with the levels shown on 1 November
2013.
I wonder where all this gold bullion is going? We can see that twelve
tonnes were transferred to the Comex, most likely to meet December delivery
requirements.
As fo... more »
The Poet: Claude McKay, “If We Must Die”
*“If We Must Die” *
*. *
If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursèd lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
O kinsmen! We must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one death blow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we... more »
Report Testing Child Abuse in New York Kindergartens
If you suspect child abuse, you are required by law to report it Child
Protective Services. Call toll free in New York 800-342-3720.
From NY Daily News:
Goodbye Play-Doh, hello No. 2 pencils.
Because of a tough new curriculum and teacher evaluations, 4- and
5-year-olds are learning how to fill in bubbles on standardized math tests
to show how much they know about numbers, shapes and order.
Teachers said kindergartners are bewildered. “Sharing is not caring
anymore; developmentally, it’s not the right thing to do,” said one Queens
teacher, whose pupils kept trying to help one another... more »
Judging by his enemies, NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio is standing even taller today
*Supporters of Manhattan Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito, Mayor-elect
Bill de Blasio's preference, say she has the votes to be the next speaker
of the NYC City Council.*
*by Ken*
If you can know a man, at least in part, by his enemies, then NYC
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio is standing even taller today -- not that he
needs added tallness. Though I don't have the exact figure at hand, he must
be about seven feet tall already.
As of last night, DNAinfo New York's Colby Hamilton reported, NY City
Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito apparently had pledges of more than
enough votes ... more »
Updates On Syria [12.19]: Salafist Scholar Defends Assad Regime, Kurds Ask World Powers To Be Represented As A Separate Delegation At Geneva II, Flynt Leverett on the Syria Conflict
*1. An excerpt from, "It's Salafist vs. Salafist in Syria's civil war" by
Reese Erlich, globalpost.com, December 18*:
*Sheikh Abdul Salaam Al Harash, a representative of the Muslim Scholarship
Association in Syria, strongly disagreed with that view. He's a
pro-government cleric living in Damascus. When the fighting first began,
Harash said, it pitted government supporters against opponents.*
*But Sunni governments in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey have thrown
support to the rebels. "The conflict has taken on a religious character,”
he said.*
Harash brings an unusual perspective to ... more »
National Security Agency controversies cost Boeing a large 4.5 billion USD Jet Fighter order as Brazil choses Sweden ( Saab ) over the US ( Boeing ) and France ( Dassault ) , President Obama's Panel recommendations and where does Obama stand on the surveillance state created over the past dozen years ?
National Security Agency items of and President Obama's Panel
recommendations .....First my prior NSA post for recent news and views.....
*NSA takes a legal* smack down - Catharsis Ours - Blogger
Taiwanese Animators Explain to Obama the Unconstitutionality of NSA Spying
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Snowden defeats Boeing in Brazilian jet fighter soap opera
Pepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times/Hong Kong, an
analy... more »
Snow in Egypt for the first time in 112 years
The photo below is of the streets of Cairo, Egypt this morning. It is the
first time that it has snowed in Egypt in 112 years! Further below if
photos of the Great Pyramids of Giza and also the Sphinx, likewise covered
in snow.
So if you have any doubts that global warming / climate change is real,
here is your proof. (Honestly, explaining things to naysayers is getting
pretty silly. The proof is outside but they refuse to accept it.)
What is happening is the hotter temperatures in the arctic is causing
stronger winds which are forcing polar temperatures further south during
the wi... more »
Harper sees the enemy and wisely Blinks
Canada has cancelled the purchase of another white elephant. This one had
an open ended two billion dollar to start price tag. I have to give him
credit for finally acknowledging that we were full up with them. Hopefully
its a harbinger for the F35 and other Airshow McKay fantasy flights.
Ukraine and the West's monopolization of the nuclear industry
*This is interesting. Or Enlightening. *
An article that tells us much about the 'spontaneous' protest........
And the manipulated protestors
As Western efforts to bring Ukraine into the European fold are stalling,
the country's pivot toward Russia *looks to be undermining its own
multiyear efforts to secure European nuclear-fuel and natural-gas supplies*
.
"Looks" to be undermining? What with that reduced gas price deal from
Russia? How exactly would the Ukraine be undermining it's own efforts to
secure nuclear fuel and natural gas? I will highlight the interesting bits.
*Ukrain... more »
BitCoin news for December 16 - 19 , 2013........BitCoin smash related to rumor from China - Allegedly , sources close to China’s Central Bank today reported that the institution has banned third-party payment companies from doing business with bitcoin exchanges. ........ SecondMarket’s Bitcoin Investment Trust Amasses $61.1m in 3 Months ....... An explanation for whyMt. Gox Bitcoin Price Volatility is up to 50% Higher Than Rival Exchanges ...... Norwegian Tax official states BitCoin cannot be defined as money - but note the Swiss view BitCoin differently....
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
BitCoin news for the day - first my prior BitCoin post with interesting
articles - news and views as a recap......
*Bitcoin news for Friday the Thirteenth* - *December 13* , *2013*
Today's interesting news items include :
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Bitcoin Crashes After China Bans New Deposits; PBOC Gets DDOSed In
Retaliation
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/18/2013 07:43 -0500
- Bitcoin
- Central Banks
- China
... more »
Show us the evidence
Posted on State Impact: Ohio - Eye on Education - http://tinyurl.com/ltoc4xq
In the class described in "How the Common Core is Changing How Kids Learn
in English Class," (Dec 16), the teacher urges students to "cite evidence"
for their statements, part of the push for increased nonfiction in the
schools.
Ironically, there is no scientific evidence that anyone can cite that
supports the increased emphasis on for nonfiction, or, for that matter, for
the common core state standards and tests. There is, however, plenty of
evidence supporting the value of fiction, and an impressive amou... more »
Turkish PM Erdogan threatened/challenged by Fethullah Gulen?
Very, very curious. I have long felt there is something, can’t quite put my
finger on it, going on in Turkey.
Turkey is an interesting nation. Lots of coups. A military largely
externally controlled.
Similar, very similar to Egypt.
Did Erdogan get too comfy? Is Erdogan not wanting to see Turkey balkanized
for a Kurdish state?
Are we witnessing a narrative change? One I have mentioned in numerous
previous posts? From Arab Spring to 'terrorism' fighting or otherwise?
Fethullah Gulen. What about Fethullah Gulen? Someone who reeks of ties to
western intelligence
Remember this interview... more »
Enbridge Battle Begins Today, Stephen Harper Ran Out Of Time, And Support!
Good afternoon readers, followers and friends....as you know the NEB has
approved the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, this is no surprise, we
knew that this whole review process was skewed, we also knew where and whom
Stephen Harper and the Con party allegiances lay..that being with big oil
energy companies..
But have no fear, this is going to get really fun, nasty and
contentious...Let me give you a lay of the land for the near future..
Early in the new year Stephen Harper and his cabinet are going to give the
federal nod for Enbridge`s pipeline, it will be at that time when ... more »
Ian Watkins and Narcissism
"I'm going to put out a statement on the 18th just to say it was mega lolz.
I do not know what everybody is getting so freaked out about." So said Ian
Watkins about his trial and subsequent conviction. As a paedophile
prisoner, I'm sure the next 35 years behind bars will have its fair share
of rofls and lmaos too. Thankfully, the horrifying sex crimes Watkins
committed are relatively rare. In the most recent figures available -
2011/12 - there were 2,814 recorded rapes of children under the age of 13.
Under the broader measure of sexual assault on members of the same age
group, 5,4... more »
Battle between Nihilism and Organization part One
The battle between Nihilism and organization.
The Nihilist are winning, and wining by billions. But its the organalizist
that are reaping all the rewards. The organized ones are manufacturing
Nihilist. It is the perfect divide and conquer.
Tom thought about changing his interface and it happened, his level of
augmentation was in now in God mode. He was now able to switch all his
senses to a quantum computed dream zone where the owner was the architect
of his own game. Players using a simple sandbox could travel through others
prescribed adventure or with a few menu choices create ... more »
Thailand: Fighting the "Superpower"
Understanding the greater global chessboard Thailand's political crisis is
unfolding upon.
*December 20, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - The history of Thailand over the
past several centuries could be defined by its fending off of one European
empire after the next. It is the only Southeast Asian nation that has never
been colonized by a European power. This is in direct contrast to its
neighbors on all sides - Myanmar and Malaysia were under the British, and
Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam were under the French. Even China was carved up
by Western powers.
The key to Thailand's success w... more »
Once More on Judicial Strategic Retirements
I one of those who have been writing for quite a while that if Breyer and
Ginsburg care primarily about advancing the positions they've fought for on
the Court, the best thing for them to do is to retire. Now. Or at least,
pending confirmations of their replacements. But before the 2014 midterms,
and certainly before the 2016 elections.
Ginsburg has been firing back. But the best case I've seen for resisting
strategic retirements comes from Linda Greenhouse, who channels Ginsburg to
Emily Bazelon:
I think from her perspective she is taking a long view of history, not a
case by case... more »
Elizabeth Warren Wants To Ban Companies From Using Credit Checks On Potential Employees
*About friggin' time! Bravo Senator Warren! Bravo! -Bill*
*Elizabeth Warren Wants To Ban Companies From Using Credit Checks On
Potential Employees*
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Boston Herald
Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill today that would prevent companies
from using credit reports in hiring decisions.
Since the Great Depression, many unemployed Americans have struggled to
find a job once employers check their credit history. Many of these people
fell on hard times after the housing bubble burst o... more »
Fire and Ice
As the days carry on into weeks, months and years you become weary and
increasingly so. You have remained ever hopeful for change, for love, for
rejuvenation, for absolute peace and a place where all truth is recognized
as such, lived and understood. That is not the place you have now. Now,
what you have is contrast.
Those you know and love are choosing, as are you. You are right now,
today, on the threshold of new, of change, of another way. There has to be
more than what you see everyday and even than what you feel. This is not a
falsehood. Light is only visible in the d... more »
The Vedic Art of Leadership
Video Title: The Vedic Art of Leadership. Source: DharmaNation. Date
Published: December 21, 2011. Description:
Whether we refer to the unprecedented problems we are experiencing in the
economy, on the political scene, or in the rapid degeneration of cultural,
social and spiritual standards, we know that we are living in an era of
tremendous global crisis. As Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya explains in this
timely and important video, the root cause of all these peripheral crises
can be directly attributed to a deep crisis in leadership. We are lacking
able leaders. We are, today, lac... more »
Does "Progressive" Mean Something Else In Oklahoma? Meet Joe Dorman, Rachel Maddow's Idea Of A Progressive Candidate For Governor
I ran into a neighbor, one of the world's most talented drummers, the other
day and he asked me if the DCCC is as bad as I say it is on my blog. "Even
worse," I assured him, telling him about quintessential Steve Israel
recruit Jennifer Garrison. He asked me to suggest some candidates he could
contribute to who were the opposite of Garrison. I suggested the 2 Blue
America candidates in the L.A. area, Eloise Reyes and Lee Rogers since he
could meet either one of them if he wanted to. And then I remembered his
family is from Oklahoma. So I sent him some information about Tom Guild, ... more »
The Shah On AIPAC
An excerpt from, *"Some Might Call It Treason"* by Philip Giraldi, AntiWar,
December 19:
Neocon Noam Neusner recently provided an insight into what is going on in
Congress, boasting that *"Normally a party’s leadership will stand behind a
president in his moment of diplomatic achievement. Not this time." He
further explains that the "conspicuous silence" among Democrats is because
they are "the men and the women, after all, who are on a first name basis
with most of the board of AIPAC" and "they want to be in Washington long
after Obama leaves the White House." * And lest there be a... more »
Battle between Nihilism and Organization part One
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Just being optimistic.
The battle between Nihilism and organization.
The Nihilist are winning, and wining by billions. But its the organalizist
that are reaping all the rewards. The organized ones are manufacturing
Nihilist. It is the perfect divide and conquer.
Tom thought about changing his interface and it happened, his level of
augmentation was in now in God mode. He was now able to switch all his
senses to a quantum computed dream zone where the owner was the... more »
Do other countries teach better?
Sent to the New York Times, Dec. 19, 2013
The Times asks "Why Other Countries Teach Better?" (Dec. 18). But there is
no clear evidence that they do.
The most powerful factor in developing well-educated citizens, not
mentioned by the Times, is poverty: When researchers control for the
effects of poverty, our students score near the top on international tests.
A survey from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD), cited by the Times, confirms that socio-economic status is a very
strong predictor of literacy development and that this effect is much
stronger in... more »
POA failure to appear at trial hence convicted is constitutional
R. v. Jamieson, 2013 ONCA 760 holds that s. 9.1(1) of the* Provincial
Offences Act**, allowing a conviction where an accused has been* "issued a
notice of the time and place of trial" and failed to appear is
constitutional:
[47] In considering the application of these principles to the *POA*,
I note that the NIA option in the offence notice clearly warns a defendant
that failing to appear at the trial will result in a conviction. The
defendant must exercise the option to appear on the offence notice and
deliver it to the court office, so he or she does not retain a copy. Bu... more »
Chris Christie said he invented the Internet!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013*
*Lawrence then and now:* Over the summer, Chris Christie announced, then
executed, a $12 million scam.
The larceny occurred in bright sunlight. Everybody say ho-hum and continued
on their way.
Today, a range of players are involved in creating a scandal around
Christie. Below, you see something we the rubes were told by Lawrence last
night.
Lawrence spoke with Hunter Walker, who he agreed to describe as “national
affairs reporter for Talking Points Memo:”
O’DONNELL (12/18/13): OK. And here is some more maybe fire in the smoke,
OK?
*Last week, the W... more »
A & E -0, GLAAD - 0, Duck Dynasty - 10...
*who benefits??*
If you'd never heard of Duck Dynasty before yesterday, you sure have now.
Does anyone really believe A&E would sabotage their cash cow?
Disclaimer: I've never watched Duck Dynasty because we don't have cable.
I did, however, have a pretty good take on what the show was about, and am
well aware that people who I admire really like to watch it.
However, last night I had to explain to my hubby what the show was about.
How many other people in this country are like my hubby? Probably
millions.
Driven by GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), A&E thre... more »
Religious numbers declining in the US
If you live in the US, or want to, there’s a good argument for living in
these places…
California’s Alpine County, Hawaii’s Kalawao County, Nevada’s Esmeralda
County, New York’s Bronx and Richmond counties, Michigan’s Macomb County
and Nevada’s Clark County.
Why?
Because they are the parts of America with *the lowest religious
participation per capita*.
But there are other parts of the US with low participation, as you can see
on this map here from the *Washington Post*(more red equals more religious
participation, the paler it is, the less interest there is):
It’s a map tha... more »
Weingarten Joins Union Enemy John Engler to Plead with Governors to Keep Common Core
On December 10 Randi Weingarten flew into Newark with her gold-plated
bullhorn to protest the entirely predicted outcome to a teacher contract
that she helped negotiate just over a year ago.
At the time, the Newark agreement gave bragging rights to Republican
governor Chris Christie for making New Jersey the first state in the Union
to base teacher pay on student test scores and on a teacher evaluation
scheme that was nothing more than a Christie promise when Weingarten signed
off on it.
Now, with teacher grievances piling up based on the meritless merit pay
plan that Weingar... more »
From Cupcake Wars to Candy Crush Saga!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013*
*We don’t find this hard to believe:* At the start of this morning’s
column, Gail Collins had a confession to make:
COLLINS (12/19/13): *For the past couple of months I have been in the
thrall of a game called Candy Crush Saga.*
It’s about matching little colored thingies on your iPad or phone. I am not
going to explain it in any more depth because that would just make this
whole discussion more humiliating.
Presumably, no one familiar with Collins’ work will find this hard to
believe.
Just a bit later, the New York Times ace went into more detail:
... more »
Blossom Goodchild - 19 December, 2013
*Blossom Goodchild - 19 December, 2013*
Welcome to you. I would firstly like to open my heart in Love to you ...
DONE! ... and secondly, inquire about the beautiful magenta Pillar of Light
that was captured on a photograph recently. ( See blog post
http://blossomgoodchild.blogspot.com/) This, for me, is so similar to the
image you showed to me way back in 2011 when you first brought it up. Would
you please confirm as to whether this is what you were speaking of ... or
something else?
*Firstly we send Love in an abundant form to each one of you. We find it
necessary to consider t... more »
On how many houses must we figuratively wish a pox?
The uproar in the diplomatic world today is the arrest of the Indian
diplomat Devyani Khobragade, a consular services official in the USA who
was arrested in front of her children at school, taken to a police station,
and apparently strip searched, leading to extreme annoyance from the Indian
government and Indian media.
This is one of those situations in which literally everybody doth protest
too much.
So, US law enforcement procedures, well, they are notoriously made of a
combination of suck and human rights violation, and routine strip searches
are one of the precipitates. Pro... more »
Graphs of the Day: US GDP 1947-2011
Total US GDP in constant 2011 dollars.
Proportion of GDP by sector.
- Government in 1960: 13.2%; in 2011: 13.2%
- Agriculture & manufacturing in 1950: 34%; in 2011: 13%
- Finance & services in 1950: 26%; in 2011: 52%
Data source: US BEA
The Sandy Hook Poem
The following poem was written by Kelley from Tulsa, an independent
investigator of the alleged shooting said to have taken place at the Sandy
Hook Elementary School roughly one year ago. Kelley was a special guest *on
my radio program* this past Tuesday, so be sure to listen to that program
if you have not already. -JRF
*______________________*
*26 people they claim to have died,*
*YouTubers and bloggers call it the "Sandy Hook Lie".*
*The parents are too cheerful for this to be real,*
*for if your child had died, is this how you'd feel?*
*The motive is clear, they want our guns*
*a... more »
Another Blue Dog Bites The Dust-- Good Riddance Jim Matheson
Congress' most right-wing Democrat is finally retiring
Jim Matheson is one of the worst-- if not *the* worst-- Democrats in
Congress. Aside from voting more frequently with the GOP than any other
Democrat this past year-- his crucial vote ProgressivePunch score is
ghastly 23.13 (tied with fellow Blue Dog John Barrow and worse than 5
conservative Republicans!)-- Matheson was a corrupt insider who traded his
votes away to the corporations that financed his sleazy career. The only
reason he has been able to hang on is because enough slow-witted Utahans
though he was his father, popular ... more »
Strange Viruses, Sheik Bin Laden and The October Surprise
*"From 1981 through 1988, at least 15 individuals of various nationalities,
including William Casey, Director of the Central Intelligence, died in
unusual circumstances: *
*airplane accidents, *
*explosions, *
*strange viruses which led to virulent cancers; *
*sudden heart attacks or straightforward homicide. *
*There were attempts on the lives of a further eight and one former
National Security advisor tried to commit suicide."*
Havana. May 5, 2011
Bin Laden familyâs relations with the United States greater than supposed
Lázaro Barredo Medina
THE surname Bin Laden has been... more »
Spinning Iran's Centrifuges: A Quick Lesson in Alarmism
Tennessee
Senator Bob Corker
On December 12, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
held a hearing on last month's interim nuclear agreement between Iran
and the P5+1, which means there was a tremendous amount of ignorant
bluster, conventional wisdom, wishful thinking, staggering ignorance,
and shameless posturing for lobbyist money on display. In other words,
Congress
CONSEQUENCES TO U.S. ARROGANCE
Brazil has rejected a contract for Boeing's F/A-18 fighter jets in favor of
the Swedish Saab's JAS 39 Gripens. The unexpected move to reject the US bid
comes amid the global scandal over the NSA's involvement in economic
espionage activities.
PRIVATIZATION OF THE POST OFFICE
A recent protest in Springfield, Oregon as our corporate dominated
government moves to privatize the postal service. If we want money for
post offices, education, healthcare, infrastructure repair, and the
development of sustainable technologies then we'd better wake up and smell
the coffee.
The buried treasure chest is called the military budget. Make the
connections and survive.
LUNCH WITH THE FT - A FORMER HEAD OF PENTAGON DISINFORMATION
Dov is a 'disenchanted' former 'Head of Pentagon Disinformation'.
I meet him at the *Per Se* restaurant in New York.
Our 21 course menu includes a starter, which combines tapioca, oysters and
caviar; and an interesting foie gras dish.
Dov has asked me not to reveal his real name.
As Dov sips his Elderton Golden Semillon, I relate to him that a friend
called Mary writes a conspiracy blog and that some of her posts on Sandy
Hook come high in Google searches.
Dov smiles and explains: "Mary's posts will have high search engine
visibility on her computer; but not necessarily on som... more »
The Biggest Lies of "We Won't Back Down"
The movie "We Won't Back Down" was on television this week. It is a product
of the corporate-sponsored Parent Revolution. With the help of financing by
Walden Media and other business conservatives, the movie tells the
fictionalized story of the California "Parent Trigger" law allowing the
takeover of a failing school when 51% of parents file a petition. In their
telling, however, it also takes 51% of teachers who supposedly turned down
their due process rights to support the transformation. The National
Conference of State Legislatures does not list any states where a majority
of t... more »
Prancing homosexuals urge other homosexuals to "Get Enrolled"...w/Update
*I'm speechless.*
From YouTube:
Out2Enroll is a coalition of organizations who want to help lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender people stay healthy by making sure that one of
the major benefits of the Affordable Care Act -- access to affordable,
comprehensive health insurance coverage -- reaches LGBT communities. Get
Enrolled is a holiday parody, produced by our friends at Full Frontal
Freedom, which aims to bring awareness to the final week of health
marketplace enrollment.
*Update:*
Moonbattery has more to say on this subject. I'm still speechless.
*Perverts Prioritized fo... more »
PUSHING THE NEXT PRETEXT
*New Chinese aircraft carrier was recently challenged by US Aegis cruiser*
Sometimes I just shake my head in disbelief.... the recent US-China
military near hit (the second time in recent months) indicates that our
nation is pushing this power trip thing way too hard. This game is being
ramped up to create "China fear" in the hearts and minds of the people
(here and around the world). China says it is not rolling over. Someone
or something eventually has to give way...
Foreign Policy reports on the recent naval warship "near collision" between
the US and China:
On Dec. 5, the U.... more »
Thursday Morning Linkage
What’s right and wrong in the world this holiday season? This is a sundry
list related to recent interests of mine, mostly related to humanitarian
assistance. UN seeks record $13 billion for humanitarian assistance in
2014, half of it for Syria More than half of Syria’s population of 22
million is now in need of aid, according
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The world in which we actually live!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013*
*The actual New York Times:* For people who don’t like longer posts, we’ll
repeat a point made in the long post below.
This excerpt from today’s New York Times was written and edited by
functional illiterates. In this passage, Al Baker and Motoko Rich describe
New York City’s score gains on the NAEP over the past ten years:
BAKER AND RICH (12/19/13): More than a snapshot of achievement, the scores
released Wednesday illuminate overall increases the city’s fourth and
eighth graders have made in math and reading since 2003, the year after
Mayor Michael R... more »
Our Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson)
Our Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson). via Our
Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson).
Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Israel, Hillel, and Idolatry
Harvard Hillel banned a speech by former Israeli Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg.
The spiritual issue:
Israel, Hillel, and idolatry
The Hillel International prohibitions make the State of Israel, and indeed only one version of it, into an idol.
By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2013
Recent controversies within Hillel International, the “home” for many Jewish college
FIVE KEY POINTS AND ELEVEN SOLUTIONS: Who lost M. Night Shyamalan!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013*
*Part 3—Misled by Diane Ravitch:* Yesterday, we criticized the New York
Times editorial board.
We described its members as “functionally illiterate,” at least in their
work on public schools and international test scores.
Today, we’ll apply the same term to the Times’ news reporting about New
York City’s schools.
At issue is this very significant news report, a report the famous paper
has buried deep inside this morning’s local section. Here’s what gives:
Yesterday, new test scores were released by the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (th... more »
Understanding Anbar Before & After the Awakening Pt. VIII Sheikh Majid al-Sulaiman
Sheikh Majid Abdul al-Razzaq Ali al-Sulaiman is one of the two elder
sheikhs of the Dulaim tribe, one of the largest in Anbar province. He is
the uncle of Sheikh Ali Hatem Sulaiman, and both were leaders in the
Awakening movement. The elder Sulaiman has an interesting story because he
fled to Jordan in the 1990s after he took part in a failed coup against
Saddam Hussein and become involved in opposition politics. After 2003 he
quickly became disillusioned with the American occupation and retreated to
Anbar. There he became a target of Al Qaeda in Iraq, and that was what led
Sulai... more »
Dear Kansas Board of Regents
Dear Kansas Board of Regents, Greetings. You probably don’t know me but
I’ve been a long-time user of your services. I started my college career
taking dual-credit courses at Pratt Community College in 1996, I attended
the Kansas Board of Regents Honors Academy in 1998, and I am a graduate of
one of your fine
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WEST COAST IN DANGER
Nuclear Engineer Dr. Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy
and Environmental Research, confirmed that ocean currents are carrying the
radioactive water to the West Coast. "There are several hundred tons of
radioactive water that are pouring into the ocean at the site every day,"
Makhijani said.
According to a study published in the Journal Deep Sea Research 1, it will
begin arriving this March.
TEPCO is in over their head and another earthquake could finish off the
Fukushima plant. At that point some scientists predict Japan would be
fully contaminated and the w... more »
Quacking is Dangerous to Your Health?
I might have to re-think this whole life choice. Tenure is supposed to
mean more than just job security–that it is about academic freedom. To
teach and research in ways that may not always be popular and certainly in
ways that are not politically desirable. Yet in the past couple of weeks,
we have seen
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Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Tim Reid, 69.
I keep thinking that some blogging will happen, but it doesn't seem to be
(here; regular posts at PP all week). With any luck, this won't be the
third day in a row with only the good stuff:
1. Ta-Nehisi Coates, always.
2. Good analysis from Greg Sargent on Obama, John Podesta, and executive
action on climate. One additional point: a normal opposition party would
consider, given the possibility of significant action, cutting a deal to
protect party-aligned interest groups as much as possible (while, perhaps,
securing some other policy gains in return)... more »
Watch "Al-Aqsa TV Filler Tallies Terror Attacks by Hamas" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUdUwuc1OOQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
In Defense of Teaching (and Grading) the Long Research Paper
There’s a Slate article titled “The End of the College Essay” circulating
in various Facebook and Twitter circles critical of assigning long essays
to undergraduates. The gist of the complaint mirrors the complaints I’ve
heard over the years from students and colleagues (and others outside the
academy) about assigning long research papers. Last summer, I
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Who Should Be On Trial-- Cheney, Morsi, Christie… Sisi?
Look, I'm all for holding politicians accountable for their criminal
behavior and abuse of power. After reading Barton Gellman's brilliant book
on Cheney, Angler, I'm more convinced than ever that Cheney should be
rotting in a prison for the rest of his short miserable life, along with
David Addington, his chief hatchet man. During the first Bush-Cheney term,
Cheney had his way on everything. He reinvented the NSA as a weapon against
American citizens which it still is today. By the second term, wiser heads
had prevailed on Bush to rein him in a little. Gellman: "In the second
ter... more »
Eminent Victorians
It was a remarkable gaffe -- as defined by Michael Kinsley. Last Friday,
James Moore gave us a brief statement of what he really believes,
unvarnished by spin. When asked about the problem of child poverty, he
answered, "The government says it's my job to feed my neighbour's child? I
don't think so."
There could be no clearer statement of modern conservative boilerplate. In
Margaret Thatcher's words, "There is no such thing as society. There are
individual men and women and there are families." And it is a family's
responsibility to feed its children.
Government does not concern... more »
CFTC Announces It Is Undercounting Size Of Swaps Market By As Much As $55 Trillion ......Dodd - Frank working out just swell - those pesky technical coding issues are such a hassle !
CFTC Announces It Is Undercounting Size Of Swaps Market By As Much As $55
Trillion
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/19/2013 08:21 -0500
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Gross Domestic Product
- Transparency
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What is $55 trillion between friends? Very little according to the CFTC. In
perhaps the biggest *under the radar news *of the day - to be expected with
every watercooler occupied by taper experts - the WSJ reports that the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday that *technical errors *at
two so-called ... more »
The German Climate Debacle
This
is a short piece I need to get out just so I can put all my attention
on the major post I'm working on.
Germany's shutdown of many of its nuclear plants has led quite directly
and inevitably to increased burning of fossil fuels. (Canadian Energy
Issues pegged this.) Contrary to the false claims of Chrisopher Arcus
on ClimateCrocks, all German coal-fired generation has risen, both hard
Luis Burgos: Observations on the Necochea Beach Humanoid
*The Necochea Beach Humanoid*
*By Luis Burgos (FAO/RADIO)*
The photograph taken by chance on a beach in Necochea on 17 November 2013
was NOT JUST ONE MORE CASE [*original emphasis—SC*]. It has only been
possible to capture humanoid figures “invisible” to the human eye on very
few occasions, when compared with the infamous “phantom” UFOs, and the
controversy these cases generate when they take place. Naysayers will
subtly state that “it was a person photographed against the Sun, very near
and from below, and this causes the deformation of the image, causing the
creation of the ghostl... more »
Argentina: The Necochea Beach Humanoid Photo Analyzed
*Argentina: The Necochea Beach Humanoid Photo Analyzed*
*By Guillermo D. Giménez – Planeta UFO*
Necochea is a city located on the Atlantic Coast of the Province of Buenos
Aires, Argentina. It is the county seat and has a major port facility, as
it is located at the mouth of the Quequén Grande River and the Argentinean
Sea. The city is a chosen destination for thousands of tourist who spend
their vacation time in the widest beaches of Argentina. Necochea is
considered one of the finest beaches in the country.
The Miguel Lillo Park, with over 640 acres of pines and eucalyptus trees,
... more »
Prosecutor says strip search of India diplomat 'standard'
Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general(Photo: Mohammed Jaffer,
AP)*All this in the land of the "free and the brave"? You know of course
what will happen is they will put in a procedure to exempt diplomats and
continue treat US citizens this way... but at least this incident exposes
what has become routine in law enforcement in a very public way. All
secrets will be exposed... Eternal Essence is seeing to it. And they asked
"who will this be enforced?".... hahaha -AK*
*Prosecutor says strip search of India diplomat 'standard'*
Oren Dorell, USA TODAY 10:34 p.m. EST Dec... more »
Excuses, Excuses...
In response to test scores for New York City:
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's reign as head of the nation's
largest school system resulted in greatly improved graduation rates, but
test scores that lagged behind the pace of other large American cities.
New York City students' scores on national math and reading tests released
Wednesday didn't show significant change in 2013 from 2011, ticking up
slightly but not enough to keep up with other large cities....
The Bloomberg administration said it was harder for city students to
improve as fast as lower-scoring cities. "As you... more »
Secret Service probing potential Target data breach
*Secret Service probing potential Target data breach*
Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY 12:01 a.m. EST December 19, 2013
Secret Service confirms investigation of potential breach that began around
Black Friday.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/18/secret-service-target-data-breach/4119337/
(Photo: By Don Campbell, AP)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
*Potential breach involves information stored on magnetic stripe on back of
cards*
*Situation appears to involve nearly all Target stores in the United States*
*Target did not respond to telephone message left at headquarters Wednesday
night*
... more »
Untitled
*Unvanished ~Library Chronicles*
*State’s four-year colleges battle community & technical colleges for state
funding ~Tyler Bridges, The Lens*
*RTA, Veolia reportedly agree to run New Orleans ferries ~WWLTV*
*Funeral For George Rodrigue Today ~Eve Troeh, WWNO*
*Odd Words ~Mark Folse *
*Under the hood of "Under Milkwood": musician's cut ~NolaVie *
*A true original, James Booker stands above the crowd in a city famous for
its piano players ~Scott Barretta, ClarionLedger.com*
The #ChristmasMyths, #2: The Star of Bethlehem
*Part of a continuing series looking at the pagan origins of the Christmas
Myths, one day at a time…*
[image: CARTOON BY CHRIS MADDEN, USED BY PERMISSION]
Long before the *Bethlehem Star* went into print, Jesus was born under a
star that guided three wise men to his stable door, stopping at Herod’s
palace to ask the way. So goes the myth.
The real story is marginally more interesting—especially its real origins.
The story of stars and wise men and Jesus only appears in *Matthew*. And
you may consider it passing strange for a few reasons:
- why this one author chose to add it... more »
Gaia Satellite surveyor lifts off
*Europe has launched the Gaia satellite - one of the most ambitious space
missions in history. *The 740m-euro observatory lifted off from the
Sinnamary complex in French Guiana at 06:12 local time. Gaia is going to
map the precise positions and distances to more than a billion stars. This
should give us the first realistic picture of how our Milky Way galaxy is
constructed.
Gaia's remarkable sensitivity will lead also to the discovery of many
thousands of previously unseen objects, including new planets and
asteroids. Separation from the Soyuz upper-stage was confirmed just bef... more »
6 Reasons Why Public Ownership Is Better That Private
*Public Beats Private: Six Reasons Why*
by Paul Buchheit
*Private systems are focused on making profits for a few well-positioned
people.*
*Public systems, when sufficiently supported by taxes, work for everyone in
a generally equitable manner. The following are six specific reasons why
privatization simply doesn't work.*
*1. The Profit Motive Moves Most of the Money to the Top*
The federal Medicare Administrator made $170,000 in 2010. The president of
MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas made over ten times as much in 2012.
Stephen J. Hemsley, the CEO of United Health Group,... more »
Holiday crime watch December 19 , 2013 -- The Lead Story .....Major Security breach at Target ! The takeaway from Krebs on Security -- Krebs on Security, a closely watched security industry blog that broke the news, said the breach involved nearly all of Target's 1,797 stores in the United States, citing sources at two credit card issuers. The report said that "track data" from at least 1 million payment cards was thought to have been stolen before Target uncovered the operation, but that the number could be significantly higher.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/19/us-target-breach-idUSBRE9BH1GX20131219
Target stores' customers hit by major credit card attack
Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:22pm EST
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[image: Shoppers are seen at a Target store during Black Friday sales in
the Brooklyn borough of New York, November 29, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer]
Shoppers are seen at a Target store during Black Friday sales in the
Brooklyn borough of New York, November 29, 2013.
CREDIT: REUTERS/ERIC THAYER
(Reuters) - Payment card data was stolen from an unknow... more »
Tanzania & GMOs - Chose Sovereignty Over Corporate Rule
Tanzania, the little country in Africa that ROARED... no we will not change
our laws to suit the scientists and agrichemical companies that develop
GMOs. Instead, we will hold you accountable for any harm: “Any person who
imports, transport...s, makes contained or confined use of, releases,
carries out any activity in relation to GMOs or products thereof, or
places on the market a GMO, shall be strictly liable for an harm, loss,
injury or loss caused directly or indirectly by such GMOs or their
production or any activity in relation to GMOs.” Sounds like they got it
right, don... more »
Engels on 'Social Murder'
When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another, such injury that
death results, we call that deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in
advance that the injury would be fatal, we call this deed murder. But when
society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they
inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as
much a death by violence as that by the sword or the bullet; when it
deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions
in which they *cannot live* - forces them ... to remain in such conditions
u... more »
War Watch December 19 , 2013 ...Syria’s Islamist Rebels Refuse Talks With US , Al Qaeda / Jihadist forces continue eliminating Moderate US backed FSA leaders , Syria Army continues to take advantage of the split between Rebel forces by pressing forward on several War Fronts...... Iran nuclear talks at risk due to US Senate Bill , as well as the usual incoherent actions of the White House ?
Syria.......
Syria’s Islamist Rebels Refuse Talks With USUS Envoy: Rebels Gave No Reason
for Refusal
by Jason Ditz, December 18, 2013
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Syria’s Islamic Front, a Salafist-dominated rebel faction, will not become
the Obama Administration’s new official “US-backed” rebels any time soon,
as the group has refused to have any talks with the US.
“The Islamic Front has refused to sit with us without giving any reason,”
noted Ambassador Robert Ford, saying the US remains ready to “talk to all
parties and political groups in Syria.”
The US interest in the Islamic Front ... more »
Langevin, Michelson, Millikan: anniversaries
Paul Langevin was born in 1872 in Paris and died on December 19th, 1946, in
the same city. Because he was a rather important representative of the
French science and a science official, great physicists have encountered
him at many conferences. Langevin was also a leading figure who promoted
relativity in France.
The modern interpretation of diamagnetism and paramagnetism in terms of
electron clouds asymmetrically or anisotropically located within atoms is
due to Langevin. As a college freshman, we were taught the explanations of
these "canonical effects" like Langevin's diamagnetis... more »
Doomed!
A clip from the Salon article:
. . . . Few would dispute that we should hold our educators and the
children they are entrusted with to a high bar of excellence, but
evaluating performance on test scores has never been a viable strategy. As
Common Core test results have started trickling in, the results aren’t
pretty. In New York, they show a widening of the achievement gap between
black and white students. This leaves young teachers at a disadvantage
since they are often placed in high poverty schools and are still learning
on the job. They often have to also play the role of coun... more »
Center for Union Facts… Yeah, Right.
On December 10, 2013, the deceptively-named Center for Union Facts (CUF)
bought a full-page ad in the New York Times in order to tell the public
that some of the 2012 US PISA scores are the “fault” of American Federation
of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten. Right there, we begin with
stupid. The CUF attacks […]
Paul Krassner : Is There a Doctor in the House?
Doctors
provide free medical care at the Riverside County Fair Grounds in
California's Coachella Valley earlier this year. Image from KESQ.com.
California tops in most uninsured:
Is there a doctor in the house?
The insurance industry has a preexisting condition known in technical
terminology as greed.
By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2013
Although Coachella Valley in Southern
No technical issues in actor Paul Walker car crash
Los Angeles: Researchers have found no proof that the Mercedes holding
acting professional John Master had technical problems before it damaged,
eliminating the Fast & Furious celebrity.
The research also decided out waste or other street circumstances as
resulting in the car in which Master was a traveler to careen into a light
rod and shrub.
"We're looking at rate and rate alone," a police officer’s formal with
knowledge of the research informed the Associated Media. The formal was not
approved to talk openly about the research and talked on condition of
privacy.
The Nov. 30 ac... more »
BOOKS / Alan Wieder : Paul Buhle's 'Radical Jesus: A Graphic History of Faith'
Paul
Buhle's 'Radical Jesus':
Comic artists explore the history
and social message of Jesus Christ
By Alan Wieder / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2013
Paul Buhle, the noted historian, author, graphic novel publisher, and
editor of Radical Jesus, is Thorne Dreyer's guest on the 200th edition
of Rag Radio, Friday, December 20, from 2-3 p.m. (CST). Rag Radio airs
and streams live on
JAKARTA KID
*CHAPTERS*
1. JAKARTA: SIX DEGREES SOUTH
2. NIGHT AND DAY
3. THE HILL TOWN OF BOGOR
4 THE HIGHLAND CITY OF BANDUNG
5. TWO WEDDINGS
6. ONE HAND AND HIS MOTHER
7. BANGBANG ON JALAN SUDIRMAN
8. PELABUHAN RATU
9. SINGAPORE AND JOHOR BARU
10. FOUND IN KEBAYORAN LAMA
11. DOCTOR JOSEPH
12 THE HAVE A NICE DAY HOTEL 13. THE BOY FROM SUMATRA
14. THEY SHOT YOUR FATHER?
15. A LOVER LIKES HIS LOVED ONE TO BE POOR
16. HAMID'S GRANNY AND IWAN'S FEET
17. REJECTED BY HIS FAMILY 18. MOTHER LIVES FAR AWAY
19. FAMILY
20. BABY
21 TWO WIVES TO SUPPORT
22. SUKABUMI
23. NEW HOME
24. BANTEN AND MERAK
25. SAE... more »
Keith Baldrey`s Revisionist History Distortions
Keith Baldrey`s tweet tonight(December 18th/2013)
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*Keith Baldrey* @*keithbaldrey* 2h
*My Twitter account is worth $14,856.00, according to the SocialValuator
app. See how much you are worth*: http://social-valuator.com
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Keith Baldrey`s December 19th tweet..
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*Keith Baldrey* @*keithbaldrey* 28m
*Today's stats: My Twitter account's value increased by $15.60 to
$14,871.60. Automatically checked by *http://social-valuator.com
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We all know that Keith Baldrey is more concerned about counting Twitter
followers than produc... more »
McKeon Has Found The One Career That Normal People View As Even Less Ethical Than Congressmembers
Buck McKeon, Boehner's uber-corrupt head of the House Armed Services
Committee, is getting ready for his next career as a lobbyist. A bunch of
relatives have already started the firm and McKeon is busy lining up
clients by making sure the Military-Industrial Complex gravy train is not
interrupted by any sequestration. He has been busy tanking the chances of
Randy Forbes to succeed him as Chair because he isn't as much a shill to
arms makers and war contractors as McKeon's handpicked choice, corrupt
Texas congressman Mac Thornberry.
The revolving door between Congress and K Street ... more »
Thailand: Red Terror - Regime Thugs Firebomb Protest Leader's Home, Threaten Opponents
*Image: Protest leader, Chitpas Bhirombhakdi.**December 19, 2013* (Tony
Cartalucci) - After weeks of cyber-stalking by the Thaksin Shinawatra
regime's paid-PR machine, including disgraced former-Reuters editor Andrew
Marshall, regime thugs have fire-bombed the home of anti-regime protest
leader Chitpas Bhirombhakdi. In Bangkok Post's article, "Protest leader's
house firebombed," it was reported:
Four men early on Thursday morning threw a molotov cocktail at the family
home of Chitpas Bhirombhakdi, a former deputy Democrat Party spokeswoman
and now one of core protest leaders under t... more »
A Catastrophic and Catalysing Event: Millennial Futurology
*1993*
"To preserve American military preeminence in the coming decades, the
Department of Defense must move more aggressively to experiment with new
technologies and operational concepts, and seek to exploit the emerging
revolution in military affairs. Information technologies, in particular,
are becoming more prevalent and significant components of modern military
systems. These information tech- nologies are having the same kind of
trans- forming effects on military affairs as they are having in the larger
world. The effects of this military transformation will have profound
i... more »
Page charges for appeal transcripts
R. v. J.W., 2013 ONCA 723:
[16] In the circumstances, I am satisfied that the application should
be granted and an order should be made in accordance with the CSD policy.
Therefore, I find that for transcripts prepared for the Court of Appeal,
the court reporter is entitled to and shall be paid a fee of $3.75 per
original page. However, if the transcript has previously been transcribed
and produced at the lower court level for any reason, the reporter is
entitled to charge, for an appeal, $0.55 per page per copy for portions
previously transcribed, and $3.75 per page for any... more »
I am because you are... thank you for stopping by
Here are my favorite posts of 2013:
*Reflecting on what it means to be a bitch*
*Immigration Debate 2.0: No Human Being is Illegal*
*What makes a Hispanic Hispanic anyway? *
*Mickalene's Magnificence*
*Why playing is good for your brain*
*Love re-defined*
*Don't Cry for me: I am a Vegetarian*
*Favoritism will get you a job, and keep you employed*
*Are your cultural beliefs keeping you from achieving your potential?*
*Is being a good girl killing you softly?*
Months without their cherished rooster-brand sriracha? Can spicy-food addicts survive?
*It looks like it'll be months before Huy Fong Foods resumes providing
hot-sauce-starved gastronomes with its "most popular hot sauce."*
*by Ken*
It figures it would be the doing of some California buttinskies, who don't
know what it means to mind their own beeswax. As a result, Huy Fong Foods
has been forced to shut down production of its "most popular hot sauce,"
the sriracha in the clear plastic squeeze bottle with the rooster logo and
green cap. Shock waves are rolling through hot-food aficionados from coast
to coast, with early reports of sriracha-deprived users jonesing.
And... more »
David Coleman's Common Core Shows How Less Can Be More, Boring
Somehow I missed this in October from Perdido Street, but it is priceless:
NYSED ELA Lesson Module - 17 Days On One Short Story
As I posted earlier this week, the teachers who have had the misfortune to
have to use the Common Core lesson modules provided by NYSED at a website
they call Engage NY have found that the material is so full of
mind-numbing, soul-sucking drudgery that they had lost the interest of
students by the second week of school.
I have heard many complaints from teachers about one module that has
students read and re-read one short story over and over and over and ov... more »
Gold and Silver Report - December 18 , 2013 Harvey Organ post highlights , data of the day and more news and views.....
Post - Fed Meeting Action December 19 , 2013..... Gold getting slammed so
far this morning ....
[image: Live 24 hours gold chart [Kitco Inc.]]
Trying to test the lows from June ?
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/12/dec-182013gld-loses-another-42-tonnes.html
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Dec 18.2013:/GLD loses another 4.2 tonnes of gold/SLV remains constant/USA
tapers by 10 billion dollars/gold and silver slammed by the bankers/
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gold closed up $4.90 to $1236.10 (comex closing time ). Silver was up 22
cents at $20.01.
then came ... more »
India blast US for ignoring diplomatic immunity for its female Deputy Consul - Devyani Khobragade ...... degrading treatment on a alleged false visa application for a nanny brought arrest , repeated strip searches and cavity searches ! India has immediately retaliated as expected - India of course has become more sensitive to female mistreatment due to numerous recent rape cases in India . Apart from the rape angle , this is figurative " mistreatment " of the nation of India - what if India started enforcing its laws against Americans - such as by arresting same sex diplomatic couples ?
Indo-U.S. Ties Hit Logjam Over Indian Diplomat's Arrest
The arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York has sparked furor in New
Delhi, damaging Indo-US ties.
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By Sanjay Kumar
December 19, 2013
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Whether you call it a reaction or overreaction (or vengeance), India has
initiated a number of reprisals against the United States after the arrest
of an Indian diplomat in New York last week, thereby putting at stake
friendly ties between the world’s two largest democracies. In a series of
unprecedented measures, New Delhi scaled down ... more »
Faith's vision
*AK Note: **What follows in Faith 's vision. Consider it for what it is,
data. Use your own higher discernment. In some ways the vision corresponds
to what Sheldan and others have described at the time of the
planetary ascension of Earth. I can't say this is what will happen. We will
find out. **I don't know the reason or context for the Templars and
Dragons within this vision, but I do know the financial system is full of
Templars and Dragons, so I present it as Faith wrote it. I am not
promoting Freemasonry or any other Templar faction and neither is Faith. I
have slightly ... more »
Sensitivities of all Gaia inhabitants attain High Points…
*Sensitivities of all Gaia inhabitants attain High Points…*
by ÉirePort
Sensitivities of all Gaia inhabitants attain High Points, prior to
commencement of next phase.
This is a vital step on path to global Ascension.
Corollaries are now abandoned; primes are on point.
Flash points have been reached; required sparks follow in short order.
Release of all projection-with-resultant-fear scenarios is primary at this
moment.
All is at Peace with Gaia.
ÉirePort | December 18, 2013 at 20:13
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-qS
Marlene Swetlishoff’s Incredible Photo – Pillar of Light in Canada
COLUMN OF LIGHT! Photo by Marlene Swetlishoff ©2013
*Marlene Swetlishoff’s Incredible Photo – Pillar of Light in Canada*
Posted by Stephen Cook on December 17, 2013
Reblogged from:
http://goldenageofgaia.com/2013/12/marlene-swetlishoffs-incredible-photo-pillar-of-light-in-canada/marlene-beach/
On Sunday’s episode of Lift Your Spirit: Our 2013 Journey – Part 2 on
InLight Radio (the show that has everyone talking following Fran Zepeda’s
revelations about her own incredible Ascension journey) Blossom Goodchild
was guided to tell us all about a particular photo that appears on Marlene
Sw... more »
Not all orders to non-parties are final
Ambrose v. Zuppardi, 2013 ONCA 768
[6] *Smerchanski *was further weakened in the subsequent decision
in *Royal Trust Corporation v. Fisherman* (2001), 55 O.R. (3d) 794 (C.A.),
in which this court, following *Sun Life**,* emphasized that *Smerchanski* does
not stand for the proposition that all orders in which the court denies a
request to obtain information from non-parties are final. Simply put, if
the motion requesting information is dismissed where the information sought
from the non-party may still be available from the parties to the action,
the order is interlocuto... more »
Teaching in Finland, Denigration in the U. S.
We know what to expect when the NYTimes moneymen call on their token
minority, Brent Staples, to craft an Editorial of the Absurd on CorpEd's
antiquated reforms that have effectively blown up public education along
with the teaching profession. Staples' most recent effort does not
disappoint, as he uses the most recent PISA release to apply his pretzel
logic and funhouse lenses to make sense of the U. S. middle-of-the
pack-rankings. Rather than regarding PISA as the most recent example of
how CorpEd's policies have failed again to improve U. S. standings in the
international testi... more »
Happy Christmas? Dimon Daze? Pigs Snort In Glee - Clown Representatives Triumph! NC Crushing Unemployed and Employed: What’s Happened in North Carolina Since July Is an Indication of What Will Happen Nationwide (ALEC's Extreme Legislative Agenda for 2014)
We can't blame the right wingers for everything, I guess. Although at this
season of the year it's beginning to seem a lot like Grinchmas. Everywhere
we look. Surprise! Paul Ryan’s Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy: Mr. Realism Returns
to Extortion The GOP wants concessions from Democrats in exchange for not
allowing the U.S. to default on its debts this spring, Rep. Paul Ryan
(R-Wis.) said on Fox News
Ronnie Biggs, MK-ULTRA and the Fourth Reich
http://jimhougan.com/wordpress/?tag=the-great-train-robbery
"How Biggs, while hiding out in Rio, came to live at Scott Johnson’s
apartment, where he was patronized and protected by Huber and the others,
is an important question.
[An anecdotal account of Biggs' life in Rio, which discusses his friendship
with Johnson and Huber, can be found in Biggs: The World's Most Wanted Man,
by Colin Mackenzie, William Morrow & Co., New York, 1975.]
Among other things, it suggests the possibility (indeed, the likelihood)
that the firm which provided cover (or an alibi) for Jim Jones’s activ... more »
Western backed mercenaries intensify their targetting of Christians & Allawites
One news item that says so much about the *western backed mercenaries *brutal
war of divide to conquer in Syria.NATO. The blood of so many innocents
stain the nations that participate in this endless imperialism.
Yes, that includes Canada
*Militants have intensified attacks against Christians and Allawites*
A survivor of an August attack that killed nearly 200 people in the regime
stronghold of Latakia province walks near graves of some of the dead.
This month, rebels attacked the town of Deir Atiyah north of Damascus.*
Militants who participated in the attack alongside more moder... more »
Evil in a suit
A petition for the House of Commons to debate the issue of hunger and food
banks in Britain is successful. Iain Duncan Smith, the Minister for the
Department of Work and Pensions, fucks off when the debate starts. He is of
course a man determined to destroy welfare in Britain and terminally poison
the idea of collective provision for at least a generation. Austerity is
the Tory bid to reorganise society further in its favour (and that of the
capitalist class). Any normal person would be ashamed to do the things IDS
does. But stuff like this is water off a duck's back to Mr Smith. He ... more »
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