Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square South between Thompson and Sullivan Streets in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, seen from the east. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)DUELING TV NEWS PROGRAMS
The top US diplomat John Kerry has accused Moscow of using RT International
as a tool to distort reality. Pepe Escobar, a foreign affairs journalist,
joins RT to talk more about Washington's attack.
The Kiss of Lady X to premiere at Urban Nomad Film Festival
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*Water drops are whole worlds.*
It’s official!! My friend Dean K's movie, “*The Kiss of Lady X*” has been
accepted into the Urban Nomad Film Festival, and will be showing on Saturday,
May 10 at 4:45 at the LUX theatre in Ximending.
Here's the trailer, and the bare bones website.
If you're in Taipei that weekend, go to see *The Kiss of Lady X* and the
other wonderful films at the festival And please feel free to invite others
-- they want to pack the house and make a real party of it!
People can reserve tickets online here, or buy them at the door.
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Gold updates April 25 2014 --- Is Germany gold sitting in the vaults of some investment bank ( rather than Central Banks who have pledged to safeguard said gold ? ) Or sold off long ao ? whatever the answer is , Germany can't get back what they stored at the Central Banks - and that is a quiet default ! CIBC decides to sell physical gold ! While chinese gold demand has dropped off somewhat , demand to date is 606 tons - Germany can only dream of obtaining back 606 tons in less than 4 four months from either the French or US Central Banks !
http://www.silverdoctors.com/the-high-risk-of-safekeeping-gold-in-a-central-bank-custodial-vault/
*By PM Fund Manager Dave Kranzler, Investment Research Dynamics:*
Clearly, if the U.S. were “safekeeping” Germany’s gold in a segregated
custodial account, it should have been nearly effortless to ship 300 tonnes
back to Germany via two cargo flights. After all, Venezuela received 160
tonnes of gold in about 4 months from several different Central Bank vault
locations.
As it turns out, GATA.org found a Reuters article yesterday which
surreptitiously reported the fact that Central Banks... more »
FROM THE WINDOW ALL IS CLEAR
On the train today from Maine to New York with fellow Veterans for Peace
member Doug Rawlings. We were heading to N.Y. for the April 26 *Full
Disclosure: An Honest Commemoration of the American War in Vietnam* event
planned in New York City at the Judson Memorial Church. The event is being
sponsored by Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War. While on
the train we agreed to each write a poem and this is mine.
Two old poets on a train
sparks fly as they
share their words
both understanding
the rage and severe
disappointment,
depression
that veterans
rightly feel
Bet... more »
Criminal crackpot Cliven Bundy is lambasted for failing to use established GOP code words for his racist slurs
*Oops, wrong Bundy. This isn't famous criminal crackpot "Cliven" Bundy,
it's famous shoe salesman Al Bundy -- no relation, as far as I can tell.
Never mind.*
*"The reason [Bundy] was embraced by so many on the right is that he was
their kind of people, One of Us. . . ."When conservatives looked at Bundy,
they saw not just a white guy, but also a cowboy, and that particular brand
of character who waves an American flag while fighting the American
government (in his case by stealing public property). And they saw lots of
guns, which also told them he was their kind of people. Every... more »
Guest Post from Paul Horton. Standards?
National Standards not Common Core Standards Rather than permitting the
issue of the Common Core Standards (CCS) to be a political hot potato in
the upcoming election season, I call for our education secretary to
establish a national commission on creating national standards. Currently,
a few foundations, Microsoft, Pearson Education, and several governors, the
Fordham Institute, and our education […]
Friday night quiz
The BBC is nothing if not sensitive to minority groups, even at the risk of
parody.
Take today's *Last Word *on Radio 4.
As it's Friday night, it's quiz time. So, which of the following is the
real (Dr Leonard 'Bones') McCoy? - i.e. said by presenter Matthew Bannister
in the course of the programe:
And we should warn vegetarians and vegans that this programme contains
graphic descriptions of meat consumption.
And we should warn listeners from the Maori community that this programme
contains descriptions of women undergoing their menstrual cycle.
And we should warn listeners from... more »
Watch "James Franco & Seth Rogen "Bound 3" Kanye West Pa…" on YouTube
James Franco & Seth Rogen "Bound 3" Kanye West Pa…:
http://youtu.be/i5NiHJuBhqA
As shown on Graham Norton tonight...
Watch "Kanye West - Bound 2 (Explicit)" on YouTube
Kanye West - Bound 2 (Explicit): http://youtu.be/BBAtAM7vtgc
Seth Rogan parody to follow...
The Fierce Power of Agape
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*You reside in a field of love. Your very base programming begins there.
It is the spark of each other that joins you. Isolated, you may appreciate
nature and love life, yet it is in human contact that you embody the fierce
power of agape. For when you love another, it is not their attributes that
are calling to your soul, but a reminder of your own.When you look at each
other and are deeply moved, it is because at a fundamental level you
understand that there you behold the sacred. It is you that has stirred
your own soul.What this moment is about is a... more »
Wag The Finger: John Kerry's Increasing Instability
It is by now obvious that the US created Ukraine crisis is not headed
towards a happy ending and the Obama regime now is going to engage in the
act of war of slapping even more onerous economic sanctions on Russia. When
historians look back on all of this - which may well be the beginning of
the end of the haughty, hubris crazed American Empire if not the end of
human life - it the incredibly irresponsible three headed monster of
Obama-Biden-Kerry and their legions of neocon and liberal interventionist
winged monkeys to blame for it all. They are just going to continue to push
and... more »
First Thoughts on Piketty
I have been reading Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century." It is
truly an impressive work, and I am much enjoying it. I have recently
organized a session at the upcoming AEA meeting (January in Boston), where
David Weil, Alan Auerbach, and I will be discussing the book, followed by a
response from Professor Piketty.
Let me offer a few immediate reactions.
The book has three main elements:
1. A history of inequality and wealth.
2. A forecast of how things will evolve over the next century
3. Policy recommendations, such as a global tax on wealth.
Point 1 is a sig... more »
Untitled
someday I will be cautght for all my offensise dessions
against the polyglot
we see today in England
the people say fuck off
I watch soccer alot
who can find the balacene
between preventing herpes
and a goverment diseaae;
We are all stupid players
no on will dipute that
way of looking upon the millions
of the Minisrey that is there
by the will of the public
to prevent or at best case mitigate
industrial disease
For the warriors that have some streght
you can not fight
because your grandchilren are held hostage
They will kill them if you annonce strenght.
So on we go
captivated by the Cinem... more »
Stay Tuned for Steve TV
Sometime you are forced into a position that make you uncomfortable when
presented matter of fact. I am at my ends wits of deciding what I should do.
SteveTV is a life preserver but its more about you.
At one time in democracy we had the fifth estate that would barbeque. Now
its a weenie roast of critics and something worse.
So I will attempt to learn how to make a U tube video that stinks of truth
and production values that make it work.
SteveTV will be principled. Yes I will take a stand against those who use
freedom to attack the bold.
First of all and its sad that this is the fi... more »
Lies, damned lies, and Cardiff University academics
Mark Twain is the likeliest candidate for having coined the killer quote,
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics".
I've always felt that to be deeply unfair to statistics.
Statistics are invaluable. It's how they are used - and misused - that's
the problem.
Think of it this way, if you like. People (though not Mark Twain) sometimes
say, "There's no such thing as a bad dog, just a bad owner." Well, I'd say
there's no such thing as a bad statistic, just bad users of statistics.
As someone who (in the past) based an entire BBC bias-related blog around
st... more »
Ohioan Appalachia-- Jennifer Garrison vs Greg Howard… The Republican Wing vs The Democratic Wing Of The Democratic Party
Who has a worse makeup job?
Ohio's 6th congressional district is redder than the state of Ohio. It's
whiter, poorer and less educated. The state is 82.9% white and OH-06 is
95.3% white, the whitest in the state. Ohio's medium household income is
$45,749 and the district's is $41,355. Only 11.7% of Ohioans didn't
graduate from high school. In OH-o6 that number is 14%. Obama won Ohio in
2008 (52-47%) and 2012 (51-48%) while Obama lost both time (53-45% in 2008
band 55-43% in 2012). The closest the district has to an actual city is
Steubenville (population- 18,659) and Obama lost 17 of... more »
Sadly for Ukraine, The West Does Not Have Important Interests There
Editor’s note: this is a guest post by Anna O. Pechenkina, Post-Doctoral
Fellow, Dept of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University.
It is primarily a response to an essay Branislav Slantchev recently posted
on his personal website. Branislav Slantchev advocates for NATO troops to
be stationed in Eastern Ukraine to preserve western strategic interests in
the
Continue reading
Ali Baba & His Forty Lives:Harry Ekizian’s Saga of Survival and Success
"If
this be play-acting, then it is play-acting of the highest order and
comes close to being the best entertainment in town. To cavil at it for
being play-acting is to cavil at a Booth or a Barrymore for getting up
off the floor and putting on his street clothes after the final curtain
has been lowered on 'Hamlet.'"
- Joel Sayre, "The Pullman Theseus," The New Yorker, March 5, 1932
Over
Local Council By-Elections April 2014
Party
Number of candidates
Total vote
%
+/-
March
Average/
contest
+/-
March
+/- Seats
Conservative
9
3,180
33.0%
+3.2%
353
-67
0
Labour
8
2,265
23.5%
-5.5%
283
-163
0
LibDem
4
1,108
11.5%
-0.2%
277
+58
+1
UKIP
6
1,275
13.2%
-1.6%
212
-64
0
SNP*
0
-3.8%
-1,334
Plaid Cymru**
1
329
3.4%
+3.4%
329
+329
0
Green
1
124
1.3%
-1.2%
124
+28
0
BNP
0
TUSC
0
Independent***
3
1,072
11.1%
+6.1%
357
+161
-1
Other****
1... more »
“Eating Brains in Argentina”
*“Eating Brains in Argentina” *
by Bill Bonner
Gualfin, Argentina. "It's called guadeado. You take the whole head...
without the skin, of course. You dig a hole in the ground. You build a
fire. And when you have hot coals, you put the head in the hole with the
coals... and you can put in herbs, if you want to... and then you cover it
up and wait for 24 hours. Then you uncover it. The skull will come out
clean and white. And the meat, with the brains... will be delicious." Thus
did Javier explain a local culinary tradition. When a cow is butchered, the
head is interred with hot coals... more »
Supreme Court rules Senate cannot be changed without Constitutional Amendment
Senate decision 2013 SCC 32:
Pursuant to s. 53 of the *Supreme Court Act*, the
Governor in Council referred the following questions to this Court:
*1. *In relation to each of the following proposed limits to the tenure of
Senators, is it within the legislative authority of the Parliament of
Canada, acting pursuant to section 44 of the*Constitution Act,* *1982*, to
make amendments to section 29 of the *Constitution Act, 1867* providing for
(*a*) a fixed term of nine years for Senators, as set out in clause 5 of
Bill C-7, the *Senate Reform Act*;
(*b*) a fi... more »
Albert Woodfox Speaks to the Experts
*The essay featured below, *Albert Woodfox Speaks to the Experts*, from the
*Why Am I Not Suprised?* blog is reprinted in full with permission of the
author. *
*Now 42 years since Albert was first put in solitary, Amnesty International
has renewed its call for Albert's immediate release (view Amnesty's recent
statement and essay). If you have not yet done so, please sign the Amnesty
petition today.*
*(PHOTO: The author with Albert Woodfox)*
This past weekend, I visited Albert Woodfox for the umpteenth time in the last
five years. All but one of the visits have been at the David Wade... more »
Let ther be Gold...lost mine History
Legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine
What strange secrets lie hidden near Superstition Mountain in Arizona? Did
a lone miner really discover a fortune in lost gold here? And what strange
force has caused a number of adventurers to die brutal deaths and vanish
without a trace in this rugged region?
Located just east of Phoenix, Arizona is a rough, mountainous region where
people sometimes go... only to never be seen again. It is a place of
mystery, of legend and lore and it is called Superstition Mountain.
According to history, both hidden and recorded, there exists a fantastic
g... more »
April 25: Get a Globe and Mail for April 23....
Look for the column by Michael Bliss "Why is Canada sending fighter jets to
Poland?" This is what news is - not just about scribbling down whatever
some politicians say. It's about giving us understanding of what is going
on. In this case, Bliss does it largely by raising questions - which is a
very good starting point, especially for us, because we've never even heard
the questions, and we're making big noises about going into a mutually
suicidal war without having the slightest idea what it's about.
We have almost no information of what kind of country Ukraine is. We talk
of going... more »
A Tale of Two NGA Press Releases, and Then Some
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are at the stormy center of
unprecedented controversy regarding a supposed set of K-12 “standards.” The
closest “standards storm” that I can think of as being somewhat similar to
the current CCSS uproar occurred in 1994, twenty years ago, and
concerned the national history standards. Let us pause and briefly […]
Will Cliven Bundy Sit Down For An Interview With Rachel Maddow? What If They Allow Him To Bring Sean Hannity Along As A Body Guard?
Last week a new name started popping up on my Twitter feed: Cliven Bundy.
Before I had even processed it, he was in a standoff with federal law
enforcement officials over unpaid taxes and fees and Harry Reid was calling
him a domestic terrorist, Sean Hannity was egging him on to start an armed
rebellion and Ted Cruz seemed to be angling to get him to run on his ticket
in 2016. It looked too silly/ugly/predictable to pay any attention to. So I
didn't. But it didn't go away. It got louder and uglier and sillier and
more predictable and right-wing imbecile Dana Loesch was already whi... more »
Mike's Story Part 6: Jackboots
By
Jenna Orkin
I didn't let Mike smoke in the apartment when I was home so he would
godownstairs in front of the building and talk to the doorman or tenants
walking their dogs. But when it was too cold for that (he was a
California
kid after all,) he simply slipped into the stairwell.
One night, after returning from his last cigarette before retiring,
he
said, "When I was out in the hall, all I could think about was men in
jackboots kicking the door down and taking away everything. I think it
has
to do with Denver."
Of all the moves Mike had had to go through as he was grow... more »
Friday Beaver? You get what you pay for cheapskate
Friday already? Okay this isn't a beaver. You try looking for a photo of a
beaver and a mirror and don't even think of trying it with safe mode off.
Mirror mirror on the wall who got blown up stabbed or shot today? No you
aren't the prettiest puss in the land. Have you looked in the mirror
lately? Just more bad news boys. Keep working and work harder because the
end isn't anywhere in sight. Just when you thought you'd make ends meet
they moved the ends. Knew I shouldn't have burned that candle at both ends.
Life is what you do while you're waiting to die...Bob Dylan. No more Capt. ... more »
Reject Keystone! Ponca Casey Camp opens ceremony at Sec State John Kerry home
.
Cowboy and Indian Alliance's Reject and Protect at Sec. State John
Kerry's home
BREAKING NEWS, Friday, April 25, 2014
Top photos by Jamie Henn
Censored News
WASHINGTON DC -- Ponca Casey Camp-Horinek opened the Interfaith Ceremony
outside US Secretary of State John Kerry's home this morning, during
the Cowboy and Indian Alliance's Reject and Protect action to halt
approval of
Before I take today off...
*allow me to renege on an earlier promise to lay the Bundy racist thingy to
rest.*
Others, most of whom I consider more intelligent than me, have written in
support of Bundy.
Francis Porretto, of Liberty's Torch, hit it out of the park with his post
today.
Liberty's Torch: *The Forbidden Subject*
*Former U.N. Ambassador Alan Keyes said:*
“I find it appalling that we basically have a history of the leftist
liberalism that wants to extinguish black people by abortion [and]
destroying the family structure,” Keyes told WND. “All of these things if
you just look at the effects, you wo... more »
Royal Malaysian Navy future Gowind SGPV-LCS program update with Boustead Heavy Industries
During DSA 2014, the 14th Defence Services Asia Exhibition and Conference
currently held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Anuar bin Murad, Director of
Defense & Security at Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad (BHIC)
gave us the latest update on the Gowind Second Generation Patrol Vessel -
Littoral Combat Ship (SGPV - LCS) program for the Royal Malaysian Navy.
Talking to *Navy Recognition* Mr. Anuar Murad explained that the latest
design tweaks are currently focused around the top part of the ship, around
the mast area. Kelvin Hughes of UK was recently selected to deliver the
na... more »
Report from the Chair
Readers of this blog may have noticed that I have not been as active here
over the past two years as I was previously. One of the reasons is that,
about two years ago, I was appointed chairman of the Harvard economics
department. That has been keeping me busy. But I am happy to report that
the job is going well. One of the responsibilities of the chair is to
oversee faculty hiring, and we have had some great results. Our new faculty
hires include the following (in alphabetical order):
1. Gabriel Chodorow-Reich
2. Ben Golub
3. Robin Lee
4. Matteo Maggiori
5. Matthew Rab... more »
Come To Understand That..... A Quote by M.N. Hopkins
*Come to understand that one is a part of that which brings Light and
understanding and not that which brings only darkness and despair.*
M.N. Hopkins
Deluded Plutocrats
The fact of the matter is that idiots like Rob Ford, Ezra Levant, Bill
Kristol, the Koch brothers, ... they believe in what they preach. Sure,
they lie shamelessly. But these are really shallow, confused people. They
imagine that they're lying strategically. Every lie is an isolated weapon
in a battle of ideologies. They are like animals though. Simple creatures,
living in the moment, overwhelmed by the totality of existence. They forget
their past lies. They forget their past lies to the extent that they're
incapable of realizing that their entire worldviews are based on a mountain ... more »
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