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Some Headlines Just Rub You the Wrong Way
Neil Macdonald doesn't appear to be the worst thing that the CBC foists upon his. But the blurb for this editorial really rubbed me the wrong way. IMF head Christine Lagarde, former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, religious activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali — all smart, conservative women being 'disinvited,' shouted off university podiums. What gives in America's halls of learning? Did you catch it? I mean, I don't know much about the other two women, but Condoleezza Rice as "smart"? She of the "smoking gun in the shape of a mushroom cloud" mixed metaphor? Her of the "birth pangs of a n... more »
Vote Funky
Heres a story they’re pushing like mad on Sky. Police to Patrol More Than 100 Polling Stations. Why would that be? And where? In the third world one might think. No, it’s here. In “predominantly Asian areas” What was that? Wash your mouths out you racists at Sky! Nothing on the BBC as far as I can tell. But I didn’t listen to the Today programme this morning, and now they’ve made the Today website impossible to search (must be the cuts) I can’t swear the BBC is ignoring it. I’m hoping there’s not too much intimidation round my hideously white neck o’ the woods because I might have ... more »
"Jewish Extremists Have Gone Too Far" and other stories.
Craig and I are sorry to observe that John Laurenson, whom Craig formerly regarded as fair, and shall I say... ‘healthy’ - is showing some worrying symptoms. I can only assume Laurenson has succumbed to a contagion that is sweeping the country - shall I say ... a pandemic? Diagnosis: an acute case of BBC groupthink. Prognosis :uncertain. If these opening remarks strike you as alarmist, and - shall I say obscurantist ... very sorry indeed, but read BBC Watch and all will be revealed. Laurenson went off to Bethlehem where no man has been before; to boldly go in search of the a... more »
China tests S-300PMU-2 missile
[image: S-300PMU-2]An air defense brigade of the People's Liberation Army in the Jinan Military Region test-fired its S-300PMU-2 surface-to-air missile introduced from Russia on May 2, according to our sister paper Want Daily. China Military Online, the official website operated by the PLA, published a photo of the exercise taking place in the Bohai Sea region. Designed based on the S-300PMU-1, the S-300PMU-2 has a range of between three to 200 kilometers and is capable of intercepting targets at between 10 and 27,000 feet. The report indicates that the S-300PMU-2 has between an 8... more »
The Lowest Prescription Price Possible and a $25 Visa Giftcard Giveaway
For whatever reason, I have always assumed that prescription prices were the same across the board. If my prescription costs $5 at Walgreens, it must cost $5 at CVS too, right? The first time I filled a prescription at a different pharmacy after we moved and my regular prescription was almost $5 cheaper, I was floored. Now I know to shop around for everything, including prescriptions. In order to shop around for prescription prices, you used to have to call each pharmacy, give them your prescription information and have them look up your information. Enter the new LowestMed App. I... more »
The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie
In some regards it is a miracle that so much of traditional music was salvaged, including the good with the doubtful. That artists also slipped through the cracks was also inevitable. That great voices have never been heard is attested to today in shows like America’s got Talent and its like. What I do want to see more of is a mandated local content rule as part of broadcast licensing. It worked wonderfully in Canada and applied in some form everywhere makes perfect sense. It could be even be driven by a distance formula, just for fun. After all, distance has controlled ph... more »
Magma rising in Washington State's Mount St. Helens volcano
There does not appear to be anything to be concerned with, but what impresses me is the development of seismic mapping and ongoing dynamic modeling of an active volcano. This is all very good news. It means that we have scant excuse to ever again be blindsided as happened originally back in 1981 when no one understood that rapidly increasing potential energy had the be violently released and volcanos and atomic bombs are not noted for channeling their energies safely. We still have folks who know much better taking excessive risks around volcanoes. After all, if you find your... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Junk Mail
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet. Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
Canada’s modernized CP-140 Aurora has ‘James Bond’ properties
[image: CP-140 Aurora]The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) knows it as the Block III CP-140M Aurora long-range patrol aircraft. And it’s an airplane that is crammed with gadgetry fit for James Bond. Fourteen Auroras are undergoing a significant modernization; six have now passed rigorous RCAF testing and achieved “Initial Operational Capability” (IOC). The upgraded Auroras have “M” appended to their alphanumeric designation. Read more
Raytheon's Excalibur Ib moves closer to full rate production
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Army completed Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) for Excalibur Ib during a series of successful tests. This milestone moves the program one step closer to full rate production. During IOT&E, artillerymen from Fort Riley's 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery fired numerous Excalibur Ib rounds, scoring several target hits and averaging less than two meters miss distance. "Excalibur's performance and reliability continues to reach new levels in every test event," said Lieutenant Colonel Josh Walsh, U.S. Army Excalibur Product Manager. Read ... more »
Confessions Of A USAF KC-135 'Flying Gas Station' Boom Operator
[image: Hooking up]It is one of the coolest jobs in the entire U.S. military, "Booms" as they are affectionately called, are the folks who directly provide sustenance to America's thirsty air power as the gas station's of the sky. From flying over war zones to fueling top secret experimental aircraft, being a Boom is truly a dynamic career choice. Not only do you get to wear pajamas to work (flight suit) everyday but you also have the best view of any office in the world. The back of America's KC-135 Stratotankers and KC-10 Extenders feature panoramic windows that would give Willy ... more »
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*Cynical lies designed to pressure big food companies* *Warming would make great new areas of Northern Canada and Siberia suitable for grain farming. So the problem would be TOO MUCH food, not too little. And if some of the soils there are poor, adding supplements of various sorts is already routine* The price of cereals such as Corn Flakes could surge by as much as 44 percent in the next 15 years because of climate change, Oxfam has warned. The charity has claimed the 'Big 10' food and drink companies combined emit more greenhouse gases than Scandinavia, and has warned these fir... more »
Thailand's "Operation Valkyrie"
*Image: Aftermath of the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler. **May 21, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) In 1944 a daring assassination attempt was made on Germany's Adolf Hitler. The plan was hatched not by Allied commanders, but amongst the ranks of the Germany army itself. In the immediate wake of the planned assassination, the Germany army was to take over cities across the country, arrest the Nazi leadership and disarm the various militant wings it assembled to protect its political machine. The order to be distributed upon Hitler's assassination concluded by stating: ... more »
Russia conducts test-launch of ballistic missile
[image: SS-27 Topol-M]Russia today carried out a successful test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, news agencies reported citing the defence ministry, amid a standoff between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. Interfax and ITAR-TASS quoted the defence ministry as saying a successful test of the RS-12M Topol ICBM had been carried out from Russia’s Kapustin Yar rocket launch site near the Caspian Sea at 2238 IST (1708 GMT). The missile hit its target in the Sary Shagan ballistic missile test range that Russia leases in Kazakhstan, it said. Read more
F-16 planes from Jordan included in PAF fleet
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Wednesday organized a formal ceremony to include F-16 fighter jets from Jordan Air Force into the national forces fleet here at Sargodha Airbase. The fighter jets arrived from Pakistan’s middle-eastern friendly country Jordan and were included in PAF Nineteenth Squad. The fighter aircraft have been purchased from Jordan and they were in the use of the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF). Read more
U.S. fighter jet drops fuel tanks due to emergency
[image: F-16 Fighting Falcon]Two fuel tanks were dropped from a U.S. fighter jet Wednesday due to an emergency situation, but no casualties were reported, the U.S. Air Force said. The F-16C Fighting Falcon dropped the auxiliary fuel tanks at around noon after an emergency situation took place inside the jet, it said, without elaborating further. The tanks fell on a rice paddy some 11 kilometers southeast of the Gunsan Air Base in the southeastern city of Gimje, North Jeolla Province, and just some 200 meters away from an elementary school, though no casualties were reported. Read ... more »
A joint approach to the development of Europe's next generation drone
[image: European Union Flag]Europe's Industry is ready to develop a next generation advanced European Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). After their call for the development of a European drone at last year's Paris Airshow, the three most relevant European aeronautical companies have now agreed on further details for a joint approach. Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation and Alenia Aermacchi delivered a proposal for further defining a European UAS to the Ministry of Defence of France, Germany and Italy. The offer proposes a Definition Phase which has been prepared by joint devel... more »
Iran Stages Anti-Drone Air Defense Drills in Persian Gulf
[image: Ya Zahra air defense missile]The Iranian Armed Forces staged daylong massive air defense drills in the Persian Gulf's air defense zone to elevate the level of their preparedness against any possible hostile drone flights over the country's territorial waters and islands. According to a statement by Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base, during the exercises codenamed 'Mesbah al-Hoda' (Lantern of Guidance), different types of radar, missile, artillery and electronic systems used for encountering and combating enemy flying objects were tested and proper tactical measures were adopt... more »
Drones Nigeria bought from Israel grounded, reveals manufacturers
[image: Aerostar tactical UAV]With agency report Aircraft manufacturers have revealed how Nigeria bought Israeli surveillance drones years ago, which are now grounded owing to poor maintenance. Had the planes handy, they would have been deployed to hunt Boko Haram, especially on the abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, they stated. “To the best of our knowledge, these systems aren’t operational,” Tsur Dvir, marketing officer for Aeronautics Defense Systems, a firm based south of Tel Aviv, Israel that supplied Nigeria with Aerostar unmanned aerial vehicles, told Reuters... more »
PH to spend P16B for new air assets
[image: Jeffrey Delgado]The Philippine military is allocating a total of P16.3 billion for brand new air assets, including long range patrol aircrafts and anti-submaritine helicopters, to boost the country's maritime security capabilities. The Department of National Defense (DND) invited bidders for the following projects: - P5.976 billion for two brand new long range patrol aircrafts, including its sensors, sensors integration, mission support facilities and integrated logistics support (ILS) package for the Philippine Air Force (PAF) - P5.405 billion for two ant... more »
Military budget: Four ways US lawmakers are blocking Pentagon cost-cutting
[image: USS George Washington]The Pentagon is under considerable pressure to cut spending, but while top defense officials and military analysts are in general agreement about where those cuts should be, Congress often balks. Lawmakers face pressure from lobbyists, after all, to keep expensive weapons programs going, particularly when they bring money and jobs to congressional districts. As the defense budget comes up for debate on Capitol Hill this week, the House Armed Services Committee has already voted to block many of the cost-saving measures proposed by the Pentagon. While th... more »
TNI says no need for aircraft carrier
[image: General Moeldoko]Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Moeldoko said the country had no intention of procuring an aircraft carrier to strengthen its primary defense system. “An aircraft carrier is inappropriate for the Indonesian Military’s doctrine,” Moeldoko said as quoted by tempo.co on Monday. He added that an aircraft carrier was unnecessary as the country had thousands of islands, from Aceh to Papua, that could accommodate the Air Force’s aircraft. Read more
Northwest critical to military's pivot to Pacific
[image: P-8A Poseidon]The Northwest is key to the Obama administration’s rebalance of military forces toward the Pacific, the man directing Navy efforts in the region is telling local sailors this week. Adm. Harry Harris Jr., commander of the Pacific Fleet, visited naval bases Monday and Tuesday in Bremerton and Bangor and Wednesday and Thursday will travel to Whidbey Island and Everett. “The strategic value of the Northwest can’t be overstated,” said Harris, who commanded a P-3 Orion patrol squadron at Whidbey in 1995-96. “This is a huge center of gravity for the U.S. military. I t... more »
Ed Miliband speaks... rubbish mostly
Ed Miliband on BBC Radio Swindon showing how well briefed he is and repeating himself as usual... Ed Miliband showing how out of touch he is on Good Morning Britain... If this had been a Conservative, UKIP or maybe even a Lib Dem senior politician then the BBC would be all over these stories and the BBC's tame satirical comedians would be revving up the lazy jokes to garner easy laughts. However as this was the Labour leader (no really, he is) the silence will be deafening. Remember Ed Miliband has form with these brain freeze moments, here he is stuck on repeat in 2011... Does... more »
If the Daily Mail made Sat Navs
Armstrong and Miller of course... With the EU elections tomorrow, sentiments we should all bear in mind - 'turn right'
United States Navy selling its Oliver Hazard Perry FFG class frigates — ‘no reasonable offer refused’
[image: Oliver Hazard Perry class FFG]Ever wanted to own your own warship? Now’s your chance to light the fires and kick the … erm, lifesavers. The US Navy has several up for grabs, “no reasonable offer refused”. The cold-war era guided missile frigates may be difficult to find a mooring for, but one would certainly turn heads. And the prices are rock bottom, supplier-direct, bargain basement great-big deals. Yes, used warship salesman US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is literally giving them away. Read more
india and Modi
On the other hand, he may be just the medicine that India needs. He governs with a strong hand because one must in order to overcome the culture of corruption that stifles change in India. Roads are not improved even when the money is spent. It is all stolen instead. When governments can build roads, the rest naturally follows. Fear mongering is silly today. Performance will shape his policies and outcomes will give him reelection. In the meantime the congress party has a well-earned holiday and gets to clean house. What is really happening is that the Indian political syste... more »
Human Stem Cells Used to Repair Damaged Monkey Hearts
Unbelievably they have actually done it. They have been able to restore failed heart tissue with new tissue in a substantial manner. This was one of the original dreams when stem cells were first recognized three decades ago. Now we are seeing real delivery. The next decade will see the full advent of therapeutic tissue replacement become standard. It will also see teeth replacement and bone replacement as well. That is not a lot of time. As usual it is understated, but real progress has been far swifter than expected and time frames appear to represent the maximum needed ... more »
Josephine County, Oregon Have Voted To Make Their County A GMO Free Zone
[image: Foto] BREAKING NEWS: THE PEOPLE OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY HAVE SPOKEN. Measure 17-58 to restrict the cultivation of GMO crops has PASSED. JOSEPHINE COUNTY IS NOW A GMO-FREE ZONE. WOOT WOOT!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Sending love & hugs & deep gratitude to all in Josephine County Oregon Happy dancing! *Source:* *GMO Free USA*
Earth Angels - Transcript May of 2014
My daughter Kimberlee is able to identify and communicate with what we will call Earth Angels. As they themselves state, they are separate from spirit, good or evil which contain souls and are integral to our presence on Earth. My present position is that the soul represents the meta mathematical operator of the ideal, while spirit represents the messy experience of free will associated with the individual soul. I am also becoming much more clearly and rigorously informed. This is the first such transcript. Once I understood that Kimberlee was successfully transcribing inf... more »
How to Make Graphene in a Kitchen Blender
What I find intriguing is that a suspension is produced. It may be possible to charge up a receptive layer that acts as an attractor and generates a skin of graphene. This could then be treated in order to set the layer and then processed to remove all but a single layer. The whole process can then be repeated again and again until a near continuous layer less than three thick is produced. This can generate high volumes of sheet graphene and through continuous milling we may produce a continuous ribbon. With that most anything else can be realistically fabricated including ... more »
Carrington-class CME Narrowly Misses Earth
Obviously Earth has not been hit with a large Carrington class event 1859 and that has been just as well. The chances of been hit is not zero but since we now have detection capability for perhaps a decade and we have seen one major event, the events themselves are rare. If an event covers one degree of arc and we have a decadal prevalence, then we are facing real probabilities of once every thousand years or so. We can tighten this up but the mere gap of one hundred and fifty years since the last event tells us that the odds are not so bad at all. Yet it is foolish to be unpro... more »
Brain implant to Restore Memory?
Oh really. The one thing coming soon will be the bill. This work is as tentative and speculative as any I have ever seen. At best they hope to someday be able to restore physical damage at least and perhaps this can lead to fresh access. I suspect we are really looking at decades of brain mapping and experimentation in order to discover promising methods. Not least we can start with reversal of concussion damage and scar tissue removal. This is our biggest challenge and it provides the best payback. This is the beginning however, of the beginning. *Coming soon: a brain im... more »
Downtown Mega Power Plant.
What this image here represents is a revolution in grid energy production. It can put out according to an engineering work up done through a NASA engineering group a total of one million brake horsepower. It uses no fuel whatsoever and no inputs whatsoever. It will be made from concrete and that includes the inner shell. It needs to be six hundred feet high to establish a two degree gradient between ground level and the higher atmosphere. This is a sixty story building. The outer sleeve of rising air will rocket out through the top at over one hundred miles per hour. T... more »
12 Brightest Dog Breeds
I grew up working with a border collie and have absolutely no doubt. He ended up organizing the local dog pack and then proceeded to run down foxes in our locale. This made for a confrontation one bright morning with an angry fox who seriously wanted to pick a fight one on one. I would not contemplate working with animals without a border collie assisting. I am now pretty sure that they do read our minds rather well. That happens to be the best and simplest explanation for the behavior I observed. Most dogs no longer have active working lives which is a shame. *12 Bright... more »
Egyptian Secret to Moving Huge Pyramid Stones
This is not the whole story of course but it is certainly part of the story and a very important part. It allows a sand roadbed to be constructed from the block making locale to the pyramid for direct haulage in order for the blocks to be stockpiled in preparation for construction. I had anticipated a canal, but this would work quite as well. One can even grade the sand to optimize its effectiveness as well. In this way a sledge of blocks may even be sped steadily across the desert without let up. We have perhaps all seen that particular image as well and never grasped its s... more »
Side Effects of Chemo
The sad truth remains that in virtually all applications, that the progress is only arrested and then briefly enough. That arrest is enough to claim remission and a statistical cure but no cure in real terms. The practical reality is that it is likely better to simply accept fate and do what can be done with surgery to slow and mitigate the progress of the disease. There is also a battery of safe productive protocols which the medical profession generally fails to implement. That means it is up to the individual to tackle that end of the spectrum of options. I personally kno... more »
Science Validates Vedic history
This is excellent news. It polices up the historical framework of India rather well. What is pleasantly surprising is that language itself remained largely intact throughout as has the Chinese language. Thus information does pass through rather well. What is clearly emerging is a post Pleistocene Nonconformity India that sustained a civilization almost immediately and quickly grew populous. This is reasonable as it was not necessary to invent new plant foods such as wheat. Again the impetus of the Atlantean Bronze Age and high quality bronze triggered a robust global buil... more »
Eat Right to Help Lower Your High Blood Pressure
I am adding this item here as a convenient guide to suppress high blood pressure and to prevent it from developing. The whole topic remains fraught with controversy but we all want excellent health. The absolute least we can all do is to learn to eat properly. This is an excellent place to start. Even with good choices, it is best to not ever overindulge any particular item that you may prefer. Too many nuts may not be a good idea. A vegetarian friend of mine loved granola until it began to affect the lining of his intestine. Who would have even though of this? Most imp... more »
Brazil Field Trial for Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Amid the usual hail of wilfully misinformed criticism, we are having a major field trial aimed at the primary dengue mosquito. If it succeeds in suppressing the problem, then it can be applied globally and will secure the protocol for other obvious applications as well. It bothers me that the press actually gives these deviant opinions any platform, let alone the platform provided by the proponent. This is not about free expression, it is about propagating the propaganda of mindless ignorance and assigning it some sort of standing in the court of public opinion. When a scien... more »
Why Science Does Not Disprove God
Actually, my Cloud Cosmology build on an exact mathematical description of the first movement and the resultant expansion of the physical universe necessitates the external will or consciousness or the Ubermind as part of the internal mathematica of the physical universe while still external. It is really quite astounding. As well much of the ongoing debate in terms of God fails miserably to address just what GOD is. Five thousand years of hand waving simply does not cut it. As indicated, GOD is the conscious content of our universe and is understood by ourselves only to the ... more »
Forty Hertz Zap Triggers Lucid Dreams
I am having a researcher test this out to get some informed feedback. However this clearly conforms to my conjectures regarding ring stones in which we expect resonant sources to stimulate the physical mind sufficiently to allow access to at least the first luminous plane. This has now been described as lucid dreaming and practice allows the individual to manage the experience. It is also clearly invoked when spiritual realms are reached through meditation. Thus it is extremely useful to be able to investigate on demand. At least we now have clear confirmation that we ... more »
Genesis of Plate Tectonics?
This is better a clear explanation for the actual initiation of plate tectonics. As far as Venus is concerned, I suspect that it is just too early. There is also erosion transport that needs to be considered which also happens on the margins. That could also be enough to provide a nudge. Yet we see gross subsidence in the Rift Valley and gross upheaval and spreading in the mid-Atlantic Ridge. That suggests much more. *Scientists Unravel One Of The Keys To Life On Earth — And It's Right Beneath Your Feet* *By Leslie Baehr | * *https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/scientists-u... more »
Scientists Reconstruct Massive Precambrian Impact
I often wonder if Iceland will turn out to be a huge impact crater? The present explanation appears more than ample but it is also plausible that an initiating impact triggered the ongoing separation of the two plates. They are clearly related and linked and may well represent a lot more than we anticipate. This item does tell us just how severe the age of bombardment was. The Earth sponged up all the debris related to its formation and that was like sucking up the asteroid belt which presently lacks a large enough attractor and may be inside a zone of gravitational instabil... more »
Major Breakthrough of Thymus Restoration Reverses Old Age Decline
This is a huge breakthrough and it real promise is to fully restore health and vigor to the elderly. This is no small accomplishment and will be used much sooner than understood. Recall that wild animals show little effect of aging until the last months of their lives and collapse is then precipitous. The natural equivalent would be for us to live in full health and vigor until around ninety eight at which the actual collapse kicks in. It is obviously possible because we are the actual exceptions that prove the rule. This tells me that we now have a simple work around through ... more »
A Modern Pope gets Old School on the Devil
The modern world has had a serious problem confronting the afterlife at all as part of a rational worldview. A large part of that derives from almost antique notions that have themselves not been properly recast. The fundamental problem for everyone is that we have first personified GOD and this naturally leads to personifying SATAN. It is better to understand both as separate magnets to attract human intentions first of the physical mind and through that to modify the spirit. I think that we can all agree that it is possible to be attracted to behavior and ideas that can be ... more »
Tractor Beams Demonstrated
This folks is a simple proof of concept that can now be extended to forms of wave production. More specifically, it applies directly to applications using higher ordered cyclic functions that promise to seriously tame gravity as we know and presently understand it. We already know from multiple UFO sightings that tractor beams are possible and certainly desirable. Since a UFO also is using a gravity control device in the form of a large ring band it makes perfect sense that it may also be tapped to provide a tractor beam as well. Thus a proof of concept is important confirmat... more »
Shipping Firm Using Drones in Arctic
This is such an obvious application we can be certain to see it become standard practice. It will also cause our ice predictive capabilities to be nicely polished. Add in hovercraft ice breaking technology and the Arctic looks a lot less challenging for heavy shipping. As I have posted in the past, an Asian – Arctic - Passage – Atlantic is likely feasible for 500,000 ton nuclear powered hovercraft. Such a craft would make over eighty kilometers per hour in the open sea and possible as much as fifty kph over passable ice. Such a service would hammer the long haul container t... more »
New Method Confirms Humans and Neandertals interbred
This report can be considered scientific housekeeping and assures us that we are certainly dealing with interbreeding. I have no doubt, but only because I am familiar enough with natural and almost barbarian societies to have read plenty of clear evidence. We only need to recall the Altai wild women who became a convenient source of sexual release within a small group. This led to several offspring. Quite clearly, interbreeding becomes inevitable in anything approaching primitive conditions. Lack of opportunity is not a viable argument at all when we have historical evidenc... more »
The Seven Epochs of Man
This item is from Robert Schoch who is a geologist and has plenty to say about the aging of the sphinx. Otherwise, I have become quite frustrated with the shortsightedness of the archeological community generally who ignore literally mountains of hard data over and over again until someone rubs their noses in it for a couple of lifetimes. What I do want to do is to define several Epochs of mankind history to assist us in understanding human history more generally. I have spoken to parts of this throughout this blog, but I am now going to set up a complete list for us. *Pre hum... more »
A Solution For Graphene Production
This is actually very promising. It may also prove possi8ble to induce setting up as a substrate on to a skin with similar methods. At least this has real promise to produce a vast supply and that is well worth going after. If we are really lucky it may become possible to produce a graphene skin cheap and easy while retaining appropriate characteristics. This is very good news. We may be able to also lay down a vapor level of amorphous metal to or even an insulator on top of the exposed surface, dissolve the carrier and then reduce the graphene layer to best thickness. ... more »
Unified Theory of Evolution
Understanding the central role of consciousness resolves these issues. Although the argument has been driven by those with a naïve understanding of both science and GOD and the concept of intelligent design, we have now reached a point where we can understand the salient role of consciousness itself throughout all aspects of the physical. We also now understand or at least I understand that we are profoundly biased to act in a conservative manner and that we are also profoundly informed at a sub brain level with access to that knowledge and response systems. For that reason eve... more »
Proof That the Human Body is a Projection of Consciousness
We have understood the key foundational aspect of what we perceive as consciousness. It is integral to the natural logic of existence as the operator that confirms the output itself. If logically one plus one equals two, the operator confirms going to the next step that this result is satisfactory and sufficient to complete that step. With that simple building block we can comprehend consciousness in the same way we model and comprehend the particle universe and make it integral. Let us then get our language correct. The body is not a projection of consciousness. They are ... more »
Arclein Diet Four Years of Success
In September of 2010, I commenced to follow a diet regimen that I then named the Arclein Diet. This is almost four years ago. It has been stunningly successful and completely without pushback from my metabolism or the mind itself. It is essentially trivial to implement and sustain and does not demand any special foods or props at all. Having tested a number of other protocols, including Atkins for three years and vegetarianism for three years, I am not lacking experience with the expected problems any other protocol typically presents. As well I expect that if you got this far... more »
ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: What Philosophers (And Everyone Else) Can Learn From Economics, And Vice Versa
*Here’s what’s on offer at tomorrow night’s Auckland Uni Economics Group meeting:* Hi All, This week, we discuss the greatest lesson economics has to teach everyone else—yet one that few economists even know – and even fewer philosophers. We will also look at something everyone else has to teach economists—if only economists were able to listen. The first topic involves one of the great and fundamentally benevolent conclusions of economic thinking, and the great economist who promoted it. The second, the “axiomatic concepts” that most economists take for granted, but w... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Remember Now"
2002, "Remember Now" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bq4qjI8VVzg#!
Time For VA-08 Progressives To Unite Behind Patrick Hope?
I hope you read VA-08 resident Pachacutec's very detailed rundown of the candidates running in his northern Virginia district. Although he found more than one well-qualified candidate, he came to the conclusion that Patrick Hope was the best candidate overall *and* the best candidate to beat the heavily financed conservative Establishment Democrat, Don Beyer. That was back in April. Today marked 3 weeks out from the election and the race has had time to develop. Polls clearly show the race shaping up to be between Patrick Hope, the progressive oriented towards working families and... more »
Gold and Silver Saturday May 17 , 2014 Report ( Ed Steer's fine 5/17/14 Report - news , data and views ) , additional add on items from GATA , Jesse Cafe Americain et al ......
Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/how-long-can-phase-ii-of-the-gold-pool-be-sustained ¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER Except for the fact that "da boyz" and their algorithms showed up at the New York open, it was pretty much a nothing sort of day in the gold market yesterday. With the gold price on an obvious very tight leash, it was a given that the price wasn't going to be allowed above the $1,300 spot price mark, or the 200-day moving average. The high and low ticks were recorded by the CME as $1,298.30 and $1,287.70 in the June contract. Gold finished the Friday trading sessi... more »
"All About The Folly..."
"Archimedes said, "Give me a fulcrum and I will move the Earth"; but there isn't one. It is like betting on the future of the human race - I might wish to lay a bet that the human race would destroy itself by the year 3000, but there is nowhere to place the bet. On the contrary, I am involved in the world and must try to see that it does not blow itself to pieces. I once had a terrible argument with Margaret Mead. She was holding forth one evening on the absolute horror of the atomic bomb, and how everybody should spring into action and abolish it, but she was getting so furious abo... more »
"Real Church Sign- A Sign Of The Times"
"Yeah, we're doing ok, thanks for asking..." - CP
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The bubble of expanding gas pictured below is the planetary nebula PK 164 +31.1, the remnants of the atmosphere of a Sun-like star expelled as its supply of fusion-able core hydrogen became depleted. Visible near the center of the nebula is what remains of the core itself- a blue-hot white dwarf star. This particularly photogenic planetary nebula shows intricate shells of gas likely expelled at different times toward the end the star's demise, and whose structure is not fully understood. *Click image for larger size.* This deep i... more »
Paulo Coelho, “The Cycle of Nature”
*“The Cycle of Nature”* by Paulo Coelho “In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat: there is only movement. The winter struggles to reign supreme, but, in the end, is obliged to accept spring’s victory, which brings with it flowers and happiness. The summer would like to make its warm days last for ever, because it believes that warmth is good for the earth, but, finally, it has to accept the arrival of autumn, which will allow the earth to rest. The gazelle eats the grass and is devoured by the lion. It isn’t a matter of who is the strongest, but God’s way... more »
"A Lion Fight..."
"It's good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose. So chin up. Put your shoulders back, walk proud, strut a little. Don't lick your wounds: celebrate them. The scars you bear are the signs of a competitor. You're in a lion fight. Just because you didn't win doesn't mean you don't know how to roar." - "Dr. Meredith Grey", "Grey's Anatomy"
The Daily "Near You?"
Fremont, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, "Splat!"
*"Splat!"* by Chet Raymo "In Stephen Crane's American classic, "The Red Badge of Courage," young Henry Fleming goes off to war fired by dreams of heroic sweep and grandeur. "He had read of marches, sieges, conflicts, and had longed to see it all. His busy mind had drawn for him large pictures extravagant in color, lurid with breathless deeds." In the war to preserve the Union he would mingle in one of the great affairs of the earth. He longs, yes longs, for the symbolic wound, the blood-red badge of courage. The first foes Fleming encounters are some Confederate pickets along a ri... more »
Lou Vincent: a Sorry, Pathetic Excuse For a Man
Former cricketer and self-admitted match fiddler Lou Vincent is alleged to have received several hundred thousand dollars in ill-gotten cash over the years he betrayed his team-mates and teams’ fans, feeling no compunction about the betrayal because, he says, Cricket NZ had treated him badly over the years. Poor lamb. For this he sold out everything he purported to stand for, and whatever integrity he once might have had. The way he was treated is nothing compared to the way he treated his employers, and those who love and follow his sport. To those he put two fingers up and r... more »
"The Weaving Of Human Living..."
"...and this is the weaving of human living: of whose fabric each individual is a part; each is intimately connected with the bottom and the extremist reach of time: and not one of these things nor one of these persons is ever quite to be duplicated or replaced: but each is a new and incommunicably tender life, wounded in every breath, sustaining for a while, without defense, the enormous assaults of the universe." - James Agee, "Now Let Us Praise Famous Men"
Day One/Two of my New Life
Woke up pretty early, which I guess is the norm here. Sun comes up around 530 AM, so the pugs are ready to get up around then too, LOL. I think we actually got up around 700 AM. However, weirdly, I don't even really care what time it is here. Kurt started pulling all the luggage and bags in the house and I started unpacking it all. Clothing, electronics, shoes, toiletries, jewelry, etc. There are literally no closets in this house, so Kurt is going to turn one of the bedrooms into a huge closet vanity and storage area for us. Right now, my clothes are separated on the floor ... more »
Getting to Costa Rica
I am here! And so happy to see my family. The journey down here was long and exhausting. It started on 5/18, with Ron picking me up from the house at 945 AM. Loaded my 10 suitcases, 1 backpack, 1 camera bag, and purse into his truck and got to the Delta part of the airport. Unloaded the suitcases. Went to the counter to check in outside and was told that I had to go to another part of the airport and check in at Special Services because of the cat. Begged the guy to help me, and he put my luggage onto a cart and took me to where I needed to go. Waited in line there a bit. Th... more »
Sandwich Watch: End of an era -- the sandwich and deli worlds mourn as Philip Roth says almost 80 years' worth of sandwiches is enough
*But skeptical sandwich observers ask, was it really his last?* *Let the record show that this corned-beef job was not Philip Roth's last sandwich, which was reported by The Borowitz Report to have been a turkey with lettuce and tomato on whole wheat (condiments unspecified -- surely not dry?).* *"Not only have I had my last sandwich, I have made my final public statement about sandwiches."* *-- novelist and essayist Philip Roth, to a Dutchinterviewer, as reported by The Borowitz Report* *by Ken* Well, we knew this day had to come. It was one thing when Philip Roth revealed tha... more »
Oil rich Nigeria descending into chaos ? More than 100 ( maybe 200 + ) killed in Nigeria twin blasts Car bomb explosions in crowded business district in city of Jos kills at least 118 people, officials say.
The Advocate..... May 20, 2014 Posted By The Advocate Breaking News, News, Top News 0 101 About 200 killed as explosions rock Jos About 200 people were killed by multiple explosions at Jos Main Market, between Railway Terminus and the temporary site of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) Tuesday afternoon, according to the reports. The reports quoting eyewitnesses said the first explosion sounded at about 2:55 PM while the second happened about 10 metres away at about 3:20 PM around the same area. According to CNN, there were three explosions. The first bla... more »
April's Airings:HS Message - Exhaling/Expressing the New
http://aprilsairings.blogspot.com/2014/05/hs-message-exhalingexpressing-new.html *Lot's of truth in this message! -AK* *HS Message - Exhaling/Expressing the New* by April Bender My dearest April, you have done incredibly well as have countless other Warriors of Light, and this is to be highly commended, as those final in-breath moments as well as the marked release or out-breath phase which began during this most recent full moon, was highly volatile in terms of energetic conditions/flows. As previously discussed, an incredible amount of light/information flowed and/or fluctuated... more »
John Key & the GCSB [update 2]
*Two politicians are having lunch together. All of a sudden one stands up and shouts: “You’re lying.” “I know,” replies the other. “But just hear me out.”* Circumstance and coincidence, as Russell Brown observes, but there’s a hell of a lot of both about. Last night's *Campbell Live* report on the complex story of the GCSB, the Prime Minister, Kim Dotcom, Ian Fletcher and the Americans may have left a few viewers scratching their heads last night. What, exactly, was Campbell saying and what was its import? … Certainly, the report was principally a re-stating of previously-... more »
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Updates May 21 -22 , 2014 ...... 90 cases of malignant and possible malignant thyroid tumor among Fukushima children / Increased from 75 ....... Fukushima Seawater Radiation Rises To New All Time High .......... Caught On Camera: Fire At Fukushima ? All Three Lines of ALPS Have Stopped at #Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
Fukushima Diary.... 90 cases of malignant and possible malignant thyroid tumor among Fukushima children / Increased from 75 Posted by *Mochizuki* on May 20th, 2014 · 2 Comments Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services Following up this article.. *Malignant and possible malignant thyroid tumor of Fukushima children increased from 58 to 75 cases* [URL] Malignant and possible malignant thyroid tumor cases increased from 75 to 90 at the end of this March. Fukushima prefectural government announced on 5/19/2014. Among 90 cases, 50 cases were conf... more »
Near Future Fiction: Two Novels
I've taken time out from highfalutin social theory to read some science fiction. So a visit to Hanley Library at the weekend found me check out a couple of books: *Heaven's Shadow* by David S Goyer and Michael Cassutt, and *Descent* by Ken MacLeod. They are both examples of near future fiction - the former set five years hence, the latter between 10 and 30 years from now. Sadly, that is where the similarity ends. . The Goyer and Cassutt effort. Where to begin? I'm afraid to say it's an awful book, so what follows will be replete with spoilers. In 2019 two ships, one American, the o... more »
Inequality Myths
*Guest post by **Michael D. Tanner* From President Obama to Paul Krugman, Thomas Piketty to Elizabeth Warren, the American Left has adopted “inequality” as the cause of the day. Post- Piketty, they now paint a picture of a new Gilded Age in which a hereditary gentry becomes ever richer, while the vast majority toil away in near-Dickensian poverty. It’s a compelling political narrative, one that can be used to advance any number of policy proposals, from higher taxes to capital gains taxes to increases in the minimum wage. Unfortunately, bad facts make for bad policy. Let’s look a... more »
Mark Karlin : VISUAL ARTS | ‘The Left Front: Radical Art in the Red Decade’
Radical art is an act of uncompromising passionate resistance. By Mark Karlin | Truthout | May 20, 2014 Marxian playwright Bertolt Brecht declared of revolutionary art: “Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which … finish reading Mark Karlin : *VISUAL ARTS* | ‘The Left Front: Radical Art in the Red Decade’
Spanish Inquisition Day 3
Placeholder, will fill in details later...long bus ride from Madrid to Cordoba...exploring and shopping and geocaching in Cordoba...an amazing dinner...pics and details later...hasta la vista baby!
May 20: Banner headline, page 1.....
"First-ever Rotary Ribfest promises finger-licking fun." This is a day of ribs, chicken, soft drinks, beer and bands to raise money for Moncton Headstart, Moncton Youth Residencess and other youth groups. All credit to those in and out of Rotary who contribute their time and work for this In no way do I criticize them. But there is surely something wrong with the government of a society that leaves such essential programmes to be provided by voluntary organizations. A5 has a story on a similar theme, "NB social housing crisis is looming,..." The federal government and others are c... more »
Meet Fred Kundrata-- Cincinnati Democrat
This month I've been talking with Fred Kundrata, the Democratic candidate running for the Cincinnati-based seat that Steve Chabot lost in 2008 to Steve Driehaus, who ran as a progressive, and then regained 2 years later after Driehaus had amassed a conservative record at the behest of the DCCC. OH-01 was gerrymandered in 2010 to make the district much less hospitable to Democrats. Parts of Cincinnati were shaved off and wealthy, deep red Warren County was grafted onto the district. The PVI went from R+1 to R+6, a skewer rarely within the grasp of a Democrat. Fred, however, is undau... more »
China gives Putin a diplomatic boost- Really?
*China gives Putin a diplomatic boos*t *Weird headline?* *Why not-* "*China gives Russia a diplomatic boost"?* It would seem to be more sensible to speak of two nation states bolstering one another as opposed to implying an entire nation is boosting just one individual? It truly seems the western media is creating a cult of personality around Mr Putin. Do you think there is an agenda surrounding this cult building promoted by western media? Of course, I do. Speaking further of agendas at play. Notice that the western media is promoting this Russia/China energy deal as a consequenc... more »
Those were different times
Oh dear. Clive James is giving up his TV reviews in the *Telegraph *to concentrate on finishing two books. Here's a taste of his latest review for those of us who love the familiar, surprising prose of Clive James: Victorious in the Eurovision Song Contest (BBC One), the Austrian singer Conchita struck the most triumphant blow for bearded male transvestites since the heyday of Kenny Everett, or possibly even of King Edward II. Nobody knows what Edward II sounded like when he sang, but now the whole world knows what Conchita sounds like. She, or he, sounds like incoming artillery. ... more »
SELLING THE SPACE PRODUCT IN COLORADO
Citizens for Peace In Space and other groups protest the opening banquet of the annual Space Symposium at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs on May 19, 2014. The protest was to counter the message of the military industrial complex's annual celebration of greed and secrecy and this year highlighted America's favorite weapons system, the killer Drones. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop, General Dynamics and Raytheon lead the way but a host of other smaller companies who feed at the pork barrel banquet were there. Organizer Bill Sulzman [co-founder of the Global Network Again... more »
UK BEING DRAGGED IN
The U.S. is to plough more than 300 million dollars into upgrading a military base in the UK, used as a key part of the NSA's spy programme. RT's Polly Boiko reports. Global Network board member Lindis Percy (Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases) in the UK is interviewed near the end of this video.
Strongly recommended
If you have a spare hour then please watch Stephanie Flanders' *The Battle to Beat Polio. * It was recommended to me by Sue, and I in turn recommend it to you. It is the BBC at its best.
Mike Philbin - Chimericana Books 2014 - is this a WAR WORLD or a FREE PLANET?
if this were a football game, the scores would be: Free Planet 2 – War World 2 and by that I mean, two of the Free Planet novels and two of the War World novels have been written, edited and published by Chimericana Books. *FREE PLANET* - Custodian - Liberator - Reaper - *due 2015* *WAR WORLD* - Tandem - Watcher - Kumiko - *due 2015* "Is this a WAR WORLD or is it a FREE PLANET?" is the question We The People need to ask ourselves, on a global scale, i.e. what sort of a home would we like for our children's children?
BBC says Sorry
Peter Hitchens has had an apology from the BBC for misrepresenting him in an edition of ‘News Briefing’ ! He describes this as an extraordinary development - the apology, not the misrepresentation.
We’d say Karl Rove is getting results!
*TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014* *On the brighter side, so is Thoreau:* In our view, Karl Rove was getting results in this morning’s New York Times. Frank Bruni started by noting the reams of crap that Hillary Clinton has absorbed through the years. Weirdly but familiarly, here’s where that thinking took him: BRUNI (5/20/14): If Republicans believed in global warming, they’d surely divine her hand in it. Speaking of body parts, I suspect we’ll move from Hillary’s brain to her heart, probably her liver, possibly her pancreas and maybe even her pinkie toe. *What Hillary goes through in the p... more »
A political marriage of convenience
In the Pakistani socio-political milieu there are three important political forces: the dominant Islamic nationalists; the ethno-linguistic nationalists; and the Westernized liberals. The Islamic nationalists are culturally much closer to the ethno-linguistic nationalists, but politically due to frequent interruptions of democratic process and the martial law administrators’ suspicion towards the centrifugal ethno-linguistic nationalisms, the latter were politically marginalized. So they were alienated by the military but they became averse towards the Islamic nationalists. As we ... more »
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*Letter: Honor constitution, rights ~Russell Honore', The Advocate* *Citizens Fight Fracking Near New Orleans, sue Corps of Engineers over legally inadequate permitting process ~Courthouse News Service* *Fictional Hurricane Phil tests Corps' fictional flood control system days before 2014 season begins ~Mark Schleifstein* *Appeals court won’t rehear BP settlement issue ~Kevin McGill, AP via The Advocate* *Plans to open lake floodgate on Bayou St John steps closer to reality ~Tania Dall, WWLTV * *Louisiana might take notes from Florida's Everglades plan ~John Snell, WVUE* *Electri...more »
The Global Warming Fraud: Here Is A Great Example Of Global Warming Fear-Mongering That Did NOT Happen!
I am truly sick by what I see happening in the United States and even here in Canada right now... In spite of all the evidence that shows clearly that the entire man caused "Global Warming" scare is nothing but a fraud and psychological fear mongering to convince people that we must accept new carbon taxation to "save the world from ourselves", we indeed have our governments wanting to impose new "carbon taxes" and "carbon credits" on their citizens! I am beginning to wonder if in spite of my efforts in exposing this fraud, that too many people are just too gullible! I came across... more »
Pearson Allows Me to Quote 400 Board-meeting Words
At the American Enterprise Institute in March 2014, billionaire Bill Gates explained why the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are necessary above and beyond individual state standards that might be better: You get more free market competition. Scale is good for free market competition. Individual state regulatory capture is not good for competition. [Emphasis added.] In […]
"Kinship..."
“Your honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth,” Debs said. “I said it then, as I say it now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” From the speech Eugene V. Debs made to a federal court in Cleveland before he went to prison for opposing the draft in World War I.
"Kinship..."
“Your honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth,” Debs said. “I said it then, as I say it now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” The speech Eugene V. Debs made to a federal court in Cleveland before he went to prison for opposing the draft in World War I.
The Realist Report - Dr. Jim Fetzer
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Dr. Jim Fetzer*. Dr. Fetzer and I will be discussing issues pertaining to academic freedom, political correctness, and freedom of speech. We will focus primarily on three topics and how they are treated by the mainstream educational and academic establishment and the mass media: the alleged "Holocaust" of European Jewry during WWII, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and the events of 9/11. Calls are welcomed! *Note*: Gary King joined us during the first hour to discuss the latest controversies within the JF... more »
Credit Suisse: Still Too Big For Jail Under Bankster Ass-kisser Eric Holder
Why do financial predators like Credit Suisse get away with murder? Meet crooked political slime-balls, Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Pete Aguilar (fake Dem-CA) Look, I'm not advocating Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan and his whole family be dragged out of their homes, lined up against a wall and peremptorily shot-- even though that would make other bankster perps think twice about activating their criminal personalities. First of all, far fetched as it seems, there may be innocent people in the family. And second, firing squads without trials are a savage, horrific manifestation of to... more »
Russell Blaylock M.D, “What Chemtrails Are Doing To Your Brain”
Russell Blaylock M.D, “What Chemtrails Are Doing To Your Brain” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3lW-TGGlk0 ◆ *"Chemtrails, Nanoaluminum and Neurodegenerative and Neurodevelopmental Effects" * By Russell L. Blaylock, M.D. - http://www.thenhf.com/article.php?id=3298
“Geoengineering And The Collapse Of Earth 2014”
*“Geoengineering And The Collapse Of Earth 2014”* “This is one of those videos that is a shock to the system. Hats off to Dane Wigington for the amazing presentation. Check him out on Facebook here: Please visit the site for more info, these guys know what they are talking about: Dane Wigington presents hard data which reveals what these catastrophic programs have done to our planet to date and what they will do if they are allowed to continue. Please take the time to watch this video, follow up with some investigation of your own on our site- http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org, and... more »
The Economy: "Tens of Millions Will Lose Their Jobs"
*"Tens of Millions Will Lose Their Jobs"* by Bill Bonner "Not much action in stocks... or gold... yesterday. So, let's go back and see what we've figured out recently. For one thing: The middle class can no longer afford a middle-class lifestyle. We've also confronted an awkward truth: America is more of an oligarchy than a democracy. A recent university study found that Washington often snubs the will of the democratic majority to serve the desires of the dirty dealing special interest groups. And we coined a new word – "poligarchs" – for the teeming masses who enable it. Former... more »
OPEN THE DOOR TO TRUTH
Not Forgotten: Street Art by School of the Americas Watch from Beth Gegliaon Vimeo.
What the heck is “segregation?”
*TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014* *Watching an issue get muddled:* On its masthead, Education Week bills itself as “American education’s newspaper of record.” We’re often struck by how poor the journalism can be in this paper of record. We had that reaction to a major part of Lesli Maxwell’s front-page report in the May 14 edition. Maxwell was writing about the Brown decision, which turned 60 this month. She started with a fascinating report about the nation’s student population. Headline included: MAXWELL (5/14/14): *60 Years After Brown, School Diversity More Complex Than Ever* *American... more »
WHO GOT THE CASH?
The appeals are coming from many organizations over the email asking us to write Congress in opposition to another round of military spending for fiscal year 2015. The Pentagon is asking for $601 billion but those numbers will be supplemented by the secret military black budget; the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons development; militarized half of NASA's budget; and many more examples. Add that all up and we top the $1 trillion mark. We are a killer nation. The appeals to contact Congress are helpful so that we know what is going on. But those appeals are missing one ver... more »
TWO WOMEN: Auletta falls for the second time!
*TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014* *Part 2—How to compose a novel:* Last night, Chris Hayes—the new, improved Hayes—was sounding off about the Jill Abramson matter. If you ever watched the old Chris Hayes, you could see the improved body language. Sadly, you could also see the dumbness of the new language. You could see the new, exciting way of framing a topic. To watch the whole segment, click here: HAYES (5/19/14): *The most brutal PR train wreck in America got even more train wreckier this weekend.* What has become *a “can’t look away,” acrimonious battle* between recently deposed New Yor... more »
Ron Jacobs : BOOKS | Anand Gopal’s ‘No Good Men Among the Living’
Through the lives of three Afghans, Gopal creates a vivid history of the U.S. occupation and exposes the lies and misunderstandings the war is based on. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | April 20, 2014 [No Good Men … finish reading Ron Jacobs : *BOOKS* | Anand Gopal’s ‘No Good Men Among the Living’
CIA Holding Back About Lost Flight MH370, Says Former Malaysian PM
*CIA Holding Back About Lost Flight MH370, Says Former Malaysian PM* *By Lindsay Murdoch, Fairfax Media SE Asia Correspondent* *Monday, May 19, 2014* *The Vanishing Act: SEE the lost flight MH370 movie trailer* *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4rKJaGQbcY/* Original Report ONE OF THE most influential figures in Malaysia's ruling party claims information about flight MH370 is being hidden and the Australian-led search for the plane off Western Australia is a waste of time and money. Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said the plane's disappearance on March 8 was *''most like... more »
Mike's Story Part 27- Voices
*By **Jenna** Orkin* * One night, Mike woke up at four A.M.* * "I was thinking about [two employees who he believed had smashed his computers, whether as part of a government plot or personal vendetta.] I'm not going to let them get to me. I'm not going to let them get to me." * *"They're not here. You'll probably never see them again. If you do, it will be inconsequential. They're not doing anything to you right now; you are."* ************** * Another night he woke up hot, itching, a rash on his back.* * "If it's a metaphor, it's of being uncomfort... more »
Portage County: The Close Encounters Chase
I have been recently looking at the Portage County, Ohio, UFO chase, which I think of as the *Close Encounters*chase. You know, the police cars chasing a UFO across the countryside, through a toll booth and beyond. It was featured at the beginning of the 1977 movie, *Close Encounters of the Third Kind*, which is not to say that the real event perfectly matched the movie version (such as the toll booth, which didn’t happen and which I mention now so that I don’t hear about this later). Anyway, I noticed something about this case, other than the ridiculous Air Force explanation and H... more »
Sarah Palin is Now Officially a Parody of Herself
Sweet Jesus, when is this woman going to shut the fuck up before she permanently skews the national IQ? When TBogg copied and pasted what follows from Sarah Palin's Facebook page (hereafter referred to as Mooselini's balcony), I thought he was engaging in some creative writing or rewriting. I mean, as hideous as Sarah Palin's Engrish has been in the past, there was some convoluted, Mad Hatter, Peggy Sue trailer park trash sense tortuously woven deep in the verbiage like mental boll weevils in cotton fibers. There was absolutely *no way* she could've written something effor... more »
The Untold Story of the Failure of the Measles vaccine
*For MotherBarbarian and all those who dare to question accepted orthodoxy* *orthodoxy* - a belief or* orientation* agreeing with conventional standards *orientation* - an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs *conformism, conformity *- orthodoxy in thoughts and belief * Look at this chart! What do you see?* Measles vaccines were introduced at a time *long after measles mortality rates had declined* That chart, alone, makes clear that the vaccine had zero to do with the reduction in cases of measles and the associated mortality rates- We can see measles mortality was the highes... more »
Wing suit flight over Manhattan
Wing suit flight over Manhattan. Wish i was one of them... Want you own Suit? 1. *Wingsuit Manufacturers*, Prices & Info: TonySuit Phoenixfly ... www.*wingsuit*fly.com/*wingsuit*s/4572051374 Cached *Wingsuit Manufacturers*, descriptions & prices: TonySuits, Phoenixfly, S-Fly, Squirrel & Birdman. X3, X-bird, apache, phantom 3, vampire 4, T-bird, Colugo 2. *Wingsuit Manufacturers*: www.texas*wingsuit*academy.com/*wingsuit_manufacturers*-BF.php Cached *Wingsuit Manufacturers*: Birdman - Helsinki, Finland. The original. Birdman popularized the modern-day... more »
Israel's creation, Communist revolution and the Arab oil
Is it not the international politics most significant coincidence that the Balfour declaration for the creation of Israel was passed in the same fateful year: November 1917, in which the February and October Communist revolutions were taking place in Russia? Coincidences do happen but some times they are contrived to look like merely innocuous coincidences. No informed person denies the importance of oil for the industrial economies, but it is generally believed in the foreign policy circles that oil took the center stage in the international politics only after the collective Arab ... more »
Wing suit over city
Wing suits over Manhattan, wish I was one of them.. div.col-4:nth-child(18) > span:nth-child(1) > div:nth-child(2) > ul:nth-child(2) > li:nth-child(1) > p:nth-child(1) > a:nth-child(1) > img:nth-child(1) Seed Newsvine
Primary Elections and gardening have something in common...
*a primary election is like planting a seed and hoping it germinates.* Today is our primary in Idaho. I'll be doing my duty as an American citizen. NB: Personal Identification is Required to Vote in Idaho Arkansas -- Preferential Primary Election, Nonpartisan ElectionMay,20,2014Georgia -- Congressional PrimaryMay,20,2014Idaho -- Primary Elections: Federal, Statewide, Legislative and Judicial Offices ,County Offices,Port District Primary ElectionMay,20,2014Kentucky -- Primary Election Day - Polls open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mail-in absentee ballots must be received by clerk before 6 p... more »
World's smallest V12
Anyone who appreciates the precision art of engine design ought to get a kick out of this offering from a Spanish engineer named Patelo. Starting with hunks of aluminum, bronze and stainless steel, he spent over 1200 hours designing, milling, turning and drilling what he claims is "probably" the world's smallest V12 engine. Powered by compressed air injection (0.1kg/sq cm), this little marvel boasts a total displacement of 12 cubic centimeters from its twelve 11.3 mm diameter pistons and works like a charm. Best of all, you can see it come together in the detailed video that follows... more »
SOMALGET: NSA Recording all Cell Phone Calls in Bahamas
In a new story on the authoritarian American Stasi that is the NSA it is now out that the agency is actually recording the content of telephone calls - in the Bahamas. The story that was published on Monday at First Look Media's The Intercept and was written by Ryan Devereaux, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras. It is entitled "Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas" and reveals that the NSA is indeed doing more than just "data collection". The story is of particular interest in that it is a key piece of the puzzle being that the Baham... more »
Michigan Eviction King Dave Trott-- Far More Vile Than A Teabagger
If House Democrats were absolutely certain that it was imperative that they *not* gain any seats in November-- and that they just could *not* leave anything to chance-- there would be no better plan of operation than appointing Steve Israel to chair the DCCC. Although Pelosi has admiringly described him as reptilian, Israel is more accurately viewed as grotesquely corrupt, completely incompetent, dedicated to stocking the Democratic caucus with anti-family Big Business shills like himself, and desperate to play footsie with the Republicans Michigan's 11th CD is one of *dozens* of... more »
Gold and Silver News & Views May 20 , 2014 -- Gold Slammed As 'Panic-Seller' Dumps $520 Million In Futures ......... Conspiracy fact: European central banks again admit, renew secret scheming on gold ........ Koos Jansen: Chinese real estate debt is being settled in silver ........ Ed Steer's Daily Gold and Silver Report ( Data , News and Views )
Another rat jumps the sinking London PM metal fixing boat.... Barclays' Head Of Gold Trading, And Gold "Fixer", Is Leaving The Bank [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/20/2014 13:10 -0400 - Bank of England - Barclays - Deutsche Bank - None - Precious Metals - Reuters inShare2 Last week, for the first time ever, in "From Rothschild To Koch Industries: Meet The People Who "Fix" The Price Of Gold" Zero Hedge shone a spotlight on the mysterious, and "*without any permanent employees*" company known as The London Gold Market Fix... more »
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* U.S. Lifts Deportation Threat for Homeschooling Family* *Obama clearly shrank back from the massive confrontations that conservatives would have given him as soon as he attempted to deport these people* Uwe and Hannelore Romeike—and their seven children—are breathing more easily after the Department of Homeland Security told them last month that it had reversed its earlier decision to deport them back to their native Germany, where they were in violation of laws that prohibit homeschooling. Their seven-year ordeal has finally ended. But until the decision was announced in April,... more »
Post-apocalyptic Mindset in a Civilized World
Post-apocalyptic Mindset in a Civilized World. via Post-apocalyptic Mindset in a Civilized World.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Ukraine Updates May 17 , 2014 -- Russia insists on an immediate ending of Kiev-led combat actions in southeastern Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Saturday ....... An OSCE report on Ukraine ignores the Kiev government’s violations of human rights, as well as the rise of neo-nationalist and xenophobic sentiments in the society, a senior Russian diplomat said........... “The two so-called 'people’s republics' in Donetsk and Lugansk regions are terrorist organizations, which have a clear hierarchy, financing, and channels of weapons supplies,” Ukraine’s deputy prosecutor general, Nikolay Golomsha, said........Additional news ( links provided ) from Interfax - Ukraine , Reuters , Anti- War , Sydney Morning Herald ..... Kiev Post has interesting articles slapping at the hypocritical actions of France , Germany and the Uk !
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Info wars.... Ron Paul: The Ukraine Fuse Has Been Lit - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Daniel McAdams* lewrockwell.com [image: litfuse] Ron Paul and Charles Goyette discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, including a new Senate bill that seeks to push the US to the very brink of war with Russia. In addition to ramping up NATO’s military presence on Russia’s borders, the bill will appropriate $10 billion to push regime change in Russia!... more »
Sucked Into Vortex Theater
It's memoir season. It's celebrity elevator fights and office intrigue season. It's the overlapping of the acts in never-ending presidential campaign season theater season. Contenders for high office fall all over themselves pretending to be for the little guy, while actual presidents no longer need even pretend to be for the little guy. Instead, they're in campaign mode for impending Private Life as they openly play golf with vulture capitalists and give speeches at Walmart and praise financial predators for their social impact efforts. (And to stave off the lame duck boredom, sti... more »
Oligarchs Must Hang Together
When Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea, Stephen Harper and John Baird belched indignation. Michael Harris writes: Harper and his foreign minister immediately hopped on Kyiv-bound planes for the 2015 photo-ops: Canada standing up for Ukraine. Baird donned a scarf in the national colours of that troubled country. Then the government sent jets, with or without armaments, to show we’re ready to rumble for Ukrainian democracy. (At home, the government was busy ramming the abusive Fair Elections Act through Parliament.) Harper insisted it was time for tough sanctions against Putin and his... more »
“A Sustained Critique of the Entire System”
“A Sustained Critique of the Entire System”. via “A Sustained Critique of the Entire System”.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
La. Superintendent John White Requires Districts to Embargo LEAP Summary Public Reports
When it comes to the 2014 Louisiana Education Assessment Program (LEAP) scores he was supposed to release on Friday, May 16, 2014, Louisiana State Superintendent John White has apparently found himself in an unfamiliar fix regarding his characteristic “water muddying.” It seems that in this instance, his Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) underlings have refused to airbrush […]
Musical Interlude: Shakira, “Empire” (Instrumental)
Shakira, “Empire” (Instrumental) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RCpgW4JwCo
Fat Free Econ 54: WEF and East Asia Growth Story
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com. ----------- MANILA - The World Economic Forum (WEF) is among the unique inventions in promoting global economic and social dialogue among many sectors of different countries around the world. While the United Nations and its many affiliate organizations (WHO, ILO, IMO, WMO, FCCC, etc.), WB, IMF, WTO, OECD, APEC and other multilateral institutions are all government clubs, or composed of governments only, WEF and similar international fora are private sector-initiated, invite participants from governments, multilaterals, corporations... more »
Links for Tuesday
*Went out to the east coast for the weekend, which is why I haven't been blogging. On Monday we tried to bike into Mugumuyu but started too late and had to abort due to rain. It's gorgeous there; can't wait to get back.* ______________ Daily Links: - Taiwan's Identity Crisis at NewsChina. Fundamentally just doesn't get it, substantially misrepresents KMT actions. *sigh* Not much point in opening a news site if you are just going to repeat what the mainstream/Chinese media say. - Thinking Taiwan: Brian Hoie looks at the future of the Sunflower Movement - A Taiw... more »
March Against Monsanto In Toronto This Saturday, 24 May 2014 At 11 am
For more information, please click on the link below: *https://www.facebook.com/events/422692497830818/?ref=5&source=1*
Trying To Make Sense of The Coup-In-Process In Libya Led By CIA Asset General Khalifa Hiftar
"We announce to the world that the country can't be a breeding ground or an incubator for terrorism" - Gen. Mokhtar Farnana, spokesman for Gen. Khalifa Hiftar Below are excerpts from articles about Khalifa Hiftar's CIA-inspired coup in Libya. On Sunday, his forces took the parliament by surprise when they attacked it. Analysts say this could lead to a civil war or at least very heavy fighting between Islamist militias who are aligned with the government and forces that oppose them such as Hiftar's small army. The problem since day one after Gaddafi's departure is that there is no ... more »
What Drives The West's Self-Destructive Belligerence?
*May 20, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - "Europe whole and free" and the "reconstruction and enlargement" of Europe. That is how the corporate-fundedAtlantic Council - NATO's defacto public relations front and think tank - is describing the current agenda of the "transatlantic community" during their celebration of the "25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 15th anniversary of NATO's first post-Cold War enlargement, and the 10th anniversary of the "big bang" enlargements of both the European Union and NATO." Readers might notice that the EU and NATO's "big bang" enla... more »
Patria Nemo Navy mortar system for naval applications
[image: NEMO Mortar system]Patria Nemo is a compact and flexible mortar system for the needs of modern warfare and crisis management, which call for mobility, protection and accuracy. Designed by the industry’s top professional, Patria, the light system can be mounted on various naval platforms, enabling rapid fire support. Turreted, remote-controlled 120 mm mortar system consists of the weapon, loading device, turret, fire control system and ammunition storage, and is fully operational with a platform and ammunition. Read more
Royal Air Force Typhoons Retasked to Investigate Unidentified Russian Navy Corvette and Helicopter
[image: RAF Typhoon]RAF Typhoons have had their first encounter with Russian forces as part of their mission to protect Baltic airspace. The British fighters were already airborne on a training sortie when they were re-tasked to intercept an unidentified aircraft close to the Latvian border. At the same time Danish fighters were scrambled out Amari, Estonia, in support. Read more
Russia and China to Cooperate on New Airliner, Helicopter
[image: Mi-26 Halo]Russia and China are set to boost their joint technological ties by cooperating on the joint design of a wide-body long-range airliner and the development of a variant of the Mi-26 helicopter for the Chinese military and civil agencies, the Kommersant newspaper reported Monday. “This project [wide-body, long-range aircraft] is to compete with American and European-manufactured aircraft,” Kommersant said, citing a source. “China is interested in building at least 1,000 airplanes of this kind. And if everything goes smoothly, then in perspective we will set up a joi... more »
1st B-52 Upgraded with Innovative Boeing CONECT System
[image: B-52 Stratofortress]The U.S. Air Force has introduced into its B-52 fleet the first aircraft upgraded with an advanced communications system, developed by Boeing, that keeps the bomber ahead of emergent threats while improving aircrew safety and situational awareness. The Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) modification adds to the B-52 several communication data links, full-color LCD displays with real-time intelligence feeds overlaid on moving maps, a state-of-the-art computing network, and the ability to retarget a weapon, or mission parameters, in flight. ... more »
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*Here we go again -- Exaggerated new claim of Antarctic melting* *As the image shows, and as we already know, virtually ALL the melting is in the margins of the W. Antarctic sheet -- showing that it is a quite local effect, not a global effect. So far from being global, the effect does not even cover the whole of Antarctica. To reinforce the point that the effect is a purely local one (probably due to vulcanism) note that there has been no GLOBAL warming for 17 years. So the W. Antarctic warming cannot be due to something that does not exist* The Antarctic ice sheet is melti... more »
Boeing Multi-Intelligence Tactical Aircraft Surpasses 1,000 Flight Hours
[image: RAMIS Aircraft]Boeing's Reconfigurable Airborne Multi-Intelligence System (RAMIS) aircraft has flown for more than 1,000 hours, demonstrating the reliability of the platform and systems that can be adapted for many missions. Boeing has also demonstrated the system's intelligence-collection during several U.S. government exercises. RAMIS is a Boeing-owned and operated King Air 350 extended range aircraft modified for plug-and-play reconfiguration. The aircraft's sensor suite can be tailored between sorties, enabling low-cost insertion of new technology as capabilities are d... more »
Congress Targets Russia’s ‘Satan’ Missile
[image: RS-20 Satan]The latest showdown between the U.S. and Russia could go ballistic. Congress is looking to pressure a Ukrainian lab to end its maintenance of one of Moscow’s fiercest missiles. Earlier this month, the Russians announced they would discontinue the sale of rocket engines to the United States if those engines could be used for military purposes. At least some members of Congress are looking to retaliate in kind. An amendment to the annual Pentagon budget bill, expected to pass this week, instructs President Obama to begin talks with the Ukrainian government aimed a... more »
Brazil: World Cup Security enforced from the air
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[image: Hermes 450]The ball will roll on the field, but one of the most important defenders for Brazil during the 2014 World Cup will be as high as 10 kilometers in the sky. A fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operated by Brazilian security forces will be employed mainly around the borders and outside the urban areas of the 12 host cities, whose air traffic will be extremely restricted during the World Cup, according to Special Secretary for Security at Major Events Andrei Augusto Passos Rodrigues. “The UAVs are an extraordinary intelligence tool,” said Rodrigues, who has be... more »
Pakistan Seeks Chinese Drones?
[image: Rainbow CH-3 UAV]A new report says that Pakistan may be seeking Chinese-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to a report in the most recent edition of the National Journal, Pakistan has recently unveiled drones that some believe are derived from Chinese drones. “Already, Pakistan has remote-piloted aircraft,” the report notes. “Islamabad uses surveillance drones to provide the military with a real-time picture of its restive border areas or counterterrorism operations. Pakistan unveiled two new drones in November: Burraq, named after the winged horse from the hea... more »
RAF spy plane breaks down on way to find Nigerian schoolgirls
[image: Sentinel R1 (Astor)]An RAF spy plane sent to join the international hunt for schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants has broken down on the way. The Sentinel R1 was forced to divert to Senegal with a “technical issue” and will be grounded until repairs have been completed. The unexpected delay is a repeat of last year’s embarrassment for the Ministry of Defence when a C-17 transporter sent to help French troops in Mali was also temporarily grounded by technical trouble. Read more
Navy to Accept New Rolling Airframe Missile
[image: RIM-116 RAM]The Navy is getting ready to accept its first Block 2 Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) for ship defense — a new variant of the self-guided missiles now protecting a wide range of Navy ships including amphibious assault ships and the Littoral Combat Ship, service officials said. “RAM provides the self-defense against cruise missiles, aircraft and small surface threats. It has a dual mode RF and IR guidance system that will guide it right to an inbound target,” said Jeffrey Meyer, business development manager, Raytheon. The Block 2 RAM, now in low-rate-initial prod... more »
Dassault Eyes $15bn Rafale India Deal
[image: Dassault Rafale]Dassault Aviation expects to sign a deal to sell Rafale combat jets to India by the end of the year following the election of business-friendly candidate Narendra Modi as the nation's new prime minister, said chief executive Eric Trappier. A contract could see a bulk of the 126 fighters assembled in India, Asia's third-largest economy. The Indian military establishment had earlier deferred the plan to buy the 126 fighters, a deal estimated to be worth $15bn (£8.91bn, €10.93bn), until the 2014/15 financial year owing to budget constraints. Read more
ATLAS: find Higgs, win $7k
*Particle physics meets the machine learning sport* Amateur and experienced programmers, you have a chance to win $7,000 (gold), $4,000 (silver), or $2,000 (bronze) if you succeed in a contest organized by the LHC's ATLAS Collaboration (via Tommaso Dorigo), Higgs Boson Machine Learning Challenge (kaggle.com) So far there are 180+ contestants (well, teams – a team may contain at most 4 people). Anyone who registers and sends her results by September 15th, 2014 may win, however. What is the sport about? You have to download 55 megabytes of data in four files and write a program ... more »
Turkish Navy in successful live fire exercise at South African range
The Turkish Navy has successfully completed a complex live-fire exercise with the assistance of Denel at a southern Cape weapons range. The main aim of the Barbaros Turkish Naval Task Group - 2014 (TMTG-14), which departed Turkish Naval Base Gölcük on March 17 on a 102 day circumnavigation of Africa, was to conduct live weapon firings of various missiles at the Denel Overberg Test Range. Speaking exclusively to defenceWeb aboard the frigate TCG Gediz (F-495), Rear Admiral Ali Dede, Barbaros Turkish Maritime Task Group Commander, spoke of the success of the exercise. Read more
Swedes 'took engine' in German sub site raid
[image: Kockums A26 SSK]New details have emerged about why the Swedish military raided the Malmö premises of German defence giant Thyssen Krupp last month. A military expert tells The Local that submarines have become a "major concern" in Sweden since unrest in Ukraine. Tensions between Sweden and the German company Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS) took a surprising turn in April when the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) carried out a raid on the Malmö shipyard belonging to Kockums, Thyssen Krupp's Swedish subsidiary. It was initially unknown what exactly the admini...more »
Indian Navy sets up safety audit organisation
[image: Kolkata class DDG]The Naval administration has constituted a Safety Audit Organisation (SAO) to take stocks of all safety-related issues. This is in response to the recent spate of serious incidents involving naval warships, the newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan said on Monday. It was after thoroughly examining the recent incidents at every level that SAO had been constituted. It would ensure that all standard operation procedures (SOPs) are strictly followed, the admiral added. Admiral Dhowan is on a two-day visit to the city-based Western Naval Comman... more »
Return of the Cold War?
[image: LGM-30 Minuteman III Missile]Watching events in Ukraine, you might wonder if the Cold War is coming back. Russia annexed Crimea, now some of the eastern parts of Ukraine appear to be shifting into the Russian orbit, and looking into the future, it doesn't take much imagination to picture all of Ukraine dominated by Russia. There is palpable fear in some former Soviet republics and the memory of that dark and dangerous time has sent a chill through European capitals. Read more
UKIP asks 'Who really runs Westminster?'
A nice sharp poster that asks a relevant question and one that David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband really don't want to have asked and certainly not answered.
GMO Myths & Truths Report - 2nd Edition
The long awaited 2nd Edition of the GMO Myths & Truths Report is HERE! Show it to your legislators, doctors, family, friends, & neighbors. This lengthy, in depth report provides easy to read summaries and full details about the science behi...nd genetic engineering, the truth about safety testing and regulation, health hazards of GM foods, health hazards of Roundup & glyphosate, impact on our farms & environment, why GMOs are irrelevant to feeding the world and why GM agriculture is unsustainable. Each section is stand-alone. Find the information you need or read the whole repo... more »
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