27 June - Blogs I'm Following

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Understanding the Fear of the Niqab

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 13 minutes ago

The University of Derby's Centre for Society, Religion and Belief hosted a conference on Muslim Women's Activism earlier today. It saw sessions on Muslim women challenging religious conservatism, extremism, education, and the part played by them in Middle Eastern protest and revolutionary movements. 'Everyday encounters: how Muslim women who chose to wear the niqab engage with their communities', given by Anna Piela of Leeds Trinity University interested me because of what it mentioned in passing: why is the niqab (often wrongly lumped in with the burqa) persistently regarded as an... more »

Levelland, Texas Revisited

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 13 minutes ago

In an earlier post I had suggested the Air Force lied about some of the information hidden away in the Project Blue Book files. I had been going to expand on the comments about the Portage County UFO chase, but then remembered some of the things I had read about the Levelland, Texas UFO landings and EM Effects case of November 2, 1957. What struck me as I read the file in years past was that the Air Force and Donald Keyhoe, at the time the Director of the civilian National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), were engaged in a publicity war, each suggesting the oth... more »

Get Hewlett

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 hour ago

One of the *Guardian*'s media writers, Steve Hewlett, is now the BBC's go-to-man for media-related stories. This isn't exactly news. After all, he'd already become a BBC regular as regards media-related stories even before they invited him to present Radio 4's *The Media Show*. Since then he's frankly verged on the ubiquitous (on the BBC) whenever any major media story breaks - whether it be the *Newsnight* scandals, the phone hacking trials, the Patten-Thompson row, you name it. Now, I don't think he does a bad job by any means but the BBC's over-reliance on his opinions sure... more »

Steve Scalise Admires Patrick McHenry's "Judgment"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago

The House Republicans' new odd couple-- with whips, no less One of the all-time silliest congressional debuts was made by bombastic little North Carolina closet case Patrick McHenry in 2005. He went to school at a Benedictine monastery that doubles as a religionist "college," Belmont Abbey. He was president of the Young Republican Club there and made a name for himself by dressing up like Abe Lincoln and waving a sign that read "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?" somewhere near a Bill Clinton appearance. A couple years later he started and ran a website called notHillary.com, for which ... more »

Breaking Bazaar: A Rare Change in Rhetoric May Signal American Sincerity

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 hour ago

"...pathologies often help policy makers justify action at times when no vital, tangible interests are otherwise at stake. When pathology defines reality, policies become the opposite of what rational analyses of national interest would suggest is appropriate." - Christopher Fettweis, Pathologies of Power "We don't really know what it means, but I for sure don't trust the Iranians. It's some

Parent and Teacher Groups Stand Together in New Mexico

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the evening of June 25, Parents and Teachers Educating the Community (PTEC) hosted a viewing of the education documentary Standardized: Lies, Money, and Civil Rights. The group was diverse and included people from several different activist groups, elected officials, and even New Mexico’s gubernatorial challenger to Susana Martinez. The most important […]

Belabored Belated Thursday Football Linkage

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago

I’m back from Brazil and resurfacing with many story ideas from my recent adventures. In the meantime, if you are like me, you have soccer on the brain and are getting your head around yesterday’s winning loss to Germany by the U.S. team. I’ll make a tangential attempt to make a linkage to international politics, Continue reading

Supplemental: The view from Merrywood!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2014 *When does this start to seem strange:* As far as we know, Slate’s John Dickerson is the nicest guy in the world. We know nothing bad about Dickerson in any way. Aside from his role at Slate, it seems that he’s also political director for CBS News. That said, Dickerson is one of many leading scribes who quickly echoed the latest narrative, the narrative which has already been rolled out to govern Campaign 2016. No sooner had Hillary Clinton said “dead broke” than Dickerson was present at Slate with a pile of tedious comments running beneath these headlines: *... more »

Are 9 Sexual Harassment Cases And A Naked Dancing Video Cause For Firing? Maybe Not

Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 2 hours ago

When AOL Jobs asked me to write a column commenting about Dov Charney's firing from American Apparel, my first reaction was to roll my eyes. Of course it was "for cause," I thought. The founder of the iconic clothing company has been hit with nine sexual harassment charges (that we know of). And then there's the #NSFW naked dancing video showing him dancing with full flappage in front of female employees. It seemed obvious to me that his firing would be considered to be "for cause" under his contract. But was it? Maybe not. Read my latest column, Are 9 Sexual Harassment Cases A... more »

I would love to know the Jews were the bad actors of humanity !

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 2 hours ago

That would be so simple. The Jews made the climate go bad. The Jews made an algae bloom on the great lakes. The Jews are Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen and they really are minor players on the big scene. Do you really think all the Nobel prize winners and others who have pushed the agenda forward are somehow part of a sinister plan? Jews, Muslim, Christian or Drudge, we all live here on earth. Earth is in trouble and we caused it double. If there be a solution to pollution it will be partial responsible for Jews Jews who understand the news.

Fishnet

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 2 hours ago

The new standard for celebrities is to appear near naked. I have to admit I enjoy it. However I think its a terrible thing. Most people are not ready to stand naked contrasted by a sucplure constructed of photo shop and workouts that no citizen could afford. This focus on beauty is a very bad thing. I would meet the lower threshold of beauty and my wife is way above me. Thankfully we met when personal appearance was a criteria but not something that we thought about before getting married. Plastic breeds Plastic and plastic is not going to last the stress of being human. I really b... more »

Real and substantial connection and Canadian common market

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago

Trillium Motor World Ltd. v. General Motors of Canada Limited, 2014 ONCA 497: [27] In *Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye*, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1077, La Forest J., noted, at p. 1108, para. 51, that the real and substantial connection test is a form of judicial self-restraint: It seems to me that the approach of permitting suit where there is a real and substantial connection with the action provides a reasonable balance between the rights of the parties. It affords some protection against being pursued in jurisdictions having little or no connection with the transaction or t... more »

Northern Reflections: Chicken Hawk

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago

Surrey Police (Freemasonry)

Spike EP at News Spike - 3 hours ago

A blunder by Sussex Police has revealed that they spied on anti-fracking protesters at Balcombe, and shared the information with oil exploration company Cuadrilla. The tactics, including the use of* "covert means"*, were meant to be kept secret - but sections of a public document the force had tried to black out turned out to be legible online. The Brighton MP Caroline Lucas has criticised the police -- accusing them of trying to criminalise peaceful protest. Mark Sanders reports Words are weaponry. Words are ideas Words are infectious. Alistier Crowley called Magick "A Disea... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago

*Louisianans Trek 100 Miles To The Governor's Mansion to protest signing SB-469 ~WKNO* *Protests follow school plans at Booker T. Washington site ~Dan Lawton, New Orleans Advocate* *Social media mystery: Who’s behind social media campaigns promoting Sheriff Marlin Gusman? ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens* *Steve Gleason seeks $500 million to find ALS cure ~WWLTV * *Woman with service dog runs into resistance at local restaurant ~WVUE* *Worst Hotel in New Orleans Award Goes To ~Cajun Mama* *Somebody End My Miserable Existence – Tony the Tiger, Gas Station Mascot ~Red Schtick* *UNDP an... more »

Only Sunnis Can Defeat ISIL/ISIS, Not Shiites or Americans

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours ago

What's happening in Iraq and the rest of the Muslim world is not a Sunni-Shiite civil war. This false view of events is being spread for malicious reasons by some, and ignorantly by others. This narrative is based on a fantasy by Neocons and Zionists who wish to see the Sunni world fight a devastating war against Iran and Shiites so as to allow Israel breathing room to aggressively expand its state and fulfill the 'Greater Israel' project. Journalist Seymour Hersh *wrote about the plan seven years ago*. So it's been in the public forum for all to research and cannot be dismissed as ... more »

INSIDER: RUSSIAN VIEW OF UKRAINE MESS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago

The Russians are taking a grave view of the US-NATO regime in Ukraine. Putin's economic advisor reveals growing Russian fears about coming war with the US.

Do the Jews control Hollywood?

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 3 hours ago

Well people who where Jewish did invent Hollywood. However there is no more creative competitive space on the planet than Hollywood. Jews have never excluded excellence on ethnic grounds. Today its out of any control, its a free market with lawyers both Jewish and Gentile trying to control the crash of the old world. The Jews control Hollywood, the Banks and the Illuminati. No one ever says the Roman Catholics control the Mafia, the Pizza Industry or Sports Cars. Jews have been high achiever because their religion is based upon sweet survival. Not just succeed, exceed. Maybe they sh... more »

new Takashi Miike horror film - Kuime - Over Your Dead Body

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 4 hours ago

it's always a joy (to this blogger) when Japanese director Takashi Miike turns his hand to horror. Most noted for his Yakuza-action films, it's his insane horror depictions in films such as Audition, Imprint and Ichi The Killer that gets this blogger excited. Here he is with a new one KUIME (over your dead body) and it looks suitably weird and gory. *A pair of lovers, who act in the same play, are thrown into their own hell where the play begins to unfold horrifyingly in real life.*

La. State Board Not “Bound by Law” to Either CCSS or PARCC

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 4 hours ago

On June 18, 2014, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal made the executive decision to remove Louisiana from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and associated assessment, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). The way that Jindal approached the issue was to cancel both the PARCC MOU stating that Louisiana agreed to […]

DEATH IS AN ILLUSION MEASURED BY THE LIMITS OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS

Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 4 hours ago

*The center of convergence in a near-death experience* *The very fabric of our present day reality is being torn away by the far greater reality of another state of consciousness that exists beyond death and most certainly beyond ego consciousness and whose principle property is love, altruism and the urge to unite ~ and now it has been apparently scientifically demonstrated as reported by BBC: Allen L Roland, Ph.D* *A BBC film suggests the reality of a loving state of soul consciousness ~ that exists beyond time and space but also beneath our deepest fears and most certainly b... more »

UKRAINE SURRENDERS TO IMF-WORLD BANK

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago

Ukraine's President Poroshenko violates his own ceasefire by continuing to shell people living in the eastern part of the country. Then as he signs the Ukraine-EU trade deal he says that people in all parts of the country support the controversial plan to turn his country over to the international IMF-World Bank cartel. Did he forget that his army is shelling folks in the east who don't support the plan? Everything is perception management.... Kiev calls for a ceasefire and then shells their own citizens in the east and blames them for defending themselves when 'Right Sector' fa... more »

Anatomy of a hashtag and the @amprog report #forthecore

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago

The Center for American Progress, often touted as a “liberal” think tank, released a set of recommendations to make Common Core implementation successful. The release was accompanied by a media event just the other day, shared on social media with the hashtag “forthecore.” Let us first dismiss any arguments that CAP is actually a “liberal” […]

The Rage And Anger Of… The Wealthy Class?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago

How does this sound to you? "If these profit-earning companies decide they can make more profit by adopting a technology that has the unfortunate result of polluting the air or the water, corporations will typically do that because the profit is more important to them than the social consequences that they basically don't have to live with and they don't have to pay for…The lip service as a nation we give to equality, to democracy, to equal opportunity are radically undone by the reality of the class structure… Here's a perfect example of the profit motive creating a housing boom... more »

Helen Mirren - "...sluttish eroticism"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago

Helen Mirren's infamous 1975 Parkinson interview in two parts... Part 1 Part 2 Helen Mirren was 30 at the time of this interview and it's a fascinating piece of social history.

ANTHROPOLOGY LESSONS: Invention of Narrative 101!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 5 hours ago

*FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2014* *Interlude—The minion’s return:* In today’s editions, Philip Rucker is on the front page of the Washington Post. Again! Across the nation and around the world, anthropologists are scurrying to acquire hard-copy editions of the paper, in which Rucker and his tribal elders behave in ways these scholars are calling unprecedented. At issue is a cultural practice of the primitive stone-age people known as the “mainstream press corps.” It’s the practice known as “inventing a narrative,” a variant of the traditional practice known as “creation myth.” What happens ... more »

Learn about TMoE at Chalkface Radio Interview Archive

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 6 hours ago

Chalkface Radio has up a terrific interview archive. Check it out. Here's the one Denise Wilburn and I did 10 months ago, soon after *The Mismeasure of Education* was published. Current Politics Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Chalk Face on BlogTalkRadio July 12 will mark the one year since TMoE was published. How time flies. Buy the book at B&N or Powell's Books or IAP. *Please don't buy it at Amazon.*

Iraq’s Northern Front Stalemate In Salahaddin

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 6 hours ago

Salahaddin was where the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and militias stopped the insurgent’s surge south from Mosul. That was not before nearly half of the province fell to militants. Salahaddin became where the government drew the line because it contains the Askari shrine in Samarra, which is important not only for Baghdad, but the militias and Iran. Since that time the fight in the governorate has settled into a war of attrition, foreshadowing what the battle against the militants will be like in the entire country. ISIS destroying an ISF outpost in Salahaddin (*via Alexandre Ma... more »

Sheer genius - The Musicless Musicvideo / DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER …" on YouTube

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago

Musicless Musicvideo / DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER …: http://youtu.be/_li_d_YviZ4

Fucking Off at Pottersville

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 6 hours ago

If you have a stats checker as I do, it can give you a rough or limited idea of the internet habits of those who work in the government sector. As I've written of late, I've taken to tracking who comes to Pottersville either through a search engine or, as in yesterday's case, another site to which I've been linked. And sometimes, some of the results have been surprising. The ones that actually interest me the most are the ones I get from the academic world. I've recently gotten hits, some of them regular readers, from Texas A&M, Iowa State, Rutgers, University of Nebraska,... more »

Syrian airstrikes in Iraq? Yes or No? -Updated

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago

We have read or heard reports that ISIS positions were bombed in Iraq, by Syria? I initially covered these allegations as they were breaking in this post Unknown planes bomb ISIS position in Northern Iraq- Pentagon: Not US *US planes were identified by Iraqi television*, but the *Saudi Al-Arabiya network claims that the raid was carried out by Syria* BBC Arabic reported earlier on Tuesday *that unmanned American aircraft *had bombed the area of al-Qaim. *Right away we have conflicting narratives.* *CBC-* U.S. officials said Syria launched airstrikes into western Iraq on Tuesday ... more »

Friday Nerd Blogging

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago

Context here. On proper dragon-chaining technique, see this must read.

Israpundit » Blog Archive » 'Islam is our enemy. Jihadists are a manifestation only'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago

A fascinating article, here's a long extract... ' What are the central pillars of jihadist ideology? Where does it fit within the history and theology of Islam? What are the jihadists' goals? What are they prepared to do to achieve them? They could begin to find answers in "The Mind of Jihad," a book written seven years ago by the late Laurent Murawiec for the Pentagon's director of net assessment. Murawiec explained that jihad implies "warfare with spiritual significance." He added that the concept "stems irrefutably ?from the Quran," and that jihad cannot be seen — as so many ... more »

2014 - Ridding the US House of ALECers

2old2care at Because I Can - 6 hours ago

ALEC and the US House ALEC members in the House that retired this year There are 11 - and if we don't watch ourselves they will be replaced with 11 other ALECers. We need to start now to support the Dems with money or volunteer time to educate our friends and neighbors about ALEC *HEREHEREHERE* *NOTHING WILL CHANGE* if we replace one ultraconservative pro-corporate extremists of the American Legislative Exchange Council party, with another *#VoteNo2ALEC* *RETIRED * *Spencer Bachus (AL)* Runoff election July 15th. State Rep. Paul DeMarco and policy analyst Gary Palmer DeM... more »

Solution to Youtube embed code problem

Peter at the original Blogger Tips and Tricks - 7 hours ago

Something has gone wrong with sharing a video with an embed (iFrame) code. The embedded video doesn't play when the play button is clicked and also nothing happens when we try to click on the Youtube icon to take us to the Youtube website with the video. The embed code is broken and now looks like this: You will notice that the required http: is missing from the Youtube link. You can try to correct this by editing it to include the missing http: But after publishing... more »

Ultimatum of the Finger Wagger: Kerry Again Threatens Russia

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 7 hours ago

Secretary of State John Kerry, the epitome of the ugly American is once again wagging his finger in the face of Russia and President Vladimir Putin. According to Reuters, the top Skull and Bones alum over at Foggy Bottom has ordered Putin to immediately disarm anti-austerity, anti-fascist freedom fighters in Eastern Ukraine. Currently engaged in more plotting with his EU counterparts in Brussels to complete the absorption of Ukraine into the EU and later NATO, the buffoon that is the American top diplomat continues to push the envelope. The Obama regime's ongoing reckless actions ... more »

Global Warming Study Ridiculed After Temperatures DROP

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago

'A UK Met Office study that predicted temperatures would rise by up to half a degree centigrade over the past 10 years faces ridicule after it was revealed that temperatures actually dropped over that period. The peer-reviewed study by Doug M. Smith et al, entitled "Improved Surface Temperature Prediction for the Coming Decade from a Global Climate Model" – and which featured in the journal Science – also incorrectly predicted that several years over the past decade would see record heat. The paper says: "…predict further warming during the coming decade, with the year 2014 predic... more »

Have Australians and their photons legitimized time travel?

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 7 hours ago

I've received links to this story approximately from 7 people so I will write a short blog post although I don't claim that it's a well-deserved honor for the authors. At any rate, the popular science media were full of the news that physicists managed to simulate time travel with photons, showed that there is nothing wrong with closed time-like curves at the quantum level, and so on. See e.g. The Daily Mail – to be sure that at least one URL works for more than 30 days – and the press release at the University of Queensland, Doctor Who meets Professor Heisenberg. All these wonde... more »

Hang down your head Thomas A Dooley- CIA covert operative

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 8 hours ago

Some may recall me mentioning the book "The Mighty Wurlitzer"? Very interesting read. Likely just a surface scratching expose. The CIA stooge* Gloria Steinam *is reported on. As mentioned in this post regarding what is undoubtedly another intelligence created psyop- *FEMEN. * Femen being the extremist version of 'feminism' as originally promoted by Steinam with much CIA assistance. Another interesting individual who played America, the world and the Catholic believers was Tom Dooley. *Interesting and lengthy article about Mr Dooley from LA Times in 1991* This guy was a superstar. *D... more »

A Zhang Visit

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 8 hours ago

*An east coast river gorge.* NYT's Austin Ramzy on the Zhang visit to Taiwan. He cites Titus Chen of Political U, the old KMT political warfare college... “Zhang Zhijun’s Taiwan trip is more of a P.R. thing than a real, substantial policy tour,” said Titus C. Chen, an associate research fellow at National Chengchi University’s Institute of International Relations in Taipei. “His agenda in Taiwan is to give the people, the government and the politicians in Taiwan more of a positive image of China.” It's certainly a PR thing. But it's not aimed at the people of Taiwan, few of whom w... more »

Paula, Michael, Peaches and Bob - The Nanny Did It.

Spike EP at News Spike - 8 hours ago

Today, we taketh the lesson from *Hughie and Paula : The Tangled Lives of Hughie Green and Paula Yates,* by Christopher Green, with Carol Clark, Robson Books, 2003. The text is from pages 227-228, and we read: *From left to right: * *Peaches Geldof *(DECEASED)*,* *Michael Hutchence *(DECEASED), *Paula Yates *(DECEASED); Pixie & Fifi-Trixabelle Geldof. *We now return again to:* *Excerpts from: * *THE COVERT WAR AGAINST ROCK * *-- by Alex Constatine* "Hutchence was a political activist. His will designated *Amnesty International *and *Greenpeace* as the benefactors of the lion... more »

Grasping, Grungy and Gloating

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 8 hours ago

The Harper Spin Machine marked Michael Ignatieff's return to Harvard this week by releasing an attack ad which it didn't use when he was Liberal leader. The idea was, "We told you he was just visiting." Ignatieff's return to Canada turned out to be a very bad idea -- both for him and for the Liberal Party. Andrew Cohen writes in *The Ottawa Citizen*: If he had wanted out three years ago, who could blame him? And now that he is leaving, who can blame him? What is there left for him in Conservative Canada except tears, taunts, cries and laments? His political sabbatical was a disas... more »

Who Are We? We Are the Resistance

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago

Who Are We? We Are the Resistance. via Who Are We? We Are the Resistance.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Willie Brown

Spike EP at News Spike - 9 hours ago

For Mayor *Willie Brown*, the first signs that something was amiss came late Monday when he got a call from what he described as his airport security *- - a full eight hours before yesterday's string of terrorist attacks -- *advising him that Americans should be cautious about their air travel. The mayor, who was booked to fly to New York yesterday morning from San Francisco International Airport, said the cal*l "didn't come in any alarming fashion, which is why I'm hesitant to make an alarming statement."* In fact, at the time, he didn't pay it much mind. *"It was not an abnorm... more »

George Shultz

Spike EP at News Spike - 9 hours ago

EARLY WARNING / State Department memo warned of terrorist threatPhillip Matier, Andrew Ross, Chronicle Staff WritersPublished 4:00 am, Friday, September 14, 2001 Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz said yesterday that he was " *startled*" by a little-noticed State Department memo that was issued a week ago and warned that Americans *"may be the target of a terrorist threat."* The memo, issued just four days before the attacks on New York and Washington, identified the threat as coming from* "extremist groups with links to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization."* *"I ... more »

Why Could Democratic Base Voters Possibly Be Discouraged And Unenthusiastic About November?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago

Boehner could never do as much to harm the Democratic Party as these 2 clowns have In 2010, the DCCC flipped the House by losing a net of 63 seats. Nancy Pelosi had to surrender the Speaker's gavel to corrupt drunken philanderer John Boehner. It took years of abysmal strategy, that went back to Rahm Emanuel's time as DCCC chair from 2005-2009 to devastate the caucus so thoroughly. Steve Israel, following an identical base-depressing strategy, is likely to have similar results in November. The majority of Democrats who were defeated in 2010 were worthless Blue Dogs and New Dems-- i.e.... more »

Afghanistan political crisis updates ( June 27 , 2014 ) Afghanistan's political crisis due to alleged poll fraud and boycott of the Election Commission - is " outgoing " President Karzai making an offstage play to retain power and influence ? And if so , might the long awaited and sought after Bilateral Security Agreement never come to pass ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago

Afghans protest over alleged poll fraud Abdullah Abdullah leads supporters on march to president's palace to accuse incumbent of complicity. Last updated: 27 Jun 2014 11:02 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Abdullah supporters also protested outside the UN office in Herat on Thursday [AP] Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has led several thousand demonstrators through Kabul, upping the stakes in his protest against alleged election fraud that has triggered a polit... more »

“Authentic Text Of Chief Seattle’s Treaty Oration, 1854”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago

*“Authentic Text Of Chief Seattle’s Treaty Oration, 1854” * Version 1, which appeared in the Seattle "Sunday Star" on October 29, 1887, in a column by Dr. Henry A. Smith. "Yonder sky that has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold, and which to us appears changeless and eternal, may change. Today is fair, tomorrow it may be overcast with clouds. My words are like the stars that never change. Whatever Seattle says, the Great Chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons. The White Chief says that Big... more »

Ukraine Updates - June 27 , 2014 -- Ukraine and EU sign free trade zone deal ........Ukraine president tells EU leaders truce extended for three days in east Ukraine ........ EU summit participants not to impose sanctions on Russia .......Updates on restive South East Ukraine .....Items of note - RIO Novosti !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago

http://rt.com/business/168824-ukraine-eu-free-trade/ Ukraine and EU sign free trade zone deal Ukraine has signed the economic part of the Association agreement with the EU, with Georgia and Moldova also joining the pact, even though big economic risks lie ahead. The signing of the economic part of the agreement comes after 8 months of violent unrest in Ukraine, which broke out in Kiev and spread across the country in November after then-President Viktor Yanukovich decided to reject the trade agreement in favor of trilateral talks. The document contains 31 signatures - Ukraine, all... more »

Close Up

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago

The Troubling Realities of School Segregation

denishanjones at @ THE CHALK FACE - 10 hours ago

I read this story twice and also read this blog to learn more about the situation and it has left me with many unanswered questions. But first let me see if I have the facts right regarding this troubling story: Two years ago the Normandy school district that is 97% black and poor was merged […]

Iraq News For June 23 , 2014 - Status and overview of the ongoing Iraq Civil War , Kerry visits the Middle East and Iraq - pledges intense and sustained intervention as Special Forces going into Iraq without legal promises ( Iraq and Iran not so keen on either aspect ) ....... Madhi Army arise again and not so keen about US coming back to Iraq .......... Kurds say now is the time ( and they're not talking about propping up Maliki's Government ) , more views from the Kurdish point of views ..... Does ISIS have a plan to take over Baghdad using sleeper cells ? Even as Kerry says the US will help , note that other than Maliki , most Iraqis , the Saudis and Iran are telling the US to stand down and stay clear !

Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 June 23rd IRAQ SITREP by Mindfriedo 20th June: Putin confirmed Russia's complete support for the efforts of the Iraqi government to speedily liberate the territory of the republic from terrorists. 20th June: Thirty Shia militiamen are killed in Muqdadiyah, a town north east of Baghdad. The town lies on the main approach to Baqouba in Diyala province. The militants attacking the town were repulsed. 22nd June: The leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, has opposed any US intervention in Iraq: “The US is displeased with the current process of election with the people'... more »

A Tribute to Discomfort with Cory Richards

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours ago

*Published on June 2, 2014* Blue Chalk worked with National Geographic Creative photographer and North Face athlete Cory Richards to create a promotional piece to demonstrate the scope of his work and the passion and athleticism that accompanies him in the field. A Tribute to Discomfort brings the viewer through Cory's stunning work, his unique sense of humor, and his quest to create photographs that relate a common humanity. Original Still Photography: Cory Richards/National Geographic Creative Co-Director, Producer: Catherine Yrisarri Co-Director, DP, Editor: Rob Finch Assistant... more »

Call, Write or E-mail The Minister Of Health In Canada

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours ago

[image: Foto: TAKE ACTION! The science is clear, thanks to a 4 year review of 800 studies. Neonicotinoid pesticides are killing our bees and we need your help! Call, write or email Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health to ban neonicotinoids in Canada before it is too late! READ: http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/06/24/researchers-sound-alarm-over-neonicotinoids-urge-global-phase-out/ READ & WATCH: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/06/25/pesticides-killing-bees_n_5530131.html?just_reloaded=1 WATCH: http://www.tfsp.info/ EDMONTON OFFICE 6801 170 St. Edmonton, AB T5T 4W4 Phone: (780) 495-7705 Fa... more »

Mark Twain, "Let Us Consider..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago

"Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simplify many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now." - Mark Twain, "What Is Man?" • Click above image for larger size. Print. Fill in details. Proudly display.

Put War Criminal Dick Cheney In Jail

Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 12 hours ago

I couldn't put this any more eloquently than it's given here: http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2014/06/dick-cheney-should-be-rotting-hague-not-writing-editorials My sentiments exactly. -- MJ

“Dying Vet's 'F*** You' Letter to George Bush & Dick Cheney”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago

*“Dying Vet's 'F*** You' Letter to George Bush & Dick Cheney”* "To: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From: Tomas Young I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on behalf of the 4,488 soldiers and Marines who died in Iraq. I write this letter on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of veterans who have been wounded and on behalf of those whose wounds, physical and psychological, have destroyed their lives. I am one of those gravely wounded. I was paralyzed in an insurgent ambush in 2004 in Sadr City. My ... more »

Ukraine and the Battle for South Stream

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 13 hours ago

*June 27, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The ongoing conflict in Ukraine, admittedly an attempt to expand both NATO and the European Union (EU), has escalated in terms of dominating Europe's energy markets. Attempts to halt the ongoing construction of Russia's South Stream natural gas pipeline appears to be a direct attempt to further penalize Russia for its role in defending Ukrainians currently under siege by aircraft, artillery, heavy armor and irregular troops. *Toward a Europe "Whole and Free," and its Energy Market Too * "Toward a Europe Whole and Free" was literally the ti... more »

Watch "Jordanian Political Analyst on Kidnapped Israeli children" on YouTube

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago

Jordanian Political Analyst on Kidnapped Israeli children, Israel has no children, just soldiers. http://youtu.be/osh9AuI8amg The same logic that Islamists use to kill Israeli civilians...

Lib Dem Friends of Palestine are that nasty

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago

' "no Brit should consider voting Labour as long as it is ran by a Zionist Jew… the time is ripe to cleanse British public life of Zionists and Jerusalemites" LibDem Friends of Palestine is the official pro-Palestine organisation in the party, with stalls at party conference every year and a photo of 'Jihad' Jenny Tonge at the top of its Facebook page. Oy vey ist mir! UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats says:"This is not the party view in any way whatsoever. It is clearly inappropriate and offensive. The link has now been removed, LibDem Friends of Palestine recogni... more »

Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 6.27.14”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago

*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 6.27.14”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “Iraq is the top story, and the crisis there is boiling over. At its core, this is a religious war between the Sunni and Shia Muslims. One big problem–the U.S. has armed and supported both sides. We have sent military advisors to help the Shia majority government that is being helped by Iran. ISIS was armed in part by the U.S. in Syria; and, now, the Obama Administration is asking Congress for $500 million to aid the so-called rebels in Syria. I have been telling you that a large percentage of the Syrian rebels are al-... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago

*Sea level only creeping up* *There are considerable difficulties in measuring sea level -- particularly when changes are small. A big issue is whether land itself is also rising or falling. Swedish sea-level Nils Axel Morner has been working on the problems involved for many years. In his latest paper he has found a geologically very stable area that includes 3 tide gauges. Using these gauges, he shows that sea levels have risen only about half an inch over the last 125 years* Deriving the Eustatic Sea Level Component in the Kattaegatt Sea Author: Nils-Axel Mörner Abstract: ... more »

Cheese Regulatory Wars

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

This is disappointing of course. Yet we have seen over and over again ham handed efforts to enforce industry level rule systems against what are highly successful artisan techniques with decades if not centuries of experience. Usually angry consumers have to mobilize before folks come to their senses. It is always easy to presume an underlying plot, but these folks are simply ignoramuses with someone's rule book in hand. What we need is an activist regulatory ombudsman with authority to demand a scientific review. I have been watching the positioning of sauerkraut for years... more »

Researchers Create Flexible Wires that could Double as Batteries

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

Sooner or later we will simply wear some form of battery fiber that works to provide power. Provided of course that we actually need batteries. It is becoming that dicey. However been able to use all that wiring as a natural battery is attractive and worth some effort. Beyond all that, it is not obvious yet, but I suspect that our civilization is likely to dewire generally long before this actually comes on stream. Thus it is likely to remain a commercial long shot even if knowing how is helpful on compact hardware. This is all good and neat. *Researchers create flexible wire... more »

DNA Sequencing Diagnoses Boy's Mysterious Bacterial Disease

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

This will become commonplace simply because here it worked when any other method simply failed. Testing normally needs to already know the answer. Suddenly we have a prospective protocol that can sort out all alien systems in your body and allow you to tackle them specifically. Odds are that the majority of humanity has such pathogens that they would be well rid of. Thus been sick will no longer be the reason to do this type of test. It will be to confirm clean blood and fluids. Add in out capability to use four hertz pulses and we are on the way to perfect cellular health. A... more »

Grid Power's Developing Decline

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

This is only the base argument. It is actually far worse than that. As far as grid energy is concerned, I can build the power equivalent of the Hoover Dam in any city anytime starting now. Worse, all the technology is standard off the shelf equipment. After we have done that, we can introduce an experimental modification that will ramp that output up several times. If anyone actually cares at that point. The take home is that local grid can work if you replace all power production with this geothermal protocol. Dams, Thermal, Windmill and Nuclear can be shuttered and transmission ... more »

Ninth Grade Girls Prove Plants Fail to Grow Beside Wi-Fi Routers

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

Ouch! The immediate take home here is that we need to place our routers a long way away from our heads while we sleep and we must be aware of the issue. This is the type of effect that is capable of producing significant damage while never been associated as a cause. It also means that we need to place our cell phones a little distance from our heads while we sleep. That likely means three feet or so is great. At least it will get your feet on the floor when the alarm goes off. We have been mucking around with electromagnetic radiation for a century now and have not got ... more »

Tractor Beam Development

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

The theory is uncomplicated and what we are seeing is proof of concept using ultrasound and other easily manipulated fields. When we finally master real gravitational effects, it will by easy to produce a high strength tractor beam. Such a deice will be obviously useful and the fact is that we have not even begun to think about it at all. Whether we can use it to run an effective elevator remains to be seen. That would entail been able to enter a vertical tube and rise or drop at a steady state to a safe arrival point. It should also be possible. *Star Trek-style 'tractor beam'... more »

Noam Chomsky on Snowden

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

These are the thoughts of Noam Chomsky regarding the Snowden affair. What is clear to all citizens, is that the sheer depth of penetration into our personal lives is stunning and essentially for no other reason but because they could. Worse, the decision to exploit this data was anyone with simple access such as Mr. Snowden. Any amount of this data could be sold or used maliciously by someone so inclined. Now, is that not the clearest definition of the right to privacy? Snowden chose to act, not because it was right or wrong, but because he could. Think about that for a moment. ... more »

Lessons of Amish Agriculture

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

What I really want to share here is the well thought out cyclic crop rotation system in place here. The horses are really a costly extra that absorbs way more time and effort than described here. This type of farm works very well with a small light tractor able to pull at most a three blade plow, although such plowing is presently contraindicated. Time spent with the cattle is not mentioned either. Again modern hardware is wonderful along with a front end loader and a properly designed flat surface and back up bar stall system to keep the shoveling to the minimum. Modernity... more »

Ninth Grade Girls Show Plants Will Not Grow Near Wi-Fi Routers

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

Ouch! The immediate take home here is that we need to place our routers a long way away from our heads while we sleep and we must be aware of the issue. This is the type of effect that is capable of producing significant damage while never been associated as a cause. It also means that we need to place our cell phones a little distance from our heads while we sleep. That likely means three feet or so is great. At least it will get your feet on the floor when the alarm goes off. We have been mucking around with electromagnetic radiation for a century now and have not got our act... more »

Physicists Prove Surprising Rule of Three

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

This item is interesting and clearly leads us to a great deal more physics using the ultra cold system. The theory also confirms that there is a lot of geometry at work here and my own ideas regarding the construction of atoms fits into this world. Better it provides an excellent confirmation tool for theoretical constructs that I contemplate ultimately producing through simulation. What is neat is to see a long ago theoretical result actually prove up in the lab. The math said so, but what theorist or empiricist ever really trust that? We are all too conscious that it is all... more »

Killer whales hunt the Great White

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

Amazingly the problem is actually solved. It turns out that an Orca was observed killing and eating a Great White. I suspect that this is now common practice as well. Thus the Great White does have a hunter and one that is supremely skilled. What the Orca does is to ram the Shark, immobilizing it and causing it to roll over to present an easy meal. No one could have made this up. We also learn that the Great Whites will flee the locale of such a hunter. This makes it plausible that the strong Orca population along he Pacific northwest is likely sufficient to make the Great Whi... more »

New Orleans Nearly Finished Killing Off Its Public Schools

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

I am hesitant to say much about all this but the discharging of teachers and cherry picking students is hardly promising particularly when we are dealing with a Southern Culture that has continuously worked to betray Federal intentions regarding racial equality forever. It may not be as awful as it was merely fifty years ago but there is still plenty of traces out there. It ultimately has to be solved from the ground up through a communion of intention. We are at least trending there and of course, for the best and brightest, escape is now easy. That is also essentially true ... more »

Evolving Bigfoot Human interaction Taking Place

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

This is an important interaction and confirms that successful interaction is completely possible. Again it needs to be based on gift exchange. Notice that they are collecting food whenever they can, but are also returning gifts in an effort to sort out what is valuable. They actually want to trade with us. I cannot wait to introduce them to soap. In fact they would also welcome grooming with brushes. All that will lead to active exchanges. Note the mind to mind communication. This is better than horses or elephants. Thus it is becoming clear that we can trust them as that do... more »

The Platinum Supply Shock

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

The industrial market for platinum is essentially a one trick pony and is thus vulnerable to outright replacement. That day has not yet arrived though and the market is presently been stressed by severe strikes in South Africa and by apparent rapid expansion of demand. Thus we have a two year window in which trading opportunities should arise through sheer volitional that would otherwise never be there. Otherwise there is no long term shortage to worry about. I do suspect that we do have a long term shortage in the gold market developing as global public demand expands steadi... more »

Massive Chinese Steel Glut

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

For those who like to worry, we have the massive expansion of Chinese steel making capacity. This picture has been discordant for a very long time and leaves me wondering if we are all missing something. The reason that I ask that is that central planning types have a clear picture of what their building objectives are. If that means a cement slab condo for every family in 2030, then warehousing millions of tons of re-bar is plausible and easily financed with low interest money. Thus this massive build out may merely reflect future capital outlays and financing structures not sold... more »

Fractal Nanostructures used to Build new Supermaterials

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

This is a pretty good review piece of just were our current research is. Material science is advancing steadily into nano engineered materials capable of miraculous properties and ultimately cost effective manufacturing. What is described here is a natural one off process that will still have serious application. Rocket engines come to mind. Yet we are well on the way to producing my multilayered skin for my Magnetic Field Exclusion Vessel. *Fractal nanostructures used to build new supermaterials* *By Dario Borghino* *June 6, 2014* *http://www.gizmag.com/fractal-nanotruss-sup... more »

The Shamanic View of Mental Illness

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

Once we accept the reality of spirit as central to our own existence, it follows that we need to enter into a profound change of perspective. This item I just came across takes just that perspective to all forms of mental illness. Accepting Consciousness as the business of the Spirit and accepting Soul as the ideal of the Spirit and that all this acts on the physical to produce and manage our perceptions is completely contrary to our scientific ideas of the past centuries. I will now take this further. Our physical expression is a tool of our spirit/soul and can be understood a... more »

Edward Snowden's Unaired Remarks About September 11

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

The problem with all the data is not and curiously it never has been about the data ,but the outright lack of imagination within the intel community. It is actually proving to be easy enough to identify potential threats. In all cases cited, the perps had been identified long before any action. It is asking way too much to set up a action plan for identified potential threats. One stage is a go to contact for simply allowing the eyeballs to send key actionable data, however weak it might be. That removes the responsibility immediately from the first observer who could be anyone. ... more »

N.S.A. Collecting Millions of Faces

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

Yes, it is coming. What a natural self testing system. As recognition software improves, it identifies faces on the internet a an ongoing project. Success is achieved once all images are correctly identified. At the very least all forms of impersonation fraud becomes impossible and you will not be able to hide from your government at all. I am not so sure that I am particularly bothered by this development. There will be approved cut outs and we will simply learn to operate inside appropriate bounds. We do anyway. What is lost is freedom to abuse process. The reward though is s... more »

An Index of Misery Measures China’s Runaway Housing Prices

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

The game goes on. In order to earn rent on cash, it is necessary to lend on real estate which is easily identifiable and easily evaluated to a wage earning family. Or some version thereof. It is not really that good a system and it produces its own distortions. The worst part of it is that it encourages urban price inflation allowing the lender to lend a lot more money with no real effect of growth. The problem lies directly in governmental regulation. Agents of the current regime have bought into this regime blindly without looking much past their natural self interest. Until th... more »

Scientists Discover an Ocean 400 miles Deep?

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

So far this is a nice theory and it obviously makes a great story. Otherwise it happens to be impossible to collect a sample that does not have likely controversial genesis. We do have grain captured in diamond. Thus we know that it is possible for a mineral type to absorb water essentially where it was completely unexpected. This inability to actually sample at depth except to some degree by proxy makes this type of speculation very questionable. The depths described here are completely explored by inference from seismic waves and perhaps from spectral emissions. Getting ground... more »

The Final Confrontation

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

This item speaks to something that we all need to pay attention to. Fundamental ideas regarding man and man's relation to God now have global reach and are been informed by fresh revelation and organizing ideas. What Karol Wojtyla does for us here is clearly spell out the most general intellectual framework to approach this developing challenge. There is the Church holding out the ideal and promoting its attainment as our human birthright against secular, religious and ideological opposition that succumbs easily to following an anti Church sophistry. Because these currents have... more »

Protein Products and Heavy Metal Contamination

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

For those who do not know, Natural News has woken everyone regarding unusual heavy metal content in a wide range of commercial protein sources and this has now led to far more careful formulations and blow back against those unable to comply. I suspect that a lot of the metal content represents no real threat whatsoever, however that only means that it is possible for a specific problem to pass through the filter. Thus this testing tells us were to look and watch. China’s smokestacks continue to bite. These are the same smokestacks that the USA and Europe shipped to China to ... more »

USDA Admits to Being Behind the Mysterious Slaughter of Millions of Birds and Animals

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

I had been ignoring these stories because I felt that the likely had natural causes. Instead we have this which is a bizarre travesty. What are they thinking? They will always go away on their own. Then we get their reasoning and it is essentially rationalizing the activities of a far too enthusiastic death squad. Yes, it does become necessary to carefully cull specific populations. By that I do mean deer herds, wild pig herds whose growth conflict directly with farming and promote a larger carnivore population which is hardly wise. These culls also need to be directly trad... more »

Moving Into the Sacred World of DMT with Nick Sand

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago

This article is important in that it spells out and shapes plausible protocols for using DMT which is the critical ingredient in the safe psychedelics like Ayahausca. We learn to understand the central importance of setting and by natural inference intention. Can you imagine been insane enough to do this as part of some trumped up satanic ritual? You are sure to receive a vision of hell that drive you witless. The science is now becoming clearer and with legalization of these mind altering drugs becoming mainstream, science has jumped in. What is in this article needs to be cle... more »

TEMPEST dream - 1950's facial torture - I get no kick from Novocaine

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 16 hours ago

over the past several days, the visually intense dreams have started again, vivid dreams, memorable dreams. It all started a few days ago when a being of very intense points of light came for a visit. The points of light were primary colours, like the colours in the original Tempest game. Tempest looked just like that graphic there. But, in the next dream, an old games-industry boss tasked me to update Tempest as a totally realistic 3D-shooter. Kinda like playing Spiderman crawling up walls and such while the enemies approached along all domestic surfaces. Then (this morning) came ... more »

Stephen Harper`s Supreme Beatdown

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 17 hours ago

Native leaders cheered, others had tears of joy running down their faces, ancient lands rumbled and shook, tremors reverberated through to the heart of our Canadian constitution... Moments after the Supremes thundered down their landmark decision I too celebrated, unanimous, 8 to 0.... Was this ruling political, yes, partly it was, I truly believe that our supreme court went out of their way to send a message to Stephen Harper and his gang of corporate thugs, .. Ever since Stephen Harper was granted a majority he has governed our country but one way... *"We the oil companies, by... more »

Lindsey Graham Won His Primary, But BRAVO TV Star Thomas Ravenel May Well Still Do Him In

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago

We've been writing about how the DSCC is missing their best opportunity of 2014 by not taking advantage of a peculiar situation in South Dakota where there are 3 Republicans on the November ballot against populist Democrat Rick Weiland. The Party Establishment has a garden variety corporate shill in the race, Mike Rounds, and he's the official party designee, but 2 very well-known Republicans, ex-U.S. Senator Larry Pressler, and state Senator Gordon Howie, both running as Independents, feel strongly that Rounds is unfit to represent the state in the U.S. Senate. There's a similar... more »

Historical US Gold Reserves simply can't be consistent with the actual history of the closing the the London gold Pool in 1968 ( due to London and the US having a few months of gold left to meet French demands for gold ) and the closing of the US gold window in 1971 by President Nixon..... And as the historical data for US Gold Reserves do not indicate any measurable change in gold reserves since the early 1970's ( such as gold purchases to offset those massive deliveries of gold in the late 1960's ) , there simply cannot be physical gold in the US ( US Treasury or Federal Reserve ) that matches up with the so called official data..... Which explains why Germany's Government has given up on bring their gold home from the New York Federal Bank ! Austria will bay at the moon but back off as well..... what's gone is gone and it's not coming back !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago

How can the US Government ( US Treasury ) or the Federal Reserve have any sizable physical gold left ? First the official malarkey .... Focus on years starting 1968 - 1971..... Historical U.S. Gold Reserves *by Tim Iacono - The Mess that Greenspan Made* Published : February 19th, 2013 Keywords : Bretton Woods | Gold | Gold Reserves | Gold Standard | Us Gold | From the historical data in the World Gold Council’s archives comes the chart below depicting the dramatic rise and fall of U.S. gold reserves before and after World War II (note that the stair-step pattern prior to 1950... more »

New Axis of Evil ( Fear mongers ) Holder / Graham and Cheney on display ( June 26 , 2014 ) ....... Once again , don't doubt for a second that scaring the public and False Flag ops are anything but bipartisan operations ......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago

Speaking of Homegrown Terrorists: Tricky Dick Cheney Predicts a “massive attack on the homeland” Kimberly Paxton www.TheDailySheeple.com June 25th, 2014 Reader Views: 3,850 Comments (12) 429 58 522 [image: richard-dick-cheney] I don’t know about you, but when multiple politicians begin to warn us of terrorist attacks, I get an itchy little feeling that the warning is dire indeed…that something is definitely coming…but that the actual terrorists are not the people they are warning us about. Could the *real* homegrown terrorists please stand up? First of all, Eric Holder launched hi... more »

Enenews Having Log In Problems

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 19 hours ago

I tried to log in to discuss webcam observations given the strange emissions today. I couldn't tell whether fog or steam was smothering the site in strange eddies. This morning's pinkness did not look the least bit natural as it was spiked with red. I wasn't able to log in at that or any other thread. Here is the discussion forum http://enenews.com/forum-fukushima-webcam-discussion-thread-dec-26-1013-present It always makes me a bit paranoid when Enenews login fails during a suspected large emission event.

Hot enough for you? Summer blasts its way in -- and we've got it in cartoon form

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours ago

New Yorker *cartoon editor Bob Mankoff adds a note of caution to this vision of paradise conjured by Roz Chast: "Don’t try this at home unless this is in your home." (Note: You should be able to enlarge tonight's cartoon's a little -- like from 420 to 465 pixels wide -- by clicking on them. You'll have to make this call for yourself.)* *by Ken* Sorry, this is just another of those days when the thought of any of the things I could and perhaps should be writing about just makes me too crazy, and it's a day when I felt obliged to take off from work even though that meant making the ... more »

Sovereign shenanigans - June 26 , 2014 -- As Spain gets ready to shaft depositors ( NIRP Strikes: Spain To Create Tax On Bank Deposits - coming perhaps as soon as the month of July ? ) ........ Argentina about to hose bondholders in about a month's time or the end of July ( US court blocks Argentina debt payout US federal court decides not to let most recent installment of Argentina's debt payment through. ) !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-26/nirp-strikes-spain-create-tax-bank-deposits NIRP Strikes: Spain To Create Tax On Bank Deposits [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durdenon 06/26/2014 20:46 -0400 inShare It was a little over a year ago, just as the Cyprus deposit confiscation aka "bail in" was taking place, when we asked, rhetorically, if "Spain is preparing for its own deposit levy" when an announcement by Spain's Finance Minister, Montoro, hinted at the imminent arrival of just that. Specifically we said: While Spain's economy minister Luis De Guindos procl... more »

Musical Interlude: Afshin, “Prayer of Change”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago

Afshin, “Prayer of Change” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9oZ5A548Ak

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago

“Jets of streaming plasma expelled by the central black hole of a massive spiral galaxy light up this composite image of Centaurus A. The jets emanating from Cen A are over a million light years long. *Click image for larger size.* Exactly how the central black hole expels infalling matter is still unknown. After clearing the galaxy, however, the jets inflate large radio bubbles that likely glow for millions of years. If excited by a passing front, radio bubbles can even light up again after a billion years. X-ray light is depicted in the above composite image in blue, while microwav... more »

"Decisions..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago

"Except for totally impulsive or psychotic behavior, every human decision comes down to the choice between two alternatives." - Jeff Duntemann

The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Sonnets to Orpheus, Part One, IV"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago

*"Sonnets to Orpheus, Part One, IV"* "You who let yourselves feel: enter the breathing that is more than your own. Let it brush your cheeks as it divides and rejoins beside you. Blessed ones, whole ones, you where the heart begins: You are the bow that shoots the arrows and you are the target. Fear not the pain. Let its weight fall back into the earth; for heavy are the mountains, heavy the seas. The trees you planted in childhood have grown too heavy. You cannot bring them along. Give yourselves to the air, to what you cannot hold." - Rainer Maria Rilke

Chet Raymo, “Examination Of Conscience”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago

*“Examination Of Conscience”* by Chet Raymo “I have been reading Stephanie Smallwood's “Saltwater Slavery”, a close examination of the trade in human beings between the coast of West Africa and the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a sobering read, but if there is one thing I came away with, it was this: We have an enormous capacity to rationalize the most horrendous crimes. Everyone involved in the slave trade- the European owners of the ships, the masters of the trading companies, the ship captains and crews, the plantation owners in the West Indies and the Chesapea... more »

"Tripping the Switch Fantastic"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago

*"Tripping the Switch Fantastic"* By Julian Wash "Dear Humans, Today I would like to return to your awareness an aspect of the Human condition that can toggle between the worlds of internal and external experience. This “switch” enables us to compare and contrast what we hold to be true against the perceptions and opinions of others. This handy switch is essential. It promotes growth and awareness by opening doors to new ideas and possibilities while keeping us tethered to that familiar landing space we call self. It also serves as a protection device that can “switch off” stimuli... more »

Let's talk about St. Anthony, Minnesota's Rebekah Erler's letter to Obama and some advice for her...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 21 hours ago

*which she isn't going to like one little bit. Too bad.* Today, Obama had lunch (and photo op) with Rebekah Erler of St. Anthony Park, Minnesota, who wrote him a letter to complain about how hard her life is. And by gosh, the "ribbon cutter" president is supposed to do something about it. *In her own words on video:* "I was frustrated," Erler said. "I paid for my family's mortgage payment and our child care payment all on the same day and was really frustrated at how much it all cost." That was the moment I really decided like, *"*Somebody has to say something about this,"' Er... more »

in which i defend the suburbs against misconceptions (some thoughts on reading jane jacobs)

laura k at wmtc - 23 hours ago

I'm reading *Dark Age Ahead*, Jane Jacobs' 2004 strong caution to North American society. I'll blog about the book in general at a later date, but wanted to share some thoughts that keep coming up as I'm reading. This is the first time I'm reading Jacobs since living in a suburb, the kind of area Jacobs reviled, rather than living in a dense urban environment, the kind she revered. And now, when I read Jacobs' shorthand descriptions of suburbs, I wonder if she truly understood them. Two of the charges levelled against suburbs - and if you've read Jacobs or anyone influenced by her, ... more »

Establishment Republicans May Be Winning The Primaries But The Tea Party Wing Controls The Argument

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago

Louisiana teabagger Steve Scalise isn't the biggest win for the Ted Cruz wing of the GOP The reaction from ugly Republican racists to the embarrassing Tea Party losses in Oklahoma and Mississippi Tuesday-- two of the most brainwashed and extreme right-wing states in the U.S.-- was, to put it mildly, ungracious. McDaniel, of course, is refusing to concede. Limbaugh was screaming about Uncles Toms on the radio the next day and, as the National Memo pointed out, Palin declared that the Mississippi election had been tampered with, the results were illegitimate and that it is pointless fo... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago

Sacramento, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

History: “The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago

*“The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876”* by EyeWitness To History “In late 1875, Sioux and Cheyenne Indians defiantly left their reservations, outraged over the continued intrusions of whites into their sacred lands in the Black Hills. They gathered in Montana with the great warrior Sitting Bull to fight for their lands. The following spring, two victories over the US Cavalry emboldened them to fight on in the summer of 1876. To force the large Indian army back to the reservations, the Army dispatched three columns to attack in coordinated fashion, one of which contained Lt. Col... more »

David McGowan- Covert Ops behind the Hippie Dream

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago

Thanks Henrik @ Red Ice Creations! David McGowan was born and raised in Torrance, California, just twenty miles south of Laurel Canyon. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in psychology and has, since 1990, run a small business in the greater Los Angeles area. He is also a lifelong music fan who still frequently keeps his radio tuned to classic rock stations. McGowan’s previous books include Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder, and Understanding the F-Word: American Fascism and the Politics of Illusion. We’ll discuss his new book Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Lau... more »

'Tory' Jeremy Paxman says 'Newsnight' is 'made by 13-year olds'

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

This is quite something (h/t Sue): *Newsnight is 'made by 13-year-olds', says Jeremy Paxman* The former host says his Conservative leanings made him a lone voice on the show as the younger producers wanted to change the world. So, Boris was being quite shrewd then in joking that Paxo was "the last remaining one-nation Conservative in the BBC" on Jeremy's last edition of *Newsnight*. [Actually, I remember Boris joking about Jeremy being a Conservative in a *Newsnight *interview a year or two back too. Do you?] The *Telegraph *article continues: Speaking at the Chalke Valley History... more »

“Happy Custer Massacre Day!”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

*“Happy Custer Massacre Day!”* by James Bovard “On this day in 1876, Gen. George Custer led his 7th Cavalry regiment to their demise in Montana. The Battle of Little Big Horn was one of the biggest defeats suffered by the U.S. Army in the war against the Indians. It is only in recent years that proper attention has been paid to the role of atrocities by Custer and other military leaders in stirring up the wrath of oppressed Indians. I visited the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument 45 years ago during a cross-country trip as a 12-year-old boy to a Boy Scout Jamboree in I... more »

NVIC Calls for Vaccine Policy & Law Reform To Protect Human and Civil Rights

Barbara Loe Fisher at Vaccine Awakening - 1 day ago

posted 5/18/2014 *By Barbara Loe Fisher* No matter who you are or where you live, it is difficult to be part of a minority. It takes courage to follow your conscience. It takes courage to stand up and speak out for what you know is right when you are being targeted and sanctioned by those who claim it is their right to bully and shun you for who you are or what you believe. This is especially true for those speaking out and standing up for the right to make informed, voluntary choices about using vaccines, a pharmaceutical product that carries a risk of harm and failure that can be... more »

PERMANENT WAR ECONOMY

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago

The idea that the Great Depression was finally brought to an end by the onset of WWII has been a staple of history textbooks, documentaries and various war propaganda for decades. This myth continues to be perpetuated to the present day.The idea that war is good for the economy is, needless to say, a fallacious argument which itself is based on incorrect economic data.

NVIC Calls for Vaccine Policy & Law Reform To Protect Human and Civil Rights

Barbara Loe Fisher at Vaccine Awakening - 1 day ago

Posted 5/18/2014 *by Barbara Loe Fisher* No matter who you are or where you live, it is difficult to be part of a minority. It takes courage to follow your conscience. It takes courage to stand up and speak out for what you know is right when you are being targeted and sanctioned by those who claim it is their right to bully and shun you for who you are or what you believe. This is especially true for those speaking out and standing up for the right to make informed, voluntary choices about using vaccines, a pharmaceutical product that carries a risk of harm and failure that can be ... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

"Your Average Armadillo..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

“All of the available data show that the typical American citizen has about as much interest in the life of the mind as does your average armadillo.” - Morris Berman ◆ Apologies to armadillos for the comparison, but if it's true...

Northerntruthseeker Reaches 2 MILLION Hits!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago

When I started this blog some 6 years ago, I never ever thought I would see the day that it received 2 million hits, let alone reach even 100,000….. Today is definitely a red letter day for myself, and I do want to thank everyone for making it possible… So here's to 2 Million hits…. And hopefully a few million more…. Today also marks my son's graduation from High School…. He is a bright young man with a very bright future.. And to top it off, he is very Jew wise indeed… He knows who is responsible for the ruination of this planet, and has for the longest time seen through their lies... more »

Kauilapele's Blog: “New internet law in effect in Brazil”

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago

http://kauilapele.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/bricspost-6-24-14-new-internet-law-in-effect-in-brazil/ *BRICSPost 6-24-14… “New internet law in effect in Brazil”* Posted on 2014/06/26 by kauilapele *Well, at least somebody’s out there trying to correct things.* ——————————————– *New internet law in effect in Brazil* The Brazilian government’s new legislation aimed at protecting internet privacy and guaranteeing open access to the web came into effect on Monday in a bid to tighten security after the espionage scandal exposed by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. The ‘Marc... more »

Supplemental: What Lawrence O’Donnell said!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago

*THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014* *It’s just that time of the cycle:* We’re glad to see that Lawrence O’Donnell has recovered from the injuries he suffered in a taxicab accident. This has been his first week back on the air. Last night, he offered an intriguing framework concerning the pressing question of Hillary Clinton’s wealth: O’DONNELL (6/25/14): Joining me now is Nia-Malika Henderson, national political reporter for the Washington Post, and Ezra Klein, editor in chief of Vox.com and an MSNBC policy analyst. Nia, as far as I can tell, *I personally am not aware of any interest in ho... more »

"Obama Asks For $500 Million To Equip Syrian Rebels As The ISIS Juggernaut In Iraq Spreads"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

*"Obama Asks For $500 Million To Equip Syrian Rebels* * As The ISIS Juggernaut In Iraq Spreads"* by Tyler Durden "It is going from bad to worse for the Iraqi government, whose armed forces according to at least one unconfirmed media report, have suffered major losses. Perhaps confirming this, is the report from Reuters that overnight ISIS continued it southern creep toward Baghdad, and has now reached a town that is just an hour from Baghdad which is home to four natural gas fields on Thursday, "another gain by Sunni insurgents who have swiftly taken large areas to the north and wes... more »

“America's War in Iraq Was a Fool's Errand”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

*“America's War in Iraq Was a Fool's Errand”* by Bill Bonner “We don't need to add our commentary to the huge body of opinion already existing on the subject of Iraq. We all now know that the mission was a fool's errand and that it wasn't accomplished anyway. We know, too, that it cost trillions of dollars and got a lot of people killed. Nor do we need reminding that it destabilized the Levant. (We never thought it was very stable in the first place.) Still, we are looking on the bright side. The glass may be half empty for the US empire... but it's filling up for its enemies. Ha... more »

ANTHROPOLOGY LESSONS: Sun gods affirmed!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago

*THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014* *Part 4—Rucker serves Sawyer Inka:* Anthropologically speaking, it’s hard not to think of the 15th-century Inka when we consider the way our young “journalists” defer to their priests and their rulers. In his heralded book, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Charles Mann described the ancient folkways of the Inka. These folkways live on, slightly disguised, in the work of young Yale grads like Philip Rucker, who now writes for the Washington Post. Anthropologically speaking, some things never change! Thupa Inka was the son of the Pacha... more »

June 26: Well, let's start with the June 25 paper.....

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 1 day ago

....it doesn't take long to read, and has almost nothing worth reading in it. Just two items really struck me. One was a statement by Joe Biden in defence of Harper's seeming indifference to the fate of an Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned for - well - for being a journalist and doing his job. Harper, though PM of a country of which this reporter is a citizen has shown no interest at all. Biden's take on it is that this is a delicate issue, and that bullhorn methods won't work in dealing with it. Oh? Harper believes in quiet diplomacy? This is the man who made enemies all o... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago

*Sheriff, city still miles apart on plans for jail ~Jim Mustian, New Orleans Advocate* *Mayor Mitchmo: ‘New Orleans Robbed Of Its Fair Share’ ~The Hayride* *Frenchmen St. businesses upset at lack of rules enforcement ~Eric Paulsen, WWLTV * *New hotels not likely in New Orleans near future* *Premium Parking for Web ~Chris Boudy* *The Spirit of City Park Photo Contest Winners*

Mike's Story Part 62 - Lessons from Los Angeles

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 1 day ago

*By **Jenna** Orkin* *October 11, 2007 * * On the plane to LA* "See out there on the back of the wing?" Mike said. "Those are the flaps and the helions. When the plane takes off, they're down. You have more air passing over the plane than under it to increase lift on takeoff." I had a flashback-by-proxy to a talk that must have once taken place between Mike and his father. Only now Mike himself was Dad and I was little Mike. "See that jet of water?" A stream arced from the front of the wing. "That's the [I missed the term.] I'm talking a lot because my thumb is hurting... more »

Book Promotion

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago

Oh, one more thing before I forget: Over a month and a half ago, I was interviewed via email by Florida-based thriller novelist and Twitter follower Marcia Meara. Yesterday, the interview went live and, as these past two days have been rather hectic at Casa de Pottersville, I'd neglected to tell you you can find the interview here. Part of the reason it was so hectic these past couple of days is because I wanted to coordinate the interview with a book promo (or more like a relaunch) I'm doing for all three of my books, *American Zen*, *The Toy Cop* and the *Mi... more »

Are You a Diet Soda Drinker With Any of These Symptoms?

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago

Indictable, summary or hybrid

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago

R. v. D.M.E., 2014 ONCA 496: The Categories of Offences [29] It is well-known that the *Criminal Code* contains offences that are i. indictable; ii. summary conviction; iii. indictable or summary conviction. Some offences are indictable only. Others are summary conviction only. The third category, with which we are concerned here, consists of hybrid offences that may be prosecuted by indictment or on summary conviction depending upon the Crown's election of mode of proceeding. [30] An offence is indictable if the enactment that creates it provides that an alleged o... more »

"Being Jewish is not a matter of religion"

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago

*"No man will treat with indifference the principle of race. It is the key to history, and why history is often so confused is that it has been written by men who are ignorant of this principle and all the knowledge it involves. . . Language and religion do not make a race--there is only one thing which makes a race, and that is blood." - Benjamin Disraeli, Jewish former Prime Minister of Great Britain* Since the French Revolution, when Jews were granted citizenship in France and eventually all of Western societies, Jews have been considered and treated as a religious minority, rath... more »

Republicans Plan To Flip The Senate In November And Impeach Obama As Quickly As They Can After That

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

Looking for another reason to vote against Maine Republican Susan Collins? A few days ago, Jonathan Capehart wrote in the *Washington Post* that "President Obama will be impeached if the Democrats lose control of the U.S. Senate." Keep in mind that due to the unwillingness of Nancy Pelosi to replace that startlingly incompetent and venal Steve Israel as DCCC chair, the Democrats won't only *not* win back the House; they will experience a very painful net loss of seats.) Were Patty Murray still in charge of the DSCC, I wouldn't sweat the chances of the Republicans winning that body.... more »

HOW DO WE REACH A PEACEFUL & SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago

The peas are starting to bud in our back yard at the Addams-Melman House in Bath, Maine. We named our house after WWI-era peace activist and social worker Jane Addams who won the Nobel Peace Prize back in the day when you really had to earn it. The other half of our house name comes from Seymour Melman who was professor of economics at Columbia University in New York. He is regarded as the father of economic conversion and during the late 80's to early 90's that issue of converting away from military production was driving the peace movement as the Cold War came to an end and we... more »

Classroom Video Capture Project Proceeds With No Protocols for Security or Informed Consent

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

With Bill Gates's yesman, Dorsey Hopson, renewed for another term as non-educator-in-charge of Shelby County Schools, the pressure is on to expand the use of Microsoft's cloud-based technology to every aspect of schooling, from administering high stakes tests to video capture of children and teachers for teacher evaluation. Hopson is urging mandatory use of cameras in the classroom, even though there is no protocol in place and none planned to gain teacher or parent permission for these intrusive and insecure video captures, which will be uploaded to third party corporate servers w... more »

Turn Off Your Comcast HotSpot

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago

*Turn Off Your Comcast HotSpot* For more reasons than I can tell you - I hate Comcast. They are - of course - a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ). Unfortunately I have to use them unless I am willing to accept 1.5 Mbps that CenturlyLink offers - my only other option. So - Comcast reigns supreme Comcast screws their customers every day in every way - becausetheycan And the FCC does nothing This whole issue, the Comcast HotSpot, infuriates me. I bought my own modem – so Comcast can’t make obscene profits off me to “rent” their modem. I bought my own modem... more »

Cavuto Completely Loses it on Michele Bachmann

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago

There's something morbidly delightful about seeing right wingers eating their own. It brings to mind snake cults like Set, with the snake consuming itself with its tail in its mouth. or Paul Krendler being fed his own brains by Hannibal Lecter. And, to paraphrase the inimitable Egberto Willies, when you've lost Fox "News", you done lost middle 'Murrica. Mind you, now, this is Neil Cavuto we're talking about here, not some deer-in-the-headlights "liberal" wondering what the fuck he's doing on a Fox sound stage. This isn't Shep Smith or Alan Colmes or *The Five*'s Bob Beckel... more »

Corporate Education Reform: the "civil rights issue" up until it actually addresses civil rights issues like segregation

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

*"Children have a right and a need to have quality schools in their neighborhood." — Francis Howell School District * White school district sends black kids back to failed schools The one upside to the article is that it clearly puts to lie the corporate reformers' assertion that equitable funding isn't the issue. The resegregation—and in many cases, the continuation of segregation—of schools was the first step in creating these inequities that the neoliberal corporate education reformers would later exploit through austerity and privatization programs. This is why monsters like ... more »

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 1 day ago

Iraq’s Western Front Is Anbar Next To Fall?

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago

Back in December 2013 Prime Minister Nouri al-Malik instigated the current fighting in Iraq by making a poor political decision in Anbar. In the middle of December the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) ambushed the leadership of the Iraqi Army’s 7th Division and killed all the commanding officers along the Anbar-Ninewa border. The premier announced a security operation to clear the province of insurgents, which rallied most of the country behind it. Maliki decided to take the opportunity to arrest Parliamentarian Ahmed Alwani from the Iraqi Islamic Party who had been one... more »

Manila Flooding Torture

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago

This afternoon, around 3:15pm, there was heavy rain for an hour in Makati, then light rains for the next 20 minutes or so. Many parts of Metro Manila experienced such downpour, also some surrounding provinces. Many streets were flooded. (photo from ANC24; descent from Skyway, going to Buendia intersection, Makati) Heaaaavvyy traffic followed in many areas of the metropolis, especially in Buendia and Ayala Avenue in Makati. Productivity losses today is big; fuel consumption by cars and buses is big. I think this unresolved flooding in many Makati streets will affect the candidacy o... more »

Toyota FJ Zombie and Space Reptile Defense Vehile.

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago

Attention Toyota I have a graphic novel if not a TV series in mind based upon a Zombie resistant version of your FJ. A eccentric modify s this vehicle to exist in a Zombie Apocalypse and then it happens. To make it real it runs on ethanol. It has a snowplow of Tiatimum blades and all the windows have sharp titanium screens like Israeli SUV. The family is also been trained to handle swords. They join up with groups of human survivors who are idiots and constantly defeated by Zombies and they move on. However every group has a message to say about how not to survive. This model is ... more »

Full? BBC News - UK population grows by more than 400,000

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago

' The ONS said the UK population had increased by about five million since 2001 and by more than 10 million since 1964.' Full yet? More non investigative reporting here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27972335

Can we not be sensible

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago

Bee Colony Die off. This is serious stuff. This is going to cost the people that eat billions if not eliminate all pollinated products like tomatoes. So like global warming we have two sides. Man using pesticides or nature using a mite. Science says pesticides, but we delay waiting on the mite to kill our pollinated food.

Aboriginal title confers on the group that holds it the exclusive right to decide how the land is used and the right to benefit from those uses

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago

*Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia*, 2014 SCC 44 is an extraordinarily important decision. Critically it gives aboriginal groups the exclusive power to decide on the use of lands forever. The decision recognized a First Nation's title to a specific tract of land -- with major implications for contentious energy projects like the Northern Gateway pipeline. The decision will make it easier for First Nations to establish title over lands that were regularly used for hunting, fishing and other activities. A legal summary of some of the decision follows: The nature of Aborigin... more »

The Executive Order Hypocrisy of John Boehner

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago

Finally free from having to constantly defend himself from an overthrow by the back-stabbing little guttersnipe Eric Cantor, House Speaker John Boehner is cranking up the election year outrage. Boehner is filing a lawsuit against President Barack Obama's use of executive orders to bypass a gaggle of paid off obstructionists hellbent at wrecking America. Braying about Obama's circumventing of Congress in issuing the orders to deliberately flout the quaint and antiquated system of checks and balances that is pretty much extinct in the corrupt, lawyered-up and spied upon modern polit... more »

"A final number for real US GDP growth in the first quarter of 2014 was just released. The number is not the 2.6% growth rate predicted by the know-nothing economists in January of this year. The number is a decline in GDP of -2.9 percent." "It is possible that the drop in first quarter real GDP is three times the official number." "The US economy cannot grow because corporations pushed by Wall Street have moved the US economy offshore." "An official decline of -2.9 percent in the first quarter implies a second quarter GDP decline. Two declines in a row is the definition of recession." And with regard to Russia... "Only a government drowning in arrogance and hubris or a government run by psychopaths and sociopaths would pick such an enemy." -- Paul Craig Roberts

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago

------------------------------ *A New Recession and a New World Devoid of Washington’s Arrogance? — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ June 25, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter A New Recession and a New World Devoid of Washington’s Arrogance? Paul Craig Roberts June 25, 2014. A final number for real US GDP growth in the first quarter of 2014 was released today. The number is not the 2.6% growth rate predicted by the know-nothing economists in January of this year. The num... more »

A3 Newsletter: Say NO to Another Supermax! (June 25, 2014)

angola3news at Angola 3 News - 1 day ago

The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) is organizing a national call-in day on Thursday, June 26 to stop the opening of another Supermax prison. We encourage A3 supporters to join us by taking action with NRCAT, whose call-in alert is featured below. *Grassroots Leadership Honors Robert King* This month, the board and staff of Grassroots Leadership, in North Carolina, spent the evening with Robert King of the Angola 3. Grassroots Leadership wrote afterwards: "We are so profoundly thankful for the opportunity to sit with King as he shared his experience as a politi... more »

Trouble Brewing.

Spike EP at News Spike - 1 day ago

*Brandon Lee (-DECEASED-) and Paula Hutchence (-DECEASED-)* *1993*

BBC Trust Impartiality Review: BBC coverage of Rural Areas in the UK

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

The latest BBC Trust's report into BBC impartiality is out today. Its author is Heather Hancock, ex-civil servant and former chair of the BBC’s rural affairs committee. You can read it in full here. I suspect you won't be surprised to hear that the report finds that the BBC's coverage is impartial, but there are concerns too. Here are the main points: *Positive findings* *• Overall, the BBC’s coverage of rural areas in the UK is duly impartial. There is no evidence of party political bias, and a wide range of views is aired. * *• In controversial stories, the BBC’s approach ... more »

Politically Inconvenient

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago

Hypocrisy is at the heart of the Harper regime. That hypocrisy was on display once again this week when John Baird -- the prime minister's bullhorn -- declared that, in the case of Mohamed Fahmy, bullhorn diplomacy wouldn't work. Harper has been using his bullhorn against the tyranny of Vladimir Putin a lot recently. But, when it comes to Egypt, he sees no tyranny at all. The reason for his blind spot, Linda McQuaig writes, is Harper's unquestioning support for Israel: Harper has never cared about democracy in Egypt. On the contrary, democracy there has been seen as a threat to ... more »

Steve Israel's Greatest Accomplishment Of 2014: The 2 Bluest Districts Without Democratic Candidates, Both In Florida

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

¿dónde está Steve? We've made the case that Debbie Wasserman Schultz has, over the last decade, moved-- at times openly and at times stealthily-- to offer political protection to her old comrade, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Back in 2008, when Wasserman Schultz was in charge of the DCCC's Red-to-Blue program and publicly endorsing Ros-Lehtinen (and two other Miami-Dade Republicans) against Democrats, Ileana's 18th CD had a PVI of R+4. Since they, Florida has undergone some significant changes demographically (which we'll get to in a moment) and also in terms of cartology. FL-18 was redrawn i... more »

"The Cost Of Knowing It..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

"There's a truth deeper than experience. It's beyond what we see, or even what we feel. It's an order of truth that separates the profound from the merely clever, and the reality from the perception. We're helpless, usually, in the face of it; and the cost of knowing it, like the cost of knowing love, is sometimes greater than any heart would willingly pay. It doesn't always help us to love the world, but it does prevent us from hating the world. And the only way to know that truth is to share it, from heart to heart, just as Prabhakar told it to me, just as I'm telling it to you n... more »

Obama Education Agenda and the Tone-Deaf Follies

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

Obama Education Agenda and the Tone-Deaf Follies. via Obama Education Agenda and the Tone-Deaf Follies.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

So massive rises in house prices between now and October, do these people not think? 'Bank of England caps some home loans, toughens mortgage affordability test'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago

' LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England sought to put the brakes on Britain's surging housing market on Thursday by announcing a cap on home loans and tougher checks on whether borrowers can repay their mortgages. The Bank's Financial Policy Committee said that from October, it would only allow 15 percent of new mortgages to be at multiples higher than 4.5 times a borrowers' income.' More here... http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN0F10UE20140626?irpc=932

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 1 day ago

*Common Core Controversy: Is U.S. Constitution a ‘Living Document’?* A classroom resource provided by a group founded by three lead writers of the Common Core State Standards teaches 8th graders as fact that the U.S. Constitution is a "living document" and that the nation's founders only considered white males with property as persons under the law. But leading constitutional scholars challenge both assertions. Student Achievement Partners’ sample lesson for Linda R. Monk’s Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution is listed as a suggested reading for 8th graders i... more »

Russia targeting USD Reserve Currency Status ? June 26 , 2014 -- GAZPROM READY TO SETTLE CHINA CONTRACTS IN YUAN OR RUBLES: CFO , Gazprom is in talks on a Hong Kong listing and is weighing the issuance of Yuan bonds. Gazprom is also considering selling bonds in Singapore dollars, the CFO said at briefing in Moscow. Correspondingly note - PBOC Assistant Governor Jin Qi and Russian central bank Deputy Chairman Dmitry Skobelkin led a meeting held yesterday and today in Shanghai. The meeting discussed cooperating on project and trade financing using local currencies. The meeting discussed cooperation in bank card, insurance and financial supervision sectors.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-26/gazprom-ready-drop-dollar-settle-china-contracts-yuan-or-rubles Gazprom Ready To Drop Dollar, Settle China Contracts In Yuan Or Rubles [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durdenon 06/26/2014 08:08 -0400 - China - Crude - Hong Kong - Renminbi - Reserve Currency - Yuan inShare A little over a month ago, whenRussia announced the much anticipated "Holy Grail" energy deal with China, some were disappointed that despite this symbolic agreement meant to break the petrodollar's strangehold on the rest of th... more »

"Fukushima Update 6/26/2014"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

*"Fukushima Update 6/26/2014"* by ENENews.com • "Jiji Press, June 18, 2014: "Radioactive contamination of groundwater at Fukushima Daiichi is far from being under control the source of contamination remains unclear and new record levels of radioactive substances have been detected in groundwater taken at a number of measuring points on the ocean side of the plant’s No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. Radioactivity levels in groundwater have hit new record highs at 18 of 32 measuring points on the ocean side since April, according to TEPCO. At the most polluted well, located east of the No. 2... more »

Palestinian terrorist fakery

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago

Israelly Cool has afascinating example of Palestinian fakery Pro-terrorist Facebook page Rasid News Network today posted the following, supposed showing a missile fired by the Gaza “resistance”: Post by ‎شبكة الراصـد الاخبارية‎. And what a glorious projectile it is. In fact, it’s the Soviet/Russian space station Mir as she reentered the Earth’s atmosphere and broke up over Fiji in 2001.

Frank Medrano - amazing vegan fitness - meat is murder

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 1 day ago

Meat is murder... ...this is one of the Key Claims of Free Planet. We have to let the 'other lifeforms' have their life and their space, too. But then you have those meat-heads who claim, *"A keynt git mah pwotein wivout mah meet,"* to which I say *'Frank Medrano is a Vegan'*. Watch and learn.

This dog won't hunt; Peter MacKay says controversial Mother’s and Father’s Day emails written by female staffer

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago

I've dealt with plenty of staffers over the years. I've even had them write speeches, brochures and policy briefs for me. BUT I am the name signing and if I don't agree with the text I don't approve it. What's more, if something goes wrong (and it has!) I don't blame the staffer. What I approved is mine to wear. http://ww2.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2014/06/26/peter-mackay-says-controversial-mothers-and-fathers-day-emails-written-by-female-staffer

Harper's Perps with Perks #11

Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago

Welcome, Con MP Mark Adler, to the wonderful world of Harper's Perps with Perks. Mr. Adler is seen here on the other side of Steve from his old friend, convicted money launderer Nathan Jacobson, who fronted Adler $114,000 for a business venture but then wanted it repaid. Nuh uh uh, countered Adler when Jacobson sued him for it in 2011 - it had been a gift, "a friendly gesture" and he wasn't giving it back. Given the awful optics of Jacobson having just been arrested for being on the lam from US authorities while hanging out with his new Con buddies Jason Kenney and John Baird, Ni... more

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