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Lies, damned lies......
I’ve been thinking about images of dead babies. In November 2012 I wrote a
piece called War Porn.
*“**At the first sign of trouble, simply whip out an image, verbal, visual
or subliminal, of a Palestinian baby, and you’ve won your own little war.” *
I said that then, and now I have to say it again.
Cast your mind back to Question Time, November 2012. Operation Pillar of
Cloud/Defense. Owen Jones was on the panel, and the Israel question came
up. He delivered a lengthy unchallenged and uninterrupted rant devoted to
castigating Israel, firstly for the disproportionate number of Pale... more »
Crown Prosecutor's Duty
R. v. Hurd, 2014 ONCA 554:
[32] Crown prosecutors are advocates who are expected to act
rigorously but fairly, persuasively but responsibly. A criminal
prosecution takes place within the parameters of an adversarial system. As
Moldaver J.A. emphasized in *Clark*, at para. 126, a murder prosecution is
not a tea party: "both sides [are] entitled to press their case and put
their best foot forward."
[33] On the other hand, as noted by this court in *R. v. Henderson* (1999),
44 O.R. (3d) 628 (C.A.), at p. 638, Crown counsels' role is unique given
their role as "minister... more »
New Gig
If you are interested in my writings on sports-related matters, you can now
find me over at Sporting Intelligence, run by the brilliant Nick Harris.
I have recently completed an evaluation of World Cup predictions and just
today have a piece up on doping in sport.
Comments and suggestions always welcomed.
About vicars
"Male vicars (as opposed to women vicars whose gender predisposes them to
‘listen to people’) are frequently waiting to fill the first moment of
silence with their own intellectual offerings” said the father of a female
vicar on Sunday Live. (roughly) It was a negative comment about the latter,
but still, in the absence of debate all we can do here on this blog is fill
space with offerings. We’re not even vicars.
Anyway that made me think of a vicar I admire, Canon Andrew White “The
Vicar of Baghdad” and I wonder how he’s doing now.
Russia Proving Ukraine shot down MH17, not through Propaganda but through irrefutable satellite images of Military jet and missile systems
All the propaganda coming out of the U.S. and Ukraine, along with the U.K.
and Australia regarding Russia separatist are the ones who shot down MH17.
Russia is now proving that the information released about a Ukrainian
military jet was there by MH17 when it went down is correct and the fact
that Ukraine had BUK missile systems set up where the plane was shot down.
Russia has released
Netroots Nation-- What Next?
I don't know a lot about Netroots Nation and I've never been to one,
although everyone else from Blue America usually goes and generally speaks
well of it. I always thought Markos from Daily Kos was the founder and
owner. But over the weekend I read a post he wrote about next year:, Netroots
Nation is going to Arizona, Daily Kos is not. That provoked an evolving
discussion of Netroots Nation both at Kos and among progressive bloggers in
general. And it certainly went beyond Markos' complaints about Arizona's
anti-immigrant posture. Our old pal, author Dave Neiwert, summed up a lot... more »
Sunnis In Baghdad Fleeing Militias And Harassment By Iraqi Security Forces
Iraq is suffering through yet another internal refugee crisis. Previous to
the current insurgent offensive there were over 1 million Iraqis who lost
their homes during the civil war period and never returned. Now there is
another wave of internally displaced, which started with the fighting in
Anbar in January, and increased after the fall of Mosul in June. The
majority of these new refugees come from Anbar, Ninewa and Salahaddin. In
the midst of this new crisis several thousand families have fled Baghdad
province. Most of these Iraqis appear to be Sunnis that are fleeing random
a... more »
Easy Custom Pinboards for Doctor Who Fans
Hi again! Lorene here, the blogger formerly known as just Lu. (The blog is
still there, but the blogger isn't as often :)) If you've been reading
Housewife Eclectic for many moons, you might remember me from my Wednesdays
on the Web posts back in the day. But this time, I'm here to share some fun
projects with you to give Debra a little break and some time to snuggle
that sweet baby girl!
Up today: super easy, customizable pinboards. Yup, real-life pinboards, not
the Pinterest kind. Make them for whoever -- I highly recommend your
favorite Whovian :)
*How to Make Custom Mini Pinbo... more »
MH17 Show & Tell: It's the West's Turn
*July 21, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - Russia has now shown its satellite
pictures and radar information from the Donetsk, Ukraine region during the
July 17, 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash.
The Wall Street Journal reported in its article, "Russia Presents Its
Account of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash," that:
*Russia's Defense Ministry on Monday presented its first detailed account
of the final moments of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, saying Russian radar
had spotted a second aircraft in the vicinity shortly before the crash and
that satellite imagery showed Ukraine ha... more »
Supplemental: Award-winning series postponed!
*MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014*
*The Houses of Journalist County:* Do Bill and Hillary Clinton have too
much cash? Too many fancy houses?
Last month, these questions arose, prompted by a Q-and-A involving Diane
Sawyer. During a thoroughly pointless interview with Hillary Clinton, the
famous broadcaster popped these questions:
SAWYER (6/9/14): Tonight Hillary Clinton, 66 years old, lives on a schedule
almost as taxing as a campaign tour. She and her husband, thanks to some
big spenders, including Wall Street companies, are no longer the couple
struggling for money. Reportedly, they can char... more »
The Fall of Iraq - What You Aren't Being Told
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ISIS Leader a Confirmed CIA Puppet
NSA documents add more detail to plan to destabilize Middle East
*by KURT NIMMO | INFOWARS.COM | *
*Editor’s note: The validity of the document mentioned below cannot be
verified due to the exclusivity of the Snowden cache. Cryptome sent a
letter to various sources in possession of the documents, including The New
York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, Barton Gellman, Laura Poitrias,
Glenn Greenwald, ACLU, EFF and others demanding an accounting. The
allegation about ISIS and al-Baghdadi, however, pairs up with other
information demonstrating ISIS is an inte... more »
Because Happiness is Greater Than Any of Life's Obstacles: 'Yes We Can Be Happy, Yes We Are From Gaza'
Gaza Style
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President "Ribbon Cutter" spends the weekend at Camp David to enjoy some "family time"...
*except he spent Sunday on the golf course at Fort Belvoir.*
*Cocky long-legged mack daddy* *in his natural habitat*
Wow, with a schedule like his, the August 9th annual vacation to Martha's
Vineyard can't come fast enough.
Wonder what his wife and kids were doing on Sunday.
Word has it that he failed to recognize his eldest daughter last time he
saw her.
America, are you tired yet of him rubbing your noses in his armpit?
*Weekend Must-Read: Ten Reasons Why I Am No Longer a Leftist *
Perfectly describes just about every libtard I ever met.
“No new federal spending” Equals “This really doesn’t matter”
“No new federal spending” Equals “This really doesn’t matter”. via “No new
federal spending” Equals “This really doesn’t matter”.Filed under: PAUL
THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Every 300th day in the bulk of a solar cycle is sunspot-free
*...they are not that rare...*
The Daily Mail is the most influential source that wrote that
Why has the sun gone quiet?
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Scientists baffled as sun spots disappear during peak period of solar
activity
Surely it must be a miracle that days without any sunspots began last week,
inside the Solar Cycle 24. This shouldn't happen, should it? The Sun is
going to be turned off, or at least an ice age is coming. But is it? Should
we be stunned?
To answer the question, I downloaded the SIDC daily sunspot numbers from a
website. Between January 1820 and June 20... more »
Back from vacation to crowdsource a problem with school enrollment
Help. My elementary school in a low-income part of Washington, DC needs its
community to enroll its children in school. Otherwise, we’re going to have
a problem. In previous weeks, and in weeks to come, myself and others are
canvassing surrounding neighborhoods to ensure that students are enrolled
in school. Previously, I’ve called this “predatory […]
NEW KIDS ON THE LAWN: The intellectual legacy!
*MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014*
*Part 1—What Dowd leaves behind:* The generation of pundits now leaving the
stage leaves behind a truly appalling intellectual legacy.
They’re the gang who invented “invented the Internet.” Before that, they
invented the Whitewater “scandal.”
(They gave that famous name—Whitewater—to a whole political era. To this
day, can you explain what Bill Clinton is or was alleged to have done
wrong?)
Their technical incompetence is a thing to behold. Beyond that, they’ve
been in thrall to big-money interests for as long as they’ve been in
control.
Why do we America... more »
Just some links
Typhoon to make landfall on Wednesday. Typhoon track as of noon on Monday. Central
Weather Bureau typhoon link.
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*Daily Links*:
- Explanation of the Point System for foreigner grads of local
universities to find local jobs: Winkler. Note that last line has useful
translation.
- SOAS roundtable on Sunflower movement
- Bill Hayton with another strong piece on China's bizarro-world claims
to the South China Sea
- Forbes on the Confucius Institutes
- Local Vietnam government to compensate big Taiwan steel firm
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[Taiwan] Don't mi... more »
nina paley looks at the Middle East Conflict
Its a fantastic animation that really made me (and others see video below) thinkaboot
it.
Editors Note: At this time in history I am on the side of Israel. That is
not to say I or even most Jews support everything they do. I just do not
know what other choice they have? I have a solution but it makes to much
sense to implement.
Sabotaging Responsible Government
www.nationalpost.com/
Over at *ipolitics*, Andrew Mitrovica asks,"Is Mulcair just another Harper
with a beard?" It's an important question, given the evolution -- some
would say devolution -- of the New Democratic Party. There is a nomination
battle unfolding in British Columbia. Officials at party headquarters have
banned Paul Manly from seeking the party nomination in Nanaimo-Ladysmith:
This fracas is instructive for a number of reasons. The prickly issue,
however, at the core of the dispute – that... more »
Gazan to Netanyahu- Thanks monster, my life is ruined. MH17 spin/sanctions/BRICS bank
*No, that is not a real headline. It's fictional. Like most mainstream
media content *
*But, it could be very real. *
*This is a rambling post.... *
*You may not think so, but, all these subject are intertwined*
*Gaza, MH17, Sanctions, BRICS, spin and perception management so let's get
started *
*Seen this news today?*
In a grief-stricken open letter that went viral after being posted on
social media sites, he signed off as "Hans de Borst – whose life is ruined".
In my opinion. And this may be controversial. No grief stricken father or
mother would post such a letter on social media... more »
I Always Thought Every Band Should Cover A Bob Dylan Song, Especially "With God On Our Side"
Last week, as you may have read (here and here), I spent time out at the
State University of New York, Stony Brook, where I haven't been since
graduating in 1969. That's 45 years ago and I literally didn't recognize a
single thing about the campus, at least not physically. One moment that did
ring a bell however, was when one of the administrators asked me if I'm an
atheist. The administrators back in the '60s probably had every reason to
think so, since atheism has always been part of tearing down the
Establishment, something I've always had a penchant for, and certainly gave
pr... more »
Recommending Oldephartte Blog
Suburb Photo Credit Sergiu Bacioiu
Years ago my go to source for news was the Drudge Report. After a decade of
chases his links I realized I was being groomed. Then I moved to the Huff
Puff, but the Canadian Edition is run by a right winger. Lately my world
view is mostly informed by reading Oldepharrte.
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*The $2 Million Teacher*
*Teachers Pay Teachers lets educators reassert their professionalism—and
earn big bucks*
When Paul Edelman was working as a middle school teacher in New York City
during the early '00s, his school gave him none of the lesson plans,
handouts, and workbooks necessary for running a classroom. "When school
ended at 3 p.m., it was really just the beginning of my workday," says
Edelman. He says his first year was "brutal," and his second and third
years were only marginally better.
Edelman's experience is hardly unique; many young teachers burn out in part
beca... more »
Asymmetric Warfare Everywhere
*VS*
The illegal immigration crisis on the US southern border is seen in the
video below as warfare. I guess the enemy is the poor and huddled Central
American masses. George W Bush and the Banana Republicans for reasons
unknown created the child crisis by changing the law. Every person arrested
in the drug war is a Asymmetric warrior because the cost of imprisonment
weakens the enemy. Bottom line he does not understand Asymmetric warfare.
He equates it with guerrilla warfare. They are two different things. Anyway
its a fascinating video with a look into the Republican mind, wi... more »
Putin calls for an end to conflict in Ukraine as pressure builds on Moscow
*Full transcript:*
In connection with the terrible tragic events that happened in the skies
over Donetsk, I would like to explain once again Russian attitude to events
that are taking place in Ukraine.
We have repeatedly called on all parties of the conflict to immediately
stop the bloodshed and sit down at the negotiating table. We strongly
believe that if military action in the East of Ukraine was not renewed on
the 28th of June, this tragedy most likely wouldn’t have happened. However,
no one should have the right to use this tragedy to pursue egoistic
political aims. S... more »
Do I Have Workplace Rights If I Work In An Indian Casino?
An AOL Jobs reader asked:
I work security at an Indian Casino in California. I'm not sure how state
overtime laws apply to Indian Casinos, but my workplace requires me to
arrive early, get in uniform and clock in before I'm scheduled to start (no
more than seven minutes prior to start). And if we're more than one minute
late, we're penalized. What can be done?
I get questions about liability of tribal casinos a lot because my office
is just a few miles from a major one here in Florida. In general, Native
American reservations are considered to be on sovereign soil, and therefore
th... more »
Musical Interlude: Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxS-ICzjO6I
New Study Reveals That Roundup Herbicide Damages Sperm
NEWSTUDY: Roundup herbicide altered rats’ testicular function after only 8
days of exposure at a concentration of only 0.5%, similar to levels found
in water after agricultural spraying. The study found no difference in
sperm concentratio...n, viability and mobility, but there was an increase
in abnormal sperm formation measured 2, 3, and 4 months after this short
exposure. The study's findings should raise alarm in farm workers, as well
as people who spray Roundup for municipal authorities and even home
gardeners.
People exposed to lower doses repeated over the long term, inc... more »
TURNcoats Meet in Rosemont, IL to Promote Common Core
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*TURN is hosting a regional summer CCSS conference July 28-29 in Rosemont,
Illinois. Both NEA and AFT have representation and Fresno, CA and
Nashville, TN seem heavily represented. Of course, their intellectual
relic, Patrick Dolan, will be there to explain how those on the bottom
should properly collaborate with those on top. The full agenda is on the
TURN website: *
*http://www.turnexchange.net/blog.htm *
ht to Ken Derstine.
“The Al-Shejaia Massacre in Gaza – In Photos & Video”
"That truth is that monsters are real, and ghosts are real, too.
They live inside us, and sometimes they win."
- Stephen King, “The Shining”
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*A Comment: *I cannot speak freely about this mind-numbing savagery,
simply do not know the words to describe something so astonishingly vile
and incomprehensible. Click the link below, if you dare, for many more
pictures of the unspeakable horror that has happened, and is happening, in
Gaza right now. And we Americans paid for it all, and could stop it
instantly if the government chose to, but that's not reality when our
government is owned ... more »
Kiev Attacks Donetsk, Headquarters for MH17 Response
*July 21, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - Reuters reported that the
NATO-backed regime in Kiev has launched an offensive on the eastern city of
Donetsk, Donetsk province. In its article, "Fighting erupts in Ukraine as
crash investigators arrive," Reuters states:
*Ukrainian army tanks were reported to be launching an assault to break
pro-Russian rebels' hold on the eastern city of Donetsk on Monday in the
first major outbreak of hostilities in the area since Malaysia Airlines
flight MH17 was shot down last week.*
*A separatist leader said Ukrainian government forces were trying to br... more »
Meet the electric life forms that live on pure energy
From: New Scientist http://goo.gl/L4iVmg
Video: Electric bacteria connect to form wires
*Unlike any other life on Earth, these extraordinary bacteria use energy in
its purest form – they eat and breathe electrons – and they are everywhere*
STICK an electrode in the ground, pump electrons down it, and they will
come: living cells that eat electricity. We have known bacteria to survive
on a variety of energy sources, but none as weird as this. Think of
Frankenstein's monster, brought to life by galvanic energy, except these
"electric bacteria" are very real and are popping up ... more »
Fatalities in Gaza, what the BBC is not telling you
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s2hr09
John Kerry talks sense!
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/kerry-snaps-at-cnns-crowley-hamas-tries-to-provoke-questions-like-yours/
Su-30MKI engine failures worry IAF; Russia told to fix snag
[image: Su-30MKI]The Sukhoi-30MKI fleet of the Indian Air Force has been
encountering mid-air engine failures for the past two years. India has
officially flagged the matter to Russia seeking a correction.
Repeated engine failures and the newly introduced precautionary measures
have affected the availability of planes for various operations. The IAF
has a fleet of 200 Sukhois.
After a failure, the engine is replaced after testing before allowing the
plane to fly again. The process of removing and replacing an engine usually
takes four-five days, but can be extended depending upon th... more »
Anti-tank missile defense system makes debut
[image: Merkava 4 tank]While nine Iron Dome batteries scattered around
Israel protect the lives of millions of Israeli citizens, Israel Defense
Forces (IDF) tanks and armored vehicles operating in the Gaza Strip have
their own Iron Dome: Operation Protective Edge is the first real test of
Wind Jacket (known internationally as Trophy), the first-of-its-kind
active-defense system for tanks and armored personnel carriers (APCs).
The defense system was developed by Iron Dome developer and manufacturer
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. and was first used in late 2010.
The system has... more »
Non-orthogonal quantum states are not mutually exclusive
*"Interpreters" of quantum mechanics deny nothing less than Born's rule*
In classical physics, if we know that the system has generalized
coordinates \((x_i,p_i)\), i.e. that it sits at the corresponding point of
the phase space, then we may say that it certainly doesn't have generalized
coordinates \((x'_i,p'_i)\) if the collections of numbers differ,\[
(x_i,p_i)\neq (x'_i,p'_i).
\] Different points of the phase space are mutually exclusive even if they
are very close to each other. This lesson holds in any classical theory,
including classical field theory. If two configurations o... more »
Could Canada lease P-8 maritime patrol aircraft?
[image: P-8A Poseidon]The Conservative government has delayed the purchase
of a new maritime patrol aircraft to replace the current Aurora fleet. It
won’t be until 2027-2030 until that replacement gets underway.
Lack of money was the culprit. The RCAF had its eye on the P-8 patrol
aircraft but had deemed it too expensive. Is Britain on the road to a
solution to buy the aircraft? See below:
As speculation grows that the UK could be interested in the Boeing P-8
maritime patrol aircraft, a Boeing official said the firm is looking at
using its C-17 lease deal with the UK as a model for... more »
Ultra Electronics Says Sonar Systems Business Gets Contract Worth GBP 9.9 Mln
[image: HMAS Perth]Ultra Electronics Holdings Plc Monday announced that its
Sonar Systems business has been awarded a contract worth 9.9 million pounds
for provision of its Sea Sentor Surface Ship Torpedo Defence, or SSTD
system, to be used for New Zealand's ANZAC Frigate Systems Upgrade
programme.
Under this contract the Group will deliver two Sea Sentor SSTD Systems.
The ANZAC FSU project will upgrade the surveillance, combat and
self-defence capabilities of the ANZAC frigates to match current and future
threats and address obsolescence of some of the current systems, the firm
s... more »
State commission inks acceptance certificate for corvette "Stoiky"
[image: RFS Stoiky]State commission on July 18 2014 in Baltiysk signed the
acceptance / handover certificate for the newest corvette "Stoiky", the
third serial corvette of project 20380 (Steregushchy class).
The ship was built at St. Petersburg based Severnaya Verf (part of the
United Shipbuilding Corporation), the Corp. said in a press release.
The name of the third serial 20380-design corvette is inherited from its
famous predecessors: the first of Baltic Fleet's 7U project destroyer that
was defending Leningrad and Tallinn during WWII, the first serial destroyer
of project 30 B... more »
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*Warmists assume what they have to prove*
*There are a great number of models that have been put out out by Warmists
-- all with slightly different assumptions. And the assumptions are the
key. With different assumptions you could predict cooling. But there are
only a small minority that come close to the temperatures actually
observed.So the latest effort by some well-known Warmists simply picks out
those models that have done best and says: "Aha! The models are good
after all!" Read the abstract below and see for yourself. They say: "only
those models with natural var... more »
Navy feared frigate's excessive noise made it an easier target
[image: HMCS Toronto]The noise generated by one of Canada’s frigates was so
excessive that navy officers worried for a time that it had become more
vulnerable to torpedoes and other weapons that home in on sound, according
to a military report obtained by the Citizen.
Royal Canadian Navy officials were scrambling last year to deal with the
problem just as HMCS Toronto was getting ready to set sail for the Arabian
Sea, a potentially high threat area for submarines operated by other
nations.
At first, the navy thought that the excessive noise was being generated by
stern flaps, a dev... more »
Future submarines: Australia's $40 billion risk
[image: Collins class SSK]The selection process to build 6 to 12 future
submarines in Australia involves many hurdles and risks. It would be hugely
wasteful for politicians, admirals and officials to again make hasty
choices that again steer this country into a Collins disaster.
When the future planning Defence White Paper is published next year it will
be too early to decide on "local or foreign built?" issues because Japanese
submarine opportunities are only starting to emerge.
Australia should not be locked into another ASC construction in South
Australia fiasco - whatever Labo... more »
Reflections From The Echo Chamber
*Written by Grant G*
Motionless, not a breath of air, heat fear and anticipation of anything
tangible, stoic posturing is the onlyorder of the day...
I haven`t written much lately, for a reason, the story(s), the stories have
been written, federally Stephen Harper`s gang of ugly gnome like lawn
ornaments have become tiresome, nauseating in fact, a one refrain repeating
automatron buoy that never stops, one message, one theme,..
*Justin Trudeau bad, pot smoking unqualified trust fund baby with no depth,
........*
*Thomas Mulcair is an angry socialist hell-bent on spending AAAAAL... more »
Review & Giveaway - "The Big Tiny" by Dee Williams
At the age of 41, Dee Williams nearly lost her life. After collapsing in a
grocery store, she was diagnosed with a serious heart condition. While in
the hospital, she witnessed a tragedy ... the death of the woman in the
next bed. Those experiences reminded Ms. Williams that life is short and
gave her a new appreciation for the important things in life, namely her
friends, family, and home.
While she loved her home, she now saw it with new eyes. She questioned the
need for so many rooms and realized that they were filled with unused
stuff. She thought about the cost of maintaining a... more »
Without Another US Intervention In Iraq, The Islamic State Will Permanently Establish Itself In The Heart of The Middle East
*"You break it, you own it." - General Colin Powell. *
The Iraqi army, which since 2011 has largely come under the direct control
of Prime Minister Maliki, was defeated again by the few but ferocious
fighters of the Islamic State. An excerpt from, *"Islamic State overwhelms
Iraqi forces at Tikrit in major defeat"* by Mitchell Prothero, McClatchy,
July 18:
The defeat brought to an end a three-week campaign by the government in
Baghdad to recapture Tikrit, which fell to the Islamic State on June 11.
Military spokesmen earlier this week had confidently announced a final push
to reca... more »
Does reading online or via Kindle-type device change the way we read? Is it something to worry about?
*Reading via an electronic device, even one that's designed to mimic
reading from paper, may be as different from print reading as reading
online is. Anne Mangen, a researcher in Norway, tells Maryanne Wolf:
"Anecdotally, I've heard some say it's like they haven't read anything
properly if they've read it on a Kindle. The reading has left more of an
ephemeral experience."*
*by Ken*
One of the things I've meant to write about this week is a really
interesting piece by newyorker.com contributing editor Maria Konnikova, who
specializes in psychology and science, called "." Which is a... more »
Harry Targ : The Central American refugees are 21st century descendants of imperialism
The popular narratives about the horrific migration ignore the history of
U.S.-inspired violence in the region and the economic devastation caused by
neoliberal economic policies. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | July 20, 2014
A military coup in … finish reading Harry Targ :
The Central American refugees are 21st century descendants of imperialism
What I’ll Be Reading While Off The Grid
As of tomorrow I am turning on my “vacation” auto-responder, ceasing
blogging for a bit, and hitting the road for some combined
business/leisure. Highlights will include: Some Colorado conference travel
to present my research findings to one of the activist communities whose
work I profiled in my book London for a week of exploratory research among
NGOs
Continue reading
Israeli raids lead to massacre in Gaza's Shejaiya
Israeli raids lead to massacre in Gaza's Shejaiya. Source: Middle East Eye.
Date Published: July 20.
INTERNATIONAL CRASH INVESTIGATION TEAM SLOW IN SHOWING UP
Fascinating and troubling story emerging from eastern Ukraine. The
international crash investigation team appears to be huddled in Kiev and
not being in any hurry to come to crash site to begin their investigation.
Local self-defense forces, already accused by Obama and the western media
for the crime, appear to be stalling knowing that plane victims bodies are
decomposing in the hot weather and making a serious investigation more
difficult.
Why the delays in getting the international team to the crash site?
[For subtitles click the "captions" button next to the "settings" wheel ... more »
Quote of the day: On responding to Wagner
“… opera audiences … are responding to the heightened atmosphere
of the music-dramas which, as Thomas Mann put it, “implies that the
highest and best available to man is a life cast in the *heroic* mould.’”
- Simon Williams, *Wagner and the Romantic Hero*
- HERALD: ‘Concert review: *Tristan und Isolde*, Auckland Town Hall’
- HERALD: 'The agony and the ecstacy'
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Field Notes From a Lagging Indicator
*By William Neil*
*Introduction:*
Anyone with a social conscience or who has just followed the news since
2010 knows that the struggle for decent health care is not an issue that
can stand isolated from other intimately intertwined factors, although our
medical and political system tries to keep it that way. My tale is not
unique….it has been already lived by millions if not tens of millions of
others, and the pattern by now has become a familiar horror story, if not a
drill: a medical crisis leads to an income crisis which leads to a housing
crisis…which can in turn create a fu... more »
Northern Cross Sanity Break
*Resting in Lower Baling with my good friends Kenji and Jeff.*
Saturday and Sunday I ignored my currently enormous workload and rode one
of favorite routes, the Northern Cross Island Highway from Yongning Metro
to Yilan Train Station with my redoubtable friends Kenji and Jeff. Click on
Read More to see more....
*ROUTE NOTES*: This is an easy two day ride. From Yongning Metro, the last
stop on the blue line, head southwest on the 3 until you reach the 108. You
can head all the way to the alternate 7 but then you have to fight the
traffic on the alternate 7?
TRICKY PART: Follow th... more »
Hopelessness And The Rise Of Fascism
All that money sloshing around the political system is so important because
it is primarily used to brainwash low-info voters. If you have a
brother-in-law you've probably experienced it first hand. Propaganda trumps
reason and self-interest, especially for the half the population with
double-digit IQs. "When people are [already] misinformed," wrote Professor
Marty Kaplan, founding director of the USC's Norman Lear Center, "giving
them facts to correct those errors only makes them cling to their beliefs
more tenaciously. More and better facts don’t turn low-information voters
into... more »
The Most Important Book for Humanity Right Now is Available for Free
*The most important book for humanity right now is available for free!*
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Rockets From Gaza? Human Shields? Tunnels? Again?
(above, REALLY LOOK at how tiny Gaza is, and how tiny it is compared to
Israel and the entire Middle East...the TINY little black box in the
upper-left of the map really brings it home to you how small Gaza is...it
is about 6 miles across in some spots)
Practically the entire world's 99% (not governments or the 1%) are against
the Israeli's brutal attack against the Palestinians in Gaza. Their reason,
though, is different than mine. They are against one of the top 5 nuclear
powers using their full force against civilians, women, children...but
begin with accepting the "news" stori... more »
The Middle East Friendship Chart
“Friendship” might be the wrong title. It’s not clear that Iraq, among
others, is even friends with itself – let alone the Palestinian Authority
and its separate heads.
[image: image]
Head to Slate for the full interactive chart.
[Hat tip Vinay Kolhatkar]
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“Civilians Fleeing Gaza City Neighborhood After Israeli Strike Say They Have Nowhere To Go”
*“Civilians Fleeing Gaza City Neighborhood After*
* Israeli Strike Say They Have Nowhere To Go”*
by Sophia Jones
GAZA CITY - “Just after sunrise on Sunday, Zeinab, a young Palestinian
mother, ran out of her house in Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood with her
husband and barefoot 5-year-old daughter. With the sound of Israeli drones
overhead and air strikes and tank shelling all around, Zeinab watched as
her neighbors poured into the streets and began to run. So she did the same.
“We were running, and [the Israeli Army] was attacking behind us,” she
said, sitting within the safety... more »
Antiwar video by award-winning songwriter Tabitha Elkins
*YouTube *
Who says there is a shortage of protest music in the music scene these
days? Proof positive is the new song penned by singer-songwriter Tabitha
Elkins - whose output so far has ranged from Hard Bop Jazz to acoustic folk
rock - and whose self-penned anti-war song takes on news propaganda and the
culture of violence.
It's a brave move for a new artist, but Tabitha, who played all of the
instruments on the song herself, stands by her stance, explaining, "People
need to start speaking up and thinking for themselves. The culture of
violence and war is not the answer." ... more »
Calling All Hackers: Help Us Build an Open Wireless Router
Peter Echersley, Jacob Hoffman-Andrews, and Ranga Krishnan
*EFF*
EFF is releasing an experimental hacker alpha release of wireless router
software specifically designed to support secure, shareable Open Wireless
networks. We will be officially launching the Open Wireless Router today at
the HOPE X (Hackers on Planet Earth) conference in New York City, aiming to
bring aboard members of the hacker community. This release is a work in
progress and is intended only for developers and people willing to deal
with the bleeding edge.
The software aims to do several things that existi... more »
Politics as horse race
It’s not exactly a contest of ideas out there on the hustings. Not that
you’d know if any ideas were being debated, not if media reports were all
you had to go on.
The media, as always, steer clear of ideas and talk only about the race.
The polls. The “gaffes.” The details of the campaign to come, without the
ideas around which campaigns are supposed to centre. Politics as horse race.
And the polls, the polls! If the polls are reported as your opinion about
the parties, but all you heard about the parties is the polls, from whence
and based on what would you form your opinions?
... more »
China, my China
*Our regular Asian/Australian correspondent Suzuki Samurai has more book
recommendations for you…*
* The twenty-first century, it is said, is going to be China's century. The
story is a fascinating one, and will be more so as it unfolds. Alas, the
masses of information that most people use to form this story they get from
China's propaganda apparatchiks through an often gooey-eyed and incurious
western media – bushels more chaff than wheat. There is little doubt
however, that China is a far better place than it was just a few decades
ago. How it navigates the stormy waters of the... more »
The People Who Gather On The Hills of Sderot To Watch Bombing of Gaza Are Not Scum
It's important not to paint the people who gather on the hills of Sderot in
Israel to watch the bombing of Gaza with a wide brush. Those *who threaten
journalists* belong in a different category. Simply put, they are assholes.
But they're not the only ones who attend these viewing parties. The
experience for most is cathartic. It is more positive for them being there
than staying locked inside a bomb shelter underground, and it's hard to
blame them for feeling that way.
We should not place too much emphasis on this phenomenon, and instead focus
our attention on the causes of this wa... more »
Mining 40: MICC and its Proposed 79 Percent Effective Tax Rate
Early this month, the Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) has
proposed an effective mining tax rate of 79 percent. From BWorld, July 07,
2014,
*“We are dismayed that the MICC has moved forward with a proposed increased
tax policy without taking into consideration comments and observations not
only from the mining industry that will be directly affected by said policy
but by authoritative third parties,” CoMP said.*
*The MICC proposed a payment of 10% of gross revenue, or 55% of the
Adjusted Net Mining Revenue, whichever may be higher.*
Perhaps the MICC, in particular the ... more »
Restaurant Reviews
I have been living in Costa Rica for a little over 2 months now, and wanted
to share a post about places we have eaten and our thoughts. Some we have
eaten at other times before we moved here as well. It's hard to pick
favorites, as we like different places for different reasons and food.
Here goes though. I will update this list as we try different places as
well and will try to post links to those that have websites.
1. Green Room Café. We have eaten here twice for dinner since moving
here. A couple local people recommended it to me, and we finally tried
it. Awesome place.... more »
In Response to Bill Wraga's Review of The Mismeasure of Education
University of Georgia professor, Bill Wraga, offered a review of *The
Mismeasure of Education* in the UGA-based *Journal of Language and Literacy
Education*. Because we feel strongly that, while everyone has a right to
his own perspective, she does not have a right to her own facts.
Therefore, we offered *JOLLE *a corrective to the more glaring inaccuracies
in Dr. Wraga's review. We received this response to our proposed rejoinder
from Principal Editor of *JOLLE*, Michelle Falter:
Dear Mr. Horn,
The Editorial board regrets to inform you that we are not accepting
responses to bo... more »
Whitewraithe's RANT for July 20, 2014
Here we are, at the arrival of another Sunday and it's time for the weekly
RANT and one hell-of-a rant it will be.
I'm so angry at the bloodsucking, murderous, Jew-run "new world order" if I
had supernatural powers you can be sure I'd be a bloody raging storm
destroying everything that they love with the first being the Federal
Reserve and the ability to create money out of nothing - for all time.
But, I digress. I just had to get that feeling out of my system. The
carnage and destruction to Gaza with the added murder of nearly 300
innocent people on yet another Malaysian 777 ... more »
Ministry of Propaganda Spins Shootdown of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17
*“It’s an insult to human reason and to the legitimacy of this institution
to suggest that anyone other than the regime carried out this attack.”*
*-President Barack Obama – Speech to United Nations on Syria gas attack*
*“I will be voting to give the president of the United States the authority
to use force – if necessary – to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe
that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real
and grave threat to our security.”*
*- Senator John Kerry*
The notorious and legendary Nazi propagandist Paul Joseph Goebbels would be
in sheer a... more »
Did Mikey Suits (R-Staten Island) Bring In A New Lawyer For The Plea Bargain?
Domenic Recchia is one of the worst of Steve Israel's awful, garden variety
mystery meat careerist candidates for Congress, a scandal in-waiting. When
Israel recruited him, there was little chance he could have beaten Staten
Island's Mafia-connected incumbent, Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm. And that
despite a district that has been rapidly turning bluer and bluer-- in 2008,
McCain bested Obama there, 51-48% and 4 years later Obama beat McCain
52-47%-- voters, particularly of the Staten Island variety, were happy
enough with their dumbed-down tough guy, thuggish congressman. And then ... more »
Amazing Maps
At the risk of crashing the side bar and making the blog look untidy (don't
you hate it when that happens?), here are some gems from a Twitter feed
called Amazing Maps. This sort of thing is right up my street (which
appears on several maps though not on Amazing Maps):
*Heavy metal bands per 100,000 people*
*How many players from each world cup squad play abroad*
*Age of Sexual Consent in Europe*
*The Second Largest Religion by U.S. State*
*How often countries vote with the United States at the UN*
*The disease most likely to kill you by country*
*Where does you... more »
Untitled
METRO EVENT | Beverly Baker Moore says ‘party like it’s 1969′ at Thorne’s
69th Birthday Bash, Aug. 1, at Maria’s in Austin.
Border Run to Nicaragua from Herradura
In Costa Rica, you have to leave the country every 90 days and re-enter if
you are not a resident. Technically, if you have applied to be a resident,
you do not have to do this, however, there is another law that says if you
do not leave every day and are not a resident, you cannot legally drive and
your insurance is invalid. So, even though Kurt and I have applied for
residency, we still had to do this border run in order to still be able to
legally drive in the country.
Kurt was coming up on his 90 days on August 1, so we decided to go on
Friday together and get on the same sched... more »
BBC journalist: "Whenever I see Netanyahu I remember what happened to ex-PM Sharon! There's GOD wooo!"
The ever-vigilant DB at* Biased BBC *has spotlighted a tweet from impartial
BBC World Service journalist Naziru Mikailu ("views here are personal!")...
Whenever I see Netanyahu I remember what happened to ex-PM Sharon! There's
GOD wooo! #Gaza #Israel
— Naziru Mikail (@nazirumikailu) July 20, 2014
As DB notes, Ariel Sharon died after being in a coma for several years.
To which may be added a further impartial tweet:
I wonder what PM Netanyahu will tell the world after massacring 500 people
in Gaza - mostly women & children. #GazaUnderAttack
— Naziru Mikail (@nazirumikailu) July 20... more »
Biasless in Gaza, at the BBC with Roger Bolton?
This week's *Feedback *dealt with the issue of BBC bias over the latest
Israel-Palestinian conflict.
First came two listeners from one side of the argument:
My name's Jean Fitzpatrick and I live in London. I wish the BBC would give
more time to hear the Palestinian voice, the Palestinian side, so it's not
so much that it's only about Israel but we don't hear the Palestinian
voice, the Palestinian situation.
My name's Jenny Hardacre. I'm calling from Cambridge. The current coverage,
I think it is very one-sided. I don't think they present the Palestinian
perspective at all and t... more »
Blasphemy! Kerry Slips Up and Criticizes Israel
If you have to five one thing to the babbling ass who is the sitting
Secretary of State of the USA! USA! USA! he is certainly is consistent.
During John "Skull and Bones" Kerry's five show whirlwind tour of the
Sunday morning propaganda circuit to gin up support behind a coordinated
campaign to frame Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the shooting down of
Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 on Thursday the man with the ongoing and
incurable case of diarrhea of the mouth slipped up in the worst possible
place - Fox News.
Kerry has inflamed pro-Israel sentiment by daring to drop the prove... more »
Untitled
*Saints 2014 training camp preview ~Ramon Antonio Vargas*
Untitled
*St. Tammany parish flood control board nominees scarce ~Faimon A. Roberts*
*Political Horizons: Congressional candidates not regular voters ~Mark
Ballard*
*New Orleans RTA firm unveils $3.5 billion, 30-year transit expansion
vision ~Richard Rainey*
*Portland cargo bike disaster drill: When Cascadia earthquake hits, city's
bicyclists will deliver relief ~Oregonian*
*White sugarcane aphids, making a mess in milo ~Elton Robinson, Delta Farm
Press*
*Lagunitas Coming to Louisiana ~The Beer Buddha*
Absolute Reason Why the U.S. could have been behind MH17 being shot down. U.S. was in conflict with Russia for Europe's Energy Needs
The U.S. and the U.K. are calling on all the European countries to get
behind Russian sanctions. They want the EU to stop using Russian energy,
especially Gazprom. Hillary Clinton directly said the EU has to stop using
Gazprom. The U.S. has been in a conflict with Russia to get the EU to
import the U.S. energy, but the EU has had a stronger relationship with
Russia for energy. Now it is
Missile Guidance System being smuggled into Ukraine in June intercepted in Finland. Won't say who going to. Ukraine shot down airliner in 2001 with BUK missile
I have uncovered the fact that Finland intercepted a shipment of missile
guidance systems being smuggled into Ukraine from Vietnam. They will not
say who was the intended recipient in Ukraine. Ukraine shot down an
airliner in 2001 with BUK 300 missile, first they denied it and then had to
admit it. NATO had two airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) planes in
the air at the time of
Federal Court Rules Against Huntsville's Segregated Caste System of Schools
From Alternet, a clip:
. . . . "The record in this case is not as clear as the Board suggests, and
the fact that the district integrated the student bodies of many of its
schools in the early 1970s does not automatically lead to the conclusion
that the district does not currently operate a dual system," she wrote. She
pointed out that not only were many schools still segregated, but the
opportunity to take advanced classes also appeared linked to race.
She noted testimony from a white mother who withdrew her child from a
predominantly black high school because it offered fewer advan... more »
'Free Palestine!' World marches to protest Gaza victims
The BBC showed only a few SECONDS of the London march. And in Paris
pro-Palestinian marches are now ILLEGAL.
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John Kerry's Sunday Morning Orgy of Bullshit
The last time that Secretary of Skull and Bones John Kerry hit for the
cycle on the Sunday morning “news” shows he was pushing a war on Syria that
was based on shaky evidence that to this day has not been substantiated.
Whirlwind John and his incurable case of diarrhea of the mouth appeared on
all five of the Sabbath day feasts of bullshit that far too many Americans
believe are credible discussion forums rather than the interlocked
propaganda dispersal systems that they are in reality. Kerry was seeking to
exploit the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over a war zone... more »
METRO EVENT | Beverly Baker Moore: Thorne’s 69th Birthday Bash to be social event of the year!
So let’s raise a margarita to the old guy… and party like it’s 1969! By
Beverly Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | July 20, 2014 Event: Thorne’s 69th
Birthday Bash Place: Maria’s Taco Xpress Address: 2529 S. Lamar Blvd. …
finish reading *METRO EVENT* | Beverly Baker Moore: Thorne’s 69th Birthday
Bash to be social event of the year!
Retired Border Control Officer tells the truth about asymmetric warfare...a must see video
*I don't believe he says anything a thinking person has not already figured
out, but it's nice to be validated.*
This really is a "need to see" video. It was posted on July 19th and
already has over 31K views.
H/T Clash Daily
*Asymmetric warfare* is war between belligerents whose relative military
power differs significantly, or whose strategy or tactics differs
significantly.
*Asymmetric warfare* can describe a conflict in which the resources of two
belligerents differ in essence and in the struggle, interact and attempt to
exploit each other's characteristic weaknesses. Such... more »
What Happened to the Malaysian Airliner?
Anthony Freda Art Paul Craig Roberts
Washington’s propaganda machine is in such high gear that we are in danger
of losing the facts that we do have.
One fact is that the separatists *do not* have the expensive Buk
anti-aircraft missile system or the trained personnel to operate it.
Another fact is that the separatists have no incentive to shoot down an
airliner and neither does Russia. Anyone can tell the difference between
low-flying attack aircraft and an airliner at 33,000 feet.
The Ukrainians do have Buk anti-aircraft missile systems, and a Buk battery
was operational ... more »
Ghost of Sunday Classics: When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls
*With update, in which I actually include the texts and music for the
meeting of the two Bad Barts*
*Carole Round in the 1999 SavoyNet Performing Group Ruddigore*
*DAME HANNAH* [*quoting the burning witch*]:
"Each lord of Ruddigore,
despite his best endeavour,
shall do one crime, or more,
once every day forever.
This doom he can't defy,
however he may try.
For should he stay
his hand, that day
in torture he shall die!"
[*We heard the story in full in this week's preview, "The Witch's Curse."*]
*Gillian Knight (ms), Dame Hannah; Orchestra or the Royal Opera House,
Covent Gardn, Isid... more »
Palestine vs. Israel: An Immoral Conflict Devoid of Balance
Steven MacMillan
*Activist Post*
The recent Israeli bombardment of Gaza is the latest example of the lack of
equilibrium in a conflict that has been intermittently fought since the
establishment of Israel in 1948. Following the killing of 3 Israeli
teenagers last month, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered
the 4th largest military on the planet to conduct air, land and sea attacks
on the densely populated Gaza Strip, which has left over 340 Palestinians
dead – 75% of which are civilians, compared to 5 Israelis killed.
Netanyahu was quick to blame Hamas for th... more »
NSA Employees Get Off on Nude Pics Per New Snowden Interview
Not that it is any great surprise considering the level of corruption and
abuse of power that permeates the entire American system these days but one
of the fringe benefits of the NSA snooping programs is the ability to
gather and drool over amateur pornography and naked pictures to take the
edge off of a boring day at work. In a new exclusive interview conducted by
The Guardian with former government contractor turned NSA whistleblower
Edward Snowden the perusing of such personal and intimate material for fun
is but one of the many bits of information discussed with the American
... more »
Masters of War and Hypocrisy
What a difference a body count makes.
Over the weekend, a numerical tie was reached between the corpses littering
a field of Ukrainian sunflowers and the corpses spread out within the Gaza
outdoor prison. The temporary parity achieved was 298 people in each
locale. The Ukrainian crash death toll is static, while the Gazan
casualties keep piling up. Today alone, an additional 87 Palestinians and
13 Israeli soldiers died.
The plane crash victims have engendered the usual official outrage from
government officials pretending to be capable of such a normal human
emotion. Photos and lif... more »
(Zombie Country? At Least the Consensus) Bombshell Study: America's Wealthy Even More Obscenely Rich Than Anybody Thought
Happy Midsummer's Nightmare! Or at least a Zombie Jamboree? In approaching
this subject, let us first address the historical situation of the Obama
administration. The task of museums, like that of history generally, is to
document periods of great change. The task facing the makers of the Obama
museum, however, will be pretty much exactly the opposite: How to document
a time when
Livesay [Haiti] Weblog: Our eyes are open, but do we see?
Livesay [Haiti] Weblog: Our eyes are open, but do we see?: I learned a
while back that kids that grow up abroad can grow up with an entirely
different experience than their parents. Th... more »
Asymmetric Warfare in Gaza: "The Gate of Hell has Opened"
"The gate of hell has opened"
Mass runaways from Shijaia toward UNRWA centers of #Gaza!
Courtesy: @Mohammed Y. Ismail
Is the Israel/Palestine conflict a classic case of *Asymmetric warfare?*
In his recent article, Asymmetric Warfare in Gaza, Paul R. Pillar, provides
significant insights about the use of the term in relationship to the
ongoing conflict and recent attacks:
Perhaps the usual use of the term *asymmetric warfare* has contributed to
warping our ability to evaluate what has been going on in this conflict...In
major, glaring respects, however, this conflict is... more »
John Holdren: The Energy/Climate-Change Challenge & the Role of Nuclear ...
John Holdren is President Obama's science advisor. ROD adams blog, ATOMIC
insights, has recently carried a couple of posts, regarding nuclear
proliferation avoidance. There are questions that can be raised about
Holdren's account. For example a family of reactors that do not require
enriched fuel exists. Holdren undoubtedly knows this. Such reactors, called
CANDUs, would appear exempt from Holdrens proliferation concerns. Various
methods of desposinf of so called nuclear waste, have been tested by
scientists, and found viable. The choice of which method to use is a
politics rather... more »
RIP James Garner
Jimmy was one of my best friends growing up. Not that I ever met him or
even came within a thousand miles of his physical presence. He had a unique
screen power that made us friends for life. Rockford files on the pavement,
twisting the Firebird 180 degrees to escape the goverment. The Rockford
Files is my all time favorite show. James Rockford is one of my greatest
life coaches. Once again a giant has left the set, never to be replaced, a
insoluble loss to our culture.
New Aftermath Video of Gentle Giant, Eric Garner, Murdered by NYPD
Daily Mail
*Despite Garner's dire medical condition being apparent to the
still-building crowd, many cops stand around casually talking with each
other, some can even be heard laughing.*
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CNN: Death comes early in Gaza
CNN
*Children and youth are often the victims of the violence in Gaza. CNN's
Ben Wedeman reports.*
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It's Sunday: You know what that means...
*Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES*
and
*Silly Sunday at Woodsterman's place*
Prostitution Again
There seems to be a lot of rhetoric on both sides of the
abolition/de-criminalization/legalization debate. Very often this rhetoric
backs up some valuable insights.
Personally, I can't see that I'd ever use the services of a prostitute.
There's too much of coercion and desperation in that line of work. I can't
even see myself getting a high-price "escort" (assuming I could afford it)
because of the continuities between the exploited victims of human
traffickers and the drug addicts and the confident, highly remunerated
"lady of the evening."
(Pornography; now THAT's a different mat... more »
Prepping As a Form of Personal Activism
Gaye Levy
Backdoor Survival
There are some days when I feel as though I am out there in the world
alone, fighting a battle that can not be seen or heard. The battle is one
of preparedness and is one I endure day in and day out in spite of my best
effort to step away and live a normal, middle class, mainstream life.
I have given a lot of thought to this and even though I tell strangers that
I am a “crazy old prepper lady”, in my heart of hearts I know that I am
doing both myself and every other prepper-type a disservice by minimizing
the importance of embracing preparedness a... more »
Police Play NSA: Warrantless Data Collection the New Normal?
*ReasonTV*
Sacramento sheriff's deputies have been playing NSA. They tool around town
with suitcase-sized StingRay surveillance devices in their squad cars,
scooping up cellphone data from whomever happens to be within a one-mile
radius. The deputies have reportedly been doing their shady business
without warrants, and dozens of law enforcement agencies nationwide may be
doing likewise.
But hey, what's the big deal? After all, the feds say it's OK.
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Netanyahu and Rahm Emmanuel Agree: Never Let a Crisis Go To Waste
Brandon Turbeville
While the world is focused on the questions surrounding the Malaysian
flight that crashed in Ukraine on July 17 and the aftermath that will
result from it, another campaign of genocide in a long list of campaigns of
genocide is taking place in Gaza.
After days of both air and sea-based military strikes against Palestinians
living Gaza, Israeli tanks have crossed the border and are now pushing even
deeper into the tiny sliver of land.
According to Israeli military statements, Israel has called up 48,000
reserve troops as well as 18,000 additional soldiers... more »
Two Ways Bird Declines Are Linked to Chemical Pesticides
Heather Callaghan
*Activist Post*
*Netherlands researchers fear the second coming of Silent Spring*
"Neonicotinoids were always regarded as selective toxins. But our results
suggest that they may affect the entire ecosystem," says Hans de Kroon of
Radboud University and co-author of a study recently published in *Nature*
journal.
It's not just the bees. There are at least two ways that
neonicotinoid pesticides dramatically affect the bird population.
Neonicotinoids are growing in the world market to become the most widely
used pesticides and are often used to treat seeds - ... more »
MCGOVERN SHARES CONTEXT ON PLANE SHOOTDOWN
Barack Obama claims the US has firm evidence that the plane was shot down
by a missile, fired from an area controlled by anti-Kiev fighters. He also
accuses Russia of supporting them. Nevertheless US president agrees to
Putin's calls to conduct transparent investigation and says it's too early
to say who and why shot down the plane. Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern see the
situation as isolation for President Poroshenko.
John Holdren: The Energy/Climate-Change Challenge & the Role of Nuclear ...
John Holdren is President Obama's science advisor. ROD adams blog, ATOMIC
insights, has recently carried a couple of posts, regarding nuclear
proliferation avoidance. There are questions that can be raised about
Holdren's account. For example a family of reactors that do not require
enriched fuel exists. Holdren undoubtedly knows this. Such reactors, called
CANDUs, would appear exempt from Holdrens proliferation concerns. Various
methods of desposinf of so called nuclear waste, have been tested by
scientists, and found viable. The choice of which method to use is a
politics rather... more »
Former State Department Exec Calls E.O. 12333 a “Legal Loophole” for Spying on Americans
e-mail your rep *here* Rainey Reitman
*Electronic Frontier Foundation*
“What kind of data is the NSA collecting on millions, or hundreds of
millions, of Americans?"
That’s the question John Napier Tye, a former State Department section
chief for Internet freedom, calls on the government to answer in his powerful
op-ed published today by the *Washington** Post*. In it, Tye calls the
NSA's surveillance operations abroad, conducted under Executive Order
12333, a threat to American democracy, stating that this power “authorizes
collection of the content of communications, not ju... more »
The Purge: Anarchy PARODY
*Julie Borowski*
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MH17: Weathering the Propaganda Firestorm
Tony Cartalucci
The level of unsubstantiated propaganda being directed against Russia
regarding the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has reached
unprecedented lows.
There is tangible desperation across Western media establishments, their
political spheres, and within their corporate-financier funded policy
think-tanks as they attempt to reassert their agenda and narrative not only
upon the crisis in Ukraine, but upon the entire world as their weakening
grip becomes apparent to all.
The dangerous desperation emanating from the West follows the latest in a
series of ... more »
NEA, SEIU, and Eli Broad
At the recent AFT and NEA coronations, there was news about new linkages
with SEIU, whose former president, Andy Stern, had close ties with Broad,
Gates, and Obama (Stern had a choice seat in the Obama box at the
Inauguration Parade).
Below is part of a post I did in 2007, a day or so after a big fund-raiser
in Los Angles for charter chain, Green Dot Public [sic] Schools, Inc. To
the left of Broad in the pic is Green Dot CEO and reliable attack dog,
Steve Barr. To the right of Broad is his equally reliable poodle, Andy
Stern. Broad coughed up $10 million that evening.
*Green Do... more »
Hillary Tells EU to Use MH17 Tragedy to Find Alternatives to Gazprom (dollar dumping gas giant)
Activist Post
Ah, now the agenda is starting to make a bit more sense. Hillary Clinton
doesn't want a good crisis to go to waste. She told Charlie Rose that her
recommendation to the European Union is to take advantage of the shot-down
MH17 tragedy to "Immediately accelerate efforts to find alternatives to
Gazprom."
Moscow-based Gazprom is the largest producer of natural gas in the world
and one of the globe's largest companies. A few weeks back on June 26th they
announced that they would settle contracts with China using yuan or rubles
instead of dollars. This move came a... more »
DID ANYBODY HAVE A MOTIVE?
Professor of Russian Studies Stephen Cohen (Princeton & New York
University) on what this incident could mean for the region. His most
recent article for *The Nation* magazine is "The Silence of American Hawks
About Kiev’s Atrocities."
We Need Duffy's Emails
There has been a lot of public befuddlement -- including from Mike Duffy's
lawyer -- as to why the senator has been charged with accepting a bribe,
while Nigel Wright has been given a free ride. The official explanation
seems to be that everything hangs on one word --"corruptly." To be
convicted, Wright would have to have acted in a corrupt manner. It's a
difficult standard of proof, because it assumes corrupt intention --
something which runs against the grain of Wright's public persona. He is
seen as a man who sees, hears and does no evil.
Michael Spratt writes that the decisio... more »
Peter King (R-NY) Knows More About Terrorism Than The Media Acknowledges
Last night I came across a Newsmax article entitled Peter King: Harry
Reid's Denial of 'Broken' Border Hampers Reform. We're not regular Newsmax
readers around here, but... well, we're here to do it, so you don't have to.
As you might expect, it was your typical, hypocritical Peter King diatribe.
The first two-thirds of the piece focused on immigration, and it was funny
to see King attempt to straddle the fence, so to speak. Before 2010, King
was a hardliner on immigration who opposed any form of amnesty; now he’s
taken a more conciliatory tone without appearing too accommodating, ... more »
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