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[image: E-3F Sentry]Boeing on July 17 delivered on schedule the first of
four upgraded French Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.
The upgraded aircraft will increase the fleet’s surveillance,
communications and battle management capabilities.
The Mid-Life Upgrade – the largest set of modifications to AWACS aircraft
for France – will provide the crew with more actionable information and
better situational awareness and increase mission effectiveness and
efficiencies.
“The focus, commitment and hard work among Boeing, Air France Industries
and French and U.S. govern... more
Hamas Al Qassam offices are next to the emergency room at Shifa Hospital
'... the Palestinian journalist was summoned by the security services of
Hamas on Sunday. "I received a call from a private number. They summoned me
to Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza City center, " explains Radjaa. He carried
with him his two phones, his press card and a small camera.
A few meters from the emergency room where the injured from bombings are
constantly flowing, in the outpatient department, he was received in "a
small section of the hospital used as administration" by a band of young
fighters. They were all well dressed, which surprised Radjaa, "in civilian
clothing... more »
Why do they keep saying Dan Markel must have known his killer because he opened the door...
*don't most people open their door when someone knocks on it?*
From ABC news:
A criminal law professor at Florida State University gunned down at his
home was shot in the side of the head at relatively close range, ABC News
has exclusively learned.
Professor Dan Markel, 41, was fatally shot Saturday in the Betton Hills
section of Tallassee, Florida, a neighborhood marked by Spanish moss and
ranch-style homes.
Investigators believe Markel knew his killer and may have literally opened
his door to his own death.
“He was the intended target in this situation,” Tallahassee Police
... more »
Indiscriminate Air Strikes By Iraq’s Army On Civilian Targets
When the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) surrounded Fallujah in January 2014 it
quickly turned to indiscriminate shelling of the city. Some of the strikes
were targeted against insurgents, but the vast majority appeared to be
simply lobbing mortar and artillery shells into Fallujah in the apparent
belief that it was all enemy territory and therefore legitimate. Now that
most of northern Iraq has fallen to insurgents the ISF has began using air
strikes more and more against civilian targets with no apparent concern for
casualties.
The Iraqi Army’s air arm has hit cities and towns in N... more »
Just.
To all the educators out there: did you ever catch yourself saying you’re
“just” a teacher? As I contemplate my future participation in any and all
public conversations on education reform and activism, the one thing that
gives me pause is that, without the activism and public commentary, I’m
just a Kindergarten teacher. I seriously […]
The Austerity Diaries: How Long Can You Go Without Spending Money?
Daisy Luther
Most people spend money every single day.
I’m not talking about your day-to-day necessities like house payments and
fuel for the vehicle. I’m talking about those little impulse buys that most
of us make without thinking twice about them.
We spend more money on silly things than we realize. If you spend money on
the following, you could go a lot longer than you think without spending.
- Drive-thru coffee
- Delivery or takeout pizza
- Lunches out with friends from work
- Buying a drink while you are out
- Buying magazines
- Going for manicur... more »
CATS IN GAZA
Israel calls them feral
wild
uncontrollable
unwilling to surrender
savages
terrorists
the wild cats
Palestinians
want warm milk
and safe place
to sleep
respect
and fair treatment
love
if possible
dignity
is a must
MORE ARRESTED AT HANCOCK DRONE BASE
*Syed Wali Shah 7 years old, killed by an American Drone strike. Momina
Bibi, mother and midwife, killed by an American drone strike. Tairk Aziz,
16, killed by an American drone strike… This Must Stop!*
We, members of the Atlantic Life Community, come to Hancock Air Force Base
[Syracuse, NY], the national maintenance and control center of the MQ9
Reaper Drone, to protest these lethal drones, the latest weapon being used
in endless war. We are a community of peacemakers who resist war, racism
and greed. We stand here today in solidarity with the men, women and
children being terr... more »
Jeremy Bowen's Gaza notebook: "I saw no evidence of Hamas using Palestinians as human shields"
The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has written a 'Gaza notebook' for
the *New Statesman*. (Well, did you *really* think it would be for the *Spectator
*or the *Jewish Chronicle*?). It is strikingly opinionated, even by his
standards.
He uses it to dispute Benjamin Netanhayu's claims that Hamas uses civilians
as human shields; indeed, even going so far as to paint Hamas in a rather
protective-sounding light:
I saw Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, giving an interview to
the BBC after Israel had killed more than 60 people in the Gaza district of
Shejaiya. He said ... more »
Bill Whittle: The Case for Israel...
*Civilization vs Barbarity *
FAA Lifts Ban on U.S. Flights to Israel
[image: Mideast Israel Palestinians] Dan Balilty/AP *A departure flight
board displays canceled and delayed flights at Ben Gurion International
Airport a day after the FAA imposed a ban on flights.* The Associated Press
Jul 24th 2014 6:00AM
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban Wednesday
on U.S. flights in and out of Israel, which the agency had imposed out of
concern for the risk of planes being hit by Hamas rockets.
The decision was effective at 11:45 p.m. Eastern time.
"Before making this decision, the FAA worked with its U.S. government
counter... more »
The Problems of Bioaccumulation and Synergy
I've written extensively about the problem of bio-accumulation that occurs
as toxins in the environment are stored within the body.
Please see this post for details
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/unbelievable-us-government-promotes.html
The combined effects of "low-levels" of stored toxins are never studied in
the tests conducted for FDA and EPA approval processes.
Yet, chemical synergies can threaten health and reproduction. Add
radioactive decay to the mix and you have a recipe for species collapse.
We see this process occurring with bees, as this insightful edito... more »
NEW KIDS ON THE LAWN: Their technical work!
*THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2014*
*Part 3—What ever happened to standards:* As the so-called “worst
generation” of journalists exits the stage, they are often being replaced
by eager young Ivy League kids.
These replacements come from the finest schools, though you wouldn’t
necessarily discern this fact from their frequently horrible work.
In some settings, these bright young kids are simply accepting the broken
norms of their establishment news orgs. At the Washington Post, Philip
Rucker (Yale 2006) recently became head spear-chucker in his newspaper’s
never-ending jihad against the Clint... more »
The Safety of Prostitutes
It was decided a long time ago not to criminalize prostitutes. For
thousands of years (it is "the world's oldest profession" after all),
prostitutes were treated like thieves, or at least like public nuisances.
Gradually, our legal system discovered that many prostitutes were victims
of circumstances (or of patriarchy, or of gangsters) and couldn't bring
itself to punish them for their own bad luck,
But we still didn't want it as a society. We didn't want women on street
corners propositioning men in front of families. We didn't want men driving
cars slowly down streets where prosti... more »
Politics as Usual
*The 193 north of Ruisui.*
Ah, the KMT, still the world's richest political party. Ma had promised to
sell off the Party's assets and put everything in trusts. LOL.
For weeks I've been wondering when the lack of professionalism of Ko
Wen-je, the pan-Green candidate for Taipei mayor, would show itself. This
week it was the Ko campaign's hiring of an alternative service military
conscript as the campaign office's technical advisor that gave us a double
whammy -- first, hiring in-service military people for political campaigns
is probably technically legal, but not a bright thing to d... more »
Did You Miss The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Anniversary Monday?
Elizabeth Warren's new book, A Fighting Chance, makes it pretty clear that
I'm not the only one who thinks Capital One is one big scam and nothing--
at least up on top-- but a nest of crooks and thieves. In the book she
talks about how they cheated their own clients and how the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau's first action was to order them to pay $150
million to two million consumers for selling them credit card products they
could not use or did not want. So anyone think I would ever in a million
years do business with these *gonifs*? Sure, the same day I do business
with... more »
Pointing out the obvious of initial reports between Algerie Flight losing contact and MH17 losing contact.
It appears a horrible crash may have happened with another commercial
airline today. An Air Algerie flight has had no contact with Air Traffic
Control and it is feared it crashed and is labeled missing at this time.
There is a search for the Algerie plane as they are not sure where it is. I
am seeing the headlines every where about the missing plane this morning.
There is a big
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*Be your own boss, British employment minister tells pupils*
Middle-class children should believe that setting up their own business is
every bit as good as going to university and working for a big company, the
employment minister has said.
Esther McVey told The Daily Telegraph that self-employment should be given
the same social status and respect as the more conventional university
route into employment.
The Conservative Party should be championing those who have the “spark” to
create their own businesses and become “little engines” of wealth creation
in their communities, she ... more »
There's Only One Word For It -- Tyranny
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/
In the wake of the news that the Harper government has directed the CRA to
audit PEN Canada, Linda McQuaig asks,"Why is Harper punishing charities
while letting tax cheats off the hook?"
This beefing-up of tax audits of charities is particularly striking when
compared to Harper’s laid-back approach to auditing the *real* bad guys:
corporations and citizens using offshore tax havens to cheat the government
out of billions of dollars in revenue.
Indeed, the allocation of an extra $13 million to c... more »
If you read nothing else today read this article by Kay Wilson
Here's a brief extract, but do read it all
' Without exception, the Palestinian leadership has sabotaged every single
offer that a mediator has brought to the table. But even now—and most
bizarrely of all—the world lays the blame inequitably on Israel.'
More here http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-terror-from-within/
UPDATE: BBC journalist: "Whenever I see Netanyahu I remember what happened to ex-PM Sharon! There's GOD wooo!"
Further to an earlier post...
DB at *Biased BBC* has followed up his spotting of a particularly biased
tweet from a BBC journalist with the self-same journalist's apology:
I sincerely apologised for making partisan comments on the situation in
#Gaza - it was against my employer's guidelines. Lessons learned!
— Naziru Mikail (@nazirumikailu) July 23, 2014
(He probably meant "I sincerely apologise" rather than "I sincerely
apologised").
On previous occasions, DB's catches have resulted in the Head of BBC News,
whether it be Helen Boaden or Mary Hockaday, sending out emails to BBC
... more »
Hot Mic Catches Un Interpreter Saying Anti-Israel Votes Are 'A Bit Much'
'there's other really bad Shit happening'
Indeed there is but it doesn't matter, the United Nations can only agree to
hate Jews
http://www.vodio.com/HlgfL/hot-mic-catches-un-interpreter-saying-anti-israel-votes-are-a-bit-much
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*Louisiana coastal parishes demand a surge in dollars for projects ~John
Snell, WVUE*
*N.O. could become a world leader in flood losses ~Amy Wold, The Advocate*
*Author Interview at #RT14 in New Orleans *
*Surveys explore U-boat, oil spill impact ~AP via Bradenton Herald*
*Mardi Gras on Water ~eMissourian.com*
*"There’s plenty of debauchery to be had on Missouri’s popular canoeing
streams." *
Executive Order 12333: The Root of All Evil
The cornerstone of the post-September 11, 2001 new order of unaccountable
mass surveillance, data-mining and the transformation of the United States
of America into a land of war and woe called *The Homeland* truly began on
December 4, 1981 with then President Ronald Reagan's Executive Order 12333.
Long before the USA PATRIOT Act was rammed through a cowardly Congress in
the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks with no legitimate debate there was 12333
or "twelve-triple-tree" as insiders refer to it. With the continuing
unveiling of different aspects of what is now obviously a "turnkey
t... more »
The Palestinians’ Right to Self-Defense
By Chris Hedges
*A relative inspects a Palestinian family’s apartment, destroyed by an
Israeli strike in Beit Lahiya on July 19. AP/Lefteris Pitarakis*
If Israel insists, as the Bosnian Serbs did in Sarajevo, on using the
weapons of industrial warfare against a helpless civilian population then
that population has an inherent right to self-defense under Article 51 of
the United Nations Charter. The international community will have to either
act to immediately halt Israeli attacks and lift the blockade of Gaza or
acknowledge the right of the Palestinians to use weapons t... more »
Hillel Neuer speaks out against United Nations anti Israel bias
UN emergency session on Gaza: Hillel Neuer speaks out
http://youtu.be/fjW_H1ydFas
Gábor Melis' new formidable challenger
*Tim Salimans makes the Terminator look like Pokémon*
As recently as two hours ago, I thought it was conceivable that I would end
up in the top three of the Higgs Kaggle challenge. See the leaderboard.
The top 5 contestants hadn't changed for a week. Gábor Melis was at the top
followed by the Marijuana Hybrid guy, by your humble correspondent, and by
1,100+ other participants.
*Terminator, Ironman, Batman, and a few Transformers as seen from the
optics of a company in Utrecht.*
Times are changing. For more than an hour, Tim Salimans of Utrecht, the
Netherlands has been the new #2... more »
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates JAGM Dual-Mode Guidance Section in Second Flight Test
[image: Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM)]Lockheed Martin recently
demonstrated its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) dual-mode guidance
section during a second internally funded flight test at Eglin Air Force
Base, Florida.
During the test, the rail-mounted JAGM flew 6.2 kilometers and initially
acquired the target using its precision strike, semi-active laser. The
dual-mode guidance section then engaged its millimeter wave radar, and the
moving target was destroyed.
This flight test is a risk reduction milestone critical to Lockheed
Martin’s performance on the U.S. Army’s 27-m... more »
China conducts successful third anti-missile test
China on Wednesday said it successfully conducted a land-based anti-missile
test, stated to be the third of its kind, as part of its efforts to build a
missile shield to intercept incoming warheads.
Chinese military forces conducted a "land-based anti-missile technology
experiment," the Ministry of National Defence announced.
The experiment "achieved the desired objectives," it said, without giving
details, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Read more
France Confirms Future Warship Delivery to Russia
[image: Vladivostok LHD]President Francois Hollande won broad domestic
applause on Tuesday for defying allies Britain and the United States by
confirming plans to deliver a helicopter carrier to Russia, with one backer
dismissing the objections as hypocritical.
Speaking on the eve of an EU meeting to discuss sanctions on Moscow over
the downing of a civilian airliner over Ukraine, Hollande said late on
Monday that a first Mistral warship would be handed over on schedule in
October but a decision on a second would depend on Russia's attitude.
It was the clearest signal yet that Paris... more »
Organic Home Grown Food Is Better
Source:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561
MBDA SPEAR 3 missile would bring true anti-ship capabilities to RAF and FAA F-35s
[image: MBDA Artist impressions]MBDA was showcasing its SPEAR 3 missile at
the Farnborough International Air Show 2014.
SPEAR is MBDA’s response to a component of the UK’s Selective Precision
Effects At Range air launched requirement.
The weapon will maximize the potential of the UK’s future combat air
capability, matching the weapon to the aircraft: “a 5th generation weapon
for a 5th generation fast jet”.
Read more
Use Caution When Viewing Mainstream Media
Source: https://www.facebook.com/TFarmacy?group_id=0
You may also wish to read:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/lying-is-good-for-business/5392904
Australia To Build $1.5 Billion Air Combat Facilities For F-35
[image: F-35C Lightning II]Australia is to take delivery of its first F-35
fighter jet on Thursday from Lockheed Martin. It plans to buy another 72.
Australia is building a $1.47 billion New Air Combat Capability Facility
and has been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public
Works, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defense Darren Chester
announced on Australian Defense Forces Website.
Mr Chester said the facilities project will provide new and upgraded
facility and infrastructure at William town and Tindal and supported the
acquisition of 72 new F-35A Joi... more »
Kiev says Ukrainian fighter jets shot down from Russian territory
[image: Su-25 Frogfoot]Two Ukrainian fighter jets have been shot down in
the rebel-held area where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed, allegedly
by missiles fired from Russian soil.
“According to preliminary information, the rockets were launched from
Russian territory,’’ Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council
claimed.
The planes came down close to the village of Dmytrivka, some 45 kilometres
southeast of the MH17 crash site, towards the Russian border, as they were
providing air support for government infantry against separatist rebels,
the statement said.
Read more
PLA plans unmanned battle tanks, vehicles
[image: ZTZ-99 (Type 99) Main Battle Tank]Chinese military has started
research on developing unmanned armoured vehicles including battle tanks
for deployment in future battles as part of an ambitious plan to modernise
its defences.
“Unmanned ground vehicles will play a very important role in future ground
combat. Realising that, we have begun to explore how to refit our armoured
vehicles into unmanned ones,” Major-General Xu Hang, president of the
People’s Liberation Army Academy of Armoured Forces Engineering in Beijing,
was quoted as saying in the official media here on Wednesday... more »
Williamtown base radar system revealed
[image: Williamtown base radar]Hours before the Malaysia Airlines plane
bound for Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Ukraine, the Newcastle Herald was
being shown a radar defence system at Williamtown RAAF base that will play
a key role in security for the G20 leaders’ summit in Brisbane in November.
In the Williamtown base’s Eastern Region Operations Centre, the Herald
watched on as air-battle managers engaged with a wave of RAAF fighters and
a radar-carrying Boeing 737 – the E-7A Wedgetail ‘‘airborne early warning
and control platform’’ – taking part in simulated war games over the oc... more »
Don't Sit This One Out, Do Something - A Quote by Carl Sagan
Source of this poster: https://www.facebook.com/wearecollectivelyconscious
US to give PAF two planes, Lockheed interested to turn PAF C-130s into maritime patrols
[image: C-130J Super Hercules]One week old Armed Forces of the Philippines
Chief of Staff disclosed United Stated will be giving the Philippine Air
Force two Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” planes.
“I just talked to our US counterparts, they told us they are making
available another two C-130s to address our humanitarian assistance
disaster relief concerns,” the AFP Chief said.
Currently, the Air Force has three operational C-130s that are being used
heavily during relief operations.
Read more
Our overall scores are unspectacular because of our high rate of child poverty. (WSJ)
Test Scores, Students and Learning
Our overall scores are unspectacular because of our high rate of child
poverty.
Published in the Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2014.
When researchers control for the effect of poverty, American scores on
international tests are at the top of the world. Our overall scores are
unspectacular because of our high rate of child poverty. The U.S. has the
second highest level of child poverty among all 34 economically advanced
countries. In some big city public school districts, the poverty rate is
over 80%. Poverty means poor nutrition, inadequate health ... more »
Ukraine must provoke Nato shake-up
[image: Nato cyberwarfare base]The UN wrings its hands over what's
happening in Gaza, Nato wrings its hands over Putin and Ukraine.
Officials at the UN are used to talking but not acting. Officials at the
world's most powerful military alliance are getting increasingly used to
it, it seems.
They are now giving up their summer holidays to prepare for the Nato summit
in Newport, Wales, on 4 and 5 September.
Read more
Timelapse: aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth floated for first time
The UK's largest ever warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has been successfully
floated out of the dock in which she was assembled.
In an operation that started earlier this week, the dry dock in Rosyth near
Edinburgh was flooded for the first time to allow the 65,000 tonne aircraft
carrier to float.
It then took three hours on the 17 July to carefully manoeuvre HMS Queen
Elizabeth out of the dock with just two metres clearance at either side and
then berth her alongside a nearby jetty.
Read more
Peru augmenting blue water capabilities with replenishment ship
[image: HNLMS Amsterdam]The Peruvian Navy (MGP) acquired the 17,040-ton
HNLMS Amsterdam replenishment ship from the Royal Netherlands Navy in June.
Amsterdam was originally launched in 1995 and will be replaced in Dutch
service by the Joint Logistics Support Ship HNLMS Karel Doorman .
The acquisition is part of the MGP's force modernisation programme that
seeks to bolster Peru's naval patrol and power projection capabilities by
2025.
Read more
Russia Is Using Crimea To Expand And Modernize Its Black Sea Fleet
[image: Project 677 Lada Class SSK]Russia announced Wednesday that it had
begun expanding and modernizing its Black Sea fleet based in Crimea with
new ships and submarines, just months after annexing the peninsula from
Ukraine.
"Today we have started forming a powerful Black Sea fleet with an
absolutely different level of air service, coastal missile and artillery
troops and marines," said Alexander Vitko, the Black Sea fleet commander,
in a message to servicemen.
"We are preparing bases and crews to serve on new ships and submarines."
Read more
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*Mega pesky: Deep Oceans have been Cooling For The Past 20 Years*
*In polite scientific language, this study demolishes the Warmist
explanation for "missing heat". At every point of the warmist explanation,
the data show the opposite of what that explanation requires. In addition,
and as even I have repeatedly pointed out, the authors note that there is
no known mechanism that would cause ocean heat to move in the paradoxical
way that Warmists theorize. It's all BS, to put it in layman's terms*
Two of the world’s premiere ocean scientists from Harvard and MIT have
addressed the... more »
Enlisted women to serve on attack submarines after 2020
[image: USS Wyoming (SSBN-742)]With female officers having served in the
boomer force for nearly three years, the Navy is aiming for women to make
up a significant portion of the ballistic-missile submarine force by 2020,
one of the new waypoints in the silent service’s historic integration.
By 2020, the Navy plans to have women make up 20 percent of the enlisted
crew on seven of the 18 Ohio-class submarines, according to the Navy’s
latest integration plan.
The plan also calls for enlisted women to begin serving on attack
submarines after 2020, when the Block IV Virginia-class subm... more »
Andy Strominger's 74 questions
While at Strings 2014, Clifford Johnson particularly liked one of the
"visions talk", the talk by Andy Strominger.
Quantum Gravity and String Theory
Andy gave a realistic i.e. enthusiastic summary of the last three decades
in the research of stringy quantum gravity. Most of the advances couldn't
have been guessed 30 years ago, Andy observes, and "it is a mistake in
science to imagine that you ever know the limits of what we can see", Andy
quotes John Kovacs, the BICEP2 boss, who said it at the March 2014 Harvard
colloquium.
The amount of progress in the last 30 years really looks i... more »
Anti-farmer bias at the BBC?
In other BBC bias-related news, according to the Western Daily Press:
*BBC is accused of bias over livestock farming coverage*
The paper quotes former farmers' leader Richard Haddock accusing the BBC of
showing "anti-farmer bias" with a report suggesting beef production is 10
times more damaging to the environment than any other form of livestock
production. Mr Haddock's beef? That "the [BBC] report is based on studies
carried out in America, where production methods are vastly different from
British – but fails to make this sufficiently clear."
But he says few farmers will be sur... more »
A New Breed Of Conservatives Who Aren't Anti-Gay
Gay conservative Republicans like Aaron Schock (R-IL), Lindsey Graham
(R-SC), Miss McConnell (R-KY), and Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Patrick McHenry
(R-NC) have traditionally locked themselves in closets and voted against
LGBT equality in the hope they would fool someone. Gay conservative
Democrats have usually been less hypocritical. Maine Blue Dog Mike Michaud
stayed in the closet until he came out when Paul LePage started the GOP
rumor machine whirling in time for the gubernatorial election. His LGBT
record has been so-so, better than most conservatives but not great. Most
gay cons... more »
Quote without comment
NNadir, commenting at TheEnergyCollective:
And your theory is that building vast carbon dioxide waste dumps to
contain 31 billion metric tons of a gaseous compound would be easier?
If
one builds a waste dump, it involves charging waste fees. If one
builds a power plant, one has an asset. Which one makes economic
sense? A dump or an asset?
The world's largest carbon dioxide
waste
Please sir, may I have some more?
By Capt. Fogg
*Pecunia non olet *said Vaspasian, or so they say. Money doesn't stink, or
so you'd think when looking at the way Florida governor Rick Scott laps it
up like a cat with spilt milk. Showing up Monday at a Boca Raton, Florida
home of GEO Group CEO George Zoley for his $10,000 a plate fundraiser (
another $3K if you want to come to the reception) would suggest that Scott
can't smell dirty money, as Zoley's company is in the business of running
private prisons -- some say the worst in the country -- that squeeze the
life and health out of prisoners as well as exposing th... more »
Backyard Sanity break: Answering a question
Went to the backyard to take a sanity break today. Ordinarily I don't shoot
leafhoppers, but this shot was so lovely I broke my rule.
Last month I shot these aliens in my backyard. Posting on Facebook, someone
opined that they might be ladybug larva.
Sure enough, I caught one in mid-transformation today. Hard to tell, but I
think it is turning into...
...something like this.
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In Defense of Matt Stroud
(Written after reading a comment at Collapsenet.com but before reading Wes
Miller's brilliant response to the original Verge article.)
*By* *Jenna** Orkin*
Let’s start with the observation that apart from two smearing
“Conspiracy Theorist” headlines in some of the less reliable media, The
Verge is the only mainstream outlet thus far to have acknowledged Mike’s
death. The reasons for this are best summarized by the following passage
from Nathaniel Blumberg's The Afternoon of March 30:
*...the American news media have been deeply penetrated by our intelligence
community. Conf... more »
Joining the tunnel diggers in the Gaza Strip [2009] + Tunnel.Vision Gaza - SBS.Dateline [2010]
*Source of photo: Antonio Olmos [The Guardian, 2011].*
Joining the tunnel diggers in the Gaza Strip | Journal Reporter. Source:
DW. Date Published: November 26, 2009.
Tunnel.Vision Gaza - SBS.Dateline. Date Published: December 29, 2010.
Poll: 57% of Americans support Jewish genocidal slaughter in Palestine
According to a recent poll conducted by CNN, 57% of Americans support the
barbaric, absolutely ruthless slaughter and destruction of the largely
defenseless Christian and Muslim Arab populations in Zionist-occupied
Palestine. The *Jewish Telegraph Agency* reports:
A majority of Americans back Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, according
to a poll.
*Fifty-seven percent of Americans see Israel’s actions as justified*, with
12 percent among those respondents saying *Israel is not using enough force*,
according to the CNN poll *conducted* from Friday to Sunday — just as
Israel was sta... more »
Fraudcast News: You Will Believe What the Media Tells You To
*Truthstream Media*
*"The people will believe what the media tells them they believe."*
*— George Orwell*
"All news is lies and all propaganda is disguised as news."
— Willy Munzenberg (Stalin's propaganda chief)
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the
major media."
— William Colby, former CIA director
"The media is a Counter-Intelligence organisation. The media backs every
war. The role of the media and embedded historians is to surround the truth
with a bodyguard of lies. "
— Greg Hallett
"The media tries to put a sad face on these things... more »
A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT
by Robbie Burns.
tune- "For a' that."
Is there for honest Poverty
That hings his head, an' a' that;
The coward slave- we pass him by,
We dare be poor for a' that!
For a' that, an' a' that,
Our toils obscure an' a' that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The Man's the gowd for a' that.
What though on hamely fare we dine,
Wear hoddin grey, an' a' that;
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine,
A Man's a Man for a' that:
For a' that, an' a' that,
Their tinsel show, an' a' that;
The honest man, tho' e'ver sae poor,
Is king of men for a' that.
Ye see yon birki... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Remember Now"
2002, "Remember Now"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bq4qjI8VVzg#!
The Poet: May Sarton, "Now I Become Myself"
*"Now I Become Myself"*
“Now I become myself. It's taken
Time, many years and places,
I have been dissolved and shaken,
Worn other people's faces,
Run madly, as if Time were there,
Terribly old, crying a warning,
"hurry, you will be dead before -----"
(What? Before you reach the morning?
or the end of the poem, is clear?
Or love safe in the walled city?)
Now to stand still, to be here,
Feel my own weight and density!
Now there is time and Time is young.
O, in this single hour I live
All of myself and do not move,
I, the pursued, who madly ran,
Stand still, stand still, and stop the Sun!”... more »
US Intel releases footage of Vladimir Putin climbing down Brooklyn Bridge after flag placement
*Activist Post*
Source: @RudyHavenstein
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Journalist Speaks Truth to Employer, Demoted from "Contributor" to "Palestinian"
A
day after journalist, writer, and frequent MSNBC contributor Rula
Jebreal harshly criticized that very cable news network during a
broadcast of "Ronan Farrow Daily" for its biased and deferential
pro-Israel coverage of the current military assault on Gaza, she
appeared on "All In with Chris Hayes" to further discuss the matter.
The evidence of anti-Palestinian bias in the mainstream media -
Police Brutality and the Failure of Liberal Democrats
The Real News
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May your life be simple and your reservoir full
This is how life almost off the grid can affect you in a mere 13 days:
It’s thundering rain this afternoon at our borrowed beach house in the Discovery
Islands, and my first thought when it started to fall was, “This will be
good for the reservoir.”
Paul and I are currently in the waning days of an amazing housesit on
North Rendezvous Island, at a property that is normally a little summer
resort for getting away from it all but at the moment is totally ours. I
can hardly believe our good fortune to have all of Solstua West to
ourselves. I would be indebted for life to own... more »
The Most Moral Army in the World
Dr. Mads Gilbert MD PhD
Courtesy: The Deen Show
*Letter from Norwegian hero doctor, Dr. Mads Gilbert MD PhD, who is in Gaza
right now*
Dearest friends -
The last night was extreme. The "ground invasion" of Gaza resulted in
scores and carloads with maimed, torn apart, bleeding, shivering, dying -
all sorts of injured Palestinians, all ages, all civilians, all innocent.
The heroes in the ambulances and in all of Gaza's hospitals are working
12-24hrs shifts, grey from fatigue and inhuman workloads (without payment
all in Shifa for the last 4 months), they care, triage, try to ... more »
UN's Answer To Question of Israeli War Crimes In Gaza: Maybe. Maybe Not. Maybe Fuck Yourself
*Aliens to the human race: Show me your leaders. No, seriously, show me
your leaders. It can't be these two.*
*The UN's message to Palestinians: go to hell. Israel can do what it
wants. *
*The Angry Arab: *
UN on Israeli and Syrian war crimes
*UN on Israeli war crimes: *possibly, probably, it could be, not sure, we
are looking into it, who knows.
*UN on Syrian regime war crimes:* certainly, categorically, unequivocally,
no question about it, it took us one day to decide.
Israel action in Gaza 'could be war crimes' says UN's Navi Pillay - BBC
News. Date Published:
Arkansas Libertarian Candidate Steals the Show
Frank Gilbert, Libertarian candidate for Governor of Arkansas 'cracked up
the audience at the recent debate hosted by the Arkansas Press Association
in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
*Who wouldn't vote for Frank Gilbert for Governor? He's intelligent,
responsible, down to earth and funny!*
As reported by Independent Arkansas' Steve Brawner:
It’s still a tossup as to who will be the next governor, but we know who
it won’t be: neither Frank Gilbert nor Josh Drake, the Libertarian and
Green Party nominees.
Gilbert, the Libertarian, and Drake also know neither of them will be the
ne... more »
Horrible Whodunit: Vandals Destroy Tens of Thousands of Bees
Source Heather Callaghan
Bees are becoming as precious as lost water in the drought-stricken Western
states. When millions of them die, it might be referred to as a bee '
holocaust.' Urban beekeeping has been shown to be safer for bees as it
keeps them from agricultural plumes. It's no wonder then that the people
who keep hives in their off time are praised as heroes. Even the government
is willing to pay people in some states to raise them.
So imagine the horror of beekeeper Stephen Mantell when he went into his
back yard this weekend to find his hives strewn about and wrec... more »
James Garner (1928-2014)
*Sonny (James Garner) and Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.)*: *In the history of
fiction -- in stories and books and plays and on screens large or small --
has anyone ever done a father-son relationship more powerful and
cherishable, not to mention funny, than that of Joseph A. and James Scott
Rockford (at least I'm remembering that Rocky's middle initial was "A"; I
haven't been able to verify it)?*
*"At a time when the networks were awash with hard-eyed, traditional
Western heroes, Bret Maverick provided a breath of fresh air. With his
sardonic tone and his eagerness to talk his way out of a... more »
US DOUBLE STANDARDS
Wikipedia writes:
*Iran Air Flight 655* was an Iran Air civilian passenger flight from Tehran
to Dubai that was shot down by the United States Navy guided missile
cruiser USS *Vincennes* on 3 July 1988. The incident took place in Iranian
airspace, over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, and on the
flight's usual flight path. The aircraft, an Airbus A300 B2-203, was
destroyed by SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles fired from the *Vincennes*.
All 290 on board, including 66 children and 16 crew, died. This event ranks
seventh among the deadliest disasters in aviation history, ... more »
Secret Government Watchlist Criteria Revealed
Today the new First Look Media/Glenn Greenwald venture The Intercept published
a story revealing a secret US government document outlining the rules - if
you can call them such - governing the selection of individuals for the
inclusion on terrorist watchlists. The story by Jeremy Scahill and Ryan
Devereaux is entitled "Blacklisted: The Secret Government Rulebook for
Labeling You a Terrorist" draws off of a "key government document obtained
by The Intercept" that does not cite former government contractor turned
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as the source. It has already been
sp... more »
MH17 Radar Track Identical to the KAL-007 War Provocation of 1983 and Northwoods Plan 8
"In direct contrast to every other country's response to the disaster,
Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed it saw MH17 detour from its route at
the same time a Ukrainian warplane flew overhead and a US satellite flew
over Ukraine.
Lieutenant-General Igor Makushev told a news briefing in Moscow that
Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jets had flown within 3km and 5km (2 to 3 miles) of
the Malaysian Airlines jet prior to it crashing."
*You're not even going to look at the charts, radar tapes and raw data, are
you?*
*No, I thought not...*
8. It is possible to create an incident whic... more »
"No Surrender"
"It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious
life.
The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated...
it is finished when it surrenders."
- Ben Stein
What is reasonable doubt?
A reasonable doubt is not a doubt based on sympathy or prejudice; it is
based on reason and common sense. It is logically connected to the evidence
or absence of evidence. It does not require proof to an absolute certainty
nor is it proof beyond any doubt. It is not proof beyond an imaginary or
frivolous doubt. A determination that an accused "probably" had the
requisite intent falls far short of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. (*R.
v. Lifchus, [1997] S.C.J. No. 77, paragraph 36)*The reasonable doubt
standard "falls much closer to absolute certainty than to proof on a
balance of pr... more »
Why We Don't Want Politicians Who Have To Be Cajoled (I'm Looking At You!) FBI Creating Terrorists? Robots Taking Over?
If you thought progressives were out of ideas or luck, you couldn't be more
mistaken. Keith Ellison shows us a group of collaborators on a path with
integrity and real results. I see the Progressive Caucus as the legislative
wing of the progressive movement. I see the Progressive Caucus as willing
to take the aspiration and the inspiration and boil it down to a policy and
a law. At the end
"What Are the Georgia Guidestones?"
"What Are the Georgia Guidestones?"
by Wiki
"The Georgia Guidestones are a huge granite artifact in Elbert County,
Georgia, USA. It is sometimes referred to as an "American Stonehenge", a
title which has been applied at times to a number of other structures. A
message comprising ten guides is inscribed on the structure in eight modern
languages, and a shorter message is inscribed at the top of the structure
in four ancient scripts: Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, and
Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The artifact is almost twenty feet (6m) tall, and made from six granite
slabs weighing ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“How many arches can you count in the below image? If you count both spans
of the Double Arch in the Arches National Park in Utah, USA, then two. But
since the above image was taken during a clear dark night, it caught a
photogenic third arch far in the distance - that of the overreaching Milky
Way Galaxy.
*Click image for larger size.*
Because we are situated in the midst of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, the
band of the central disk appears all around us. The sandstone arches of the
Double Arch were formed from the erosion of falling water. The larger arch
rises over 30 meters a... more »
“Ending Relationships”
*“Ending Relationships”*
by Earthrenewal
"The ending of relationships, whether friendships, marriages or work is
always painful. Often there is a great sense of loss. At times it is
necessary when one or both partners are emotionally and/or physically
abusive, and unable or unwilling to change what has become a toxic,
unhealthy and/or addictive relationship. However, reconciliation is often
possible if both people love, care, trust and respect each other and are
fundamentally compatible. The ability and willingness to honestly,
assertively, empathetically and non-judgmentally comm... more »
"A Dent In The Universe..."
"Listen to me. We're here to make a dent in the universe.
Otherwise why even be here?"
- Steve Jobs
The Poet: Langston Hughes, "Dreams"
*"Dreams"*
"Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow."
- Langston Hughes
Chet Raymo, “Letting Go”
*“Letting Go”*
by Chet Raymo
“We all know that Charles Darwin's five-year voyage aboard HMS Beagle in
1831-1836 planted the seeds that eventually led to his theory of evolution
by natural selection. Less well know is his explanation of the atoll
islands of the warm Pacific by a combination of volcanic action, erosion,
subsidence and coral growth, also inspired by the voyage. On observing the
isle of Mauritius on the homeward leg of the circumnavigation, he wrote of
the corals: "We feel surprise when travellers tell us of the vast
dimensions of the Pyramids and other great ruins, bu... more »
Michigan Dept of Agri Forces Farmer to Dump 248 Gallons of Organic Milk and Break 1200 Free Range Eggs
Daisy Luther
While Americans in the nearby city of Detroit face life in third world
conditions, unable to even afford running water, the state of Michigan
decided to direct its resources towards cracking down on a small food co-op
in Standish for having the utter audacity to provide milk, butter, cream
and eggs to people who bought shares in the organic dairy.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture must be so proud of their deeds,
after they forced Joe and Brenda Golimbieski, the owners of Hill High
Dairy and Jenny Samuelson, the owner of My Family Co-op, to dump out 248
ga... more »
Monsanto/FDA: 2 crime families, trillion-dollar hustle
Dees Illustration Jon Rappoport
*“The propagandists who actually decide the content of mainstream news have
done a bang-up job on Monsanto. They’ve made it seem that the science for
and against GMO crops is a swamp of uncertainty no one can decipher.
Therefore, leave it alone. Don’t step into it. This omits one stunning
circumstance: exactly how GMO crops were permitted into the US food supply
in the first place.”*(The Underground, Jon Rappoport)
Perhaps you remember the Just-Label-It campaign. A number of activist
groups petitioned the FDA for a federal regulation that wo... more »
Aisha North: A message from Mother
*A message from Mother*
By Aisha North
And here it is that we begin another cooperation again, for I am the one
that will once again raise my voice above the din and greet you all as the
female incarnate, the She, the one majestic force that for so long has been
kept at bay on you shores. But now, my multicolored robes will once again
flow freely around you all as the the state of languishing in hiding is now
over. I go by many names, but all of them carry the same meaning. For I am
She, the giver of life, the force of nature, the One that will join the
other half and become comp... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Issaquah, Washington, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"In The Presence of Difficulty, Compassion"
*"In The Presence of Difficulty, Compassion"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"True compassion recognizes that all the boundaries we perceive between
ourselves and others are an illusion. Compassion is the ability to see the
deep connectedness between ourselves and others. Moreover, true compassion
recognizes that all the boundaries we perceive between ourselves and others
are an illusion. When we first begin to practice compassion, this very deep
level of understanding may elude us, but we can have faith that if we start
where we are, we will eventually feel our way toward it. We mo... more »
Paulo Coelho, “Why Do That?”
*“Why Do That?”*
by Paulo Coelho
“Nature is telling us: ‘Change!’ And those who do not fear the Angel of
Good Fortune understand that they must go forward, despite their fear.
Despite their doubts.
Despite recriminations.
Despite threats.
They confront their values and prejudices. They hear the advice of their
loved ones, who say: ‘Why do that? You have everything you need: the love
of your parents, your wife and your children, the job it took you so long
to get. Don’t run the risk of becoming a stranger in a strange land.’
Nevertheless, they risk taking a first step, sometimes out... more »
"A Strange Animal..."
"Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the
handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it."
~ Adlai Stevenson
The Ten Plagues That Are Hitting America Right Now
Michael Snyder
Why are so many plagues hitting the United States all of a sudden? Yes, one
can always point out bad stuff that is happening somewhere in the country,
but right now we are facing a nightmarish combination of crippling drought,
devastating wildfires, disastrous viruses, dying crops and superbugs that
scientists don’t know how to kill.
And as you will see, we even have a plague of flies down in Mississippi.
So what in the world is going on? Is this just a case of bad luck, or is
something else happening? At the conclusion of this article, please feel
free to ... more »
Former Al-Qaeda Operative Claims Qaeda/ISIS Run By The CIA
image source Brandon Turbeville
More evidence has been entered into the files of public record that
terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda, ISIS, and the al-Nusra Front are
completely controlled by the CIA and other Western intelligence agencies.
In fact, according to Nabil Na’eem, founding member of the Islamic
Democratic Jihad Party and a former commander of al-Qaeda, all current
al-Qaeda affiliates are nothing more than offshoots of an overarching CIA
terror operation. He also claimed that these groups will eventually be
turned against Saudi Arabia, despite the fact t... more »
"Blacklisted: The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist"
*"Blacklisted:*
*The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist"*
By Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux
"The Obama administration has quietly approved a substantial expansion of
the terrorist watchlist system, authorizing a secret process that requires
neither “concrete facts” nor “irrefutable evidence” to designate an
American or foreigner as a terrorist, according to a key government
document obtained by The Intercept.
The “March 2013 Watchlisting Guidance,” a 166-page document issued last
year by the National Counterterrorism Center, spells out the government’s
secre... more »
Iraqi Christians Expelled from Mosul by ISIL Share their Stories
*Obama's boys cruising through Iraq. *
Quotes by Mosul's Christians from the video below:
"They have the capabilities of a government that is behind them. There are
governments that are supporting them. It is not possible. This is a farce!
The life we are leading is truly a farce, especially for Christians."
"Why this injustice? What have we done to you?
Title: Iraqi Christians Expelled from Mosul by ISIL Share their Stories.
Source: Eretz Zen. Date Published: July 23, 2014.
Why Is Wal-Mart Preparing For A Major Earthquake On The New Madrid Fault?
Michael Snyder
Buried in a Wall Street Journal article from about a week ago was a
startling piece of information. According to a Wal-Mart executive, Wal-Mart
“*participated in an exercise to prepare for an earthquake on the New
Madrid fault line*” earlier this summer.
And officials at the U.S. Geological Survey have just released a report
which indicates that they believe that the New Madrid fault zone has the "potential
for larger and more powerful quakes than previously thought".
So should we be concerned? Do they know something that we don’t?
The USGS also says that the... more »
How Regulation Kills Innovation
*A guest post this morning from Greg Beato, and our friends at **Laissez
Faire Books**,** who introduce it.*
We've talked recently about disruptive technologies, and there's a reason
for that. The world you live in is very hesitant to change. It's difficult
to make a significant or meaningful change. This isn't something new to
modern times. Take a second to think back through history and come up with
some other big game changers.
Henry Ford's assembly line that made the Model T affordable is a good one.
How many cars does your family have in your driveway?
Don't forget the Wri... more »
Hamas has a great win on the battlefied
Maybe that was to strong a description, its like the leaf going into the
third period with a lead. Shutting down the Ben Gurion airport is a notice
maker. In reality it just confirms how hopeless a strategy this is.
Palestine is dead. Israel offered you many times a state and you said,
DEATH TO JEWS. So now its death to Palestine and its a just judgement. You
think I am being glib. Well Israel made a offer to Yasser Arafat that was a
huge, I mean a soul destroying bargain for many.
This fucking prick who commanded the worst bunch of nihilist in the world
and died a billionaire... more »
Do You Back Candidates Because They're The Same Color Or Religion As You Are?
If you read *DWT* much, you know how much we distrust identity politics
around here. Voting for someone because they are the same religion or
ethnicity of gender, etc seems kind of primitive and politically immature.
I always thought it should be about character and policy. I was very happy
last week when People for the American Way endorsed Stanley Chang for the
Honolulu-based congressional seat that Hanabusa gave up and I had been very
happy a couple months before that to see the Congressional Progressive
Caucus endorse him. Stanley is, hands down, the most progressive of the 7
... more »
The Moral Maze
Tonight's *The Moral Maze *was quite something.
To do justice to the thoughts it provoked would demand a post that took
longer to read than it actually took to listen to the programme (and no one
wants that), so I will simply sketch my initial impressions of it.
The panel contained two strongly pro-Israeli speakers, namely Melanie
Phillips and Jill Kirby (making her debut), and one strongly
pro-Palestinian speaker, Giles Fraser. The final speaker, Matthew Taylor,
was happier to sit on the fence but dangled his feet on the Palestinian
side.
The 'witnesses' were Colonel Richard Ke... more »
Blackmail?
No way our trusted patriots would never abuse the system. Millions of
people pure as the driven snow I say!
Unintentional tax humor at Forbes
David Cay Johnston emailed me that there were errors in *Forbes*
contributor Tim Worstall's recent criticisms of the linked article. Indeed
there are, but the biggest one (or at least the funniest one) isn't the one
Johnston pointed me to.
Worstall writes that AbbVie's pending inversion will not, by itself, reduce
the taxes the company owes on its U.S. operations, though it could be a
preparatory move to drain profits from the United States. I'll come back to
that point, but Worstall then gives the example of how AbbVie might sell
its patents to a foreign subsidiary and pay royaltie... more »
The Slow-Motion Holocaust: Israel's Gameplan For Subduing Palestine
*Yesterday's Victims Are Today's Monsters:*
*Pictured: The biggest mass murderers and war criminals of the 21st
century.*
An excerpt from, *"USrael Plans Genocide In Syria, Palestine, And The
Middle East"* July 26, 2012:
"But, apart from the battle for world public opinion, what is Israel's
overall game plan for Syria, Iran, and the Palestinians? Israeli author
Moshe Machover says that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants
to wage an aggressive war against Iran because the resulting chaotic
atmosphere in the region would allow Israel to ethnically cleanse
Palestinians... more »
Air Force Character Assassination and On Bullshit
It seems that there are those out there who didn’t understand that when I
mentioned “On Bullshit,” I was referring to a philosophical argument by a
Princeton professor. They apparently didn’t read the article so that they
didn’t understand that bullshit and lying were different and that with
bullshit you could be telling the truth, part of the truth or none of the
truth but the point seemed to be that the one slinging the BS just didn’t
care. Such is the case with some Air Force explanations and investigations
into UFOs and those who see them.
We’ve already talked about William Rho... more »
Detoxifying the Liberal Democrats
Speaking of the LibDems, what are we to make of the party's about-turn on
the bedroom tax? Whole-hearted penance or are more cynical motives at work?
I'm sure readers won't be shocked if the truth lies closer to the latter
pole than the former, but it begs the question. With up to two-thirds of
the Parliamentary party looking to have an abrupt career change after May
next year, what kind of strategy should the LibDems pursue to avoid
outright catastrophe?
If there is one thing they can take from the coming disaster, next year's
results are likely to be "trough LibDem". It cannot ge... more »
Breaking News- Kiev claims Sukhoi's downed by Russia!
UPDATED! SCROLL DOWN!
Hot on the heels of the US admission of zero evidence
The US backs off it's false flag! "No direct link to Russia in downing of
MH17
Kiev this morning (EST) claimed two Sukhois were shot down
Two Ukraine Sukhois downed? Ukrainian Mop up or Seperatist take down?
Early stories concerning the Sukhois are linked in that post
Including this strange admission?
"Ukraine’s defense ministry reported Wednesday that two Ukrainian fighter
jets had been shot down in eastern Ukraine.* The White House has not
confirmed the attacks.*"
And my comment? *Does Ukraine need Whi... more »
THE FLUORIDE DECEPTION: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER BRYSON
An interview with award-winning journalist, Christopher Bryson, about his
groundbreaking book The Fluoride Deception.
Please visit Fluoride Action Network today!
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Historic Battle of Athens Sheriff’s Department Gets Military Makeover
As reported by Barry Donegan / BENSWANN.COM:
Fast forwarding to the present day, Nashville’s *News Channel 5* is
reporting that police militarization has erupted into a full-blown scandal
in Tennessee. Under the Department of Defense’s surplus weapons program,
Tennessee police departments have received an unusually huge order of
military weapons including grenade launchers, M-16s, and Mine-Resistant
Ambush Protected vehicles. As an example, the rural McMinn County Sheriff’s
Department, once coincidentally the focus of the historic Battle of Athens,
was mistakenly given over ... more »
Jon Stewart Learns What Happens When You Criticize Israel
*Youtube*
*You can visit our Gaza article archive here. **Poll: Does the United
States' support of Israel make Americans less safe?*
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Quietly, some foreign journalists acknowledge Hamas is using human shields
Here's one:
' Hamas criticizes that "Israel massacres civilians". On the other hand, it
tries to use evacuating civilians and journalists by stopping them and
turning them into "human shields", counteracting thoroughly with its
guerrilla tactics…'
You can read more examples here
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/quietly-foreign-journalists-acknowledge.html
But obviously not on the institutionally anti Israel BBC where their
'journalists' show their lack of impartiality on this matter almost every
day. Such as Jeremy Al Bowen and Lyse Doucet will never report the truth
ab... more »
ATTACKING THE MEDICS
The IDF operation enters its third week & the number of Palestinians killed
has risen to 633. Gaza paramedics are working in extremely difficult
conditions, as Israeli airstrikes and shelling become more intense. Harry
Fear reports from Gaza.
A Chessboard Drenched In Blood
Pepe Escobar
Asia Times
"The intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." Everyone
remembers the Downing Street Memo, which unveiled the Bush/Blair "policy"
in the run-up to the 2003 bombing/invasion/occupation of Iraq. The "policy"
was to get rid of Saddam Hussein via a lightning war. The justification was
"terrorism" and (non-existent) weapons of mass destruction (WMD), which had
"disappeared", mounted in trucks, deep into Syria. Forget about
intelligence and facts.
The tragedy of MH17 - turned, incidentally, into a WMD - might be seen as a
warped rerun of... more »
“Bernaysian Manipulation Of The Human Psyche”
*“Bernaysian Manipulation Of The Human Psyche”*
by Steven Macmillon
“Edward Bernays was the master of influencing and shaping public opinion
who developed upon the ideas of earlier social psychologists and the work
of his uncle, Sigmund Freud, in order to create techniques to manipulate
the subconscious desires of the masses. Throughout his 103-year lifespan,
the "father of public relations" was at the pinnacle of his field advising
US Presidents Coolidge, Eisenhower, Hoover and Wilson, as well as inventor
Thomas Edison, US industrialist Henry Ford and First Lady Eleanor
Roosevelt.... more »
Absolute PROOF MH17 NOT same plane in Famous Facebook Photo "In case it disappears", as the One that crashed!
Cor Pan Facebook Photo of MH17 Well here is absolute Proof that the photo
that the media around the world has used as the Malaysian photo taken by
Cor Pan who said "This is what the plane looks like if it disappears" is
NOT the same plane that was shot down in Ukraine! Did he take a photo of
another plane at a gate or was it as he said the plane he was about to get
on that is
Here two reporters with the same last name have published their columns on the same day. Most of Steve Watson's sources appear to have been individuals who believe -- or deliberately abet -- U.S. propaganda alleging without proof that the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was the work of pro-Russian separatists. However, Steve's video is a must-see: The whereabouts of all aircraft over Ukraine on that fateful day is recited by Lieutenant-General Igor Makushev of Russia’s Air Forces with an English translator (at the 12.30 minute mark he begins to illustrate airport radar views). This open-to-the-press session also claimed that satellite views showed that all Buk anti-aircraft batteries at the moment of the shoot-down were in Ukrainian-held territory. In Steve's last paragraph, he cites Paul Joseph Watson's conversation with a well trusted American reporter who was shown strong evidence that Washington is lying about who is responsible for the downing of MH17. Paul Joseph's column is re-posted here just below Steve's byline.
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*Claim: MH17 Was Being Flanked By Ukrainian Fighter Jets*
*Russia wants explanation for warplane flying within three miles of downed
airliner*
Image Credits: ronmacphotos, Flickr
*by* Steve Watson | Infowars.com | July 21,
2014 Original here
Amid the confusion surrounding the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 comes
a claim from an Iranian defense expert that could explain why the airliner
was targeted by pro-Russian separatists.
Many have questioned how operators inside the Buk missile TELAR
(transporter erector laun... more »
Supplemental: NBC News loves the children of fame!
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014*
*Chelsea’s circle of friends:* Early this morning, we noticed two quick
items in the news:
Maureen Dowd is lounging somewhere *en vacance.* Bill Clinton is in
Australia, speaking at an AIDS conference.
One of the two is said to be “wantonly acquisitive,” quite possibly out of
touch. Can you guess which one it is?
Whatever! As the press corps has blown up its latest jihad about the
Clintons, we’ve remembered what happened in 2000, after two years of this
sort of thing.
The liberal world has been very lazy about such matters in the past. If we
might quot... more »
What's Worse-- Rich Old White Aristocrats Or Rich Young White Aristocrats?
Yesterday I linked to a post at *Salon* by Tim Donovan, to help get a
clearer picture of the next generation of Republicans, Clueless rich kids
on the rise: How millennial aristocrats will destroy our future. And he
quickly skips over the obvious Ivanka Trumps and Paris Hiltons, gets into
some serious economic theory and winds up at electoral politics of the rich
and clueless-- and they're certainly not all Republicans either... or at
least many are from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party: "a fresh
new wave of (many wealthy) millennial Congressional candidates.
Enthusiast... more »
Informer Privilege
*R. v. Lucas,* 2014 ONCA 561:
[53] Informer privilege protects from revelation in court or in public
any information that might tend to identify one who gives information
related to criminal matters to the police in confidence. Its twin
objectives are to protect the informer from possible retribution, and to
encourage other potential informers to come forward. The Supreme Court has
emphasized that the rationale for the informer privilege rule “requires a
privilege which is extremely broad and powerful”: *Named Person*, at
paras. 16-18, 30.
[54] There is a presumption that an... more »
CrossTalk: Gaza's Grief
How much longer will Israel's latest invasion of Gaza last? Does it enhance
Israel's security? Can Israel and Palestine live in peace or is it a war
without end? CrossTalking with Nora Lester Murad, Flynt Leverett and Martin
van Creveld.
*You can visit our Gaza article archive here. **Poll: Does the United
States' support of Israel make Americans less safe?*
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NORMALIZING MILITARIZED CULTURE
*Texas Governor Rick Perry guarding the border with Mexico to prevent
children from entering the US*
The eternal race for president is on. Those first out the gate for the
2016 national election include Hillary Clinton and Gov. Rick Perry from
Texas. Looming in the shadows is former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (brother of
G. W. Bush). The oligarchy will run two horses in the race - one from the
Democrats and one from the Republicans - ensuring they pick a winner no
matter who prevails.
With our mounting economic and environmental crisis the answer from the
ruling class is more militari... more »
Why Do Peacebuilding Interventions Often Fail?
Why do international peacebuilding efforts often fail in places like the
Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, and the Central African Republic?
Séverine Autesserre’s work in the DRC suggests that a variety of factors
explain these disappointments, including peacebuilders’ failures to engage
in local peace building. In her new book, Peaceland, Autesserre argues that
the everyday habits of
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132 Children Killed by ‘Operation Protective Edge’ Since July 7th
The Pontiac Tribune The name, age, sex and location of 132 of the 155
Palestinian children killed have been collected by the Al Mezan Centre for
Human Rights.
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Over 3300 have been injured, including 822 children and 572 women, with
some losing limbs and others disabled for life.
The casualties listed below are victims of Israeli military attacks on Gaza
since Tuesday July 8th.
*Israeli casualties follow, at the end of the list*.
*Killed Tuesday 7/22*
1. Naji Jamal al-Fajm, 26, Khan Younis.
2. Ebtehal Ibrahim ar-Remahi, Deir al-Balah.
3. Yousef Ibrahim ar-... more »
Book Review: Dangerous Creatures
What would you bet if you knew you couldn't lose? Ridley is so sure of her
persuasion powers that she posses as a Dark Caster Siren, that she puts it
all on the table in a game of cards. A game that she loses, now she owes
someone even more powerful than herself anything he wants.
We are back in Gaitlin for the newest Beautiful Creatures book, but this
time instead of following Lena and Ethan around, we are following Ridley
and Link on Link's journey to become a musician in the Big Apple. Ridley
has found Link a band, but what she doesn't tell him is that she using him
to pay her g... more »
Gene Sperling's Advice to the Wealth-lorn
Or: "How the zombie idea of privatizing Social Security can be reanimated
by a concern-trolling Wall Street Democrat."
Former Clinton-Obama economic adviser Gene Sperling, who brought you such
populist hits as the repeal of Glass-Steagall and the Sequester, has now
written an op-ed in the *New York Times*, purporting to give advice to the
struggling masses in this Age of Inequality:
Share Our Wealth! Invest in 401(k)s!We'll do all the paperwork!
Sperling, a former Goldman Sachs consultant who allegedly left the Obama
administration this spring, is now affiliated with the Milken Ins... more »
The MSM is Attacking CopBlockers, We Must Be Doing it Right!
Matt Agorist / The Free Thought Project
There has been a tidal wave of people waking up to the encroaching police
state over the last 18 months.
The CopBlock Facebook page has grown from a mere 100,000 fans in November
of 2013 to over 800,000 today; gaining over 40,000 fans, just this week.
Word is getting out that police are transitioning from Barney Fife to
Darth Vader and the people are demanding peaceful change; it is working.
[image: police-state-swat-when-did-this-become-this]
Police misconduct has gotten so out of hand that even the federal
government has had to step ... more »
ARV or Alien Reproduction Vehicles - Bolide Motion Pictures - illustrator Mark McCandlish reveals all.
I've always wanted a potential Free Planet 'Floating Home and Three Taxi
Unit' to use something like what's being discussed in this latest first-cut
documentary film from Bolide Pictures, namely anti-gravity propulsion
systems.
*Mark McCandlish is an internationally-recognized illustrator, designer and
UFO researcher, focusing primarily on the technology behind advanced
propulsion systems. He spent thirty years working within the aerospace and
defense industries as a conceptual artist, specializing in aviation art and
weapons development for the United States military. *
*During ... more »
Has the Dept. of Homeland Security Become America's Standing Army?
The Rutherford Institute
If the United States is a police state, then the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) is its national police force, with all the brutality,
ineptitude and corruption such a role implies. In fact, although the DHS'
governmental bureaucracy may at times appear to be inept and bungling, it
is ruthlessly efficient when it comes to building what the Founders feared
most—a standing army on American soil.
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Two Ukraine Sukhois downed? Ukrainian Mop up or Seperatist take down?
Yesterday, as noted in the previous post, the US admitted they had no
evidence supporting all the claims they have been making these past days.
The US backs off it's false flag! "No direct link to Russia in downing of
MH17The news,* of having no evidence,* came out late in the day.
Guaranteeing a reduced media audience reach.
That acknowledgement will be swept under the rug in light of what is
breaking as this time.
So, here we are yet again. Almost a week to the day that the MH-17 fell
from the sky and the subsequent officially spun, completely
unsubstantiated, conspiracy theory nar... more »
China questions if MH17 Black Boxes data will be falsified by U.K.. Western Media and government laying blame without evidence
China questions if MH17 data on black boxes will be falsified by the U.K.
and they have quite an article about the blame being put on Putin with U.S.
pressure yet no evidence. They said the U.S. has not presented evidence
Russia was behind it or even the rebels, yet Russia has presented evidence
showing Ukraine was behind it. Where is the evidence from the U.S.? It is
all media
“Has the Dept. of Homeland Security Become America’s Standing Army?”
*“Has the Dept. of Homeland Security Become America’s Standing Army?”*
by John W. Whitehead
“If the United States is a police state, then the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) is its national police force, with all the brutality,
ineptitude and corruption such a role implies. In fact, although the DHS'
governmental bureaucracy may at times appear to be inept and bungling, it
is ruthlessly efficient when it comes to building what the Founders feared
most—a standing army on American soil.”
- http://rutherford.org
An interesting interview with Dirac
A few days ago, we talked about Wigner's friend. But who was he?
Edwin Steiner told us about a remarkable interview with Paul Dirac that was
done by one of Dirac's few friends (and brothers-in-law), Eugene Wigner,
and by Thomas "paradigm shift" Kuhn:
Interview with P. A. M. Dirac By Thomas S. Kuhn and Eugene Paul Wigner At
Wigner’s home, Princeton, New Jersey April 1, l962
*Spoilers*
Dirac talks about the absence of any social life during his childhood. He
lived with his parents in an isolated house. The parents didn't sleep with
each other and didn't even eat with each other. He c... more »
July 23: With the world in flames, the big story is...
..Magnetic Hill zoo's Asian exhibit should open in September. There's also
a fast-breaking story that a Harvey's restaurant has closed. It's true,
too. There's even a photo of it - and you can tell it's closed. And you
know what? Harvey's cooks meat on an open flame, and you can choose your
own toppings. Somebody actually when to journalism school to learn how to
write this mindless bilge. But it's important news in the Irving press..
The main function of the Irving press is to keep people uninformed about
what's happening., to keep them walking around with their noses stuck
firm... more »
The Responsibility to Protect: Israel & Gaza
The London School of Economics Middle Eastern Studies Center recently
advertised that it is going to hold a symposium on whether the
Responsibility to Protect (R2P) Doctrine applies to the current conflict
between Israel and Palestine. In particular, it is gathering a cohort of
experts to debate R2P’s standing in the conflict, as well as
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NEW KIDS ON THE LAWN: And the culture they're choosing to join!
*WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014*
*Interlude—Worst works of the past generation:* Journalism’s “worst
generation” is hobbling off the stage.
As the various Sam-and-Cokies depart, they are largely being replaced by
bright young 20-somethings from Harvard, Princeton and Yale. Sometimes, the
big new orgs are willing to slum. They’ll hire a youngster from Brown.
For ourselves, we’re constantly struck by the horrible work these “new kids
on the lawn” are producing. Given their stardom at the finest schools,
we’re often struck by their lack of technical skill.
Beyond that, we’re struck by their... more »
'MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE'
Washington has a mountain of evidence but isn't disclosing it. What is
Washington hiding? Will the investigation show something the West doesn't
want to see? And do we hear a drumbeat of war?
CrossTalking with Vladimir Suchan, Eric Kraus and Eric Draitser.
US Appeals to "Law of the Jungle" in MH17 Case
Tony Cartalucci
After the Russian Federation disclosed to the world satellite imagery,
radar information, and abnormalities in Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight
MH17's flight path, it asked Ukraine and the Western nations backing the
regime in Kiev, questions regarding their alleged evidence. To these
questions, the West has responded with increasingly suspicious silence and
evasion.
At one point, US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf, told
journalists that the summation of US evidence was "YouTube" videos and
other forms of social media - all of which are adm... more »
Who killed Florida State University Law Professor Dan Markel?...
*in light of this intriguing comment on my post about Dan Markel's death:*
LionelP • 2 days ago
*He got too close to the truth while investigating local corruption in the
Florida judiciary.*
I would never reveal the email address of the commenter, but I will say it
was a very credible source.
In addition his ex-wife has stated that she is "scared to death."
You connect the dots.
The Real Battle Has Begun
http://www.fordefables.co.uk/
The Prime Minister's Office announced yesterday that Stephen Harper on the
witness stand is an unlikely prospect. The Canadian Press reports:
Stephen Harper's office says it's "difficult to imagine" the prime minister
would have any relevant information to share in the trial of Sen. Mike
Duffy.
Spokesman Jason MacDonald says in an email that the PMO has responded
"fully and freely" to requests for assistance from RCMP investigators.
He adds the Mounties have made it clear they don't believe Harper ... more »
UNF*&%ing believable - HYPOCRISY! U.S. sanctions against Russia exempt defense engines for U.S. BUT not for all other countries!
ABSOLUTE HYPOCRISY! This just shows the absolute Hypocrisy of the U.S.!
They want to stop the EU from being able to buy any defense items from
Russia and stop them from selling defense items to Russia. BUT the U.S.
gets defense engines from Russia which is needed for the U.S. military. So
those are EXEMPT from sanctions BUT they would not be exempt from EU
sanctions! Previous
New Rock and Roll
Or maybe its Punk, whatever its great! Black Me Out! As a catchphrase kinda
up there with I wanna be sedated.
H/T Warren Kinsella
Arguments For and Against Prostitution
Now, I've said that I wouldn't partake of the services of prostitutes. At
the moment I can't see myself doing that. It's entirely possible that I
might one day be a 65-year old lecher calling up some escort service for a
20-year old vixen, but I don't see it.
That having been said, I don't see prostitution as inherently evil and
degrading. Certainly as it manifests itself, I think that in practice it is
often evil and degrading. This is due to our love-hate relationship with
sex and to the general level of misogyny in our society.
From what some sex-workers have to say though, it is... more »
Just to get the flavor of central Taiwan; Courtney Donovan Smith's Roundup of our news
*Kenting, four years ago.*
BREAKING: Fuxing Air plane crashed in Penghu. Reports still in, but
apparently of the 54 on board, 6 were sent to the hospital. 48 didn't make
it.
+++++++
Courtney Donovan Smith of ICRT posted to Facebook:
My report this morning on ICRT was a laundry list of nepotism, corruption
and criminal behaviour by politicians...and I only cover Taichung, Changhua
and Nantou.
Son of Nantou County Assembly Speaker arrested
The son of the Nantou County’s legislative speaker has been arrested along
with 8 subordinates. The 39-year-old reportedly had been running a ... more »
Untitled
*Tainted Legacy: Money from oil and gas industry flowing into state capitol
~WWLTV *
*New Orleans bars going non-smoking? Yes, if LaToya Cantrell has her way
~Alex Woodward, Gambit *
*Online efficiency plus hands-on execution puts locally-sourced Good Eggs
Groceries on the table ~Ian McNulty, New Orleans Advocate*
*Farm groups marshaling support to scrap EPA’s proposed water rule ~Hembree
Brandon, Delta Farm Press*
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*Common Core Set to be a Defining Issue for 2016*
In this age of political polarization, it’s increasingly rare to find an
issue that can bridge party lines and unite people of all ideological
stripes.
When such an issue does come along, it sets the stage for the kind of
meaningful political change that would otherwise, in different times, be
impossible. Common Core education standards have emerged from the shadows
of obscurity and have become such an issue.
Common Core standards originated in the same way that all government
regulations come about: out of fear. For decades we hav... more »
David Ward and Hypocritical Bullshit
Is this what anti-Semitism really looks like?
The big question is - if I lived in #Gaza would I fire a rocket? - probably
yes
— David Ward (@DavidWardMP) July 22, 2014
Ich bin ein #palestinian - the West must make up its mind - which side is
it on?
— David Ward (@DavidWardMP) July 22, 2014
"Ich bin ein Palestinian", a channeling of liberal hero JFK. And the other,
though clumsily expressed, can only be construed as anti-semitic by those
who would paint all criticism of Israel as such. And here are some of those
construals:
Question for @DavidWardMP. In firing your rockets into ... more »
Why Rhonda's and Lili's Resignations Are More Important Than Arne's
As Weingarten was about to be re-appointed by Saddam proportions (97%) at
the recent coronation exercises in Los Angeles, the biggest diversion of
the week grew from whether Rhonda would call for Arne's resignation. Ooh!
What sad theatre!
Sadly, if Duncan were to leave tomorrow to play Golden Oldie basketball
full time, another fascist water carrier would be put in his place to
implement the ed policies set forth by the the the thin lipped drones from
McKinsey & Co. for the Waltons, Bill Gates, and Broad.
What could be much more significant are the potential resignations of the
t... more »
CNN Interview with RT Anchor Explodes: ‘You’re Supposed to Be a Journalist!’
CNN *New Day* host *Chris Cuomo*, who’s been reporting from Ukraine this
week, got into an explosive dozen-minute shouting match with RT anchor *Peter
Lavelle* Wednesday morning, as the two men largely yelled past each other
over Russia’s culpability in the downing of flight MH17 and the evidence
since offered by western powers.
Cuomo asked Lavelle why Putin had allowed the crime scene to so
deteriorate, while Lavelle argued that Putin had no control over a foreign
country’s territory. The two fought over the existence of the west’s
evidence that Moscow-backed Ukrainian sepa... more »
Andrew Cuomo-- The Richard M. Nixon Of The Democratic Party?
2 crooks- Cuomo and Klein, a perfect match
If your gut tells you that Andrew Cuomo is a sleazy transactional careerist
who has no problem living in a corrupt political environment and making it
work for him... give your gut a pat on the back. This morning, the *NY
Times*' top political investigative reporter, Bill Rashbaum, along with
colleagues Susanne Craig and Tom Kaplan, explained how Cuomo hobbled state
ethics investigations. Corrupt is the nature of conservativism. It always
was and always will be. Don't ever mix Andrew Cuomo up with his dad.
With Albany rocked by a seemingly ... more »
My Gardasil Survivor by Kate from Sydney, Australia
[image: Gardasil Survivor]Kate's daughter, GS Australia: My Gardasil
Survivor
by Kate
from Sydney
Sane Vax, Inc., 22 July 2014
I am the fortunate one.
I am the Mother of a brilliant, intelligent, empathetic, and wise beyond
her years young woman.We live in Sydney, Australia, with her Dad, little
brother, and little sister.I will call her G.S.As in Gardasil Survivor.
G.S.Golden girl.My first born.Ridiculously talented.Ridiculously wise.Ridiculously
beautiful inside and out.Like all our children, ridiculously loved.She
remains so.
However now, she is ridiculously ill.
G.S. i... more »
New New London supe fakes his PhD.
I’m sure you’ve heard that someone called themselves “Dr.” when they didn’t
earn it. Some bonehead in Connecticut, from Jonathan Pelto: Claiming that
he was “hand-picked” by Arne Duncan to be part of the corporate education
reform industry, “Dr.” Terrence Carter has become a national example of
what is wrong with the education reform movement. […]
Hamas tell civilians and UNRWA not to cooperate with Israeli warnings. Statement of refugees around the circle leaving some residents their homes by threats of the occupation north of Beit Lahia - Department of Refugee Affairs
I look forward to the BBC reporting this but know full well that they
won't
because they are institutionally anti Israel
More here
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&nv=1&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://drah.ps/ar/index.php%3Fact%3Dpost%26id%3D8632&usg=ALkJrhhaZwWLKq6UJfIY5GWMwKzgCVQ0GA
Palestinian Envoy to UNHRC: Israelis Warn Civilians, Hamas don't
http://youtu.be/DjzS27ylCZ8
Something you won't find reported on the anti Israel BBC
US Appeals to "Law of the Jungle" in MH17 Case
*July 23, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LD) After the Russian Federation
disclosed to the world satellite imagery, radar information, and
abnormalities in Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH17's flight path, it
asked Ukraine and the Western nations backing the regime in Kiev, questions
regarding their alleged evidence. To these questions, the West has
responded with increasingly suspicious silence and evasion. At one point,
US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf, told journalists that
the summation of US evidence was "YouTube" videos and other forms of social
media - all o... more »
Just Like Sarin Gas Lies US MH17 Narrative Unravels
Having completed the initial wave of demagoguery, allegations without
proof, sensationalist yellow journalism and lies of high government
officials the Obama regime's slam dunk case against the hated Vladimir
Putin for the shoot down of Malaysian Airlines MH17 over a war zone is
disintegrating. We have seen this movie before back when there was the
similar damning case being made against Syria's president Bashar al Assad
for allegedly gassing his own people in that Damascus suburb of Ghouta late
last summer. The telescreens on the cable "news" channels showed wall to
wall crash sit... more »
Doug Martin's Podcast on War Report on Public Education Now Up
by Doug Martin
My talk from a few days ago with BATS member Dr. James Avington Miller
Jr. on his show the War Report on Public Education is now up as a podcast. Some
of the topics covered include:
My book *Hoosier School Heist* which focuses on the corporate-theocratic
school movement in Indiana and across the country.
FBI.
How the Indiana Democratic Party needs to do more than lip-service to
support public education.
Speaking with local Republicans about corporate-theocratic school reform.
How US Indiana Republican Larry Bucshon needs to gets over the fake skills
gap and cr... more »
Brick Lane office vandalised by Muslim youths after claiming street art depicts the Devil
' Mosques and madrassas should be careful what they teach young kids
Filmmaker Shafiur Rahman'
He's right.
More here
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/490624/Muslim-youths-vandalise-Brick-Lane-office-after-claiming-artwork-depicts-the-ANTI-CHRIST
UK Continues Exporting Arms to Russia Despite Call for New Sanctions
Britain is to supply £132 million ($225 million) worth of arms to Russia
despite the call for new sanctions, BBC News said Wednesday, quoting the
report by the cross-party Commons arms export control committees released
earlier today.
According to the report, after the governmental review, 251 licenses for
the sale of weaponry worth at least £132 million ($225 million) remain in
force, while only 34 licenses were suspended.
The licenses still in force include "body armor, components for assault
rifles, components for body armour, components for small arms ammunition,
components fo... more »
Boeing Delivers Upgraded French AWACS Aircraft
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