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Dawn snaps closeup of 'pyramid' on Ceres
The Dawn spacecraft has managed to take a closer look at the anomaly
that it spotted earlier this year. Ceres, the largest object in the
asteroid belt...
2 journalists shot dead during live TV broadcast in Virginia
A news reporter and cameraman were killed Wednesday morning in a
shooting that was captured during a live TV broadcast outside of
Roanoke, Virginia
The shooting happened during a live report on WDBJ7, the local CBS
affiliate. Morning reporter Alison Parker and her cameraman Adam Ward
were shot dead. The woman they were interviewing was injured.
See also: Remembering Alison Parker and Adam Ward, th
North Dakota Police Can Now Use Drones with Less Than Lethal Weapons
Via: The Daily Beast: It is now legal for law enforcement in North
Dakota to fly drones armed with everything from Tasers to tear gas
thanks to a last-minute push by a pro-police lobbyist. With all the
concern over the militarization of police in the past year, no one
noticed that the state became the […]
Literary Magazines for Socialists Funded by the CIA, Ranked
Via: The Awl: The centerpiece of the CIA’s effort to organize the
efforts of anti-Communist artists and intellectuals was the Congress for
Cultural Freedom. Established in 1950 and headquartered in Paris, the
CCF brought together prominent thinkers under the rubric of
anti-totalitarianism. For the CIA, it was an opportunity to guarantee
that anti-Communist ideas were […]
The Corbett Report
Interview 1080 – Claire Bernish Reports on the Nestle Water Scandal
[audio
mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-08-24%20Mike%20Bennett.mp3"][/audio]Today
James talks to Claire Bernish, an independent reporter for The Pontiac
Tribune and The Anti-Media, about her recent report, "Nestle Pays Only
$524 to Extract 27,000,000 Gallons of California Drinking Water." We
talk about the (expired) permit that has allowed Nestle to pump the
water fro
Interview 1079 – Michael Bennett Solves The Georgia Guidestones Mystery
[audio
mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-08-24%20Mike%20Bennett.mp3"][/audio]Dr.
J. Michael Bennett is the associate producer and primary researcher
behind the remarkable new documentary film, "Dark Clouds Over Elberton:
The True Story of the Georgia Guidestones." Combining new interviews
with some of the key people involved in the guidestones construction
with never-b
The EnvironmentaList
‘Animal Abuse and Harassment is a Pervasive Problem in the Wildlife Film Industry’
In Conversation with wildlife filmmaker Chris Palmer
Fossil Fuels’ Days are Numbered, Thanks in Large Part to Economics, Says Lester Brown
In Review: The Great Transition
Soaking in the Salton Sea
California’s largest manmade lake, which supports an amazing array of birdlife, has a quirky allure (slideshow)
A Tipping Point In The Great Zero Emissions Vehicle Competition?
New hydrogen fuel facility in Germany could level the playing field between electric vehicles and hydrogen-powered ones
Is the BBC biased?
"The BBC: Some of the news, some of the time"
Same old, same old (h/t ObiWan): Which of the following reports (one
from Sky, one from the BBC) do you find more informative? BBC News
report:Manchester girl, 16, pleads guilty to terror chargesA teenage
girl has pleaded guilty to two terror offences including possessing
"recipes for explosives" and a bomb-making guide. The 16-year-old, from
Manchester, admitted the charges at the city'
Does socialism work?
This isn’t BBC related, and I’d quite like to move on from blog posts
about Jeremy Corbyn - I’m sure we all would, but I wonder what or
reader(s) make of these two performances at the Oxford Union, circa
December 2013.Compare and contrast Jeremy Corbyn for “Socialism DOES
work” and Daniel Hannan for “Socialism DOESN’T work”. I haven’t watched
the other speakers and I don’t know how the audience re
Laundering antisemitism
Several people have drawn my attention to an article by Stephen Daisley
on (of all places) STV news. I was surprised to find it there because
ever since Dunbartonshire sparked off a wave of Scottish Israel-bashing
by flying a Palestinian flag over their town hall I’d mentally written
off Scotland and all who sail in her. But look. Here’s a piece which
stands out amongst the avalanches of seeming
Teenage ideologues
According to former Newswatch presenter Ray Snoddy...During fraught
negotiations with the government over the licence fee, Lord Hall stated
that the BBC would overshadow the Budget by publicly announcing the
closure of BBC Two, BBC Four and local radio stations on either the day
of the Budget or the day after the Budget. Apparently, this resulted in a
partial climbdown by the government, which the
The Rules of Exposition
Structure and focus
Bryan Garner's LawProse Lesson #214:Lawyers’ biggest failing as
writers.What’s the most pervasive flaw among legal writers? It’s the
tendency to begin writing before fully understanding the message to be
conveyed. Lawyers often don’t think through what they want to say until
they’re already writing—and they therefore meander, backtrack, and even
restart. Unless they spend a great deal of time rewr
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
Cue the triumphal chorus: Amnesty International passes policy supporting decriminalization of sex work
This is an amazing day for the sex workers' rights movement with
the news that Amnesty International has approved its draft policy
supporting decriminalization of adult sex work. "What will it all
mean?" asked one of my friends. I admit to not being sure what it will
change in the immediate future. But as a symbol, it's significant when
the world's most recognized human rights or
A Different Perspective
Kerman Police Officer Adds His Perspective
This is one of the reasons I love the Internet. Before it existed we
were stuck with expensive telephone bills as we attempted to track down
and interview witnesses in UFO cases. When we could afford to do so we
might travel long distances to interview a witness in person. Today cell
phones have eliminated the telephone charges and allow us to find
witnesses much more cheaply and easily. We are ab
Scientists and the Roswell Slides
Since we have been repeatedly given the “facts” of the mummy as
established by Richard Doble and are told that no other scientists,
anthropologists or archaeologists would go on the record, I thought it
time to challenge this bit of misrepresentation. As I have noted, when
we are told that no American anthropologists would go on the record, it
might mean that none would go on the record based sole
Hangar One and the Star Soldier
I have avoided talking about Hangar Onesure that most people realized
that it was more fiction than fact. I sometimes thought the lone fact
was that there is an organization known as MUFON and everything else was
pretty much invented for television ratings. That became more of a
reality for me when I saw the latest episode, which is to say, the last
one I saw but with the way they broadcast this s
Tom Carey Doubles Down on the Roswell Slides
Like so many others, I had thought we were done with the Roswell
Slides. It seemed that the reading of the placard, the discovery of the
documentation that supported all of that, and the retreat of some of the
experts would be enough to kill it. It seemed as if we had all the
answers, documented to a level that is rarely achieved in UFO research…
and it appears that I would be wrong because there
A Very Public Sociologist
Can Jeremy Corbyn Manage the PLP?
Much has been made of Jeremy Corbyn's assumed incapacity to hold the
Parliamentary Labour Party together in the event of his Labour
leadership victory. His views are out of step with Labour MPs, only a
tiny number backed Jeremy's nomination out of genuine conviction, and
his hundreds of rebellions against the party whip place him in a weak
position when endorsing party discipline. Will chaos neces
Cllr Dave Conway's Signs of Idiocy
As the winds of change howl about the Labour Party, it's still
politics-as-usual down Stoke-on-Trent's civic centre. It's the summer so
not a lot is happening anyway. However, word reaches my ear of yet
another example of the City Independents' well-established
stupidity.Long-time readers know that, to put it delicately, the alleged
council leader Dave Conway isn't the most hands-on of politicians
Making Sense of North Korea
The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea made one of its occasional
forays into the international headlines this last week. There were
reports of shelling and small arms fire across the demilitarised zone
separating the two Koreas as tensions rose over a couple of disputed
incidents. The South claims two of its soldiers were injured by a mine,
allegedly planted surreptitiously by the North, while
Jeremy Corbyn's Proposed Iraq War Apology
It is the moral thing to apologise for the calamity a previous Labour
leader visited upon Iraq, but should Jeremy Corbyn win and formally make
penance for this awful, unnecessary war; it's the politically sensible
thing to do as well. Still, some party members might think this is water
that flowed beneath the bridge long ago. It has been over 12 years
since Tony Blair made the ill-fated decision t
A Way to Live
Levels of irony
At Stony Run, we are no strangers to wildfire. I fought fires in the
early eighties, and one of those got up close and personal. We've seen
fires occur near here, such as those around Oakridge in the nineties and
more recently, and especially the Clark Fire on Fall Creek, five
thousand acres, which brewed up a very nuclear looking smoke and steam
cloud some twelve miles from here.2015 is a major f
Runner beans
Observe and interact -- after you have pulled up the vines, watch and
then harvest when about 80% of the pods have turned brown; otherwise
many will split and spill before you get there. Store in a sunny window
where rain cannot get to them until all turn brown; provide air
circulation.Catch and store energy -- The beans have made nutrients for
you and saved seed for next year; the vines are chopp
Use and value diversity
Here is one of twelve collages on The Permaculture Principles and how
they might be applied, especially in the maritime Pacific Northwest.
Concepts from David Holmgren's Essence of Permaculture.Ten."Use and
value diversity." 1. On the land, try everything. Some trees, perennials
and annuals will do better, some will not like your climate or soils.
For those who work with animals, it's mu
Integrate rather than segregate
Here is one of twelve collages on The Permaculture Principles and how
they might be applied, especially in the maritime Pacific Northwest.
Concepts from David Holmgren's Essence of Permaculture.Eight."Integrate
rather than segregate." Create efficiencies and resiliences (Yin and
Yang, if you will).1. This is the poultry moat/orchard, an example
of function stacking. Outside fence, slowly
Activist Teacher
The classic political theories of socialism, capitalism, and anarchism are unrealizable
By Denis G. Rancourt
Three brilliant political theories on how to optimally organize and
maintain society's economic and power structures were described by Karl
Marx, Adam Smith, and anarchists such as Michael Bakunin and Peter
Kropotkin, which are, respectively:
Communism (or socialism) [see... The Communist Manifesto]
Capitalism (not the present beast by the same name) [see... The Wealth
of
Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism -- Letters in legal brief
Ontario lawyer ED CORRIGAN was sued for defamation in relation to
criticisms of Israel and Zionism.
THESE 2005-2011 LETTERS (LINK)
(PDF) were written in Ed's support. The 160-page collection has 80
letters, including from noted academics and lawyers from around the
world.
The claim was abandoned.
How politically correct culture promotes racism, and on the crucial role of collaborators in hierarchical oppression
The continuing interview about my book... highlighting another theme in the book.
Adrienne's Corner
Video #8 StemExpress: Needs 50 more baby livers per week...
"make sure the eyes are closed when shipping an intact fetus." The
videos in order:Planned Parenthood: Selling Baby Parts...More Ghoulish
Planned Parenthood Video Released... Planned Parenthood Exposé Continues
with Video Number Three...Video #4: The Butchers of Planned Parenthood:
"It's another boy!"...Breaking: Breaking my break for the 5th Planned
Parenthood undercover vide
Trey Gowdy: Hillary is Lying...
Obama frolics in Martha's Vineyard while ValJar unleashes the hounds on
Hillary.Not surprisingly, libtards continue to assert that Hillary "did
nothing wrong", and this is just some Republican witch hunt.They think
Hillary, the head of the nation's top crime family, who leaves behind a
string of suspicious deaths littering the landscape, not to mention
probable drug smuggling, is just pa
Erick Erickson trumped Trump from RedState Gathering...
and has invited Megyn Kelly in his place. He's blathering something
about "decency" and says he doesn't want his daughters around someone
like Donald Trump. He obviously thinks he's doing his manly duty by
dissing Trump who dissed Megyn. Really, Erick?Be sure and show your
daughters Ms Kelly's GQ photo spread, because nothing says "class" and
"decorum" like posing in
Fox News Morphs into The National Enquirer...
or - what in hell did I watch last night?If you watched the "debate",
no further explanation needed.Megyn Kelly, sporting a ratty weave (grow
up, Megyn!), and fake eyelashes thick enough to make one wonder how she
kept her lids in an upright and locked position, giggled and snarked her
way through the entire show. Chris Wallace, who at 67 years old has
hair the color of black shoe polis
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
Afghan graffiti artist strives to beautify Kabul
Kabir Mokamel and his supporters plan to make war-torn city the graffiti capital of the world, one mural at a time.
Once again, UK lets Netanyahu get away with it
British authorities continue supporting unjust narratives that misinterpret historical realities and cause suffering.
South Sudan president signs peace deal with rebels
President Salva Kiir signs peace deal in capital Juba to end 20-month conflict with rebels.
India urged to use close Israeli ties for Palestine
Critics lament New Delhi's fading pro-Palestinian stance at solidarity convention as Israel relations flourish.
Allen L Roland's Weblog
Jimmy Carter / A Wise Truth Teller Prepares To Depart
I have always thought that Jimmy Carter is
not only one of our greatest presidents but is also the perfect example
of James Kavanaugh's quote and book ~ There are men too gentle to live
among wolves. Carter is an extremely intelligent, gentle and deeply
religious man who tried to do his best and live among the global elite
and Wall Street wolves but they never trusted
Hillary'S Secret Weapon ~ Donald Trump
Donald the Brash and the Jeb the Toad playing their respective
political roles in Republican Presidential primaries.Watching the recent
Republican Presidential auditions was like watching Kabuki theater
where a toad like Jeb Bush attempted to rationalize the criminal actions
of his older brother while at the same time riding on his badly frayed
coat tails. Meanwhile an out of control Donald th
Band Of Brothers (Hwh) #17 / Healing Wounded Hearts Through The Power Of Gratefulness
Four combat veterans with PTSD face their deepest fears (the
fears of their hearts) in Healing The Wounded Heart (Band of Brothers)
Workshop # 17 ~ and through the power of gratefulness discover not only
their true authentic self but awaken their closed hearts in the process:
Allen L Roland, PhD“What happens when people open their hearts ~ They
get better.” ~ Haruki Murakami, Norwegian W
Hiroshima Remembered / Face Of Evil Unleashed
Nuclear War, brought to you and celebrated by fear driven neocon
idiots and corporate media J. Robert Oppenheimer was appointed technical
director of the Manhattan Project in 1942. Under his guidance, the
creation of the first atomic bomb occurred within three years which set
in motion the development of a military weapon to eventually a weapon of
potential mass genocide with Edward Teller's H
AMERICAN KABUKI
Source Light – A Lucid Dream
INTERESTING TIMING...
-AKhttp://adaptingtograce.com/2015/08/25/source-light-a-lucid-dream/Source
Light – A Lucid DreamTuesday August 25, 2015Posted by EM MeyerI wanted
to share a lucid dream here before it fades.In the early morning hours
of 8/23, I entered a lucid dream. I was looking at the sky when a huge
fireball was speeding toward the earth. I felt no fear.While looking at
the center of the
Sphere Alliance Message #75who Is The Energy Known As Julian Robles?
AK: Who is the energy known as Jovan Julian Robles?[8/26/15, 12:56:27
PM] DENICE: SPHERE ALLIANCE: DEAR ONE/TERRAN. SHERRAN and MACALLISTAR
HERE. FIRSTLY WE FEEL THE TUG AT YOUR HEART AT THE PERCIEVED LOSS OF THE
ONE/JULIAN//JOVAN. HE IS JOVAN HERE. ON THE NEPTUNE. WE SAY PERCEIVED
LOSS AS WE KNOW WITHOUT DOUBT AND IN COMPLETE CERTAINTY THAT THERE IS NO
DEATH.[8/26/15, 12:56:59 PM] DENICE:SPHER
Finland ready to experience the end of work
Juha Sipila, Finnish politician and entrepreneur, has risen to
the post of prime minister from May 29 this year.Note the following was
translated to English from Italian by Google Translate.
-AKhttp://www.wallstreetitalia.com/article/1821471/lavoro/finlandia-pronta-a-sperimentare-la-fine-del-lavoro.aspx
Finland ready to experience the end of workWSI | Posted July 21, 2015 |
13:29 NowForm of univer
R.I.P. Jovan Julian Robles | "Because we know the truth, it is up to us to be the change"
Yesterday was indeed a big day, one passed, one was re-born who had
passed in 2013. Justin and Julien were very kind friends to me in
Morocco during some very difficult moments last summer. Justin and
Julien always remained steadfast kind friends to me, absent any
judgement, belief in rumor brought in by disinfo agents, or
preconception of who I BE or what others said I BE. I will always be
grate
Angola 3 News
A3 Newsletter: Join Us in New Orleans on Sept. 2nd for Albert Woodfox's Appeal Hearing
(PHOTO: A3 supporters gathered outside the Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals in New Orleans at one of Albert's previous hearings, on Jan. 7,
2014.)After a summer of back and forth briefing on paper, on Wednesday
morning, September 2nd, in the East Courtroom a three-judge panel of the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hear oral arguments
on whether Federal Judge James Brady's June 8th
Mark above articles as read
ArmsControlWonk
Sokov on Russian Cruise Missiles
I was discussing reports of a new Russian sea-launched cruise missile
with my colleague, Nikolai Sokov. He has a number of thoughts about
what is going on, so I was delighted when he offered to write them up.
There are a lot of really interesting things in Nikolai’s piece.
One comment — I remain undecided about the idea that the alleged Russian
INF violation arises from a ground-based test of a s
Pyongsan and Sillamäe
I am delighted that my article on the modernization of the uranium mill
at Pyongsan is getting so much attention.
I do, however, have to register a small reservation — partly about the
coverage but mostly about my own role in it. I study nuclear weapons,
so I am first and foremost interested in what the operation of the
uranium mill means for North Korea’s nuclear programs. It is natural
that I
The Bombing of Hiroshima
In this week’s podcast, Jeffrey speaks to Aaron live from Hiroshima.
Seventy years after the first use of nuclear weapons, Aaron and Jeffrey
discuss the decision to use the bomb, the bureaucracy underpinning
American nuclear decision-making, and the role of nuclear weapons in the
twenty-first century.
Links:
Magical Thinking and the Real Power of Hiroshima | Foreign Policy
Hiroshima: John Herse
Seventy Years Without an A-Bombing
As numbers-based arms control wanes, norms become even more important.
Norms can be clarified in Codes of Conduct or established by customary
practice. The most important norm in our field is the non-use of nuclear
weapons in combat.
Few expected this norm to exist after atomic bombs were dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki – let alone to last for 70 years. As Nina
Tannenwald has written in The Nuc
Big Dan's Big Blog
"Pro-Life" Is A White Conservative Republican Movement That Should Be Renamed "PRO-BIRTH-ANTI-LIFE"
"Pro-life" is a white conservative Republican religious movement full
of hypocrites. These things would lower the amount of abortions but
these hypocrites are against all of these things: higher wages (73% of
women who have abortions say it's because they can't afford a child),
full health care from birth, and birth control."Pro-life"ers should be
called "Pro-birthers"
Louisiana Shooting: Cut/Paste My FALSE FLAG SHOOTER FORMULA To See If It's A FALSE FLAG
Here's my FALSE FLAG SHOOTER FORMULA:– "news" immediately refers to
shooter as a "LONE NUT GUNMAN" or "LONE WOLF"– had some/all of these:
confederate flag, nazi flag, 9/11 t-shirt, rightwinger/white
supremacist/skinhead/etc…– there will be a "hero" story, where someone
saved some lives during the shooting– the FBI either had prior contact
with the shooter, o
Buckdog
Harper's PMO Lawyer Spills The Beans At Duffy Trial - Harper's Ignored
Legal Advice And Named Senators Who Did Not Qualify - The Stinky Senate
Scandal Started At That Moment
"Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s closest aides developed a secret plan
in February 2013 to protect Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and other
Conservative senators from questions about their eligibility to
represent specific provinces in the upper chamber, according to
documents tabled in Duffy’s criminal trial Thursday.Harper, however,
worried that delving into Senate residency rules would open a c
Harper In Wonderland
(This editorial, published in the Toronto Star, is bang on and a good
expression of what's happening with our dishonest and highly corrupt
Prime Minister:Stephen Harper’s Alice in Wonderland world: EditorialA
surreal Alice in Wonderland air is beginning to surround Sen. Mike
Duffy’s trial, and it is shredding the government’s credibilityJust how
many impossible things do Prime Minister Stephen Ha
The Baby Boomer 'Woodstock Generation' Is Now Old And As A Demographic Group Are Voting For Stephen Harper !!
This week marks the 46th Anniversary of a pivotal moment in Baby Boomer
culture and history. The 1969 Woodstock Rock Festival is nearly a half
century old and the generation that spawned it and basked in it for
decades afterwards is now in its Senior years. Love, Peace, Brotherhood,
Sisterhood .... the Boomer generation labeled itself as hip,
progressive and ground breaking. They mercilessly prot
Veterans Prevented From Entering Legion Hall While Harper Meets With Small Handful of 'Friendly' Vets .. Shame !!
A group of Canadian military veterans said they were denied access to a
Stephen Harper event held at a legion in New Brunswick Monday
morning.Fabian Henry of the organization Marijuana for Trauma said that
he and six other veterans heard Sunday night that Conservative leader
Harper and Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O'Toole were coming to the No.
4 Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in Fredericto
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