New in wmtc
the mysterious case of kars4kids: deceptive advertising for orthodox jewish proselytizing
When
I watch baseball, I always watch the "away" feed -- the Red Sox
broadcast -- and almost always choose local radio for the audio feed.
(Hooray for MLB streaming on Roku!) And while I always mute the ads
between innings, hundreds of ads are stuffed into the broadcast itself ,
so it's impossible not to hear and see a lot of advertising. One
advertising staple is something called "Cars for Kids".
update: the gay cop on barney miller comes out, plus an adorable child sex worker
About
a month ago, I wrote about an episode from the late 1970s-early 1980s
sitcom "Barney Miller", in which the squad discovers that an officer
from their precinct is gay. To my surprise, Officer Zatelli returned to
Barney Miller -- and he came out, right there in the squad room. That's
Zatelli (Dino Natali) on the right, blurting out: "I'm gay!" In this
follow-up episode, gay couple Marty and Mr
what i'm reading: turtles all the way down, the new book by john green
I don't usually write about a book while I'm still under its spell, but
there are always exceptions. John Green's Turtles All the Way Down is
an exceptional book. One reason Green's writing is so powerful is that
he conjures both the specific and the universal at the same time. The
Fault in Our Stars , for example, is about two teens who have cancer,
and how they fall in love and have a relations
alds begins today
This
Red Sox team has been driving me crazy, seesawing between amazing and
horrendous. I don't have a lot of optimism right now, especially after
our dismal showing against Houston... the team we meet in the first
round of playoffs. Dear Red Sox, Please be amazing. Love always, A fan
with no expectations
thoughts on the latest u.s. gun massacre
As
part of my continuing efforts to post here rather than -- or at least
in addition to -- Facebook, here are some thoughts on the latest
horrific massacre in the US, the country music festival in Las Vegas.
First, the inevitability of recurrence. When hearing about mass
shootings in the United States, the worst part -- the most tragic, the
most outrageous part -- is the certainty of knowing that
rip tom petty
The
death of Tom Petty is terrible, shocking, dare I say heartbreaking
news. From the moment I heard those unmistakeable first notes of
"American Girl," I was hooked. I was a teenager when Petty first fought
the battle to hold down the price of records. (Archival story about that
here .) It would be the first of many battles for him, and he was
always on the side of the good -- musicians and fans.
New in WWF - Latest News
From Bula to Bonn, accelerating climate action to be in sharp focus at COP23
(BONN, Germany) 25 October 2017 - When the annual United Nations
climate change conference gets underway in Bonn in early November,
national leaders won't be alone at the table. Businesses, cities,
subnational governments and civil society will be on hand to show how
their efforts are critical to help achieve the ambitious targets of the
2015 Paris Agreement. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, leader of WWF's
Central Africa biomonitoring report: Several forest elephant populations close to collapse in Central Africa
Wildlife censuses carried out in four Central African countries have
revealed that forest elephant populations have declined by approximately
66 per cent over eight years in an area covering almost 6 million
hectares. These declines are attributed to the illegal killing of
elephants for their ivory. However, there are indications that lower
levels of poaching have occurred within protected areas,
Declaración de WWF sobre el CPR (Conservación, Protección y Recuperación) de la vaquita
El 12 de octubre el Gobierno de México, con el apoyo de expertos y
científicos internacionales, iniciará un esfuerzo sin precedentes para
salvar a la vaquita, el mamífero marino más amenazado del mundo. El
proyecto, conocido como CPR (Conservación, Protección y Recuperación),
busca rescatar a las vaquitas que quedan y reubicarlas temporalmente en
un santuario marino en el Alto Golfo de California
Healthy watersheds help stem deadly childhood diseases downstream
Children living in river basins whose watersheds have greater tree
cover are less likely to experience diarrhoeal disease, the second
leading cause of death among children under the age of five, according
to a global study released today, supported by WWF. Studying 300,000
children in 35 countries across Africa, Southeast Asia, South America
and the Caribbean, the University of Vermont-led resear
Artificial nests aim to increase Shy Albatross breeding success
Specially built mudbrick and aerated concrete artificial nests,
airlifted on to Bass Strait's Albatross Island in a trial program aimed
at increasing the breeding success of the Tasmanian Shy Albatross,
appear to have been accepted by the vulnerable sea-birds, early
monitoring is showing. A co-operative effort – which brought together
wildlife and funding partners from WWF-Australia with support
The Mediterranean Sea: incomparable wealth in steep decline
Rome, Italy – Along its 46,000km coastline, the Mediterranean Sea
supports around 150 million people living along its shores. The report
Reviving the Economy of the Mediterranean Sea: Actions for a sustainable
future , launched today, shows that the Mediterranean Sea plays a
fundamental role in the region's economy but that the sea's underlying
natural asset base – which supports much of the econ
New in A Different Perspective
Project Horse Fly - The Documents
My posting about General Exon and the project known as “Horse Fly”
inspired one of those who visit here to file a FOIA request. Here is
what he wrote: Bombastic Bill has left a new comment on your post "
Arthur Exon and the Investigative Teams ": So I recently filed a FOIA
for Horse Fly for Wright Pat in the years listed above and I have
received a reply from the Air Force: "A thorough search for
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Brad Steiger (Yes, that Brad Steiger).
Brad Steiger This week, after months of frustrating attempts to
coordinate our schedules, Brad Steiger and I were finally able to talk
about UFOs and the Paranormal. After Brad said some very complimentary
things about me, we launched into the interview. I had thought we would
talk about some of the strangest of the UFO landing reports including
bizarre looking aliens. We began, however, with a s
Curse of Oak Island - Season 5
Yes, I have seen the promos for the new season of Curse of Oak Island
and it is filled with the same sort of hyperbole that has been teased in
past seasons. Yes, they show an old key that unlocks an old chest but,
of course, we don’t see the contents. And, yes, we hear the Laginas boys
say that they have found the money pit. I still believe that if
something truly spectacular had been found, the
Meier Explains the Alien Autopsy
There are those who read my blog who say that they really don’t want to
hear any more about Billy Meier and his alleged contacts with alien
beings. There are others who say that arguing with true believers is a
waste of time because no matter what evidence is presented, it will
never be enough to show them the errors in their true beliefs. But
sometimes I just have to poke the stick into the Horn
Tom DeLonge and UFOs
I must be doing something wrong. For months I have been hearing about
Tom DeLonge, he formerly of Blink-182, who has entered the UFO arena
with, allegedly, some highly-place contacts who will assist him in
bringing the truth about alien visitation to the public. This began
around 2015. According to Rolling Stone : DeLonge contacted [John]
Podesta [Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager] again this Ja
Bernalillo (Albuquerque) Sighting of June 17, 2015
Rob Swiatek, a member of the Board of Directors of MUFON, told me about
a sighting that is interesting but not necessarily something of an
extraterrestrial nature. As he reported, it seems that the objects, or
lights, were on the ground. Neither the witness nor the investigator was
able to identify a source for the lights. According to the information
supplied: The principal witness obtained them
New in A Very Public Sociologist
Guido Fawkes: Troll and Hypocrite
When do past misdeeds no longer matter? I ask because, well, this. In
the 1980s, we find a Westminster establishment regular trying to forge
links with the then openly Neo-Nazi British National Party. As a
luminary in the Federation of Conservative Students, he said there was a
great deal of common ground between himself and the BNP, particularly
with regard to "the elimination of Communism in Br
Politics and Hypocrisy: A Socialist View
Spare me the faux outrage from the Tories over Jared O'Hara and his
recently unearthed comments. Minus a positive programme and staring the
uneasy prospect of a long decline in the face, seizing on every bigoted
comment and every stupid indiscretion uttered by Labour's new generation
of MPs long ago is all they have. This is the divide and rule they're
used to. In the past, sexism, racism and hom
Oxbridge and the Reproduction of the Ruling Class
It's one of the great ironies of contemporary capitalism. The early
21st century gives off the impression of living in an age of rapid
change, and that is true in some aspects. But in others, particularly
relating to matters of class and economics, things are a deal more
static. Not only is there a strong tendency toward stagnation , but our
supposedly dynamic system is seizing up. The standard o
Jeremy Corbyn and the New Mainstream
Tweeting earlier in response to Jeremy Corbyn's conference speech, Ed
Miliband observed that the centre ground had moved and was being shaped
by Labour. Correct. The boasts about Labour being the mainstream have a
solid foundation because, to be more exact, our party is one of two
mainstreams . There's the one we've seen Labour pander to for the 20
years pre-JC. The "common sense" centre ground e
Neoliberalism and the Battle of Ideas
If you want to see the problems of the Tory party encapsulated, watch
Boris Johnson's conference speech. For the first and perhaps the only
time, the faithful turned out in large numbers to listen to the man who
would be king expend a great deal of words saying nothing in particular.
But there is one thing our fatuous foreign secretary did touch on,
which marked "Call me" Philip Hammond's speech
Corbynism and the White Heat of Technology
What do the Tories offer? Putting aside the squabbling and the Brexit
meltdown, there isn't a great deal. At the beginning of her blighted
reign Theresa May promised a rosy picture of a one nation Britain in
which everyone had their place and everyone got on. This was 50s Toryism
respun, a kindlier, industrious society (except for immigrants and
recipients of social security) where racism became
New in Adrienne's Corner
Is the left finally turning on the Clintons?
it appears so and it's about time. Keep in mind the original "breaker"
of this story is the Washington Post - a very dishonest purveyor of fake
news. So why now? Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to
Russia dossier That my dear friends is going to take some thought and
mulling over of what we know. And what we know is exactly what they want
us to know - no more or less. I'll give it
JFK documents to be released: Will we learn anything new?...
not likely. It occurred to me this morning that I am among the
dwindling number of people remaining who was not only alive when JFK was
assassinated, but of an age to comprehend what was going on. We all
have a brain cell specifically set aside for what we were doing when we
first heard about the shooting. I received a phone call just moments
after the shooting telling me to turn on the TV becaus
Bulldog Steve Bannon...
the scourge of the left. I have yet to watch this. We are expecting
some really nasty weather so I must dash off and do my Weight Watcher's
walk. Looking forward to coming home and seeing Bannon receiving three
standing O's. From Breitbart: (Orange County, CA) Breitbart News
Executive Chairman and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon
delivered a fiery keynote address to about 500 peop
Weight Watchers Week 1...
4.4 lbs
Retired General John Kelly sets the record straight about Trump's call to widow of slain soldier...
I listened to this on the way home and, like Kelly, was stunned. The
brouhaha is a result of congresswoman, Rep Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.),
who used the widow to advance her Trump hating agenda. She doesn't care
about the widow. She only cares about her black grievance. I'm going to
take it one step further based on a few comments I read over at the
cesspit called Salon: You know I wondered if the
So what's with Alexa spying on us?...
along with smartphones, laptops, smart appliances, your electric meter,
Facecrap, Twitter, Amazon, and ebay. Did I leave anything out?
Probably. Today was an interesting article about Alexa on American
Thinker, Alexa, what are you doing in my room? , by Pem Schaeffer, which
covers Global Digital Infrastructure, the Cloud, and artificial
intelligence, and the vast spying abilities and dangers of A
New in ArmsControlWonk
The JCPOA Will Not Kill Grandma With Cancer
The
debate over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) can be
pretty tiresome. Its not even a debate, so much as it is an exercise in
political mobilization. For the most part, opponents trying whip up
opposition are content to repeat the same falsehoods over and over
again, which work well enough to rile up …
“One Last Chance” for Pakistan
Quotes
of the week: “Pakistan is now hoist on its own petard. Calling off
cross-border terrorism in Kashmir would insure that militancy within
Pakistan intensifies, while continuing to support cross-border terrorism
would alienate Pakistan even further internationally.” — P. R. Chari,
“Nuclear Restraint, Risk Reduction, and the Security-Insecurity Paradox
in South Asia,” 2004 “Each country, …
Guest Post: Consequences of Testing an H-Bomb in the Pacific
Friend
and CNS Scientist-in-Residence Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress has written a
detailed primer on what might happen if North Korea detonates a hydrogen
bomb over the waters of the Pacific Ocean. We’re pleased to bring it to
you here. Effects of a Potential Thermonuclear Test by North Korea in
the Pacific Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress For more than fifty …
Guest post: Halloween comes early for the Iran Deal
President
Trump has justified his threat to “decertify” the 2015 Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action, or “Iran deal,” less by any material
failures of compliance than by asserting that Iran has “violated the
spirit of that deal,” which boils down to the observation that Iran and
the USA are on the opposite sides of unrelated …
Domestic UDMH Production in the DPRK
We
were surprised by the recent debate about whether North Korea can
domestically produce UDMH. Working with my colleagues at CNS, we have
translated several North Korean scientific papers documenting North
Korea’s domestic production of UDMH and identified at least one of the
sites probably associated with UDMH production, the February 8 Vinalon
Complex in …
Implement the JCPOA
Very
shortly, the United States government will make decisions about the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that may have immediate and
profound implications for Iran and the U.S; for the future of the Middle
East; and for global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear arms. The
JCPOA ultimately rests upon the authority of …
New in Catharsis Ours
Economic
News , Data & Views....October 18 , 2017.....Topics To Consider
today-1) Markets : Asia- Economic Calendar For Asia - Thursday , Market
Moving Data & News ; US - More Record Closes For US Stocks , Earning
Reports From Ebay , Alcoa , American Express , Kinder Morgan & UAL ;
Additional Items Of Note. 2) US Political News - Puerto Rico Updates ;
DC Swampland News ( Tax Reform , Healthcare , Various Russia Related
Investigations ) ; Additional Political Items Of Note To Consider. 3)
Spain - Hours Away Potentially From Article 155 Being Imposed , Spain
Awaits The Reply Of Catalan Gov't President Regarding Independence
Declaration - Cat & Mouse Game Continues. 4) EU-UK Talks - Today's
"Back & Forth" Between PM May & EU Leadership. 5) Ukraine -
Protests Increasing As Restless Citizens Take To The Streets Again ,
Second Maidan On The Way Perhaps , Additional Items On Ukraine. 6) Odds
& Ends - From Across The Globe.
Markets... Asia.... fred walton @fredwalton216 2h 2 hours ago fred
walton Retweeted ForexLive Asia calendar for Thursday. fred walton
added, ForexLive @ForexLive Economic data due from Asia today - China Q3
GDP http:// news.forexlive.com/!/economic-dat
a-due-from-asia-today-china-q3-gdp-20171018 … LiveSquawk @LiveSquawk
12m 12 minutes ago Japan Securities Regulator Said To Probe Toshiba
Repor
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 17 , 2017 ...... Topics For
Tuesday-1) Markets : Asia - Calendar For Asia Wednesday , Market Moving
News & Data ; US - Dow And S&P End With New Record Closes , FX
Wrap For New York , API Inventory Data , TIC Flows Data , Additional
Items Of Note.2) US Politics : Swampland - Healthcare , NAFTA , Russia
Probe & Collusion Issues , Puerto Rico Updates , More Items Of Note.
3) France - 10 Arrests Made Of Far Right Militants Over Terror Plot To
Attack Politicians & Mosques. 4) Spain- Thursday Drop Day Approaches
For Rejection Of Independence Declaration , Large Protests Against
Jailing Of Catalan Leaders , Additional Items Of Note. 5) Italy - News
For Tuesday To Consider. 6) UK- UK-EU Talks Items To Consider. 7) Odds
& Ends
Markets..... Asia.... fred walton @fredwalton216 29m 29 minutes ago
fred walton Retweeted ForexLive Calendar for Wednesday. .. fred walton
added, ForexLive @ForexLive Economic data due from Asia today http://
news.forexlive.com/!/economic-dat a-due-from-asia-today-01- fred walton
@fredwalton216 30m 30 minutes ago fred walton Retweeted ForexLive Asia
watch... fred walton added, ForexLive @Fore
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 16 , 2017 ......Quick Hits For
Monday-1) Markets : Asia - Economic Calendar For Tuesday , Market Moving
Data & News , North Korea Updates ; US - Another Day Of Record High
For US Stock Indexes , US Crude Rises On Kirkuk Concerns. 2) Spain -
Puigdemont Does Not Give Clear Answer To Independence Question Posed By
Rajoy , Pro-Independence Leaders Sanchez And Cuixart Jailed During
Sedition Investigation , Police Chief Not Jailed Though. 3) UK-EU Talks -
PM May's Brussels Meeting Fails To Break Current Deadlock In Talks. 4)
Malta- Shocking Murder By Car Bombing Of Panama Papers Reporter Daphe
Caruana Galiza Shocks Malta & The World. 5 ) Iraq- Kirku Falls
Strikingly Fast - KDP & PUK Point Fingers At Each Other , Iraq's PM
Looks Decisive And Strong. 6) Venezuela- Opposition Falls Into Maduro
Trap with Regional Elections - Gov't Takes 17 Of 23 Governorships ,
Additional News On Venezuela. 7) US Politics : Puerto Rico Updates For
Monday ; Swampland…
Markets....... fred walton @fredwalton216 1h 1 hour ago fred walton
Retweeted ForexLive Asia calendar for Tuesday..... fred walton added,
ForexLive @ForexLive Economic data due from Asia today - New Zealand
inflation & RBA minutes http:// news.forexlive.com/!/economic-dat
a-due-from-asia-today-new-zealand-inflation-20171016 … LiveSquawk
@LiveSquawk 17m 17 minutes ago Kobe Steel May Have Faked
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 15 , 2017.... Quick hits for Sunday
-1) Spain - Political Standoff Continues. No Sign Of Movement As
Spanish Deadline of Monday 8:00 GMT Looms. Puigedemont & Catalan
Gov't Leaders Pay Tribute To Lluis Companys ( Former Catalonia President
Executed October 15 , 1940.) 2) UK - Sunday Talk Show Highlights ,
EU-UK Talks & Brexit Related Items , Domestic Politics. 3) US
Politics- Sunday Talks Show Highlights From Tillerson , Haley &
McMaster - Talking Points On Iran & North Korea In Focus , Swampland
Politics In Focus , Updates On Puerto Rico - Updated During Sunday As
Additional Information Released. 4) Odds & Ends - Syria , Somalia ,
Kurdistan-Iraq , North Korea & More.
Spain..... fred walton @fredwalton216 27s 27 seconds ago fred walton
Retweeted BBC News (World) Carles Puigdemont & other senior
politicians paid tribute in Barcelona to a Catalan politician executed
under Franco in the Civil War. fred walton added, BBC News (World)
Verified account @BBCWorld Catalonia: No sign of movement as Spanish
deadline looms http:// bbc.in/2kQDsWe fred walton @fredwalt
Economic
News , Data & Views ...... October 14 , 2017..... Topics Of
Interest For Saturday-1) Global Market Weekly Highlights And Items To
Consider : Doug Noland's Credit Bulletin For The Weekly Rundown ; KSA
May Choose To Limit IPO of Aramco Shares to Riyadh Exchange ; Weekly
Updates Regarding Global Bonds & China's Credit Bubble ( H/T Holger S
) ; Bitcoin Items & Additional Items Of Interest. 2) Hurricane
Orphelia - As Orphelia Tracks Toward Ireland And The UK , Strong Winds
& Downpours In Forecast For Early Next Week. 3) Iraq/ Kurdistan -
Updates For Present State Of Play In Tense Aftermath Subsequent To
Kurdistan's Recent Independence Referendum. 4) Syria Updates - Al
Mayadin Has Been Taken From ISIS By SAA Forces , SDF Makes Further
In-roads At Raqqa & Deir Ezzor Governorate. 5) US Politics Updates
On Puerto Rico ; Swampland News , Additional Items Of note. 6) Odds
& Ends !
Global Markets... fred walton @fredwalton216 4m 4 minutes ago fred
walton Retweeted fred walton Always interesting Doug Noland Essay
compares current market conditions with 1999....good wrap for news and
weekly data , as well. fred walton added, fred walton @fredwalton216
Credit Bubble Bulletin : Weekly Commentary: Arms Race http://
creditbubblebulletin.blogspot.com/2017/10/weekly -commentary-a
Economic
News , Data & Views.....October 13 , 2017......Quick Hits For
Friday-1) Markets - US : S&P / DOW / Nasdaq - All End Week On All
Time Highs , Volatility For October On Pace For Least Volatile Month
Ever ; Apart from Stocks , Rising Tide Floated Almost All Asset Classes
This Week - Treasuries , Corporate Bonds , Gold , Oil ; Additional Items
To Consider. 2) US Politics : POTUS Does Not Certify Iran Compliance
With JCOPA & Sanctions IRGC - Response From EU , Europe / Russia
& Iran ; Nafta Updates ; Healthcare State Of Play ; Las Vegas
Massacre Sheriff / FBI Presser ; Puerto Rico Updates For Friday. 3)
Spain- Clock Ticking For Puigedemont , Decision Time Comes Early Next
Week On Declaring Independence. 4) Odds & Ends.
Markets.... Charlie Bilello Verified account @charliebilello 2h 2
hours ago Wall Street Week S&P: All-Time High Dow: All-Time High
Nasdaq: All-Time High NYSE: All-Time High Global Dow: All-Time High
#FridayThe13th fred walton @fredwalton216 14s 14 seconds ago fred
walton Retweeted zerohedge ZH-"Buy it all...On the week-Stocks are up,
Treasury Bonds are up, Corporate Bonds are up, Gold is up,
New in Centauri Dreams
Probing General Relativity with Neutron Stars
Another of those ‘new eras’ I talked about in yesterday’s post is
involved in the latest news on gravitational waves. Let’s not forget
that it was 50 years ago — on November 28, 1967 — that Jocelyn Bell
Burnell and Antony Hewish observed the first pulsar, now known to be a
neutron star. It made the news at the time because the pulses, separated
by 1.33 seconds, raised a SETI possibility, leading
Robotic Asteroid Mining: Bootstrapping the Solar System Economy
Centauri Dreams returns with an essay by long-time contributor Alex
Tolley. If we need to grow a much bigger economy to make starships
possible one day, the best way to proceed should be through building an
infrastructure starting in the inner Solar System and working outward.
Alex digs into the issues here, starting with earlier conceptions of how
it might be done, and the present understanding
A Deep Data Dive for Gravitational Lenses
We seem to be entering ‘new eras’ faster than I can track. Certainly
the gravitational wave event GW170817 demonstrates how exciting the
prospects for this new kind of astronomy are, with its discovery of a
neutron star merger producing a heavy-metal seeding ‘kilonova.’ But
remember, too, how early we are in the exoplanet hunt. The first
exoplanets ever detected were found as recently as 1992 aro
On the Merger of Neutron Stars
I had thought to go straight back into current news after Centauri
Dreams ’ recent hiatus, but that’s never a fully satisfactory solution,
especially when major events happen while I’m away. I don’t want to
simply repeat what everyone has already read about the gravitational
wave event GW170817, but there are a few things that caught my eye that
we can discuss this morning. After all, we’re deali
Project Blue: Looking for Terrestrial Worlds at Alpha Centauri
Eduardo Bendek’s ACEsat, conceived at NASA Ames by Bendek and Ruslan
Belikov, seemed to change the paradigm for planet discovery around the
nearest stellar system. The beauty of Alpha Centauri is that the two
primary stars present large habitable zones as seen from Earth, simply
because the system is so close to us. The downside, in terms of G-class
Centauri A and K-class Centauri B, is that thei
The Milky Way as an Outlier
How ‘normal’ is the Milky Way? It’s an interesting question because as
we look out into a visible universe filled with perhaps 100 billion
galaxies, we base many of our models for their behavior on what we know
of our own. That this may not be the best way to proceed is brought home
by a much smaller study, the comparison between our Solar System and
what we’ve been finding around other stars. Fi
New in Craig Murray
Edinburgh 2 November: A Day to Stretch the Intellect
There is a good double header of events in Edinburgh on 2 November, at
venues 5 minutes walk from one another. At 2pm at the National Library
of Scotland on George IV Bridge I shall be giving a talk on Alexander
Burnes, followed by a book signing. After retiring to Sandy Bell’s for a
brief refreshment, at 6pm the W. M. Watt Annual Lecture is being
delivered at by Professor Nur Masalha at the Play
Spain is Operating Way Beyond Democratic Legitimacy
In imprisoning Catalan leaders for peaceful campaigning for
Independence, and in choosing both in rhetoric and in court to treat
support for Independence as “sedition”, the Spanish government is acting
way beyond the limits of a democratic society. It is ignoring the basic
human rights of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. It is also
undertaking massive blocking of communication and censo
Banning Democracy in Catalonia
There is a fundamental disconnect between the real Catalonia and the
Catalonia the political Establishment and its lackey media want us to
believe exists. All of the major Western broadcasters, plus newspapers
like The Guardian, Washington Post and New York Times, have repeatedly
pumped out the mantra that it is only a minority in Catalonia that
support Independence. They have never attempted to
The Gross Dishonesty of the Mainstream Media on Catalonia
Due to social media, the mainstream media can no longer hide what
happens. But they can attempt to frame our perceptions of it. What
happened yesterday in Catalonia is that paramilitary forces attacked
voters who were trying to vote. The mainstream media has universally
decided to call the voters “protestors” rather than voters. So next time
you go to your polling station, apparently what you are
I Am Obliged to Reconsider My Support for the European Union
To my own astonishment, and after a full 36 hours of hard thinking to
try and escape this conclusion, I am in intellectual honesty obliged to
reconsider my lifelong support for the European Union, due to the
unqualified backing of the EU Commission for the Spanish Government’s
dreadful repression in Catalonia. This is very difficult for me. I still
much favour open immigration policy, and the maj
Suspending the Catalan Parliament, Spain Destroys the EU’s “Rule of Law” Figleaf.
It takes a very special kind of chutzpah systematically to assault
voters, and drag them from polling booths by their hair, and then say
that a low turnout invalidates the vote. That is the shameless position
being taken by the Europe wide political Establishment and its corporate
media lackeys. This Guardian article illustrates a refinement to this
already extreme act of intellectual dishonesty.
New in David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
Few and Far by Allison Kydd leads Andreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended Oct. 22, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and
provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON
FICTION BESTSELLERS Few and Far – Allison Kydd+ In the Cage – Kevin
Hardcastle The Sun and Her Flowers […] The post Few and Far by Allison
Kydd leads Andreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List th
Desperation anyone? The clock runs out on Brian Jean’s campaign to lead the UCP
PHOTOS: UCP leadership candidate Brian Jean, with loyal MLAs Leela
Aheer, Glenn van Dijken and Todd Loewen, in front of Premier Rachel
Notley’s constituency office yesterday. (Screenshot of Jean Campaign
video.) The wind was blowing. Below: Former Calgary MP Jason Kenney,
whose coronation as leader of the UCP is expected on Saturday. Tick
tock. The […] The post Desperation anyone? The clock runs
Calgary polling fiasco leaves Postmedia, pollster with egg on their faces, critics furious, and mayor safely back in office
PHOTOS: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi in the marbled hallways of the
Alberta Legislature. He was reelected to his third term on Oct. 16.
Below: Mainstreet Research pollster Quito Maggi (Photo: Mainstreet
Research), Mainstreet Executive VP David Valentin (Photo: Twitter),
Mount Royal University political science professor Duane Bratt (Photo:
CBC), and Calgary pollster Janet Brown. Postmedia, […] The
Western Canada’s artificial alienation: Catalonia here we come! Then again, maybe not …
Right on schedule, us Western Canadians are feeling alienated. Really!
Don’t just take my word for it! The digital editions of the gutter press
are full of the complaints nowadays of such alienated Albertans as
United Conservative Party leadership contenders Brian Jean and Jason
Kenney. Likewise, we’re hearing lots of Western alienation talk from
Brad […] The post Western Canada’s artificial alie
Right-wing propaganda instantly pivots to explain away progressive successes Monday in Alberta municipal elections
PHOTOS: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who overcame a full-blown attack
by all the usual suspects on the right in Monday’s Alberta-wide
municipal elections, addressing the biennial convention of the Canadian
Federation of Nurses Unions in Calgary in June. Below: Bill Smith, Mr.
Nenshi’s main conservative challenger, who didn’t do as well as some
polls forecast, […] The post Right-wing propaganda in
Electoral Boundaries Commission calls for addition of three urban ridings, reduction of three rural constituencies
PHOTOS: A typical scene in voter heavy rural Alberta. Well, they’ve
probably updated the sign on the truck trailer by now, or, if not, they
will soon. (Photo: J. McPherson, Wikimedia Commons.) Below: Daveberta.ca
blogger Dave Cournoyer. Stand by for an often-mentioned agricultural
product to hit the fan. Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission has
issued its […] The post Electoral Boundaries Co
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David Talbott - Alien Sky - a remember'd age of gods and wonders
I know, I know, Saturn can't be our old (plasma sheathing, eternal
daylight, brown dwarf) star the ancient writings, engravings and beliefs
mentioned. It has too many 'stay away' messages from those who would
rule our minds via Hollywood and Religion, and Science. "Stay away from
Saturn," I'm paraphrasing Arthur C Clarke here of course, but it fits.
Satan lives there, with his various demons and
Suspicious Observers - Strong Solar-Climate Link Discovered - Open Peer Review
but
what's the circuit look like? What circuit? The twin-flow of Birkelund
Currents i.e. electrical circuit, that links the Amundsen Sea Low
Pressure Data to THE SUN's variable output via sunspots. This SUN-EARTH
circuit is also looking like it DRIVES seismicity and vulcanology on
this rock, too. What, our nearest electric-star has an effect on our
electric-planet as we pass through its electric-f
Pierre-Marie Robitaille - The Solar Spectrum - why the Sun is not a ball of gas
Yes,
I've featured some of Pierre-Marie Robitaille's work before, and he has
had MANY SCIENTIFIC PAPERS published in numerous peer-reviewed science
magazines. Hydrogen glows in the red spectrum... When Pierre-Marie
Robitaille talks about the solar spectrum i.e. that kind of light coming
off our nearest star, matching that of black body radiation know that
he's not talking about light from a gaseou
Ancient Voyagers - Scandinavians traded with Native Canadians - 1700 BC
global
seaworthiness is not a recent innovation, neither is astro-navigation,
if we're to believe the weel-documented evidence in the following (old)
video... seriously interesting stuff. Three thousand years BEFORE the
so-called first-European i.e. Christopher Columbus. In fact, the ancient
Norse pre-oggam language used in engravings found on a limestone slab
in Ontario show EXACTLY when they wer
9/11 - Rebekah Roth - her testimony is still valid sixteen years later
I
don't understand why you'all don't hang on EVERY WORD of this ex-air
hostess's research into the out-of-character reactions, phone calls,
ancilliary agents in the fake war on you and me and everybody not in the
WAR WORLD gameplan... Why are you still in doubt that 9/11 (the
incidents of September 11th 2001 when three buildings fell into their
own footprints because two planes hit them) and proba
Electric Universe - UFO crop circles - Earth plasma communications?
would a faker really render orbs off the visible frame? Crop Circles,
we all know what this means... or do we? What if the (debunked, lol)
Oliver's Castle August 1996 footage of pairs of flying plasma orbs
making a crop circle are 'some electrical manifestation of the Earth
trying to communicate some message to some lifeformm on our planet'?
Hell, such communication-crop circles might not even be
New in From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog
From Jenna Orkin Puerto Rico electric utility awards $300 million contract to tiny Trump-connected company FBI watched,...
From Jenna Orkin Puerto Rico electric utility awards $300 million
contract to tiny Trump-connected company FBI watched, then acted as
Russian spy moved closer to Hillary Clinton Tipping Point For Natural
Gas: Huge Project Canceled in California China Shuts Down Tens Of
Thousands Of Factories In Unprecedented Pollution Crackdown Rex
Tillerson Makes "Secret" Visit To Afghanistan Japan Sounds Alarm
From Jenna Orkin North Korea Is A Major Opium Producer, Making It A Prime Target For The CIA The U.S. Will Invade West ...
From Jenna Orkin North Korea Is A Major Opium Producer, Making It A
Prime Target For The CIA The U.S. Will Invade West Africa in 2023 After
An Attack in New York — According to Pentagon War Game China's
Government Is Expected To Buy 24% Of All Residential Real Estate For
Sale In 2017 West Eyes Recolonization Of Africa With Endless War;
Removing Gaddafi Was First Step Here Is The IMF's Global Fina
From Jenna Orkin U.S. Military Is Building a $100 Million Drone Base in Africa Scientists Can Read a Bird’s Brain and P...
From Jenna Orkin U.S. Military Is Building a $100 Million Drone Base in
Africa Scientists Can Read a Bird’s Brain and Predict Its Next SongNext
up, predicting human speech with a brain-computer interface. ICE,
Sonoma Sheriff At Odds Over California Wildfires Arson Suspect The Next
Climate Domino - Tropical Forests Spain Activates "Nuclear Option": Will
Seize Control Of Catalan Government, Force N
From Jenna Orkin "Tired Mountain Syndrome" - North Korea's Nuclear Test Site Is Headed For A Deadly Collapse "The Polic...
From Jenna Orkin "Tired Mountain Syndrome" - North Korea's Nuclear Test
Site Is Headed For A Deadly Collapse "The Police Just F**ked My Life" -
Alabamians Outraged As Civil Asset Forfeitures Soar Meet The Eccentric,
Euroskeptic, Czech Billionaire Who Will Become Prime Minister Spain's
Prime Minister is sacking Catalonia's president and holding new regional
elections, in an unprecedented move A Ya
From Jenna Orkin Be Afraid America - DHS Warns ISIS, Al Qaeda Are Planning '9/11-Style' Attack Bank Run Imminent: Catal...
From Jenna Orkin Be Afraid America - DHS Warns ISIS, Al Qaeda Are
Planning '9/11-Style' Attack Bank Run Imminent: Catalan Separatists Urge
Supporters To Pull Cash From ATMs On Friday Morning Stocks Hit New
Record Highs, Dollar Jumps On Senate Vote; Japan Has Longest Winning
Streak In History Coverup Questions Emerge Over Vegas Security Guard's
'Ellen' Appearance Emails Reveal Bill Clinton Met Wit
From Jenna Orkin Climate Skeptics Want More CO2 FBI Reports 61% Surge In "Felonious" Cop Killings Year Over Year LAPD G...
From Jenna Orkin Climate Skeptics Want More CO2 FBI Reports 61% Surge
In "Felonious" Cop Killings Year Over Year LAPD Gets Approval To Unleash
Drone Program As Protesters Take To The Streets "We're On Borrowed
Time": California Unveils Statewide Magnitude 7 Earthquake Drill "It's A
Mad Max Situation" - Puerto Rico Doctors Practice Medicine In
'Post-Apocalyptic' Conditions A Failing Empire, Part 3
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BWorld 160, A high carbon tax is irrational
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last October 19, 2017. Political
science masquerading as climate science insist that the gas that we
humans and our animals exhale, the gas that is used by trees, flowers,
fruits and other crops to grow and feed the world — carbon dioxide or
CO2 — is a pollutant that must be over-taxed and over-regulated. Far
from the truth. CO2 is a useful gas, not a polluta
IPR and Innovation 38, Recent IP development in some ASEAN countries
Property rights protection of both physical and
non-physical/intellectual -- trademark/logo, copyright, patent, etc. --
is among the cornerstones of dynamic, mature and market-friendly
economies. Individuals and enterprises develop new products and services
via innovation and they create new value, new wealth for society. I am
reposting some developments on IPR in the ASEAN. Thanks to the Propert
Lion Rock 22, Hong Kong's early policies on free trade, zero income tax
I like this article by a friend since 2004, Andrew Pak Man Shuen,
Director and Co-Founder of the Lion Rock Institute in Hong Kong. I
thought it was Sir John Cowperthwaite who was the first engineer of HK
free trade policy. Reposting, did not include the first four paragraphs.
Photo I got from wiki. ------------- How Hong Kong’s Bond Villain Keep
Invasion at Bay 13/09/2017 THE CONSERVATIVE | June
Energy 101, Disinformation and fake stories by the watermelon movement
Fake stories and disinformation can be rampant in the energy sector
because of the climate alarmism drama and renewables cronyism agenda. A
recent example is one published in BWorld last Thursday, The
Philippines’ Ill-Advised P1 Trillion New Coal Gamble , October 20, 2017
By Sara Jane Ahmed. The lady seems to be ignorant of many data before
writing their anti-coal drama. Some things she wrote: 1.
BWorld 159, Electoral reforms and the President
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Monday. President Rodrigo
Duterte has been on a rampage recently, repeating his warnings about
declaring a “revolutionary government,” as if he has the authority to
issue laws and orders without consideration or fear of opposition from
independent-minded legislators. Among his previous rants include his
order to his loyal leaders in Congress to (a) impea
Energy 100, Bjorn Lomborg on World energy mix
I am reposting here a post by Bjørn Lomborg in his fb wall early today.
Thanks for this great piece, Bjorn. ----------------- The world is
mostly run on fossil fuels (81.4%). Nuclear makes up 5% with 13.6% from
renewables. Solar panels and wind turbines contribute less than 0.7%.
When you hear 13.6% renewables, you will likely think 'wow, things are
going pretty well with the change-over to renew
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"Soul Scalping" - Is Facial Bruise Mark of the Beast?
"In their insane desire to have human bodies as their own, Aliens have
perfected the ability to take a person's soul out of their body and put
it 'elsewhere.'" The bizarre recurrence of facial bruises (and bandaged
fingers) on Illuminati politicians and entertainers has resulted in
speculation that their souls have been replaced in a satanic ritual
called "soul scalping." I do not believe in "ali
Last Heterosexual White Man Standing
(l. Channing Dungey, 48, Chief of ABC Entertainment, the woman
nominally responsible for canceling the last TV sitcom that didn't
pander to liberals, feminists, minorities, trannies, and gays. Masonic
Jewish bankers advance minorities who will subsequently do their
bidding.) Diversity is code for suppressing white heterosexual Christian
culture in America. The significance of ABC's cancellation o
Was Marlyn Monroe an Illuminati Sex Slave?
(Marilyn Monroe was killed for wanting freedom from her Monarch
programming.) It appears that Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) was a
mind-controlled sex slave , a "Presidential Model" like Cathy O'Brien
and Brice Taylor, who also slept with JFK. Marilyn was programmed and
then used to program society. An orphan, she was abused in foster homes
and worked as a stripper and probably a prostitute until she
Marilyn and the Jews
In 1955, 20th Century Fox awarded Monroe the richest per-film contract
of any actress. "It means," remarked Monroe, "I'll never have to suck
another Jewish cock again!" Marilyn Monroe is a reminder that some
actresses deliberately traded sex for success. "Monroe had resolved to
sleep with anyone who could help her attain fame and fortune in
Jewish-dominated Hollywood. Close friend Ted Jordan note
Film Mainstreams Three-Sided Marriages
This trailer has had over a million disappointed viewers. Alas, the
movie is agitprop, devoid of genuine eroticism or nudity. Harvey
Weinstein or not, Hollywood continues its assault on society. Professor
Marston & Wonder Woman is about the menage a trois that inspired the
Wonder Woman comic book in the 1940's. We're talking about a man with a
bisexual wife and mistress who also have sexual relat
Homosexual Blows Whistle on Hollywood "Freaks"
("C'mon in! The water's fine!") Projecting light on powerful Hollywood
freaks who have gender identity disorder & don't have a clue who
they are. "This is not a [gender] revolution - it's just a bunch of
confused, depressed freaks trying to acquire the biggest megaphone so
that everyone can be disturbed by their sickness. So they feel less
lonely." Makow comment: We wouldn't drink from a toilet b
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US Mercenaries, Iraqi Highways and the Mystery of the Never-Ending ISIS Hordes
October 23, 2017 ( Ulson Gunnar - NEO ) - While the US and European
media provided little explanation as to how militants from the
self-titled Islamic State (IS) managed to appear, expand and then fight
for years against the combined military power of Iraq, Syria, Iran and
Russia, it was abundantly clear to many analysts that the IS
organization was not only receiving state sponsorship, but it wa
China and Thailand: Tank Tracks and Train Tracks
October 21, 2017 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - While Thailand undergoes a
sensitive transition with the October funeral for its head of state, the
widely respected and revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Southeast
Asia constitutional monarchy, home to 70 million and one of the
strongest regional economies, continues forward with solid footing in
its, and the region's realignment with its neighbours
Catalan Independence: 5 Things to Think About
Catalan independence can be good or bad - it depends on the Catalan
people to make it good, or else it likely will be bad. October 1, 2017
(Tony Cartalucci - LD) - Headlines and commentary across both Eastern
and Western media have mainly focused on the Catalan independence
referendum and the actions of Spanish police and the Spanish
government's attempts to disrupt polls. However, little is bein
Another Mass Shooting, Another Grab For Guns: 6 Gun Facts
October 3, 2017 (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - Nothing is more deplorable
than hijacking human tragedy to push an unrelated political agenda. A
mass murderer taking the lives of some 60 people in Las Vegas this week
has nothing to do with the majority of lawful firearms owners in the
United States who aren't and have no intention of ever killing another
human being. Yet the knee-jerk reaction of many e
Wall Street Vs. Kremlin: Who Really Runs the White House?
By blaming Russia for America's most abhorrent problems and most
unforgivable policies, Wall Street is given another 4-8 year free pass.
October 1, 2017 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Perhaps the only thing more
incredible than quickly expanding conspiracy theories regarding the
Kremlin's influence over the White House is who is selling them and who
is buying them. Organizations popping up overnight
Analysis by Analogy: Myanmar is not Syria
September 27, 2017 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Many geopolitical
analysts and commentators have noted many worthwhile similarities
between the Syrian crisis and the one now unfolding in the Southeast
Asian state of Myanmar. However, what is different about these two
crises is just as important as what is the same. The Similarities
Particular focus has been placed on evidence emerging that US-ally
New in Majia's Blog
Precarious Becomings
Precarious Becomings is the title of my new book project on autism,
which I've been collecting data for, but haven't yet begun writing. What
I mean to argue is that the becomings - the biological, cultural, and
social unfoldings of human beings -- are precarious; that is, they are
both uncertain and vulnerable. Precarity is an ontological condition of
life because life is utterly dependent upon s
Nuclear Risk Landscapes and the Circulations of their Effluents Missing from Accounts of Global Environmental Collapse
The US has Hanford, among other iconic sites, and the UK has
Sellafield. These sites are extreme "risk landscapes" as described by
Blowers in his "Nuclear Wastelands" Blowers, Andrew (2017, August).
Nuclear’s wastelands part 1 – landscapes of the legacy of nuclear power.
Town & Country, 303-308, p. 304. This recent "chemical alert" at
Sellafield illustrates the catastrophic risks encoded in nucle
Why is Enenews Down?
Some readers here may have frequented the anti-nuclear, aggregator
website, Enenews.com. Enenews was a news aggregator site that appeared
online during the early days of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. It
appears to have been finally taken down from the web this last week. I
found Enenews particularly significant because it hosted the most
frequented English-language discussion of Fukushima cam i
Google: Oracle to the World
I read yesterday that Google ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN 90% of the WORLD'S
INTERNET SEARCH ACTIVITY. (cited in "The downside of big profits at
Google and Facebook. The Wall Street Journal, October 21-22, 2017),
B12). This is an astonishing amount and reinforces the concerns I
expressed here about a new form of censorship I term algorithmic truths
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-crisis-of-d
Great Read on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Events at Fukushima
Great read: Susanna Rabbitt Roff (October 19, 2017). Australia’s
nuclear testing before the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne should be a red
flag for Fukushima in 2020
https://theconversation.com/australias-nuclear-testing-before-the-1956-olympics-in-melbourne-should-be-a-red-flag-for-fukushima-in-2020-85787
The scheduling of Tokyo 2020 Olympic events at Fukushima is being seen
as a public relations ex
The SOCIOPATHS Have Won: EPA Changes Guidance on Radiation Protection
The EPA essentially just reversed the LINEAR NO-THRESHOLD MODEL of
radiation effects it has endorsed for decades by raising the allowable
exposure level in the wake of radiological emergencies, FALSELY stating
that radiation effects do not occur at exposure levels between 50 and
100 millisieverts: EPA (2017, September ) Protective Action Questions
and Answers for Radiological and Nuclear Emergenc
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As Bob Corker and Jeff Flake drop out of their Senate races, we see evidence of the Swamp being drained!
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Gingrich is a man I respect, but when he said the Bannon challenge to
incumbent Republican Senators was the wrong strategy I could not […]
Why there are no extraterrestrials?
The
more I observe the disaster of the worst narcissist imaginable
malfunctioning as President of the United States, the more I can imagine
a protracted […]
The comments of Cowboys star wide receiver Dez Bryant offer me hope!
The
ongoing strife in America over race is just one front of the Culture
War against America, the idea of American Exceptionalism, the idea of
[…]
The Bush speech provides an excellent opportunity to outline the differences between Globalism and America First!
Former
President George Bush is one of the last strong voices of the New World
Order Globalists. The Bush – Clinton – Bush – Obama […]
If NFL players can protest at work, we can bring our Bibles, and crosses and Confederate flags to work!
America
is supposed to be about equality. So, if football players can protest
while they work, than everyone can! Conservatives, whether they be
Christians, or […]
Is all conservative radio plagued with liberal Left Wing ABC news?
Right
here in East Texas, KTBB, a conservative, locally owned radio station
is plagued by ABC News. They claim they are not, but you don’t […]
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