Monday, February 26, 2018

26 February - My Feedly! 2 of 2

NEW IN WIDE ASLEEP IN AMERICA

Citations Needed News Brief: How to Respond to Knee-Jerk Bigotry on Live TV
Wide Asleep in America / 4d
Badass fashion blogger and activist Hoda Katebi joined Citations Needed for an all-access News Brief to discuss her now-infamous WGN television segment. With Hoda, we explore what it means to "sound American," the politics of women's clothing, and why everyone with even a single drop of Iranian blood is expected to be an expert on nuclear energy and international affairs. And, if you
Citations Needed, Episode 27: How the Media Mainstreamed Racist Pseudoscience
Wide Asleep in America / 4d
If one were to approach New York Times-reading liberals circa 1990 and tell them about a crime-fighting policy that arbitrarily harassed black and Latino youths who had committed no crime and threw the book at low-level nonviolent offenses, they would be rightfully outraged at the idea. But, if one were to couch this exact policy in pseudoscience promoted by mercenary sociologists and
Citations Needed, Episode 26: The 'Welfare' Dog-Whistle
Wide Asleep in America / 18d
In Donald Trump's 2011 book, Time To Get Tough, his ghostwriters Wynton Hall and Peter Schweizer - both Breitbart editors - wrote: Kids who grow up in homes where a magic check appears each month from the government believe there's nothing wrong with sitting at home doing nothing while taxpayers bust their humps working to fund them. For an entire generation, government welfare programs are
Citations Needed, Episode 25: The Banality of CIA-Curated Definitions of ‘Democracy’
Wide Asleep in America / 18d
Few words elicit such warm feelings as the term "Democracy." Wars are supposedly fought for it, foreign policies are built around it, protecting and advancing it is considered the United States' highest moral order. Democracy's alleged opposite - broadly called "authoritarianism," "autocracy" or "tyranny” - is cast as the ultimate evil. The stifling, oppressive boot of the state that curtails
Citations Needed, Episode 24: Highlighting Alternative Media - The Moral Limits of Dunking on Thomas Friedman
Wide Asleep in America / 18d
At Citations Needed we enjoy nothing more than ragging on corporate media - indeed, it’s our primary job. But can constant snark and negativity breed cynicism? Recent feedback from some of our listeners has us wondering if the act of media criticism need also make room for some media complimenting, lest we succumb to the forces of defeatism. In this episode, rather than critiquing the myriad
Citations Needed News Brief: Why the Media Should Stop Calling it a "Government Shutdown"
Wide Asleep in America / 18d
On this all-access News Brief, Adam and Nima discuss why it's not a "government shutdown" but a liberal government shutdown – or, more precisely, a backdoor right-wing coup. Head over the our Patreon page and sign up to support the show. You'll get all the exclusive content! *** Citations Needed is a media criticism podcast, hosted by Adam Johnson and Nima Shirazi, political commentators

NEW IN PAYING ATTENTION

NDP wins with bold BC budget
Paying attention / 3d
Give Finance Minister Carole James full marks for a bold budget approach and the skill to sell it. The new government was in a tough spot. It had lots of campaign promises to deliver, and no money because of the BC Liberals’ reckless decision to halve MSP premiums without any plan to replace the revenue. Conventional wisdom has been that tax increases of any kind would bring all kinds of abuse. S

NEW IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

Rob Mercer and the Black Vault
A Different Perspective / 5d
I learned this morning (February 19) that many of the documents from the Project Blue Book days located by Rob Mercer through some very nice detective work, can now be accessed at the Black Vault, hosted by John Greenewald. As most of you know, the Black Vault is a huge site of documents recovered through FOIA John Greenewald (Photo copyright by Kevin Randle) requests filed by John, and other doc
Curse of Oak Island - They Hit an Obstacle
A Different Perspective / 3d
I don’t know how many of you caught it, but on the Curse of Oak Island , there was a big reveal. Remember, they brought in all this expensive, modern equipment so that they could dig down in what they thought was the money pit. They were lining the excavation with huge hollow, steel tubes, in an effort to defeat the alleged booby traps that had confounded treasure hunters for two centuries plus.
Project Blue Book and the Missing Cases
A Different Perspective / 6d
As happens so often, I’m working on one project and get diverted to another. This time I was looking through the Project Blue Book file index and noticed that many of the reports were labeled as “case missing.” There was a solution attached to the sightings, but, of course the index told me nothing of the case. I made a quick count, and given that there are a couple of pages missing in the copy o
Project Moon Shadow, Randy Cramer and the Templeton Spaceman
A Different Perspective / 12d
Yes, I have hit a dry spell. There really isn’t anything new to say about Curse of Oak Island as they chase the Knights Templar and other false leads. They haven’t found anything significant but you have to give them credit for keeping this thing going for so long with so little to show for it. But, in the last couple of days I have been asked a couple of questions and saw a picture of a “spacema
Curse of Oak Island and the Knights Templar Cross
A Different Perspective / 19d
I now understand why the Laginas boys are chasing the Knights Templar again. It has nothing to do with that lead cross recovered during one of the recent metal detector sweeps. I believe it has to do with the upcoming programs on History about the Knights Templar. It is known as cross (forgive the unintentional pun) pollination. But first, I journey into the past. Remember that old program, Chasi
Curse of Oak Island - They Reach the Bottom of the Money Pit?
A Different Perspective / 29d
The Money Pit? Let me see if I have this straight. They drilled a huge hole using the best and most modern equipment available. They drilled it right where they had told us all season the original money pit had been dug. They defeated the water traps. The got all the way down to the bedrock. They couldn’t drill any deeper (well, probably they could but it doesn’t seem to be worth the effort and m

NEW IN OBSIDIAN WINGS

Until the next time
Obsidian Wings / 9h
by liberal japonicus With this comment , the names of the 17 people killed by a legally purchased AR-15 have been posted in the comments. Unlike the Las Vegas shooting, all of the victims were living in the same area, so I used the local paper to provide the links, except for the first identified victim, Jamie Guttenberg. Most lists order them in terms of last name, I've listed with the youngest
Gin, Guns, Gab and Galt
Obsidian Wings / 3d
by Ugh I don't drink anymore due to an issue with rather excessive consumption over a long period that now is four and a half years in the past (knock on wood). Gin & Tonic really wasn't my drink, but damn those gin hangovers were awful when that's what I was drinking. Aside my individual circumstances, alcohol causes a great deal of problems in US society at large. 10,000 people died from alcoho
Whatever Open Thread
Obsidian Wings / 9d
by Ugh I guess the Olympics are going on. Adam Rippon is kicking a$$ in interviews and twitter. Otherwise, this week reminds me of a line from Se7en "Ernest Hemingway once wrote 'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for'. I agree with the second part." You do you. UPDATE: No puppet! No puppet!
Podcast of Doom Open Thread
Obsidian Wings / 16d
by Ugh The radio reception in my car suddenly turning sh1tty and me too lazy/incompetent/scared to get it fixed has finally given me cause to start listening to podcasts (this is also in me keeping up with my aspiration to be at least 5 years or more behind the times technology wise). Man, there's a lot of stuff out there. Have started to listen to the NYTimes "The Daily" in the morning. Listened
Super Bowl Weekend Thread of Openness
Obsidian Wings / 23d
by Ugh Yes I'm rooting for the Patriots. For some reason I like to see records pushed as high as they can go. Thus, Brady wining a 6th ring in his 8th Super Bowl appeals to me. As does Federer continuing to win grand slams (do we really have to wait until Wimbledon to see him again though? Feh!). Will be interesting to see if Lebron ends up as the NBA's all time leaders in points scored. I burnt
Decoupling of Increased Labor Productivity from Wage Growth
Obsidian Wings / 25d
by Ugh One of the selling points of the "tax reform" legislation, now commonly known as the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, or TCJA (or the Corporate Tax Lawyer Full Employment Act), is that it would in time increase wages by a certain amount. The economists' view of how this would happen is by decreasing the marginal cost of new investments - by both introducing full expensing and lowering the business tax

NEW IN A CLOSER LOOK: JODY PATERSON

Utila and I: A Love Story
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson / 19d
Downtown Utila What is it about this place that makes me love it? It’s not particularly pretty, and in a few places it’s kind of smelly. There are even hellish sand flies at certain times of day that will motivate you to douse yourself with Deet before even considering hanging out at one especially bad beach. (I’m dabbing cortisone cream on several blistering bites at this very moment.) Yet from

NEW IN MORTON'S MUSINGS

Trudeau right to comment on jury selection
Morton's Musings / 11d
Neither the Prime Minister nor Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould made a specific comment on whether the Gerald Stanley case was rightly decided. But they did say that the way juries are assembled in Canada can lead to a perception of partiality. Recognizing that and taking steps to revise the jury system to make sure it is, and is seen to be, impartial is exactly what elected officials are sup
Guilty Plea Not Always Leading to Mitigation of Sentence
Morton's Musings / 20d
R. v. F.H.L., 2018 ONCA 83: [22] A plea of guilt does not entitle an offender to a set standard of mitigation. The amount of credit a guilty plea attracts will vary in each case. In R. v. Faulds (1994), 1994 CanLII 770 (ON CA), 20 O.R. (3d) 13 (C.A.), at para. 14, this court held that "[t]he effect of a guilty plea in setting the appropriate sentence will vary with the circumstances of each case.

NEW IN NORTHERNTRUTHSEEKER

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, February 25th, 2018
Northerntruthseeker / 14h
Sunday, and again time for my weekly rant... Well... Apparently the worse is supposed to be over in regards to the horrific cold spell that we just suffered up here in central Canada.... The temperatures are supposed to "moderate" now over the next week to reach highs just above 0 degrees Celsius.... BUT even with this break in the intense cold, this has indeed been one heck of a brutal winter, a
This Is Not A Joke: Students In A Louisiana High School Think The Mathematical "Square Root" Symbol Represents A Gun?
Northerntruthseeker / 1d
I always knew that the American education system is truly a disaster.. For every article that I have read for the last few years points to a definite slide in both education standards as well as IQ levels right across that formerly free nation... We can of course put part of that blame on the introduction of the ridiculous "common core" teaching methods that has truly fucked up so many students...
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, States The Truth That The US (Still) Wants Regime Change In Syria, Not An End To The War!
Northerntruthseeker / 1d
I was "playing hooky" again yesterday... Well, sort of... For I took another "me day" to do a lot of running around and take care of personal business... And of course today being Saturday, I went and spent some time visiting my mother once again to make sure she is doing well.... The good news is of course that she is actually in much better health these days than what I have seen over the last f
The Syrian War To Free Itself From The Evil US/Israel/NATO Scourge: Updates On Situation, And The US Is STILL Wanting Assad Overthrown!
Northerntruthseeker / 3d
OK, OK.... ENOUGH of the false flag mass shooting psy-ops in Florida (at least for the moment.).... I have seen enough of this "David Hogg" fraud crisis actor already that should have EVERYONE understanding once and for all that it was indeed a massive psy-ops for the criminals to enact their "gun control" on the gullible American sheep... Honestly if people do NOT get it by now, then there is no
Florida High School False Flag Shooting: More Updates, And The Scum At Youtube Have Removed Details On Crisis Actor Hogg
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
I know, I know... I honestly wanted to get away from the Florida 'mass shooting' incident of a week ago for the simple reason that if people by now do NOT get it, then they are beyond any hope... I find myself still troubled by the Jew spew media trying so desperately to sell to the stupid American public the "official story" on this obvious false flag and operation, and therefore I figure a few m
The Continuing Saga Of The Flawed US F-35 POS Fighter Aircraft Continues: Exposing Lockheed Martin - America's Biggest Welfare Queen
Northerntruthseeker / 4d
I want to get away from the continuing reports on the fraud "shooting" in Florida for a few articles... I will of course continue with any updates on that fraud when they become available and bring them here, but in the meantime I want to focus in on some interesting material that I came across about one of my "pet peeves", the Lockheed Martin ridiculous flying piece of shit "fighter" aircraft, th

NEW IN NOT PC

The evolution of socialist strategies to rescue socialism from failure
Not PC / 11h
Back in 2004, philosopher Stephen Hicks wrote his great book Explaining Postmodernism (since updated and expanded), its thesis being that the failure of philosophers to properly explain 'how we know' made the garbled nonsense of postmodernism possible; and it was the continued failure of socialism that made postmodernism necessary. Any student who's spent any time in a humanities department will
The Politician's Syllogism, or, How politics solves problems
Not PC / 4d
Read this: His Royal Majesty was forced to swallow antimony a toxic metal. He vomited and was given a series of enemas. His hair was shave f, and he had blistering agents applied to the scalp, to drive any bad humours downward. .... Plasters of chemical irritants, including pigeon droppings, were applied to the soles of the royal feet, to attract the falling humours. Another ten ounces of blood w
QotD: What art does
Not PC / 6d
"The experience of the sublime is to be looked for in art. Art integrates senses, emotions, and thought. The sublime in art elevates our sensory experience, heightens and taps our emotional potential, and furthers our knowledge. The sublime in art can also give us a moral, a stance towards living. At its best, the sublime in art inspires awe in our human potential and gives us a path to evolve as
Quote of the Day: Human progress ...
Not PC / 1d
"In other classes of animals, the individual ... attains, in the compass of a single life, all the perfection his nature can reach. But in the human kind, the species has a progress as well as the individual. They build in every subsequent age on foundations formerly laid." ~ Adam Ferguson, from ' An Essay on the History of Civil Society ' [Hat tip Human Progress ] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpo
Quotes of the Day: On the separation of school & state [updated]
Not PC / 17d
"The Government knows Maori and Pacific achievement is abysmal, a stain on the promise of opportunity for all, but they are so focused on helping the unions they have forgotten about the 1500 kids whose lives are being turned around by Partnership Schools. ... Today’s announcement on Partnership Schools shows the juvenile and callous nature of a Government led by ex-student politicians." ~ David
QotD: “Feminism is failing women...”
Not PC / 19d
“Feminism is failing women. A hundred years ago the Suffragettes argued that women were strong and capable — now feminists encourage women to be scared of men and everyday life.” ~ @Ella_M_Whelan on Sky News (UK) . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution.

NEW IN NOLANCHART.COM

America’ Pastor – his passing is a national event.
NolanChart.com / 8h
Billy Graham is in Heaven. Rev. Graham was in his 100th year, and he had faded from the front pages of America’s news papers decades […]
The Fight To Erase The Second Amendment
NolanChart.com / 6d
As a result of the horrific Florida High School shootings orchestrated and executed by a clear sociopath, his actions has brought out the usual cadre […]
Dealing with attacks on schools, churches – use the Second Amendment
NolanChart.com / 6d
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not […]
Just say no to Amnesty – build the wall, re-establish sovereignty, enforce the law.
NolanChart.com / 6d
Rush Limbaugh is wiggling on amnesty. Rush’s focus is on blocking the illegals from voting. He sees the greatest danger of a massive influx of […]
Tune in Tomorrow to the Same Deadly?
NolanChart.com / 10d
It’s now fashionable to cite Trump for all our woes, For his reckless inhumanity keeps us all on our toes. He’s one who’s taught most […]
Mass Killings of Children Continues While Republicans Watch
NolanChart.com / 10d
White gunman sprays senseless death and mayhem, Terror fills hearts beating with fear and trepidation. Trump speaks with teleprompter words, Hollow words from heart of […]

NEW IN MAJIA'S BLOG

The Not So Transparent, Not so "Free" Markets that Privatize Profits While Socializing Losses
Majia's Blog / 14h
On Friday the news media reported that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to eliminate an Obama-era rule that "compels disclosure of various asset types": Michaels, Dave (2018, February 23). Regulator to ease curb on funds. The Wall Street Journal, B1, B2. Securities regulators plan to pare back Obama-era requirements that would require mutual funds to tell shareholders a
Fukushima Daiichi Still Steamy
Majia's Blog / 1d
Fukushima is quite steamy this morning, with weather conditions reported at 32 degrees, 40% precipitation, and 71% humidity:
Fascism in Poland?
Majia's Blog / 2d
Everywhere I turn, I see new regimes of censorship, new authoritarian leaders: James McAuley (2018, February 22). Poland’s new ‘Holocaust law’ comes up against massacre of Jews in 1941. The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/polands-new-holocaust-law-comes-up-against-massacre-of-jews-in-1941/2018/02/22/ee9f22d4-10e4-11e8-a68c-e9374188170e_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.
Civil Charges for Corporate Malfeasance Represent Regulatory Capture
Majia's Blog / 3d
Citing safety and compliance violations at Georgia's Plant Vogtle, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is "proposing" a $145,000 civil penalty: Russ Bynum (2018, Feb 21) Agency Seeks Fine for Violations at Georgia Nuclear Plant (2018, Feb 21). US News and World Report. Available, https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2018-02-21/agency-seeks-fine-for-violations-at-georgia-nucle
More Risks of Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East
Majia's Blog / 4d
I submit without comment: Michael R. Gordon, Timothy Puko, Summer Said (2018, February 20). U.S. Pursues Saudi Nuclear Deal, Despite Proliferation Risk. The Wall Street Journal, https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-resistance-to-nuclear-standards-could-roil-u-s-reactor-deal-1519122600?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=4 Lawmakers are likely to bristle at kingdom’s refusal to accept enrichment and reproc
New Construction at Fukushima Daiichi
Majia's Blog / 6d
There is a new structure visible on the TEPCO 4 webcam: Compare with this screenshot taken Feb 16, 2018 The new construction looks cage-like. I wonder what it is for? Also see the brief video captured by Horse at Caferadlab of Fukushima. It is quite interesting: http://caferadlab.com/thread-2196-post-4725.html#pid4725

NEW IN PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

Chlorine Attack in East Ghouta "Child Suffocates"
Penny for your thoughts / 10h
I don't know what if anything will come of this report.. Personally speaking I'm expecting that this news to be hyped this week coming. But always hope to be mistaken. We're heading into March. They're is Full Moon madness potential on the 1st of March . That Moon being the Worm Moon, I kid you not! Roots start to push their way up through the soil, and the Earth experiences a re-birth as it awak
UN Rights Chief Urges "International Action" For Syria- Think Bosnia
Penny for your thoughts / 15d
UN Rights Chief Urges “International Action” As Violence Soars in Syria Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called Saturday for urgent international action after a week of soaring violence and bloodshed. Now you’d think he suggest the US stop occupying Syria. The Kurds should retreat to their terror camps in Iraq. Israel to stop attacking Syria. All the foreign mercs get out. But, no! I’ll quote the murderous
Oxfam Exploited Disaster Victims for Sex Haiti and Chad
Penny for your thoughts / 13d
No better then the Useless Nations. But hey giv'em your money cause they're helping.... (themselves to exploit those already heavily down & out) Oxfam Prostitution Scandal The Times of London report, published Thursday, accused Oxfam’s then-director in Haiti, along with other workers, of running an illegal makeshift brothel after a massive quake devastated the country. Oxfam has admitted to at le
Harvards Darkest Secret: The JeruSALEM Witch Trials & Mass Hysteria
Penny for your thoughts / 11d
You know the witch trials in Jeru SALEM , Massachusetts? It seems they have a connection to Harvard and the Royal Society. Curious? Salem , Massachusetts in "New Israel" has the same last five letters as Jeru salem, The claimed capital of "old" Israel. Massachusetts- The Puritan State I didn't expect to find this interview as interesting as it was. As I listened it was as if a common thread was w
Smart Phone Data Tracking is More Then Creepy
Penny for your thoughts / 12d
It's much more then creepy- It's complete and total surveillance Surveillance defined : 1- a watch kept over a person, group, etc ., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like 2- continuous observation of a place, person, group, or ongoing activity in order to gather information: Last paragraph first: "These possibilities are not distant or hypothetical – they exist now. Smartphones are eff
Message in A Massacre: US attack on Syrian Allied Forces
Penny for your thoughts / 17d
Yes, the US attack on Syrian forces and their allies was message delivered by means of a massacre! As I'd noted in yesterday's post the US was employing language that can only be describes as F U messages. Clear, concise, aggressive and boastful. Yesterday : US Special Forces "Very Proud" of Occupying Syria- Blunt Warning to Turkey “We’re very proud of our positions here, and we want to make sure

NEW IN LAND DESTROYER

US-UK Accuse Russia of "NotPetya" Cyberattack, Offer Zero Evidence
Land Destroyer / 6d
February 19, 2018 ( Ulson Gunnar - NEO ) - The US and European press have both published stories accusing the Russian government, and in particular, the Russian military, of the so-called "NotPetya" cyberattack which targeted information technology infrastructure in Ukraine. The Washington Post in an article titled, " UK blames Russian military for ‘malicious’ cyberattack ," would report: Britain
Sum of all American Fears in Korea: Peace
Land Destroyer / 1d
February 11, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - North Korea has been depicted by the Western media as a dangerous rogue state, plotting the nuclear holocaust of America and holding global peace and stability hostage with its irrational aggression. It is the supposed threat North Korea poses to the world that the United States uses to justify its enduring decades-long military presence on the Korean
Turkey Establishing Long-Sought US "Safe Haven" in Northern Syria
Land Destroyer / 21d
February 4, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Turkey's recent incursion into northern Syria is poised to finally establish the long-sought after "buffer zone" or "safe haven" called for by US policymakers since as early as 2012. While the US and Turkey are currently feigning a diplomatic row over the incursion - with Turkey's targeting and displacement of Kurds allegedly backed by the United State
Downed Russian Warplane Illustrates Enduring Danger of US-Backed Terrorism
Land Destroyer / 15d
February 11, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - A Russian ground-attack aircraft - a Sukhoi-25 - was shot down using an anti-aircraft missile over the northern Syrian province of Idlib by Al Qaeda affiliates. The pilot was reportedly killed by militants according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The BBC in its article, "Russian jet shot down in Syria's Idlib province," would report: Hayat Tahrir
Countering the Quad: Chinese-Pakistani Relations
Land Destroyer / 13d
February 12, 2018 ( Ulson Gunnar - NEO ) - The US recently included India in its shifting Asia Pacific policy, as part of its Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (often referred to as the "Quad"). The Quad also includes Australia and Japan along with the United States itself. The nascent alliance is openly arrayed against China, with member states openly declaring their intent to contribute toward co
US Color Revolution Begins in Thailand as Proxy War with China Continues
Land Destroyer / 25d
January 31, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The tentative first beginnings of a long-awaited US-backed color revolution has begun in Thailand, with a small protest of under 100 protesters in the downtown district of Thailand's capital Bangkok. Image: Media outnumbers "protesters" in downtown Bangkok nearby the scene of previous protests in which similar US-backed mobs fought gun battles with tro

NEW IN INEXPLICATA-THE JOURNAL OF HISPANIC UFOLOGY

Colombia: Residents of Barranquilla Started by a Light in the Sky
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 20h
Source: Planeta UFO (Argentina) and El Heraldo (Colombia) Date: 22 February 2018 Colombia: Residents of Barranquilla Started by a Light in the Sky The case occurred at noon. A video shows onlookers crowding the exterior of a shopping center, looking at the sky. At noon on Thursday, citizens piled outside the entrance to a shopping center to look at a strange light that shone over the downtown Bar
Mexico: The San Mateo UFOs and Contacteeism
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 5d
Source: Planeta UFO and El Grafico.mx http://www.elgrafico.mx/especiales/ Date: 02.17.2018 An article by Yohanan Diaz Vargas Mexico: The San Mateo UFOs and Contacteeism The municipality of Naucalpan in the State of Mexico has been the setting for major sightings in the UFO case histories. We should remember the "mothership" recorded by UFO hunters Pedro Hernandez and Alfredo Carrillo over Ciudad
Argentina: Did a UFO Nearly Collide With a Stunt Plane in Varese?
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 3d
Source: PLANETA UFO and La Capital de Mar Del Plata (Argentina) Date: 22 February 2018 Argentina: Did a UFO Nearly Collide With a Stunt Plane in Varese? A reader of LA CAPITAL recorded a strange object coming far too close to a stunt plane over Playa Varese. An Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) seems to be flying right behind the stunt airplane the usually thrills beachgoers with its acrobatics, a
Mexico: Local Residents "Saw" a UFO
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 3d
Source: Planeta UFO and www.yucatan.com.mx Date: 21 February 2018 Mexico: Local Residents "Saw" a UFO VALLADOLID - Residents of Tixcacalcupulclaimed being startled the day before yesterday by the sight of an unidentified flying object prowling the skies around 5:30 in the afternoon. The sighting lasted some 20 minutes, according to several witnesses to the event. According to members of the commu
Mexico: The 1973 UFO Wave
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 14d
Mexico: The 1973 UFO Wave By Alfonso Salazar (Aviation Technician) Reporte OVNI No. 58, Year 3, October 1995 The year 1973 was a generous one when it came to major cases and UFO landings in different parts of the world, but Mexico in particular, where even the city’s airport managed to pick up these unidentified flying objects. One of the first sightings of this year became known in the El Siglo
Dominican Republic: UFO and Alien Experiences and Sightings
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufol... / 11d
Source: Diario Libre (Dominican Republic) Date: 29 August 2015 Dominican Republic: UFO and Alien Experiences and Sightings By Bienvenido Pérez García There can be no doubt that the imagination is a powerful creative engine and a recreator of powerful images and even sensory perceptions and illusions. The principle is well established by the behavioral sciences, declaring that "our minds tend to f

NEW IN SARDONICKY

Commentariat Central
Sardonicky / 15h
As per reader request, I'm reprinting some of the recent comments I wrote on New York Times op-eds and articles that I haven't incorporated into into regular posts. Today, Maureen Dowd parodies Donald Trump's reading of "The Snake" at last week's CPAC orgy. In case you didn't know, CPAC is not the oxygen mask worn by sufferers of sleep apnea. It's the modern version of a KKK rally but without the
Bernie Is Stuck Between Bullshit and a Pile of Doo-Doo
Sardonicky / 3d
What's a politician to do when, after joining the Joe McCarthy wing of the Democratic Party and criticizing Donald Trump for his Russiagate denialism, is then himself accused of not condemning the alleged cyber-infiltration of his own campaign by Russian bots and trolls? If your name is Bernie Sanders, the last thing in the world you do is finally come clean, admit the error of your ways and decl
When American Propaganda Attacks
Sardonicky / 5d
Donald Trump is getting some well-deserved criticism for trying to co-opt the latest school massacre and make it all about himself. To wit: if the FBI wasn't so busy investigating him and his entire extended crime family, they would have heeded the numerous tips and warnings and stopped Nikolas Cruz in his maniacal tracks before he slaughtered 17 innocent people. If only the mainstream media were
Disinformation, Neocon-Style
Sardonicky / 20d
It's deja vu all over again. When you look closely at the pushback against the Nunes memo exposing the misuse of the secret FISA Court for political gain or revenge, you begin to see a pattern and a formula. The propagation of anti-Russian fever is weirdly reminiscent of the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq. That Vladmir Putin is "hacking" our crumbling democracy is as much an article of faith a
Keep the Russigate Revenue Flying: Update
Sardonicky / 7d
Part of Donald Trump's timeless, if limited and grotesque, appeal is that he occasionally speaks the unvarnished truth. So it is with his latest tweeted observation that "the Kremlin is laughing its ass off" over the indictment by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller of a Russian troll farm and thirteen of its grossly underpaid Russian sock puppets. The American powers that be would actually have us
Keep the RussiaGate Revenue Flying
Sardonicky / 11d
Talk about amplifying a bellicose propaganda campaign. Right in the middle of the New York Times's latest "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" front page scare-story is a hyperlink to "narrative architect" Molly McKew's piece in Politico . That piece, which I wrote about here, itself had amplified and hyperlinked to numerous other fear-mongering articles written by the reverberatin

NEW IN SCHOOLS MATTER

Help Stop Charter Co-Location at North Hollywood High School
Schools Matter / 1d
A concerned student at NHHS, Anna Winikow, contacted Schools Matter asking for help. Please sign her petition and share it widely everywhere. Thank you. Stop Charter Co-Location at North Hollywood HS 1,501 SIGNATURES (as of 1:08PM) ASK FAMILY, FRIENDS, ALUMNI TO SIGN: bit.ly/SaveNoHo To: LAUSD School Board Members LAUSD Superintendent, Local District Superintendent Los Angeles Mayor, City Council
Fuck Your Thoughts and Fuck Your Prayers
Schools Matter / 9d
Yes, again, a mass murderer too young to buy a beer but not too young to buy an AR-15 has killed another group of innocent humans (17 of them), whose only offense was going to school. Yesterday morning Lamar Alexander, another of those U. S. Senators whose decency has been exchanged for undying fealty to a gangster buffoon president and his fascist funders, tweeted his "thoughts and prayers" to t
Are Charters Under Attack? Facts Show Otherwise
Schools Matter / 25d
from the Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools January 30, 2018 Charter CEOs and supporters held a rally at City Hall on Tuesday January 30 to ask for a “seat at the table” when the new school board replaces the School Reform Commission. Several City Councilpersons attended the event, held in the Mayor’s Reception Room. APPS members have said consistently that district budget problems stem not
My Interview with Sean Stone on Watching the Hawks-Part 1
Schools Matter / 29d
by Doug Martin Here is segment 1 of my RT TV interview with Sean Stone, Oliver Stone’s son, on “Watching the Hawks.” It deals with my book Hoosier School Heist, national school privatization, etc., and starts around 14:43 in the video.
My Interview with Sean Stone on Watching the Hawks-Part 2
Schools Matter / 22d
by Doug Martin Here is segment 2 of my RT TV interview with Sean Stone on “Watching the Hawks,” where we discuss DeVos, Walton, Trump, teaching social justice and history in the classroom, and Indiana school privatization. It starts around 19:11 in the video.
Is Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School a dropout factory?
Schools Matter / 14d
Here is John Harris Loflin’s latest research. Please read John’s piece and visit his website . Doug Martin Dear reader, Although this report is about the Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School, it serves as a call for transparency regarding graduation rate figures for all Indiana public schools. It is the hope the analysis will spark diligence on the part of the public to hold school boards and ch

NEW IN IN THESE TIMES

Behind Janus: Documents Reveal Decade-Long Plot to Kill Public-Sector Unions
In These Times / 3d
THE ROMAN GOD JANUS WAS KNOWN FOR HAVING TWO FACES. It is a fitting name for the U.S. Supreme Court case scheduled for oral arguments February 26, Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, that could deal a devastating blow to public-sector unions and workers nationwide. In the past decade, a small group of people working for deep-pocketed corporate intere
While Democrats Call for Gun Control at Home, They Push Deadly Arms Deals Abroad
In These Times / 3d
In the aftermath of the shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 dead, many Democrats in Congress are once again calling for gun control, as they have for decades. But all too often, this concern for the unchecked spread of weapons ends at America’s shores. Last week, top Democratic senators, such as Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) , expressed outrage over the lack of action by
Is Neoliberalism Making Our Depression and Anxiety Crisis Worse?
In These Times / 4d
A few days before Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, I travelled to San Francisco to accept a curious invitation from one of his campaign’s funders. Peter Thiel, the billionaire founder of PayPal, and his venture capital fund in Silicon Valley, were organizing a day-long conference to help design apps that would deal with depression, anxiety and addiction—which are on the rise in the Unit
When It Comes to the Fake News Scourge, Russia Doesn’t Hold a Candle to U.S. Conservative Media
In These Times / 2d
On February 16, the Justice Department announced that 13 Russian nationals and three Russian groups are being charged with criminal wrongdoing for attempting to interfere with U.S. elections, including during the 2016 presidential campaign. The charges include claims that these Russian actors operated social media accounts that attempted to “promote discord” in the election process in the United
The People of Honduras Do Not Owe Obedience to an Imposed Government
In These Times / 4d
Since elections widely denounced as fraudulent this November, the social movements of Honduras have taken to the streets, confronting violent repression by a Honduran state armed with millions of dollars from U.S. taxpayers. Melissa Cardoza, Honduran feminist and author of 13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance , was in the United States last spring for a book release tour in honor of assassinated
The FBI Questioned a Black Man About Racist Extremists in Charlottesville—Now He Could Go to Prison
In These Times / 4d
Last summer, white nationalists infamously descended on Charlottesville, Va., holding an armed march and rally where neo-nazi James Fields Jr. allegedly killed anti-racist demonstrator Heather Heyer with a vehicle. Months later, black counter-protesters continue to be arrested on charges connected to the rally, even though it was the racists who unleashed violence on the town. At least one anti-r

NEW IN STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND

Results of Stranger In A Strange Land Blog Poll: Should The USA Give Refugee Status To White Farmers in South Africa?
Stranger in a Strange Land / 3d
Poll Question : Should The USA Give Refugee Status To White Farmers in South Africa? Choices: Yes: 93 votes. 92 % No: 7 votes. 6 % Undecided: 2 votes. 2 % Total: 102 votes. 100 % Note: The above poll ran for 14 day and had 102 people voting. What demographics they were from, I do not know. All I can say that it was an international poll since my readers are from 218 different nations. I ran two p
We Live In A World - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land / 4d
We live in a world Humanity being led The inhumane reign © 2018 M.N. Hopkins Note: I was inspired to write and publish this poem today, the 21th of February 2018 in the haiku form of poetry.
Better Tools Will Come - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land / 6d
We have old tools For building our human nations Better tools will come © 2018 M.N. Hopkins Note: I wrote and published this poem for the first time on my blog today, the 19th of February 2018 in the haiku style of poetry.
Bay Leaf & Clove Tea Recipe
Stranger in a Strange Land / 8d
Ingredients 1 liter of water 3 bay leaves 5 cloves Boil for 5 minutes and drink luke warm or cold during the day. Drink one liter for 21 days and see the difference in your body. Many are using this as a lymphatic system cleanser. Besides being good for you, it tastes quite good also. Note: I have drunken this tea and felt very positive changes in my body. I had a physical reaction after a few da
Eyes Of Fire - Warriors Of The Rainbow Prophesy
Stranger in a Strange Land / 10d
Click on the image to read clearly Warriors of the Rainbow There was an old lady, from the "Cree" tribe, named "Eyes of Fire", who prophesied that one day, because of the white mans' or Yo-ne-gis' greed, there would come a time, when the fish would die in the streams, the birds would fall from the air, the waters would be blackened, and the trees would no longer be, mankind as we would know it wo
Change Can Happen In....A Quotation from M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land / 12d
Change can happen in the blick of an eye and Mankind can again arise from the darkness into the light of love and reason. © 2018 M.N. Hopkins Note: This quotation was taken from a longer inspirational writing that you can read if you click on the link furnished below: http://mnhopkins.blogspot.se/2018/02/there-comes-time-when-all-have.html

NEW IN NORTHERN REFLECTIONS

Repeating The Same Mistakes
Northern Reflections / 18h
Political parties, Robin Sears writes , tend to make the same mistakes. That is true of Canada's three major parties -- particularly true when a new generation of leaders takes over. Consider what has happened to the Ontario PC's and other federal parties: The Mike Harris and Tim Hudak generation were shown the door by the Brown team. They may have earned their banishment in terms of successive s
Times Are Tough For Red Tories
Northern Reflections / 1d
The irony of the Ontario Tory leadership race is that deposed -- now back in the game leader -- Patrick Brown is the only Red Tory in the race. And his opposition is desperately trying to get rid of him Tom Walkom writes : He’s also the only candidate vying for the leadership who is running as a Red Tory. That’s important because the Red Tory blend of sound economic management and moderately prog
We Shall See
Northern Reflections / 2d
When it comes to gun violence in the United States, Michael Harris gets down to the nitty gritty. Consider, for instance, how much money the NRA has donated to American politicians: Leave it to the lawmakers they say? Let’s be honest with ourselves for a second: They are too busy getting greased by the National Rifle Association to change America’s insane gun laws. Instead, they pretend to pray a
Murdoch's Right
Northern Reflections / 3d
If you had any doubts about Donald Trump's exploding insanity, yesterday should have put them to rest -- because yesterday he floated his solution to school shootings. Amanda Holpuch and Paul Owen report in The Guardian that: The US president on Wednesday held a listening session at the White House with survivors of last week’s Florida school shooting and others affected by gun violence, telling
A Flawed Policy
Northern Reflections / 4d
Justin Trudeau is caught between a pipeline and a hard place. Tim Harper writes : For Trudeau, a major hit to his self-styled progressive climate change policy looms. In essence, a prime minister who wants to be known as environmentally aware is touting an unpopular pipeline project as a means to combat climate change. He has accused an NDP premier in B.C., who has formed a coalition with Green l
Principles? What Principles?
Northern Reflections / 5d
Donald Trump's character is corrupting American democracy. But. Paul Krugman writes , the corruption can't all be laid at Trump's feet. Much of what is wrong in the United States stems from the character of the Republican Party: So what happened to the character of the G.O.P.? I’m pretty sure that in this case the personal is, ultimately, political. The modern G.O.P. is, to an extent never before

NEW IN GOVERNMENT AND TAXES

BWorld 187, Asians’ freedom from high inflation and regulations
Government and Taxes / 2d
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on February 12, 2018. “Bad times make good policy and good times make bad policy. If you want to introduce important reforms, wait for bad times and the politicians will listen to you.” — Chatib Basri, former Indonesia Minister of Finance That was among the important advice and reflections based on experience given by one of the keynote speakers in the recent
IPR and Innovation 41,
Government and Taxes / 2d
I am reposting below a good article by a friend. Enjoy. -------------- How governments can screw up the development of new drugs by Philip Stevens THE PATENT-BASED system of drug development will come under further pressure from key countries aiming to increase access to medicines at the executive board meeting World Health Organization in March. Critics of the system want reform, arguing it make
BWorld 186, Land use bill and Asian urbanization
Government and Taxes / 3d
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last February 8, 2018. Urbanization, like technological innovation and mass production of mobile phones and other gadgets, is among the important reasons why people’s lives have become more comfortable. Many necessities like schools and work offices, supermarkets and groceries, hospitals and clinics, are nearby. People no longer need travel for hours or even d
ALF 11, More photos at Conference 2018
Government and Taxes / 4d
The second Keynote Address on day 1 was made by Dr. Chatib Basri, Former Minister of Finance of Indonesia. He talked about "Policy Reforms in an Imperfect World: The Case of Indonesia". He was introduced by CIPS founder and Exec. Director, Rainer Heufers. Participants of the Think Tank fundraising seminar, 2 days before the ALF proper. There were 20+ of them. Photos below taken on day 2. Particip
BWorld 185, Lower taxes via more mineral exports
Government and Taxes / 10d
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last February 6, 2018. Countries that impose zero income taxes on their nationals are dependent on extracting and exporting their natural resources such as oil and natural gas. Qatar, Bahrain, Brunei, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates are examples of such countries. Instead of minimizing the extraction of these fossil fuels (and keeping the
ALF 10, Conference 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia
Government and Taxes / 10d
The Asia Liberty Forum (ALF) 2018 conference ended successfully last week. Venue is the beautiful Mandarin Oriental Jakarta, the hotel is facing the Jakarta Central circle, Thamrin. Plenty of participants from many countries. Hats off to Atlas and the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS). Opening remarks on Day 1 was given by Atlas President and CEO, Brad Lips (below) then Saidah Sakwan, C

NEW IN THE DUCK OF MINERVA

Re-Branded and Expanded: Visual Politics and the Implications of Guantanamo’s Make-Over
The Duck of Minerva / 18h
There is a certain theatre to the Global War on Terror (GWoT). From the opening sequence of 9/11 to the shock and awe campaign ’ s projection of American sovereign power through the broadcast of the initial ariel bombardment of Iraq, to the dramatic headline declarations that ‘ we got him! ’ after an elderly and disheveled Saddam Hussein was ‘ caught like a rat…in the bottom of a hole ’ in Iraq i
Trauma in Common: US Gun Violence and Violence in Armed Conflict
The Duck of Minerva / 4d
This is a guest post by Betcy Jose, Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Colorado-Denver “This is a really good school, and now it’s like a war zone.” This is how one parent reacted when picking up his son from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL after a shooter murdered 17 students and staff. It is a description often used in the aftermath of mass shootings.
Broken IR? It is worse than Walt lets on
The Duck of Minerva / 3d
As Josh has already noted , grandee of IR Stephen Walt published a condemnation of US professional schools of IR, calling them broken and claiming that while there is superficial innovation the ‘rot runs deep’. After noting that we should expect US foreign policy (fopo) to be better than it is in the hands of foreign policy professionals—many of whom receive graduate education in institutions lik
Are IR Schools Broken? Nah.
The Duck of Minerva / 5d
IR program rankings are out in Foreign Policy . Discuss. Steve Walt has a provocative column in the same issue that I’m sure he didn’t title that suggests “America’s IR Schools Are Broken.” The argument isn’t strictly the familiar one from him about methods but that scholars seeking influence in policy circles have rallied around conformist consensus positions: But perhaps the biggest limitation
Crimea River
The Duck of Minerva / 4d
One of the most predictable elections is just around the corner: even Google has already proclaimed Putin the winner of the presidential race of March 18 th 2018 in Russia. The only marginal hiccup for the authorities might be a low turnout, but a couple of viral videos are already scaring the bejesus out of the electorate: if they don’t show up and vote for you-know-who , somebody else will be e
Women Also Know, International Relations Edition
The Duck of Minerva / 11d
Layna Mosley is Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research investigates the politics of sovereign debt, and the effects of global supply chains on worker rights. She joined the WAKS Editorial Board in November 2017. Website: laynamosley.web.unc.edu/ or find her on Twitter at @thwillow. Duck of Minerva readers may have noticed Max Fisher’s recen
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)