Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking Countries envisage Turkic diaspora organisations’ single policy
Iranian exports to Afghanistan surpass $2 billion
11:47 am MST
UN Investigates US Drone Killings
A U.N. expert on Thursday launched a special investigation into drone
warfare and targeted killings, which the United States relies on as a
front-line weapon in its global war against al-Qaida.
One of the three countries requesting the investigation was Pakistan, which
officially opposes the use of U.S. drones on its territory as an
infringement on its sovereignty but is believed to have tacitly approved
some strikes in the past. Many Pakistanis say innocent civilians have also
been killed in drone strikes, which the U.S. has rejected.
The other two countries requesting the investi... more »
Israeli troops kill unarmed Palestinian woman, child in West Bank
Bethlehem - An *unarmed* Palestinian woman walking to college and a
teenager were shot and killed by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank
on Wednesday.
Reuters reports that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 21-year-old Lubna
Hanash of Bethlehem as she headed home from al-Arroub College on the road
between Bethlehem and Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. The young
woman was *shot in the head*.
Another woman, identified by the Maan News Agency as Suad Yusuf Jaara, was
shot in the hand by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops during the incident,
which occurred at around 2 p.... more »
China calls for talks after North Korean threat
With North Korea openly threatening the United States with nuclear weapons,
China called Thursday for a new round of diplomacy and appears to be
growing increasingly frustrated with its longtime ally.
Beijing’s calls for intervention come amid a torrent of belligerent
language from Pyongyang, angered by a United Nations resolution earlier in
the week expanding sanctions over its missile and nuclear program.
The latest escalation came Thursday when Pyongyang lashed out at the United
States, which it called the “archenemy of the Korean people.’’
http://www.latimes.com/news/world/world... more »
Chinese fishing boat detained in Japanese waters
Japanese authorities have detained a Chinese boat for fishing in Japanese
waters, China's Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, even as the two
countries moved to defuse tensions that flared last year over disputed
islands.
The boat, registered in Zhejiang province in eastern China, was found in
waters near Goto, in Nagasaki prefecture in southern Japan, Xinhua said.
The captain was being taken ashore following questioning.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/uk-china-japan-idUKBRE90N0R820130124
Lightning Round--GOP Electoral College Stratagem, Weak Filibuster Reform, Weed Legalization, Jed Bartlet's Approval Ratings, Postal Service Reunion, More
*The
Atlantic*:* *David Graham reports on a GOP plan that would allow them
to get back in the whole presidential politics game by shifting around
electoral votes so that their party's nominee could win with less votes.
Democracy!
*The Maddow Blog*: Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell have come to an
agreementon reforming the filibuster. The changes are pretty minor. I
feel like I
should be disappointed, but numbness and disillusionment blotted out
disappointment over these matters years ago. Steve Benen, a blogger I
trust
quite a bit, does a great job breaking down the changes and giving ... more »
'Leave immediately': Britons in Benghazi warned to get out due to 'specific and imminent threat'
The Foreign Office today urged all British nationals in the Libyan city of
Benghazi to leave immediately in response to a ‘specific and imminent’
threat against Westerners.
The city was the epicentre of the Libyan uprising in 2011 and last year US
ambassador Christopher Stephens was killed when suspected al-Qa’ida
militants stormed the American consulate on the anniversary of the 11
September terror attacks on New York.
The Government was unable to provide further details about why the advice
has been issued, but stated that the British embassy in Tripoli had been in
contact with ... more »
George Osborne rejects IMF call for Plan B
He said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that Britain had built up
credibility with harsh measure to reduce its massive deficit which allowed
him to borrow money from markets at the lowest rate "perhaps of any
Chancellor before me".
"I don't think it is right to abandon a credible deficit plan," the
Chancellor said, when asked about the comments by IMF chief economist
Olivier Blanchard.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9824337/George-Osborne-rejects-IMF-call-for-Plan-B.html
The Cake And The Icing - America's Women Go To War
It has rankled some American women that they were denied the opportunity to
serve in combat in their nation's military forces. Now the outgoing
Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, has opened the door to admitting women
into the fighting trades.
It didn't take long for the other shoe to drop.
If combat trades are to be open to women, should women be required, as men,
to register for the draft?
When women turn 18, will they now need to register, as men do, so that they
can be conscripted in the event of a World War III, or any military
emergency where the US government decides it needs... more »
North Korean nuclear test warning 'needlessly provocative': US
The United States condemned as "needlessly provocative" on Thursday a
threat from North Korea that it plans to carry out a third nuclear test and
more rocket launches.
"North Korea's statement is needlessly provocative," said White House
spokesman Jay Carney, who said a nuclear test would be a significant
violation of UN sanctions and would further isolate Pyongyang.
The statement by North Korea's National Defense Commission did not say when
the test would be held.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gP0jYBcC-OMemxGjncVXFkLfn1ng?docId=CNG.e12e4defe7e3492e8a9d6b334212... more »
Delicioso pastel de fresa con chantilly y chocolate
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Global Warming And The Old Confederacy
Tuvalu comprises nine coral atolls between Australia and Hawaii. Their
highest point is 15 feet above sea level. As sea level has risen, Tuvalu
has experienced lowland flooding. Saltwater intrusion is adversely
affecting drinking water and food production. Tuvalu's leaders predict that
the nation will be submerged in 50 years. The map above isn't Tuvalu; it's
Florida by 2100 if the oceans continue to rise
I was struck by something in Ken's Monday night post about The South. He
quotes Garry Wills, a son of The South, explaining how "the current South
is willing to cut off its own nos... more »
Matthews: Hillary has such a beautiful voice!
*THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013*
*Our latest “liberal” failure:* Has anyone *ever* been repurposed the way
Chris Matthews has?
For many years, he was the leading misogynist attack-dog against the vile
Hillary Clinton (and a string of liberal women). But now, he has been
reinvented.
Last night, he gushed and fawned. Thrills ran up *both* legs:
MATTHEWS (1/23/13): *Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was at her best
today, appearing before both Senate and House committees on foreign affairs.
* She showed acuity, eloquence, humanity and charm. To the reasonable
questions, she offered cand... more »
Ave exótica sobre las ramas verdes de los árboles
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No-Sew Doll Scarf (Sized for Bitty Baby)
It has been freezing here and the air is gross. We haven't been out in
days because I don't want to breathe the nastiness. Even though we have
spent the days indoors, my daughter has become suddenly very concerned that
her beloved baby doll is freezing. She begged me to make her a scarf and so
I made a simple one out of fleece.
I originally didn't intend to blog about this simple craft, but after
mentioning it, I have had lots of questions of the measurements I used, so
I though a post was in order.
You will need:
A piece of fleece approximately 29 inches long by 2.5 inches... more »
Sen. Feinstein ready to introduce new ban of about 150 types of firearms, including some handguns
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) will introduce a bill banning assault
weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips on Thursday.
Feinstein’s bill will expand the criteria for classifying military-style
assault weapons from a 1994 law, which lapsed a decade later. Her new
measure will ban the sale of about 150 types of firearms, including some
rifles and handguns, as well as the sale of high-capacity magazines,
according to USA Today.
The bill will exempt firearms used for hunting and will grandfather in guns
and magazines owned before the law’s potential enactment. However, the
grand... more »
Mumbai Attack: American Plotter David Headley Gets 35 Years
A Pakistani-American who helped plan the brutal 2008 terrorist attack on
Mumbai has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
David Coleman Headley conducted meticulous scouting missions before 10
gunmen carried out the devastating assault often called India's 9/11.
The 52-year-old was sentenced on 12 counts, including conspiracy to aid the
Pakistani-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which mounted the attacks
on the landmark Taj Mahal Hotel and other targets.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042482/mumbai-attack-american-plotter-gets-35-years
Moody's warns European banks need more cash.... AGAIN!
Banks in Spain, Italy, Ireland and Britain need to set aside much more
money to cover potentially bad loans, credit ratings agency Moody's said on
Thursday, meaning European taxpayers may again be tapped for cash.
European banks have already raised hundreds of billions of euros to cover
possible losses from loans that soured in property and financial market
crises. Much of the funding has come from governments.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-europe-banks-idUSBRE90N0HH20130124
Hada del agua rodeada de mariposas y pajaritos
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Mali Islamists split as Africans prepare assault
A split emerged on Thursday in the alliance of Islamist militant groups
occupying northern Mali as French and African troops prepared a major
ground offensive aimed at driving al Qaeda and its allies from their safe
haven in the Sahara.
A senior negotiator from the Ansar Dine rebels who helped seize the north
from Mali's government last year said he was now part of a faction that
wanted talks and rejected the group's alliance with al Qaeda's North
African franchise AQIM.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-mali-rebels-idUSBRE90M16T20130124
Sickening, lung-busting fog settles over Salt Lake City – ‘We’re in a public-health emergency for much of the winter’
[image: An inversion cloud covers downtown Salt Lake City in the winter of
2012/2013. Photo: Ravell Cal / AP Photo / The Deseret News]
By PAUL FOY
24 January 2013
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Michelle Francis keeps one eye on Utah's air quality
index and the other on her 9-year-old daughter's chronic asthma these days.
The air pollution is so awful in her Salt Lake City suburb that Francis
keeps her daughter indoors on many days to prevent her cough from being
aggravated.
"When you add all the gunk in the air, it's too much," Francis said.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has s... more »
Ricos chocolates y rosas para regalar el 14 de febrero
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Assault weapons ban announced in Congress; faces uphill battle
A top Democratic lawmaker tried on Thursday to revive a U.S.
assault-weapons ban, riding a wave of support for gun control after the
killing of 20 children and six adults at a school in Connecticut last month.
Senator Dianne Feinstein and several other Democrats said they were
introducing a bill to ban semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity
ammunition clips. It faces stiff opposition in Congress as well as from the
National Rifle Association, the main U.S. lobby for gun manufacturers, and
from many Americans.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-usa-guns-congress-idUSBRE90... more »
Río con patitos en el jardín de la torre de las campanas
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Lawyers Gagged In Delhi Gang-Rape Case
The judge hearing the case of five men accused of the fatal gang-rape of a
student on a Delhi bus has barred lawyers from speaking to the press on the
second day of the trial.
"The court has strictly ordered us to refrain from sharing details about
the case," lawyer V.K. Anand said outside the Saket district court in New
Delhi, where the suspects have made their second appearance.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042394/lawyers-gagged-in-delhi-gang-rape-case
Oscar Lefosse: 'Superhero' Menganno Is An Ex-Cop - Argentina
A self-styled superhero from Argentina has been unmasked as a retired
policeman after an alleged shoot-out with petty criminals.
Buenos Aires' answer to Batman was named as Oscar Lefosse, a 43-year-old
who drew headlines in 2010 when he began patrolling the outskirts of the
city while wearing a blue mask and armour.
Named 'Menganno', which means Joe Blow in Spanish, his identity was
revealed after he was charged with carrying an unlicenced gun after
apparently firing at would-be muggers.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042293/argentina-superhero-menganno-is-an-ex-cop
Beyonce didn't sing the National Anthem...
*no, really.*
I don't care whether she lip-synced or not. That pop-styled aberration,
rife with extra notes, many of which were never part of the original song,
is *not* the National Anthem.
This self-styled auto-tuned diva, found it necessary to put her own stamp
on our anthem in the name of "artistic" license. Was it it not good
enough as written, Beyonce? If so, why don't you go write your own? Oh, I
forgot, you steal songs, you don't write.
That rendition is as disgraceful as this entire administration.
Christopher Weatherhead Jailed for 18 Months
A 22-year-old student has been jailed for 18 months after carrying out
cyber attacks with hacking group Anonymous.
Christopher Weatherhead, of Holly Road, Northampton, was convicted last
month for taking part in distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks on
sites including Visa, Mastercard and PayPal.
The attacks on PayPal cost the company £3.5m.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042461/anonymous-hacker-jailed-for-18-months
Ricas bananas y mangos para un desayuno saludable
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Imágenes fantásticas de catarinas y mariposas
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Hermoso paisaje con pegasos volando por los cielos
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Bonito regalo para el día del amor y la amistad
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Murky Mali Mayhem
Afghanistan could be characterized as a perpetual civil war waged by people
who range from bad to worse. Leaders change sides effortlessly, ally with
and betray each other routinely.
But Africa's Afghanistan, Mali, and the rest of the war in the Sahara is
far more complex, far more confusing. If Afghanistan is code for
"quagmire," North Africa is the geopolitical equivalent of the Le Brea Tar
Pits. It's a war that only recently surfaced in our newspapers but it's
been going on for decades, confounding Western leaders throughout.
Here's an example.
*Over the last few years, ... more »
Arbol impresionante junto al río en otoño
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If you have any doubt this country is in serious trouble...
*watch this:*
Take note of the fact that it's mainly women who are lined up for their
benefits, compliments of Uncle "Daddy" Sam.
Meantime, our president is planning on traveling all over the country to
promote his gun control agenda. On our dime! Ever wonder why the people
behind the sock-puppet in DC are so eager to have him out on the road?
Hey, Barry - how about working on jobs for these losers, all of whom look
like your "sons and daughters?"
*Fight at E.St.Louis DHS 01-22-13 *
H/T The Blaze
Jeremy Mann - cityscapes
while his still lifes and portraits are top notch, Jeremy Mann's cityscapes
are just something else; moody, oppressive, alluring.
*just to show how good his portraiture work is, too*
Working on Freedom
We are waiting to receive that which we have; planning to do what’s
already been done. Do you “grock” (really get) what’s going on right now? Nothing
less than revolution.
As the Declaration of Independence declared that which was already true –
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – so the
UCC filings of the One People’s Public Trust do the same. They return title
to the people.
In 1776 the Declar... more »
First Nations Appreciate Chief Spence, Battle New Laws
Chief Spence reported hospitalized at conclusion of fast, First Nations Press Conference Now
Spokesperson Danny Metawabin, speaking now at National Press Club: "Our grassroots people have awakened."
Twitter photos by Clayton Thomas Muller, Cree
News reports say Chief Spence is in the hospital after ending her fast
http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/attawapiskat+chief+theresa+spence+
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood Propped Up by US Since 2007 Under Bush
*January 24, 2013* (LD - Tony Cartalucci) - In 2007, the Wall Street
Journal published an article titled, "To Check Syria, U.S. Explores Bond
With Muslim Brothers." And even then, it was noted that the Brotherhood
held close links with groups the US recognizes and lists as terrorist
organizations, including Hamas and Al Qaeda.
The report gives a disturbing foreshadowing of US support that would
eventually see the Muslim Brotherhood rise as both a political and
terroristic power across the Arab World, after decades of hard-fought
attempts to crush the sectarian extremist organizatio... more »
Banksters' Paradise
Only a day after he was showcased whining and obfuscating about his failure
to bring criminal charges against any top Wall Street executives, the chief
of the DOJ's criminal division has suddenly up and quit. Nobody's saying if
he was fired before he resigned, but what is certain is that the Justice
Department is attacking the producer of the PBS documentary, called *The
Untouchables*. It seems they were deeply touched by the whole thing.
And public servants to private interests that they are, will never sit
still for another grilling, ever again.
The program effectively puts on ful... more »
INAUGURATE THIS: Adele Stan and the drums of war!
*THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013*
*Part 3—She hears Obama name-calling:* Human nature being what it is, we
the liberals rarely notice how ineffective we are.
Truth to tell, we have been remarkably inept at persuading them the people
in the past forty years. Consider the “gun show loophole.”
By common reckoning, about forty percent of all gun sales don’t require a
background check under federal law:
You need to get a background check if you buy your gun over here. But if
you buy your gun over there, no background check is required! Since we’re
the ones who say we want background checks, ... more »
Reagan/Obama
I have a column up over at TAP arguing that it's a mistake for Barack Obama
to aspire to being a "liberal Reagan" -- because, well, because politics
doesn't work like that. And with some advise on what Obama should do going
forward. I think it's a good one, so maybe you will too.
Meanwhile, since I wrote it the "liberal Reagan" pieces keep on coming --
two smart observers, E.J. Dionne and Greg Sargent, each pick up the theme.
I'll note a couple of things that go a bit beyond the TAP piece in response.
Dionne says that "Like Reagan, Obama hopes to usher in a long-term
electoral reali... more »
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA - 24th January 2013
Magnitude M 4.5
Region NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Date time 2013-01-24 16:12:10.8 UTC
Location 0.52 S ; 133.06 E
Depth 56 km
Distances 120 km W Manokwari, Indonesia
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake BANDA SEA - 24th January 2013
Magnitude M 4.5
Region BANDA SEA
Date time 2013-01-24 14:47:50.5 UTC
Location 6.23 S ; 130.09 E
Depth 152 km
Distances 301 km W Tual
Important Message From Whitewraithe: My Hard Learned Lesson - Jews Cannot Be Trusted, Period!
I spent one heck of a day yesterday taking care of some serious issues, and
did not even have the time to get to this blog until this morning... To
those that posted up comments to this blog, I do apologize for the delay...
I do not do this blog 24/7, and do have a personal life.....
I have been in long conversations with my friend, Whitewraithe, who writes
the blog: Pragmatic Witness, at www.pragmaticwitness.com, about the
troubles we are having in what I call the REAL truth movement. We have
seen a very disturbing trend with many whom we have previously trusted in
our efforts, an... more »
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake SAKHALIN, RUSSIA - 24th January 2013
Magnitude
4.9
Date-Time
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 14:15:49 UTC
Friday, January 25, 2013 at 12:15:49 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
53.564°N, 142.747°E
Depth
9 km (5.6 miles)
Region
SAKHALIN, RUSSIA
Distances
13 km (8 miles) W of Okha, Russia
This Burns Me Up
As in Robbie Burns. I just read that the haggis has been banned in the
United States since 1971, all thanks to FDA squeamishness about the
inclusion of sheep lung in the authentic recipe.
Haggis, of course, is a concoction of sheep's liver, heart and lung
(commonly called "pluck") mixed with oatmeal, onion, suet and spices,
soaked in stock and then stuffed into a sheep's stomach and boiled. Don't
turn your nose up at it until you've savored it yourself. It's truly
delicious.
Banned in the United States? As one Scottish butcher from Vancouver put it
during a CBC radio interview... more »
No Unions, No Representation, Fewer Full Time Jobs with Benefits: Welcome to the 21st Century
Share of the Work Force in a Union Falls to a 97-Year Low, 11.3% Steven
Greenhouse New York Times Jan 23, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/business/union-membership-drops-despite-job-growth.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130124&_r=0[Excerpted]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the total number of union members
fell
by 400,000 last year, to 14.3 million, even though the nation’s overall
employment rose by 2.4 million. The percentage of workers in unions fell
to
11.3 percent, down from 11.8 percent in 2011, the bureau found in its
annual report on union membership. That... more »
The Precautionary Principle
In Harper's Canada we consider it bad form to discuss things such as the
"precautionary principle." It's treated as an unwarranted impediment to
government, especially Harper's deviant view of economic progress.
Fortunately for Harper, the Liberals and New Democrats largely play along.
What is the precautionary principle? It's not new and has been stated and
restated in slightly different ways but the *Wiki* summary of it will
suffice for this discussion.
*"The precautionary principle or precautionary approach states if an action
or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm... more »
And Now a Timely Warning from Chris Hedges
I know this is dreadful, dreary stuff but it's an inescapable reality we
have to come to grips with, a reality we must demand those who would lead
us also embrace. From Chris Hedges, TruthDig.
*Clive Hamilton in his “Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth
About Climate Change” describes a dark relief that comes from accepting
that “catastrophic climate change is virtually certain.” This obliteration
of “false hopes,” he says, requires an intellectual knowledge and an
emotional knowledge. The first is attainable. The second, because it means
that those we love, including o... more »
Minority Report
Cartoon by Mr. Fish, TruthDig
Afghan Army Losses Spike
The Afghan army held the country together for a number of years after the
Soviets bailed out but it's far from clear they'll do as well after Western
forces leave next year.
The Taliban have killed 1,100 members of the Afghan security forces over
the past six months, double the previous rate, and desertions, a chronic
problem, are also increasing.
Phillip Hammond, the British *"defence secretary, admitted there had been
a doubling of casualties among Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) over
the past year, as well as spikes in desertion rates from the army.*
*"The previously cl... more »
Sarah Palin: Obama is a hypocrite...
From her Facebook page:
Tuesday, Jan 22
Forty years ago today the Supreme Court rendered its Roe v. Wade decision.
Those who believe in the sanctity of human life and long to see America
embrace a culture in which innocent life is honored and protected continue
to look for a day when humanity is again deemed valuable, where we cherish
even those who would be born in "less than ideal circumstances." Children
are our most precious resource and remain the greatest symbol of hope God
has given us. This is just one reason why the annual March for Life has
been such a powerful aspect o... more »
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: "The institutionalization of tyranny is the achievement of the Bush/Obama regimes of the 21st century." "One decade was time enough for two presidents to make Americans the least free people of any developed country, indeed, perhaps of any country. In what other country or countries does the chief executive officer have the right to murder citizens without due process?"
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*The Institutionalization of Tyranny — Paul Craig Roberts*
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January 18, 2013 | Original Here
Republicans and conservative Americans are still fighting Big Government in
its welfare state form. Apparently, they have never heard of the
militarized police state form of Big Government, or, if they have, they are
comfortable with it and have no objection.
Republicans, including those in the House and Senate, are content for big
government to initiate wars without a declaration of war or even Congress’
assent, and to murder w... more »
Ma: Human Rights to be included in discussions with Beijing
*Because when you're hungry, what's better than a bowl of boils?*
President Ma Ying-jeou sent a few ripples through the Taiwan-watching
community this week with the claim that human rights should be included in
discussions with Beijing (Taiwan Today):
ROC President Ma Ying-jeou said Jan. 23 that his administration is looking
to expand Taipei-Beijing dialogue from economic and cultural affairs to
human rights and the rule of law as part of efforts to strengthen freedom
and democratic development in mainland China.
“As the first republic in Asia, the ROC is committed to pursuing fre... more »
Three Days with FTV
This week I had the very great privilege of working on some travel segments
for FTV. We visited tourist sites across southern Taiwan. It was really
great seeing host Michella Jade Weng again and working with professionals
in a demanding, high energy industry. It was also wonderful to return to
Shuimen town and Sandimen on day 1, a place full of happy memories for me.
Click on Read More for more!
Our first stop was at one of the refugee villages set up for people
resettled from communities in the mountains after one of the endless series
of natural disasters Taiwan suffers from. In... more »
The Blue Eyed Sheiks
For Stephen Harper, Canada's future is about oil. Everything he has done in
his last two omnibus budget bills has been about transforming Canada into
an energy superpower. If you want a glimpse into what that future looks
like, read a report titled *The Petro Path Not Taken*, which Bruce Campbell
wrote for The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Never mind the future, Frances Russell writes. The present is pretty grim:
Seventy-six per cent of the total North American GDP benefit from the tar
sands occurs in Alberta, 20 per cent in the U.S. — and only four per cent
in the r... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Terence Bayler, 83. Who? He's the guy who said, "A
Samaritan? This is supposed to be a Jewish section" and "Well, obviously
it's not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of
dairy products." Also played The Bloody Baron in Potter, and was in an
excellent episode of Upstairs, Downstairs, among other things.
1. Mark Blumenthal surveys what we know about the bully pulpit -- absolute
must-read.
2. Gershom Gorenberg, sounding almost optimistic, on the Israeli elections.
3. The only way to deal with Republicans these days sometimes seems to be
dev... more »
David Cameron Wants To Get British Voters To Stop Thinking About His Disastrous Austerity Agenda
England's struggling with a double-dip recession thanks to the Austerity
agenda instituted by David Cameron's Conservative government. Polling shows
he's unlikely to be reelected and he's already lost the women's vote, which
now favors Labor 45-29%. That's due largely to "the disproportionately
negative effect his government’s cuts have had on women" and children. This
might be a good place for the Conservatives to rally the country with some
foreign adventure. Perhaps Cameron was hoping Argentina would give him the
chance a couple weeks ago. No such luck, so instead he's decided ... more »
Israel Reviews Military After West Bank Deaths
Israel's military has called for an immediate review of its terms of
engagement after a spate of fatal shootings provoked violent clashes in the
West Bank.
The funerals of a female student and teenage boy on Wednesday night were
followed by hundreds of Palestinian youths attacking an Israeli check point
in Bethlehem.
Tear gas and plastic-coated steel bullets were fired at the angry crowd and
at least three people were seriously injured and remain in hospital.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042263/israel-reviews-military-after-west-bank-deaths
Untitled
*Lassezes Le Bon Temp Roule'!!!*
*FRIDAY January 25th*
Krewe of Cork* French Quarter 3:00 p.m.* Krewe of Oshun* Uptown 6:00 p.m.*
Krewe of Cleopatra *Uptown 620pm*
*
* *SATURDAY January 26th *
Krewe of Pontchartrain*Uptown 1:00 p.m.*
Krewe of Choctaw* Uptown follows Pontchartrain*
Knights of Sparta* Uptown 6:00 p.m.*
Krewe of Pygmalion* Uptown 6:45 p.m.*
Chewbacchus *Faubourg Marginy 8:00 *
*Motley Krewes ’tit Rx and Chewbacchus roll Saturday** *
*
*Mystic Knights of Adonis* Westbank 12:00 *
Krewe of Bilge* Slidell 12:00 p.m*.
Mona Lisa & Moon Pie* **Slidell 7:00 p.m*.
* *
*
*
*SUNDAY ... more »
Antibiotic resistance is now as serious a threat as terrorism and could trigger an 'apocalyptic scenario', warns UK's top doctor
Growing numbers of drug-resistant diseases could trigger an ‘apocalyptic
scenario’ comparable to a catastrophic terrorist attack, Britain’s chief
medical officer warned yesterday.
Dame Sally Davies said there was risk that within 20 years people going for
simple operations would die of routine infections because we may ‘run out
of antibiotics’ that work.
She told MPs the threat from infections that are resistant to antibiotics
was so serious that the issue should be added to the Government’s national
risk register of civil emergencies.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-226... more »
Scientists condemn research into deadly mutant bird flu virus over fears of a dangerous leak
Flu
researchers have decided to lift a voluntary moratorium on their
studies, imposed 12 months ago after a public outcry over their work.
They hope the studies will help them prevent and deal with a future flu
pandemic, and that the benefits outweigh potential risks such as a leak
of
the mutant viurus or the deliberate attempt to create deadly strains by
terrorists or rogue governments.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/flu/9823535/Scientists-condemn-research-into-deadly-mutant-bird-flu-virus-over-fears-of-a-dangerous-leak.html
Farmer to Farmer- A Brit Farmer Interviewing American Farmers on GMO Crops
Farmer To Farmer: The Truth About GM Crops
Michael Hart, a conventional livestock family farmer, has been farming in
Cornwall for nearly thirty years and has actively campaigned on behalf of
family farmers for over fifteen years, travelling extensively in Europe,
India, Canada and the USA.
In this short documentary he investigates the reality of farming
genetically modified crops in the USA ten years after their introduction.
He travels across the US interviewing farmers and other specialists about
their experiences of growing GM.
During the making of the film he heard problems ... more »
Police In 'Muslim Vigilantes' Victim Appeal
Officers investigating "Muslim vigilante" attacks are appealing for a
victim who was abused by the gang for being "gay" to come forward.
Scotland Yard says the man is crucial to their investigation into a number
of incidents where a gang calling themselves Muslim Patrol have harassed
members of the public.
Videos of the attacks in east London where the self-styled gang appear to
have started to operate have been posted on YouTube.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042295/police-in-muslim-vigilantes-victim-appeal
British Nationals Urged To Leave Benghazi following a "specific and imminent threat" against Westerners
The Foreign Office has urged Britons to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi
in response to a "specific and imminent threat" against Westerners.
The FCO has been advising against travel to most of the country since last
September, but has now stepped up its warning.
A spokesman said: "We are now aware of a specific and imminent threat to
Westerners in Benghazi, and urge any British nationals who remain there
against our advice to leave immediately.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042347/british-nationals-urged-to-leave-benghazi
Untitled
*Mayor says New Orleans is Super Bowl ready*
*Payton and Brees say they're pumped for 2013 *
*Lewis: Sean Payton did deserve all that he got *
*Nagin’s weird ride: from showboat to search for anonymity ~Mark Moseley, The
Lens*
*Kenner cabbies frustrated with N.O. airport decals*
*Zack Kopplin, a Rice University student, has fought creationism in
Louisiana and school vouchers in Houston*
*Jindal plan would tax retirees even more*
*Louisiana Seafood Board Releases 2012 Annual Report: Campaigns Make
Headway Impacting Seafood Supply*
*Not their fault, again ~Disenfranchised Citizen*
... more »
Circumstantial evidence
*R. v. Carpio*, 2012 BCCA 484 is a useful source for the view that where
there is a lot of smoke one can conclude there is a fire:
[25] As was said in *R. v. Jenkins* (1908) 14 C.C.C. 221 (B.C.C.A.)
at 230:
It is true that a man is not called upon to explain suspicious things, but
there comes a time when, circumstantial evidence having enveloped a man in
a strong and cogent network of inculpatory facts, that man is bound to make
some explanation or stand condemned.
[26] I consider this observation apposite in this case.
the 'missile' that hit the Office of Naval Intelligence at the Pentagon on September 11th 2001
it doesn't matter to me where the 'missile' was manufactured, whether it
was a French-made Exocet or a Russian-made Moskit or any of the NATO
anti-ship missiles. Tell me this 'five frame footage' of the Pentagon hit
on the day of 9/11 doesn't look EXACTLY LIKE this archive footage of a
missile striking a couple of meters above the 'waterline'. Watch the
explosion pattern, it's a perfect match. Note the entry point, it's a
perfect match.
Office of Naval Intelligence taken out by a waterline anti-ship missile?
Quite poignant, and perverse, irony don't ya think?
Additionally, and an... more »
Two years since uprising, Egypt braces for more protests
Egypt marks the second anniversary of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak
from power with little to celebrate. Deeply divided and facing an economic
crisis, the nation is bracing for more protests, but this time against a
freely elected leader.
President Mohamed Mursi's opponents plan to march to Tahrir Square on
Friday to vent anger at the new Islamist leader and his Muslim Brotherhood
backers, whom they accuse of betraying the goals of the Jan. 25 revolution
that galvanised Egyptians in a display of national unity that has not been
seen since.
http://www.reuters.com/article/201... more »
Some Basics on How to Be Healthy
Source: http://www.encognitive.com/node/18651
The Basics on How to Be Healthy – You Are What You Eat
by Contributor
Natural Society, 24 January 2013
*Do you truly know how to be healthy? “Garbage in, Garbage Out” is a phrase
coined to refer to the fact that putting bad data into a computer will
produce bad results, or even damage its function. Though this phrase has
been used for many other applications in addition to computers over the
years, it has most recently been used to refer to what happens when poor
food is put into your body. If you recognize that the human body i... more »
15,000 crocodiles escape from South African farm with one discovered wandering into a school
Locals have been warned to stay indoors after 15,000 fearsome Nile
crocodiles escaped from a crocodile farm in north east South Africa.
The huge group of fearsome crocs escaped from Rakwena Crocodile Farm on
Sunday after abnormally heavy rains caused the nearby Limpopo river to rise.
The farm's owners were forced to open the reptiles' permeable pens in order
to allow the rising flood water to drain away before it crushed the
normally secure structure.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2267538/15-000-crocodiles-escape-South-African-farm-straying-local-school.html
Cameron: I don't want a country called Europe
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has slammed any moves to forge a
United States of Europe.
Cameron, who has shaken up Europe's political landscape by offering to let
citizens vote on whether to leave the 27-nation European Union, says
forcing countries into a single entity would be a "great mistake."
Speaking Thursday at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos,
Cameron says Britain would stand against any moves to shoehorn countries
into a centralized political union.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-01-24/cameron-i-dont-want-a-country-called-europe
Antarctica: Plane Missing, Three On Board
Attempts to find a small plane carrying three Canadians on an Antarctica
trip, which disappeared on Wednesday, have been delayed because of bad
weather.
The Twin Otter aircraft was on a routine supply trip between bases when it
lost contact with the ground and disappeared over a mountain range.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042223/antarctica-plane-missing-three-on-board
Burger King Horse Meat Supplier Dumped
Burger King is dumping thousands of beefburgers from the supplier at the
centre of the horsemeat scandal - despite insisting its food was not
contaminated.
Staff have been ordered to box up Whoppers and Angus burgers and ensure
they are not sold to customers.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042234/burger-king-dumps-products-over-horsemeat-row
3.5 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - 24th January 2013
Magnitude
3.5
Date-Time
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 11:23:02 UTC
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 03:23:02 AM at epicenter
Location
40.424°N, 124.992°W
Depth
5 km (3.1 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region
OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances
61 km (38 miles) W (281°) from Petrolia, CA
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake TAJIKISTAN - 24th January 2013
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 10:39:54 UTC
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 03:39:54 PM at epicenter
Location
38.608°N, 73.493°E
Depth
113.5 km (70.5 miles)
Region
TAJIKISTAN
Distances
56 km (35 miles) SSW (193°) from Karakul, Tajikistan
Adventures in Reading Comprhension
Yesterday I noted that, with the deadline for casting them fast
approaching, we are no longer likely to honor requests for ballots. Since
then I’ve received a deluge of requests for ballots. Not a single one has
acknowledged that the deadline has passed — not even a simple “I know you
said, but….” Sigh.
Ultra nationalists in Israel
This Guardian Comment Is Free article pissed me off.The while tone is nasty
but there is one part that really got my goat (pun intended):
'For now the focus is on the Israeli elections of 22 January. The polls
suggest that a government ranked as one of the most rightwing in Israel's
history is set to be replaced by one even further to the right. Binyamin
Netanyahu's Likud – now merged with the party headed by his
ultra-nationalist former foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman – is losing
ground to the ultra-ultra-nationalist Jewish Home party. Even the more
modest projections suggest ... more »
SANDY HOOK TRUTH AND LIES
*A Rockefeller grandchild. *« TheTruthExposed's Photos...
*Noah Pozner*
*Noah Pozner. Website for this image*
"I would predict the endgame to be the release (or leak) of irrefutable
evidence which confirms that the attack took place such as crime scene
photographs along with calls to shutdown alternative blogs and sites."
Comment Posted by johnnyspooner on January 20, 2013 at *David Icke*
*In the USA, this young woman testified that she had seen Saddam's men take
babies out of incubators. In fact, "Nayirah" is the daughter of Kuwait's
ambassador in Washington and had not seen a... more »
'Beheadings' in Nigerian city
The men were attacked during raids on three homes overnight, he said in an
account confirmed by a local reporter.
However, the military told the BBC only three people had been killed.
At least 23 others have been killed in separate attacks in the north this
week blamed on militants wanting to impose Islamic law on Nigeria.
http://world.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201301/100359.php
I don't agree with the Jewish Journal
This Jewish Journal article I find to be plain wrong in several areas.
Here's two:
1. The article uses Koranic verses that preach peace and love to counter
those that preach war. The trouble is nowhere in the article does the
Jewish Journal mention the Koranic principle of abrogation, the rule that
later verses supersede earlier ones. The earlier verses were generally
peaceful, the later ones generally warlike.
2. The article includes this claim:
'Killing children, killing innocent people or killing women is not
acceptable. A Muslim can protect himself only in legitimate self-defens... more »
EU speech: let's talk, says Merkel after Cameron's referendum gamble
Angela Merkel created a small breathing space for David Cameron on
Wednesday when she gave a guarded response to his landmark speech on
Europe, paving the way for the prime minister to campaign in favour of an
in-out referendum on Britain's membership of the EU at the next election.
As most European leaders rejected Cameron's demands for a radical overhaul
of the terms of Britain's EU membership, the German chancellor indicated
she was open to negotiating a "fair compromise".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/23/eu-referendum-speech-merkel-cameron
Iceland's Leader Slams Gordon Brown Over Crisis
The President of Iceland has launched an extraordinary verbal attack on
Gordon Brown on the fringes of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the country's longest-serving president, told Sky
News that his country would "never forget" its treatment during the
financial crisis at the hands of the former British prime minister.
During the financial crisis, following the collapse of Icelandic bank
Icesave and Iceland's refusal to refund UK deposits, Britain took the rare
step of imposing financial sanctions on the country.
***The president also signalled his countr... more »
Austrian Police Bust 'Nazi' Network......In Peaceful Europe!
Police in Austria have broken up an extreme-right network arresting 10 and
discovering a cache of explosives and weapons.
The group is suspected of illegal arms trading, burglaries, illegal
prostitution, and other crimes, which police estimate have caused damage of
at least 3.5m euros (£2.9m).
Police say they found weapons, explosives, flags with Nazi symbols and
neo-Nazi literature in a search of the group's headquarters in the village
of Desselbrunn, 120 miles west of Vienna.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042229/austrian-police-bust-nazi-network
Spain: Unemployment For Under 25s Hits 60%....
Unemployment in Spain for people under the age of 25 has now reached 60%,
according to officially released figures.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042210/spain-unemployment-for-under-25s-hits-60-percent
Cameron: We're Not Turning Our Back On Europe
David Cameron has defended his decision to table a referendum on Britain's
membership of the European Union in a speech at the Davos summit.
The Prime Minister's address at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland
focused on Britain's priorities during its presidency of the G8 and
particularly tackled tax evasion and avoidance.
But despite his aides insisting he would not discuss his position on the
EU, he dedicated a section of the speech to insisting that he was right to
try and achieve a new settlement.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042246/cameron-were-not-turning-our-back-on-europe
Spanish joblessness climbs again, no relief in sight
Spain's unemployment rate soared to its highest level since measurements
began in the 1970s as a prolonged recession and deep spending cuts left
almost 6 million people out of work at the end of last year.
Spain's unemployment rate rose to 26 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012,
or 5.97 million people, the National Statistics Institute said on Thursday,
up from 25 percent in the previous quarter and more than double the
European Union average.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-spain-unemployment-idUSBRE90N08T20130124
Recession-hit euro zone has turned a corner - PMIs ......as more companies file for bankruptcy and Spain's Unemployment increases to it's Highest Levels since the 70's
The euro zone economy took a step closer to recovery this month as the rate
of decline in the bloc's private sector eased more than expected, a
business survey showed on Thursday.
The survey published by Markit supports European Central Bank President
Mario Draghi's assertion that the 17-nation currency union is benefiting
from "positive contagion" but still hints at an economic contraction in the
first quarter of 2013.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-recession-eurozone-idUSBRE90N09Z20130124
North Korea to target U.S. with nuclear, rocket tests
North Korea said on Thursday it would carry out further rocket launches and
a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping
up its threats against a country it called its "sworn enemy".
The announcement by the country's top military body came a day after the
U.N. Security Council agreed to a U.S.-backed resolution to censure and
sanction North Korea for a rocket launch in December that breached U.N.
rules.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-korea-north-nuclear-idUSBRE90N03I20130124
5.0 Magnitude Earthquake SULAWESI, INDONESIA - 24th January 2013
Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:35:54 UTC
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 05:35:54 PM at epicenter
Location
4.213°S, 122.838°E
Depth
642.5 km (399.2 miles)
Region
SULAWESI, INDONESIA
Distances
145 km (90 miles) N (10°) from Baubau, Sulawesi, Indonesia
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN IRAN - 24th January 2013
Magnitude ML 4.2
Region SOUTHERN IRAN
Date time 2013-01-24 09:28:32.0 UTC
Location 27.78 N ; 56.65 E
Depth 15 km
Distances 71 km NE Bandar-e 'abbas, Iran
EU regulators fine Spanish and Portuguese phone companies €79m for collusion
Telefonica and Portugal Telecom, the biggest telephone companies in Spain
and Portugal, were fined €79m by European Union (EU) regulators for
agreeing not to compete in each other’s home country, regulators said on
Wednesday.
The European Commission told Telefonica to pay €66.9m and fined Portugal
Telecom €12.3m for an illegal noncompete contract clause, regulators said.
The companies agreed not to rival each other in Spain and Portugal when
Telefonica decided to buy Portugal Telecom’s stake in Brazil’s Vivo
Participacoes in September 2010.
http://www.bdlive.co.za/world/europe/2013... more »
Irish-led EU military to stay in Somalia
An EU military training mission in Somalia, under Irish command, is to
remain in place for another two years. The Council of the European Union
said the mission would continue to contribute to the strengthening of the
Somali armed forces to prepare them to ultimately take over security
responsibilities there.
The mission is currently based at Bihanga in neighbouringUganda but,
depending on security considerations, is due to move into the Somalian
capital Mogadishu in the coming weeks.
http://www.midnimo.com/2013/01/24/irish-led-eu-military-to-stay-in-somalia/
US is main source of EU credit card fraud - Europol
Data breaches in the US account for most of the credit card fraud affecting
the EU, a new police report says.
Criminal gangs are making about 1.5bn euros (£1.2bn; $2bn) annually from
such fraud, the EU police agency Europol says, regretting that compliance
with new security features remains patchy.
In 2011 nearly all fraud involving EU cards took place outside the EU.
Chip-and-PIN security used in the EU is not yet global, Europol notes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20945810
CNN: Marc Morano on extreme weather trends
CNN and its Piers Morgan show just aired a very short exchange of opinions
Michael Brune vs Marc Morano (video)
between a defender of the climate alarm (an activist in the Sierra Club,
well, its executive director) and the man behind the skeptical
ClimateDepot.com website.
I think that Marc Morano couldn't be a full-fledged scientist – I mean to
actually calculate various things from the observed data, including
confidence levels, and other things. It's my understanding he doesn't have
the technical background for that.
However, when it comes to his ability to localize the relevan... more »
EU police agency opens unit to tackle cybercrime
The European Union's police coordination agency opened a new cybercrime
unit Friday to combat online offenses from banking fraud to peddling images
of child sex abuse.
But as the European Cybercrime Centre, or EC3, formally opened its doors at
Europol's Hague headquarters, European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia
Malmstrom conceded it will be playing catch-up with organized crime gangs
reveling in a "Golden Age" of cybercrime.
http://www.thepublicopinion.com/news/associated_press/science_and_technology/article_29fa605b-c1e2-59a8-9615-bec030c072d8.html
Only 11 euro zone countries to impose planned financial trading tax
A financial trading tax (FTT) planned by a group of euro zone nations could
leave major banks, its main target, relatively unscathed while less nimble
smaller trading houses, pension funds and asset managers bear the brunt.
Germany, France and nine other countries are pushing ahead with the tax on
trades in stocks, bonds and derivatives, keen to show voters they can claw
back some of the taxpayers' money used to bail out banks during the
2007-2009 financial crisis. ID:nL6N0AR2K5]
However, bankers and finance industry experts are sceptical about a tax
that will not be imposed even ... more »
Palestinians threaten to sue Israel over settlements
The Palestinians have threatened to pursue Israel at the International
Criminal Court (ICC) if it builds new Jewish settlements east of Jerusalem.
Speaking at the UN Security Council, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad
Malki said the decision depended on the new Israeli government.
The Palestinians became eligible to join the ICC after the UN voted to
upgrade their status last November.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21174543
Inspector uncovers huge UKBA immigrant backlog
Thousands of immigrants are waiting to hear if they can stay in Britain and
the backlog is growing every month, according to inspectors.
There are more than 16,000 immigrants currently waiting to hear from border
officials if they can stay in Britain in the latest round of UKBA backlogs
uncovered by inspectors.
Nearly 14,000 have already been refused the right to stay but are asking
the UK Border Agency to reconsider, and the backlog is growing by 700 cases
each month.
http://www.channel4.com/news/inspector-uncovers-huge-ukba-immigrant-backlog
North Korea threatens 3rd nuclear test
North Korea's top governing body warned Thursday that the regime will
conduct its third nuclear test in defiance of UN punishment, and made clear
that its long-range rockets are designed to carry not only satellites but
also warheads aimed at striking the United States.
The National Defence Commission, headed by the country's young leader, Kim
Jong-un, rejected Tuesday's UN Security Council resolution condemning North
Korea's long-range rocket launch in December as a banned missile activity
and expanding sanctions against the regime. The commission reaffirmed in
its declaration that... more »
Pictures show how NASA blew up a huge swathe of the Arizona desert in the 1960s to simulate the lunar surface so their astronauts could train for space......Is this Also where they filmed the Moon Landing?
*Massive: This patch of desert contains 354 craters - all of them
created
by buried explosives*
Before American astronauts could successfully navigate the cratered,
alien
surface of the moon, they had to train on similar terrain here on Earth.
So, NASA blew up a large section of the Arizona desert.
The space agency used hundreds of pounds of dynamite and a few dozen
tons
of fertilizer to create craters in the Cinder Lake desert outside
Flagstaff.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2267391/Remarkable-pictures-NASA-blowing-stretches-Arizona-desert-simulate-surface-moon.html
Police department buys 14 AR-15 assault rifles to arm officers in schools
Police officers who patrol the schools in one Southern California city are
now armed with AR-15 assault rifles - the same heavy firepower used in
recent mass shootings.
The Fontana Unified School District revealed that it purchased 14 Colt
semi-automatic rifles for its school police department in October and that
officers have been storing the weapons in schools since the new semester
began earlier this month.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2267419/Police-department-buys-14-AR-15-assault-rifles-arm-officers-schools.html
The Man Who Sold The World - Cumberbatch does Assange
the first image of Benedict Cumberbatch having a stab at the Julian Assange
role has just crept onto the internet. I like Cumberbatch, I like Assange;
what's to go wrong?
Obviously, in light of such obvious propaganda films as Flight 93 and World
Trade Center, it all depends on the ANGLE i.e. the two books upon which the
November 2013 film 'The Fifth Estate' is based upon.
*The film is based on two books about the rise to infamy of Assange, who is
holed up in Ecuador's London embassy after being given asylum. *
* Director Bill Condon said: "It may be decades before we understand... more »
French soldier pictured wearing Call Of Duty-style grinning skeleton 'Death's Head' facemask while serving in Mali sparks outrage
A French soldier has sparked outrage after being pictured wearing a
grinning skeleton facemask like one featured in the ultra-violent computer
game Call of Duty while serving in Mali.
Military authorities have launched an investigation to discover the
soldier's identity after he was photographed using the mask, also known as
a death's head, to protect himself from dust kicked up by a helicopter.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2267033/Mali-French-soldier-pictured-wearing-Call-Duty-grinning-skeleton-mask.html
Experts Baffled over the Identity of the orange frogs found hopping through the snow in a Derby back-alley
Experts were left baffled when they were asked to identify these mysterious
orange frogs that appeared in the snow in Derby.
Four of the strange amphibians were spotted hopping around in the snow, but
wildlife experts were left stumped as to what they were.
But after MailOnline contacted the Zoological Society of London, the team
leader of London Zoo's reptile house got back to identify them as African
clawed frogs.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2267022/Experts-baffled-identity-mysterious-orange-frogs-hopping-snow-Derby.html
Kevin Ash killed in accident in front of fellow journalists trying out BMW motorcycle at press launch
A leading British motorcycle journalist has died in a bike accident
during
a press launch in South Africa.
Kevin Ash was involved in a fatal accident whilst on a press event to
test
a new BMW motorbike.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2267144/Kevin-Ash-British-motorcycle-writer-killed-accident-fellow-journalists-trying-BMW-motorcycle-press-launch.html
Albanian gangster behind three murders is STILL in the UK despite 19 court battles to extradite him
An Albanian gangster convicted of three murders is still in the UK almost a
year after his arrest and is now likely to claim asylum.
Ndricim Sadushi, 42, has been on the run for 15 years and is receiving
legal aid in his fight against extradition back to Albania that is costing
the UK taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.
His case has been listed before judges 19 times during the lengthy court
battle.
Westminster Magistrates' Court heard today there is a 'suggestion' he will
appeal for asylum.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2267156/Ndricim-Sadushi-Albanian-gangster-murd... more »
5.3 Magnitude Earthquake RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN-XINJIANG BORDER REGION - 24th January 2013
Magnitude
5.3
Date-Time
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 07:35:42 UTC
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 01:35:42 PM at epicenter
Location
49.825°N, 87.604°E
Depth
41.8 km (26.0 miles)
Region
RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN-XINJIANG BORDER REGION
Distances
221 km (137 miles) N (350°) from Altay, Xinjiang, China
John Ankers Missing: Police find body in hunt for man who went missing after losing his job at Blockbuster
John Ankers has not been seen since leaving for work on Sunday morning,
and
his wife Katrina Williams has spoken of her concern that he could be
caught
out in the freezing cold. The store assistant has been depressed since
he
was told he would be made redundant after the video rental firm went
into
administration last week. Police who were looking for him found a body
in
woodland near a Liverpool hospital.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2267043/John-Anker-missing-Distraught-brides-appeal-husband-vanished-losing-job-Blockbusters.html
The astonishing 90-mile high solar eruption on the Sun's surface that burns at 4MILLION degrees C
Spectacular pictures of the Sun's 90-mile high solar eruptions have been
captured in the highest ever resolution by NASA scientists.
The images of the star's outer atmosphere provide evidence of magnetic
'braids' believed to heat this region up to four million degrees
Celsius.
They occur when small bundles of magnetic field become wrapped around
each
other because of the swirling of plasma on the Sun's surface.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2267159/Incredible-new-highest-resolution-pictures-Sun-90-mile-eruptions-burn-4MILLION-degrees-C.html
Genetic recovery with George Church
Here George Church explains the current state of genetic engineering simply
and clearly. It is not just practical to produce a mammoth and most other
Pleistocene creatures since we have frozen DNA to work with but most likely
quite a few others. Certainly those collected before extinction during the
Age of Discovery can all be likely recovered this way.
That is the really exciting part of this work. As we fully restore Terra's
fecundity through terraforming we will also be able to reintroduce
creatures lost to us in a way that keeps them properly protected. That is
the real probl... more »
HIV Vaccine Brakes Disease for Year
Not a cure of course, but certainly it is a useful tool to apply to the
problem. Considering the side effects and costs of all the present
protocols, getting a year's relief is great.
It may also lead to something permanent.
The tool kit now available for HIV is now surprisingly large and optimism
abounds that a cure is both possible and perhaps sooner than appears
obvious. At least victims are all now living out their lives in the
developed world with some occasional damage and are actually drifting into
old age and succumbing to other causes often not related at all.... more »
Eliminating Pesticides From Human Bloodstream
They have successfully scavenged the offending pesticide from the victim's
bloodstream. This is an obvious route to exploit fully on all the other
pesticides.
Most are victims due to chronic exposure, often quite accidental. After
all it is handled often in agricultural circumstances. There is no .one
usually there to be properly paranoid.
Agriculture is learning how to operate organically and these pesticides
will go out of service. Unfortunately, that will still takes several
decades.
*New treatment could combat deadly chemical agents*
*
by Staff Writers*
*
Sheff... more »
Cheap and Easy Gene Snip
It means that research productivity will leap again and results will soon
be coming in fast and furiously from the present state of quick enough. Of
course it is excellent news and coming close to turning it all into a gold
rush were even modestly trained technicians could participate. There is
even room for outright stupidity.
It also means that outright gene therapy will now come into its own as a
easy to tap tool in the medical industries kit.
This is all great news for human health in the next decade.
*Cheap and easy technique to snip DNA could revolutionize gene ... more »
Thursday Morning Linkage: combat exclusion edition
What you need to know about the recent policy change and the reactions.
Where to start: the excellent NYT and Washington Post articles on the
removal of the exclusion. Here’s a great breakdown on storify of the “some
things to know” about the exclusion and the changes. Rachel Maddow weighs
in on her blog, calling
Continue reading
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake COSTA RICA - 24th January 2013
Magnitude
4.9
Date-Time
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 07:08:16 UTC
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 01:08:16 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
9.971°N, 84.450°W
Depth
62.8 km (39.0 miles)
Region
COSTA RICA
Distances
5 km (3 miles) S of Santiago, Costa Rica
Birds Matter
"Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray,
With joyous musick wake the dawning day!" - Alexander Pope.
"Even the blackest of them all, the crow,
Renders good service as your man-at-arms,
Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail.
And crying havoc on the slug and snail." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Birds Matter. Source: *Audubon*.
Notorious killer who wants to move to open prison granted anonymity by High Court judge using human rights laws
A judge has used human rights laws to ban the identification of a notorious
killer who wants to be set free.
The man – whose crimes shocked the public years ago – is currently
challenging a Parole Board decision refusing him a transfer to an open jail
with limited security.
This is typically the last step taken by killers before they are freed back
on to the streets.
Yesterday the high court sparked fury by saying the man might be in danger
if other inmates found out his identity.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2267218/Notorious-killer-wants-to-open-prison-granted-anonymit... more »
Miliband left floundering: He shocks party by saying no to in/out referendum
Labour was in turmoil over Europe last night after Ed Miliband ruled out
holding an in/out referendum on Britain’s membership.
In a surprise move, the Labour leader appeared to rule out the idea on
principle, telling MPs: ‘We don’t want an in/out referendum.’
His stance stunned senior figures in the party who believe Labour will
suffer serious electoral damage if it fails to match David Cameron’s pledge
before the 2015 election
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2267286/Miliband-left-floundering-He-shocks-party-saying-referendum.html
EU says Iran stalling on nuclear talks
Iran is stalling on fixing a date and location for a new round of talks on
its nuclear program, the European Union's foreign policy chief said on
Wednesday, but there is still hope that talks between Tehran and six world
powers can begin soon.
EU officials have been in contact with Iranian negotiators repeatedly since
December to try to prepare a new set of talks, which the West hopes will
lead to Iran scaling back its nuclear work and avert the threat of another
war in the Middle East.
But they have failed to agree on a plan so far.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/23/us-ira... more »
IMF's Olivier Blanchard: Time for UK to consider Plan B
The IMF chief economist has told the BBC that Chancellor George Osborne
should consider toning down austerity in his March budget.
"We think this would be a good time to take stock," said Olivier Blanchard,
speaking to Radio 4's Today programme.
He also said the global economy was "not out of the woods yet".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21175407
Aisling McCarthy Brady Could Face Murder Charge
Investigators say a bloody pillow, blanket and wipes were found in the room
of a baby who died after she was allegedly assaulted by her Irish nanny.
Aisling McCarthy Brady, 34, from Quincy, Massachusetts, is alleged to have
been the sole carer for the one-year-old US girl on January 14 - her first
birthday - when she suffered injuries "consistent with abusive head trauma".
The baby, Rehma Sabir, died two days later in hospital after suffering
brain damage.
She was also found to have multiple healing bone fractures.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042164/baby-death-nanny-could-face-murde... more »
After elections, Obama, Netanyahu back to square one
A tempestuous US and Israeli election season left Barack Obama and Benjamin
Netanyahu back where they started -- staring at each other over a gulf of
mistrust and still at odds over Iran.
The US president is in solid political shape after winning a second term in
an election in which Netanyahu appeared to root for his foe Mitt Romney,
and Republicans used his strained ties with Israel as campaign fodder.
Netanyahu emerged weaker after a rebuke from voters in Tuesday's polls, but
is set to stay on as prime minister, atop a possibly more centrist but less
resilient coalition.
http://... more »
U.S. to lift ban on women in front-line combat jobs
The U.S. military will formally end its ban on women serving in front-line
combat roles, officials said on Wednesday, in a move that could open
thousands of fighting jobs to female service members for the first time.
The move knocks down another societal barrier in the U.S. armed forces,
after the Pentagon in 2011 scrapped its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on gays
and lesbians serving openly in the military.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-usa-military-women-idUSBRE90M1FI20130124
Where's the growth? Euro zone still lacks investor appeal
Encouraged by the euro zone's resilience last year in the face of severe
doubts about its survival, some outside investors have snapped up assets in
the strongest corners of the region.
Yet even the most enthusiastic euro proponent would concede there's plenty
more to do to strengthen the currency bloc. Fundamentally, there's a need
for economic growth to start to revive for many investors to risk a more
decisive push into bonds, equities or more tangible assets in a swathe of
crisis-hit countries.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-davos-eurozone-investment-idUSBRE90N0612... more »
Dead fish swamp Lake Boort
Dead and dying carp float to the surface at Lake Boort last week. Picture:
Paul Hawes
TONNES of freshwater fish are being left to die as shallow lakes across
Victoria dry out in the summer heat.
Lake Boort, 1km south of Boort, is coated in a stinking layer of dead and
dying carp, but neither the Department of Primary Industries, the
Department of Sustainability and Environment nor the North Central
Catchment Management Authority was prepared to take responsibility for
preventing the fish deaths.
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2013/01/24/557362_national-news.html
Russell Matthews In Military Custody
A member of the US Coast Guard who disappeared more than three months ago
and showed up at his home over the weekend is in military custody at Pearl
Harbour.
Petty Officer First Class Russell Matthews vanished in October, prompting a
search by the Coast Guard and Navy along the Hawaiian coast. Police later
found his abandoned car.
Coast Guard spokesman Chief Warrant Officer Gene Maestas said Matthews was
already in the process of being investigated for illegally using marijuana
when his wife reported him missing on October 9.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042094/missing-us-coastguard... more »
Gotta Love Tarpley
These photos made me smile. It's good to know the fighting spirit still
lives in some men.
Source: *United Front Against Austerity Brings Fight for Wall Street Sales
Tax to Washington Mall on Eve of Inauguration – CNN Forced to Cover It*.
Does language acquisition require hard struggle?
Posted as a comment following Larry Ferlazzo’s second column on “How
will I
implement Common Core for Language Arts’
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2013/01/response_honoring_struggle_in_common_core_for_language_arts.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
Re
Dina Strasser’s contribution:" In second language acquisition
terminology, we refer to Stephen Krashen's theory of "i
plus one." It is
where we present the student with enough unfamiliarity-- enough
challenge--
to have them frown at the page, have to try an oral answer two or three
tim... more »
Not Right: why did the BBC get the Israeli elections so wrong? | BBC Watch
A seriously good article by BBCWatch, do read it all.
http://bbcwatch.org/2013/01/24/not-right-why-did-the-bbc-get-the-israeli-elections-so-wrong/
Here's an extract:
' Broadly speaking – and we see this reflected time and time again in its
reporting; not only in relation to the elections – the BBC absolves the
Palestinian side of the equation of any responsibility for the progress of
the peace process (or lack of it) and turns Palestinians into child-like
creatures lacking all agency. That approach was reflected in a strange
report which asked Palestinians in Gaza and Ramallah "wha... more »
Uh-oh! Premier Alison Redford wants to have a ‘conversation’ with us
Fireside chats? Alberta Premier Alison Redford as she’ll likely see herself
while softening up the province’s citizens for the March 7 Budget Speech on
CTV tonight. Below: Ms. Redford as Albertans may see her. Below that: the
real Ms. Redford; Conference Board Chief Economist Glen Hodgson. Oh dear.
Premier Alison Redford wants to have a ... more »
Assange Slams Wikileaks Film As 'Propaganda'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says a Hollywood film about his
controversial website is a "massive propaganda attack" against the
whistle-blowing organisation.
The film - The Fifth Estate - which is due to be released in the US in
November, stars Sherlock Holmes star Benedict Cumberbatch as the internet
activist.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042145/assange-slams-wikileaks-film-as-propaganda
North Korea Plans Nuclear Test 'Aimed At US'
North Korea plans a nuclear test plus more long-range rocket launches,
aimed at what it calls its "arch-enemy" the United States.
"We do not hide that the various satellites and long-range rockets we will
continue to launch, as well as the high-level nuclear test we will proceed
with, are aimed at our arch-enemy the United States," the National Defence
Commission said.
The mention of the test, which would mark the country's third detonation of
a nuclear device, came towards the end of a commission statement carried by
the official Korean Central News Agency.
http://news.sky.com/st... more »
Chicago Warehouse Covered In Ice After Fire
About 200 firefighters battled to put out a massive fire at an empty
warehouse in Chicago as glacial temperatures turned water to ice.
Fire department officials said the blaze on Tuesday evening was among the
biggest in recent years.
About a third of the city's firefighters were at the scene at one point or
another.
http://news.sky.com/story/1042039/chicago-warehouse-covered-in-ice-after-fire
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN IRAN - 24th January 2013
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 04:51:06 UTC
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:21:06 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
27.877°N, 56.557°E
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region
SOUTHERN IRAN
Distances
81 km (50 miles) NNE of Bandar 'Abbas, Iran
3.9 Magnitude Earthquake COLORADO - 24th January 2013
Magnitude
3.9
Date-Time
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 04:46:39 UTC
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 09:46:39 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
38.324°N, 108.989°W
Depth
2.5 km (1.6 miles)
Region
COLORADO
Distances
25 km (15 miles) E (84°) from La Sal, UT
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake FIJI - 24th January 2013
Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 02:17:10 UTC
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 02:17:10 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
16.617°S, 177.707°E
Depth
34.1 km (21.2 miles)
Region
FIJI
Distances
113 km (70 miles) NNE of Lautoka, Fiji
5.2 Magnitude Earthquake HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION - 23rd January 2013
Magnitude
5.2
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 21:34:32 UTC
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 06:34:32 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
43.145°N, 145.709°E
Depth
59.5 km (37.0 miles)
Region
HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Distances
108 km (67 miles) E (79°) from Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 23rd January 2013
Magnitude
4.9
Date-Time
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 21:31:06 UTC
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 06:31:06 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.808°N, 141.538°E
Depth
36.3 km (22.6 miles)
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
59 km (36 miles) NE of Namie, Japan
Weather Service: Nuclear Power Plant Causes Freak Snowstorm (True meaning of nuclear winter?)
A blast of snow came down last night on Interstate 79 on Tuesday evening.
It left about an inch in parts of Allegheny and Beaver counties, but this
was not your ordinary snow.
It was really man-made snow – a freak storm caused by the nuclear power
plant in Shippingport.
A pot of boiling water thrown over a balcony in Siberia crystallizes and
instantly turns to snow. That scientific experiment is, on the most basic
level, what happened Tuesday night.
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/01/23/weather-service-snow-caused-by-beaver-valley-power-plant/
Flights of Fancy
*Wikipedia:*
Tyrus Wong (born October 25, 1910) is a Chinese-born American artist . He
is a painter, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer, designer and kite maker.
As film production illustrator in the film industry, Wong has worked for
Disney and Warner Brothers. Wong's most famous work was for the Disney
animated classic, Bambi.
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: aiglon27]:
An ode to kite flying and legendary centenarian Tyrus Wong. Narrated by
Carla Troeger. Directed, filmed, written and edited by Erik Friedl.
Filmed on Santa Monica Beach and in Tyrus Wong's studio in Sunland... more »
Samsung launches latest Galaxy Grand
*The newest Smart phone in the Galaxy family was launched today at Rs
21,500. The Samsung runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and sport a 5-inch
display. The cell phone also comes with the exclusive dual SIM feature.* It
sport a 5-inch display which provides users with an expansive viewing
experience, presenting messaging, multimedia and Web content in brilliant
color and clearness.
Grand's dual SIM feature allows users to manage two phone numbers from a
single phone and also possible to receive calls on one SIM number while
taking a call from the other. *The phone is prepared with a ... more »
Reality Check: One question Sec. of State Clinton was not asked about Benghazi
FOX19.com-Cincinnati News, Weather
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Choking up, Hillary Clinton says Benghazi is ‘personal’
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Austerity Destroying Jobs: Global Recovery a Myth
Worldwide “Jobless Numbers”: Global Unemployment Hits Record High,
Declining Living Standards Annual Global Employment Trends report, the
International Labour Organization
(ILO)http://www.globalresearch.ca/worldwide-jobless-numbers-global-unemployment-hits-record-high-declining-living-standards/5320126
[Excerpted]* World unemployment could hit record levels this year and
continue rising until 2017, a United Nations agency reported Monday. In
its
annual Global Employment Trends report, the International Labour
Organization (ILO) forecasts that jobless numbers around the world will
... more »
Them or Us: Part II
Remember what I said yesterday. Now ponder this:
And, now this:
The people we're up against are so deluded and stupid that they deny the
truth of evolution. But in reality, we're just descended from a common
ancestor of us and the apes. And, as far as we know, we're alone in the
universe. This is it. This is all there is.
Are we really going to let it end because of a bunch of chimp-brained
fuckwads?
So what are we getting for that $3M we've shelled out to defend the indefensible DOMA? Glad you asked!
*Here's a chance for the House GOP "B"LAG phonies (l-r:
Eric, Sunny John, Kevin) to step up and do the right thing.*
*by Ken*
As some readers aware, I have taken an interest in the money authorized by
the Phony-Baloney House "Bipartisan" Legal Advisory Group, which has now
passed $3 million, with who knows how much billing still in the pipeline,
for the defense of DOMA in the courts since the Obama Justice Dept.
announced that it would no longer do so on the ground that key provisions
of the act are unconstitutional.
The legal genius who has been the point man for the "B"LAG boondo... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Sea of Dreams”
2002, “Sea of Dreams”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JllFeTxxZ_Y
Paul Kriwaczek - Babylon
Paul Kriwaczek was the author of, *"Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of
Civilization,"* *"Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten
Nation,"* and, *"In Search of Zarathustra: The First Prophet and the Ideas
That Changed the World."*
For more info, read: * *
*"Paul Kriwaczek: BBC TV producer and author of engaging books on the
ancient world."*
*"Paul Kriwaczek obituary."*
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: BlackwellOnline. Posted on Jul 30,
2010].
Paul Kriwaczek is a writer, director and producer. In 'Babylon', Paul tells
the story of ancient Mesopotamia, the ar... more »
Decision on whether Rob Ford will keep his job will be released 10:30 Friday morning
Toronto will learn the fate of Mayor Rob Ford Friday morning when the
Ontario Divisional Court rules on whether to toss him from office.
The panel of three judges that deliberated over Mr. Ford's appeal hearing
earlier this month announced Wednesday that their decision will be released
at 10:30 a.m. Lawyers for each side will receive a copy an hour earlier,
but have agreed not to disclose it in advance.
Musical Interlude: Yanni, “Until The Last Moment”
Yanni, “Until The Last Moment”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ilb6k9ZMzg
Frank Herbert - Interview on TV
"Power attracts the corruptible." - Frank Herbert.
Source: YouTube channel 'JulioMoc'
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this
cosmic galaxy portrait. In fact, NGC 4945 is almost the size of our own
Milky Way Galaxy. Its own dusty disk, young blue star clusters, and pink
star forming regions standout in the sharp, colorful telescopic image.
*Click image for larger size. *
About 13 million light-years distant toward the expansive southern
constellation Centaurus, NGC 4945 is only about six times farther away than
Andromeda, the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. Though the
galaxy's central region is largely hidden from view f... more »
Chet Raymo, “Out Of The Silence”
*“Out Of The Silence”*
by Chet Raymo
"A few words about Douglas Christe's “The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes
for a Contemplative Ecology”, the title of which is drawn from the
4th-century monastic writer Evagrius of Pontus: "When the mind has put off
the old self and shall put on the one born of grace, then it will see its
own state in the time of prayer resembling sapphire or the color of heaven."
It is a beautiful image, although I am not at all sure what it means. We
are separated from Evagrius by centuries, by a Scientific Revolution, by
the Enlightenment. I am not sugges... more »
Zapatistas Marcos III 'Them and Us. The Foremen'
Ellos y Nosotros. III.- LOS CAPATACES.
ELLOS Y NOSOTROS.
III.- Los Capataces
En algún lugar de México…
El señor golpea la mesa, furioso.
- ¡Aniquílenlos!
– Señor, con todo respeto, llevamos más de 500 años intentándolo.
Los sucesivos imperios encumbrados lo han intentado con todo el poderío
militar de la época -.
– ¿Y por qué siguen ahí?
– Err… todavía lo estamos tratando de
VA Republicans - No Moral Compass - Rigging Elections
*UPDATE*
Today (Thurs) on Ed Schultz's radio show - he was saying that the people in
the districts are asking for these changes. Really??? NO - probably not!
The people in these districts would not know to ask for this type of
legislation. It is not the "people" that are asking for this - this is
about REpublican deception.* *
*I*n Virginia
In a matter of minutes, the Republicans introduced and approved—on a 20-19
vote—a new map that is designed to concentrate African-American and liberal
white votes in a handful of districts while virtually guaranteeing that
Republicans will wi... more »
It's a life
53 Stations of the Tokaido Road. Hoeido Edition (1831-4). These images were
made available with the permission of John at http://hiroshige.org.uk. For
best results, open in either the large or full-screen viewer.
Music from the Internet Archive: "From a concert recorded on July 27, 1966,
a selection of traditional and contemporary Koto music."
http://archive.org/details/C_1966_07_27.
See also: http://youtu.be/OL0LyLQrfho. I made my video before I saw this
one, but I like mine.
The thoughts which led me to make this slide show are that Hiroshige is a
world treasure who should be... more »
Antibiotic-resistant diseases pose 'apocalyptic' threat, top expert says
Britain's most senior medical adviser has warned MPs that the rise in
drug-resistant diseases could trigger a national emergency comparable to a
catastrophic terrorist attack, pandemic flu or major coastal flooding.
Dame Sally Davies, the chief medical officer, said the threat from
infections that are resistant to frontline antibiotics was so serious that
the issue should be added to the government's national risk register of
civil emergencies.
She described what she called an "apocalyptic scenario" where people going
for simple operations in 20 years' time die of routine infections... more »
Cat killer killed by cat
Yes folks, the cats are striking back against Gareth Bloody Morgan—the
alleged economist who reckons your favourite family pet should be killed
off to satisfy his fondness for fauna.
The man who took a soccer team and killed it off to satisfy his fondness
for megalomaniacal meddling.
The monetary moron who takes on farmers by calling them “retards,” and fans
of his losing team “pathetic.”
The investment non-adviser who took your KiwiSaver dollars, and turned them
rapidly into cents.
Yes folks, it’s clear that Captain Morgan not only lacks any basic human
quality other than self-... more »
Lifting the Combat Ban for Women: why the policy change is the right choice
Today it was announced that the combat ban for women will be fully removed
within the US military. This reverses a long-standing policy that restricts
women from serving below the brigade level in positions specified as
front-line, ground combat. Given that the policy had been recently
reviewed, the change may come as a surprise to
Continue reading
SUMMER SNIPPETS: ‘When Two Cultures Meet: The New Zealand Experience’
*Here are a few more snippets from my summer reading, this time ‘When Two
Cultures Meet: The New Zealand Experience’ by John Robinson. I feared from
the title it would be painfully worthy, but couldn’t have been more wrong.
Calling itself “a direct assault” on today’s revisionist histories of
colonisation, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Email: trosspub@gmail.com for
purchasing info.*
** * * * *
**
**
*Thomas Sowell observes that one reason we originally and voluntarily
choose to associate in a particular cultural group is the hope or
expectation of safety therein. Yet in pre-Europea... more »
They've got form (Part III)
They've got form, but I have a life - so this will be succinct.
Jan 22 Voices from the trans community: 'There will always be prejudice'
Jan 19 Feminism shouldn't be about telling trans women they're not female
enough
Jan 18 Why I'm trans … and a feminist
Jan 13 Julie Burchill has ended up bullying the trans community
And the hits keep coming... more »
Buck McKeon Forced To Hold Public Hearings On Lackland Rapes
Buck McKeon whines that it's "uncomfortable" to talk about rape in the
military. Victims tell him it's far more uncomfortable to be raped!
*-by Mark Archuleta*
“We have indentified 59 victims,” General Edward Rice, USAF Air Education
and Training Command told members of the House Armed Services Committee
Wednesday morning who were conducting a hearing at the Rayburn Office
Building into the Lackland Air Force Base sexual assault scandal.
Following a nine month investigation involving 550 investigators and 7,700
surveys, USAF Chief of Staff, General Mark A. Welsh III, testified that o... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"That's Logic..."
"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be;
and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't.
That's logic."
- Lewis Carroll, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, 1865
Conversations with History - Philip Bobbitt
*Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-first Century*.
Natalie Stites Photos 'Protecting the Sacred' Ihanktonwan, South Dakota
Natalie Stites with Faith Spotted Eagle of the Braveheart Society of the Ihanktonwan Dakota.
Thanks to Natalie Stites for sharing her photos from today with Censored News!
Natalie Stites is an advocate for children and youth. She is enrolled Cheyenne River Lakota/Crow Creek Dakota, UCLA
Juris Doctor '07.
At the Protect the Sacred Gathering, Ihanktonwan Dakota
Natalie Stites with
Last week was a busy week for the Robert D. Skeels for LAUSD School Board campaign
[image: Robert D. Skeels and Anne Zerrien-Lee and NEDC]Monday saw Robert D.
Skeels at the Northeast Democratic Club (NEDC) where he and three other
candidates, including the incumbent, were asked a series of questions in
addition to making an opening statement. The questions were challenging and
policy oriented, allowing each candidate's fundamental principles to show.
The incumbent, who easily thought she'd win the endorsement, lost heartily
with only 70 of the 110 necessary votes to win. We believe that this vote
of open endorsement along with the one earlier this month at the Lo... more »
INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Superstar Cinematographer Tom Hurwitz
Cinematographer
Tom Hurwitz embedded with troops in Afghanistan during filming for the
movie Kansas to Kandahar. Photo courtesy Tom Hurwitz.
An interview with Tom Hurwitz:
Superstar of contemporary
American cinematography
By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 23, 2013
“I love going to the movies. Movies are one of the great anachronisms,
where collective craft, design, and technology
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Mike McGuire and Lisa Fithian on Occupy Movement and 'We Are Many'
Mike
McGuire, left, co-editor of We Are Many, and activist/writer Lisa
Fithian.
Rag Radio podcast:
Mike McGuire and Lisa Fithian reflect on the Occupy Movement
and the book, We Are Many
By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / January 23, 2013
Writer/activists Mike McGuire and Lisa Fithian were Thorne Dreyer's
guests Friday, January 18, 2013, on Rag Radio, a syndicated radio show
produced at the
An Exercise… “Playing with Gold (Energy, that is…)”
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*An Exercise… “Playing with Gold (Energy, that is…)”*
Posted on 2013/01/22 by kauilapele
There are occasional OPPT type communications that arrive to my computer.
And occasionally, something is sent/posted which hits my heart, backside,
Innards, Inner Self, whatever. This one definitely did. Now, here’s the
story from my end…
After coffee at Java, I felt moved to go to the Island Naturals food store,
then I felt very STRONGLY drawn to look for something I ... more »
ISRAEL: WHERE THE ‘LEFT’ ARE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT ARE FASCISTS
There should be no misunderstandings about the results of the recent
elections in Israel; the ‘left’ in Israel are only slightly to the left of
the ultra extreme right-wing religious nationalists and racist Greater
Israel Zionists. The political spectrum in Israel is vastly different than
most in the West understand. The real ‘left’ in Israel is virtually
non-existent. The surprise rise of the so-called ‘left-centrist’ party Yesh
Atid led by Yair Lapid in the elections over the ultra right-wing Habayet
Hayehudi (Jewish Home) party led by fascist Naftali Bennett will not make
the sli... more »
Sylvia Stolz, my hero
*"To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is
good hereby the spirit finds the purpose of a life in reason."*
*- Johann Gottfried von Herder*
*
*
*"The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those that
speak it." *
*- George Orwell*
Please take the time to listen to the heroic German lawyer Sylvia Stolz's
speech "Banned Speech, Evidence and Legal Defense" in the video below.
Essential viewing in my opinion folks.
United States to lift ban on women in frontline combat: Good or mistake?
Women in all branches of the military soon will have unprecedented
opportunities to serve on the front lines of the nation's wars.
Leon Panetta, in one of his last acts as President Obama's defense
secretary, is preparing to announce the policy change, which would open
hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite
commando jobs after more than a decade at war, the Pentagon confirmed
Wednesday.
The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff overturns
a 1994 rule banning women from being assigned to smaller ground combat
units. Panetta's decisi... more »
Feeding the testing-industrial-complex
Published in Education Week: January 23, 2013,
To the Editor:
"Testing Group Selects Exam to Gauge 'College Readiness'" (Jan. 9, 2013)
announces yet another test to add to the staggering pile of tests our
students must take.
When will this end? Because there is no evidence that adding more tests
helps students, and plenty of evidence that increased testing will be very
profitable for those who sell the tests and supply the infrastructure for
the required online testing, the obvious answer is that testing fever will
end only when the greed of the standardized-testing-industrial comp... more »
"Smart, Dumb..."
"A person is smart. People are dumb."
- "Agent K",
Tommy Lee Jones' character in "Men in Black", 1997
Satire: "Obama Urged to Resign Over Beyoncé Scandal"
*"Obama Urged to Resign Over Beyoncé Scandal"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – "A rising chorus of congressional
Republicans are calling on President Obama to acknowledge that the pop
singer Beyoncé lip-synched during his inaugural festivities on Monday and
resign from office, effective immediately. “By lip-synching the national
anthem, Beyoncé has cast a dark cloud over the President’s second term,”
said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). “The only way President Obama can remove
that cloud is by resigning from office at once.”
While many in the media have blamed B... more »
The Full Measure of High-Carbon Bitumen
Bitumen
boosters in the Alberta and Federal governments, Big Oil and the
pipeline hustlers are vigilant in ensuring the public never gets an
overall
picture of the impact of the Tar Sands.
We're shown a snippet here, a glimpse there, all carefully crafted to
give
us false assurances of what Canada is doing with this resource. Which
is
why I invite you to read this informative article from *Scientific
American*that presents the comprehensive picture Edmonton and Ottawa
and Calgary
really don't want you to see.
And then, if you're a Liberal, ask yourself how you can support a party
... more »
NATO/PATO: World Army/Global Tyranny
*Wake up people*!
I usually call this organization, attempting to bring on global tyranny :
NATO World Army
Two reports that demonstrate NATO's evil plot against humankind: NATO, the
military organization is conspiring to grow it's influence. Everywhere.
Excerpts from Pacific NATO?
"With yesterday’s re-election of Shinzo Abe as Japan’s prime minister and
the possibility of renewed tensions with China, a most profound question
was also apparent: what, if any, is NATO’s Pacific role?
*NATO’s role in the Pacific I hear you ask?* Ask many Europeans where
NATO’s responsibility stops and... more »
Thom Hartmann : The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
Slave
patrols, under the direction of commissioned militia officers, enforced
discipline on slaves in the antebellum South. Image from America's
Black Holocaust Museum.
The Second Amendment was
ratified to preserve slavery
Every Southerner of the era knew the simple answer: Well-regulated
militias kept the slaves in chains.
By Thom Hartmann / Truthout / January 23, 2013
The real reason the
Climate crimes. Will the school kids be shown?
The Global Warming Policy Foundation, 23 January 2013
Ulli Kulke, Donner und Doria, 22 January 2013
*These days, much is spoken and written about the destruction of our planet
as a result of climate change. In his evocative film *“Climate Crimes”*,
the Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Eichelmann who was an active member of WWF
for 17 years and worked in conservation for decades, now documents that it
is rather the reverse: he shows how many ecosystems, species, habitats and
the cultural heritage too are threatened – but, as he sums up, “not by
climate change, but by climate protection and... more »
LIVESTREAM Protect the Sacred South Dakota
Watch live streaming video from protectthesacred at livestream.com
LIVESTREAM Protect the Sacred. Halt the tarsands.
'Idle No More' Round Dance, Wed., Jan. 23, 2013, 7:30 -- 9:30 pm Central time.
Yankton, South Dakota
Letter from Haiti by Amy Wilentz (Posted by Roger Annis on CHAN)
*Letter From Haiti: Life in the Ruins *
By Amy Wilentz, The Nation, January 9, 2013 (print edition of Jan. 28,
2013)
http://www.thenation.com/article/172101/letter-haiti-life-ruins
Sometimes you can’t help but be sickened by the behavior of certain
international organizations helping Haiti recover from the devastating
January 2010 earthquake—hit, that is, by a wave of real physical nausea.
The other day, I spent an afternoon in the displaced persons camp across
from the ruins of St. Anne’s church in downtown Port-au-Prince. The place
was awful, as awful as you can imagine squalid ... more »
When the Liberals Jettison Liberalism
Thomas Walkom has a point. Why are today's Liberals so detached from
liberalism?
*...it’s not clear what the Liberals represent any more. They would like
voters to think of them as the non-Conservatives — the alternative to
Stephen Harper... But are they?*
***Paul Adams, an astute political observer writing in iPolitics, argues
that the federal Liberals have transformed themselves into the old
Progressive Conservatives, socially progressive but fiscally to the right.*
***I’d go further. I reckon the old PCs of Joe Clark would find federal
Liberal leadership candidate Martha Hall ... more »
Climate Crime Will the school kids be shown?
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*"Climate Crimes"* *Green Policies That Are Killing Nature*
*“Climate Crimes” **
**Green Policies That Are Killing Nature*
The Global Warming Policy Foundation, 23 January 2013
Ulli Kulke, Donner und Doria, 22 January 2013
*These days, much is spoken and written about the destruction of our planet
as a result of climate change. In his evocative film *“Climate Crimes”*,
the Aust... more »
America to Open Combat Roles to Women
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wants to open U.S. combat roles to women.
I've got a better idea. Why not make them female only? There'd be a lot
fewer stupid wars fought if women called the shots.
Climate Crime. Will the school kids be shown?
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*“Climate Crimes”
Green Policies That Are Killing Nature*
The Global Warming Policy Foundation, 23 January 2013
Ulli Kulke, Donner und Doria, 22 January 2013
*These days, much is spoken and written about the destruction of our planet
as a result of climate change. I... more »
Harper Frightened, Seeks Political Cover
When Steve Harper says he wants "consensus" it means only one thing - he's
run out of guts and wants political cover from the opposition.
Harper wants the opposition to back his next step to dragging Canada into
war with al Qaeda in the Sahara. He's already loaned France one C-17 and
now he wants to deploy a second transport. Who knows, he might even want
to fill it with soldiers - although he says he won't. One thing
Afghanistan has taught us is that, when it comes to warfare, you never take
Steve's words at face value.
*The mission could last for months, sources tell the CBC'... more »
"The Spice Must Flow..."
*"The spice must flow." *
- Frank Herbert, "Dune"
“Economic systems are bigger than people. That's why distribution of the
precious mind-expanding spice, mélange, that is the lifeblood of galactic
society in Frank Herbert's "Dune" must continue unimpeded. That's why, when
Paul Atreides- the young nobleman who finds himself hailed as a prophesied
savior- asserts his messianic will over the hitherto-powerless throngs of
poor wretches living amid the spice mines of Arrakis, he causes commerce to
grind to a standstill across a thousand planets, bringing the entire
universe to heel.... more »
DAVOS: Burning Man for Billionaires
http://www.moneynewsnow.com/2013/01/davos-burning-man-billionaires/
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Posted by Johnny Punish
*DAVOS: Burning Man for Billionaires*
World Economic Forum Revealed
What Really Goes on at the Davos Carnival to Celebrate the Global Economic
System
by Johnny Punish
By now everyone in the business and political in-crowd knows about the
annual World Economic Forum meeting held in Davos, Switzerland commonly
known as “Davos”.
This is an invite only event for the worlds movers and shakers. Rumors that
it’s led by the Bilderberg group abound making it really a ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Harper Tries Final Solution'
MNN: HARPER TRIES “FINAL SOLUTION”
Mohawk Nation News
http://www.mohawknationnews.com
HARPER TRIES “FINAL SOLUTION”
MNN. Jan. 23, 2013. It’s “Nazism”. [Operation Paperclip]. Harper
and his criminals are trying to get away with genocide and the biggest
theft in banking history, our “Indian Trust Fund”. With the help of his
band councils and provincial and
Climate Crimes. Will the schoolkids be shown it?
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*“Climate Crimes”
Green Policies That Are Killing Nature*
The Global Warming Policy Foundation, 23 January 2013
Ulli Kulke, Donner und Doria, 22 January 2013
*These days, much is spoken and written about the destruction of our planet
as a result of climate change. I... more »
Follow the money!
Where are the cops forensic accountants when we need them?
As a quick-eyed reader points out here, if the privately-held Canadian
companies whose executives accompanied Harper on his Panda-hugging *Tour de
Chine* **photo op last year did reimburse the government (as many claim
they did), where did our money go?
Some of those companies, including gold company Eldorado Gold Corp., said
they insisted on paying their own way throughout the trip and are surprised
to hear they appear on a government expense list.
*“Our CEO Paul Wright paid ALL his expenses (meals, cab fares,
accommodatio... more »
Them or Us
Just been reading about how the usual suspects are pressuring Chief Spence
to end her fast while doing sweet fuck all to pressure stephen harper and
the GG to meet with her. It's the Canadian Way, I suppose. You know; if
there's rampant electoral fraud and the "Contempt of Parliament Party"
squeaks out a bullshit majority based on 6,000 votes, and how do we react?
We sit picking our noses while the captured Elections Canada conducts a
cover-up investigation. No. Keep it as "cover-up."
Elections Canada conducts a cover-up.
Just like Parliament did with the war crimes in Afghanistan.
... more »
Why Senator Morgan Carroll Is Not Running For Congress In Colorado's 6th District
Exactly a week ago, we looked at the congressional primary shaping up for
the pivotal 6th district in Colorado, currently held, though only barely,
by right-wing extremist, Mike Coffman. His radical right ideology no longer
fits a newly drawn moderate suburban district. Last week we looked at the
possible candidates and posited that the new state Senate Majority Leader,
progressive stalwart Morgan Carroll, would be the best candidate to take on
Coffman. But like our friend Chris Larsen in Wisconsin-- the Democrats'
state Senate leader there, she feels she can accomplish more in the... more »
Why We (US) Hear the Truth So Infrequently (You DO NOT Want To Read This One If You Want To Rest Easy This Evening - Thank You For Everything, Daniel Ellsberg!)
I am suggesting that in the national security bureaucracy in the executive
branch (and now, regrettably, the intelligence committees of Congress as
well), the secrecy "oaths" (actually, agreements, conditions of employment
or access) have the same psycho-social meaning for participants as the
Mafia code of omertà, with the difference that the required "silence to
outside authorities"
St. Catherine's Hospital in Cite Soleil
Pediatric Admit Room, St. Catherine's Hospital--Cite Soleil
(Photo by John Carroll--January 23, 2013)
Every dry, hot day brings the crisis closer
A major funder was in town this week for its annual perforance evaluation
of the Honduran non-profit that I work for. So off we all went to the
little town of La Cumbre, where 30 or so people from a dozen neighbouring
villages had gathered to share their stories.
As always, I was struck by how little margin for error there is in the
lives of these people. One misstep, one bad harvest, one unexpected turn of
events can sink a family. Rural Hondurans are exceptionally resilient, but
I do have to wonder how they're going to manage with climate change.
In Canada and the U.S., climate cha... more »
Untitled
*Charles Maldonado on the annual controversy over Mardi Gras ladders ~Gambit
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Virginia is for takeovers: Three cheers for the Washington Post!
*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013*
*The Post denounces a putsch:* As Digby said a bit earlier, “You have
undoubtedly heard about the Virginia legislature's off-year redistricting
scheme which they waited to pass until one of the State Senators was
attending the inaugural.
“Yes, they actually did that. They have taken a tied legislature and
gerrymandered a new one with potentially a seven vote GOP majority. They're
not even pretending to follow the rules anymore.”
Last night, Rachel Maddow described these events quite clearly; Big Ed did
so in murky fashion. But we say, Three cheers for... more »
Sun News Network pleads with anti-choice group to back its quest for ‘right to life’ subsidy
Sun News Network commentator back in the day complaining about how media
outlets want the government to solve everything. This goes for Sun News
Network and its financial problems too, it turns out. Below: Anti-choice
Sun News commentator Michael Coren. As part of its full-court press to get
the CRTC to approve a better spot ... more »
Terrorifico lugar en tinieblas con dragones y brujas
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"USA 2013: The Existing Social Order Will be Swept Away"
*"USA 2013: *
*The Existing Social Order Will be Swept Away"*
By James Quinn
“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling
expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a
period of consequences…”
- Winston Churchill
"After digesting the opinions of the shills, shysters and scam artists, I
am ready to predict that I have no clue what will happen during 2013. The
weekend weather last week was a perfect analogy for attempting to forecast
the future. The professional highly educated meteorologists predicted sunny
warm weathe... more »
Rosa perfumada de colores con frescas gotas de rocío
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Christy Clark Government, Jack Daniels And Jackboots
I read a very telling article in the Vancouver Sun tonight, it was
threatening in tone, it was disrespectful with an all encompassing
authoritative demeanor, a you have no choice, a submit submit submit
message sent from our BC Liberal corporate Government to 170,000 voting
households who have refused smart meter installations
Christy Clark after being anointed premier by several thousand members of
a stench stained BC Liberal party has done absolutely nothing, a bumbling
stumbling wink and wiggle marionette carrying on with Gordon Campbell`s
agenda, a Liberal in name only jackb... more »
Oso saliendo del río despues de haber comido a su presa
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Eduardo Porter gone wild about taxes!
*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013*
*The latest discussion which will never occur:* Every Wednesday, Eduardo
Porter does his “Economic Scene” column in the New York Times.
Often, he strays off the reservation. This is one of those days.
In today’s column, Porter engages in heretical musing about the idea of
raising everyone's taxes.
Such musings are almost never offered. They offend the spirit of Serious
culture. But early on, Porter says this:
PORTER (1/23/13): *To make ends meet, both parties agree, spending must be
drastically cut.* Under the White House budget proposal, discretionary... more »
Obama's Purpose Driven Life is Death to America
Obama's Inauguration behavior and rhetoric confirm his intent to force
state secession by making American's choose between their faith in the God
of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob - or obedience to the unconstitutional edicts of
Hussein Obama himself.
The Work Programme: Still Worse than Useless
The Work Programme is useless. Don't take my word for it, this was the
opinion of the *Daily Telegraph* back in November. Their piece observed
that according to the government's own calculation, around five per cent of
long-term unemployed people (i.e. those out of work for over a year) would
be able to find work if left to their own devices. The government's
flagship Work Programme managed a less than stellar rate of 2.3%.
The Work Programme, for readers fortunate enough not to have sustained
engagement with the social security system, is supposed to help people
who've been out of... more »
“Marginal Steps Toward a Better Life”
*“Marginal Steps Toward a Better Life”*
by Jeffrey Tucker
“I’m at dinner and the hostess serves me pie for dessert. I gobble it up.
Then the hostess says, “Would you like another piece?” I politely decline.
In her head, she is thinking “he hates my pie,” but this is totally wrong.
I love her pie, especially the first piece. But the second piece has
slipped from A to B in my preference ranking, and “no pie” has moved from B
to A. Im are not making a judgment on the whole stock of goods, I’m
choosing based on my perceived value of the incremental unit. This is a
gigantic differenc... more »
Lindas hadas listas para hacer magia - Imágenes de disney
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It's just two minutes
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Isla bonita montañosa con plantas barcos y casas
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US alarm bells over Cameron's EU speech
The Obama administration has made no bones about it - it wants a strong
Britain within a strong Europe.
The President's press secretary, Jay Carney, has said that he welcomed the
Prime Minister's call for Britain to remain in the European Union, adding
that the US believed the UK was stronger for being in the EU, and the EU
was stronger for having the UK as a member.
In the modern version of the special relationship, what Carney called the
essential relationship, Britain is valued as an ally precisely because it
is one of the leaders of the biggest economy in the world.
Some in Was... more »
Hermosas mariposas recolectando el polen de las flores
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Sometimes, the Final Vote Hides the Real Vote
The House today approved the Republicans' debt limit extension. It was a
tough vote...I was going to say for Republicans, but it's probably a tough
vote for a lot of Democrats, too. Not so much because of the junk the GOP
tacked on, but because raising the debt limit is never popular, even when
you call it "suspending" the debt limit.
The vote also demonstrated something important to remember about voting on
the House (and Senate) floor: all sorts of things go into final votes.
So: Dave Weigel tweeted after it, "33 R "nay" votes. Without Obama
endorsement and D votes this would have... more »
Totality
R. v. Buruca, 2013 ONCA 36 sets out the totality principle in sentencing:
[30] The proper approach to applying the principle of totality on
sentencing is to first identify the most serious part of the accusations or
offences made against the person that resulted in the criminal offenses he
or she was charged with. Next, the court is to determine the total
sentence to be imposed, and then to impose sentences with respect to each
offence that they add up to the total sentence. In doing so, the sentence
for each offence must properly reflect the most serious part of the overall... more »
And the Blackmail Begins............. France offers 'red carpet’ to businesses if UK quits EU
European leaders have reacted negatively to Prime Minister David Cameron’s
announcement that he will try to renegotiate the UK’s relationship with
Europe, and then give Britons a straight referendum choice on whether to
stay in the EU or leave.
France will “roll out the red carpet” for British businesses if the UK opts
out of the European Union in an in-out referendum promised by British Prime
Minister David Cameron on Wednesday.
http://www.france24.com/en/20130123-france-cameron-european-union-referendum-fabius-business-uk-eurosceptic
Mario Monti: 'I agree with Prime Minister Cameron' on EU
*Image: Italians Showed their willingness during the Anti EU Protests in
November (2012) when they chanted 'Nazis out' and 'This will not pass'*
Italian prime minister Mario Monti spoke in support of David Cameron's
highly-anticipated Europe speech today.
"I agree with Prime Minister Cameron, as I agree that prosperity and growth
have to be priority number one for Europe," he said.
"I am confident that if there is to be a referendum one day, the UK
citizens will decide to stay in the European Union and contribute to shape
its future."
He added: "The European Union does not need un... more »
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Ed Miliband unnerves colleagues by rejecting in-out EU referendum
Ed Miliband risked alienating some voters, and unnerving sections of his
own shadow cabinet, when he stood firm on Wednesday, saying he was opposed
to an in-out referendum on the terms proposed by David Cameron.
The Tories seized on his statement, claiming he was against an in-out
referendum, but Miliband's aides said the party only opposed a referendum
now.
However, the Conservatives were confident that the Labour leader had made a
disastrous political error for which he would pay a price at the next
election.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/23/ed-miliband-eu-referen... more »
Libya reinforces border, oilfields after Algeria attack
Libya has strengthened its oil protection force in southwestern oilfields
near the Algerian border after the In Amenas attack in its neighbor.
In an interview with Reuters, Colonel Ali Elahrash, head of Libya's
Petroleum Faculty Guard, said men from the Western Mountain town of Zintan
had been sent in as reinforcements to boost border security as well to
oilfields in the area.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/23/us-libya-oil-guard-idUSBRE90M12B20130123
Palestinians say 'dark days' ahead following Israel election
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