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Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday!
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Do you have an Eco-friendly blog? Do you occasionally write about the
environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're
invited to link up. Here are the rules:
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about the environment, sustainability, etc., please use the "linky" below
to list your site.
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as "green", "Eco", "Environment", etc. and then link to... more »
Republicans Continue Duking It Out Over Immigration Policy
The Republican Party seems divided between those who want to move ahead
with the inevitable and make the best of it and hope they eventually get
some Hispanic and Asian voters and those who just don't want to ever let go
of the hatred, bigotry and racism that defines who they are at their
innermost core. It's a new twist in the American immigration saga which has
traditionally been about the haters and bigots on one side and those who
want cheap labor on the other side. Of course that dynamic still underlies
the debate. But the pro-immigration reform Republicans are trying to win
... more »
Many Americans believe recession is permanent – ‘We may be seeing the beginning of a new generation in American society: no longer millennials, but ‘recessionals’’
[image: Job seekers ratio, December 2000-June 2012, based on Job Openings
and Labor Turnover and Current Population Survey public data series.
Graphic: Laura Clawson / todaysworkplace.org]
By Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily Contributor
8 February 2013
(LiveScience.com) – Despite signs of an economic recovery, the Great
Recession's scope and impact was so widespread and corrosive that it has
left millions of Americans permanently damaged financially, a new study
finds.
The research from the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at
Rutgers University found that five yea... more »
Kurt's Bday Trip--Part 2
***I found a sign advertising an attorney, so of course, I had to pose! :)*
We flew into San Jose late on Thursday, and checked into our normal airport
hotel, Holiday Inn Express, for the night. We stay here when we have to be
at the airport early, or if we get in late. The hotel picks you up for
free and they were waiting for us after we cleared customs. Took shuttle
to hotel, checked in quickly, surfed the net for a bit and crashed,
exhausted from flying a kinda long layover in Ft Lauderdale I was a little
terrified flying Spirit, but our flights were easy with no delays. T... more »
The Girls of Pakistan
*What they have to look forward to first:** *
*
**"Their story illustrates the conflicts some women encounter in Pakistan
when choosing what are known here as freewill marriages. It also shows how
women are increasingly asserting their rights against the traditions of
forced marriage and parental authority, implicitly challenging one of the
most powerful institutions in Pakistani **society**."*
*Another woman who challenged a powerful institution: *
*
*Taliban gunmen target young education activist
Shooting of Pakistan girl sparks outrage
Pakistani police make arrests in shooting of yo... more »
Inside Syria - Can dialogue end Syria's crisis?
Hillary Mann Leverett is a voice of reason and sanity. She is a former
National Security Official and co-author of *"Going to Tehran: Why the
United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran."*
*
* In the video below, she demolishes the arguments of two deluded
warmongers about the situation in Syria and proposes diplomatic solutions
to the crisis.
To save you some time, watch it from:
05:55 - 08:04.
09:39 - 10:35.
11:35 - 12:38.
14:35 - 15:28.
21:52 - 23:39.
Inside Syria - Can dialogue end Syria's crisis? Source: Al Jazeera.
GAIA PORTAL: Sentience Among All Gaia Components is Increasing
*Sentience Among All Gaia Components is Increasing*
by ÉirePort
Sentience among all Gaia components is increasing. Such components include,
as 3D representations, earth, air, water, plant, animal, human.
Communication with Higher D Aspects of each of these is now enabled so that
all of humanity (small h) can discover their Hue-manity (aka, "Rainbow
Body").
Discomfort may be experienced by some as alterations and adjustments to
perceptions are carried out. These are necessary (required) for the
"humanity" to "Hue-manity" group transition to occur.
Occasional periods of intense ti... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On drugs and match-fixing
Couple recent revelations about drugs and match-fixing in everything from
cycling to soccer and from boxing to all the pointy ball codes, with the
modern proliferation of so many giggle games and meaningless sporting
contests promoted simply in order to get bums on seats regardless of the
bums interest in the contest—with all that in mind, this comment from
today’s *Footy Almanac* seems to hit the mark:
“The more meaningless the game is, the more open it will be to the
match-fixers. Something that applies across all codes.”
Sal Ciardulli, “A big couple of days in sport,” ... more »
Kurt's Bday Trip 2013--Part 1, House Hunting
Ahhh. Costa Rica. My favorite place in the entire world to visit. We
took a trip here for a week for Kurt's bday, and to look at houses.
Combined kinda trip, business and pleasure. Mostly pleasure though,
because looking at houses was actually fun.
We looked at houses in various areas including Hermosa, Herradura, Esterillos
Este, Playa Agujas, and Tarcoles. All around Jaco Beach, which is where we
want to be near. Pretty much every place we looked at was nice, however,
we liked two of them the best. We ended up deciding that the closer to
Jaco Beach we can be, the better... more »
Deposition of Contaminated Aerosols on Human Skin
Deposition of contaminant aerosol on human skin. Journal of Environmental
Radioactivity. By K.G. Andersson a,*, J. Roed a, M.A. Byrne b, H. Hession b.
Available online 15 August 2005
Abstract
Over recent years, it has been established that deposition of various types
of pollutant aerosols (e.g., radioactive) on human skin can have serious
deleterious effects on health.
However, only few investigations in the past have been devoted to
measurement of deposition velocities on skin of particles of the
potentially problematic sizes.
An experimental programme has shown the depositi... more »
Trillions for Wars, None For Cancer Stricken Children
Team cures cancer with innovative treatment, child-patients stuck with
staggering bills.
*February 11, 2013* (LocalOrg) - In "On the Cusp of Ending Big Pharma," a
coming revolution in biology and medicine made possible by a better
understanding of genetics and gene therapy was described in detail. Almost
as if to validate the premise of having the public begin getting directly
involved in not only understanding genetics and gene therapy, but begin
building the infrastructure at a local level to pursue research and
development, as well as implement eventual techniques and treatments... more »
Polio in Pakistan
*Let's walk you through it*:
"Car bomb kills 17 people in market in Pakistan" Associated Press, December
18, 2012
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Also on Monday, Taliban militants fired
rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at an army convoy in
northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing three soldiers and wounding
three others, said Nisar Ahmad, a local government official.
The *soldiers were escorting a polio vaccination team* outside the town of
Lakki Marwat when the attack occurred, said Wazir Khan, a local resident.
The Taliban have *spoken out against polio vaccination* in ... more »
The Myth of The "Syrian Rebels" Will Not Survive The Judgment of History
I know this is old news, but it needs to be stated over and over again:
there is no such thing as a "Syrian rebellion." There are no "Syrian
rebels." It is a USraeli created myth. The fighters who are taking on the
government in Syria are mercenaries, Saudi-funded Jihadist terrorists,
Al-Qaeda groups, and drugged up idiots who have nothing better to do than
kill innocent people.
Have people forgotten what a revolution is? What is going on in Syria is
pure chaos, terrorism, and destruction, not a revolution. There is no
revolutionary leader. There is no revolutionary movement. There ... more »
Minnesota moose population plummets, as ticks eat them alive in warmer climate – ‘The moose population has been in decline for years but never at the precipitous rate documented this winter’
[image: Minnesota will have a limited moose hunt this fall, officials
announced today, 27 March 2012. Unlike the cow pictured here, the DNR
tribes currently allow only bulls to be killed by hunters. Photo: Minnesota
DNR]
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent; Editing by Doina Chiacu
9 February 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The population of moose in northeastern Minnesota
dropped by 35 percent since last year, prompting state officials to cancel
this year's fall hunt and conservationists to blame warming temperatures
for the massive creature's decline.
"The state's moose... more »
I have forgotten more law than you ever knew; but allow me to say, I have not forgotten much.
*Sir John Maynard to Judge Jeffreys likely in 1684*
Parents in Pittsburgh are Opting Out
Listen to great reporting from Chalkface Radio's interview on Saturday with
Tim Slekar, United Opt Out and the radical suburban soccer moms in PA who
are opting out of testing to protect the best interests of their children.
Leafy suburban neighborhoods are the new battlefront against the barrage of
high stakes tests, schools closings, for profit charter schools and
privatization. Haven't these corporate ed deformers ever heard of NIMBE
(not in my backyard).
Is it possible to bring about real social change in the absence of a catastrophe like war or famine or revolution?
*"If you're in trouble, or hurt or need -- go to the poor people. They're
the only ones that’ll help -- the only ones.” *
*-- Ma Joad, in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath,
quoted by Ian Welsh in a recent post called* "Reminder"
*by Ken*
Ian's "Reminder" post contained, in addition to the Steinbeck quote, just
the following line:
*"Only when we understand, deep in our bones, that life and the world are
profoundly, vastly unfair, do we approach compassion."*
He sent this brief post out earlier this week, the day after one called "The
coming catastrophes and the Rawlsian veil of ... more »
Lindsey goes all drama queen over national security nominees
In a sane world there would be at least a tacit agreement that there be a
reasonable time limit on Beltway theatrics before a Cabinet nomination is
allowed to come to a floor vote. Everyone would recognize endless
grandstanding to please the narrow interests of the rubes in the home
district is an impediment to responsible governance. Sadly we now live in
some bizarre GOP wasteland where success on one side is measured by how
long vital processes of governance can be delayed.
So instead of an orderly transition of the U.S. Cabinet, we get Sen. Lindsey
Graham (R-Closetcase) threate... more »
R ALEC Members Koch and Raytheon Watching U????
I don’t put on a tinfoil hat very often – but in this entry I will –
becauseican – because of what we know and what has happened over the years.
*Imagine this hypothetical situation*
*A hypothetical situation made possible by an ALEC meeting*
Imagine ALEC Corporate members sitting around visiting.
A lobbyist from ALEC member Raytheon
Mike Morgan from ALEC member Koch industries
sitting around smoking cigars and drinking at an ALEC meeting.
*A hypothetical situation*
They look outside and see some protestors and Mike Morgan complains to the
Raytheon lobbyist with the “Woe is me” ta... more »
SUMMER SNIPPETS: ‘Frederic Bastiat: A Man Alone’
[image: Frederic Bastiat: A Man Alone]*Frederic Bastiat was the nineteenth
century’s great economic populariser of free trade, and probably the most
entertaining debunker ever of **economic baloney**. Here are a few snippets
from my summer reading of his biography by George Charles Roche:* A Man
Alone*.*
“As Bastiat’s fame spread and his arguments favouring free trade appeared
in various newspapers and pamphlets throughout France, he immediately
became the target for numerous public attacks… Every half-truth and
non-truth imaginable was trotted out by opponents of free trade….
... more »
In Praise of Standardized Testing - and New Types of Test Prep
How could Bill Gates have missed it? How could he spend $45 million dollars
on the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) experiment and not correlate
his metrics with the genetics that informed Po Bronson’s and Ashley
Merryman’s *New York Times Magazine* article “Why Some Kids Handle Pressure
while Others Fall Apart?”
Bronson and Merryman describe the COMT enzyme which helps regulate neural
activity. They say that there are two variants of the gene. One variant
produces enzymes that slowly reduce* *dopamine levels and the other builds
enzymes that rapidly clear dopamine. People wit... more »
ALEC State Legislators Protecting Agri-Business
With the amount of articles that are showing up on the web you would think
that the ag-gag bills that are being introduced are something new.
They are not.
ALEC has been pushing these so decades and they have already passed in many
states and they continue to be introduced every year by ALEC members and
others sympathetic to ALEC agri-business for profit sector members. All of
the bills enacted already make ag protesting a crime.
Well – it’s a new year and the ALEC ag-gag bills are back.
But this time as amendments to the previous ALEC ag-gag bills that were
passed.
Dangerous b... more »
Rumi - Whoever Brought Me Here
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: tafto200]:
Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.
It doesn't matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vow
a thousand times
Come, yet again, come, come.
Audio - Ahura: Daschti Baba from Baba Taher album
video excerpts from Bab' Aziz film
Blowback - Drone Warfare
Send in the drones. Few grasp the significance of drone warfare. We
don't see them. Our people don't get killed. We rarely know who does get
killed and when, infrequently, we hear anything about it at all it's the
announcement of some terrorist leader expunged from the face of the earth.
What we don't understand is that drone warfare has also ushered in an era
of permanent warfare of an entirely different paradigm, utterly alien to
our notions and laws of war sculpted over the past several centuries. We
cannot foresee the scope, range and geopolitical fallout that drone warfa... more »
Taking it Back to the Beginning: Talking Points VIDEO
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2013/02/taking-it-back-to-beginning-talking.html
SUNDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2013
*Taking it Back to the Beginning: Talking Points VIDEO*
*
* This amazing video was created by Jane Evershed after reading the
"Talking Points" put together by Deryl and Paula that I published on RTS
HERE.
This video is a fantastic tool to explain to those who are questioning and
questing for information about the reality of their world that they are
waking up to.
Please share this EVERYWHERE!
Posted by Breaking The Silence at 17:33
John Williams is the legendary watchdog of the true state of the U.S. economy -- as opposed to the continuously fudged official numbers. For example, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has held the price of beef to be unchanged in recent years ...by assuming that when the price of T-bone stake rises, people will switch to top sirloin, and when top sirloin becomes out of reach people will switch to top round, etc. Due to this sort of fudging, the national debt supposedly fell from $1.3 Trillion to $1.1 Trillion in 2012 ...whereas John Williams counts the true national debt to be $6.9 Trillion! Although concealed from the American people, this stupendous number is well known to America's creditors such as China, who John Williams believes will be forced to begin selling off their dollars within 4 months, leading to a dollar devaluation.
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http://youtu.be/O8kBDUw45uY
*Dollar Sell Off Within 4 Months - John Williams*
Greg Hunter
Published on Jan 27, 2013
http://usawatchdog.com/may-2013-end-of-the-road-john-williams/ If Congress
does not get its financial house in order by the new deadline in mid-May
2013, John Williams of Shadowstats.com contends, "It will be the end of the
road . . . . They are not going to have another opportunity . . . they are
pushing the limit as it is now." Williams says he expects, ". . . a
negative reaction in the next 3 or 4 months to the dollar." Williams
ada... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, February 10th, 2013
First things first... I truly want to thank those who sent me messages and
emails of condolences while I try to help out with family in taking care of
my elderly mother... She is presently recuperating, and the prognosis is
that she will no longer be able to live in her residence and will be moved
to a long term care facility shortly..... It has indeed taken up a lot of
my time, and also has meant that I have not been able to post many articles
here over the last while.... But there was no way in heck that I was going
to miss putting up my weekly Sunday rant!
First and foremost..... more »
Quick! Ban Shoes! Lend Your Support To Shoe Control Now
First it was Bush, then *Ahmadinejad*, and now Bremer. Last week, an Iraqi
threw shoes at Bremer.
The person threw two shoes at Bremer, saying one of them was from *U.S.
appointed dictator Saddam Hussein*, and the other from the Iraqi people*. *At
the end, he shouted, "You fucked up the country. You destroyed the country.
Fuck you and fuck your democracy." I don't like what he did, but I agree
with his words.
YouTube Video Description:
On Wednesday in the UK Parliament, a former top US diplomat had shoes
thrown at him in the Commons last week in a repeat of them 2008 attack on
t... more »
The Endangered and Elusive "Eastern Bald Senator"
h/t Perry Williams, St. Catherines, P.E.I.
Afghan Govt. Jails 13-Year Old Boy for Sex With Men
When George w. Bush sent the Taliban packing in 2011 it was once again open
season on little Afghan boys' bums. A lot of Afghan guys, you see, like
to diddle boys. Warlords are known to be particularly fond of delicate
boy bums.
Oh, but just don't get caught. Afghanistan does have laws against
prederasty but it likes to punish victim and predator alike - except that
the predator is far more likely to have a bit of loose change to buy his
way out of jail.
So there's this 13-year old boy, you see, and there are these two grown menwho had a go at him. So the kid was convicted a... more »
A Tar Sands Compromise, One They'll Have to Refuse
Today's bitumen trafficking contemplated by Enbridge, Redford and Harper is
beset by indefensible problems. The proponents are making it far worse
than it needs to be.
A huge part of their problem is dilbit, the stuff that still lines the
riverbed of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. It's truly noxious stuff.
Just to be able to be pumped through a pipeline, Alberta bitumen must be
diluted. It's mixed with dilutents to become what's commonly known as
dilbit, diluted bitumen. This dilbit is then pumped across Canada's
borders for export to world markets.
What happens to dil... more »
Inside Story Americas - US and Iran: Can talks take place?
*Read:*
*What’s Wrong with Washington’s Iran Debate (1)— the Talented Mr. Takeyh
and Other “Iran Experts” Goading America into War*.
*The Talented Mr. Takeyh: Why Doesn’t the Council on Foreign Relations
Fellow Like Flynt & Hillary Mann Leverett?*
Video Title: Inside Story Americas - US and Iran: Can talks take place?
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: AlJazeeraEnglish]:
Just days after US Vice President Joe Biden said his country was willing to
have direct talks with Iranian officials, Washington imposed more sanctions
on Iran.
The economic penalties have left the country... more »
Native Youth Drummers attacked by Snowbowl supporter
Native Youth Drummers Attacked at Ski Event
Native Youth Drummers Attacked by Snowbowl Supporter at City of Flagstaff Ski Event
Saturday, February 9, 2013
CONTACT:
protectpeaks@gmail.com
www.protectthepeaks.org
Posted at Censored News
*Video will be posted soon.
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona — As part of a weeklong call for actions, more than 50
people gathered in downtown
Canada's Sub-Prime Disaster Waiting in Harper's Wings
One sector known for being a holdout on climate change is the financial
community. Some of the most outlandish denialist journalism has come (and
too often still does) from once credible outlets such as the Wall Street
Journal and Financial Post.
But now they're being overtaken by reality. Denialism, no matter how loud
and influential and constant, cannot stop the steady advance of climate
change and that makes it ultimately self-defeating. The flat-earthers
learned that in their day. Wishful thinking and denialism are losing
strategies.
A new day may be upon us as even the... more »
Even Conservatives Are Starting To Understand The Danger Of Banks That Are Too Big To Fail/Jail
You hear it often from figures of the left like Matt Taibbi and Bernie
Sanders how crucial it is to have a serious discussion about breaking up
the "too big to fail" banks. A few months ago Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
did an outstanding op-ed in the *Washington Post* about it. A month before,
his proposal to withdraw taxpayer support of these banks, which have become
little more than casinos, garnered 33 votes in the Senate, mostly
progressives like Sanders, Jeff Merkley, Tom Harkin, Barbara Boxer, Tom
Udall, Russ Feingold, and Pat Leahy but also from dyed-in-the-wool
conservati... more »
Obama, jobs and right wing media amnesia
In a piece that might have been delivered to him pre-written by the RNC,
hapless GOP steno Byron York falsely claims Obama has done nothing to
encourage our economic recovery. In fact, in this worthless word salad of
phony GOP talking points, York alleges President Obama ignored the nation's
economic woes altogether for the last four years except for a few words in
his last inaugural address.
Maybe Mr. York didn't notice the hard fight Obama put up right out of the
gate to rescue our economy from the fiery ruins of the economic meltdown
his predecessor left behind. The battle to g... more »
Geo Chronology: Daniel's New Paper and Conscious Hugs
SUNDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2013
*Daniel's New Paper and Conscious Hugs*
I just received this in an email from Aaron- Daniel's next paper is out and
has just been published!!
(I know what I'm doing tonight!)
Aaron has just changed his site Soldier Hugs over to it's new home
Conscious Hugs: http://www.conscioushugs.com/
A huge thank you to Daniel and Aaron for bringing these papers to us!!
Here is the first instalment of daniel’s research into Anthropology,
dealing with the hidden origins of homo sapiens. Daniel tells me this is
the first in a series of papers explaining the misconcepti... more »
Rarely is the question asked “Is our leaders painting because they are depressed?"
*Sailing and golf? Forget that. The former leader of the free worldturned his hand to painting to express his artistic side.
*
An excerpt from Aaron Dykes's article, *"Is George W. Bush Depressed?"*:
Former presidents LBJ and Nixon both sunk into deep depressions after they
left office, sunken, perhaps, by a combination of leaving the busy public
life and its frequent and serious stimuli, as well as the pressure of
guilt, regret and other emotions over their roles in some of the most
controversial and unscrupulous presidential actions, to which the public
reacted with strong dis... more »
Why Fukushima Radiation Spread Far More Widely Than Models Expected
Fallout modeling is complicated. How does one predict where radioisotopes
from a nuclear event will travel? One factor used to predict fallout
patterns is the weight of the radioisotope. Radioisotopes such as uranium
and plutonium are heavy and therefore are likely to fallout closer to the
source than the lighter noble gasses.
Atmospheric air conditions play a role in fallout. The force of the jet
stream over Fukushima helped disseminate the hot radioactive particles that
were forced upwards. So, fallout models must address local atmospheric
conditions to have any predictive vali... more »
Cheney's Dream of "Unitary Executive" Rules US As Zero, Dark Shirty = Hate Crime Spreading Islamophobia, Bank of Nowhere Sets Up 200 Subsidiaries in Caymans - Pays No Taxes, and Broken Status Quo Reaps Big Profits/Bigger Corruption
Jane Goodall on climate change: ‘We’ve just been stealing, stealing,
stealing from our children, and it’s shocking’ A new take on our current
problem of tyranny from the "good guys?" Maybe. Maybe not. But it certainly
seems like the Stockholm Syndrome writ large sometimes, doesn't it? . . .
the government needs the police state in order to protect itself from
accountability for its crimes,
Droning on About Pakistan
*Seems to be a **theme** of recent days as well as today.... *
"Senior Pakistani Taliban figure is killed in Afghanistan" by Kay Johnson
| Associated Press, August 26, 2012
KABUL — A *NATO airstrike* in eastern Afghanistan *killed* a senior
commander of the Pakistani Taliban who had close ties with Al Qaeda,
dealing a blow to the militants who operate on both sides of the countries’
porous border.
Mullah Dadullah was killed Friday in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar Province,
which lies *just across the border* from the Pakistani tribal area of
Bajur, the military alliance said. He wa... more »
Weekend Omnibus
Slow weekend at the Duck, eh? Some of our bloggers are snowed in. Not sure
how to explain the rest of us. I’ve been playing lots of FTL and working on
a manuscript review. And the kid’s been sick. So here’s some stuff
resembling content: More trade networks from Thomas Oatley. Did Steve Walt
rename “offshore balancing”
Continue reading
Herald failure
Look, it’s great to see the *Herald* reporting news about Australian
Football—even if the only news about AFL they ever bother to report are the
scandals—but if they are going to begin regular reporting on the world’s
greatest game, which they should now competition games will be played in
Wellington beginning Anzac Day, couldn’t their sub-par sub-editors at least
try to track down a picture of the sport itself to accompany their stories,
rather than a picture of some *American *Football gear:
[image: image]
Do these blokes look like they play with helmets?
Content is copyright P... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Same question that I asked last year at this time: What issue do you want
Barack Obama to mention in the State of the Union speech? I'm not talking
about broad themes here or rhetoric, but specific public policy positions
that would imply action by the administration. In particular, I'm looking
for things that the administration supports, or at least presumably
supports, but may or may not take action on -- one of the big functions of
the SOTU is to force the WH to choose its priorities.
Moving Between India and Pakistan
*Gotta cross through Kashmir.... *
"India, Pakistan ease travel rules
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and India signed a new visa agreement Saturday, easing
restrictions for travelers in a move seen as a step between the rival South
Asian nations to normalize relations (New York Times)."
*
**Related*: Rivals India, Pakistan to make travel easier
*Must be because of the persecution*:
Hindus From Pakistan Fleeing to India
*And why would that be?*
"Pakistan’s blasphemy laws used in case of Muslim attack on Hindu
temple" Associated Press, October 01, 2012
KARACHI, Pakistan — Police officer Moha... more »
Boxing match?
That was no boxing match, and those were no boxers—and if you paid good
money for it, then you should probably be far more careful where you throw
your money in the future.
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Sunday Question for Conservatives
In which direction, if any, is the GOP moving on foreign policy and
national security? In the next presidential nomination fight, what kinds of
rhetoric and what kinds of promises will candidates likely need to make to
win support?
Sunday Classics chronicles: Remembering Eugen Jochum (4) -- Overtures Plus, part 2 (Wagner's "Lohengin" and "Parsifal"
*Is there anyone who doesn't know this music?*
*As you probably know, the world's best-known wedding march isn't a wedding
march at all. Elsa and her unknown knight were married at the end of Act II
of Lohengrin. Here, at the start of Act III, they're being escorted to
their bridal chamber. The 1954 Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra are
conducted by our man of the hour, Eugen Jochum.*
*by Ken*
We're forging ahead with our remembrance of that wonderful conductor Eugen
Jochum (1902-1987) -- wearing his concert hat in Part 1 and Part 2 (devoted
to his Haydn and Bruckner) and now ... more »
Unholy Hell
I knew absolutely nothing about the Magdalene laundries until I saw The
Magdalene Sisters in 2002. The film is set in Ireland and I thought the
horror stopped there.
Magdalene laundries are in the news now because of a report.
Ireland has officially recognised the state's guilt in the "enslavement" of
more than 30,000 women, most of whom were sent against their will into
church-run institutions where they received no pay, no pension and no
social protection.
Labelled the "Maggies", the women were sent to the Magdalene laundries
where they worked for nothing, serving in some cases "... more »
Nullification - "Insert State" ALEC Copy & Paste
If you google the word nullification for ONLY the last month
and look at only the first ten pages of results you will find that the
following states have bantered about nullification.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Idaho
Kentucky
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Wyoming
And you have these folks talking nullification:
Police Chief’s across the US on the Gun Control Issue
Rand Paul
Nullification:
… resolutions stating it is the states duty to interpose themselves
between their citizens and the federal government
Nullification:
A very dangerous ... more »
MONTY PYTHON; EDWARD HEATH; JOHN TOMICZEC
* *
*Graham Chapman (right)*
Graham Chapman, of Monty Python, claimed that he slept with the UK prime
minister, Edward Heath.
While filming *Monty Python And The Holy Grail* in Scotland, Chapman announced
to the clientele of a pub that the former prime minister Edward Heath was
homosexual, and that Chapman had slept with him.
dailymail
Graham Chapman had a relationship with a 13-year-old runaway boy called
John Tomiczek
Daily Express
The boy, John Tomiczek, appeared in a Python sketch, as an autograph hunter.
*John Tomiczek*
*
*John Tomiczek was a teenage runaway from Liverpool... more »
a hundred million guinea pigs
The Venus Project
Paradise or Oblivion
SEN. KING - DRONES ARE NOT HUMANE!
I sent a Letter to the Editor of the Brunswick Times Record yesterday about
our newly elected Sen. Angus King's comment that drones are a "humane
weapon." King lives in Brunswick and my hope is that many who voted for
him, thinking that he'd be a moderate Independent, will feel compelled to
get him to change his harsh thinking about drones.
It would be good if fellow Mainers, and others from around the world, would
send Sen. King messages to help him see his remarks are wrong and hurtful.
You can reach Sen. King *here*
Dear Editor:
Predator and Reaper drones are not humane.... more »
Saudi Arabia beheading nearly two people per week this year | Amnesty International USA
Saudi Arabia killing citizens but this Amnesty International report will
get little publicity.
' Saudi Arabia applies the death penalty for a wide range of crimes,
including drug offences, apostasy, sorcery and witchcraft. Such offences do
not fall into the category of "most serious crimes" embodied in
international standards, which require that the scope of crimes punishable
by death must be limited to those involving intentional killing.
Offences such as apostasy, sorcery and witchcraft have been used to punish
people for the legitimate exercise of their human rights, including t... more »
The Horsemeat in Your Lasagna
I just returned from the UK, where last week a scandal erupted involving
horsemeat and lasagne. It turns out that packages of Findus lasagne
labelled as beef turned out to contain from 60% to 100% horsemeat. As a
result the product was pulled and tough questions are being asked about
food safety. The scandal is spreading to other food products and other
countries.
Some might say, so what? Meat is meat, right?
Well, there are two objections. One is a safety issue. It turns out that
horsemeat may contain chemicals - such as phenylbutazone used to treat
inflammation -- that are harm... more »
SWP: The End is Nigh
I didn't think I'd be writing this soon about the SWP again. The
National
Committee meeting of the "party", which took place last weekend, voted
39
to eight to support the Central Committee's brushing of the Comrade
Deltadebacle under the carpet. Pouring away the gravy of the tedious
bluster and
*faux* outrage, the meat of the carried CC motion came down to point
five,
"This undermining of our democracy should stop forthwith. We reaffirm
the
right of the Central Committee to impose disciplinary measures for
violation of our democratic constitution." Now that the leadership's
intenti... more »
Corporate Insider, Bob George, Named Steering Committee National Director for SOS
Below is the first paragraph from a post I put up in 2006, which lists
Catapult Learning as one of the fat leeches sucking dollars from ED during
the heyday of NCLB.
The coming of the neocons to ED has meant that subjects other than reading,
math, and behavior control have been shoved aside by a plalanx of testing
pushed by the ed industry, the testing/textbook industry, and the politicos
at the Business Roundtable. Let's not forget, too, the know-nothing
politicians who use the testing hysteria as an opportunity to appear tough
by punishing schools and children, while turning th... more »
Republicans on Sequester - The History in Video
DNC Video: "Republicans on the Sequester: Then and Now"
A minute and half of your time
CONTROL THE MEDIA, CONTROL THE MESSAGE, CONTROL THE PEOPLE
Here are the top twenty media corporations in the U.S. according to
mediaowners.com All but two of the following, #18 and #19, are members of
the Council On Foreign Relations.
1. Time Warner Inc.
2. Walt Disney Company
3. Viacom Inc.
4. News Corporation
5. CBS Corporation
6. Cox Enterprises
7. NBC Universal
8. Gannett Company, Inc.
9. Clear Channel Communications Inc.
10. Advance Publications, Inc.
11. Tribune Company
12. McGraw-Hill Companies
13. Hearst Corporation
14. Washington Post Company
15. The New York Times Company
16. E.W. Scripps Co.
17. McClatchy Company
... more »
MO - To Send ALEC-er to Congress in June
Missouri:Republicans Pick Smith as Nominee for Emerson Seat
By Joshua Miller Posted at 3:24 p.m. on Feb. 9
Local Republican officials nominated today 32-year-old state Rep. Jason
Smith for the open seat in Missouri’s 8th Congressional district.
“Jason is a hard worker, good conservative,” said Missouri GOP strategist
James Harris. “He fits the district very well. And he’s very knowledgeable
about [agricultural] issues.”
Given the very heavy Republican bent of the district, Smith is all but
certain to become the newest Show-Me State House Member after the June 4th
special election... more »
NDAA lawsuit update: press conference held after appeals court hearing
Bruce Afran, attorney for the plaintiffs
image: EndtheLie/MadhouseMuse Video Madison Ruppert, *Contributor*
A press conference was held after the hearing at the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court
of Appeals in Manhattan on February 6, 2013, during which some of the
plaintiffs, their attorneys and supporters commented on the lawsuit
challenging the dangerous NDAA and just how important the suit really is.
For those who are not aware of the issue at stake, it is one of the most
essential rights: the right to due process which is completely removed by
the indefinite detention provisions of the Na... more »
Torontonians Wimpy about Snow? Not This Guy
This made me happy.
We all cheered as the streetcar inched forwards, shearing the side mirror
off one, then two, then three cars in its path. The end.
— Jon Robson (@Robsonian) February 9, 2013
@missbromstein the driver was ringing his bell and laughing with us:
'oops!' jerks!' etc.
— Jon Robson (@Robsonian) February 9, 2013
Better than towing and fining. Faster, too.
As a public service, we offer this.
Untitled
*Endymion, mega-float are hits despite some missed turns*
*Changes released in parade schedule*
*Krewe of Okeanos* *Uptown 10:30 a.m.*
Moved from 11:00am to 10:30am due to weather * *
*Krewe of Mid-City* * *
*Uptown 11:45 a.m.* * *
*Krewe of Thoth* * *
*Uptown 12:00 p.m.* * *
*Krewe of Bacchus* * *
*Uptown 5:15 p.m.*
If all units are in place Bacchus will start early due to weather
*Corps de Napoleon* * *
*Metairie 5:00 p.m*. Moved from 5:30pm to 5:00pm due to weather
*Grand Isle Independent* * *
*Grand Isle 1:00 p.m.*
* Terreanians* *Houma 12:30 p.m.*
* Krewe of Montegut* *Montegut... more »
News Services Fake Dorner Manifesto, Quick-Shooting Police Mistake Little Women for a Big Man
Chris Dorner Ruth Hull
Warning to all women. If you are young or old, and especially if you are
unarmed, watch out for the police as they may mistake you for a fully armed
big muscular male former police officer and shoot you.
Ask Maggie Carranza and Emma Hernandez, both of whom were mistaken for
Chris Dorner and shot by the police. Neither were armed. It didn't matter
than Emma was 71 and a much smaller build than a big muscular guy. The
police have made it clear that it is shoot to kill and shooting the wrong
people is preferable to shooting nobody at all.
What odds do you thi... more »
Violent LAPD Shoots First at Anything Resembling Suspect's Car
*Activist Post*
Almost proving the ex-cop Chris Dorner's point in his manifesto of cops
using excessive force, LAPD are the ones who appear to be on a rampage
against anyone who's driving a car even remotely similar to the suspect's.
The video below tells of how cops have opened fire on yet another innocent
vehicle "generally" fitting the description of Dorner's car. Luckily the
innocent driver was uninjured.
Previously, two women were hospitalized after being attacked by police for
driving a blue Toyota Tacoma while they were delivering newspapers in a
quiet neighborhood. Poli... more »
dyke duo dupes fox news
The wingnut media continues to redefine irony. Yesterday Fox News ran a
piece called "To be happy, we must admit women and men aren't 'equal'".
(Sorry, no link. Linking to bigots is a violation of wmtc policy.) To
illustrate their homophobic, anti-woman twaddle, they used a picture of a
wedding atop the Empire State Building, apparently not realizing it was...
the wedding of two women! What a riot.
Read the story: you'll come for the laughs, and stay for the wisdom. From
Feministing.
Yesterday the feminist internet collectively lol’d at Fox News when Jessica
Valenti realized that t... more »
Support and opposition arises for FISA-style secret court to oversee drone assassinations
Madison Ruppert, *Contributor*
In response to the disturbing reality that Americans can be killed by the
federal government without charge or trial – or even clear evidence – some
are pushing for oversight of the drone assassination program.
Currently, the government claims that they can say there is “due process” when
unnamed Obama administration individuals secretly review classified
evidence and declare the authority to assassinate Americans and others.
While the Obama administration claimed they were going to release the
contested legal memos to intelligence committees outli... more »
New 3D Printed AR-15 Mag Called "Cuomo" Holds 30 Rounds
*Defcad.org*
The first video is the new design of the AR-15 printable magazine by
Defense Distributed with follower and loading procedure. The second video
shows test firing the 30-round magazine on fully-automatic mode. The
company named the new magazine the "Cuomo" to mock New York Governor
Cuomo's attempt to limit magazines to 7 rounds.
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High School Student Issues New Warning ... to His Generation: Tyranny Has Come, Will You Take Action?
Alec Scheer, *Contributor*
*
*
To my generation,
Upon writing a letter to President Obama regarding his gruesome and
unconstitutional drone policy, I feel it is paramount that I write a letter
to you warning you about what is to come; warning you – that if you do not
take action now – you will not be able to enjoy the life pleasures you have
been acquainted to.
*Full letter and links posted below...
I know, from personal experience, that most of you would rather be out
partying, hanging out with friends, watching television, playing video
games, or hanging out with your girlfri... more »
High School Student Sends Letter to Obama Over Drone Assassinations
Alec Scheer, *Contributor*
*
*
President Obama,
It is my understanding, throughout the duration of your Presidency, that
you have persistently authorized drone strikes on innocent Middle Eastern
civilians who were supposedly working for, or somehow affiliated with
Al-Qaeda.
As a further matter, you have gone so far as to publicly announce – in
accordance to your Administration’s white paper concerning the legalities
and justifications concerning your drone policy, which was leaked to NBC –
that you have the authority to drone bomb any American citizen.
*Full transcript continues... more »
Do Right-Wing Parties, Representing Corporate Special Interests And Great Wealth, Really Have A Legitimate Role In Modern Governance?
In an op-ed at the *National Post* this weekend, Republican David Frum
worries that "while most Americans struggle with economic hardship, the
American political elite engages in high-risk political games that put at
risk not only the U.S. economy, but global security."
In his desperate quest for leverage in an unending right-wing battle to
wreck the social safety net, Boehner is pushing the U.S. into what Frum
calls "its third artificial fiscal crisis in as many months."
The first artificial crisis was the so-called “fiscal cliff”: the expiry of
many tax cuts at the end of 2012.... more »
Scared As Hell
Paranoia drives the Harper government. If you don't believe that, consider
what is happening at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Michael Harris
writes:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, where a reign of terror aimed at choking off
internal leaks has been in full swing since the disastrous decision to
close the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), has issued a new policy on the
publication of scientific papers.
Previous policies applied only to those papers prepared by DFO scientists.
If government scientists teamed up with non-DFO scientists on a paper, it
was merely “recommended” t... more »
Executing Pakistan's Police Force
*Who would want to do that? *
"Bombing kills 11 in Pakistan" by Riaz Khan | Associated Press, September
01, 2012
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A powerful car bomb ripped through a market in
northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 11 people, police said....
*No one claimed responsibility for the attack*....
*
**The hallmark of an intelligence agency operation. *
Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar condemned the attack, saying *terrorists
had killed innocent people* by detonating the bomb in a bazaar....
*
**The hallmark of an intelligence agency operation. *
Meanwhile, at ... more »
Sectarian Split in Pakistan
*If you believe what the agenda-pushing AmeriKan papers say*:
"Car bomb in Pakistan kills 19" by Abdul Sattar | Associated
Press, December 31, 2012
QUETTA, Pakistan — A *car bomb* targeting a bus carrying Shi’ite Muslim
pilgrims *killed 19* people in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, officials and
eyewitnesses said....
There were *conflicting reports* about whether the attack on the Shi’ites
was carried out by a suicide bomber, or if the car bomb was *detonated by
remote control*.
*
**The conflicting reports and remote control scream intelligence agency
operation.*
Pakistan has expe... more »
BBC1's 'BIG QUESTIONS' PREVENTING HONEST DEBATE
.
Earlier this week the BBC contacted my friend Nick Kollerstrom asking him
if he would be prepared to participate in BBC1's Sunday flagship forum for
debates on 'ethical' issues, "The Big Questions".
He was asked to debate "a question this week about belief and evidence".
Nick, for those who don't know, is one of the UK's leading Holocaust
revisionists or, for those who prefer the term, 'deniers'. He was sacked
from his job at University College, London for producing this article. He
is currently researching the Bletchley Park decryptions of the messages
Germans were sending to t... more »
Sweden's National Food Agency May Report Findus To The Police
Food Agency may report Findus to police
Sweden Radio, 10 January 2013
Sweden's National Food Agency is considering filing a police report against
Findus, the Swedish food giant, which sold packages of frozen lasagna
contaminated with horse meat. The packages, however, were labelled to
contain beef.
*Findus: ready to file lawsuit over horsemeat (9 Feb. 2013)** *
*Ica pulls "basic" lasange from the shelves (8 Feb. 2013)** *
But the Agency is currently focused on making sure the mislabelled products
are all off the shelves and on investigating what actually happened,
according t... more »
Fireplace Memories And Trembling Hands
*Written by Grant G*
Silence of the keyboard, over a week since I wrote anything, at times there
is nothing to say, words need not be spoken or written, and this friends
was one of those weeks..
My dad in recent years looked forward to fire`s warm embrace, tired achy
muscles needing nothing but the comfort of a living room fire, dad was
mesmerized as orange embers danced to a crackling log medley, a cup of hot
tea and the movie of the week, I don`t think I really understood at the
time exactly how much pleasure dad received from life`s simplest pleasures,
the word contentment c... more »
Strange Computer Code Discovered Concealed In Superstring Equations
Note: I disagree with the conclusion of this video, otherwise its very
good. We are not simulations, we are real, the
Creator/Source/God/Allah/Cosmic Intelligence just created a Universe that
is programmable. Its nothing to fear. It just IS. The implication is both
staggering and empowering. You affect REALITY and how it behaves. You are
part of the operating system and you influence its behavior. That's why
Intent, BE-ing, and DO-ing is so important, and why the slave system you
current live in does everything to prevent you from understanding that.
*
* *Every particle in th... more »
Secularism Is State-Sponsored Satanism.
.
Every word spoken or action carried out by an individual is en expression
of that person's spirituality.
Our internal 'moral order' or 'ethical culture' basically defines us.
It directs all we do.
So it is for 'The State' which is a manifestation of our collective selves.
We have been conditioned to think of the idea of the 'separation of Church
and State' as a good thing (maybe it is, maybe it isn't) but *The State and
its Spirituality cannot be separated* whatever we like to think. One is an
expression of the other.
Only 50 years ago or less the vast majority British people w... more »
John Prescott on the Posh Boy Tax - John Prescott - Mirror Online
'So that means every single taxpayer pays about £3.30 a year to effectively
sponsor a public school boy. Yes, we have all been paying a Posh Boy Tax!'
If this was removed, their parents would have to pay only an extra £225 per
child each year.'
How about the places at State Schools that parents fund through taxes but
don't use? Inconvenient fact for John Prescott?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/john-prescott-on-the-posh-boy-tax-1647546
Sorry for quoting from The Mirror, I try not to come into contact with that
rag.
MISSING DOSSIER ON TOP CHILD ABUSE RINGS
*Geoffrey Dickens MP, who died in 1995 aged 63, and who had dossiers on top
pedophile rings *The Sunday People
In 1984, UK member of parliament Geoffrey Dickens gave the UK government a
50-page file detailing child abuse by a top people's pedophile ring.
*But the file has disappeared.*
*Elm guest house: Home Office was warned by top Tory 30 years ago of VIP
paedophile ring*
*
*
This adds to the suspicion that the top pedophile rings are being run by
the British security service MI5.
*Leon Brittan, formerly the government minister in charge of the police and
MI5*
Geoffrey Dickens... more »
Pakistan Politics
"Pakistani court files contempt notice against second prime minister" by
Declan Walsh and Salman Masood | NEW YORK TIMES, August 09, 2012
ISLAMABAD — The latest twist....
Analysts said Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s dismissal would be
unlikely to topple President Asif Ali Zardari’s government, which enjoys a
majority in Parliament, but would trigger fresh political turmoil that
might move up elections, which are to take place by June 2013.
The court wants the government to write to the Swiss authorities, prompting
them to reopen a long-dormant investigation into Zardari’s fi... more »
Public Prosecutor of Rome to Investigate Bilderberg Group on Allegations of Corruption and Conduct of Politicians
*Left: Alfonso Luigi Marra
Right: Mario Monti*
*
* *Public Prosecutor of Rome to Investigate Bilderberg Group on Allegations
of Corruption and Conduct of Politicians*
Written by Andrew Puhanic
Published on Friday, February 8th, 2013
*Globalist Report*
An Italian Lawyer from Italy, *Alfonso Luigi Marra*, has gone to the
extraordinary length to request that the Public Prosecutor of Rome
investigate the Bilderberg Group.
However, rather than only implicating the Bilderberg Group as Ferdinando
Imposimato is trying to do, Lawyer Alfonso Luigi Marra has even gone to the
extraordinary... more »
James Weatherall: Physics of Wall Street
*When an arrogant would-be physicist and philosopher writes about trillions
whose transfers he can't trace or understand...*
I know James Weatherall primarily as a student of mine who was always too
sloppy and lazy to learn the subject properly but who was also
breathtakingly self-confident, ambitious, and eager to talk about the
questions he considered most important.
At various points of time, he would team up with various hardcore crackpots
to assault state-of-the-art theoretical physics. But his ambitions are also
behind the new book that was brought to my attention by a mathema... more »
You Don't Know Bowe
"Terror group vows not to hurt captive" September 09, 2012
ISLAMABAD — A US soldier held by Afghan militants will not be harmed
despite an Obama administration decision to declare his alleged captors a
terrorist group, a top member of the Haqqani network said Saturday.
However, the United States and NATO can expect more attacks, he said. (AP)
*Bergdahl?*
*
*"Many other senior officials, including several in the White House,
expressed deep reservations that blacklisting the group could further
damage badly frayed relations with Pakistan, undercut peace talks with the
Taliban, and pos... more »
Supply Line Strike
"Pakistani truckers for NATO on strike" by RIAZ KHAN | Associated
Press, January 10, 2013
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Truckers who supply NATO troops in Afghanistan went on
strike in northwest Pakistan to protest lower pay, inadequate security, and
corrupt officials who demand bribes, officials said Wednesday.
The *supply route is an important lifeline for international forces* in
landlocked Afghanistan. The coalition ships a significant portion of its
nonlethal supplies through Pakistan into southern Afghanistan. The *other
land route* into Afghanistan through Central Asia and Russia is... more »
Summit call for ATB Financial privatization sets stage for rural Alberta banking battle
The Alberta Treasury Branch agency brings rural financial services to Czar,
Alberta. You’ve got to know offices like this are doomed if ATB Financial
is privatized. Below: William Aberhart in 1937, the year before he founded
Alberta Treasury Branches; banker George Gosbee, in his role as Doogie
Howser, CEO. Assuming at least some of the ... more »
Paul Thomas Anderson interview The Master (Fresh Air)
Source: *NPR*.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
ALEC - Offering a 501c3 Education in Unethical Behvaior
I believe the actions of ALEC could be deemed as highly unethical. I also
believe when legislators are allowed to attend ALEC meetings – unethical
behavior is being reinforced by their attendance at ALEC meetings.
- Most ALEC legislators know when you pass off a bill you did not write,
as your own - that is plagiarism - which they know is wrong. But ALEC
condones it and encourages this unethical behavior.
- Most ALEC legislators know when they spend more time with corporate
lobbyists at ALEC meetings than they do with their constituents - that this
is wrong. B... more »
Does The NRA Like Your U.S. Senator?
Jeff Sessions (KKK-AL) finally gets an A+ on something
The NRA grades every Member of Congress based on how they vote and what
bills they sponsor. And not every Republican gets an A, nor every Democrat
an F. Here they are state-by-state for all 100 senators. The names in bold
also have taken NRA blood-money:
ALABAMA-
*Jeff Sessions* (R)- A+
*Richard Shelby* (R)- A+
ALASKA
Mark Begich (D)- N.A.
*Lisa Murkowski* (R)- A
ARIZONA
*Jeff Flake (R)*- A
*John McCain* (R)- B+
ARKANSAS
*John Boozman* (R)- A
Mark Pryor (D)- C-
CALIFORNIA
Dianne Feinstein (D)- F
Barbara Boxer (D)- F
COLORADO
Ma... more »
Arizona Snowbowl Protest Photos Feb. 9, 2013
Photos
Dawn Dyer. Thank you for sharing with Censored News
Native Americans protest the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort today,
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Flagstaff, Arizona, in solidarity with Idle
No More. The Arizona Snowbowl has acted in total disregard for Native
Americans. Thirteen area Indian Nations hold the San Francisco Peaks
sacred. However, the Snowbowl is now spraying the
Actual changes in NCR law - thanks to Anita Szigeti for this
Here is the actual proposed language of the changes in Bill C54 - check
out the new section at the heart of Review Board law - see if you can spot
what's wrong - the answer is below....as is the link to the whole Bill
(C54.)
*9.* The portion of section 672.54 of the Act before paragraph (*a*) is
replaced by the following:
*9.* Le passage de l'article 672.54 de la même loi précédant l'alinéa *a*)
est remplacé par ce qui suit :
2005, ch. 22, art. 20
Dispositions that may be made
*672.54* When a court or Review Board makes a disposition under subsection
672.45(2), section 672.47,subse... more »
February 9, 1973
They're in San Clemente for the weekend; the president wants his men to
figure out the strategy for the next step. First, Nixon and Haldeman talk,
to be followed by a staff meeting the next day. Haldeman's diary shows them
still flailing:
--
[Nixon] got into Watergate strategy. He wants to get our people to put out
that foreign or Communist money came in in support of the demonstrations in
the campaign, tie all the '72 demonstrations to McGovern and thus the
Democrats as part of the peace movement. Broaden the investigation to
include the peace movement and its leaders, McGovern a... more »
Photos Journey of Nishiyuu arrives in Wemindji
The
Journey of Nishiyuu. The arrival yesterday afternoon in Wemindji.'Ms.
Tuckatuck' is the only Inuk young woman on the trek. Photos 1 and 3 by
John Kawapit. Photo 2 Emily Kakabat. The youth trekkers continue on
their journey to Ottawa, in solidarity with Idle No More.Saturday, Feb.
9. 2013 posted at Censored News.
Why is the New York Times Creating Teenage "Rebel" Heroes in Syria Through Selective Reporting
A Faceless Teenage Refugee Who Helped Ignite Syria’s War Feb 8, 2012 New
York Times by Kareem Fahim and HWAIDA SAAD
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/world/middleeast/a-faceless-teenage-refugee-who-helped-ignite-syrias-war.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130209&_r=0
[excerpted]
this young man carries a burden — maybe an honor, too — that
almost no one else shares. He knows that he and his friends helped start
it
all. They ignited an uprising. It began simply enough, inspired not so
much
by political activism as by teenage rebellion against authority, and
boredom.... Majia here:... more »
Natives rally against tarsands Keystone pipeline in Tulsa
By
Great Plains Tarsands Resistance
Censored News
Tonight a large group of natives from a number of tribes, as well as
allies from Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance rallied and danced outside
the Brady Theater in Tulsa, OK. This Idle no More event was organized
to bring attention to the disproportionately high impact that industrial
projects like Tar Sands extraction and the Keystone XL
WE ARE MURDERING PEOPLE WITH NO EVIDENCE
RT talks to John Kiriakou - former CIA official who blew the whistle on the
agency's torture practices. After 9/11 John Kiriakou served as chief of
counter-terrorist operations in Pakistan. And now, years later, John
Kiriakou is heading to prison. He was just sentenced to two and a half
years in jail.
He concludes the interview saying, "I think the Obama administration is
largely an extension of the Bush administration."
Native Round Dance to oppose Nevada Bear Hunt Feb. 11, 2013
NATIVE AMERICANS OPPOSE
NEVADA BEAR HUNT
By AIM Northern Nevada
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
NATIVE AMERICANS WILL DANCE AT LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT S.B. 82, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT BEAR HUNTING IN NEVADA
Bear is Sacred Animal for Nevada Native Americans, and Native Americans Believe their Rights Have Been Violated by Bear Hunt
On Tribal Day, Monday, February 11,
Julius Evola on Traditional Views of The Center of The World
*Wikipedia:*
"Midgard is the name for the world (in the sense of oikoumene) inhabited by
and known to humans in early Germanic cosmology, and specifically one of
the Nine Worlds in Norse mythology. This name occurs in Old Norse
literature as Miðgarðr. In Old Saxon Heliand it appears as Middilgard and
in Old High German poem Muspilli it appears as Mittilagart. The Gothic form
Midjungards is attested in the Gospel of Luke as a translation of the Greek
word οἰκουμένη. The word is present in Old English epic and poetry as
Middangeard; later transformed to Middellærd or Mittelerde ("M... more »
U.S. GOVERNMENT BECOMES JUDGE AND EXECUTIONER BY-PASSING ALL JUDICIAL PROCESS
The Department of Justice’s latest White (Wash?) Paper has effectively
allowed senior members of the US government – politicians and public
servants – to become both judge and executioner of anyone they regard as an
enemy even if they are US citizens. The presumption of innocence, judicial
process and all other legalities associated with justice in any democracy
are entirely ignored and by-passed.
It seems the US government and its agencies will now decide who the enemy
is stating that they may be either members of al-Qaeda or “its associated
forces”. Furthermore, it seems, the US... more »
Millionaires In China? Sure-- And Billionaires. They've Become More Like The U.S. Lately
When I was president of Reprise I was based in Los Angeles, but also had
offices in New York and London and I was in NY so frequently that I had a
home away from home there-- the Palace Hotel down the street from our
office. I actually arrived late one night-- just after midnight-- on
9/11... yes *that* 9/11. Needless to say that was a miserable week to be in
NYC and the hotel workers-- who mostly lived in the outer boroughs--
couldn't get in to work. The hotel sort of came to a grinding halt.
My Palace home was in a semi-separate part of the hotel called The Towers
and because I... more »
The Zain Dean Case: Various statements
A couple of weeks ago the news broke that Zain Dean, a UK national, had
escaped Taiwan using someone else's passport after having been sentenced to
four years for allegedly hitting someone with his car while driving drunk.
Here are several statements about the case from Dean and others....there
are some good comments in the forums at Taiwanease.
Dean's own statement at Taiwanease.
An additional statement from Dean.
Dean's 2010 statement
News: Dean's girlfriend detained. Prosecutors say no deal for Dean. Ministry
asks for Dean's extradition.
*REFS*: A few years ago, Brian Kennedy... more »
Study: Diet Soda Increases the Risk of Diabetes
One thing I never see: a thin person drinking a diet soda. The only people
who consume these drinks are fatties. And clearly, drinking zero-calorie,
artificially flavored drinks is not making them thin. A new study out of
France suggests they may be worse for one's health than sugary sodas, and
it is well established just how unhealthy eating any products with sugar is.
Yet another study confirms what people have been saying for ages: Stop
drinking diet soda. Like, right now. Drinking just one 12-ounce can of an
artificially sweetened fizzy drink per week can *increase your risk... more »
The Moon and the Nightspirit - Regő Rejtem
*The Moon and the Nightspirit official webkingdom*.
"The Moon and the Nightspirit is a Hungarian folk music duo founded in 2003
by Ágnes Tóth und Mihály Szabó. Their songs deal mostly with pagan fairy
tales and shamanism." - *Wikipedia*.
Fifth (or Sixth) Storm of the Century Damages US But No Real Plans For Change and America Couldn't Care Less About President's Plans For Murder? (Just Wondering)
Wonder about the storm damage and how it relates to the national denial
(ignorance) of climate change? (Or not?) Wonder about what Barack Obama
really studied as to anything about economics or history or science or math
when he was at Occidental Community College (or just pleasing those who
paid his way)? From our woman at Sardonicky, who is never afraid to speak
what the rest of us even
Please Mister Postman, look and see
The United States Post Office has been in deep trouble for a long time. For
many it seems its imminent demise is no big deal. In the upscale, urbane
world where the demand for instant information grows as fast as kudzu in
Georgia, "snail mail" feels as quaint and outdated as hoop skirts and
stagecoaches. They see no problem with the local P.O. going the way of the
buggy whip.
The other world of people who depend on the USPS is largely invisible to
them. The elderly who don't have a clue about computers still depend on it.
The homeless and other poor transients who need an affordab... more »
you call that a Super storm...Really?
Check this out these pictures of the 1888 storm, it makes this 2013 storm
like a back yard flurry....
The storm of 1888 dropped 58 inches in someplaces...
Super storm of 2013 yeah right....
This is what a super storm looks like...
Super storm of March 1888 58 inches in some places 400 dead...HPA 982
Streets in Brooklin March1888
Now this is a snow storm....
Seed Newsvine
Pakistan's Factory Fires
"Blazes at 2 factories in Pakistan kill 85" by Adil Jawad and Zaheer
Babar | Associated Press, September 12, 2012
KARACHI — Factory blazes in two of Pakistan’s major cities *killed 85 people
* and injured dozens more Tuesday, including some who leapt from the
burning buildings to escape the flames.
The deadliest blaze occurred in the southern port city of Karachi. At least
60 people were killed when the fire broke out at a *garment factory*.
The head of the emergency department at the Civil Hospital in Karachi,
Tariq Kamal Ayubi, said Wednesday morning that many of the bodies were ... more »
Factory Fires in Bangladesh
*First the temples, now this.... *
"112 die as fire ravages Bangladesh garment factory" by Vikas Bajaj | New
York Times, November 26, 2012
MUMBAI — At least *112 people died* Saturday and Sunday in a *fire* at a *garment
factory* outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, in one of the worst industrial
tragedies in that country.
It took firefighters *all night to put out the blaze* at the factory,
Tazreen Fashions, after it started Saturday about 7 p.m. local time,
according to Salim Nawaj Bhuiyan, a retired fire official who spoke by
telephone from Dhaka, the capital.
Scores of workers were ta... more »
Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) Has A Plan That-- With A TINY Bit Of Tweaking-- Could Erase The Budget Deficit Forever And Clean Up Washington
Thursday we looked at how strongly the Republican Party Establishment
backed sequestration. Even Speaker Boehner, who normally doesn't vote, but
who had a loud message to send, voted in favor of it-- as did every single
Republican Party leader, from Cantor and McCarthy all the way down the food
chain to Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon, who's been whining
about it ever since. But now they're *all* whining about how it will
devastate the economy-- which they seem to have picked up from hearing
President Obama drill through their heads. But Boehner claims it's "our
ves... more »
Kung hei fat choi
Kung hei fat choi or happy new year to all my Chinese speaking readers.
*Yes I know Chinese isn't a langauge but I believe the above is Cantonese
and pretty similar to the Mandarin which is Gong Xi Fa Cai.*
Now that's what I call simulacrum
I used to be a regular reader of the Fortean Times and one of their
sections was devoted to simulacra, seeing faces or other patterns in
natural objects or where there was no such pattern. The above is of a
'face' forming part of the International Space Station.
UCC FILING VIDEO UPDATE
The UCC Filing Video is being redone. It will be back online soon.
Blackberry Z10 Review
Let me start this review by answering the question at the top of all your minds, "Catelli, as an ardent Blackberry fan, do you like the new Blackberry Z10?" After 5 days, with absolutely no reservations whatsoever, I can answer with an unqualified "I'm not sure." I'll wait for you to pick yourself up from the floor and recover from the shock that resulted from that statement. If I could design
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