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( * Make that 'spill' TM for the BLOWOUT )
The 2006 Mass Murder of Iraqi Civilians by US Forces. Evidence of Unspeakable War Crimes
New Facts Emerge About the 2006 Al-Ishaqi Massacre. Investigation Must Be Reopened
11:00 am MST
Republican Establishment Figures Seek To Shoot Down Tea Party Extremists Running For Office
GOP money men don't want a replay of this
Remember when the far right fringe-- the heart of the Republican Party--
went after then NRSC head John Cornyn in 2009 and again in 2010? Cornyn,
scared of the extremists, let them have their way in picking extremist
candidates for the GOP and today... well, there is no Senator Richard
Mourdock from Indiana, no Senator Todd Akin from Missouri, no Senator Ken
Buck from Colorado, no Senator Christine O'Donnell (nor a Senator Mike
Castle) from Delaware, no Senator Sharron Angle from Nevada. Instead there
are Democrats in all those seats-- and i... more »
Bella isla con agua turquesa rodeada de piedras y árboles
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Paisaje fantástico con montañas y planetas en el cielo
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Pono: Rock and Roll Can Never Die
Neil Young, the musician, is now 67 and has lived through the last half
century of changing music scenes, business models, formats and even
channels. From his early Ontario days, through his first real break in
Buffalo Springfield, then the super group era with CSN & Y, his unplugged
music foray, his ‘other band’ and favourite Crazy Horse, his anti war
protests, collaborations with the likes of Devo, his place at birth of
grunge and his two time induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Young
has never followed an easy path.
So why, after all these adventures has he decided to ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'OHENTON KARIWA’TEK:WEN, the Thanksgiving'
MNN:
Ohenton Kariwa’tek:wen, Thanksgiving
Mohawk Nation News
http://www.mohawknationnews.com
OHENTON KARIWA’TEK:WEN, the Thanksgiving
MNN. FEB 3, 2013. The “words that come before” is a dedication to the
coming faces that we do every day. We place ourselves within an
interdependent relationship with the natural world. We remind ourselves
that we are equal
Some Wild Bill to start your week...
*and we thank him.*
Rosas para el 14 de febrero - Día del amor y la amistad
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The government will also introduce a “Victims Bill of Rights” and new legislation dealing with individuals found not criminally responsible for a crime, Mr. Nicholson said.
This may be a good thing, a bad thing or merely a press thing. It would be
good if the government actually gave some substance to this announcement:
Story
Judicial officers should not inquire as to whether counsel are acting under instruction
*Canada** (Competition Bureau) v. Yellow Pages Marketing B.V*., 2013 ONCA
71 is a useful source for the principle that except in extraordinary cases
the Court should not inquire as to whether counsel is properly instructed
– that falls within privilege:
[11] Furthermore, we do not agree that the application judge had
any independent obligation to become involved in the nature and extent of
the evidence called by counsel on behalf of the appellant. Communications
between counsel and client – meaning providing advice and taking
instructions on how to present the case –... more »
The 2013 OAIS Blogging Awards Finalists
Thanks to Mike Horowitz’s hard work, we now have a list of the finalists in
each relevant category of the 2013 Outstanding Achievement in International
Studies Weblogging Awards, or what will, despite my best efforts, likely be
known as the “Duckies.” We employed a simple Borda-count rule where the
value of a vote was n-(r-1), in which
Continue reading
Hermoso campo de flores bajo un cielo rojo
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The Nevada Fireball - April 18, 1962
(*Blogger's Note*: While researcher another case, I stumbled across this
article written by Scott Holloway. I had planned to adapt it, with
permission of course, but in his reply, he gave permission to reprint the
whole thing and I saw no advantage to adapting it. This then, is the
article that Holloway wrote about his research into the Las Vegas UFO
crash. It shows what can be done by someone who lives in the area. The only
changes I made were a couple of grammtical and spelling changes.)
* *
*Written By: Scott Holloway *
(http://www.paranormalnews.com/article.aspx?id=1425)
On Apri... more »
Chica sexy lista para viajar en su moto
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Bayer Argues Against EU Insecticide Ban to Protect Bees
Majia here: I love honey so I've been following the bee colony collapse for
years.
The bee colony collapse is an agricultural and environmental disaster. Much
has been written about the search for the cause of the collapse.
In 2010 I demonstrated how *The New York Times* operated propagandistically
to shape public interpretations of the causes of the disorder by
emphasizing diseases in bees, without acknowledging that these diseases are
believed to be a result of compromised immune systems caused by pesticides:
Majia's Blog: Bias in *Bee* Study?
Oct 11, 2010
A New York Times artic... more »
Turkish FM slams Assad for not responding to Israeli strike
Turkey’s foreign minister blasted embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad
on Saturday for not responding to an alleged Israeli strike on targets in
Syria.
On his way to Munich, where he will meet with world leaders to discuss
developments in Syria, Ahmet Davutoglu asked reporters, ”Why didn’t Assad
even throw a pebble when Israeli jets were flying over his palace and
playing with the dignity of his country?”
Davutoglu suggested that the Syrian leader is conspiring with Israel: “Is
there a secret agreement between Assad and Israel? The Assad regime only
abuses. Why don’t you use the... more »
Marc Dutroux: Is Belgium about to release its most infamous child killer? Outrage as jailed paedophile bids for early release
Marc Dutroux, 57, pictured at court today, was jailed for life in 2004 for
the kidnap, rape and torture of six young girls in Belgium in the 1990s,
four of whom died. The reviled killer attended a closed hearing at
Brussels' Palace of Justice today where he sought early release from
prison. His ex-wife Michelle Martin, who was jailed for 30 years in 2004
for crimes including abduction, was released last year amid angry protests.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273215/Marc-Dutroux-Outrage-jailed-paedophile-bids-early-release.html
Syrian opposition chief says offers Assad peaceful exit
Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib urged President Bashar al-Assad on
Monday to respond to his initiative for dialogue, saying it was aimed at
ending the bloodshed and helping "the regime leave peacefully".
Speaking after meeting senior Russian, U.S. and Iranian officials at the
weekend, Alkahtib said none of them had a plan to end the civil war and
Syrians must find their own resolution.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE9100KV20130204
The King In the Car Park - Richard III Lost No More
The deformed skeleton recently discovered in a Leicester car park is indeed
the earthly remains of King Richard III.
*Not just the identity of the man in the car park with the twisted spine,
but the appalling last moments and humiliating treatment of the naked body
of Richard III in the hours after his death have been revealed at an extraordinary
press conference at Leicester University.*
*There were cheers when Richard Buckley, lead archaeologist on the hunt for
the king's body, finally announced that the university team was convinced
"beyond reasonable doubt" that it had found th... more »
Invisible Enslavement
The whole notion of freedom can exist only in the contrast of slavery. Without
slavery, freedom would not be necessary. This is the duality in which
we’ve chosen to live. It is a time when we will realize and understand
what it means to be free because we have not been – and we know that now.
The slavery system we’ve been in is brilliant; so subtle as to be
invisible. Visible now, we realize with each revelation just how deep the
enslavement is embedded. It is part of our language, our customs, and our
thought process. We grow up striving to make “more” money so that ... more »
Planet of the Bride of the Son of the Return of Cranky Blogging
You know what? Gerrymandering is real and has real consequences, but I
suspect that despite that most news outlets would be better off just
ignoring it. People love to blame everything on gerrymandering, and
(although again it is real and has real consequences) it's just not that
big a deal.
Which gets to the NYT Sunday Review piece by Sam Wang, which examines the
strange results of the 2012 House elections -- Republicans retained a very
solid majority of seats despite Democrats winning more votes -- and more or
less attributes it all to gerrymandering.
I suspect my real complaint ... more »
Democracy Has Been Hacked
In some circles the preferred term is "captured" but Al Gore chooses to
argue that American democracy has been hacked by corporatism. Regardless
of terminology, he's right. And it's a problem that's not limited to the
U.S. either.
*Offering a blunt assessment of the extent to which private companies
influence decision-making in the US, he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show:
"American politics has fallen into a state of disrepair," in an interview
to mark the publication of his new book, The Future.*
*Gore added: "It can be fixed, but we need to recognise that our democracy
has bee... more »
COCKTAIL TIME; BLACK BLOCK
*Time for a cocktail. www.zimbio.com*
*
**1.* The USA and Egypt are still very close friends.
"The United States has delivered four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, Egypt's
military and a U.S. military delegation said on 3 February 2013,
highlighting military links between the two countries despite Egypt's
political upheaval."
Egypt takes delivery of US fighter jets - Reuters UK
*Welcome to the Inter-Continental, Cairo*
*2.* Egypt is not safe for tourists
* "The mayhem on Cairo’s streets briefly spilled into the lobby of one of
the city’s luxury hotels, the Semiramis InterContinental... more »
Manifest insanity watch: The nature of our problem!
*MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 4, 2013*
*Stephanopoulos and (Matthew) Dowd, disturbed by Obama’s
skeet-shooting:*Last week, we noted the way the Washington post’s Glenn
Kessler is turning
into a partisan crank.
Three days later, he proved our point. He posted a ridiculous
FactChecker
piece about the president’s statement, *in response to a direct
question,*that he often skeet-shoots at Camp David.
If you click, please note the ludicrous headline on the Kessler piece.
Kessler’s piece is almost insane. It’s a throwback to the bad old days,
in
which the press corps pretended to be deeply worried ... more »
VIDEO First Nation Nuclear Rail Blockade Feb 3, 2013
Toronto Star article removed from Google News on Sunday.
Read activist communique:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/02/first-nation-rail-blockade-at-uranium.html
A SECOND RATE POWER
Just to illustrate how blind US "leaders" are to the reality the people of
our nation face (or maybe they are quite happy with this) the information
below should serve as a wake-up call for people who still think that the
USA is #1!
USA Today reported on February 1 the following:
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Friday the United States would become
a "second-rate power" if Congress and the White House fail to reach a
budget deal that would avoid an extra $500 billion in military budget cuts
over the next 10 years.
Do we not yet see the deadly connection between US imperi... more »
Egypt opposition in muddle over call to oust Mursi
Egypt's main opposition alliance has got itself into a muddle by appearing
to endorse a call for the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi,
then backing away.
"The NSF will fully align to the demands of the Egyptian people calling to
topple the regime of tyranny and domination of the Muslim Brotherhood," a
statement by the National Salvation Front issued late on Saturday said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/us-egypt-protests-idUSBRE9130JJ20130204
TB vaccine trial fails; more waiting in the wings
A highly anticipated study of the first new tuberculosis vaccine in 90
years showed it offered no added benefit over the current vaccine when it
came to protecting babies from TB infections, a disappointing but not
entirely unexpected outcome, researchers said on Monday.
The vaccine, known as MVA85A, is the most advanced of more than a dozen TB
vaccines now in clinical trials in people, and scientists are poring over
the results to learn why the trial failed and how the results can inform
future studies.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/us-tb-vaccine-idUSBRE9130F820130204
Ahmadinejad: I'll Be Iran's First Astronaut
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has revealed his dream to be his
country's first astronaut.
He said he was willing to sacrifice his life for Iran's space programme,
which aims to send a man into space by 2020 and put an astronaut on the
moon by 2025.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047290/ahmadinejad-ill-be-irans-first-astronaut
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 14:33:02 UTC
Tuesday, February 05, 2013 at 01:33:02 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
11.008°S, 165.443°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region
SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Distances
53 km (32 miles) SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
Cut welfare if students get bad grades? We disagree.
State Sen. in Tennessee proposes cutting welfare payments to families with
students with bad report card. We respond.
Campfield proposal would hurt youths
Published in Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, TN, Feb 3,2013.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/feb/03/letters-feb-3-2013/
State Sen. Stacey Campfield's proposal to cut welfare payments for students
with bad report cards is backwards. Poverty is the major cause of poor
school performance. Poverty means inadequate diet, poor health care and
lack of access to books at home, school and in the community: All of these
are associated... more »
rtod
Revolutionary thought of the day:
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s
original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made,
through disobedience and through rebellion.
Oscar Wilde
from *The Soul of Man under Socialism*
Assad set on arms transfers to Lebanon, Israel responds with no-fly zone
Syrian ruler Bashar Assad has ordered the resumption of weapons transfers
to the Lebanese Hizballah, debkafile’s exclusive military and intelligence
sources report. This was agreed with Iran’s National Security Director
Saeed Jalilee, who arrived in Damascus after Israel’s reported air strike
last Wednesday, Jan. 30, inter alia, on Syrian trucks preparing to ferry to
Lebanon for Hizballah the sophisticated Iran-supplied arms stored at the
Jamraya military complex north of Damascus.
The Syrian ruler assured the Iranian official that he would not be deterred
by what he called acts ... more »
Argentina: Residents of Santiago Alarmed by UFO
*Source: www.contexto.com.ar
Date: 02.04.2013*
*Argentina: Residents of Santiago Alarmed by UFO*
Veronica wanted to remember the day they were hit by a tornado.
A strange object suspended in the sky is visible in a photograph that has
caused sleepless nights for residents of Colonia Dora (Santiago del
Estero), still befuddled by what took place on 30 January.
It was a very special day for the locals, as two tornados had hit the
community – something that had never occurred in the city’s history –
devastating the settlement and the surrounding area, three to five
kilometers around.... more »
Oklahoma woman locks neck to Keystone XL Construction
BREAKING:
Oklahoma woman locks her neck to Keystone XL Construction Equipment
Posted on February 4, 2013 by tsbok
By Great Plains Tarsands Resistance
Early this morning Norman, Oklahoma resident Elizabeth Leja locked her
neck to equipment used in constructing the Keystone XL pipeline. Citing
concerns for Oklahoma’s waterways, and their importance
Argentina: A UFO Over Cosquín?
*Source: Diario La Mañana de Córdoba
Date: 02.04.2013*
*Argentina: A UFO Over Cosquín?*
Sandra Mina was posing for a photo at Pan de Azúcar. She subsequently
uploaded the image file to a social network and her friends noticed an
object in the sky.
On 30 January 2013, Sandra Mina was walking with her husban around Pan de
Azúcar and decided to take a photo of herself with the mountainous
landscape as a background. Later on, Sandra posted the image to Facebook at
16:30. Her friends told her they could see something strange in the sky.
That’s when they magnified the photo and fou... more »
One of many anecdotes about Rosa Parks!
*MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013*
*A gentle spirit, forced to fuss:* At the time of Rosa Parks’ death, many
people offered anecdotes about her life and spirit. We’ll never get to them
all unless we start doling them out.
One such story was told by the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a towering figure in the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He told his story to the
NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown, at the end of a segment recalling Mrs. Parks'
life:
BROWN (10/25/05): *Rev. Lowery, we just have a minute, but I wanted to ask
you: Did she know how important she was?*
LOWERY: Listen, it didn't bother he... more »
The Vile Statistics on Violent Crime
*Read 'em and weep*:
"US violent crime rose 18 percent in 2011" by Pete Yost | Associated
Press, October 18, 2012
WASHINGTON — The number of *violent crimes unexpectedly rose* by 18 percent
in the United States last year, the *government said* Wednesday, the *first
time that total has risen* in nearly *20 years*.
*
**I'm already smelling something, and it is not the smell of gunpowder.*
Property crimes went up by 11 percent, their first increase in a decade....
*
**Does that include all the bank fraud, because if not that number should
be zooming.*
The *increase in violent crime* ... more »
Argentina: Strange Light Over Necochea
*Argentina: Strange Light Over Necochea*
*By Guillermo Gimenez, Planeta UFO*
A videotape of another flying object over the city can now be added to the
cases reported in Necochea on the Argentinean coastline. This video was
obtained by the RIDERSTV NECOCHEA team, a film crew consisting of young
residents of the city who film extreme sporting events (bodysurfing, surf,
BMX, etc.)
The video can be seen on YouTube at the following link: *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNsoSma5utY*
Without question, the coastline of Necoceha has been fertile grounds for
UFO sightings over the past mo... more »
Beautiful Weekend
Old Man Winter has temporarily forgotten Southern Land, with early February
temperatures in the fifties and sixties. What a great weekend to be
outdoors!
Saturday Morning was the monthly "coffee talk" with the church singles.
This month Jen (who runs the animal outreach program Critter Tales) brought
some of her critters.
Jen with a Great Horned Owl. Photo by Angie.
Southern Man with an African boa. Photo by Angie.
And of course there was geocaching. The faithful Hyundai may be a city car
but it was raised in the country and took Southern Man well off the beaten
path this week... more »
China gives green-light to new era of mega-dams – ‘I’m still shocked by the lack of transparency in the decision-making process’
[image: The Yarlung Zangbo river, 20 June 2009. A contentious dam is slated
for the 'great bend' in China, before the river swings around into India
and through the world's deepest canyon. Here, a massive 48,000-megawatt dam
(over twice the size of the Three Gorges dam) is under active
consideration. Photo: xiaohaidacong / yupoo]
By Beth Walker
1 February 2013
(China Dialog) – China has confirmed it will resurrect a series of
controversial hydropower dams in south-west China on rivers originating on
the Tibetan Plateau, causing ripples of consternation from India and other
downst... more »
Baker's Twine Wrapped Heart Necklace
I can't believe it February already. I still haven't even pulled out my
winter decor, let alone the pink hearts. My daughter
has recently become obsessed with my jewelry box and I wanted to make her
something durable that wouldn't cost very much, that she could wear for
Valentine's. I used these earrings as inspiration, but since I didn't have
her supplies on hand, I went my own way. If you are like me and have
baker's twine laying around your house, you could probably make this whole
necklace from supplies you have on hand.
You will need:
Baker's Twine
a large paper clip
glue
a... more »
ROSA PARKS AT 100: Fiction and myth!
*MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013*
*Part 1—Charles Blow keeps making things up:* Rosa Parks died in October
2005 at the age of 92. She became the 31st person in American history to
lie in state at the Capitol Building.
Today would have been her one hundredth birthday. In honor of the occasion,
Charles Blow’s column in Saturday’s New York Times discussed a fascinating
new book about her life.
Do we know all we should about Rosa Parks? As he began, Blow recommended
this new book, just as we do—and he made a slightly odd statement:
BLOW (2/2/13): *Rosa Parks, Revisited*
*Most of what you th... more »
Graph of the Day: Beijing air pollution, January 2013
[image: Beijing’s daily peak and average concentrations of PM2.5, the
airborne particulate matter that raises risks for lung and heart diseases,
as measured by the U.S. Embassy. The 2013 daily average was 194 micrograms
per cubic meter, with an intraday peak of 886 on Jan. 12, the data show. By
contrast, PM2.5 levels averaged 166.6 in 16 airport smoking lounges in the
U.S., said a 2012 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
in Atlanta. Graphic: Bloomberg News]
30 January 2013 (Bloomberg News) – Beijing’s air, which has exceeded the World
Health Organization’s “hea... more »
Kiribati to buy land in Fiji before rising sea levels swallow the island nation – ‘Relocating the whole country is our last option’
[image: A local villager in Beru, Kiribati crosses a causeway carrying his
bike at high tide with the water lapping at his feet, 6 November 2006. Only
a few years earlier, this sight was highly uncommon but is now experienced
on a regular basis. Photo: Jeremy Mather / flickr]
By Mereseini Marau
4 February 2013
NEW DELHI (Fiji Times) – The government of Kiribati will buy about 6000
acres of land near Savusavu for its food security as the country has
started feeling the effects of the rising sea level.
And it will ensure that it protects whatever part of Kiribati that can be
saved ... more »
With NO Quebec Referendum Looming Or Even Likely Why Does The Liberal Party Continue To Rehash The Clarity Act Over And Over And Over And Over ?
*It is obvious that the Liberal Party of Canada is so completely void of
anything new or relevant that they continue to rehash two of their more
idiotic old pet issues:*
*-Cannabis Reform*
*-The Clarity Act*
*
**I have already identified how phony the Liberal Party has been and
continues to be on the issue of Cannabis reform. *
*
**As for the Clarity Act .... yes, ... Quebec does have a minority
provincial government headed by the Parti Quebecois. But with minority
status, it is highly unlikely that a referendum on separation will be
brought forward by the current administration. Th... more »
Necochea, Argentina: Is a 2013 UFO Flap Underway?
*Necochea, Argentina: Is a 2013 UFO Flap Underway?*
*By Guillermo Gimenez, Planeta UFO*
A massive UFO was seen over the coast of Necochea in the early morning
hours of 27 January 2013, in the southeastern end of the Province of Buenos
Aires, Argentina. Hundreds of witnesses saw a large white light over the
sea, facing the coastline, surrounded by an “S” shaped cloud and with a red
light toward its lower left side that appeared to sparkle at times. After
several minutes and at sea level, it rose into the air, vanishing at high
speed among the stars. The time was approximately 0230-024... more »
The Battle of Athens (Video)
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Skeptical Swedish climatology
*Global warming only visible under a microscope*
As noted by Pierre Gosselin (via another blog), a prominent senior climate
scientist Lennart Bengtsson whose publication and citation record is rather
formidable has said something that you must have heard many times from your
humble correspondent:
We Are Creating Great Anxiety Without It Being Justified…there are no
indications that the warming is so severe that we need to panic.
‘The warming we have had the last a 100 years is so small that if we didn’t
have had meteorologists and climatologists to measure it we wouldn’t have
notic... more »
Globe Answers Alabama Man Mystery
*He's been poisoned, folks!*
*The government literally poisoned him, folks. *
*
**"His property has a white trailer that, according to Creel, Dykes said he bought
from FEMA after it was used to house evacuees from Hurricane Katrina."*
*
**See*: FEMA Knew Katrina Trailers Were Poisonous
FEMA Seeks Immunity for Willful Negligence and Poisoning of Americans
*
**Yup, that's the government that loves you so much as it protects you from
terrorists and gun violence and all the other wonderful things government
does. *
*
**Yes, they do provide some services; however, only because they have to ... more »
Regression
The Conference Board keeps churning out reports which should embarrass the
Harper government. The Board's latest report ranks Canada 7th out of 17 developed
countries in terms of quality of life. It's interesting that, in terms of
falling crime rates, we are doing very well -- although, if you believe
what the government tells us, it's not well enough.
But what is truly disturbing is the growing rate of income inequality:
In Canada, the gap between rich and poor has widened over the past 15
years, and the board says all age groups have felt the change -- with both
child and elder... more »
2012 DA14: Close shave for Earth as asteroid is set to whizz by INSIDE orbit of communication satellites
Planet Earth is set to have a very close encounter with an asteroid the day
after Valentine's Day.
The asteroid - which goes by the catchy name of 2012 DA14 - will miss our
home planet by just 17,200 miles, which is a very near miss in space terms.
The asteroid, which is about 150ft across, will come closer to Earth than
the ring of geosynchronous satellites, which are in orbit about 22,200
miles above the Earth.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2273163/A-miss-good-mile--asteroid-close-shave.html#axzz2Jv418n8r
4.9 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA - 4th February 2013
Magnitude M 4.9
Region SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
Date time 2013-02-04 13:35:29.0 UTC
Location 37.70 N ; 82.72 E
Depth 20 km
Distances 256 km E Hetian, China
EU executive warns national bank supervisors over discrimination
National regulators across the European Union have until the end of the
month to show they are not damaging the single market by being too heavy
handed with banks from elsewhere in the bloc, the EU's executive European
Commission said on Monday.
It reminded them in a letter last Friday that the free movement of capital
is a founding tenet of the single market.
On Monday, the executive said in a statement that on several occasions
national supervisors have acted independently to impose "allegedly
disproportionate prudential measures" on local arms of non-domestic EU
banks.
http://w... more »
Breaking News: Alphabet To Be Privatized
*Guest Post by Elizabeth Adams*
In a bold yet unsurprising move, the American Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC) has begun crafting legislation to pave the way for privatization of
the English/American alphabet. The ease of drowning out dissenting speech
since the Citizens United ruling of 2010 has just whetted the appetites of
the corporatocracy.
First, a little history.
The rich white guys, after fighting against the occupation of the English
crown's corporations in the early days of the North American takeover,
formed corporations of their own in order to protect their hard-sto... more »
Allegations of rape within a political party but the BBC aren't interested
Reports of allegations of rape within the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) are
all over the internet.
The Mail managed to cover the story:
'Ordinarily, we would not bore you with the interminable machinations of
the far Left. This scandal, though, goes beyond militant politics because
it involves an allegation of rape against a senior figure in the Socialist
Workers Party (SWP) by a more junior colleague.
She is in her 20s. He is a middle-aged, full-time party activist who has a
partner. Remember, when you read what follows, that the SWP is also an
organisation that has always prof... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to John Schuck, 73. C'mon: he's been a friend of Mary and
Rhoda; a Cardassian and a Klingon; he was in Roots; he's been in Woody
Allen and Warren Beatty movies; and that's not to mention that he was one
of Altman's regulars. OK, I liked him best on McMillan, but he's one of my
real favorites.
I did find some of the good stuff despite being a bit behind, what with the
Super Bowl and all (I liked the desert Coke ad quite a bit).
1. Josh Ryan on how Senate reform will affect, or not affect, conference
committees.
2. Gerrymandering does not cause polarization. Really. J... more »
Wall Street Whores In DC (I.E., Conservative Politicians) Still Fighting Against Protecting Bank Customers
Miss & Debbie-- On Feb. 26, don't feed the troll
It was close, but on December 11, 2009, the House passed, 223-202 the Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, better known as Dodd-Frank,
which, among other things, established Elizabeth Warren's brainchild, the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect baking customers from
financial industry predators. Every single House Republican voted against
it, of course-- and so did 27 Wall Street-bought Democrats. Eleven months
later, almost all of those Democrats had either been forced to resign
rather than be defeated or were a... more »
Symbolism is strangling Europe's union
What does it tell us about a eurozone banking union if the member states
are rushing to pass unilateral legislation on financial regulation? France
and Germany have, in short succession, proposed measures to ringfence
banks’ proprietary trading activities. The two countries have co-ordinated
their moves with each other, but with nobody else. Would not a ringfence be
a power any self-respecting banking union would want to usurp?
The answer is that banking will remain a national activity in the eurozone
for all economically relevant purposes. The European Central Bank will
become the ... more »
European Commission too optimistic in economic growth forecasts, analyst says
Even if the European Commission seems slightly optimistic about future
growth in the EU, some consider the EU executive’s forecast too rosy and
warn against underestimating other risks. This has systematically been the
case in the past years of crisis.
The Commission is cautiously optimistic regarding the EU's possibility of
getting out of the eurozone crisis in the short term.
The optimism is not just "wishful thinking", said Karl Pichelmann, senior
advisor at the European Commission's DG Economic and Financial Affairs. He
spoke at a European labour market conference held by the Eu... more »
United Nations hypocrisy
http://twitter.com/docnatecohen/status/298422170743341056/photo/1
Israel will 'regret Syria aggression' warns Iran
Speaking during a visit to Damascus, the Syrian capital, Mr Jalili, head of
Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said: "Just like it regretted all
its wars ... the Zionist entity will regret its aggression against Syria.
"The Syrian people and government are serious about this, and the Muslim
world supports Syria.
"Syria is at the forefront of the Muslim world's confrontation with the
Zionist entity," he added, in reference to Israel.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9847100/Israel-will-regret-Syria-aggression-warns-Iran.html
Chris Huhne steps down after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice
Chris
Huhne dramatically announced he was stepping down from Parliament
today after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice.
Mr Huhne announced that he is standing down as MP for Eastleigh in
Hampshire, which will cause a by-election in a marginal seat he won with
a
majority of 3,864 over the Conservatives at the 2010 election.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/chris-huhne-steps-down-as-mp-after-pleading-guilty-to-perverting-the-course-of-justice-8479526.html
Untitled
*State, federal leaders supporting Hancock County in Lake Ponchartrain
levee battle ~The Sea Coast Echo*
*Landrieu Planning appointee has unpermitted parking slab ~Karen Gadbois,
The Lens*
*Crawfish boil promotes website*
*Throw Me Something Local: Awards Banquet and Art Show* *A Newcomer
Overcomes Costume Anxiety ~WWNO*
Bid to rescue Jordanian Journalist in Philippines leaves 21 dead: police
Twenty-one people have been killed in the Philippines during an apparently
unsuccessful bid to rescue a Jordanian journalist kidnapped by Islamist
rebels eight months ago, Philippine security officials said on Monday.
Members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), a group of former
Muslim rebels who have made peace with the government, attacked jungle
bases of the Abu Sayyaf group on Jolo island to free Jordanian Baker
Atyani, said Antonio Freyra, a police chief in the area.
Atyani, a journalist working for the Al Arabiyah network, and his two
Filipino television crew members... more »
Dale Cregan Trial: Extra Security At Court
Armed officers are on duty around a court building where the trial of a man
accused of murdering two police officers is due to start.
Dale Cregan, 29, is accused of the murder of PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola
Hughes, and of father and son David and Mark Short, last year.
The trial, at Preston Crown Court, will get under way later although the
jury will not be sworn in until Tuesday and the opening remarks are not
expected until Thursday.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047257/dale-cregan-trial-extra-security-at-court
Weather: Heavy Snow As 80mph Winds Blow In
After a brief respite from winter weather, freezing temperatures and gale
force winds will be felt in many parts of the UK in the coming days.
Scotland will experience gusts of 70mph to 80mph and up to four inches
(10cm) of snow will spread from the north to many parts.
Areas of higher ground in the south will also see accumulations.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047244/weather-heavy-snow-as-80mph-winds-blow-in
Repugnant GOP Lawyer - Tweets
J. Todd Kincannon
A number of Todd's cases have received extensive press coverage in local
and national media outlets. High profile cases, particularly those
involving politics, present unique problems in terms of legal advocacy.
Todd enjoys the difficult task of finding solutions that work both
politically and legally.
Todd has served as General Counsel and Executive Director of the South
Carolina Republican Party
A number of Todd's tweets have received extensive press coverage
NOW -
*Look at what he tweeted yesterday during the Superbowl.*
*>>>>>HERE<<<<< *
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 11:48:42 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 10:48:42 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
33.999°S, 14.713°W
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Region
SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
Distances
403 km (250 miles) NNW of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, Saint Helena
Richard III's Remains Found In Council Car Park
Remains found beneath a council car park in Leicester have solved the
500-year-old mystery about the final resting place of King Richard III,
archaeologists say.
Researchers said they had concluded "beyond reasonable doubt" that the
skeleton, which showed evidence of an abnormal lateral curvature of the
spine, was the monarch.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047231/richard-iiis-remains-found-in-council-car-park
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake XIZANG-QINGHAI BORDER REGION - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 12:04:57 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 08:04:57 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
32.853°N, 94.712°E
Depth
35 km (21.7 miles)
Region
XIZANG-QINGHAI BORDER REGION
Distances
121 km (75 miles) NNE of Dartang, China
My Assange Journey
Wikileaks, headed by Julian Assange, revealed the hideous atrocities of the
USA in Iraq and elsewhere.
Right on cue, the liberal corporate media went into its traditional (and
stupid) attack mode. "Assange has blood on his hands!" said the
blood-soaked US government, on the specious grounds that the leaks might
have compromised some US quislings. "Assange has psychological problems!"
brayed the media whores at the orders of their psychopathic masters.
Mainstream media and political figures called for the arrest, imprisonment,
torture and execution of Assange for "treason" and other ... more »
Tories to announce tougher sentences: Mr. Kennedy said that currently, too many kids either end up in prison or in the country’s health-care system as they “run away from the pain that has happened in their life.”
So let's have more jail and longer sentences to keep more kids inside?
Mandatory minimum prison works (or may work) for economic crimes like fraud
or middle class crimes like impaired driving. They do not work for crimes
coming from irrational impulses.
If we want mandatory anything it should be mandatory treatment orders; and
tougher enforcement of mandatory reporting requirements. That's not seen
as very progressive but it could actually work and make a difference to
society.
Story here
Q: What did the big furry hat say to the warm woolly scarf?
*
A: "You hang around while I go on ahead."
*
EU leaders scramble to rescue trillion-euro Budget summit
Europe's leaders scrambled on Monday to rescue summit talks on the EU's
trillion-euro budget, with Italy and Germany on a collision course over
cuts demanded by Britain, and France warning of a breakdown in
negotiations.
"The negotiations are very difficult ... the conditions are, at this
moment, not yet in place," French President Francois Hollande warned Sunday
as European Union leaders prepare to meet in Brussels on Thursday and
Friday.
Hollande spoke after tricky talks with electioneering Italian Prime
Minister Mario Monti in Paris, a day after German Chancellor Angela Merke... more »
Israel arrests Hamas activists, lawmakers in West Bank
Israel Defense Forces soldiers arrested 25 Palestinians in the West Bank
early Monday, including top Hamas activists, a Palestinian rights group
reported.
An army spokeswoman in Tel Aviv confirmed the arrests, but did not provide
further details.
Hamas has said that at least 21 well-known activists from Nablus, Tul Karm,
Hebron, Qalqilyah, Bethlehem and Ramallah were arrested.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-arrests-dozens-of-hamas-activists-lawmakers-in-west-bank.premium-1.501322
South Korean, US troops begin drills ahead of North Korean nuclear test
South Korean and U.S. troops began naval drills Monday in a show of force
partly directed at North Korea amid signs that Pyongyang will soon carry
out a threat to conduct its third atomic test.
The region is also seeing a boost in diplomatic activity focused on North
Korea's announcement last month that it will conduct a nuclear test to
protest U.N. Security Council sanctions toughened after a December
satellite launch that the U.S. and others say was a disguised test of
banned missile technology.
Pyongyang's two previous nuclear tests, in 2006 and 2009, both occurred
after it was ... more »
EU has leverage, but may let Cyprus fester....Because we are all in it together!
For the first time since Cyprus joined the European Union nearly a decade
ago, its partners have financial leverage to press for a settlement of the
island's almost 40-year division.
Yet there is no sign that Brussels is preparing to use its advantage to
achieve a reunification that narrowly eluded negotiators when the
Mediterranean island joined the EU in 2004.
Indeed the most powerful member states, Germany and France, may be content
to see the frozen Cyprus conflict fester rather than deal with the
potential consequences of a resolution that would bring Turkey closer to EU
membe... more »
Electric cars head toward another dead end.......Explains why the EU has a 10 Billion Euro electric-car 'recharging points' expansion Plan.......Scam or Waste of MORE EU Funds?
Are electric cars running out of juice again?
Recent moves by Japan's two largest automakers suggest that the electric
car, after more than 100 years of development and several brief revivals,
still is not ready for prime time - and may never be.
In the meantime, the attention of automotive executives in Asia, Europe and
North America is beginning to swing toward an unusual but promising new
alternate power source: hydrogen.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/us-autos-electric-hydrogen-idUSBRE91304Z20130204
*The EU has pledged a huge expansion of infrastructure for electric
... more »
Iran says Israel will regret Syria air strike
Iran told Israel on Monday it would regret its air strike against Syria
last week, without spelling out whether Iran or its ally planned any
military response.
"They will regret this recent aggression," Saeed Jalili, Secretary of
Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told a news conference in
Damascus a day after holding talks there with President Bashar al-Assad.
Jalili likened Israel's attack on a military compound north-west of
Damascus on Wednesday to previous conflicts including its 34-day war with
Lebanon's Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah in 2006, all battles that he
sai... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake BABUYAN ISLANDS REGION, PHILIPPINES - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 08:08:30 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 04:08:30 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
19.024°N, 121.052°E
Depth
48.9 km (30.4 miles)
Region
BABUYAN ISLANDS REGION, PHILIPPINES
Distances
45 km (27 miles) N of Claveria, Philippines
North Korea Nuclear Test: China Urged To Step In
South Korea has issued an urgent request to China to use its influence over
North Korea to persuade the isolated nation to abandon its plans for a
nuclear test.
Lim Sung-nam, a senior South Korean envoy, met with his Chinese counterpart
on Monday as concern mounted that North Korea could carry out a nuclear
detonation test this week.
China is North Korea's only real ally and widely seen as the only country
with any leverage over Pyongyang.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047187/north-korea-nuclear-test-china-urged-to-step-in
Osborne: Bank Of England To Become 'Super Cop'
George Osborne is announcing plans to reform Britain's biggest banks to
protect taxpayers from another financial meltdown.
Speaking at JP Morgan's administration offices in Bournemouth, the
Chancellor said people were still reeling from the 2007 financial crisis
that forced the country to bail-out major banks with tens of billions of
pounds of taxpayers' money.
"Irresponsible behaviour was rewarded, failure was bailed out, and the
innocent - people who have nothing whatsoever to do with the banks -
suffered," he said.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047238/osborne-banking-reforms-will-p... more »
Did you miss the Superbowl? Here are the highlights.
I prefer to watch rugby rather than American Football but here are what I
believe were the highlights...
*Thanks to Theo Spark for the spot.*
The 2nd Amendment Does Not Mean What the NRA Says it Means
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy
*
The best case for birth control is the alarming rate at which morons
proliferate! An alarming number of them grow up to join the NRA! An example
is Wayne LaPierre the NRA's Liar and Chief about whom it is said on the
internet:
"Wayne Lapierre of the NRA says that President Obama may have planned the
events in Newtown to dismantle our 2nd Amendment."
Obama does not have to dismantle the 2nd --as some have proposed! The 2nd
has *never* meant what the NRA has said it meant anyway. Secondly, the NRA
never quotes the whole article. The NRA quot... more »
BBC discretion re this Islamic preacher
Russia Today reports that:
'Public anger has gripped Saudi Arabia after a prominent preacher who raped
and beat to death his 5-year-old daughter was sentenced to a few months in
jail and a $50,000 fine – known as 'blood money' – to compensate the
victim's relatives.
According to Islamic law, the 'blood money' can be paid in lieu of the
death penalty. The preacher's fine was reportedly half the usual amount
because the victim was a girl.
Saudi preacher Fayhan Ghamdi, a frequent guest on Muslim TV networks,
confessed to using cables and a cane to inflict the injuries, AFP reported,... more »
Chris Huhne changes his plea
It is being reported that the former Liberal Democrat cabinet minister
Chris Huhne has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice over
claims his ex-wife Vicky Pryce took speeding points for him.
As he has changed his plea, presumably he will want to pay for a large part
of the police and CPS costs which were only necessary because he originally
pleased not guilty...
Somehow I doubt that and instead the court will take into his guilty plea
(and not the wasted time prior to it)in reducing his sentence. I doubt that
he'll even get a custodial sentence and if he does it will be... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Photo: Bahraini women chant anti-government slogans during a mourning
procession for Qassim Habib, 8, in Manama, Bahrain on Jan. 30, 2013.
Clashes erupted after the procession for the boy, who opposition groups say
died from respiratory problems triggered by heavy tear gas. [Credit : Hasan
Jamali/AP] Good mornin’ here’s your linkage… West Asia style: Manama: Sheikh
Continue reading
Bird flu kills four people in Cambodia in last two weeks
Avian influenza H5N1 virus killed two more children on Monday, bringing the
death toll to four and the number of cases to five in 2013, health
officials confirmed Tuesday.
Dr. Denis Laurent, deputy director of Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital,
which is the kingdom’s largest pediatric hospital, told Xinhua on Tuesday
that the latest two deaths were a one-year-old girl from Kompong Speu
province’s Kong Pisei district and an eight- year-old girl from Kampot
province’s Toek Chhou district.
He said the two girls died on Monday while receiving medical treatment at
the Kantha Bopha Childr... more »
UN agency warns of new global bird flu threat
The UN food agency on Tuesday warned the world risked a surge in bird flu
outbreaks unless countries strengthen their monitoring against dangerous
animal diseases despite economic hardship.
"The continuing international economic downturn means less money is
available for prevention of H5N1 bird flu and other threats of animal
origin," Juan Lubroth, chief veterinary officer at the Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO), said in a statement.
"Even though everyone knows that prevention is better than cure, I am
worried because in the current climate governments are unable to keep up
... more »
Suicide bomber kills 4 north of Baghdad
A suicide bomber attacked members of an Iraqi-government backed Sunni
militia group on Monday, killing at least four and wounding another 21 as
they collected salaries just north of Baghdad, police and hospital
officials said.
The attack was the seventh suicide bombing in Iraq in one month, indicating
Sunni insurgents are seeking to expand their campaign to stoke tensions
against the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/uk-iraq-violence-idUKBRE91308R20130204
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake MOLUCCA SEA - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 09:33:17 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 06:33:17 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
0.630°N, 126.242°E
Depth
14.7 km (9.1 miles)
Region
MOLUCCA SEA
Distances
126 km (78 miles) W of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz: an anniversary
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz died 85 years ago, on February 4th, 1928. He was
born in Summer 1853, almost 160 years ago, to a wealthy nurseryman who
re-married when Hendrik's mother died. Educated as a protestant, he was a
natural freethinker and his career was fast as he was already the boss of
physics in Leiden at age of 24 (Johan van der Waals was offered the job but
picked Amsterdam).
He has tried to make contributions to hydrodynamics, victims of the war
(these efforts led to no genuinely helpful outcomes), and scientific
bureaucracy but we of course remember him primarily because of... more »
Unemployment in Spain reaches 26% as Riot Police clash with Protestors
Riot police in Spain clashed with protesters over the weekend, angry at
claims that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his party have been receiving
secret payments from a fund set up by big businesses.
With calls for the Mr Rajoy to resign, there are worries this latest
scandal could destabilise markets which have recovered significantly in
recent months.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21319639
French airstrikes target Islamist extremists' depots in northern Mali
France's foreign minister says new French airstrikes are targeting fuel
depots and bases of Islamist extremists in northern Mali.
Laurent Fabius said on French radio Monday that the strikes hit the Kidal
region overnight, near the border with Algeria. It's part of a broader
effort to cut off supplies to radical fighters who had taken over much of
the African country and enforced harsh rules on the population.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/04/french-airstrikes-target-islamist-extremists-depots-in-northern-mali/
North Korea 'preparing for two nuclear tests'
Analysis of recent satellite images has shown new activity on the southern
edge of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, while preparations at a second
tunnel to the west were apparently completed earlier, a South Korean
government source told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper.
The paper quoted a military official as saying, "There is a chance that the
southern tunnel is a decoy, but we are not ruling out that the regime will
conduct nuclear tests simultaneously at both tunnels."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9846447/North-Korea-preparing-for-two-nuclear-tests.html
Damascus' main chemical, biological weapons research center was Target of last week's Israel Attack
The site of the alleged Israeli strike in Syria last week was the country’s
main biological and chemical weapons research center, the New York Times
reported Monday.
Citing "senior US security sources," the newspaper said that the center had
known ties to a North Korean research center of the same kind.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4340644,00.html
'I don't trust Obama': NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre says the White House will not stop at background checks for firearms
National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre says he doesn't trust the
White House on gun control, saying that any reform would only be the
start
of a broader campaign to infringe on gun owner's rights.'
LaPierre appeared on Fox News Sunday to oppose closing a federal
loophole
that allows Americans to buy guns in private transactions without a
background check.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272998/I-dont-trust-Obama-NRA-CEO-Wayne-LaPierre-says-White-House-stop-background-checks-firearms.html#axzz2Jv418n8r
The Tory War Over Gay Marriage
If it wasn't churning up waters polluted by the most bigoted filth the Tory
benches can muster, you could almost sit back, have a nice cup of tea and
watch the Conservative Party tear itself apart over gay - or as I prefer to
call it - equal marriage. It was almost entertaining to read *The Telegraph*'s
forensic job on the havoc it's wreaking upon the party's body politic.
Constituency chairs stepping down and resigning, activists going on strike,
around 180 Tory MPs set to abstain or vote against ... on the surface it
looks like the worst crisis the Tories have faced since Thatcher... more »
Anything to declare? Former head of Iranian central bank caught by customs officers entering Germany with a single cheque worth $70m
A
man caught trying to enter Germany with a cheque worth £44.5 million is
believed to have been Iran's former central bank chief.
According to a German newspaper, customs officers at Duesseldorf Airport
allegedly found the cheque in Tahmasb Mazaheri's luggage on January 21
upon
his arrival from Turkey.
German customs issued a statement on Friday saying a cheque for 300
million
bolivars issued by the Bank of Venezuela was found on an unnamed
59-year-old man.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272795/Tahmasb-Mazaheri-Man-caught-customs-officers-entering-Germany-single-cheque-wor... more »
GSK Swine Flu Shot Sparks Narcolepsy in Emelie Olsson of Sweden
(Reuters) - Emelie Olsson is plagued by hallucinations and nightmares. When
she wakes up, she's often paralyzed, unable to breathe properly or call for
help. During the day she can barely stay awake, and often misses school or
having fun with friends. She is only 14, but at times she has wondered if
her life is worth living.
Emelie is one of around 800 children in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe who
developed narcolepsy, an incurable sleep disorder, after being immunized
with the Pandemrix H1N1 swine flu vaccine made by British drugmaker
GlaxoSmithKline in 2009.
GSK Swine Fl... more »
Two MORE rocket launchers found at gun buyback program in Florida
Two rocket launchers were found among roughly 2,500 weapons exchanged for
cash and tickets in Tampa Bay, Florida, on Saturday adding to the growing
number of rocket launchers found at gun buyback programs in recent weeks.
The two massive firearms were discovered less a week after another rocket
launcher was collected at a gun buyback event in New Jersey and a missile
launcher was collected at a gun buyback event in Seattle.
Two rocket launchers were collected at a gun buyback event in Los Angeles a
month prior.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272992/Two-MORE-rocket-launche... more »
Martin Luther King Jr School: Michael Scott Killed by Basketball Coach after he allegedly 'tried to mug him at gunpoint'
A 70-year-old high school basketball coach is being held by police after he
shot dead a 16-year-old male student and injured another, when they
allegedly tried to mug him outside their Detroit school on Friday night.
Local reports named Michael Scott as the student who was fatally shot while
the name of the coach and the other victim at the Martin Luther King Jr
School shooting haven't been released.
WXYZ Action News said the shooting took place at around 7.30pm on Friday
following a basketball game at the school on East Lafayette Boulevard.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl... more »
Church of Scientology pays $8 million to run 60-second commercial during Super Bowl as viewers mock them on Twitter
‘To the curious, the inquisitive, the seekers of knowledge,’ an unseen
narrator says. ‘To the ones who just want to know about life, about the
universe, about yourself.’
The Church of Scientology ran a 60-second commercial in several major
metropolitan markets including New York and Los Angeles during Super Bowl
XLVII on Sunday causing a stir among viewers.
The ad is similar to Apple's classic 'Think Different' commercial from
1997, Buzzfeed and other media observers noted.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273062/Church-Scientology-pays-8-million-run-60-second-commercial-Sup... more »
Libya & Mali, Good extremists & Bad extremists
*February 4, 2013* (Guardian War Propaganda) - It’s hard to contemplate the
audacity of the Guardian in their feigning concern for the victims of
extremism in Mali as 2 years ago they were cheering on almost identical
extremists in the very same region.
*Image: Libya's "rebels" were in fact Al Qaeda's ** US State Department, United
Nations, and the UK Home Office (page 5, .pdf)-listed terrorist
organization, the** Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) who committed
sweeping atrocities, even exterminating entire cities with little or no
condemnation from the West. Now they fight in Sy... more »
German politicians voice scepticism on aid for Cyprus
A top member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Free Democrat coalition partners
and several opposition lawmakers said on Sunday they would only agree aid
for Cyprus if it tackled money-laundering and implemented structural
reforms.
Cyprus has asked the European Union and International Monetary Fund for a
bailout but resistance is strong in euro zone paymaster Germany.
Cyprus's problems go back to its banks' exposure to crisis-hit Greece and
in Germany much has been made of its status as a popular tax haven for
wealthy Russians.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/03/eurozone-cyprus-... more »
No deal in sight for EU budget: France's Hollande
French President Francois Hollande warned on Sunday that the prospects were
slim of clinching a deal this week on the European Union's next seven-year
budget.
"The negotiations are very difficult. ... We are doing all we can so that
we can reach an accord ... but the conditions are, at this moment, not yet
in place," he told reporters.
He made the comment as EU leaders prepare to meet in Brussels on Thursday
and Friday for a second attempt at finding a deal on the 27-nation bloc's
trillion-euro budget for 2014-20.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/n... more »
South Korea, US begin naval drills amid nuclear tensions
South Korea and the US have begun three days of naval exercises in what is
being seen as a show of force aimed at North Korea.
The scheduled drills, involving a US nuclear submarine, come after North
Korea said it was planning to carry out its third test of a nuclear device.
The US and South Korea have promised "significant consequences" if it goes
ahead with the underground explosion.
The North has criticised the naval drills as "war-mongering".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21318597
George Osborne To Warn Banks On Ring-Fencing
Britain's biggest banks will face "complete separation" if they flout new
rules to ring-fence risky operations from savers' deposits, the Chancellor
will announce today.
The new legislation will give the Government and a new banking watchdog
powers to "electrify the ring-fence" if banks fail to split high street
branch operations from the dealing floor.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047110/george-osborne-to-warn-banks-on-ring-fencing
California Tour Bus Crash: Eight People Dead
At least eight people have been killed after a tour bus collided with two
other vehicles in the mountains of southern California.
Another 38 people were taken to hospital with injuries after the crash
about 80 miles east of Los Angeles near the town of Forest Falls,
California Highway Patrol spokesman Mario Lopez said.
The bus driver reported having brake problems as the vehicle came down the
mountain on State Route 38, Mr Lopez said.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047140/california-tour-bus-crash-eight-people-dead
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake CRETE, GREECE - 4th February 2013
Magnitude mb 4.7
Region CRETE, GREECE
Date time 2013-02-04 07:56:53.0 UTC
Location 34.73 N ; 24.15 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 63 km SW Ayía galíni
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake LUZON, PHILIPPINES - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 07:16:09 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 03:16:09 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
16.222°N, 120.579°E
Depth
54.9 km (34.1 miles)
Region
LUZON, PHILIPPINES
Distances
7 km (4 miles) N of Labayug, Philippines
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake OAXACA, MEXICO - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.0
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 05:39:06 UTC
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 11:39:06 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
16.883°N, 96.751°W
Depth
35 km (21.7 miles)
Region
OAXACA, MEXICO
Distances
3 km (1 miles) ENE of Zimatlan de Alvarez, Mexico
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.3
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 05:10:32 UTC
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 11:10:32 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
15.319°N, 94.031°W
Depth
72.8 km (45.2 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
Distances
80 km (49 miles) SSW of Paredon, Mexico
Rule of Law 18: Damaso and Carlos Celdran Conviction
Private property, property rights and their protection are the cornerstone
of a free and economically dynamic society. If trust and sanctity of
private property is assured, people can conduct businesses easily and
peacefully. And the economy can grow rather fast as sources of economic
instability are reduced if not eliminated.
If, however, other people can say, “his car is also my car; his house is
also our house” and comes to use other people’s car by force, or enter
other people’s house by force and take away anything that he likes, then
society can easily degenerate into chaos ... more »
why FREE PLANET will never happen
"Quite a bold statement, that, Mike," why will FREE PLANET never happen?
Why do you care?
No, seriously, this is a question to you as one of the seven billion
individuals inhabiting this near-ruined home world, "Do you even care?"
So, erm, *embarrassing outburst moment* happened, "Like, what's your point,
Mike?" and why are you speaking to yourself in this public fashion?
FREE PLANET, the novel - the answers are all in there.
"Really, so this post is just another cynical pre-publishing marketing
exercise for a book that no one'll want to read?" a post-Hertzan Chimerabook, a dulled ... more »
HONEY TRAP; DENIS DONALDSON; KINCORA; MOSSAD; CIA...
*In Long Kesh prison, Northern Ireland, in the 70's, four I.R.A. men, from
left: Tomboy Loudon, Gerard Rooney, Denis Donaldson and Bobby Sands*.
www.nytimes.com
In 2005, it was revealed that Denis Donaldson was working for the British
security service MI5.
According to the Sunday World, 3 February 2013:
*Donaldson was recruited by MI5 in the mid-1980s as the result of a 'honey
trap'.*
Denis Donaldson was an important figure in the IRA.
[image: Belfast Football Boys]
*Belfast. By DanUneken*
Donaldson joined the IRA in the mid-1960s while still in his teens.
He represented Sinn Fé... more »
Municipal Waste Conversion to Diesel
I do not have the material on the originator but they obviously have a
deliverable. We also get no idea of the process energetics or catalyst
efficiencies. However the simple achievement on its own is extremely
promising. This result can be also produced by high pressure reforming, or
close enough.
If it can be done well enough and cheap enough then this is certainly
important. Partial reforming could isolate the non organics, hopefully
eliminate organic acids in the tar and convert a serious portion into fuel
that as stated can then be polished to commercial standards.... more »
Phobos Artificial Claims European Space Agency
A bit of nonsense in terms of interpretation, yet this cleanly polices up
the observational data to a high quality. The original work came out over
fifty years ago and has now been thoroughly confirmed. The only thing
missing is interpretive imagination.
To that end, the moon conforms nicely to an asteroid moved from the
asteroid belt to low Mars orbit through the expedience of ejecting internal
mass out through the apparent nozzle at the end. We could do this. The
asteroid is now hollow and an ideal location for a spinning space habitat
holding a huge potential populati... more »
Nature's Death Formula
I find it curious that nature actually chooses to adhere to this formula
by enhancing elephant cell efficiency. There is no obvious reason to even
do this. This is a subtle question but possibly an important question.
What is plain is that the three quarter power rules prevails for life as
we know it or at least for two standard deviations.
Since we are now managing to reverse aging or at least to slow or even
halt it, it will be interesting to observe the effect on this rule. Real
reversal may run into something more subtle.
*Nature Has A Formula That Tells Us When It... more »
Allah Keeps His Promises: Jerusalem Belongs to Israel
I am somewhat taken aback by this article inasmuch as I have never
understood the deep roots of the Christian Judaic prophetic strain in Islam
itself. That the instructions received by Mohammed and reported in the
Koran were also willfully altered in the name of political expedience is
well understood by a careful study of the text. Thus we are left with the
picture of a true prophet arising unprepared to his task and receiving true
instruction that he too weak to handle.
The word traditionally used is prophet, but a correct phrase would be a
Spiritual Adept able to succe... more »
February 3, 1973
The president meets with Chuck Colson in the Oval Office.
Nixon brings up Watergate to make two points. The first is about Judge
Sirica, whose behavior confuses Nixon -- although Colson has a useful
suggestion:
--
President Nixon: Let me spend a minute on the Watergate and so forth. What
the hell is the strategy going to be here now? We don't -- we just have to
-- all we are doing is just sort of letting them, you, here is the judge,
and saying this...his Goddamn conduct is shocking. As a judge.
Colson: Is it?
President Nixon: [...] What is he buying for? Is he young enough to loo... more »
"I am a soldier." (NEW POST BELOW)
I am a soldier. I know what war looks like, what it sounds like, smells
like, what it feels like in my soul. I stand today in the twilight of my
nation’s grace, looking into the
darkness of impending war.
My sleep is troubled, knowing what awaits, yet the ignorant and the ‘true
believers’ sleep easily in their delusions, and I am saddened by it.
Daily, I see the Blackhawk and Apache helicopters flying over my city, the
military vehicles which appear so frequently now on our roads, often with
‘guns up’ in violation of Posse Comitatus, and I know why they prepare,
that it is not far o... more »
Miserable childhood leads to heart risk in shortly life
*According to research suggests Emotional behavior in childhood may be
connected with heart disease in middle age, particularly in women.* The
researchers also looked at optimistic emotional factors such as having a
good attention span and found this was linked with better cardiovascular
health, though to a lesser degree. Conversely children who were better at
paying attention and staying listening carefully had reduced heart risk
when older.
A study found being prone to distress at the age of seven was connected
with a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease in later... more »
America's Top Sniper Chris Kyle 'Shot Dead By PTSD Veteran'
America's 'most lethal sniper' was killed on a shooting range by a former
soldier he was trying to help recover from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,
police have said.
Chris Kyle, a former Navy Seal, was shot dead at the site in Texas - where
he had taken the Iraq war veteran and another friend to try to aid his
recovery.
The man is alleged to have turned his gun on both Mr Kyle, 38, and his
friend, Chad Littlefield, 35, shooting them both dead.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047038/americas-top-sniper-shot-dead-by-ptsd-veteran
U.S., allies warn North Korea against 'provocative' moves
(CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean and
Japanese counterparts warned North Korea against any "provocative" moves
Sunday ahead of a possible new nuclear bomb test by Pyongyang.
In a round of calls Sunday, Kerry, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida
and South Korea's Kim Sung-hwan all agreed the North must understand "that
it will face significant consequences from the international community if
it continues its provocative behavior," according to a summary of the calls
from the U.S. State Department.
Earlier Sunday, North Korea announced that its lead... more »
EU Prepares Support to Border Management in Libya
The Council of the European Union recently approved the crisis management
concept for a common Security and defence policy mission to support
capacity building for border management in Libya.
European experts are primarily to support Libyan authorities in developing
capacity for enhancing border security in the short term. Secondly they
will assist in developing a sustainable Integrated Border Management
concept and strategy, including necessary structures, in line with the
priorities agreed with the Libyan authorities.
This will be achieved in a gradually expanding and phased appro... more »
Think the financial transaction tax is really an EU tax? Think again.
As the European Union struggles to come up with a budget and its member
states appear incapable of coming to any sort of an agreement, the
introduction of a financial transaction tax to help finance the EU budget
might seem like a welcome idea to some. A welcome idea, that is, if the tax
were truly an EU tax, which unfortunately is not the case.
On October 23, 2012, the European Commission published a proposal
authorizing ten EU member states (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal,
Greece, among others) to implement a financial transaction tax (FTT) by way
of enhanced cooperation ... more »
Anger as EU votes to hand hundreds of millions in subsidies to European tobacco farmers
Plans
to give hundreds of millions of pounds in subsidies to European
tobacco farmers have been criticised by anti-smoking campaigners.
The tobacco growers could get the extra cash as soon as next year after
members of the European Parliament voted to make changes which would
allow
member states to decide which crops receive European Union farming
subsidies.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272742/Anger-EU-votes-hand-hundreds-millions-subsidies-European-tobacco-farmers.html#axzz2Ju41D2IQ
Tinker, Sailor, Soldier, Spy … Jeffrey Delisle and the real betrayal of Canada
Tinker, Sailor, Soldier, Spy … Below: H.A.R. “Kim” Philby; Philby honored
on a Soviet stamp; Sub-Lieut. Jeffrey Delisle. Nowadays, Harold Adrian
Russell “Kim” Philby’s betrayal of British and American military secrets to
the beavering Bolsheviks of the Soviet security apparatus seems almost
quaint. But that’s only because even with their nuclear arsenal the
Soviets’ Russian ... more »
Connecting the OPPT Dots: More Evidence that the Off-ledger Global Accounts Are Real
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*Connecting the OPPT Dots: More Evidence that the Off-ledger Global
Accounts Are Real*
by Paula
• • •
Gotta ask: what is the nature of the fraudulent activity that major banks
have undertaken?
As best I can tell, national and international banks, like the governments
reporting to them, follow a business model that leans entirely on enormous
off-ledger accounts backed by undisclosed gold holdings. All banking
transactions are fully backed by gold, secured in a series of public trusts
that were originally intended to be payable to each person on earth. Bank
prin... more »
Lindsay Sandiford execution could happen 'in weeks' after Indonesia signals it will resume carrying out death sentences
Condemned
British drug smuggler Lindsay Sandiford could be executed within
weeks after Indonesia signalled its intention to resume state
executions.
No one has been put to death in the country since 2008, and because of
this
at least 12 death row inmates believed they had avoided execution.
However, attorney general Basrief Arief has announced that death
sentences
will be carried out again soon.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273052/Cocaine-gran-Lindsay-Sandiford-execution-happen-weeks-Indonesia-signals-resume-carrying-death-sentences.html#axzz2Ju41D2IQ
Sixteen of Europe's most wanted criminals are on the run in the UK
Suspected of sickening crimes including murder, kidnapping and rape, these
are the faces of the most wanted foreign criminals in the UK.
The 16 fugitives have fled their own countries in a desperate bid to escape
the law - and are now lying low in Britain.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272977/Catch-men-Sixteen-Europes-wanted-criminals-run-UK.html#axzz2Ju41D2IQ
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake CROATIA - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 04:29:46 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 05:29:46 AM at epicenter
Location
43.681°N, 16.390°E
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Region
CROATIA
Distances
19 km (12 miles) NNW (341°) from Split, Croatia
Was Iran really responsible for Lockerbie bombing? French spy expert claims that CIA and FBI know but have covered the information up
The CIA has allegedly always known that Iran and not Libya was behind the
deadly 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which came down over Lockerbie,
Scotland causing the deaths of 270 people.
Ignored for almost 25-years as an unverified conspiracy theory, the
respected New York Times journalist and Middle-East expert Robert Worth
claims in a recent piece that a former CIA operative confirmed to him an
Iranian role in the December bombing.
The controversial claim that 'the best intelligence' on the Lockerbie
bombing leads to Iran, rewrites a quarter of a century of accepted history
th... more »
Migrants handed £1million a week for children back home as thousands of British families are stripped of THEIR child benefit
Britain is giving EU immigrants £1million a week in handouts for
children
who live abroad.
The payments include child benefit – which was stripped from more than
one
million British families last month.
The bill is likely to rise still further when Romanians and Bulgarians
get
free access to the UK jobs market on January 1.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273002/Migrants-handed-1m-week-children-home-thousands-British-families-stripped-THEIR-child-benefit.html#axzz2Ju41D2IQ
Cyprus EU Bailout: Small island, big problem: how Cyprus troubles the euro zone
Just when European leaders thought they were getting to grips with three
years of economic turmoil, along came Cyprus, a seemingly small problem but
one that cannot be ignored.
While the Cypriot economy may be worth only 18 billion euros, making it the
third smallest in the euro zone, the problems it poses are among the most
complex Europe has faced, combining elements of Greece, Spain and Ireland.
The latest estimates from analysts are that the country needs 17.5 billion
euros to get back on its feet, including 10 billion for its fractured
banking sector and up to 7.5 billion for g... more »
Had Enough Of Mali? Try Guinea-Bissau
Guinea Bissau is bigger than The Gambia
That the Tuaregs of Mali (as well as Niger and Mauritania) hold hundreds of
thousands of Bella and other black Africans in slavery is certainly not
enough to motivate any kind of intervention from France, Britain, NATO or
anyone else. Even when the Tuaregs had captured, in quick succession,
Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu-- along with two-thirds of Mali-- it wasn't until
international Islamist groups with a jihadist agenda and murky ties to
al-Qaeda, that the West intervened. Mali has no oil but it isn't that far
from oil-rich, Muslim-roiled Nigeria. O... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)
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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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Three bodies found at Mexico Pemex blast site, toll reaches 36
Mexican rescue workers found three more bodies over the weekend amid the
rubble of a deadly blast that tore through state oil firm Pemex's main
office complex, the government said, as search efforts appeared to near a
close.
The death toll from Thursday's explosion stands at 36, Pemex said via
Twitter. Rescue workers had been digging through the last sections of the
building's basement and could soon call off their search. One person was
reported still missing.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/us-mexico-pemex-idUSBRE91304120130204
Opposition attacks German minister's energy plans
The head of Germany's opposition Social Democrats (SPD) criticized
government plans to cap power price rises for consumers but signaled on
Saturday he was open to talks.
Conservative environment minister Peter Altmaier last week outlined
proposals to spread the cost of Germany's switch to renewables away from
nuclear power between households and industry before September's election.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-germany-energy-prices-idUKBRE91109A20130202
Romanian influx? We're already here says envoy (AND we built the Olympic village)
Romanians have by-passed immigration controls to work in the UK and played
a vital role in staging London 2012, according to the country’s ambassador.
In a provocative intervention yesterday, Dr Ion Jinga said it was thanks to
his countrymen that the Olympic Stadium was built.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273014/Romanian-influx-Were-says-envoy-AND-built-Olympic-village.html#axzz2Ju41D2IQ
Spanish corruption scandal further dents support for Rajoy government
Spain's opposition Socialist Party called yesterday for the resignation of
the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, over a corruption scandal as a poll
showed the lowest support on record for his centre-right People's Party
(PP).
Media reports over the past two weeks have alleged that at least a dozen
senior PP officials, including Mr Rajoy, received payments from a slush
fund operated by its former treasurer. Mr Rajoy denies wrongdoing, but the
scandal has provoked fury among Spaniards already disenchanted by deep
recession and high unemployment.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/... more »
French jets bomb northern Mali
French warplanes have carried out air strikes in Mali's far north as they
try to secure the final rebel stronghold of Kidal after a three-week
offensive.
Thirty jets targeted Islamist militants' training and communication centres
around Tessalit - a mountainous area near the Algerian border.
French President Francois Hollande has pledged to help rebuild Mali after
the rebels who seized its north are beaten.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21314779
What If.....
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2013/02/what-if.html
SUNDAY, 3 FEBRUARY 2013
*What If.....*
*
* *What If......*
There was a new financial system
...... that left the same banks in charge of your money?
*What if*
There was total debt forgiveness- both national and personal
...... but you still had to pay rent, buy food & gas & necessities and to
pay bills?
*What if*
There were Prosperity Packages for those who signed up for them
..... but only for those that knew about it in advance?
*What if*
There was a new government
..... but it was made up of the same ol' politicia... more »
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake KYUSHU, JAPAN - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 04:00:54 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 01:00:54 PM at epicenter
Location
30.334°N, 130.995°E
Depth
54.3 km (33.7 miles)
Region
KYUSHU, JAPAN
Distances
147 km (91 miles) SSE (163°) from Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan
Nuclear storage clean-up bill could cost £70bn
Britain is storing an "extraordinary accumulation of hazardous nuclear
waste" in "outdated facilities" which will cost nearly £70bn to clean up,
MPs have warned the Government.
Almost all of the major nuclear-decommissioning projects at the Sellafield
complex in Cumbria are behind schedule and many of them are over-budget
according to a Parliamentary inquiry into Britain’s “failing”
nuclear-reprocessing industry.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nuclear-storage-cleanup-bill-could-cost-70bn-8479145.html
For South Koreans, a familiar tone from Pyongyang
As a child, Lee Yoon Jung used to hide underground with her classmates when
the sirens rang at her school. The emergency drills were held in case of a
North Korean attack.
Lee, now 46, has children of her own, who do not have such exercises at
their schools in Ulsan, South Korea.
It represents the attitude shift over recent decades of tension between the
two Koreas. South Koreans have become accustomed to living next to their
northern neighbor, which often releases bellicose statements and calls it a
"group of puppet traitors."
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/03/world/asia/south-ko... more »
‘SNC knows Syrian government will not be defeated on the military battlefield’
Hopes for progress in Syria were raised after Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov met
with the leader of the main opposition group. But peace is impossible while
other governments are influencing the conflict, political analyst Marcus
Papadopoulos told RT.
While addressing the Munich Security Conference Lavrov explained that
despite the worsening situation in the region, peace is still within reach
and the war in Syria “could be over if all sides stuck honestly and loyally
to the principles of the June 30 Geneva conference.”
On the sidelines of the conference, Lavrov met for the first time wi... more »
Oil spill near Tairua, New Zealand
An oil spill and a two minor crashes have kept emergency services busy
around the Waikato this morning.
Motorists are being urged to drive with care following an oil spill
stretching over two kilometres of road near Tairua.
Northern fire communications shift manager Jaron Phillips said the fire
service was advised of the oil spill just after 8am.
"The oil or diesel spills stretches over two kilometres of road from
Opoutere School north," he said.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8259545/Oil-spill-near-Tairua
Strong quake strikes Hokkaido, hurting 10
A powerful earthquake struck Hokkaido late Saturday, injuring more than 10
people and leaving about 700 homes without power.
The quake occurred at 11:17 p.m. and measured upper 5 on the Japanese
seismic intensity scale of 7 in the cities of Kushiro and Nemuro, the Japan
Meteorological Agency said.
The focus of the quake, which had an estimated magnitude of 6.4, was about
120 kilometers deep in Hokkaido's Tokachi region, the agency said.
The temblor had no impact on the Tomari nuclear plant in Hokkaido or the
Higashidori nuclear plant in Aomori Prefecture, operators said. Both plants... more »
Freddy Martin 'Thrown Off Five-Storey Building'
A nine-year-old New York City boy is fighting for his life after he was
allegedly thrown off the roof of a five-storey building by his teenage
neighbour.
Police say Casmine Aska, 17, dragged the young boy out of his Bronx
apartment and up the stairs before hurling him off the top of the building.
Neighbours who discovered the victim lying on the pavement identified him
as Freddy Martin, the New York Daily News reported.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047018/bronx-boy-thrown-off-five-storey-building
Assad: Syria Can Confront Israeli Aggression
President Bashar al Assad has accused Israel of trying to destabilise Syria
after an air strike on a military research base near Damascus last week.
The comments by Mr Assad are the first since the attack on Wednesday that
US officials say was targeting a convoy of anti-aircraft weapons inside
Syria bound for Hizbollah.
http://news.sky.com/story/1046916/assad-syria-can-confront-israeli-aggression
£1m A Week Spent On 'Absurd' Child Benefits
Tens of thousands of children who live abroad but receive benefits claimed
by immigrant families in Britain are costing British taxpayers more than
£1m a week, campaigners claim.
The research by Migration Watch UK comes after the Government admitted just
under 30,000 families are claiming benefits and tax credit for 50,000
children who live outside the UK but within the European Union (EU), as
well as Iceland and Norway.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047093/1m-a-week-spent-on-absurd-child-benefits
Undercover Police 'Stole' Dead Children's IDs
Undercover police officers working for the Metropolitan Police assumed the
identities of dead children and were issued fake passports in their names,
it has been claimed.
Britain's largest police force allegedly carried out the practice for three
decades without consulting or informing the children's parents.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047065/undercover-police-stole-dead-childrens-ids
Most-Wanted Foreign Criminals Hiding In UK
A most-wanted list of high-risk foreign criminals believed to be hiding in
Britain - including three suspected murderers and an accused rapist - has
been released.
The list of 17 criminals wanted by authorities in other European countries
who are thought to be in the UK has been unveiled by Scotland Yard and
Crimestoppers.
It is the third Operation Sunfire campaign and includes the search for
32-year-old Dritan Rexhepi, who is wanted over a double murder in Albania
and has links to London, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047084/most-wanted-foreign-crim... more »
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.6
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 03:49:27 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 12:49:27 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
4.971°S, 133.910°E
Depth
21.8 km (13.5 miles)
Region
NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances
94 km (58 miles) NNW of Dobo, Indonesia
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake BANDA SEA - 4th February 2013
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 01:20:21 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 10:20:21 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
5.547°S, 130.837°E
Depth
58.7 km (36.5 miles)
Region
BANDA SEA
Distances
212 km (131 miles) W of Tual, Indonesia
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION - 3rd February 2013
Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 23:04:18 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 08:04:18 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
29.330°N, 141.802°E
Depth
48.8 km (30.3 miles)
Region
IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances
252 km (156 miles) N of Chichi-shima, Japan
5.3 Magnitude Earthquake IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION - 3rd February 2013
Magnitude
5.3
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 22:56:11 UTC
Monday, February 04, 2013 at 07:56:11 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
29.312°N, 142.014°E
Depth
34.8 km (21.6 miles)
Region
IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances
247 km (153 miles) N of Chichi-shima, Japan
First Nation Rail Blockade at Uranium Plant Feb 3, 2013
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TORONTO LIVE TODAY, FEB. 3, 2013...#IDLENOMORE "We holding up the train
at Dufferin and Landsdown. Cops getting antsy. Courtesy photo.
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Toronto
Star article removed from Google on Sunday
At 9:30 pm MT, Google News states that the Toronto Star article that
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE - 3rd February 2013
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 20:54:43 UTC
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 05:54:43 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
32.377°S, 71.598°W
Depth
37.9 km (23.6 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
Distances
35 km (21 miles) WNW of La Ligua, Chile
Rebels: A Journey Underground #1 - Society's Shadow
A quote from the documentary "Rebels: A Journey Underground #1 - Society's
Shadow":
"History is shaped by dissent. Civilization harbors rebels. Those who
struggle for possession of the future against conformist authority. Taboos
are broken. Forbidden knowledge is received. The fringes of society give us
visionaries. Rebels reject censorship and they open doors to new
perception."
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: Jason Hoehn]:
From Bohemia and 19th century European romanticism, this film looks back
through history to uncover the beginning of "new vision" thinking in
Western ci... more »
Tiernos y sinpaticos gatitos en la canasta del jardín
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El hada de las aves - Hermosa creación
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Fantásticas flores acompañadas de unos bellos animales
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Jonathan Kay to the rescue of patriarchy!!!
*Shorter* Jonathan Kay: women lie, women are murderous, women make men do
evil things.
And so, to protect society from homicidal women, he opines that CPC
politicians should pass a law that would give government "oversight' in
determining a specific gestational minute when an abortion is no longer a
therapeutic medical intervention, but a CRIME.
Never mind that in Canada for the last 25 years, the public health care
system has efficiently regulated the termination of unwanted or
life-threatening pregnancies by applying medical protocols, procedures and
restrictions.
*Patriarchy ... more »
Libélula sobre las flores buscando su comida
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Albert Woodfox: Freedom After 40 Years in Solitary? by Katti Gray, The Root
*(Herman Wallace, left, with Albert Woodfox, right.)*
*Albert Woodfox: Freedom After 40 Years in Solitary?*
*--Supporters of one of the Angola 3 tell The Root why he might be released
this time.*
*(The first of two parts)*
*by Katti Gray *
*(This article was originally published by The Root on January 29, 2013,
and is being reprinted here by Angola 3 News with permission from the
author. Special thanks to Katti Gray, whose articles for The Root are
archived here.)*
*
* **After four decades of solitary confinement in the nation's most
populated maximum-security prison -- and one of its... more »
New Democrats Have The Best And Only Viable Policy Solution For The Corrupt, Undemocratic (Lib & Con Perpetuated) Canadian Senate
* Abolish the gawdamned thing!!*
* **#PeopleAreFedUpWithRightWingCrap *
Hermoso paisaje nevado con árboles y lagos
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Refrescantes helados de sabores acompañados de frutas frescas
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North Korea may actually be planning two nuclear weapons tests, not just one
North Korea has virtually finished preparations for nuclear tests in two
tunnels at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Hamgyong Province,
observers believe.
A South Korean government source said analysis of satellite images showed
brisk activity of support vehicles and personnel at a tunnel on the
southern side of the test site, and on Saturday the area was cleaned and
personnel left.
Intelligence agencies suspect that this means a nuclear test is imminent.
Preparations at a tunnel on the western side of the site were apparently
completed earlier.
The government here is n... more »
Mágico unicornio trotando bajo un cielo con relámpagos
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The NYT obituary department has further thoughts about Mayor Ed
*Joe Cutbirth identifies himself on his Twitter page as "Texas expat,
journalism professor, Longhorn fan and Democrat."*
*"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him;
The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interred with their bones,
So let it be with Caesar. . . ."*
*-- Shakespeare's Mark Antony, in Julius Caesar*
*by Ken*
It must be a number of years now -- even though it feels "recent" -- that I
reread *Julius Caesar*, having maybe seen a production or film or two along
the way but not read the thing since high school --... more »
Mini Drones: Army Deploys Tiny Helicopters (Which of course will never be abused)
British troops are using a nano drone just 10cm long and weighing 16 grams
on the front line in Afghanistan to provide vital information on the ground.
They are the first to use the state-of-the-art handheld tiny surveillance
helicopters, which relay reliable full motion video and still images back
to the devices' handlers in the battlefield.
The Black Hornet Nano Unmanned Air Vehicle is the size of a child's toy,
measuring just 10cm (4 ins) by 2.5cm (1 inch), and is equipped with a tiny
camera.
http://news.sky.com/story/1047004/mini-drones-army-deploys-tiny-helicopters
SUMMER SNIPPETS: ‘Race and Culture,’ by Thomas Sowell
More snippets from my summer reading, this time from Thomas Sowell’s 1994
classic, *Race and Culture: A World View.*
“The effectiveness of particular cultures for particular things can be of
the highest importance. Much—perhaps most—of human history cannot be
understood without understanding such things as the conquest of ancient
Britain by the Roman legions against a vastly larger military force, simply
because the legions were a militarily superior organisation from a more
advanced society. It is not necessary to claim that a particular people or
a particular culture is superi... more »
Dachen Island Evacuation Video
A friend passed me this link. From Wiki:
Until 1955, the Dachen (Tachen) Islands were part of the Republic of China
(ROC), the government of which has been based in Taiwan since the
conclusion of the Chinese Civil War. As the People's Liberation Army
advanced through Fujian Province in the late 1940s, the U.S.-supported
Nationalist forces under Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintang, retreated to China's
offshore Islands. On January 20, 1955, the PLA conquest of Yijiangshan led
to the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. The Formosa Resolution of 1955 passed in
Congress nine days later in the United... more »
Talks Between America And Iran: There Are No Downsides
An excerpt from, *"US can talk to Iran, says Joe Biden"* by Conal Urquhart
and agencies:
The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran amid the
standoff over its nuclear ambitions, the US vice-president, Joe Biden, has
said.
Speaking at the Munich security conference on Saturday, Biden said: "There
is still time, there is still space for diplomacy backed by pressure to
succeed."
He insisted that "the ball is in the government of Iran's court" to show
that it is negotiating in good faith.
Asked when Washington would hold direct talks with Tehran, Biden replied:
... more »
SCRAP THE MAP!
Scrap the Map
- MEDIA ADVISORY
National Day of Action to Support Seattle MAP Test Boycott
“We demand quality assessment!”
Wear Red on Wed for Ed! Scrap the MAP!
*
***Join the event on Facebook!**
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*Supporters will hold meetings, press conferences, rallies, take photos,
and wear red to show support*
Contact: scrapthemap@yahoo.com
For more info, visit:
http://scrapthemap.wordpress.com/
*What*: Educators, Students, Parents and supporters of Public Education
nation-wide will take action in support of Garfield High School teachers
and all teachers in Seattl... more »
Good guys with guns die too
This is tragic. This man was the living illustration for the imagined good
guy with a gun, killing the bad guy with the gun scenario of the anti-reg
crowd. He survived multiple tours in Iraq. He served our country by
shooting the enemy -- one by one. Yesterday, he died at least partly by his
own country's lax gun regulations.
Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL known "as 'the most lethal sniper in U.S.
military history,' with 160 confirmed kills" was murdered by a shooter at a
gun range in Texas. They have the shooter in custody:
Investigators said Routh, a former Marine and expert mar... more »
Stop Imperialism – Episode 57
Syria, Mali, Russia, the Americas, and more. *
*
*February 4, 2013* (StopImperialism.com)
In this episode:
*1. Syria
*[image: syria_80]Assad: We regained the upper hand
German Patriot batteries become operational in Turkey
Lavrov urges foreign officials not to misinterpret Russia’s stand on Syria
Syria under Al Qaeda attack – King Abdullah
‘Terrorists only a small part of Syrian rebellion’ – Opposition VP
Syria militants possess chemical arms: Video
Israel Syria strike: Chemical weapons transfer could bring Israeli military
attack, official warns
Scores of bodies found in Syria, acti... more »
D-FOX: Please contact us if you can read this
To D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at
thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
How Fast Is The GOP Running Down The Road To Extinction?
I suspect most regular readers of this blog care more how much collateral
damage the Republican Party will cause to normal Americans and to our
country in the process than how soon they'll go the way of The Whigs... and
the Dodo bird. In the video above, for example, Rachel Maddow and Chris
Hayes discuss how the rest of the world, cognizant of how dysfunctional
Republicans have now become that, U.S. international commitments are now
looked at askance. Hillary Clinton, on her last day in office, referred to
these Republicans and their supporters in the right-wing propaganda machine... more »
"It’s The Stupid Economy, Stupid"
*"It’s The Stupid Economy, Stupid"*
by Michael Kindt
"As I get older, I change, but the economy doesn’t. It’s obvious, but not
completely—aging, I mean. Some things are given: I can’t drink like I used
to. I actually NEED to sleep. When I was in my 20s, I’d get three hours and
be good to go. Sure, I’d be grouchy, but I wouldn’t be physically
compromised like now. I have gray in my beard. My manhood still functions,
but sticking it everywhere now strikes me as a bad idea. And I have passed
the point where bad movies aren’t amusing. They’re just bad movies and my
time is more ... more »
Satire: "Gun Sales Soar on Photo of Armed Obama"
*"Gun Sales Soar on Photo of Armed Obama"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "The White House’s attempt to portray
President Obama as a gun user may have had unintended consequences today,
as a newly released photo of Mr. Obama firing a rifle at Camp David set off
a panic of gun buying across the US. Right-wing opponents of Mr. Obama were
behind the frenzied gun sales, saying that they were terrified by the image
of an armed and shooting President. “I don’t want to sound paranoid or
anything, but now everything Obama has been doing makes sense,” said
Harland ... more »
Turkey's FM confirms Damscus hit & Israel confirms it is destabilizing Syria
Well here it is folks! *You want to know the location Israel really struck
in Syria?!*
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu gives it away right here, though
inadvertently!
*And I quote...*..
"Why didn't [Bashar] al-Assad even throw a pebble *when Israeli jets were
flying over his palace* and playing with the dignity of his country?"
If the Israeli jets were flying over or near the Presidential palace then
the hit was definitely in Damascus on the Research centre as Syria has
claimed from the get go!
Oh, I am changing part of my earlier comment regarding this strike, made... more »
“It Is What It Isn’t: How Thoughts Create Reality”
*“It Is What It Isn’t: How Thoughts Create Reality”*
by Pam Grout
“Our brains continually sift through the possibilities and pick which bits
of information to “see” and believe. Out of sheer laziness, the stuff we
choose to perceive—and make no mistake... it is a choice—is stuff we
already know. It’s stuff we decided on way back when. We see, feel, taste,
touch, and smell not the real world, but a drastically condensed version of
the world, a version that our brains literally concoct. The rest zooms by
without recognition. John Maunsell, a neuroscientist at Harvard University,... more »
"A Logical Explanation..."
"There is a logical explanation for everything,
often mistaken for the reason it happened."
- Robert Brault
●
And then, of course, there's another minefield entirely... lol
Sunday Question for Liberals
A sort of follow-up to the question for conservatives...I think I've asked
this one before, but not for a while. Do you hope for the GOP to become
crazier, so that Democrats have a better chance of winning elections -- or
less crazy, so that when Republicans win they'll govern better?
Heath (GA-ALEC) - Practices Run & Hide
An ALEC member
doing
what members of the American Legislative Exchange Council do best when they
are caught- run and hide!!!!
*Two minutes of your time and you will smile!!!!*
Should companies tie health insurance premiums to employee’s health?
Marketwatch.com is reporting that, when employees sign up for some
company-provided health insurance plans, physically fit workers are charged
less, fatties more.
... as companies struggle to curb rising health-care costs, they are
increasingly pointing a finger at workers’ ballooning bellies.
Obesity-related health problems account for a big chunk of medical claims,
insurance experts say, leading some executives to believe the best way to
trim their budgets is to get workers to trim their own fat first. ... For
the past few years, companies have experimented with tying health ins... more »
The Economy: "On Borrowed Time"
* "On Borrowed Time"*
by Joel Bowman
"Markets never stand still. So observes Daily Reckoning favorite, Chris
Mayer, in his essay “Ireland On Sale”. But why is this so? Why are markets
always in such a hurry to go somewhere…and to where is it they are so
briskly headed? That’s what investors want to know. Well, most of them,
anyway.
At this very moment in time, the US stock market, as measured by the broad
S&P 500 index, sits at multi-year highs. On the very crest of the wave. Not
since the cowabunga days of late 2007 were stocks this expensive. The
melt-up has been tremendous,... more »
The rehabilitation of a mass murderer
Volograd city council has voted to revert its name back to Stalingrad on 6
commemorative days each year. That's Stalin the man who was responsible for
the deaths of between 10 and 20 million people.
Imagine the horror if Hitler's name was being used in such a way. But for
Stalin or Mao, no problem.
We Need to Make Decisions Based on What Is, Not What Was.
Canada took the hook on the F-35 almost the same day Harper unpacked his
bags at Sussex Drive. That's roughly the same day Harper & Co. began
paving Joint Strike Fighter boulevard with a thick tarmac of lies.
Canada F-35?We were told the Liberals had chosen the F-35. We were told
there had been some competition. We were told we had inked a contract.
We were told Canada had a fixed price. We were told that the price was
about a third of the actual cost. We were told the F-35 was the best
fighter in the world. We were told Canada "needed" the F-35 and nothing
else would d... more »
No Harmon This Post
"1 dead, 2 hurt in Ariz. office shooting" by Jacques Billeaud | Associated
Press, January 31, 2013
PHOENIX — A gunman opened fire at a Phoenix office complex on Wednesday,
killing one person, wounding two others and setting off a manhunt. Police
warned that he was ‘‘armed and dangerous.’’
Authorities identified the suspect as Arthur D. Harmon, who they said
opened fire at the end of a mediation session. According to court
documents, Harmon was scheduled to go to a law office in the same building
where the shooting took place for a settlement conference in lawsuit he
filed against ... more »
You Know That The National Rifle Association Is On The Run When Even Fox News Network Is Attacking Them!
Here is NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre under attack from Chris
Wallace. The NRA is at terrorist organization and should be outlawed.
*#PeopleAreFedUpWithRightWingCrap *
ALEC Was Founded in 1973 by the LOSERS
"They (the American Legislative Exchange Council) have never forgotten that
they were founded by people who couldn't win elections. So they put a lot
of their energy on gaining the electoral process."
"ALEC is about tipping the playing field, about gaming the system, so that
at the end of the day the people who couldn't win elections in the 1960's
and 1970's, and frankly couldn't today, can prevail in an electroal
landscape they have developed."
This video was released in 2012
I have never seen it before - maybe you haven't either.
This is pretty good - worth your time
*Eight mi... more »
Cage dogs of Hong Kong: The tragedy of tens of thousands living in 6ft by 2ft rabbit hutches - in a city with more Louis Vuitton shops than Paris
Hong Kong, one of the world's richest cities, is abuzz with a luxury
property boom that has seen homes exchanged for record sums.
But the wealth of the city has a darker side, with tens of thousands priced
out of housing altogether and forced to live in the most degrading
conditions.
These pictures by British photographer Brian Cassey capture the misery of
people - some estimates put the figure as high as 100,000 - who are forced
to live in cages measuring just 6ft by 2 1/2ft.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084971/Hong-Kongs-cage-homes-Tens-thousands-living-6ft-2ft-rabbi... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
The New York Times this morning reported on a new Karl Rove led initiative
to support better candidates -- that is, to weed out the Todd Akin types.
If you agree that Republicans have a nomination problem...do you think this
likely to make it better, make it worse, or have little effect?
Privatized Prisoners Forced to Poo in Plastic Bags/Buckets
Two weeks ago - I wrote a detailed entry on the failure of privatization of
prisons in Ohio, and specifically the Lake Erie facility. I would strongly
suggest that you read that article if your state is considering privatizing
their prisons.
Today – I found an article on HuffPo that points out more information on
the Ohio Lake Erie prison and that article is also well worth your read.
This is just another documentation of the failure of privatization of
public services pushed by the American Legislative Exchange Council. When
are people going to wake up and stop this insanity?
C... more »
Alabama sheriff: 5-year-old hostage gets chips, toys as standoff enters 6th day
A gunman barricaded in an underground bunker with a 5-year-old hostage is
making the boy "as comfortable as possible," authorities said, as the
standoff in southeastern Alabama entered its sixth day Sunday.
Police have said little about what, if any, demands have been made by the
man who they say killed a school bus driver and grabbed the kindergartener
Tuesday afternoon before holing up in the bunker in Midland City.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/03/us/alabama-child-hostage/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
China cyber attacks on West growing
Allegations that Chinese hackers infiltrated the computers of two leading
U.S. newspapers add to a growing number of cyber attacks on Western
companies, governments and foreign-based dissidents that are believed to
originate in China, experts say.
According to one recent report, one in every three observed computer
attacks in the third quarter of 2012 emanated from China.
Chinese officials have denied that Beijing has supported any cyber attacks,
stressing that hacking is illegal in the country.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/01/tech/china-cyber-attacks/index.html?hpt=hp_c5
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTHERN IRAN - 3rd February 2013
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 17:46:59 UTC
Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 09:16:59 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
27.692°N, 56.497°E
Depth
45.1 km (28.0 miles)
Region
SOUTHERN IRAN
Distances
59 km (36 miles) NNE of Bandar 'Abbas, Iran
Le Comte Ory
The weather predicted a blustery night so a facebook friend said "...trees
down, chance of wind". I heard one cracking just behind the house at
around 5 in the morning and went outside when it was light to investigate.
It was a black walnut, it's branches ghoulishly smothered with lichen.
As long as my feet were wet anyway, I slogged further back into the woods,
past the deer fence, to survey the sad remains of the treehouse following
Sandy. That ash is situated directly on the property line, so it's likely
it was growing at the time of demarcation, around 1770, and allowed to
rema... more »
Video Protect the Sacred Gathering Faith Spotted Eagle 2013
Faith
Spotted Eagle
Published on Jan 30, 2013
Gathering to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects
Brave Heart Society Ihanktonwan
Dakota Oyate Grandmother Faith Spotted Eagle
Yankton Sioux Reservation - January 23 - 25, 2013
Featuring Brave Heart Society Ihanktonwan Dakota Grandmother Faith
Spotted Eagle who provides an overview of the historic Gathering to
Protect the
CANADA BUILDING MORE WARSHIPS
Tamara Lorincz, a Global Network board member from Halifax in Canada, is
leading protests against Canada's huge increase in warship building while
their government makes dramatic cuts in social spending and environmental
programs.
Canada has approached the government of Singapore (and other nations) with
a proposal to establish a Canadian military base there as a “logistics
facility” that would support the US-NATO “Pivot to Asia”. Defence Minister
Peter MacKay has admitted Canada’s “military tempo” is at the highest
levels since the Korean War. Because the US is exhausted from the... more »
One Ad You Won't Be Seeing During Super Bowl and One You Will
Coca Cola and Pepsi weren't happy with the *SodaStream* ad that was to have
run during the Super Bowl broadcast. And now it's gone, pulled.
Volkswagen seems to have fared better. Even our own Globe & Mail
questioned whether the VW ad was perhaps racist. You judge.
VW got taken off the hook by pretty much everybody in Jamaica, including
the Jamaican government. It pointed out something the racism crowd
overlooked - Jamaica has plenty of Caucasians and Asians who speak with the
very same Jamaican accent. Besides they like the ad because it makes them
look happy and positive.
Down's Syndrome and Tritium in Arizona
Yesterday I posted on the politics of the permissible dose for radiation
here
Today, I am going to post more of Capt. Clyde Stagner's research on the
presence and effects of radioactive tritium in Maricopa County due to Palo
Verde Nuclear Plant Emissions:
Jan 21, 2013
Director, Maricopa County Dept. of Public Health
4041 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, Az. 85102
Subject: Tritium in Phoenix & People of Phoenix
Dear Dr. Bob England, MD
Tritium has caused leukemia and congenital aberrations which resulted in
the 2000 closing of an AMERSHAM PLANT in Cardiff, Wales (Ref: Figure
3,”H... more »
Sunday Classics chronicles: Remembering Eugen Jochum (2) -- Haydn and Bruckner, part 2
*The First Day*
*The Fourth Day*
*URIEL*: In full splendor rises now
the sun, streaming:
a wondrous bridegroom,
a giant, proud and happy
to run his path.
With gentle motion and soft shimmer
the moon steals through the silent night.
*Waldemar Kmentt (t), Uriel; Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra,
Eugen Jochum, cond. Philips, recorded July 1966*
*by Ken*
We began this tribute to that wonderful conductor Eugen Jochum (1902-1987) Friday
night with samples of his Haydn and Bruckner. Now it wouldn't be that
difficult to construct a polemical argument to show how much these
co... more »
What If Sun TV Gets on the Public Gravy Train?
What if the CRTC allows *FOX North* Sun TV a reserved seat at the cablevision
banquet table? Does that mean a start-up progressive TV outlet would be
entitled to the same consideration? If you're going to indulge a partisan
agit-prop outlet for the far right, on what basis should the progressive
left be denied the same opportunity?
The CRTC is being asked to politicize basic cable at a moment in which the
country is beset with a hyper-partisan government made worse by a
concentrated, corporate media cartel.
Is it sheer coincidence that the only party with a policy to dismembe... more »
More Mansplaining on Superb Owl Day
After yesterday's Twitter brouhaha, Carolyn Bennett commented at the NatPo
and reproduced it on her blog.
Today on Twitter Mr. Kay asked :"if you can find an incorrect sentence in
my article, identify it. The misleading sentence is "It is perfectly legal
in Canada to have or perform an abortion — for any reason, or no reason at
all — at 20, 25, 30 or 35 weeks gestation". I am totally fed up with
'lawyered' assertions that totally misrepresent the facts. While in Canada,
we do not have a law, we do have very strict professional guidelines. No
physician in Canada can terminate a pregn... more »
Remembering Peter
Here on the coast we're gearing up to fight the Northern Gateway and Kinder
Morgan bitumen pipeline threats. It's pretty obvious that, Conservative,
New Democrat or Liberal, we'll be standing against Ottawa on this.
The Tar Sands are an abomination to Canada and Alberta in particular and a
sad reflection of failed politics, federal and provincial.
The last great politician to come out of Alberta, Peter Lougheed, knew that
everything we're doing with Athabasca bitumen today is simply wrong.
Lougheed did not hesitate to criticize his Conservative successors for
their greed-driven ... more »
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