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Syria: No truth to the Convoy attack saga promoted by Israel & others
Following up on Syria notification at the UN regarding the Israeli attack
* The latest*
Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said in identical letters to Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council dated Jan. 31, and circulated
Thursday, that Israeli aircraft flying at low altitude to avoid radar
headed to the research centre in Jamraya, Rif Dimashq, and bombed it,
killing two employees and injuring five others. They returned by the same
route over an area north of Mount Herman, he said.
Ja'afari warned that the Security Council's failure to condemn "Israel's
grave aggressions ...... more »
Globe Serves Up Chick-Fil-A For Lunch
*I suppose it's better than their cafeteria food.*
"Chick-fil-A-carrying gunman guilty" by Jessica Gresko | Associated
Press, February 07, 2013
WASHINGTON — A Virginia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to wounding a security
guard at the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying
group, a shooting that made headlines in part because the man was carrying
15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches.
Floyd Corkins II, 28, acknowledged in a plea agreement that he *intended to
kill as many people as possible* during the August shooting at the Family
Research Council. He also planned to tar... more »
No Meal in Missouri
"Frail teen found cuffed in basement" by MARIA SUDEKUM | Associated
Press, February 07, 2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities found a frail 17-year-old boy handcuffed to
a pole in his parents’ Kansas City basement, where he said he’d been kept
since his father withdrew him from school in September....
He told police that his father would wake him each day at 4 a.m. to use the
bathroom and give him a packet of dried oatmeal. In the afternoon, he would
again be allowed to use the bathroom and would get a packet of noodles.
Later, he would get two bologna sandwiches and a glass of wat... more »
Chris Hedges Takes a Swipe at the NDAA
[image: You're Invited]
*to join** Michael Moore** for a discussion with NDAA lawsuit
plaintiffs **Chris Hedges, Tangerine Bolen, Daniel Ellsberg,
Alexa O'Brien, **lawsuit counsel* *Bruce Afran & **Carl Mayer,*
*and **Jesslyn Radack & **Thomas Drake*
Moderated by *Matt Sledge* of *The Huffington Post*
&* **Natasha Lennard* of *Salon.com*
5pm-7pm | Wednesday, February 6, 2013
At The Culture Project | 45 Bleecker St New York, NY 10012
Interviews available from 4pm-5pm | Media RSVP Andy@SparrowMedia.net
I was already planning to go yesterday morning to the Federal Appeals Court
in suppor... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : 'Austin Noir' with Musician and Author Jesse Sublett
Musician
and author Jesse Sublett, on right, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer,
in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, February 1, 2013.
Photo by Charlie Martin / KOOP.
Rag Radio podcast:
'Austin Noir' with musician and writer
Jesse Sublett, author of 'Grave Digger Blues'
By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / February 7, 2013
Austin-based musician and author Jesse Sublett was Thorne
Argentina: The Museo del Ovni Reopens
[*INEXPLICATA extends its best wishes and congratulations to Vision Ovni as
it reopens the Museo del Ovni at a new location and under improved
circumstances! – SC*]
*Argentina: The Museo del OVNI Reopens*
*By Andrea Pérez Simondini
6 February 2013*
The Museo del OVNI (UFO museum) of the city of Victoria has reopened at its
birthplace.
New rooms, new items and a spacious auditorium for the benefit of our
visitors form part of the new facilities. All that’s left is for you to
visit us, so you can learn about all the different aspects of the UFO
phenomenon through the rese... more »
Hell must have frozen over...
Today the National Post published a rational, factual "full comment"
regarding Canada's status quo on abortion.
Read Jesse Kline's piece. It's fair, correct, reasonable.
It even has a quote from Ralph Klein which, one might hope, would appease
the Fetus Lobby.
Unlikely.
Abortion — to borrow a phrase from Ralph Klein — is best left as “a matter
between a woman, her doctor and her God.”
The shriEEEking: But what about the gawdless sluuuts?!?! has begun.
The knuckle-draggers have emerged in full force in the comments. These are
the folks who share Jonathan Kay's view on the role of ... more »
Eyewitness identification is notoriously unreliable and calls for considerable caution
R. v. Jack, 2013 ONCA 80 is a strong case released today on the frailties
of eyewitness identification evidence:
[13] The dangers inherent in eyewitness identification evidence and
the risk of a miscarriage of justice through wrongful conviction have been
the subject of much comment: see for example *R. v. Goran*, 2008 ONCA 195,
234 O.A.C. 283, at para. 19. Such evidence, being notoriously unreliable,
calls for considerable caution by a trier of fact: *R. v. Nikolovski*,
[1996] 3 S.C.R. 1197, at pp. 1209-10;*R. v. Bardales*, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 461,
pp. at 461-62; *R. v. Burke*,... more »
#Brazman doneth
Wow. Didn't see that coming.
Senator Patrick Brazeau has been removed from the Conservative Party's
caucus, while sources tell CBC News that he is in a police jail in
Gatineau, Que., following an alleged domestic dispute.
If he's in jail for a domestic dispute, I hope she or he isn't hurt.
I don't know, maybe being such an apt personfication of all that is HarperCon made them a little too
Sex Abuser Was Senate Aide
*And possibly a senator, too!*
"Ex-Senate intern was sex offender" by Alicia A. Caldwell | Associated
Press, December 13, 2012
WASHINGTON — Senator Robert Menendez employed as an *unpaid intern* in his
Senate office an *illegal immigrant* who was a *registered sex offender*,
now under arrest by immigration authorities, the Associated Press has
learned. The *Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents* *not
to arrest* him *until after Election Day*, a US official involved in the
case said.
A Homeland Security spokesman, Peter Boogaard, said Wednesday that it was
‘‘cate... more »
In court identification supported by prior out of court identification
*R. v. Johnson*, 2013 ONCA 73 holds that when a witness identifies the
accused as the offender in court and testifies that he remembers
identifying the same person in an out-of-court identification, the prior
identification is admissible in support of the in-court identification made
by that witness:
[29] This court’s judgment in *R. v.* *Tat* *and Long* provides that when a
witness identifies the accused as the offender in court and testifies that
he remembers identifying the same person in an out-of-court identification,
the prior identification is admissible in support of the ... more »
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Jindal aide: Army Corps of Engineers is a 'complete disaster' Dear
Editilla,
Louisiana's state bird was back in the news last week.* The newest NBA
team nickname is the New Orleans Pelicans!*
The pelican had faded from the nation's attention, along with the BP oil
disaster, after images in 2010 of the majestic bird drenched in oil became
the icon of BP's carnage in the Gulf. Along with the birds, their
oil-soaked mangrove nesting habitat on Louisiana's eroding barrier islands
has been decimated as well. *Pelicans need nesting sites far removed from
predators to hatch and fledge ... more »
Catholic Church Crimes in California
"LA diocese to turn over sex abuse files
Five years after promising to do so, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles will
give the confidential personnel files of about *200 priests* accused of *sex
abuse and child molestation* to a judge in December. Those documents —
with the names of innocent individuals redacted — will ultimately be made
public under the Archdiocese’s record $660 million settlement in 2007 to
508 people who said they were victims. During a hearing Friday, Judge Emily
Elias asked lawyers for both the archdiocese and victims about the status
of the redacted papers and wh... more »
Sequestration-- Whose Fault?
Boehner is trying to claim the whole Sequestration fiasco was Obama's idea.
Yesterday he offered some really horrible alternative to the president's
proposal to edge out of it. Boehner's counteroffer was a one year
moratorium in return for a 10% reduction in the federal workforce. And he
wasn't offering to resign himself or offering the names of 10% of
Republicans in Congress who would go. The Republican Party-- and
conservatives in general-- have a first instinct and a default position:
make the common people suffer... bring on the pain-- and more pain.
Cutting back on federal s... more »
Adaptability and the second law.
It seems we are ready for the next round of wrangling over what is or is
not an overly privileged way of addressing the simple fact of overshoot.
Paula at Mythodrome lays it out:
"Near as I can tell, “resilience” means exactly the same thing as
“transition” within a doomy context: an organic gardening club for rich
white people with property, investments, and a comfortable lifestyle to
protect. It’s an insular clique that requires everyone be on the same page
politically in order to participate. It is based on the European idea of
“community,” which is very attractive in theory, b... more »
The oh so superior lefty 'mind' in action
Further to this piece I have received a comment from one of those typical
types that I mentioned in my original piece.
Jonathan Fanning said...Anyone who needs it in this country should get
medial treatment, seems very resonable to me. The law says you get billed
if you travel here for treatment, but if you are here and fall in then you
get treated. It is known as compassion, I would not expect you to
understand.
I have replied but I doubt that the great humanitarian genius Jonathan
Fanning will even deign to read my response. I suppose he's just like Steve
Berry in outlook.
[... more »
IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Free Will or Free Won't?
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from InspireD2.
Free Will or Free Won’t?
Human beings act on their desires and beliefs, and the way we predict
what people will do is not by examining their brain waves but by
understanding what they want and what they think is true.
By Bill Meacham / The Rag Blog / February 7, 2013
I’ve heard a number of people say that a well-known experiment performed
by neuroscientist Benjamin
When The Rich Eat the Poor
You might think that Ethiopia is a country that would take its food supply
very, very seriously. We're regularly greeted by appeals for donations to
help relieve starvation in the Horn of Africa - Ethiopia, Djibouti,
Somalia, Eritrea.
It's a bit disconcerting to learn that Indian investors are now snapping up
Ethiopia's prime farmlands, forcing the people off their land.
*Ethiopia's leasing of 600,000 hectares (1.5m acres) of prime farmland to
Indian companies has led to intimidation, repression, detentions, rapes,
beatings, environmental destruction, and the imprisonment of jour... more »
ROSA PARKS AT 100: Who in the world was Rosa Parks!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013*
*Part 4—What does it mean to be quiet:* Charles Blow gets credit for one
thing:
In last Saturday’s column about Rosa Parks, he quoted Professor Jeanne
Theoharis correctly.
Theoharis has written a fascinating book about Mrs. Parks. It’s a book we
strongly recommend—with several very strong cautions.
Near the end of Saturday’s column, Blow quoted a passage from Theoharis’
opening pages. In the Introduction to her new book, the professor complains
about the way Mrs. Parks was portrayed at the time of her death:
BLOW (2/2/13): When Parks died in 2005, Th... more »
GOP Recovery vs. Ted Cruz
I have a new column up at the Prospect arguing that Karl Rove's group isn't
likely to make much difference, and that for sane conservatives to really
do something about the GOP Senate nominations problems, they need to take
two steps: actively, aggressively push The Crazy out of the mainstream of
the party, and substitute policies that can be sold as having direct
effects on voters' lives for the symbolic policies that they've specialized
in over the last few years.
(The headline says it's for moderates, but it's just as much for sane
conservatives as it is for moderates. If not mor... more »
Elephant poaching skyrockets in Africa rain forest zones – 11,000 Gabon elephants slaughtered in under a decade
[image: Elephants drink water at a dam inside the Addo Elephant National
Park near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, December 2012. Demand from Asia for
quality ivory of rain forest pachyderm has spiked in African rainforest
zones. In Gabon, two-thirds of elephants, or 11,000 have been wiped out in
one national park since 2004. Photo: Schalk van Zuydam / AP]
By Jean Rovys Dabany and Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Pravin Char
6 February 2013
Libreville, Gabon (Reuters) – Poachers have killed more than 11,000
elephants in Gabon's Minkebe National Park rain forest since 2004, Gabon's
gove... more »
Graph of the Day: Australia rainfall deficiencies, 1 April 2012 – 31 January 2013
[image: Rainfall deficiencies for the 10-month (April 2012 to January 2013)
period have expanded over South Australia; an area of lowest on record
stretches across much of the pastoral districts and into eastern Western
Australia. Areas of severe deficiency have also expanded into western and
central New South Wales and Victoria, including the Riverland. Graphic:
Bureau of Meteorology]
5 February 2013 (National Climate Centre) – Severe rainfall deficiencies
for the 6 month (August 2012 to January 2013) period have expanded in
central Australia and in large parts of the inland sout... more »
The New Structuralism in International Relations and its Discontents: Prefatory Remarks
Some years back I participated in a series of workshops that culminated in
a book on New Systems Theories of World Politics (value priced at $115). PM
and I have been working, somewhat haphazardly, on a review essay dealing
with contemporary imperial formations that deals with what I’ve called the
“New Hierarchy Studies.” There’s also a
Continue reading
Better Be Prepared For This Post
Boy Scouts reconsider ban on openly gay members
"Boy Scouts delays decision on admitting gays; Executive board says issue
will be voted on in May" by Nomaan Merchant and David Crary | Associated
Press, February 07, 2013
IRVING, Texas — Whatever the organization eventually does, it’s decision
may anger major constituencies and worsen schisms within Scouting....* *
*
**Isn't that the whole point of the issue?*
The *iconic youth organization* is now *deeply entangled* in the *broader
cultural and political conflicts* over such issues as same-sex marriage and
religious freedom. Tiltin... more »
A Whole Heep of Obama
President Obama has been getting plenty of heat in the past couple of
days for that leaked memo that confirms once and for all that yes
Virginia, he really does have the chutzpah to actually kill people at
whim. Calls for his impeachment or maybe a trip to The Hague have even
started popping up on liberal internet sites.
Obama is experiencing a rare, for him, moment of
back-against-the-walldom. In the past 24 hours he has resorted to two
defense strategies. First, he humbly announced that he is inviting a select
group of senators for a privileged peek inside the workings of his own ... more »
Winds set to fan Victoria fires as mercury climbs – Extremely strong winds threaten Alpine area
[image: The aftermath of the bushfire in Seaton, Australia in January 2013.
Photo: Craig Sillitoe / Sydney Morning Herald]
By Adrian Lowe
7 February 2013
(Sydney Morning Herald) – Fire crews are battling to control large
bushfires that have broken containment lines in the state’s east amid high
temperatures.
The Aberfeldy fire, near Licola, north-east of Mount Baw Baw, became more
active because of a north-westerly wind, a spokesman from the State
Bushfire Control Centre said.
The fire broke the control lines and crews were mopping up to keep it in
check, he said.
The Country ... more »
WSJ: Duke to Close Troubled Nuclear Plant
Feb 6, 2013 by R. Smith page B2 Wall Street Journal
The article explains that Duke energy is going to close its Crystal River
nuclear plant in Florida. It wants to replace it with a gas-fueled power
plant.
The plant was closed because "parts of the concrete-and-steel building
around the reactor were splitting apart."
Duke is intending to "mothball" the plant but will not actually demolish it
for "up to 60 years"!
It has dedicated $600 million to decommissioning the plant but apparently
it can defer most spending by "mothballing."
This strategy allows Duke to push off the true cos... more »
Haitian Pornography
Pierre--February 1, 2013
(Photo by John Carroll)
*Amy Wilentz new book is called “Farewell, Fred Voodoo”. In her book Wilentz writes
that visitors to Haiti, including herself, tend to be guilty of writing
about or photographing Haitians in their despair. She calls this
"pornography" when we write about or photograph poor Haitians for its shock
value. And the Haitian subject usually never knows what becomes of their
story or photo. They hardly ever benefit in any meaningful way.
I agree that this is some form of pornography. But if the story or the
photograph may spur someone to do so... more »
Increase in deadly rains caused by global warming – ‘If extreme rainfall events continue to intensify, we can expect to see floods occurring more frequently around the world’
[image: Aerial view of flooding in Pakistan, 10 December 2012. Photo:
www.news.cn]
By Tim Wall
4 February 2013
(Discovery News) – Don’t let the drought in the U.S. fool you, intense
rainfall around the world has been causing deadly floods in the past few
years. Several have died in the current flooding in Queensland, Australia.
In July 2012, the heaviest rain in decades left 37 dead in Beijing, China.
More than 400 Pakistanis died in floods in September 2012. The now
shriveled Mississippi River was a raging flood in 2011, killing 24
Americans in associated flash floods.
Recent ... more »
Doctor Scores $7 Million Settlement in Sex Discrimination Case
"Doctor gets $7m in gender bias suit; Settlement with Beth Israel one of
largest" by Liz Kowalczyk
| Globe Staff, February 07, 2013
In a striking settlement of a high-profile case, a Harvard doctor who said
she endured years of sexist treatment at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center will collect $7 million — and will have the hospital’s pain clinic
named in her honor.
Employment lawyers said the hospital’s settlement with Dr. Carol Warfield,
its former chief of anesthesia, appears to be one of the largest for a
gender discrimination case in Massachusetts. Ilene Sunshine, a lawyer... more »
How Reality-Based Is the Community?
John Quiggin at Crooked Timber
ELLSBERG CALLS FOR IMPEACHMENT
A lawsuit challenging a law that gives the government the power to
indefinitely detain U.S. citizens was back in federal court this week. On
Wednesday, a group of academics, journalists, and activists presented oral
arguments in court against a provision in the National Defense
Authorization Act, or NDAA, authorizing the military to jail anyone it
considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial.
In a landmark ruling last September, Judge Katherine Forrest of the
Southern District of New York struck down the indefinite detention
provision, saying it like... more »
Hockey Royalty
So, back when they were saying there might not be a hockey season, I was
sitting near two elderly ladies. One of them said she'd be glad if there
was no hockey season. She hated it and she thought it was stupid. Then she
started talking about Prince William's marriage with so-and-so (I forget).
Oh well.
DROWNING DEMOCRACY - AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR
- Today the US Senate will likely give their approval to Obama's pick of
John Brennan to be head of the CIA. The best way to describe him is as a
"loyal operative" for the oligarchy. He worked for George W. Bush and is
well known for his strong defense of torture. Now he works for the
magician and defends drone attacks - including the killing of American
citizens by drones without due process as the constitution requires. Obama
calls Brennan "uniquely qualified" for the CIA job. Drones are now being
used in the US for surveillance and targeting will be ... more »
Does Truth Exist?
When I started this blog over 5 years ago ( I cannot believe I have been at
this for that long?), I was at a quandary on coming up with a name for this
blog... It took a while before I settled on "Northerntruthseeker" due to
the fact that I live in the frozen north tundra of Canada, and I wanted to
seek the real truths about our sick world, our true history, and exactly
WHO the true criminals are that are out for our enslavement....
But the question has come forward in all these years... "Does Truth
Exist?".... To help answer that all important question, I want to turn to
an amazing... more »
Solaris BlueRaven - Synthetic Telepathy - Part One
"How do we get tagged? How do we get noticed?" Miles Johnston tries to
control his thought-to-speech pattern as he tries to convince Solaris
Blueraven to control hers so that WE CAN ALL LEARN WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO
TELL US?
*With difficult audio issues due to electronic signal interference the
viewer must use correct fidelity audio. Severe video tape drop out and
blocker issues were also over come to get anything out of this vital
interview.
Audio is in STEREO. Miles is LEFT , Solaris is RIGHT, with pulsed audio
interference.* [source MJM]
Some have commented, "Miles, please stop in... more »
US Military Propaganda Program: Inform and Influence Activities (IIA)
Psychological warfare has been pursued actively by governments and
corporations since World War I.
Read Edward Bernay’s *Propaganda* and view the film *Psywar*to see how it
is accomplished http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZyniTWm1hE
Psychological warfare aims to mobilize and direct “group” opinion.
Mis-information and dis-information are key components.
Apparently the US military thinks it needs to increase the quantity and
quality of its propaganda. No doubt the bad press about secretive drone
warfare and “accidental” civilian deaths play a role in this new push:
Pentagon gearing ... more »
D-Liver D-Letter D-Sooner D-Better
Issa
H. Res 30 expresses the sense of the House that the U.S. Postal Service
should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its
6-day delivery service. I was shocked that the principal sponsor of the
resolution was Sam Graves, a very conservative congressman from Missouri.
Rural Missouri. He was not toeing the Party line; he was paying attention
to what his constituents want. H. Res 30 was immediately assigned to the
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by the #1 enemy of
the U.S. Post Office Darrell Issa, who is dedicated on destroying and the... more »
Watchdogs on the media battlefie... JPost - Arts & Culture - Arts
A profile of the man behind cifwatch. Adam is a bit of a hero...
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Arts/Article.aspx?id=302316
ELM GUEST HOUSE; STINGEMORE; McSWEENEY...
*Peter Hatton-Bornshin. *.dailymail.
When Peter Hatton-Bornshin was orphaned he was sent to the council-run
Grafton Close Children's Home in London.
He was sexually abused .
He died a mysterious death in 1994, aged 28.
Two men have been arrested by detectives investigating allegations that a
top people's paedophile ring abused Grafton Close boys at the Elm Guest
House in London.
The two arrested are* John Stingemore*, 70, a former deputy head of Grafton
Close, and *Father Tony McSweeney*, 66, a Catholic priest.
*.dailymail.*
*McSweeney*
McSweeney officiated at the 1990 weddin... more »
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*The Advocate’s N.O. bureau moves to new location, website remains a
hideous wasteland*
*New Orleans sees gains in making children ready for school*
*Lee Zurik Investigation: St. Tammany coroner gives himself 39 percent
raise ~WVUE *
*“Demand It” Campaign Expands – Emphasizing Louisiana Seafood Certification*
*Gulf Oil Spill Claims Disputed By Feckless Limey Bastards at BP *
*"Believe You Can" Targets New Orleans Ladies ~Bloodhorse.com*
*Maskers carry on Carnival tradition in Tremé *
*Knights of Babylon*
*~Uptown 5:45 p.m. *
*Knights of Chaos*
*~Uptown 6:30 p.m.*
*Krewe of Muses... more »
Pro Choice
If you're interested in the counterplay between government regulation and
free markets Southern Man highly recommends this free pdf of *It's A
Jetson's World*, a collection of essays by Jeffrey Tucker of the Ludwig von
Mises Institute, in which he also explains how to overcome the regulatory
obstacles of low-flow shower heads and toilets that won't clear.
Recognition cases
*Regina v. Spatola* [1970] 3 O.R. 74-84 (C.A.) is an older case with a
useful comment regarding recognition evidence:
*Bare recognition unsupported by reference to distinguishing marks, and
standing alone, is a risky foundation for conviction even when made by a
witness who has seen or met the accused before. Of course, the extent of
their previous acquaintanceship must have a very important bearing on the
cogency of the identification evidence, as will the circumstances in which
the alleged recognition occurred. Where some distinguishing marks are
noticed and later verified, there... more »
The Reddish Brown Dog Jumped Over to Fox News
"Brown looks toward a possible role on Fox News; Joins board of Mass. paper
processing firm" by Stephanie Ebbert | Globe Staff, February 06, 2013
Just days after he stunned the political world by announcing he was bowing
out of contention for another Senate seat, Scott Brown made a return to the
private sector, joining the board of a Massachusetts-based paper processing
company and negotiating a possible deal to appear on Fox News.
A Fox spokesman confirmed Brown is in talks to appear on the network, which
recently announced it is not renewing contracts with big-name political
com... more »
Madison Park Mischief
*Learn your le$$on$ well, kids.... *
"Second Boston headmaster is accused of a crime" by James Vaznis and Andrea
Estes | Globe Staff, February 07, 2013
The acting headmaster of Madison Park Vocational Technical High School in
Boston was placed on administrative leave Wednesday amid a *federal
investigation* of his alleged role in a *multiple-state credit fraud ring*.
Queon Jackson, 39, of Milton is the second Boston school headmaster to
spark controversy about alleged criminal activities in less than a year.
Last summer, School Superintendent Carol R. Johnson came under fire for... more »
Front Page Weather Forecast
*Where is global warming when you really need it? *
"Snowstorm may bring 30 inches as anticipation builds in Mass.; Big snows,
and big buildup, come with the territory" by David Filipov | Globe
Staff, February 07, 2013
The *nor’easter forecast to slam the state* Friday is *creating a perfect
storm of expectations*, fueled by *increasingly dire weather reports*, a
flurry of tweets relying on the reams of raw data available online, and the
yearning of at least some in the populace for the first major snowfall in
the Boston area in two years.
*
**Not wanting to minimize it, but can y... more »
Media Deceit: Baby Boomers unhealthy because they are lazy
And they make poor choices. *You have been judged!*
*This article and other like it raise my ire!! Grrr....*
The offensive article
“Boomers, who are between 47 and 64 years old, are fatter, less active,
drink more and are more likely to have mobility problems compared to the
previous generation. They’re also have a higher incidence of diabetes, high
blood pressure and elevated cholesterol.
*Why so little improvement in health among boomers, despite better
medication and advances in medical care? *Obesity and inactivity could be
the culprit. More than half (52%) of baby boomers rep... more »
Today's Boston Globe Business Bulls***
*I should just link the whole paper because it is full of it every day.* *This
is a front-page special. *
"Stock market at pre-crisis levels, but many still on sidelines" by Beth
Healy | Globe Staff, February 07, 2013
Stock markets have surged to near five-year highs, thanks to a strong 2012
for investors followed by a rousing January. So where’s the party?
The Dow Jones industrial average is flirting with 14,000, having bounced
back from the darkest days of the financial crisis. US stocks have doubled
in value since March 2009, meaning many Americans have at least recovered
th... more »
Mad Men
Frances Russell writes that the Mad Men who currently reside in Ottawa's
executive suites are destroying the Canada that their wiser forebears built
after World War II:
In keeping with the world-wide market mania of the last two decades,
Canada’s dominant political and economic ideology demonizes government and
the state except as a tool of social control, defence and war.
Driven by the bully pulpit of corporate think tanks and right-wing
politicians, the push is on to shrivel, if not dismantle, all the
achievements of Canada’s last half-century and more of nation-building.
Th... more »
Brand X
Eric Cantor and John Boehner and the Republican congressional caucus aren't
desperate to refurbish their brand just because they want to make a
successful endeavor more snappy and perky. No, their brand is seriously
tarnished and absolutely toxic to large swathes of the population. Old
white people, not so much, southern reactionaries and religionist
lunatics... they're fine with the GOP brand. But young people, women,
African-Americans, intellectuals, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, people with
triple-digit-IQs... those groups aren't buying the reactionary policies of
Greed and Selfi... more »
Bob Kincaid on Mining - The Ground, Water & Air: Poisoned
Excess deaths.
The ground has been poisoned, the water has been poisoned & the air has
been poisoned and there is no relief for that once the genie is out of the
bottle.
I heard Bob Kincaid on Mike Malloy last night and he was stunning in his
knowledge about mining based on his background in the destructive nature of
mountain top mining in Appalachia.
Last night he said that Appalachia's mining issues have been ignored across
the US because of their reputation of being hillbillies. Kincaid is proud
of his hillbilly background - and he is doing a real service for the rest
of the US... more »
Review Finds No Proven Benefit in Drugs for Mild Hypertension by Elizabeth Renter
Source: http://www.healthmw.com/Review Finds No Proven Benefit in Drugs
for Mild Hypertensionby Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 7 February 2013
*Not only are medications for hypertension not required to reduce blood
pressure, they are hardly necessary for most individuals anyway. The vast
majority of Americans taking hypertensive (high blood pressure) medication
only have mildly elevated blood pressure. In other words, it’s just a
little high. But a new review, which looked at four randomized and
controlled trials, found that the drugs have little value and a large
likeliho... more »
All A.O.K. With This Alabama Article
*I
would say once would have been an aberration, but the last few days of
rewritten pieces makes one suspicious. Must have the official version
all
straight now.*
"Alabama captor rigged bunker with explosives; Abducted boy is back
home,
said to be doing well" by Jay Reeves and Kate Brumback | Associated
Press, February 07, 2013
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — As FBI and police negotiators *sought for days to
coax*an Alabama man into freeing a kindergartner held hostage in an
underground
bunker, the captor was *planning for violence*, *authorities say*.
*
**I don't believe in authorities anymo... more »
Haggling Over Hagel
*Just
confirm him already.... *
"Senate panel postpones vote on Hagel; Seeks further details about paid
speeches" by Donna Cassata | Associated Press, February 07, 2013
WASHINGTON — A Senate panel on Wednesday *abruptly postponed a vote* on
Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary *amid Republican
demands*for more information from President Obama’s nominee about his
paid speeches
and business dealings....
They focused on his speeches and affiliations with organizations such as
the Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan public interest group....
In a letter to Hagel, Republicans c... more »
Do you overlook?
http://ncp4mfc.blogspot.com/
http://ncp4mfc.blogspot.com/
An economist breaks up with his girlfriend
...when it is the utility-maximizing thing to do.
The tertiary ground is only rarely to be used to refuse bail
R. v. Teemotee, 2011 NUCJ 17 considers the tertiary ground for refusing
judicial interim release
Section 515(10)(c) of the *Criminal Code* provides that a person may be
detained in custody pending trial if it is determined that "detention is
necessary to maintain confidence in the administration of justice." The
Court must consider
(c) If the detention is necessary to maintain confidence in the
administration of justice, having regard to all the circumstances, including
(i) The apparent strength of the prosecution’s case,
(ii) The gravity of the offence,
(iii)... more »
Old School: The 1956 Ferraudi Contactee Experience
*Old School: The 1956 Ferraudi Contactee Experience*
*By Liliana Flotta and Eduardo Grosso*
Many years ago – perhaps 20 – our director, Fabio Zerpa, introduced a
likable gentleman in his forties to the members of the ONIFE (Organizacion
Nacional de Investigacion de Fenomenos Ovnis) group. He described him as:
“the gentleman who’s been inside a flying saucer”. The reader can imagine
our surprise at receiving this information, particularly coming from Fabio,
who was never known to rush to judgment. The protagonist’s name is Orlando
Ferraudi.
Despite the years that h... more »
Pathetic sentencing
2 years in prison, less remission of course for this?
' "Kiran had severe double frontage brain damage. He cannot walk, talk, eat
or drink, he is just a shell of the man he used to be.'
http://m.thisistotalessex.co.uk/story.html?aid=17815977
Job advert is written only in Polish - Telegraph
' "We explained that the job description needs to be written in English but
he can state in it that the candidate must speak fluent Polish," the
spokesman added.
Isn't multi culturalism marvellous?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/9854470/Job-advert-is-written-only-in-Polish.html
UV/IR connection: link between God and His inverse
Whether some people like it or not, science has demonstrated that
reductionism works. The laws governing the evolution of increasingly
complex – and, typically, geometrically larger – objects (laws that are
increasingly vague, riddled with uncertainties, errors, and exceptions) may
be reduced to the laws describing ever smaller and ever more elementary
building blocks (i.e. to laws that are increasingly more fundamental,
accurate, and universal).
In fact, one may approximately list the disciplines of science in a
hierarchical tree in which the arrow ↑ means that the discipline at th... more »
Thursday linkage
Here are some recent interesting posts and articles focused on 52% of the
population: Want a fun and informative procrastination tool? Check out the
NYT interactive tool exploring the gender gap in science across the globe.
Sarah Rainey of the National Times in Australia wrote an impassioned and
provocative piece on childless women- she declares
Continue reading
BBC 5live phone in
Should there be childfree areas on planes etc.? If only I had the time to
call in! There's one really annoying woman who thinks children make a
lovely noise...
WHO DID 9 11?
*Twin Towers. "I'm going into another meeting."*
"Talking to his wife on the phone while he is seducing the woman, *Jean
Dujardin* stands by a window where, in the background, an airline can be
seen flying into the World Trade Centre...."
*www.telegraph.co.uk *
*
**Does this look real or staged? Attack on Jewish school in Toulouse in
France.*
*Jean Dujardin, French actor.*
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Can we trust the US government?
*In 1962, all of the American Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed to Operation
Northwoods, whereby the US government would secretly carry out acts of
terrorism in the USA.*
nsarch... more »
In-Out Debate: What Britain Really Gets From EU Membership - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
'According to the European Comission, the EU's executive, the single market
increased the economic output of all EU member states by €240 billion in
2006. In the same year Günter Verheugen, an EU Commissioner at the time,
estimated that companies had to shoulder bureacracy costs totalling some
€600 billion -- more than twice the economic benefit. "The EU brings
Britain no economic advantages," said Lea.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/a-881813.html
Paul Joseph Watson - the Nature of Reality - encoded cosmic rays
Alex Jones welcomes Paul Joseph Watson, journalist and editor of
PrisonPlanet.com, to discuss the nature of reality as top research has
shown it may be a 'giant computer simulation', i.e. the movement and
behaviour of cosmic rays would be acting as if they're in some 'structured
model' simulation of some other place.
Cosmic Rays offer clue our universe could be a computer simulation, WIRED
The measurement that reveals the universe is a computer simulation, MIT
And NO, I don't agree with this 'will of God' excuse and reference to 'the
Bible' that Jones comes up with, it's interesti... more »
Layered Moly Oxide for High Speed Electronics
We are left to guess how the graphene fits into all this. Whatever the
case, it is still getting faster and step by step we are mastering the art
of producing nano thick layers of useful materials like moly oxide.
Physics has become the science of very thin materials and we are seeing
ample surprises. We are not quite to the point of manufacturing things one
atom at a time but it does not appear so unattainable today. We are
certainly close enough to reasonably understand the activity produced.
But yes a number of breakthroughs have opened up the potential for vast
impro... more »
Union Jack Flies in Hong Kong Protests
Without question the Chinese everywhere are loyal to the idea of China as
are most to their own. What they are not shy about is that loyalty does not
extend to those in power. Thus waving the union jack is a clear way to get
that message across. It is also strong enough that those in power will find
it impossible to ignore.
The present Chinese reality is that the Chinese people are actively using
mass protest to confront corrupt officials all through China in an ongoing
struggle to assert the primacy of the people over a number of core issues.
As usual this discomforts sai... more »
40,000 Year Old Fossil Link to Today
We already have established linkages that are ten thousand years old in
Europe, so now been able to trace human biological continuity back a full
40,000 years is great news. Because it is all local, a lot of distractions
disappear. Even better they are clearly family.
What this also continues to confirm is that when agricultural man arose
ten thousand years ago, their expanding population simply absorbed the
local non agricultural peoples. We see exactly this happening today with
our first nation peoples. The majority are already hybrids and it is
inevitable that this wi... more »
Bacterial Supplement Energizes Pig Immune System
This is really neat and as noted it should carry over to human health. We
all want a robust immune system and it could just be that a dose of this
pro biotic at the right time will do the trick. We also have a core pathway
to recognize a working protocol.
In the meantime, do eat high quality yogurt from time to time. It just may
be powering up your immune system in ways that the text books never knew.
I keep been struck by just how ignorant we are of our interaction with the
natural world and how so much seriously wrong ideas are out there that are
accepted with little st... more »
Europe considers designating Hezbollah as terrorists
I find this USA Today story intriguing:
Under pressure from the United States and Israel, the European Union said
Wednesday it will think about designating Hezbollah a terrorist group now
that it has been implicated in a bomb attack that killed six people in a
sovereign EU nation. U.S. officials urged European leaders to take decisive
action against Hezbollah *after a report by the Bulgarian government that
said the Iran-backed group orchestrated a bus bombing in Burgas in July
that killed six people*. ... Steffen Seibert, a spokesman for German
Chancellor Angela Merkel, said Wed... more »
I've found my snow jaguar Dream Guardian...
...in the most unlikeliest of places.
and it's a CHIMERA, fittingly. The stage-six mutation of
artist/photographer Daniel Lee's twelve stage Human Evolution process, from
dino-fish thru monkey.
This image generated by morphing from evolutionary stage to stage in the
following gif animation if it were covered in SOFT WHITE FUR (curlier like
a lamb's on the chest), would be exactly the talking thing I met in the
living room of my dreams. Same human hands. Same thick tail. Same skull
shape, jaw, eyes.
At the weekend, because of my interest in this subject, I found and visited
a loc... more »
Redford to docs: There’s no raise, and you’re not getting it!
The Alberta Progressive Conservative position on negotiations with the
doctors explained. Yes, we’re just as confused as you are. Below: AMA
President Michael Giuffre. Premier Alison Redford. Every day, it just gets
weirder and weirder. The day before yesterday, we’re told, Alberta Premier
Alison Redford waded into her health minister’s already strangely muddled
negotiations with ... more »
Ma's Surprising Envoy to the US makes surprising remarks
I'm off on a bike vacation, but I've got my computer with me so I can
combine both my addictions. No sooner do I leave than the new Big Man in
Washington, King Pu-tsun, Ma's hatchet man, longtime personal friend, and
personal appointment as the ROC/Taiwan emissary to the US, makes some
surprising statements in a surprising interview with AFP:
We have our own pragmatic approach to survive," said the envoy who cannot
call himself ambassador, as the United States broke formal ties with Taiwan
in 1979 when it recognised China.
"We need strong support from the United States, but we also ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Eliezer Alfonzo, 34.
And right to the good stuff:
1. Sarah Kliff reports on how John Kasich came to support Medicaid expansion
.
2. Ed Kilgore on "Bush people" and "Reagan people."
3. I generally side against Dan Drezner on this one.
4. Always good to see Ta-Nehisi Coates in the NYT -- this time on gun
violence.
5. And my brother, the critic. Of how politicians use giant ceremonial
props.
Ninety Flown By - The Author Ernst Jünger
*Wikipedia:*
Ernst Jünger (29 March 1895 – 17 February 1998) was a German writer. In
addition to his political essays, novels and diaries, he is well known for
Storm of Steel, an account of his experience during World War I.
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His war experiences are first described in Storm of Steel (German title: In
Stahlgewittern) which Jünger self-published in 1920. This book, by which
Jünger became suddenly famous, has been seen as glorifying war. Jünger
served as a lieutenant in the army of the Weimar Republic until his
demobilisation in 1923. He studied marine biology, zoology, botany, a... more »
Hagel's Hearing
*Not very good according to John McCain.*
*
*"Hagel grilled during confirmation hearing" by Ernesto Londoño |
Washington Post, February 01, 2013
WASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee as defense secretary,
confronted *withering criticism* during a marathon confirmation hearing
Thursday, but administration officials said they felt confident that the
Republican-led attacks *did not derail his bid* to lead the Pentagon.
Lawmakers from both parties spent roughly eight hours grilling Hagel about
remarks he has made at various points of his career and the votes he had
cast ... more »
Kerry Brings Cold War Mindset to State Department
*And the part I wanted was whacked from the Globe's web version? *
"On first day, Kerry vows to protect diplomats; Foreign service ‘in my
genes,’ he tells colleagues" by Bryan Bender | Globe Staff, February 04,
2013
*
**Looks like it is up to me to hand-type what is right in front of me on my
desk.*
Introducing himself to State Department employees Monday, Kerry drew
laughter when referring to his predecessor, Hillary Clinton.
"Here is the biggest question: Can a man actually run the State
Department?" he said, adding he has "big heels to fill."
*Related*:* **Sunday Globe Specia... more »
Annoyed at Alabama Post
*I have had to **redo this pos** because the Blogger tools and html coding
is such shit. I know it is too conspiratorial to suggest nefariousness;
however, I've noticed this happening a lot lately. I set up a post, get it
ready to roll, take a look at the previews, everything is fine, then I go
back in to add and update and the whole thing is f***ed up. I guess
anything to slow down those exposing the truth!*
*
**Anyhow.... *
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**He's been poisoned, folks!*
*The government literally poisoned him, folks. *
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**"His property has a white trailer that, according to Creel, Dykes said he bo... more »
A Fucking Savage Destroys A 4000-Year Old Ruin In Lebanon
Photo: A savage who calls himself/herself an "ambassador" to try to sound
respectable destroys a great piece of ancient history in Lebanon with a car.
This made me mad. Read: *US Ambassador's 'shortcut' destroys 4000 Years of
History!*
US ambassadors are worse than Al-Qaeda terrorists and invaders. They are
both savages. That is the truth, ain't it? They have no respect for
history, heritage, people, architecture, culture, etc.
Islamic fundamentalists are ignorant and brainwashed. What is the excuse of
this U.S. ambassador? Does he/she think power can save him/her? LOL. Don't
b... more »
The Talented Mr. Takeyh:Why Doesn't the Council on Foreign Relations Fellow Like Flynt & Hillary Mann Leverett?
Ray
Takeyh
If there’s one thing mainstream “Iran experts” hate, it’s
well-credentialed, experienced analysts who dare challenge Beltway
orthodoxies, buck conventional wisdom and demythologize the banal,
bromidic and Manichean foreign policy narrative of the United States
government and its obedient media. Such perspectives are shunned by
“serious” scholars who play by the rules they and
Love is in the air
Ahhh Valentine's Day ... that romantic celebration where we pamper our
loved ones with special treats. As with most of our celebrations,
Valentine's Day is often filled with less than Eco-friendly items ... huge
boxes of candy with a lot of excess packaging, cards which end up in the
trash bin, non-organic flowers and even jewelry containing materials which
are mined from the earth. In truth, it doesn't seem very loving to exchange
gifts which hurt our environment. So let's examine some common Valentine's
Day gifts.
*Chocolate*
Almost everyone likes chocolate. And ... good news ..... more »
Who Has The Guts To Run Against Chris Christie? Meet Barbara Buono
When I was a kid, my family had a small bungalow in Mt. Freedom, New
Jersey, not far from Morristown. My mom swears that I started talking
there-- at 5 months old! I always felt it gave me the interest in New
Jersey's very complicated, even byzantine, state politics. The last time
New Jersey gave it's electoral votes to a Republican was 25 years ago when
George H.W. Bush beat Michael Dukakis and New Jersey voted 1,743,192 (56%)
to 1,320,352 (43%) for Bush. This past November, Obama was backed by Jersey
voters 2,117,175 (58%) to 1,472,709 (41%). He won every county in the state
ex... more »
'Poetry as Immanence: How Language Informs Reality'
Title of Video: 'Poetry as Immanence: How Language Informs Reality.'
YouTube Video Description - [Source: SchAdvStudy]:
Jay Parini (Middlebury College, Vermont)
Poetry and Prayer: Continuities & Discontinuities - Immanence and
Elusiveness: 'Poetry as Immanence: How Language Informs Reality'
An international conference organized jointly by the Institute of English
Studies and Heythrop College, University of London.
The analogy and continuity between poetry and prayer, the poetical and the
mystical, has often been discussed. The psychological mechanism used by
grace to raise us t... more »
No evidence supporting the Common Core
Sent to the Los Angeles Times, Feb 6, 2013
The Times is correct to insist on “evidence-based, replicated, time-tested
educational change.” (“Education miracles that aren't,” Feb. 6).
Let’s add the Common Core Standards to the list of unsupported claims.
There is no evidence that “rigorous” standards and massive testing improve
student learning.
Stephen Krashen
Some sources:
Nichols, S., Glass, G., and Berliner, D. 2006. High-stakes testing and
student achievement: Does accountability increase student learning?
Education Policy Archives 14(1). http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v14n1/.
OE... more »
Apples & Oranges & Women in the Infantry
As the military grapples with how to implement the reversal of the decades
old ban on women in “combat” specialties, one of the data points that many
people are using (especially in and around the Marine Corps) is the
performance of the only two female Lieutenants to have attempted to
complete the Infantry Officer’s Course
Continue reading
Chained to the Wall
It's not like we haven't been warned about this. Plato's Cave tells our
story. Bill Hicks spoke about it. George Carlin joked about it. David
Icke warns us about it still. About five years ago, Dream Hopper had the
following dream which is a foreshadowing of now.
He lived in a place where everything was available to him. Life was pretty
straightforward. There wasn't much to do, but it wasn't necessarily
painful or difficult either. Yet, everyone was shackled. Now these chains
were long. He could move around freely and do pretty much anything he
could think of. People ... more »
OPPT: Government Corporation List
Government Corporation List by
Memo justifies drone kills even with patchy intelligence
*Memo justifies drone kills even with patchy intelligence*
WASHINGTON | Tue Feb 5, 2013 2:42pm EST
*(Reuters) - The government has authorized the killing of American
citizensas part of its controversial drone campaign against al Qaeda
even without
intelligence that such Americans are actively plotting to attack a U.S.
target, according to a Justice Department memo.*
The unclassified memo, first obtained by NBC News, argues that drone
strikes are justified under American law if a targeted U.S. citizen had
"recently" been involved in "activities" posing a possible threat and
pro... more »
Sheldan Nidle’s Update for the Galactic Federation of Light and Spiritual Hierarchy
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* *Sheldan Nidle’s Update for the Galactic Federation of Light and
Spiritual Hierarchy*
*Many of the 'natural celestial events' referred to earlier have come and
gone. Only a few are yet to happen and all of these are very close to
occurring. As they happen, they bring your world closer to its sacred
destiny. These things are divine heralds of a new reality filled with
Light, Love, and prosperity.*
8 Cimi, 14 Yax, 9 Eb
Selamat Jarin! We return and bring with us Good News! The time for the
grand moment is arriving! Major elements of the dark cabal are now under
arres... more »
The Word
It’s taken 150 years. On *January 1, 1863* Abraham Lincoln signed the
Emancipation Proclamation and “proclaimed *all those enslaved* (in
Confederate territory) *to be forever free*, and ordered the Army (and all
segments of the Executive branch) to *treat as free all those enslaved*.”
(Wikipedia) The thirteenth amendment, ratified in *1865*, *declared
slavery illegal* in the United States. On *December 1,* *1955* Rosa Parks
refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. Martin Luther
King gave his “I have a dream” speech on *August 28, 1963*. Barack Obama
wa... more »
OPPT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFORECLOSURE ON MAJOR CORPORATIONS
Press Release - One People's Public Trust - Foreclosure on Major
Corporations by American Kabuki
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 »
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 »
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 »
GAIA PORTAL: Transformations / Transitions During this Time May Be Sudden…
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* *Transformations / Transitions During this Time May Be Sudden…*
3 FEB 2013
Transformations and transitions experienced during the 2-2-13 through
2-13-13 may be sudden, un-”expected”, and enlightening. All stones are
being upturned in order to assist alignment with the true Light within each.
Humans are realizing/becoming Hue-mans, and stone-upturning at this time
period is required.
Those who resist will be nudged, often strongly, to “cease and desist”. And
to search within for the vision of their Higher Hue-man Self.
Be in your joy, and all will proceed smoothly.
Removing the Shackles: Last Will and Testament of Ferdinand Marcos
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.ca/2013/02/last-will-and-testament-of-ferdinand.html
FRIDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2013
*Last Will and Testament of Ferdinand Marcos*
Last Will and Testament of Ferdinand Marcos of The Philippines
This is the Last Will and Testament of Ferdinand Marcos. It contains yet
more clues to the vast amount of money that the Cabal(s) having been trying
to steal for decades, and the dramas that have been perpetuated by various
players in the realm of the internet.
This article HERE gives a little more insight to Ferdinand Marcos and the
deception ... more »
Plans Gone Awry
I guess I'll never really understand some drivers out there and their need
to speed.....regardless of weather conditions. Frankly, I think I'll just
stick with Bach. I have a much easier time deciphering and analyzing 4- or
5-voice fugue than the brains of some people. Granted, driving conditions
in the region have been far from ideal this winter, but it just seems to me
there's been a crazy outbreak of traffic delays and highway closures this
winter. I've actually lost track of how many times parts of either Highway
63 or 881 have been closed. Yes, one instance was due to weath... more »
Portal 2012: Cobra Interview
http://2012portal.blogspot.ca/
Cobra Interview on ET-First Contact Radio
You might want to listen to this new interview:
Enjoy!
FILM / Jonah Raskin : 'Django Unchained' is Quentin Tarantino in Black Face
Django
Unchained:
Quentin Tarantino in Black Face
At times, the movie seems like an advertisement for integration on the
bounty hunting circuit, and for friendship between a black and a white
man who both kill without compunction.
By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / February 7, 2013
The director, Quentin Tarantino, appears on screen near the end of his
new movie, Django Unchained, that has
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The spiral arms of bright galaxy M106 sprawl through this remarkable
multiframe portrait, composed of data from ground- and space-based
telescopes. Also known as NGC 4258, M106 can be found toward the northern
constellation Canes Venatici. The well-measured distance to M106 is 23.5
million light-years, making this cosmic scene about 80,000 light-years
across.
*Click image for larger size.*
Typical in grand spiral galaxies, dark dust lanes, youthful blue star
clusters, and pinkish star forming regions trace spiral arms that converge
on the bright nucleus of older yellowish sta... more »
"A Strange Animal..."
"Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the
handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it."
~ Adlai Stevenson
Apples & Oranges & Women in the Infantry
As the military grapples with how to implement the reversal of the decades
old ban on women in “combat” specialties, one of the data points that many
people are using (especially in and around the Marine Corps) is the
performance of the only two female Lieutenants to have attempted to
complete the Infantry Officer’s Course
Continue reading
"U.S. National Research Council Scientists: Fluoride Can Damage the Brain and Bones"
* "U.S. National Research Council Scientists:*
* Fluoride Can Damage the Brain and Bones"*
By Washington's Blog
"Concern grew in the late 1970s that even low levels of exposure to lead
caused adverse changes in the mental functioning of children. The same
thing is now starting to happen with fluoride. We have extensively
documented that:
*•* An overwhelming number of scientific studies conclude that cavity
levels are falling worldwide … even in countries which *don’t* fluoridate
water.
*•* Government and top university studies show that fluoride lowers IQ
and causes ot... more »
Now we know who should have played the title role in "The Eric Cantor Story"
*Maybe if Cockroach Eric wants to make headway with his "rebranding"
program, he should try to sell it in song! "Forget your troubles, come on,
get happy!" At least now we know who, though sadly no longer available,
should have played the title role in The Eric Cantor Story. It's probably
just a matter of time before our Eric starts dressing like Judy. (This
would be a good look for him, don't you think?)*
*"In recent weeks, Republican leaders such as Cantor have resembled nothing
so much as laundry detergent salesmen, figuring if they can simply rebrand
their product (High Efficie... more »
“Fresno, CA: Desperate People Ripping Off Copper”
*“Fresno, CA: Desperate People Ripping Off Copper”*
By Evelyn Nieves
FRESNO, Calif.— “The thieves strike in the middle of the night and work
fast, in pairs or teams. They can make an entire neighborhood go dark in
minutes. They screw open the street light maintenance boxes, find the
copper wires and cut. Zip, zip. While police nab copper thieves in the act,
they can’t be everywhere. Come nighttime, some streets are as black as
caves. Even if thieves stopped today, utility crews would need up to a year
to fix all the damage. Meanwhile, darkened neighborhoods entice crooks bent
... more »
New Version of Intercept Website Available Now
Readers of the Intercept are encouraged to move to the new site and
continue following the stories that are important to us. The Intercept was
constructed in October of 2009 as an alternative to the dismal coverage of
world events, national headlines, corruption and election fraud among local
news outlets surrounding Tucson, AZ.
The Intercept became a regular habit for us news junkies who share and
sometimes construct or write various posts and news items for an expanding
international audience. Providing this service has become an educational
endeavor as we search through what i... more »
More sorting of the trees from the forest...
*it's been a busy morning day of reading.*
Now it's time to think, observe, and try and sort it all out.
While being distracted by a myriad of things happening, it might be a good
idea to step back from the trees, take a look at the forest, and try to put
things in a semblance of order.
The Insider has a rather alarming post up. Is it true? I don't know. Is
it plausible? Most assuredly. I try not to be one of those people who
say, "It couldn't happen here" (whatever "it" happens to be.) History as
far back as is documented says otherwise.
*
**First read:*
*DHS Insider: Obama... more »
DOWN TO THE DOCTOR'S: Peter Schiff Talks With Doug Casey
*Libertarianz** leader Dr Richard McGrath has been watching videos…*
I don't normally submit two offerings in a week, but I just have to share
this with readers. It's an interview conducted by Doug Casey with Euro
Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff.
It will come as no surprise to hear Peter Schiff extolling the virtues of
purchasing gold as a hedge against the collapsing U.S. dollar, warning of
the coming inflationary consequences of the QE3 printing of money tokens,
nominating Ben Bernancke as the worst ever Chairman of the U.S. Federal
Reserve, and predicting the demise of living... more »
A Duck at Arms: Introducing Our First Military Correspondent
Most of you have probably noticed I’ve been on something like an indefinite
hiatus for the past few months. This is not permanent, but it will likely
continue for at least large parts of this semester as I help my daughter
through some health issues. In the meantime, it is customary when a
permanent contributor
Continue reading
Thoughts on Christianity and religion
*"The Jew is not content to dechristianize, he Judaizes; he destroys
Christian beliefs; he provokes religious indifference, but he also imposes
on those whose faith he destroys, his own concept of the world, of
morality, and of human life; he labors at the age-old task - the
destruction of the religion of Christ."*
- Jewish author *Bernard Lazare*
Andre from *Total Fascism* basically *said everything* that I've been
thinking about lately concerning Christianity and religion in general, but
just couldn't express verbally or in writing. I'd like to add just a few
of my own comments h... more »
Bolivian Quaker Education Fund Invitation 2013
Learning the Life of the Spirit
Many Friends in Bolivia - where it is unusually cold this *summer* season
- are returning to school and university after their annual break.
Here, we invite you to *join us in **visiting among Bolivian Friends,* perhaps
*help make** arrangements for a Bolivian Friend to visit here*, and share a
word (or two) about *our new address*.
_________________________________________________________________________
You're Invited! 2013 Quaker Service & Study Tour by Barbara Stanford, BQEF
Board Member**
* * Visiting Bolivian Quakers in their homes and churches -... more »
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Dave Zirin, the Man Who Politicized the Sports Pages
A
look at Dave Zirin’s latest:
The man who politicized the sports pages
No longer can owners, managers, and commissioners argue that sports and
politics must and should be separated. The taboo has been trashed. The
silence has been shattered.
By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / February 7, 2013
[Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down by Dave
Zirin. (2013: The New Press);
Jeb Bush at the Trough
A picture is worth a 1000 words...
provided by
Susan Smith
President
Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida
Nobody Has Your Back Any Longer
If you have any faith in government you're suffering from an affliction, a
potentially dangerous malaise.
Writing in this month's *Vanity Fair*, Todd Purdom addresses the enormous
changes underway, some of them quite possibly
civilization ending, none of which our leaders seem to take seriously.
Purdom writes of his United States but most of his observations also ring
true for federal and provincial politics here in Canada.
*As Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office for his second term as
president, his country and the planet as a whole are experiencing a
transformatio... more »
OPPT: Government Corporation List
Government Corporation List by
With Paul Celan into the 21st Century: Pierre Joris || Woodberry Poetry Room
*Paul Celan (23 November 1920 – 20 April 1970).*
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: Harvard]:
Eminent poet and translator Pierre Joris meditates on his 50-year
engagement with the works of Paul Celan. A multimedia show, produced by
Nicole Peyrafitte, the event integrates a range of elements including live
narrative and translated poems, and a slideshow of visual materials
including photographs, manuscript pages, etchings by Gisèle
Celan-Lestrange, historical documents and other relevant and resonant
materials. The recording was made during the Occupy Harvard movement and
ref... more »
OPPT: Declaration and Order - Arrest Order
Declaration and Order, Arrest Order Against the Slavery System, One
People's Public Trust by
Indonesia is … not well.
Sent through by our roving Asian correspondent Suzuki Samurai is this piece
on Indonesia that appeared in The Diplomat:
Indonesia has made a remarkable comeback from being Southeast Asia’s
economic basket case in 1998 to an emerging market whose economy has been
growing annually at more than 5 percent for several years.
Yay!
Yet, Indonesia’s economic growth is neither sustainable nor inclusive.
Damn.
An inconvenient fact is that Indonesia’s economic growth is mainly driven
by a commodity boom fuelled by China’s appetite for raw materials and
global demand for biofuels [which bub... more »
How Come He Didn't Say This When Bush Was President?
"I am just here to support the President of the United States. President of
the United States is our boss, but he is also... you know, *the President
and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country*. And
when your Dad says something you listen, and when you don't it will usually
bite you on the ass later on. So, I’m here to support the President." -
Chris Rock *at a press conference in Washington*, supporting the Obama
administration's gun confiscation agenda.
Damn. That is outrageous. I thought comedians were smart and astute social
critics who held consiste... more »
NEOCONS THINK THE LEFT SHOULD APOLOGISE TO BUSH AND CHENEY OVER TORTURE AND ASSASSINATIONS
Neocon writer Jonathan Tobin, blogging in *Commentary* today, seems to
think that everyone on the Left – who, according to Tobin, includes
President Obama – should apologise to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for
accusing them of ‘being immoral lawbreakers’ over torture and targeted
assassinations in the light of President Obama’s increased use of such
practices.
The reality is that most folk on the Left do not regard Obama as being
‘Left’ but, rather, just not as far to the Right as the Republicans and
their neoconservative supporters who many on the Left regard more as
fascists.
... more »
Jean Trounstine : Yoga Behind Bars
Image
from the Prison Yoga Project.
Yoga behind bars
With over 2.2 million behind bars, can the ancient practice help break
the cycle of recidivism and improve overall quality of life for
prisoners? Here’s why prisons are willing to give yoga a shot.
By Jean Trounstine / The Rag Blog / February 6, 2013
Now that yoga is the big thing in fitness -- with hot yoga, power yoga,
A MASSIVE Bearish Bet Against Banks Has Traders Buzzing
cassicat / Flickr
http://www.businessinsider.com/massive-options-bet-against-bank-etf-2013-2
*A MASSIVE Bearish Bet Against Banks Has Traders Buzzing*
Matthew Boesler
Feb. 6, 2013, 2:51 PM
According to Barron's columnist Steven Sears, someone made a big bet
against the financials ETF yesterday (ticker symbol XLF), and it has
everybody buzzing.
The trader bought 100,000 put options on the ETF (a put option increases in
value when the price of the underlying asset, in this case, the ETF, goes
down).
To put that number in perspective, Sears writes, "Few investors ever trade
more t... more »
There's A Hydrogen Powered Car In Your Future-- If You Live Long Enough
The History Channel has been ultra-parsimonious with online clips from
their series The Men Who Built America and there are so many bit and pieces
I wish I could share here-- like how Rockefeller, Carnegie and J.P. Morgan
sat down in 1896 and decided populist Democrat William Jennings Bryan was
too dangerous to their financial empires and they would have to underwrite
stealing the election for corporate whore William McKinley. Another few
scenes I have searched and searched for on YouTube-- in vain-- show how
ruthless Oil Baron John D. Rockefeller, when confronted with the rise of ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Malvern, Worcestershire, UK. Thanks for stopping by.
Wasting the SOTU Response
I put something over at PostPartisan this afternoon saying that Marco Rubio
is nuts to give the State of Union response, which he'll apparently be
doing this year. It's a no-win, for lots of reasons.
But it isn't no-win for everyone. There is one group of politicians who
seem to have thrived after giving a SOTU response, although we haven't been
getting many of them lately: obscure Members of the House of
Representatives.
Usually SOTU responses are either solo slots or two politicians give it.
But Democrats have, in the past, used a group approach, with five or more
people, includ... more »
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., "And Now The Ravenous Dogs Are Set to Feed"
* "And Now The Ravenous Dogs Are Set to Feed"*
by Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
"Well I've been warning anyone who would listen that the kleptocrats in the
District of Corruption were getting ready to unleash the biggest con job
the world has ever seen.
From Bloomberg news: "The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is
weighing whether it should take on a role in helping Americans manage the
$19.4 trillion they have put into retirement savings, a move that would be
the agency’s first foray into consumer investments. That’s one of the
things we’ve been exploring and are interested in... more »
The myth of an American ‘Saudi America’: Straight talk from geologists about the new era of oil abundance
[image: Typical decline curve for Bakken Shale oil wells. Yearly declines
in the first year of production are 69 percent, and 39 percent in the
second year. Graphic: Hughes GSR Inc., 2012]
By Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
6 February 2013
(Slate) – Like swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano, every December
some 20,000 geoscientists flock to San Francisco for the fall meeting of
the American Geophysical Union.
*Slate* readers have already heard about a presentation with a particularly
eye-catching title, but for me some of the most thought-provoking news came
in a prestigious all-U... more »
We Know Now That Obama's Greatness In History Will Be the Democratic Party's Roll Back of FDR's New Deal, But Is the Much-Touted Obamacare Also A Part of That Mentality Desperate for a Return to the Roaring 20's (For the Wealthy)? (What Your Family Needs To Know)
Paul Craig Roberts, ex-Reagan Treasury official and noted economist, takes
a big swing at the Republicans he grew up with as well as the Dims who have
taken their place at the center-right of the political spectrum. As you
absorb the sell-out of the American underclass inherent in this "grand
strategy" moment in US history, try to remember what words really mean:
"liberal" versus "conservative.
Ben Fulford: Reader Asks about Illuminati Structure
02/06/2013
*Hi,I'm a male 40- year old Kenyan who's been a follower ever since your
Fukushima expose. I have some questions I've always wanted to ask to
simplify things. Is there a single high command at the pyramid apex or is
there not a single Illuminati monolith? If not, which are the main factions
and their specific agendas if any? Is there a single geographical region
for each faction like an agreed sphere of influence?*
*
* *Are any of these factions ever at loggerheads even though they share the
same underlying philosophy of elitism, inbreeding, satanism(?) and contempt
f... more »
"Our Planet..."
"We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds;
our planet is the mental institution of the universe.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Novopay
Yet again another Novopay pay round has been labelled a shocker, as “the
Ministry of Education fielded hundreds of calls from school staff either
not paid or underpaid by Novopay yesterday.”
As you might have noticed, a ministerial inquiry is about to be established
to inquire why the centrally-planned, centrally-governed, one-size-fits-all
system failed.
Perhaps the first question to be asked is ‘*why is such a system is even
necessary*?’
Schools have their own pay administrators, who currently spend around half
their time making up calculating pay and the other half trying to... more »
"Fukushima Urgent Warning: Estimate of Situation”
*“Prometheus Trap: *
*Tears From An Old Japan Hand At The State Department”*
by Hiroyoshi Itabashi
“How did the [U.S.] State Department assess the way the Japanese government
was responding to the nuclear crisis? An internal report on the issue
secretly circulated among top State Department officials on that day [March
16, 2011] contained one word that would answer that question–”FUBAR,” or
F—– Up Beyond All Recognition. Also on that day, [Kurt Campbell, assistant
secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs] attended a meeting
of senior officials at the State Department... more »
Labour and the Eastleigh By-Election
Labour's prospects for the Eastleigh by-election don't look too great.
Being that rarest of beasts a safe(ish) Liberal Democrat seat, the 2010
general election left a yawning gap of just under 20,000 votes between
Chris Huhne and third-placed Labour. The majority over his Tory opponent
was around 3,800 and it's a seat where Labour hasn't known second place
since the 1994 by-election. Even Blair at his newest and shiniest wasn't
enough to turn the heads of LibDem-supporting locals. On 3rd May last year,
the more or less co-terminous borough council elections saw the LibDems *
cement*... more »
Is New England going to have a repeat of the great blizzard of 1978?...
occurring between *February 5 - 8th*
They may.
*Blizzard Watch Issued For Greater Boston*
*Images from 1978*
* *
The Universe
“No matter how great the desire is to please another, let it be no
greater than the
desire to be yourself. Please, it's why you're there. Otherwise ain't no
one happy.”
“So pleased with you,”
The Universe
“Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!”
- www.tut.com
Maddow: In search of liberal press criticism!
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013*
*Here’s what it doesn’t look like:* How would it look if the liberal world
conducted real press criticism? Not just of the Fox News Channel, but of
the mainstream press?
Here’s what it *wouldn’t* look like. Last night, Rachel Maddow was
criticizing “the Beltway media” again—or at least, she was pretending to do
so:
MADDOW (2/5/13): *The accusation that President Obama has grown the deficit
giantly since he has been in office is a very politically potent accusation.
* And when Republicans say it, the Beltway media tends to write it down as
if it was tr... more »
Mainzeal is a symptom of a larger problem
When a large builder like Mainzeal falls over it causes a bigger splash
than all the other smaller builders that have quietly retired, gone under,
or moved their assets to Queensland—but the causes of their collapse is the
same.
Questioners have been asking this morning how it could happen just when
rebuilding in Christchurch is just about to start? How it could happen
when Auckland has a serious housing affordability problem, and a severe
shortage of starter homes.
Let me venture a guess.
This is partly due to some poor management, as Brian Gaynor and others have
hinted at,... more »
Oh That Miley!!
She's doing something. Or something. And she did something to her look.
Oh yeah. And 10 years ago, Colin Powell helped lie the USA into a war
against a country that never attacked the USA and over a million Iraqis are
dead as a result.
[Please note. I have nothing against Miley Cyrus. She's just a celebrity I
picked at random to blather about when I was feeling hopeless once. I
certainly don't hold her to blame for the invasion of Iraq.]
Alan Waldman : 'Waiting for God' is My Favorite TV Sitcom Ever!
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Graham Crowden and Stephanie Cole are priceless as feisty seniors in an
English retirement home.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / February 6, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England, Ireland,
Iraq, Iran, Red Lines and Headlines
Could this repeated history be any more obvious?
This was August 5, 2002:
And this was November 8, 2011:
This was September 9, 2002:
And this was October 9, 2012:
This was also September 9, 2002:
And this was July 15, 2009:
This was September 17, 2002:
And this was May 9, 2006:
This was September 22, 2002:
And this was November 6, 2011:
This was
France orders special forces to protect Niger uranium
hat tip: Tony Mierzwicki
John Irish, Geert de Clercq, Muriel Boselli and Michel Rose. Reuters PARIS| Thu
Jan 24, 2013 7:57am EST
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/24/us-mali-rebels-niger-areva-idUSBRE90N0K820130124
[Excerpted] (Reuters) - France has ordered special forces to protect
uranium sites run by state-owned Areva in Niger as the threat of attacks on
its interests rises after its intervention against rebels in Mali, a
military source said on Thursday.
Areva has been mining uranium in Niger for more than five decades and
provides much of the raw materials that powe... more »
Video Journey of Nishiyuu Youth Trekkers in Chisasibi
.
Mon., Feb. 4, 2013 Photo Ricky Angatookaluk The Journey of Nishiyuu,
in support of Idle No More, youth trekking to Ottawa
*Published on Feb 1, 2013*
Chisasibi welcomes and honor Idle No More walkers, at Chisasibi Minor
Tournament. Go Chisasibi Go!!!
Hold on a moment, do I smell an EU rat?
I was puzzling over why David Cameron was so pro-gay marriage, to the
extent that he took on a large part of his party. I originally thought that
he was just trying to appeal to the BBC/Guardian types who he so wants to
like him as they pretended to when the BBC helped him become Conservative
leader beating the far harder to label as 'posh' David Davies. Then I read
that France was also in the throes of passing similar legislation...
Hmm once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, do we have enemy action?
There are a number of other countries with similar legislation pending
includi... more »
Untitled
Ivor van Heerden Trial Starts Feb 19 in Baton Rouge Federal Court
~Levees.org
I like the cut of Roobin's jib
Especially the Marxist appreciation of Marshal McLuhan. Top notch stuff!
Tarnished future for golden agers
This column by Duncan Black on bleak prospects for retirees is a longer
form version of Atrios' newest hobby horse which might be summed in the
shorter as: bail out the people. I've been saying stuff like this myself
for a long time now, but nobody listens to me so it's good to see a very
popular sucky blogger trot this into the public discourse:
We need an across the board increase in Social Security retirement benefits
of 20% or more. We need it to happen right now, even if that means raising
taxes on high incomes or removing the salary cap in Social Security taxes.
Read it all,... more »
Star Wars: A Billion Years In the Making
On a recent episode of *The Nerdist Podcast* Mark Hamill tells the story of
going to see the trailer for *Star Wars* with Carrie Fisher before the film
came out in 1977. Pretty sure that's William Shatner doing the voice over.
Whoever it is, he ends the trailer by saying "A Billion Years In the
Making," as the title explodes. It's clown shoes. Hamill says that when
that happened in the theater, some guy in back yelled, "and coming to late
night TV in a couple of weeks!" ZING!~
Bob Feldman : Labor Unions and the Communist Party Are Active in Texas, 1930-1940
Emma
Tenayuca, leader of the pecan shellers' strike at the age of 21, stands
on the steps of San Antonio's City Hall in 1938. Tenayuca was also
active in the Communist Party in Texas. Image from the Institute of
Texan Cultures.
The hidden history of Texas
Part 11: 1930-1940/3 -- Labor Unions and the Communist Party gain
foothold in Texas.
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / February 6, 2013
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NATO Proxies Backpedal - Seek Negotiations With Syrian Government
*February 7, 2013* (PressTV)
A "D" is a Passing Grade for War Crimes
@jurassicpork59 not happy w innocents being killed but weren't many more
killed in"shock &Awe"??
— Kim Eldridge (@kimeldridge318) February 6, 2013
For the longest time, I've had a problem with moral relativity on both
sides of the great Ideological Divide. Lord knows I've had a problem with
Republicans and conservatives trying to make their Theory of Moral
Relativity fly when they keep saying that partisan bickering and bitterness
is equally reprehensible on both sides. Even Jon Stewart tried that
bullshit meme back in the fall of 2010.
But the biggest problem I've had of... more »
That wasn't mentioned on the BBC - how odd!
Guido Fawkes lists the MPs who voted against the, so called, gay marriage
bill - actually the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. There are the
Conservative MPs as expected but also these Labour MPs:
Joe Benton (Bootle), Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley), Tom Clarke
(Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill), Rosie Cooper (Lancashire West), David
Crausby (Bolton North East), Tony Cunningham (Workington), Jim Dobbin
(Heywood & Middleton), Brian Donohoe (Ayrshire Central), Robert Flello
(Stoke-on-Trent South), Mary Glindon (Tyneside North), Paul Goggins
(Wythenshawe & Sale East), Dai Havard (Merth... more »
The Economy: “The United States of Debt Addiction”
*“The United States of Debt Addiction” *
By GoldSilver
“6 point 7 trillion dollars. That is our current national debt. 12 point 8
trillion dollars. That is the amount households carry in mortgage and
consumer debt. We are now addicted to debt to lubricate the wheels of our
financial system. There is nothing wrong with debt per se, but it is safe
to say that too much debt relative to how much revenue is being produced is
a sign of economic problems. At the core of our current financial mess is
how we use debt as a parachute for any problem. We’ve been masking the
shrinking of the... more »
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