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TOXIC CONSEQUENCES FROM IRAQ ATTACK SHOWING UP IN NEW BORN BABIES
Al Jazeera reporter Dahr Jamail discusses with Democracy Now how the U.S. invasion of Iraq has left behind a legacy of cancer and birth defects suspected of being caused by the U.S. military’s extensive use of depleted uranium and white phosphorus. Noting the birth defects in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, Jamail says: "They’re extremely hard to bear witness to. But it’s something that we all need to pay attention to... What this has generated is, from 2004 up to this day, we are seeing a rate of congenital malformations in the city of Fallujah that has surpassed even that in the wak... more »
Dark Deeds! Pulled Strings! Conspiracy!
Aaaand the temper tantrums and dark allegations on the demise of Warawa's Wank begin. The question was brought up unexpectedly at the Sub-Committee on Private Members’ Business on the day the government is set to release its budget for 2013, meaning newsrooms across the country are locked up. The sub-committee vote, believed to be at the instigation of the Prime Minister’s Office, was unanimous. Oo. 'Unexpectedly'! And during the budget lock-up! Fun, isn't it, when fetus fetishists -- themselves masters of sneaky, back-door tactics -- get a little payback. Also. They're lying. I ... more »
Listen: Media Mornings 'Journey of Nishiyuu'
Media Mornings: Thu, Mar 21 — Journey of Nishiyuu 1,500km walk, Charlie Smith (Straight) W2MEDIA.CA | On today’s 7-8am broadcast of Media Mornings over Vancouver Co-op Radio 100.5 fm: Listen online: http://w2radio.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/media-mornings-thu-mar-21/ The Journey of the Nishiyuu has swelled to 200 walkers as it enters Algonquin territory. Photo: Ottawa Citizen
Another "Reformer" Cherry-Picks Data
Not all reformers read a quantitative study that seems to confirm their opinions and then get rhapsodic in speculating about Mr. Keating, the teacher at the “tony prep school” portrayed in the classic film, Dead Poet’s Society. But, Sarah Rosenberg’s “Oh Captain! My Captain!”illustrates the common pattern of wonks who cherry-pick studies in order to support their preferred policies. Rosenberg misstates the findings of the Calder Center’s “Portability of Teachers Effectiveness Across Schools,” by Zeyu Xu, Umut Ozek, and Matthew Corritore. It uses value-added data from tens of thousa... more »
Monsanto - developers of Round-Up ready crops...
*jumps on the Agenda 21 bandwagon.* Why am I not surprised? Have you heard of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)? It would be wise if you learned about them because their long-term plan is to run the world, and the UN’s Agenda 21 is how they expect to get control. You can start by reading about them at Wikipedia or at the WBCSD home page. The Wikipedia link tells us who some of the players are: General Motors, Dupont, 3M, Nestle's, Coca-Cola, Sony, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, Bank of America, and now we learn that Monsanto has decided to become a m...more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Legendary Music Producer Chris Strachwitz and Filmmakers Maureen Gosling & Chris Simon
From left: Chris Simon, Chris Strachwitz, and Maureen Gosling at the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, March 15, 2013. Photo by Bob Simmons / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz, filmmakers Maureen Gosling & Chris Simon This Ain't no Mouse Music! paints a "vivid portrait of an obsessive sonic sleuth" as the film takes "a hip-shaking stroll
How to make Homemade Easter Grass
I liked holiday traditions as a kid. I LOVE them as an adult. There is something about recreating the magic my mom created when I was a kid that makes me practically giddy. We used to jump out of bed the Saturday before Easter and start searching for the Easter baskets we knew our dad had hidden. I usually found mine in a few minutes, but it always took my oldest brother a good part of an hour. He and my dad had a sort of hiding competition going on. My dad would hide his in some CRAZY places. I think the attic may have been involved one year. Every year after we had found our... more »
International Day of Solidarity with Lakota Grandmothers
On April 9th, we are asking the world to join us in an International Day of Solidarity Action in support of Indigenous Lakota Elders as they visit the United Nations in New York City to demand an end to genocide. Mass gatherings, protests, blockades, street dances, non-violent direct action, and other forms of culturally appropriate support are welcome! If 80 and 90 year old Grandmothers
Christy Clark`s Goose, Cooked, Stick A Fork In The BC Liberal Party, They Done
*UPDATED, detailed tables are in, details below* Yes indeed, as Susan Lambert said last weekend... *"I might be a lame duck, but Christy Clark`s goose is cooked"* Kyle Braid`s polling outfit Ipsos Reid released a polled last week giving the NDP a 19 percentage point lead..And today Angus Reid has released a poll, Mario Canseco`s polling outfit Angus Reid has released a poll today that has the BC Liberals below 30% for the first time in ages...BC Liberals...28%. NDP..48%.. As for individual regions of the province.. ______ Metro Vancouver...NDP 50%..Libs 30% Vancouver Island.... more »
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Can The Democratic Party Survive An Obama-Boehner Grand Bargain?
The challengers Blue America has endorsed so far this year-- Andrew Hounshell (D-OH), Nick Ruiz (D-FL) and Carl Sciortino (D-MA) for House seats and Ed Markey (D-MA) for an open Senate seat-- have all publicly endorsed the Grayson-Takano No Cuts letter. It states very clearly that "we will vote against any and every cut to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits-- including raising the retirement age or cutting the cost of living adjustments that our constituents earned and need." The most recent signer, this week, was Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), who joined over two dozen othe... more »
UN to investigate merc/rebel attack in Syria- Hitto "Syrian PM" from Texas
Making sense of nonsense, is a trying task. We had the chemical attack in northern Syria the other day. Clearly the attack was undertaken by the NATO backed merc/rebels. Mercenary/Rebels, they who collectively come into Syria from all parts of the globe, inflicting themselves on the Syrian nation and it's people. Germany, France, UK, Libya, Pakistan, Chechnya, Tunisia, Saudia Arabia and other nations have all provided mercenary fighters to destroy one country. One people. It is awful. Truly awful. NATO's Islamist army. These are the individuals who launched the chemical attack agains... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Counterfeit Canada'
Counterfeit Canada Posted on March 21, 2013 by admin MNN. Mar. 20, 2013. To reduce opposition to theft of our resources, Prime Minister Harper appointed a new strategist. Doug Eyford is supposed to steer Indigenous land and resource owners out of their way. He replaces Tom Flanagan, the man-boy love advocate, and reports
"Resisting the State" ... More
So, yeah, more about Scott Neigh's *Talking Radical: Resisting the State*. In Chapter 2, Neigh talks about the transplanted Trinidadian, Toronto lawyer Charles Roach. Neigh begins with an in-depth explanation of how the cultures of other lands filter into a locale via the process of immigration and migration. He does this to show how Roach brought to Toronto a different understanding of the British Empire than that understood by Anglo-Canadians (and others of the white-ish persuasion). Roach's first activism in Canada was in the anti-nuclear weapons movement that tried to support P... more »
Blog Archeology: The Discursive Bundle that Justified the Iraq War
Yesterday morning I forgot to link the National Security Archive’s “Iraq War Ten Years After” page. It highlights some of the greatest hits of the period. I founded the Duck after the start of the Iraq War, but, as was the case for many US political and international-affairs blogs, the team blogged a fair amount on Continue reading
Warawa Wankless!
It was unanimous. As predicted in countless private members' business-related posts passim and, most recently, in today's OotD, Conservative MP Mark Warawa's non-binding motion to condemn sex-selective abortion has been deemed non-votable by unanimous vote of the subcommittee charged with overseeing private members`business. Why? Ostensibly, because it's provincial jurisdiction and the House already voted on abortion. @just_a_josh @kady what was the rationale given? — kady o'malley (@kady) March 21, 2013 Warawa can appeal. Oh look. Members of PMB Sub-Committee broke rules to... more »
Political Science as an Interest Group
Dan Drezner has a very pessimistic item on the lobbying power of political scientists. It's good, and I agree with most of it. I do think, however, that political science does have one advantage that virtually no other interest group shares: political scientists just happen to have tons of personal connections with Members of Congress and Hill staff. The less important factor: many political scientists get to know politicians and their staffs in the course of doing their jobs -- we study them, we invite them to speak to our classes, some of them use our expertise, and more. Most of ... more »
Barack And Bibi Are Buffoons
These buffoons have the world's attention? Really? These are the two best and most intelligent men that the talented people of America and Israel can produce? Really? Humanity has fallen. Seeing these buffoons strut around like they're conquerors and kings is hilarious. They are not leaders. They are not even good speech makers or storytellers. They are shit stains on the wall of history, to be forgotten by time.
TBS Cam is Alarming This Morning
Majia's Blog - 2 hours ago
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Haiti's Cholera Crisis
Haiti's cholera crisis bit.ly/10n3NrI — John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) March 21, 2013
Masters of War - Love and Liberty - Tatiana Moroz
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Graph of the Day: Global average surface temperature, 20,000 BC-present, with projection to 2100
[image: Global average temperature since the last ice age (20,000 BC) up to the not-too distant future (2100) under a middle-of-the-road emission scenario comprising the temperature reconstruction of Shakun, et al. (green – shifted manually by 0.25 degrees), of Marcott, et al. (blue), combined with the instrumental period data from HadCRUT4 (red) and the model average of IPCC projections for the A1B scenario up to 2100 (orange). Graphic: Jos Hagelaars] By Jos Hagelaars 19 March 2013 The big picture (or as some call it: the Wheelchair): Global average temperature since the last ic... more »
Links / Open Thread
Oh dear. The doomed assault weapons ban vote in the Senate is leaving the poor Dems vulnerable. To say nothing of all the incipient victims in classrooms, malls, theaters and other community gathering spots. But never mind. The recent lack of filibuster reform by Harry Reid is having the desired effect. Popular bills backed by the majority of the citizenry will die by preordained plan, but the Dems will still be seen as having "tried." So sit back, wait for the next massacre, and then watch amazed as the politicians cry on cue before the TV cameras, and your inbox fills up with fund-... more »
Those savage cuts in perspective
The BBC and the Labour Party, connected as they are by a common agenda, have spent the last three years railing agianst the 'savage Tory cuts', 'too deep, too fast' they cry. Do remember that Labour under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, asisted by such as Ed Balls and Ed MiMiliband increased state spending by 50% in a decade and the BBC never thought that extrvagent or unwise. Now the Conservative lead coalition have dared to reduce spening by a measly 2.7% we are meant to believe that that is evil?
Claim Benefits? Then Bank Charges are Unlawful
Many thanks to Catriona Grant for letting me know about this very useful piece of *Tory* legislation. This needs spreading far and wide. Did you know that Section 187 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 There is an Act of Parliament which over-rides banks taking charges from your account if you are in receipt of any of the following benefits. • Income Support • Tax Credits • Child Benefit • Job seekers allowance • Incapacity benefit • Disability living allowance • Attendance Allowance • CSA payments • Other DWP payments These social security benefits are granted t... more »
The New York Times forgets itself!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013* *Blames everyone else for Iraq:* Last night, Lawrence O’Donnell kept pouring it on concerning the run-up to war with Iraq. “It was hard being against the invasion of Iraq,” O’Donnell sadly intoned, perhaps conveying the impression that *he* had spoken out. Lawrence ran through a long list of Hollywood actors who bravely resisted. For more than ten minutes, he kept playing tape of the various things they had said. We kept wondering when Lawrence would play the tape of the various fiery things *he* said. But how weird! No such tape ever appeared! That’... more »
ALEC Legislators Want Their Privacy
Damn! The crap coming out of ALEC just keeps on getting more ridiculous. On my Google search today I found this: *in response to requests by public sector members * *of the American Legislative Exchange Council.* ALEC legislators requested this report. ALEC legislators specifically asked for this report. The general public did not ask for this report. The general public did not ask their ALEC legislators, to ask for this report. ALEC legislators - requested this report. *The name of the new ALEC Report??????* *The name of the new ALEC Report requested by ALEC legislators??????* *Abus... more »
Elections In Iraq’s Anbar and Ninewa Provinces Postponed
Iraq’s cabinet recently announced that it was postponing the April 2013 provincial elections in Anbar and Ninewa for security reasons. This was instantly criticized as a move to undermine the voting process in those two governorates. Both provinces have seen major anti-government demonstrations since December 2012, which have concerned Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. At the same time, the councils in Anbar and Ninewa have gone through major divisions. In fact, the former called for a delay in polling before the cabinet’s decision. This maneuver could be the result of these local an... more »
I think the BBC Weather twitter account (@bbcweather) may have been hacked
Usually the @bbcweather twitter account is pretty non-controversial, not so recently. A couple are rather unpleasant about Israel, promising a nuclear attack on Tel Aviv on Saturday and suggesting that residents of Haifa 'return to Poland'. Other targets for the hackers, apparently Syrian, include Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey. I'm sure normal service will be restored soon and we'll be seeing more tweets like this one from earlier today
Robots have failed Fukushima Daiichi and Japan – ‘For all of Japan’s high-tech prowess, none of those lauded humanoid helpers were any good at all’
[image: Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Photo: Oshikazo Tsuno / AFP / Getty Images] By Michael Fitzpatrick 20 March 2013 (FORTUNE) – Two years since a shudder in the Earth's crust devastated Japan, the country's scientists and engineers are still attempting to develop technologies to make Fukushima safe from radiation. But progress has been slow and—because of institutional failings—more advanced technologies have not been available to workers at the sire. A country known as a technological superpower ultimately had to rely on low-tech methods during the disaster,... more »
Gulag Nation USA: 2.3 Million Inmates, Forced Labor, Rancid Food -- and It's Making the Corporate Overlords Wealthy. Until we slay the beast of corporate capitalism, our prison industry and the horror it perpetuates will only expand.
------------------------------ ------------------------------ Chris Hedges' Columns *The Shame of America’s Gulag* Posted on March 17, 2013 Original Here By Chris Hedges Illustration by Mr. FishIf, as Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote, “the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” then we are a nation of barbarians. Our vast network of federal and state prisons, with some 2.3 million inmates, rivals the gulags of totalitarian states. Once you disappear behind prison ... more »
KLEIN ON THE LAWN: His work is often very bad!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013* *Part 4—So too for the work of his wife:* Is Ezra Klein even minimally competent? Consider this post from yesterday’s Wonkblog, a post which the normally perspicacious Kevin Drum chose to praise. We know what you’re thinking—the “Irvine crew” will always stick together! Having noted your rank unfairness, we’d have to say that young Klein’s post was *not* especially competent. Young Klein was tackling a knotty problem—why will spending on health care programs rise in the next twenty years? This is the (rather murky) way he started. Nothing he said here ... more »
Unwanted electronic gear rising in toxic piles – ‘Lots of smaller recyclers are in over their heads, and the risk that they might abandon their stockpiles is very real’
[image: Flat-screen technology has made monitors and televisions like the ones seen here in Porterville, California, obsolete, crushing the demand for the recycled tube glass in them and creating stockpiles of the useless material across the country. Photo: Gary Kazanjian for The New York Times] By IAN URBINA 18 March 2013 (The New York Times) – Last year, two inspectors from California’s hazardous waste agency were visiting an electronics recycling company near Fresno for a routine review of paperwork when they came across a warehouse the size of a football field, packed wi... more »
Floridians Should Ignore ALEC Economic Advice
“Certainly Florida has moved in the right direction; based on the data, it seems that Florida is once again a model for other states to emulate,” Jonathan Williams, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force director at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) tells Sunshine State News. “Florida has recovered in a better way than many other states. Phasing down the business tax burden as the governor is trying to do; taking a hard look, as the Legislature has, at pension reform; those things are sending a message to businesses and other states: Florida is open for business again.” ... more »
MONOPOLY; USA; CYPRUS; BANKS...
The game of Monopoly can go on for ever, so long as you are allowed to borrow money. You land on 'Mayfair' where your opponent has hotels. You haven't got enough cash, so you borrow from 'the bank', which has limitless money. Each time you pass 'Go' you pay 5% on your borrowing. If your opponent lands on your hotels on 'Oxford Street', you then have enough money to pay back the money borrowed from the bank. Of course, if your opponent has far more properties and hotels than you, you will end up with growing debts. But, the bank always allows you to borrow more money. So the g... more »
In drought ravaged U.S. plains, efforts to save a vital aquifer
[image: Depletion of the Ogallala aquifer. Since Americans first began industrial irrigation of the Great Plains in the 1940s, water levels across most of the Ogallala have fallen at least five feet, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Almost one-fifth of the area has dropped at least 25 feet, while 11 percent has lost 50 feet or more. In some of the worst-off areas of Kansas and Texas, the water table has declined as much as 200 feet. The most recent drought has compounded the problem, drying up riverbeds and forcing farmers to rely even more heavily on groundwater. Graphic:... more »
The deliberately 'offensive' Michael White
His words, not mine... One question is why is he being so deliberately offensive towards me and at least one other blogger, @yidtech. The other questions are a) why Michael White made that original 'settlements' comment and b) why he is so shy of answering that simple question? One final question, I've been nothing but polite when questioning him, so why has he been so 'offensive'? UPDATE: Since writing, but not posting this piece yesterday afternoon, I have continued to try and elicit a reply from Michael White to my questions; I have not been successful... I've tried for seve... more »
hugo chavez vs lies western media tells us
Linda McQuaig recently wrote an excellent column about the blatantly false portrayal of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in the Western mainstream media. Chavez should be a hero to anyone who cares about social justice, but if your primary news sources are anywhere from CNN to the CBC to the *New York Times*, you might wonder why millions of Latin Americans mourned Chavez's passing rather than celebrating. You might imagine they were in the thrall of a charismatic tyrant. I found the mainstream media's description of Chavez as a "dictator" particularly rich, given the US en... more »
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*Modernization of flood insurance risk assessments, ending of mandatory policies behind levees recommended ~Mark Schleifstein* ~Commenter johnbgood~* "The modern methods would be similar to those the Army Corps of Engineers used in determining the risk of hurricane storm surge and rainfall flooding as part of its design of levee improvements in the new Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina." * Please do not use that flawed methodology as the standard. There were too many things done wrong by the Corps on that study. The Corps and all of its PR-engineers will state at every public meet... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Sabrina Le Beauf, 55. Didn't realize she was in a Star Trek. The good stuff: 1. The Senate, on a voice vote, has cut off (some) funding for political science research. Awful. 2. The Arkansas Medicaid plan. Will it fly? Sarah Kliff examines it. 3. I didn't know about this, and now I do and I'm happy: the British budget box. From Matt Phillips. 4. And Jay Ulfelder wants social scientists to have some fun.
Contamination Study May Extend Veteran Benefits
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 5 hours ago
By: Nathan lamb A recent study has shed new light on long-standing water contamination issues at a North Carolina military base—and that could help veterans claiming adverse health impacts from their time at that post. The study indicates that drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune had elevated levels of carcinogens for more than 60 years, according to this story from the Kansas City Star. At peak levels, the contaminants were 150 times higher than safety standards—and the report estimated up to one million service personnel and their families may have been exposed while... more »
Boehner Protecting Chinese Currency Manipulation Again?
When China can undervalue its currency, they can flood the U.S. market with "cheap" goods and destroy industries and, obviously, capture good-paying American manufacturing jobs. Also, that undervalued currency rate means U.S. goods become artificially and prohibitively expensive when entering the Chinese market. U.S. manufacturers-- and workers-- get killed both ways. Wall Street has no preference for profits that come from American manufacturing or Chinese manufacturing-- it's all the same for them-- and their bought-and-paid-for agents in Congress have been perfectly happy with ... more »
War on Women - Pregnancy Will Cost You
Saw this in a Daily Kos Diary and it piqued my interest Being a woman - my first thought was about pregnancy leave - but this is much, much bigger than that. Being that I have been in the workplace for a looooong time I know that women have a tendency to bank sick and vacation time in advance of a pregnancy. They intentionally do not use up their paid time off - so that when they go on maternity leave they receive a certain amount of time where they are using paid time off at 100% of their pay. Then (if available) most go on short term disability at 60% of their pay. Now ------- we... more »
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*Steve Gleason Helps Kickoff New Orleans Entrepreneur Week* *FOIA-Matic: A One-Click Interface for Gulf Pollution Response* *Gulf lease bids exceed $1.2 billion * *Oil revenue sharing bill introduced* *Troy Dugas: The Shape of Relics* *Dat Dog adds to the pack * *Edible School Yard New Orleans, Garden Party Under The Stars Tonight!* *Tujaques is in danger of closing * *AXS beams New Orleans Jazzfest live* *Music is the voyage at Congo Square festival* *Local bands go Hog Wild for Brain Cancer*
The sorry truth is that the virus of anti-Semitism has infected the British Muslim community
'It pains me to have to admit this but anti-Semitism isn't just tolerated in some sections of the British Muslim community; it's routine and commonplace. Any Muslims reading this article – if they are honest with themselves – will know instantly what I am referring to. It's our dirty little secret. You could call it the banality of Muslim anti-Semitism. I can't keep count of the number of Muslims I have come across – from close friends and relatives to perfect strangers – for whom weird and wacky anti-Semitic conspiracy theories are the default explanation for a range of national a... more »
WH Petition: Congress Should Wear Corporate Logos
we petition the obama administration to:Require Congressmen & Senators to wear logos of their financial backers on their clothing, much like NASCAR drivers do.Since most politicians' campaigns are largely funded by wealthy companies and individuals, it would give voters a better sense of who the candidate they are voting for is actually representing if the company's logo, or individual's name, was prominently displayed upon the candidate's clothing at all public appearances and campaign events. Once elected, the candidate would be required to continue to wear those "sponsor's" names ... more »
Why the Sun goes crazy!?
Link: http://youtu.be/8s5c-JfGibc Link: http://youtu.be/Hueen7jPi0w "*The music makes the song*" is a French saying, of course in that language. Which is why I repeat the message about our star, the Sun, and its influence on Earth and all that is in and on it. However this time from 2 somewhat different but -in a way- complementary perspectives. To my opinion worthwhile to compare them at points. We live at a time of a "solar maximum" that manifests itself as a minimum. Does the Sun go crazy? What are the consequences on the long run? What have we learned and what urgently needs to... more »
Pietro Mennea R.I.P.
I am sure that most of you have never heard of Pietro Mennea but I remember him well. He was the Italian sprinter who broke the 200m world record in Mexico in 1979, his time 19.72 Pietro Mennea was often in races with Allan Wells and they were usually close, here's the 1979 Europa Cup 200m In the Moscow Olympics of 1980 it was Pietro Mennea that passed Allan Wells on the line to deny Allan Wells a 100m and 200m double. Pietro Mennea was fast, indeed to this day only eight other athletes have run 200m faster than he did that day in Mexico City, albeit Pietro Mennea did ha... more »
The Saudis oppress their people and expect visitors to look the other way » Spectator Blogs
' Saudis who espouse human rights and secular ideals can hang (often literally) if the trade-off means our short-term goals are secured. We betray progressives and empower reactionaries. Should we really then be all that surprised if more people embrace radical jihadist narratives which advocate change through violent means?' http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2013/03/the-saudis-oppress-their-people-and-expect-vistors-to-look-the-other-way/
The New York Times: Muslim Brotherhood's Words on women
' "A woman needs to be confined within a framework that is controlled by the man of the house," Osama Yehia Abu Salama, a Brotherhood family expert, said of the group's general approach, speaking in a recent seminar for women training to become marriage counselors. Even if a wife were beaten by her husband, he advised, "Show her how she had a role in what happened to her." "If he is to blame," Mr. Abu Salama added, "she shares 30 percent or 40 percent of the fault."' The delightful face of the Muslim Brotherhood. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/world/middleeast/muslim-brother... more »
Lectures From Hypocrites
Jim Flaherty's lecture to Manulife caused the company to reverse its mortgage rate -- and it caused a kerfuffle in the Conservative chorus. Mad Max Bernier publicly disagreed with his cabinet colleague. Even Stephen Harper's favourite economist -- Jack Mintz -- says that mortgage rates are not Flaherty's business. What Flaherty's intervention showed us is what we have known for a long time. The prime directive in the Harper government is, "Do As I Say." This is the government that has told native peoples that pipelines will cross their land. If they disagree, they will lose their... more »
SCRAP TRIDENT IN SCOTLAND
protest to thrive 2013 from Camcorder Guerrillas on Vimeo.
Behind their back - A six year anniversary
I have come across this video which shows David Cameron sneakily popping a mint into his mouth during yesterday's Budget announcement by George Osborne Ifyou want to understand the difference between this Prime Minister and the last, the lamentable Gordon Brown, here's Gordon Brown having a sneaky bogey nibble during a Tony Blair PMQs from 21 March 2007 David Cameron eats mints to keep his breath fresh, Gordon Brown.... And just imagine the state of the back of Gordon Brown's tie.
I couldn't have said it better myself
From the comments on Biased-BBC this morning: Doublethinker says: March 21, 2013 at 6:58 am Agree. The problem that contributors to this site have is that the BBC is stuffed full of employees with a liberal/left view of the world and that because there is no centre right counter weight in side the BBC their view determines how the BBC goes about its business. Their own prejudices become a collective BBC bias which gives open door to causes they agree with, eg state spending , global warming and multiculturalism, but firmly shut doors to causes they don’t agree with ,eg less state s... more »
Socialized Healthcare 14: Health Spending / GDP Ratio
In my blog post the other day, On Inequality and Inclusive Business in HC, I wrote: *On government health spending, I think the ADB, WHO, UN, etc. data on PH public health spending is understated and wrong. They usually count only DOH + PhilHealth spending. They do not include some or all of other govt spending such as:* *1. LGUs, with provincial and city health centers and hospitals. Manila City alone has six city-owned hospitals. 2. Philippine General Hospital (PGH), budget about P2 billion a year, part of the UP annual budget; hence, it is not counted as health spending but educ... more »
Sasha Polyakov joins the Milner Prize winners
- *Off-topic, cosmology:* Planck, the WMAP's successor, has released the data: press release, BBC, published papers, real time, data, ESA live TV. The cold spot is much larger than previously thought and almost certainly not an irrelevant fluke. The composition of the cosmic energy (dark energy / dark matter / baryonic) was modified from 73-23-4.5 to 68-27-5 percent. Jesus' father was born 13.82 billion years before Christ, up from the previous age 13.73 billion years. ;-) *The Universe when it was 380,000 years old (via Planck)* High-\... more »
Cop Repellant
Most of us have scant interaction with authority. For that reason alone we are ill prepared. Yet the innocent as well as the guilty do get caught up in the clutches of cops and their like. It is an universally unpleasant experience. Imagine that you are dealing with someone who cares less about your innocence and then twists everything however obliquely into something black. It can happen. After all these guys spend their entire working live honing these unpleasant skills. This item pretty nicely spells out how to deal with the situation as best one can. It reminds us that... more »
Atmospheric CO2 Jumps
This brings up two issues. The first is that it appears that the CO2 number is continuing to rise. If the linkage to industrial production is valid then this pretty well shows us that global consumption has not abated at all. If the linkage is not valid, then the alternative explanation is that a warmer Earth is releasing a lot of CO2. The logic is inescapable. CO2 production is a lagging indicator to a warming Earth or the present stable temperature plateau lasting fifteen years is not affected by rising CO2. The second issue is that Mauna Loa is effectively our only d... more »
Freeze Drying
Freeze drying solves a fundamental problem of agriculture. It is high quality storage. You can mobilize the manpower to process the crop at season's height but you cannot ever sell more than the market can absorb of fresh food. Freeze drying is the one size fits all solution and superior to all others. We are merely used to dealing with the alternatives to produce satisfactory outcomes. This tells us that deliverable technology is not there yet at the small operator scale at an attractive price. It needs to be. As I have posted many times, the current limiter for moder... more »
Esa-maps of ancient light-Planck satellite
*Innovative maps of the oldest light in the Universe will be out soon by the European Space Agency. *The light carries main information about what happened abruptly after the Big Bang, and can be used to work out the age of the cosmos - 13.7 billion years being the present estimate. The metaphors were assembled as of data acquired by the organization’s 600m euro Planck satellite. Planck is the third western satellite to learn the so-called space Microwave Background. The CMB is the light that was lastly allowed to spread out across space once the Universe had cooled adequately to ... more »
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Dave Zirin : Steubenville and the Bond Between Jock Culture and Rape Culture
Image from Serious Insanity. The verdict: Steubenville shows the bond between jock culture and rape culture ''I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.'' -- Bob Knight, Hall of Fame basketball coach, 1988. By Dave Zirin / TThe Rag Blog / March 21, 2013 Progressive sportswriter Dave Zirin will be Thorne Dreyer's guest on Rag Radio, Friday, March 22, 2013, 2-3 p.m. (CDT), on
March 20, 1973
I'll start with the biggest development of the day, although it won't be visible until the end of the week. On March 20, James McCord -- convicted, but still awaiting sentencing -- leaves a letter for Judge John Sirica. Sirica, after getting witnesses in case it's a bribe, opens and reads the letter and reseals it, telling his clerk: "This is going to break the case wide open." Meanwhile, Dean is busy with the lose end that they're all more worried about: Howard Hunt. Deciding to try to meet Hunt's new demands, he checks with Erlichman and calls Mitchell. Erlichman, meanwhile, talk... more »
Yes, Bush and Cheney sold the war, but why did Americans buy it?
OK, the 10-year retrospectives on the Iraq War are in and the debate is on. Yes, Bush, Cheney, and the neocons sold the country a bill of goods on Iraq. They are war criminals and should be held accountable. Iraq was a strategic disaster, it was a financial disaster, and for far too many it Continue reading
Thursday Morning Linkage
Manta rays and sharks get new protections, CITES closes on a hopeful note Yet new slaughter of elephants in Chad Black market for sea cucumbers in Mexico, driven by demand in China Oh yeah, Senate passes measures restricting NSF funding for study of democracy (cuz that’s not important), NSF can only fund study of issues germane to national Continue reading
Why Is The World Economy Doomed? The Global Financial Pyramid Scheme By The Numbers!
I have been like everyone else the last few days in watching what is unfolding in Cyprus right now. It is in my honest opinion that the Cypriots should absolutely NOT accept any criminal IMF or Euro-Bank imposed "austerity" that calls for a levy on every single bank account held by the Cypriots themselves. They should say absolutely NO to the criminal actions by the evil Jewish bankers and their own government, and do exactly what Iceland did, and tell the fraud Jewish bankers to take their demands and shove it up their asses! Debt enslavement is absolutely not the way to go, and... more »
17 Eco-Friendly Tips For Spring
Welcome to Spring!! After a cold winter with some severe storms throughout the world, warmer weather and sunshine is definitely welcome. But with the change in temperature, our green routines must change as well. Here are a few tips to get us started: If you're moving into Autumn instead of Spring, you might be interested in 39 Tips For Fall. 1. Spring is traditionally a time to tackle those big cleaning jobs. Instead of using toxic chemicals, opt for more earth-friendly cleansers. Check out How to Make a Non-Toxic Cleaning Kit for ideas and recipes. 2. Clean out closet... more »
The Back To Work Budget Didn't Pass
No one thought it would pass. It's far too good-- too sensible, too weighted towards the non-rich-- for any Republican to consider voting for it. It failed today 84-327 and, sure enough, not a single Republican voted for it. But, then again, neither did most Democrats. More than a few non-Progressive Caucus Members voted for it-- like Stephen Lynch who desperately wants Massachusetts Democratic primary voters to think he's a progressive-- but I was horrified and disappointed by the CPC members who didn't vote for it, as well as by other progressives who voted NO. Last week, writin... more »
Ben Swann - Full Disclosure: Al Qaeda in Syria, the Story You Haven't Heard?
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: Ben Swann]: Ben Swann Full Disclosure talks with Emilio Ibrahim, a Syrian man living in Damascus about the U.S. and Saudi funding of Al Qaeda fighters who are leading the so called Syrian revolution. Full Disclosure: Al Qaeda in Syria, the Story You Haven't Heard?
Paulo Coelho, “The Cycle of Nature”
*“The Cycle of Nature”* by Paulo Coelho “In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat: there is only movement. The winter struggles to reign supreme, but, in the end, is obliged to accept spring’s victory, which brings with it flowers and happiness. The summer would like to make its warm days last for ever, because it believes that warmth is good for the earth, but, finally, it has to accept the arrival of autumn, which will allow the earth to rest. The gazelle eats the grass and is devoured by the lion. It isn’t a matter of who is the strongest, but Go... more »
Johnny Rustywire : The Hitchhiker
Window Rock, Arizona, Navajo Nation. Image from Flickriver. The hitchhiker I thought it must be an old person, since the figure was small in size and wrapped in a blanket head to toe. I could see the person standing in my headlights, wrapped against the blowing crystals of cold snow. By Johnny Rustywire / The Rag Blog / March 21, 2013 I was on the road near Woodsprings, west of Window Rock,
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Video: Reggie Watts tallies the price of carbon pollution
13 March 2013 (Climate Reality Project) – Narrated by Reggie Watts. We are all paying the price of carbon pollution. It's time to put a price on carbon and make the polluters stop the carbon destruction. The Price of Carbon Technorati Tags: carbon dioxide,carbon,global warming,climate change,coal,oil production,corruption,pollution
Oil Spill Response Vessel Runs Aground After Almost Crashing With A BC Ferry
Joe Oliver was in Vancouver on Monday to announce that the Harper was creating an oil tanker inspection panel, and to announce the appointment of a special envoy whose duties would be to liaise between British Columbia, Alberta, First Nations and the Harper regime. Joe Oliver wanted to make a really big splash with his announcement, the Federal Government spent money and ordered British Columbia`s largest oil spill response ship to come from Esquimalt harbour base to Vancouver harbour to make a big impression, seems that everything went really really wrong, on a relatively calm day ... more »
Princeton Mind-Matter Interaction Research
Psyleron - Princeton Mind-Matter Interaction Research from Psyleron on Vimeo.
Were the CIA and MI6 told that Iraq had no WMDs? Tony Blair's "too busy" to comment -- how 'bout George and Big Dick?
*Why, if it isn't former British PM Tony "Too Busy" Blair! If he wasn't so busy, he might be able to clear up this matter of MI6 having received high-level secret Iraqi information that Saddam Hussen didn't have WMDs.* *"There were ways in which people were misled or misled themselves at all stages."* *-- Lord Butler, "the former [British] cabinet secretary who led an inquiry into the use of intelligence in the runup to the invasion of Iraq"* *by Ken* My, how time flies! Here we are already plunging into the festivities celebraing George and Dick's Excellent Adventure in Iraq! I kn... more »
“37 Percent of People Have No Clue About What's Going On”
*“37 Percent of People Have No Clue About What's Going On”* By Mark Morford "Six percent of Americans believe in unicorns. Thirty-six percent believe in UFOs. A whopping 24 percent believe dinosaurs and man hung out together. Eighteen percent still believe the sun revolves around the Earth. Nearly 30 percent believe cloud computing involves… actual clouds. A shockingly sad 18 percent, to this very day, believe the president is a Muslim. Aren’t they cute? And Floridian? Do you believe in angels? Forty-five percent of Americans do. In fact, roughly 48 percent – Republicans and... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Stations of Light are Established
* * * * *Stations of Light are Established* by ÉirePort Stations of Light are established over and around Gaia to enable smoother transitions for humans to Hue-mans, in this period following seasonal change. Locations of Stations of Light are flexible and move as required. Those called within to steward such will feel the pull... strongly. We of ÉirePort station are monitoring planetary consciousness levels as Light levels upon and within Gaia increase. The Stations of Light stewardship crews will be called to take appropriate steps to bridge discontinuities as they are noted. É... more »
Eternal Presence - Live with It
To buy Eileen Meyer's songs the easiest way is to go to iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songs-of-anima/id295309520 If you want to buy the actual hard copy CD buy direct from Eileen Meyer's website: http://eileenmeyer.com/Music.html If people want to just listen to all the songs from my CDs, they are on Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/eileenmeyer
TRENDS IN NATIONAL SPENDING PRIORITIES
Facing soaring deficits and disagreements over the mix of taxes and spending in the budget, it is valuable to consider what the American people think governmental spending priorities should be and how their preferences have changed over the last four decades. Since 1973 the General Social Surveys conducted by the University of Chicago have asked people whether government spending in various areas from health to foreign aid is too much, too little, or about right. The General Social Survey is a project of the independent research organization NORC at the University of Chicago with... more »
The Magic of ALEC
Another nutjob trying to defend ALEC. It is so sad when the other side is soooooo wrong. Myth: The bills are written by the conservative think tank American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). One California paper’s editorial claimed a state bill copies ALEC model legislation. It doesn’t. That model legislation, first proposed in 2003 and called the “Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act,” is actually similar to a federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act that Congress passed in 2006. That’s an important piece of legislation in its own right to battle terroristic elements in th... more »
ALEC Agri-Business Members - What Do They Want to HIde
Great read this morning - about the absurdity of the American Legislative Exchange Council Ag-Gag Bills. Short - to the point. A lot of great ALEC reads happen on people's blogs - too bad "the suits" don't recognize citizen journalists. *What do they have to hide?* * * *Thom on March 19th, 2013* Suppose at your local grocery store there was a clerk that, before putting the vegetables out on display, would urinate on them. Would you want them caught? What if the person who caught them doing it was not a USDA inspector? Would it bother you that the privacy of that person or the groce... more »
Foreign Aid 15: Shrink the IMF
I forwarded my article in interaksyon, Why the IMF is irrelevant in thePhilippines, to Dr. Josef “Jop” Yap, the President of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) because it was the PIDS that sponsored the forum where the IMF regional officer, Dr. Anoop Singh, spoke. Jop replied that he shared my article with the PIDS staff, thanks Jop. He added that the IMF need not be dismantled, that it only has to refocus and should have been done in the past, but the Fund has no clout over the major country credits including the US. I replied to Jop saying that when the IMF is... more »
TRENDS IN NATIONAL SPENDING PRIORITIES
Facing soaring deficits and disagreements over the mix of taxes and spending in the budget,it is valuable to consider what the American people think governmental spending priorities should be and how their preferences have changed over the last four decades. Since 1973 the General Social Surveys (GSSs) conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago have asked people whether government spending in various areas from health to foreign aid is too much, too little, or about right. The General Social Survey is a project of the independent research organization NORC at the Universit... more »
SENIOR ISRAELI THINK-TANK ACADEMIC CAUGHT LYING IN EFFORT TO PROMOTE UNILATERAL WAR AGAINST IRAN
Dr. Shmuel Bar, director of studies at the Institute of Policy and Strategy, an Israeli think-tank based in Herzliya, has been caught lying over US involvement in the bombing of Syria’s so-called nuclear reactor in 2007. A report in a BBC online news article yesterday stated the following: *Shmuel Bar points out that Israel did not inform the US in advance of the attack on Osirak or its alleged attack on the Syrian reactor, and may take the same approach in attacking Iran, as a way of side-stepping a potential "red light" from the US altogether.* Shmuel Bar is flat out lying with r... more »
Christy Clark Fails Boating Community, Misses The Boat
I`m going to my best not to be sarcastic, however it`s very difficult not to be when Christy Clark continues to utter statements that prove she is in way over her head in all departments.. Early this morning there was a tragedy, details are still unfolding, at 4:00 a.m. this morning a car at high speed launched into the water at the Gabriola ferry landing(Gulf Islands) ...The Fraser river based hovercraft responded, they were on scene about 5:00 a.m....Divers went into the water, they still haven`t located the automobile(4:00 p.m.)... http://www.cknw.com/news/vancouver/story.aspx?... more »
The Potentiality of Love
The Potentiality of Love, by Bill Brockbader and Eva Moore
Zerban Announces in WI - Hopeful Sign for MN????
From Roll Call *Wisconsin:Ryan’s Former Democratic Foe Explores Rematch* Democrat Rob Zerban announced Wednesday that he is preparing for a rematch with Republican Rep. Paul D. Ryan in Wisconsin’s 1st District. SNIP “Since the election, I have been inundated with phone calls and emails from people all over the First District urging me to come forward again to give the people of Southeast Wisconsin a viable alternative to Paul Ryan,” Zerban said in a statement. “My hope is that, over the next few months, we will begin to have a conversation about what the people of the Wisconsin’... more »
Thinking of getting a dehydrator?...
*this is the one I'm getting.* *The Nesco 700-Watt Food Dehydrator* * * * Available at Amazon*
Strangeness on Scribd
Having some unusual things going on with Scribd. I can't seem to revise uploads, only do new ones. Also I just loaded up a Bill Brockbader upload in private mode, and somehow got 10 reads before I ever made it public. Now that is strange.
No, Auckland is not the world’s most expensive city
Despite the horror stories on the news about Auckland’s insane and rapidly rising housing prices, and Nick Smith’s increasing pressure on Auckland’s mayor and council to fix this, Auckland is not the most expensive city in the world in which to buy a house. The most expensive city in the world in which to buy a house—not even a house, just a *shoebox—*is Hong Kong*. The median price for your shoebox in Hong Kong is HK$3,810,000, which with a median Hong Kong income of HK$282,000 makes that a multiple (what housing researchers call a “Median Multiple”) of 13.5. In other words, it... more »
Introducing the American Nationalist Association
*THE AMERICAN NATIONALIST ASSOCIATION* * * *Introduced by* * * *WORLD VIEW FOUNDATIONS & John Friend* * * *www.wvfoundations.org* * * *www.john-friend.net* * **Statement of Purpose:* * **Peoples of European ancestry must begin to organize and protect their own interests. We can no longer rely on the established political parties or organizations, including both the Republican and Democratic Parties. We must develop a genuine alternative to the controlled mainstream outlets for political, cultural, and social expression which do not represent or advance the interests of OUR PEOPLE. Ever... more »
Michael James : Pictures from the Long Haul
Menominee Boys at the Battle of Mole Lake Historic Marker Crandon, Wisconsin, 1978. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the Long Haul.. Pictures from the Long Haul: Duane and the Menominee warriors Duane was a fast runner, and he was the guy who came through the woods, through the snow, bringing and giving out the word that the Menominee
ten years on: hate mail to bush and cheney from a dying iraq war veteran and war resister
Yesterday, March 19, 2013, was the 10th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Looking for something to post, I sorted through about a dozen essays and stories online, but nothing reflected the anger and sadness and disgust and urgency and frustration I feel about everything connected with the ongoing Iraq War. I didn't write something myself, because it feels like I've said everything I have to say a good 50 times over. I'm going to leave my post to Tomas Young. Young is an Iraq war veteran, and he is dying. He was profiled in the documentary "Body of War," which I wrote about whe... more »
Manly P. Hall - Buddha and the Bomb
Manly P. Hall, from his talk "Buddha and the Bomb": "When a person follows a wrong pattern for enough years a good pattern will hurt him or make him feel uncomfortable. He will not want to change even though he realizes that his present course is fatal. He does not want to understand life even though he knows that he must sometime face a change. He is just beginning to think seriously about life after death, and he is not able to create a philosophical insight or a mystical insight strong enough to accompany him in the years as they come to an end. All of this is part of a little... more »
Invitation From OPPT OC
*WHEREVER YOU ARE.....* *Please read out loud the last OPPT filing and declaration with us* *sometime in the next (24) hours* *All is Eternal Essence, Debt Release* Heather Tucci-Jarraf, trustee of OPPT, has reminded us that *the more energy we invest into this document and its declarations the quicker the declarations will manifest in our world and lives.* With the Spring Solstice we have arrived at a perfect balanced state of Light & Dark, multi-dimensionally. Could the timing be more perfect to declare and invest our BEingness and intentions into this document? ... more »
The Democrats CAN Win Back The House-- IF Steve Israel Flows With DCCC Staffers' Vision!
By the end, the Dems had won 201 House seats, a net gain of 8 You can always count on Stuart Rothenberg for a tidy summary of conventional wisdom and he didn't disappoint in yesterday's *Roll Call*story about how the Democrats can't win back the House. "Democrats," he insists, "need to net 17 seats next year to reach a 218-seat majority in the House." That's correct and... hardly news. The next two words, though, are the warning signal that he's going off track. "Democratic operatives identify 30 House Republicans who won by less than 10 points last year and assert that the margin mak... more »
Dutch Government Fueling Anti-Semitic Feelings :: Gatestone Institute
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FRIENDS OF ISRAEL TOUR; WHY SHOULD JEWS HAVE A HOMELAND?
*Parliamentary Friends of Israel Study Tour - Debate* *Parts of a speech delivered by David Shoebridge in Australia's New South Wales Legislative Council on 14 march 2013. * * **Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE*: The human rights of the Palestinians ...were airbrushed out of the itinerary of the study tour that travelled to Israel and some very small parts of the West Bank... How could members not go to see the way the Palestinians live under the illegal blockade or not speak to ... the the paramedics about how they respond to the impacts of aerial bombardments by the Israeli military? *Isra... more »
Sounds Like Peoria to Me
Lyons: U.S. patients the victims of health care profiteers shar.es/ezQUavia @ sharethis — John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) March 20, 2013
Anti-Racist is codeword for Anti-White
Must watch video from *MarmiteMan4*:
Exasperation Nation
Aspiration Nation. Could it be the dumbest political slogan since 'Make Ireland Thatcher's Vietnam!'? How befitting then it got an airing no less than several thousand times in Osborne's Budget Statement this afternoon, a piece of political work premised on political failure, economic incompetence and outright complacency. Don't take my word for it, here are some graphs. Aspiration? Exasperation nation more like ... There's very little I can add. Osborne's 2013 budget is austerity-as-usual. The points I made on the occasion of the Autumn State in December(!) largely still stand, tho... more »
Voters support stimulus spending for job creation
More proof nobody cares about the deficit. When it gets down to specific policy voters support "government spending" to create jobs. Even Republican voters: Americans widely support each of three job creation proposals, including offering tax breaks to businesses that create jobs in the U.S. and a program that would put people to work on urgent infrastructure repair projects. Support for these programs is only slightly lower in a variant of the question that asks respondents if they are in favor of spending government money to pay for the programs. Greg breaks out the figures: *... more »
Walk a Mile with Me
*Blessings Everyone:* *Someone once said something about walking a mile in another person's shoes to learn empathy. * *Do you have 8 min. to walk a mile with me? * *You can still wear your own shoes.* *your humble servant, * *ancient clown*
Just Like Cyprus: How the Australian Government Turned on its Citizens
*Guest post by Nick Hubble* Yes, this is getting old, but this week a new Mediterranean country became the centre of the financial world’s attention. It’s not even big enough to be one of the PIIGS, which used to make all the headlines. But Cyprus is important for a whole new reason. This time around, bank depositors will take a hit in the effort to bail out the banks. And that’s causing panic across Europe… What you need to know about this isn’t in the details. They’re a complete mess and keep changing from one hour to the next. One moment all depositors will lose a few percen... more »
Happy First Day of Spring!
This is what the local supermarket's parking lot looks like right now (we had another blizzard yesterday and the night before). Pretty soon, we'll be down to 3 or 4 layers of clothing. Woo hoo! How's the weather in your neck of the woods, peeps?
Obama: Manchurian Candidate or Enslaved?
Elliot, J. (2013, March) Drilling Deeper: The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama’s Energy Pick Propublica, http://www.propublica.org/article/wealth-of-business-connections-ernest-moniz [Paraphrasing] Majia here: This article analyzes potential conflicts of interest for President Obama's nomination for Energy Secretary, Ernest Moniz. Moniz was described by the administration as a "'brilliant scientist' who, among his many talents, had effectively brought together 'prominent thinkers and energy companies'....” ProPublica analyzes Moniz's 'collaborative work' as captured in h... more »
"Just Watch Me" (cross a picket line) - Justin Trudeau
For the record, Justin Trudeau confirmed on Twitter that when he signed this note to another passenger, he was flying back from Halifax on *Porter Airlines* --- where the workers have been locked out over their demands to meet safety standards. Meaning he crossed a picket line to do so!* -CBC: Justin Trudeau sparks Twitter frenzy with 'Just watch me' note**-Catholic Teachers Donate $30,000 to Striking Porter Airlines Employees* *-Letter from Sid Ryan to Porter Airlines President Robert Deluce* * * *PROOF! (for those Libs who are denying this .. ) * [image: Progressive Bloggers]
What Lawrence O’Donnell said in real time!
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013* *Another big fake on Iraq:* It's one of the miseries of this anniversary week! We refer to the people who are misrepresenting their bulldog stance in the weeks leading up to war with Iraq. On Monday night, Lawrence O’Donnell and David Corn pretended to recall the way Corn brawled on TV during the run-up to Iraq. Just yesterday, we showed you that David, in the real world, engaged in no such fights. Wouldn't you know it? David and Lawrence were aggressively misremembering! Speaking of Corn, how about Lawrence? Early in his chat with Corn, he defined his ... more »
The June 23, 1947 UFO Sighting
I believe that I have found the original source for the story of a Cedar Rapids engineer who saw the flying discs. A headline in the *Cedar Rapids Gazette* said, “Flying Discs Seen By Railroad Man.” The problem? The newspaper is dated June 28, 1947 and appears two days after the Arnold story. And it didn’t happen in Cedar Rapids. The article, which is not six lines or six paragraphs, but a little longer than that, said: A railroad man said Friday [which is June 27, 1947 and eliminates the need for further information right there because the story appeared after Arnold] he saw “abo... more »
UCC Filing EMF (Electro-Magnetic Frequency) Test
* * * * *UCC Filing EMF (Electro-Magnetic Frequency) Test* (Just to clarify, the document being used in this video is the Press Release 1111.1 from the People's Trust 1776 website, NOT the most recent filing. Whichever the document, there is most definitely some incredible energies at play here!) ~ Brian *I tried this with the latest document, using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0, with WIFI only. Nothing conclusive. It maybe it only works with a device with cellular hardware? Will try it later on my iphone. -AK* * * This is a follow up to this article posted yesterday: htt... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : The Delusions of War Ten Years and Counting
Austin activist David Hamilton demonstrates against the Iraq War in December 2008. Photo by Sally Hamilton / The Rag Blog The delusions of war ten years after the bombing of Iraq began Only the willingly deceitful claim anymore that the war was for some noble purpose. By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 20, 2013 For most of us, the last 10 years have not involved the personal agony
"An Orwellian America"
*"An Orwellian America"* By Gordon T. Long "As a young man, I voraciously read George Orwell's "1984", Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and Alvin Toffler's trilogy which included "Future Shock", "The Third Wave" and "Power Shift". During the era of the Vietnam War, I wondered seriously about the future and how it was destined to unfold. Now being considerably older, I have the vantage point to reflect back on my early ruminations and expectations. Unfortunately, I am too old to alter the lessons that are now so painfully obvious. Instead, I pass the gauntlet to those who can un... more »
“Iraq, America's Arab Slaughterhouse”
*“Iraq, America's Arab Slaughterhouse”* By Paul Craig Roberts “Ten years ago today the Bush regime invaded Iraq. It is known that the justification for the invasion was a packet of lies orchestrated by the neoconservative Bush regime in order to deceive the United Nations and the American people. The US Secretary of State at that time, General Colin Powell, has expressed his regrets that he was used by the Bush regime to deceive the United Nations with fake intelligence that the Bush and Blair regimes knew to be fake. But the despicable presstitute media has not apologized to ... more »
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