10:36am MDST
The Patient Is Dying
The president of RBC says,"First, I want to apologize to the employees
affected by this outsourcing arrangement as we should have been more
sensitive and helpful to them. All [of our outsourced employees] will be
offered comparable job opportunities within the bank." And Stephen Harper
says he will look at reforming the guest worker program. As if the problem
were a mere slip up -- a piddling lack of oversight.
But Haroon Sididqui writes in the *Toronto Star* that the temporary worker
program is a carefully conceived attempt to undermine Canadian workers. And
the man behind the sc... more »
GERMAN ANTI-WAR SURGE
*Massive Antiwar-Protest @ Berlin University on Wed, April 10:
Students shouting down German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière*
German Defence Minister wanted to speak at Berlin’s Humboldt University on
the role of the Bundeswehr
But students did not let him speak at all. The CDU politician finally gave
up.
Dozens of students on Wednesday prevented a speech at the Humboldt
University in Berlin by German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière. The CDU
politician wanted to give a lecture on “Army of Unity – The contribution of
the Bundeswehr to social cohesion”.
But right from the... more »
This crap has gone on for a very long time!
*FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013*
*Gail Collins, way back when:* Gail Collins has been awful for a very long
time.
Everyone has accepted her work. This should not have been done.
Way back in 1999, Collins already liked her animal farm (see our previous
post). She also understood the prevailing mood in the Clinton-hating press
corps.
In June 1999, Candidate Gore made his formal announcement—he was running
for president. Everyone else was trashing Gore, so this horrible person did
too:
COLLINS (6/21/99): The new Al Gore yells quite a lot. Caught between Bill
Clinton and George W. Bush, two... more »
Why quantum mechanics can't be any different
Classical physics and quantum mechanics are the only two frameworks for
physics that are worth mentioning. And it's quantum mechanics that is more
true in Nature, that is more fundamental, and that is more legitimate as
the starting point. Classical physics may be derived as a limit of quantum
mechanics but quantum mechanics can't be obtained by any similarly
straightforward, guaranteed-to-succeed procedure from classical physics.
And yet, quantum mechanics remains wildly misunderstood and underestimated.
Many people, including professional physicists, can't resist their
primitive a... more »
THATCHER AND THE ECONOMY
Glenda Jackson criticises Margaret Thatcher in Commons debate
*1.* I remember chatting to one of Margaret Thatcher's financial advisers
about her closing down of some of Britain's manufacturing industry.
This gentleman replied that there was no need to worry as Britain's future
lay with Britain's banks.
*Modern Britain. *www.jlb2011.co.uk
*2.* Thatcher survived because of SCOTTISH OIL.
That oil wealth was squandered.
Thatcherism saw child poverty grow by 121...
*3.* Britain should not go back to the future
*By Martin Wolf in the Financial Times.*
"The UK has been left an econ... more »
Calculated Risk: Retail Sales Decline in March
Retail Sales decline 0.4% in March
On a monthly basis, retail sales decreased 0.4% from February to March
(seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 2.8% from March 2012. From the
Census Bureau report:
Read more at
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/04/retail-sales-decline-04-in-march.html#AGCgeAZktYz8Z52Q.99
Fukushima Oddities Documented in Video
Documented in a video posted by Wotcha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv4TtCyry2U
Wotcha writes: The smoke starts, lighting goes
on/off:2013.04.12_20.15–21.15(TBS_JNN)
Please watch from 1.30 in and @2.19 a quick 'fireball'(?) skips across
bottom of screen, then the smoke starts.
http://enenews.com/forum-fukushima-webcam-discussion-thread-june-30-2012-present
PattieB claims that the light is actually a 'rare gas burner' that is
burning off the radioactive gasses being emitted from interaction of the
melted corium with water. She argues that this process of incineration
merely makes ... more »
Nike, Starbucks: Betting against climate scientists is ‘false hope’ – ‘Climate affects all aspects of our business’
[image: U.S. corporations sign the Ceres pledge: 'Tacking climte change is
one of America's greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century (and
it's simply the right thing to do).' Graphic: Ceres]
By Ben Geman
10 April 2013
(The Hill) – A corporate coalition that includes big clothing and food
companies says in a new joint statement that confronting global warming is
“one of America's greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century.”
They're also offering a warning to climate skeptics.
“We cannot risk our kids’ futures on the false hope that the vast majority
of scienti... more »
The Horrors Of Facebook: You Are On Facebook Forever, Whether You Want To Be Or Not!
For quite sometime now, some readers of this site have been asking me where
my "Facebook" account for this site is located... Personal friends of mine
have also been constantly saying that I could reach a larger audience by
using the social media Facebook to reach a larger audience... I have,
however, through my research into Facebook thought differently....
I have long discovered the real truths about "Facebook", which I rightfully
call "Facecrook"... It was built upon a spy program that is only for
gathering personal data from its users. To me, this is horrendous, and
absolutely ... more »
Media Hustlers and Global Delusions: New journalism depends on whistleblowers
When
it comes to hustlers, no one does it better than CNN, convincing people
globally that the US wars and drone assassinations are justified
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
It has been a busy week at Censored News, but the mainstream media
continued its collapse with dishonesty and counter spin to prevent the
truth from being widely known. Censored News featured
Frog species across Caribbean teeter on edge of extinction in a sign of ecological peril – ‘Everywhere we are seeing declines and it’s severe’
[image: In this 21 March 2013 photo, Ana Longo, a researcher with Proyecto
Coqui, holds a Coqui or Common Coqui (Eleutherodactylus coqui) at a
tropical forest in Patillas, Puerto Rico. A familiar sound is vanishing
from the Caribbean night. The bird-like peeps and chirping of frogs are
fainter across the region, a decline scientists say appears to be caused by
a combination of climate change, a fungus that has been killing amphibians
around the world, and habitat loss. It's a global problem, but worrisome in
the Caribbean because the island geography means many species exist nowher... more »
THE WAY WE ARE: The things we know!
*FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013*
*Part 4—Overgrown ferrets and otters:* How crazy is the American discourse?
How crazy is it, in a way which is almost never discussed?
The American discourse is *very* crazy. In this morning’s New York Times, a
guest columnist is forced to say the things which follow.
Rachel Stohl writes about a U.N. treaty which would regulate the
international trade in conventional weapons. According to Stohl, the Obama
administration is wobbling on the treaty, although it passed the General
Assembly by a 154-3 vote.
We will include the column’s headline, which of course... more »
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.12.13"
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.12.13"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"North Korea, once again, leads the Weekly News Wrap-Up. There has been
nothing done to ease tensions in the past week on the Korean Peninsula—just
the opposite. On one side, you have the North Koreans planning more missile
launches. On the other, you have U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
saying North Korea was “skating very close to a dangerous line.”
Incendiary things have been said in the past by North Korea, but nothing
coming close to what’s been going on in recent weeks. Kim Jung Un has
personally be... more »
Alberta Fracking. Jessica Ernst Versus The Corporate/Government Enemy.(A Case For History.)
*Written by
rmathews@telus.net*
Take off the gloves. Take off the rose-tinted glasses. This is (as they
say) for real. Alberta is after Jessica Ernst. And Alberta knows how to do
it, has known for a long time. Alberta (you might say) means business (pun
intended).
Almost no one in the ordinary population of Alberta (and fewer in the rest
of Canada) understands the importance of the Jessica Ernst “fracking case”
against Encana Corporation and the Alberta regulators (and against the
Stephen Harper government as an activ... more »
Oskar Schindler and Erin Brockovich
So,
I finally got around to watching "Schindler's List" in its entirety.
(The last hour got cut-off when I watched it a month or so ago.) I'll
add
my voice to those who say it is a masterpiece. The reason for this post
is
that all I really know about either Oskar Schindler or Erin
Brockovichcomes from the Hollywood films made about them, but I wonder
how important
the two portrayals are at identifying the heart of what made them
remarkable, and what would make other, similar people remarkable.
The characters in the films are both fairly simple people with a high
sense
of entitlement.... more »
DRONE BILL STALEMATED IN MAINE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
*Maine Legislature & the Debate Over Drone Surveillance Warrants*
Maine's Joint Judiciary Committee had their work session on LD 236 "An Act
To Protect the Privacy of Citizens from Domestic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Use" yesterday in our capital city of Augusta. After a long debate between
the Attorney General and the ACLU the assembled committee members voted
unanimously to kick the drone bill can down the road - they decided to
postpone any decision for another two weeks.
The session began an hour late so four of us stood outside the hearing room
and held signs opposing drones. ... more »
Salmonella Nation
Remember when President Obama assured us that no Americans would ever be
placed on his Targeted Kill List? Well... not so fast. If he has his way,
thousands of us will get sick, even die, from eating tainted eggs, meat and
poultry. Michelle Obama's Let's Move program touting healthy diets will
morph into Let's Move to get to the bathroom on time.
Even though studies show that at least two-thirds of the chicken sold in
this country carry bacteria, President Obama's budget is calling for an
unbelievably drastic reduction in USDA poultry inspectors. He
apparently thinks that the Wall S... more »
Lady Margaret Thatcher refuses to make a fool of herself on TV...
*unlike our "first" family, who never miss a chance to demean the office of
the presidency with their disrespectful and low-class behavior. *
I found this over at *White House Dossier* (thanks, Keith) and was so
delighted I stole the whole thing.
Class Struggle From Above Guarantees Historical Regression (The Sustained Class-Struggle from Above Shows No Limits and No Constraints: Every Social Right Is Denied and Every Economic Resource Is Subject to Large-Scale, Long-Term Pillage)
Is it possible that you've been thinking that the class war (or class
struggle, according to Karl Marx) always originates from the lower classes?
Take a moment to reflect. Unfortunately the ruling classes, especially of
the imperial countries, have taken Karl Marx’s dictum that ‘class struggle
is the motor force of history’ in a much more consequential manner than the
labor movement and its
Wealth and Well-Being
Yesterday saw the release of the Social Progress Index, a new metric of
national well-being that seeks to use non-economic criteria to produce its
rankings. Michael Green, executive director of the Social Progress
Imperative, a Washington, DC group which with academics from Harvard and
MIT helped to produce the ranking, explained:
It is becoming increasingly apparent – particularly in light of the world’s
global economic downturn – that GDP is simply too one-dimensional to
provide a complete measure of a nation’s progress. The ‘Arab Spring’ of
2011 and the last decade in Mexico ... more »
EXPOSED: Syrian Human Rights Front is EU-Funded Fraud
NYT admits fraudulent Syrian human rights group is UK-based "one-man band"
funded by EU and one other "European country."
*April 12, 2013* (LD) - In reality, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
has long ago been exposed as an absurd propaganda front operated by Rami
Abdul Rahman out of his house in England's countryside. According to a
December 2011 Reuters article titled, "Coventry - an unlikely home to
prominent Syria activist," Abdul Rahman admits he is a member of the
so-called "Syrian opposition" and seeks the ouster of Syrian President
Bashar Al Assad:
After three short ... more »
My Letter to My Congressman
*by Len Hart, the Existentialist Cowboy*
Bush's criminal and murderous adventures in Iraq should never be forgotten.
It was this combination of crookedness and incompetence that very nearly
destroyed our nation. And we are not yet out of the woods! One wonders,
where is Bush Jr these days? Where does he hide?
At the height of the Iraq debacle, I wrote a letter to my congressman. He
replied --such as it was! I replied to his letter and refuted him
point-by-point:
John Culberson
Member of Congress
7th District
Honorable Member of Congress:
Thank you for your reply to my concer... more »
United Nations Fails to Accommodate Lakota Genocide Complaint
Lakota Truth Tour
LakotaGrandmothers.org
By Lakota Truth Tour
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
April 12, 2013
UNITED NATIONS FAILS TO ACCOMMODATE LAKOTA GENOCIDE
COMPLAINT
U.N. Sends Security Chief Instead of Diplomat to Meet Lakota
Delegation
New York City
- A delegation of Lakota Elders
has been refused the opportunity to personally deliver an official Complaint of
Genocide
The New Republic Provides Wedding Details for Randi Weingarten and Bill Gates
*To the 800,000 K12 teachers who are paying dues for AFT union support:*
Your union dues are not going to protect you and your students from the
corporate onslaught by efficiency zealots, privateers, and proto-fascist
ideologues. In fact, your president, Randi Weingarten, has joined forces
with the oligarchs to begin the Accountability Testing 3.0 regime that has
failed so miserably in the two previous releases.
Below is a full page informercial in the March 25 issue of that neoliberal
rag, *The New Republic*.
(A reception will follow the ceremony).
**
*Six Steps to Effective Teac... more »
Ted Cruz's NRA Filibuster Crushed
The
failed filibusterers
With only two conservative Democrats caving to NRA pressure-- Mark
Pryor(AR) and Mark Begich (AK)-- but with 16 Republicans agreeing that
there
should at least be a debate on gun safety, the Senate ended the
filibuster
led by Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Miss McConnell. The
filibuster
was shut down 68-31.
When Mark Begich first ran for the Senate in 2008, Blue America endorsed
him and helped him raise some money. He's been a disappointment ever
since,
the polar opposite of courageous, seemingly only interested in extending
his own career. His overall ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy
Birthday to David Letterman, 66. Our TV friend.
Good stuff:
1. All the Hastert Rule violations, from Derek Willis.
2. Kevin Drum reads GOP (or at least Chuck Grassley) reserve
court-packingas an indication that they aren't going to confirm anyone
to the DC Circuit
court for the remainder of Barack Obama's presidency, at least not after
the current nominee. I'm not sure; it could just be Grassley, who has
been
following a Hatch re-election strategy, looking to score points.
3. Jamelle Bouie, very good on Rand Paul at Howard.
4. The next step on health care? Sarah Kliff on the ... more »
ALEC - Your Intentions Made You Toxic
*Definition of TOXIC*
1
: containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing
death or serious debilitation
2
: exhibiting symptoms of infection or toxicosis
*3*
*: extremely harsh, malicious, or harmful *
*4*
*: relating to or being an asset that has lost so much value that it cannot
be sold on the market *
I can’t help thinking about the article that came out at PRWatch yesterday,
noting:
“You may have noticed we are limitin...
Employees: Tell Your Representatives To Vote No On These Terrible Laws
Remember last year's viral campaign ad? The one that said, "Wake the f*#k up?"
America woke up, sort of, and then went right back to sleep. So I'm telling
everyone who is an employee, and everyone who depends on an employee for
their food, clothing and shelter, to wake back up.
Workers are under attack in a major way right now. There are terrible laws
pending that will gut the few protections employees have in America. Need I
say which party is proposing them? Probably not. Here are some laws that
you should tell your legislators to vote no on. Tell them today. I'm
serious.
*Anti-o... more »
Pohakuloa: Protect sacred land in Hawaii
By Pua
Censored News
This is where I live:
For my relations and my friends here and
beyond. This is the island that I live on, this is the land base that we
consider to be sacred, that our kupuna our ancient ones knew was sacred
and itʻs the heart of our island everyone, the geographic heart and
itʻs being bombed everyday... Pohakuloa, I wish we could just chant it
all away! Kalani, my
Untitled
*French Quarter Festival Music Schedule!*
*Pontchatoula Strawberry Festival!*
*Tulane reportedly to ban all tobacco products on campus*
*Fox News Was Right ~He Said/She Said NOLA*
*Jindal only open to ideas on phasing out income taxes*
*St. Lawrence offers haven for the hungry with pub food in the French
Quarter**
*
Authenticity of the Gospel of Judas Verified
It turns out that the gospel of Judas, discovered in the late 1970’s for
the first time is quite authentic and was part of the extant canon in Egypt
before the standardization imposed under Constantine. Much of the text is
missing and lost, but some parts are understandable.
This is startling in some aspects that do not conform to the expectations
of the canon. We already know that Jesus appears to be a Buddhist adept
from other sources and our partial understanding of that discipline
conforms to this material. In particular, we note that priesthood is
rejected in this... more »
Light Reversed Copper Oxidation Important
This effect is totally unexpected and certainly earns a wow. All of a
sudden we can engineer chemical processes to sharply increase efficiency.
And once again, copper is our champion.
Read it carefully. This must apply to many reactions.
I wonder is the same trick applies to other key elements like aluminum.
*Light may recast copper as chemical industry 'holy grail'*
*
by Staff Writers*
*
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Apr 03, 2013*
*
http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Light_may_recast_copper_as_chemical_industry_holy_grail_999.html
*
*Wouldn't it be conven... more »
Boycott the Royal Bank - Part 3
RBC executives told managers: “You can only hire a Canadian if you can show
that iGATE can’t supply the worker for you,”
... a current RBC manager told CBC's Kathy Tomlinson.
This only confirms what Marjorie Mong, VP, head of Application Services at
RBC, said back in 2008 :
Originally, RBC viewed iGATE “as an added resource,” says Mong. Now the
bank is pushing iGATE “to go out and earn the business from project
managers.” The supplier has set up delivery managers for every RBC
executive platform “to establish a relationship and get more business.”
Also Jason Trussell, vice pres... more »
The First Casualty of the National Science Foundation Funding Cut for Political Science
If you belong to APSA, you probably got the email announcing the
last-minute closure of the Ralph Bunch Summer Institute because of the
Coburn (left) amendment. Undergraduate programming like this is obviously
pretty vulnerable. It doesn’t have the cache of high-profile, ‘big think’
research. But it does obviously endanger the discipline in the long-term by
Continue reading
The 20th Century: Talmudic triumph over Western civilization
Writing in *Mein Kampf*, Adolf Hitler perfectly summarized the central
theme of the twentieth century, a century which amounted to a total Jewish
triumph over and destruction of Western civilization. Hitler wrote, *"The
ignorance of the broad masses as regards the inner character of the Jew,
and the lack of instinct and insight displayed by our upper classes, are
among the reasons which explain how it is that so many people fall an easy
prey to the systematic campaign of falsehood which the Jew carries on."* Of
course, Hitler was specifically describing the German nation, but his ... more »
Good News on Tax Havens
The mega-research project on tax havens I told you about in November has
borne its first fruit. In a data dump 160 times the size of that which put
Bradley Manning and Julian Assange in jail, the International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has used over 2.5 million documents to
publish the names of beneficial owners of numerous offshore accounts, based
primarily in the British Virgin Islands.
According to the *New York Times*, the report "disclosed confidential
information on more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts and nearly
130,000 individuals and agents, ... more »
Artist Taxi Driver - Conservative Austerity Irony - where's my global pig?
"This is daddy's pig," so opines our mate the Artist Taxi Driver as he goes
into pig-squealing hyper-hysterial overdrive on the subject of globalism.
It looks like he may have curtailed his two weeks off to come back for
this, so yeah he's in a bit of a bad mood.
And a few days later, he's still ranting and raving about a) Margaret
Thatcher's EIGHT MILLION POUND funeral and b) the billionaire Queen of
England's SIX MILLION POUND raise and c) fit for work.
Yes, all elected governments in the United Kingdom are THE QUEEN'S
GOVERNMENT.
How the New Hockey Stick Crumbled
When I first saw this latest version of the 'hockey stick' I instantly
dismissed it as bunkum and put it out of mind. However it seems to have
been used to inspire appropriate reviews from some of our more credulous
members of the press.
Now it appears that the methodology displayed here does not even earn the
descriptive of 'weak' or some other form of weak praise. What it earns is
ample cause to be drummed out of the academy for deliberate manipulation of
data. That the author recanted merely tells us that level heads prevailed
in rather short order as his colleagues ac... more »
Searching for Nessie in Russia
Apparently the hunt for Nessie has taken off in Russia. As I have posted,
Russia is the mother lode of potential deep fresh water lakes that could
readily harbor any form of deep water reptile like Nessie.
So far any plausible lake that could hold such a creature and also provide
casual human access also generates reports. There are thousands of lakes
without that necessary human access in Russia and North America. So putting
a lot of boots on the ground is a great first step. This seems to be
occuring.
The main requirement to achieve a sighting is stealth. These crit... more »
THATCHER FUNERAL
More than 2,000 guests are to be invited to Baroness Thatcher's funeral.
The POLITICIANS are said to include:
Joe Biden, John Kerry, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Stephen Harper,
Brian Mulroney, Caligula, Kenneth Clarke, Tony Blair.
The CELEBRITIES are said to include:
Joan Collins, Sir David Frost, Sir Tim Rice, Sir Terry Wogan, Dame Shirley
Bassey, Sir James Savile, Jeremy Clarkson, Frederick Forsyth, Dr Liam
Fox, and Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber.
*Thatcher and good friend General Pinochet.*
"This may seem far-fetched, but the British government is in the process of
mind cont... more »
Accidents killing professional climate alarmists
This blog entry will review some recent sad events.
This pretty, 35-year-old lady is Dr Katharine Giles of London.
Unfortunately, the bike accident on the picture is no accident. She hit a
lorry and died.
Giles focused on the analyses of Arctic and Antarctic ice. Her freezing
website featured a blog, too. The most cited paper she co-authored, one
with almost 100 citations, was about the 2007 Arctic ice minimum.
The other co-authors were Seymour Laxon and Andy Ridout. And that's where
the story gets even more interesting.
This is Seymour Laxon, a 49-year-old researcher who... more »
Your moment of Zen
Blue bird of happiness. [source unknown]
The Universe
“It's part of nature's built-in checks and balances, that while there may
be times when you think you can't even help yourself, precisely in such
moments there will always be someone else nearby... you can help, instead.
Which, I think you know, is actually one of the fastest ways to help
yourself. I sure feel better.”
“I hope that helps,”
The Universe
"Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!"
- www.tut.com
Musical Interlude: Roger Waters, “The Tide Is Turning”
Roger Waters, “The Tide Is Turning”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66nqhVtq6xo
Take a bow, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara -- scourge of kook corruption
A madcap novel of the sloppiest turf war ever launched by the Brooklyn mob.
Kid Sally Palumbo has been a loyal servant to the Brooklyn Mafia for years.
His specialty is murder, and he is so skilled at it that he has gotten the
attention of Mafia boss Papa Baccala. But unfortunately for Kid Sally,
murder pays poorly. He wants to make real dough, to get respect, and to be
able to tell his colleagues where to sit when they eat dinner. In short, he
wants to be boss. The job would be his for the taking -- if only Kid Sally
weren't a Grade A moron. . .
*-- from the Reader Store overview ... more »
April 11, 1973
Haldeman's diary:
[Mitchell] also was concerned that Dean's testimony would be the one thing
that could really unscramble the whole operation. We should try to get Dean
not to go to the grand jury, in his opinion. I mentioned this to the P.
He's quite concerned about it. Told me to talk to E. He was raising the
question of whether that is the linchpin in the whole thing...
[...]
The P still obviously very concerned about the whole issue and spending
quite a little time on it. E meets this evening with Ervin and Baker to try
to resolve the ground rule question of whether we go up to... more »
conversation with a cab driver
"Oh man, you live in Toronto? I love Toronto! I go there a lot. I have a
friend who races horses at Woodbine."
"Woodbine, is that the one near the airport? I live right near there."
"Toronto's a great town. I love hockey, so you know I love going up to
Canada."
*Talk of hockey leads to talk of baseball, and as it turns out...*
"Well, I couldn't really say, I'm a Red Sox fan."
"Get outta here! Me too! I'm a total diehard!"
"No way? Another New York area Sox fan!"
Typical how-is-our-team-this-year talk goes on for a while, both of us
quite animated. Do we have a decent closer, the e... more »
Senate does something about gun safety reform
It's not much so far. Really it's kind of pathetic that a simple cloture
vote to allow debate is such big news.
The procedural vote followed a breakthrough by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-West
Virginia, and Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, who reached a compromise on
broadening background checks to include private purchases at gun shows and
on the Internet.
Because of the bipartisan deal, Senate Democrats backing the legislation
received support from enough Republicans to approve the cloture motion,
68-31, setting up debate on the proposals and amendments expected to last
for two weeks.
Only... more »
Tren a toda velocidad en los verdes prados
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Rico desayuno en un día de campo
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The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Is Far From Over - Continuous Leakage Of Radioactive Water And Dangers From Spent Fuel Rod Pools!
I am still following the situation at Fukushima Japan, over two years now
since the disaster that caused the failure of at least 3 nuclear power
reactors, with disgust and anger.... It is so shocking that our Jewish
controlled media continues to promote wars for their cherished criminal
state of Israel, while a true world threatening crisis is still ongoing in
Japan! It has been the job of we, the bloggers, to get the true situation
about this horrible disaster out for everyone to see for themselves...
I came across the following article, from Washington's Blog, at
www.washingtons... more »
Pingüinos en la nieve mirando su gran árbol
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Hard road to travel
It's difficult to know where to start in a country with a lot of problems.
Give the kids a better education? Prepare subsistence farmers for tough
days to come? Do something about all the murders? Advocate for better
wages? Look for economic opportunities to address chronic unemployment?
Nor is it easy to priorize when a country has strong distinctions between
its classes, with all its problems at the bottom of the economic scale and
all the wealthy, influential people at the top.
Honduras is made up of a thin crust of rich, powerful people, a small and
struggling middle class, mil... more »
Pajaritos en los árboles de frutas rojas
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Leones bebés en el pasto suave y fresco
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Imágenes bonitas de paisajes con un cielo hermoso
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Roger Baker : Is Capitalism in Deep Trouble?
Illustration
by Latuff / Marxist.com.
Before the fall?
Terminal Capitalism / Part 2
We take a closer look at the role natural resource limits in combination
with the excesses of unregulated finance capital are playing in
blocking a global economic recovery.
By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2013
In the first part of this series about "terminal capitalism," we saw a
collection of
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Boehner Comes Through For China Again-- Defeats Made In America Proposal
China made a really good investment by donating to the Chamber of Commerce
when they ran a big international effort to illegally scoop up vast sums of
foreign cash to help replace Nancy Pelosi with John Boehner as Speaker.
Boehner is the worst patsy for China's economic agenda in Congress (not
counting Miss McConnell). And Boehner came through for his Beijing
financiers again yesterday.
During a little remarked on debate over a bipartisan bill, H.R. 678, to
amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 by authorizing the Secretary of
the Interior to contract for the development of sma... more »
On April 19-21, a 41 hour vigil in New Orleans will mark 41 years of solitary confinement for Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3
Next week in New Orleans, on April 19-21, please join us next weekend for
stageplays, documentaries and 41 hours in a solitary cell to commemorate 41
years of solitary for Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox.
Historical UFO Research
After reading the article about the research into the June 23, 1947 Cedar
Rapids UFO sighting, a few suggested that maybe we should do that for all
these older sightings. I think that the idea might be more trouble than it
is worth. Here’s why.
The Cedar Rapids case was important because it was alleged the sighting of
a disc took place prior to Arnold and more importantly, it was documented
prior to Arnold. Granted, the documentation was in a newspaper, but if the
witness said that he had seen a disc-shaped object and it was reported
before Arnold, it became important. It would sug... more »
War on Women: GOP's Obsession with Women's Private Parts
From the Hill
*Paul Ryan: GOP must stay strong on abortion to win elections*
By Elise Viebeck - 04/11/13 06:44 PM ET
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will argue that robust opposition to abortion
rights is crucial to the GOP's political chances in a speech to activists
Thursday night.
Ryan's remarks to the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List gala will be his most
public speech on abortion since the 2012 election cycle, when several GOP
candidates hurt their chances with controversial remarks on abortion and
rape.
Ryan, the former GOP vice presidential nominee, will challenge the view
that Repub... more »
FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: The death of a heroine edition
[image: Book cover]The government-sponsored “constitutional conversation”
is anything but.
*Not Debating The Constitution* – Chris Trotter, BOWALLEY BLOG
This seems topical. “In some places like food & beverage or luxury goods,
it seems like the sky is the limit. In others the overall findings are
quite sobering, yet even among these hurdles (e.g., debt, regulations,
rent-seeking) there are investment and business opportunities for those
willing to take the risks.”
*China: to invest in or not invest in?* – Tim Swanson, LIBERTARIAN STANDARD
Mike Butler may not value freedom, but ... more »
2nd Nastiest Governor in the US
Scott Walker
Bobby Jindal
Rick Scott
are just sorry excuses for homo-sapiens
Rick Perry
Nikki Haley
are narcissists
Rick Snyder is the Nastiest, meanest man in the whole United States .
... meaner than a junkyard dog, a rattle snake or a rabid skunk.
But he's got competition and that is Governor Paul LePage from Maine..
Catch this one - just one of many nasty things this guy has done:
*Paul LePage Bullied Maine Officials To Deny Workers Unemployment Benefits:
Report*
Posted: 04/11/2013 2:17 pm EDT | Updated: 04/11/2013 2:49 pm EDT
WASHINGTON -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) ... more »
Whinge along with Mitch
Haven't been following the great Mitch McConnell secret tapes scandal
closely. I'm not shocked to learn GOPers gather together to plot dirty
tricks. Hell, it's one of the few things that both sides really do. And now
that Progress KY have been outed as the perps, Mitch will be dining out on
this horrible (worse than Watergate!) infringement of his privacy by evil
librul fascist commie DemocRATS forever. Rubes at home love that talk.
Think it's going to hurt the Democratic side more than it helps. Much like
their previous attack on Mitch's Chinese wife.
Only thing that might salvage... more »
Will NC Send ALECer David Rouzer to US House?
Lots of craziness coming out of North Carolina right now with their GOP
led
legislature.
Next question is, will they send ALECer David Rouzer to the US Congress?
North Carolina: Rouzer Announces Rematch Against McIntyre
After losing by one of the smallest margins in the country last
year,former state Sen. David Rouzer officially announced Tuesday that he
will
seek a rematch against Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C.
Rouzer, who previously said he intended to run again, is hoping to take
out
one of the most vulnerable House Democrats of the cycle. McIntyre is one
of
nine Democrats who repre... more »
Flash Mob! A Message to the Superior Court of Los Angeles -- STAND DOWN
*Flash Mob! A Message to the Superior Court of Los Angeles -- STAND DOWN*
April 11th, 2013
A friend of mine, Angelina Carleton, is being having some issues with the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.
This is a call to action to help support Angelina by calling the office
direct to request she be left alone. All the contact information is below.
As in the concept of a Courtesy Notice, this act should also be done with
courtesy and respect. We will have a much greater impact if we remain
poised and professional.
Here is a brief recount of Angelina's story which she just ... more »
Roll Call - Calls Them the Badger Brat Pack
*Badger Brat Pack Charting GOP's Path*
*How three men from southeast Wisconsin rose to the top ranks of the
Republican Party*
By David M. Drucker
Roll Call Staff
April 9, 2013, 6:41 p.m.; Corrected April 10, 2013 7:41 a.m.
Badger State Republicans swear that there’s nothing in the water in
southeast Wisconsin. But for the next few years, the GOP’s fate could rest
with three men who hail from there and who have become crucial leaders in
the national party.
The trio, House Budget Chairman Paul D. Ryan, Gov. Scott Walker and
Republican National Committee C... more »
"IMPORTANT: Secure Your Freedom Today!"
*"IMPORTANT: Secure Your Freedom Today!"*
by Chris Kitze
"Greetings... Over the past three years, we've all seen the effects of
censorship and spying as they reach into our email and chat messaging
systems. Email disappears or gets hacked, your system slows down, as if
someone else is on your computer, and you don't know where your messages
are going. Everything is sent out in the open, like a postcard that is
intercepted in transit and stored for future access (yes, the NSA already
does this). All of the largest online services snoop for ad targeting and
who knows what. Eve... more »
What Does ALECer Craziness Sounds Like?
This is what ALEC-er craziness sounds like:
“What Sen. Inhofe has written and talked about is his belief that global
warming is one of the major hoaxes ever perpetrated on the American people,
that it’s a hoax pushed by people like Al Gore, the United Nations and the
Hollywood elite,” Sanders told the committee.
“I think that is a fair quote from Sen. Inhofe. Is that roughly right, Sen.
Inhofe?” Sanders asked the Oklahoma Republican.
“Yes,” Inhofe agreed. “I’d add to that list MoveOn.org, George Soros,
Michael Moore and a few others.”
*a hoax pushed by people like Al Gore, the ... more »
Thatcher destroyed mining in the UK?
http://twitter.com/BBCPropaganda/status/322465736805199872/photo/1
Hear it from two economists: Social Security is fiscally sound for at least 20 years, bought and paid for by the regressive Payroll Tax. The present fiscal crisis is solely due to taxpayer bailouts of the big banks, not to national debt. And as any intellectually honest economist would tell you, austerity would (or will) greatly deepen the current recession.
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Permalink*
*Obama Fully Embraces Austerity with Cuts to Social Security and Medicare*
Bob Pollin: Costs of Social Security and Medicare have nothing to do with
rise in fiscal deficit - April 10, 13
More at The Real News
*Bio *
Robert Pollin is Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts
in Amherst. He is the founding co-Director of the Political Economy
Research Institute (PERI). His research centers on macroeconomics,
conditions for low-wage... more »
Catch of the Day
To Mark Blumenthal and Emily Swanson, who recreate the classic "1975 Public
Affairs Act" survey and find -- no surprise -- that lots of people are very
willing to share their opinions about a fictional law when they get asked,
and that they'll even fall into familiar partisan reactions if properly
prompted about fictional political controversies.
It's a great item, and lots of fun.
I'll just add one important thing: those of us who are constantly harping
on this stuff are not saying that voters are stupid. I don't believe that
voters are stupid! Well, I suppose some of them, but...n... more »
Your moment of Zen
Koga's resting place. Koga was a parrot. She lived for 22 years. [Jennie
Bolton photo]
Intellectual Dishonesty Bi-Partisan Style
Patrick Murphy has managed to recruit Steve Stockman for his bipartisan
coalition of morons, the far right extremist who is suspected to have been
in cahoots with the domestic terrorists who blew up the OK City Federal
Building
-by Bob Lord
If you're sick and tired of partisan bickering in Congress, you may want to
reconsider.
You see, one month ago, the "freshman bi-partisan caucus," or "United
Solutions" gang, as they're calling themselves, led by 29 year-old Democrat
Patrick Murphy of Florida, issued their manifesto, in the form of a
statement to President Obama and House leade... more »
Harris-Perry is right because Limbaugh is wrong!
*THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013*
*The essence of tribal culture:* A few nights ago, Fox News began spilling
over with silly, overwrought piddle about a promotional ad by Melissa
Harris-Perry of The One True Liberal Channel.
On cable, purveyors need outrage to sell every night. This was part of the
outrage displayed by Sean Hannity and two guests after he played the ad:
HANNITY (4/9/13): *I've known you for years. You came in fired up here
tonight.*
DANA PERINO: *I'm fired up! This is— Look, I choose to use that word
wisely. Can I talk about this?*
OK. I thought when I first heard about ... more »
Lightning Round--Obama Budget, Deficit Reduction, Bad Climate News, E-Books Tell on Students, More
*The Maddow Blog*: Steve Benen offers his take on the Obama budget, the one
that has liberals jumping mad and Republicans in Congress unmoved from
their default position of atuo-No.* *"Republicans," Benen writes, "out of
excuses, can either meet Obama half-way or they'll be exposed as craven.
And if the last several years are any indication, GOP lawmakers will chose
the latter without a moment's thought." The problem with this logic is that
if the media hasn't noticed all the other times Republicans have been
exposed as craven, why would they now?
*Daily Beast*:* *Daniel Gross point... more »
How To Interact With Your Instructor: A Guide for Undergrads
I’m passing along these ideas from Brian Matzke, a Ph.D. student in the
Department of English at the University of Michigan. Making social rules
and expectations explicit is a big part of contemporary classroom
management, and this document is a good starting point for other
instructors developing their own syllabi or cataloguing their own
expectations.
Continue reading
"Delete This When You’re Done"
* *
*"Delete This When You’re Done"*
by Matt Buchanan
"Mark Zuckerberg believes that every year, people share twice as much
online as they did the year before. It is perhaps less a prophecy than an
ethos, or maybe more a kind of threat. After all, each new Facebook product
is designed to get people to do exactly that: share more. Facebook Home,
for example, injects Facebook directly into the most personal computer you
own, your phone. It takes over text messaging, and fresh Facebook content
appears every time you turn on the device’s display. It is a constant
reminder that you ... more »
Buh-Bye, Bachmann!!!!
From the Hill
Bachmann foe seeks 2014 rematch
By Cameron Joseph - 04/11/13 02:41 PM ET
Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) 2012 challenger is back for a rematch
after nearly toppling the Tea Party favorite last fall.
Hotel executive Tom Graves (D) announced Thursday he'd take another crack
at defeating Bachmann in 2014.
"These days Congress is all about scoring political points rather than
actually solving problems and Minnesota's 6th district — my home — is
losing out because of that more than anywhere. I'm not interested in
celebrity, only in solutions," Graves said in a stateme... more »
USA BEHIND ALL THE TERRORISM - TOP ITALIAN JUDGE
In a book published in January 2013, La Repubblica delle stragi impunite, Italian
Judge Ferdinando Imposimato writes that NATO carried out the terrorist
attacks that hit Italy over several decades, beginning around 1969.
The book refers to a 1967 document showing the involvement in terrorism of
the Bilderberg Group.
Bilderberg works for NATO, which works for the Pentagon.
"Imposimato presided over several terrorist cases, including the
assassination of President Aldo Moro and the attempted assassination of
Pope John Paul II...
*Terrorism: Judge Imposimato accuses Bilderberg*
*... more »
Why We Need A Full BC Rail Public(Judicial) Inquiry
There are many unanswered questions surrounding BC Rail and a public
inquiry is definitely required..
Many of you might think I`ve come to Christy Clark`s defense because I
agree with conflict commissioner Gerrand`s report as to John Van Dongen`s
complaint against Christy Clark, you would be wrong..
First off, I believe taking anything to any conflict commissioner in Canada
is a waste of time, these positions are patronage, their rulings and
opinions are always soft, tempered tsk tsk milktoast fare, scathing rebukes
and critical thought will not be found in any conflict commissione... more »
VIDEO: Lakota Media Project 'Moccasins on the Ground for Unci Maka'
Lakota
youths at Lakota Media Project produced this superb video for the
protection of Mother Earth and in solidarity to halt the Keystone XL
pipeline of dirty crude oil targeting their land and water. -- Censored
News Please watch and share this short video about the Moccasins on the
Ground Tour of Resistance. This was made by the young people at Lakota
Media Project and Peoples Media Project
ماذا فعل الأطباء المصريين لك
المصرية لمكافحة المتظاهرين العسكرية إخلاء أحد المتظاهرين بعد إصابته خلال
مواجهات في حي العباسية في القاهرة في مايو 2012. صورة: خالد دسوقي / أ ف ب /
غيتي
وصدرت الأوامر العليا المصرية الأطباء الجيش بالعمل دون مخدر على المتظاهرين
الجرحى في مستشفى عسكري في القاهرة خلال احتجاجات ضد الحكم العسكري، وفقا
لتحقيق بتكليف من الرئيس محمد مرسي. التقرير إلى سوء الممارسة الجيش والشرطة
منذ 2011 تزعم أيضا أن الأطباء والجنود والمحتجين اعتدوا مسعفون داخل المستشفى.النتائج
التي تتعلق سلوك الجيش خلال الاشتباكات بالعباسية مايو 2012، هي أحدث تسرب
لصحيفة الغارديان من تقرير التحقيق قمع انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Displacement of Light Intender Beings from Negative Timelines is Occurring
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* *Displacement of Light Intender Beings from Negative Timelines is
Occurring*
by ÉirePort
Multiple timelines are being exhibited among Gaia inhabitants at this
moment. Displacement of Light Intender Beings from negative timelines is
occurring via rapid unveiling of potential results of negative timelines.
Such was not deemed necessary a few years in Gaia's past; however,
sufficient number of Light Intender Beings became mired in such negative
timelines.
Full ascension of Gaia requires full release of all negative timelines.
ÉirePort | April 11, 2013 at 17:52
URL: http://wp... more »
Grilled Cheese and Guacamole
I love avocados. I could honestly eat them at every meal and never grow
sick of them. There is something about a nice creamy avocado that always
makes me want to reach for more. I don't make grilled cheese sandwiches for
dinner very often because when I was little grilled cheese sandwiches were
what my mom made when we were sick. Seriously, I associate them so much
with sickness, that I always feel faintly sick when I eat one. I decided to
set out to make a better grilled cheese, one that I would crave instead of
associate with the flu.
You will need:
Bread
Butter
Prov... more »
"Obama's War On Social America"
*"Obama's War On Social America"*
By Stephen Lendman
"Obama, Republicans and most democrats are in lockstep. They claim
Medicare and Social Security are going broke. They lie saying so. When
properly administered, both programs are sound. Modest adjustments only are
needed to assure it. They're federally mandated. They're not entitlements.
They're contractual obligations. They're for eligible recipients who
qualify. Payroll taxes fund them.
Social Security provides retirement, disability, survivorship, and death
benefits. It's America's most effective poverty reduction prog... more »
"A Caveman’s Account of 'Civilized Society'”
*"A Caveman’s Account of 'Civilized Society'”*
By Joel Bowman
"Emblazoned across the lucre-basted exterior of the Internal Revenue
Service Building in Washington, D.C., is one of the most intellectually
polluted quotes any free mind is ever likely to encounter: “Taxes are what
we pay for a civilized society.”
Its effortlessly officious author, Associate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., could scarcely have been more
wrong in his (albeit paraphrased) assertion. Unless, that is, the
mustachioed Rooseveltian meant to define “civilized society... more »
The American Nationalist News Wrap Up
Join us for a brief news wrap up! John and Rodney will be covering a
variety of recent news items, and offering commentary from a nationalist
perspective. Calls will be taken throughout the conversation.
You can download the entire program *here*, or subscribe to the American
Nationalist Network via iTunes *here*. Thanks for listening everyone!
Movie review: Oz the Great and Powerful
I've been meaning to review this movie for some time now, and it's been out
a while and kind of old, but as usual I was too busy to be timely about it.
But, on the Interwebs, it is never too late!
This movie is an attempt to revisit the L. Frank Baum *Wizard of Oz* story
as a prequel, focusing on the initial arrival of the Wizard---presented as
a circus magic show charlatan, womanizer, and swindler---by balloon. The
basic thematic arc of the story focuses on the Wizard's self-realization
that he is hollow inside and his subsequent to redeem himself by becoming
the champion of the ... more »
Anyone Want To Run Against ConservaDem Adam Schiff In A Nice Blue L.A. District?
Adam Schiff- totally wrong for his new district
When some of the country's "gayest" and gay-friendliest neighborhoods--
West Hollywood, Silverlake, Atwater, Los Feliz, Hollywood-- were redrawn
into Adam Schiff's congressional district last year, you would have thought
the long-time homophobe suddenly discovered he had 5 gay sons and a
long-lost lesbian sister. From someone routinely and gratuitously voting
against LGBT community interests, Schiff was suddenly treating gay people
as though they were Armenians-- i.e., with respect, reverence and
deference-- when he was the congressman ... more »
Common CORPORATE State Standards
Wonder who will benefit from adopting, implementing, and testing the Common
Core?
Look no further than the COVER of *Education Week*:
Gun Tea Leaves
The big news late this morning is that the Senate had no real trouble
getting to the gun bill, voting 68-31 for cloture on the motion to proceed
to the bill -- two Democrats defected and voted against cloture, but a
whopping 16 Republicans defected and supported cloture.
So they're on the bill.
Which hardly means the bill will pass, or beat back future filibusters. The
Manchin-Toomey compromise needs to be adopted as an amendment; that's going
to need 60 votes, and is apparently the first thing they're going to work
on. Then Republicans may attempt poison pill amendments that would,... more »
An appeal court can intervene only if it is satisfied the trial judge erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in findings of fact or mixed law and fact
*Savoury v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General)*, 2013 NSCA 36 is a convenient
source for the standard of review on appeal:
[33] The parties acknowledge the limits of appellate review. An
appeal court can intervene only if it is satisfied the trial judge erred in
law or made a palpable and overriding error in findings of fact or mixed
law and fact (see *Housen v. Nikolaisen*,2002 SCC 33 (CanLII), [2002] 2
S.C.R. 235, paras. 25, 26 and 36). The phrase"palpable and overriding
error" subsumes findings that are unreasonable or unsupported by the
evidence (see *H. L. v. Canada (Attor... more »
North Korea Appears To Be Behind Cyber Attack On South Korean Computers ...
*"An official investigation into a major cyber attack on South Korean banks
and broadcasters last month has determined that North Korea's military
intelligence agency was responsible. An investigation into access records
and the malware used in the attack pointed to the North's military
Reconnaissance General Bureau as the source, the Korea Internet and
Security Agency (KISA) said on Wednesday. To spread the malware, the
attackers went through 49 different places in 10 countries including South
Korea, the investigation found. The attacks used malware that can wipe the
contents of ... more »
The Nationalist Hour with Rodney Martin
*THE NATIONALIST HOUR W/ RODNEY MARTIN*
*
*
*ON THE AMERICAN NATIONALIST NETWORK*
“We should talk about Hitler and What is REAL National Socialism”
Wednesday April 10, 2013 - 6PM Pacific Time
On this edition of the *Nationalist Hour w/ Rodney Martin*,
In the first hour:
Rodney responds to listeners questions Re:
Hitler’s Foreign Policy as it was related to “Nationalism for other
peoples” and whether the SS was infiltrated with Soviet spies.
Addresses Christianity in the Third Reich, we will hear from Hitler and
Goebbels and George Lincoln Rockwell themselves
In the second hour:
... more »
Paolo Soleri, 1919-2013: Architect dies in Arizona
[image: Architect Paolo Soleri, 1919-2013. Photo: Sante Fe New Mexican]
[Des visited Arcosanti as a child and still has a couple of ceramic
“windbells” hanging in the living room window.]
PHOENIX, 9 April 2013 (Sante Fe New Mexican) – Italian-born architect Paolo
Soleri, who designed what for years was Santa Fe’s most popular music venue
before moving on to Arizona to build a futuristic community called
Arcosanti, died Tuesday. He was 93.
Officials of the Cosanti Foundation said Soleri died of natural causes at
his Paradise Valley home.
Soleri was born in Turin, Italy, on June 2... more »
Outrageous! Fed Provides Big Banks "Insider Info"
The Federal Reserve Bank does NOT represent the interests of US citizens.
Rather, it represents the interests of the big banks.
If you have any doubts about my claim, then read this story from the Wall
Street Journal today:
Sparshott, J., Hilsenrath, J., & Mullins, B. (2013, April 11) 'Feb Flub
Sparks New Data Concerns' The Wall Street Journal, pp. A1, A8.
[Excerpted] Some of the biggest banks and investment firms on Wall Street
were among those that received minutes of the Federal Reserve's latest
policy meeting 19 hours before the market-sensitive document was released.
The Fed ... more »
What is the Orange Glow Stick? Time stamp April 4 23:15
Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
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DON'T Call Me ALEC!!!!!
He said: "now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do
But ya ought to thank me, before I die
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I'm the son of a bitch that named you sue."
I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son
And I came away with a different point of view
And I think about him, now and then
Every time I try and every time I win
And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
Bill or george! any damn thing but sue! I ... more »
MIND CONTROL - DREAMS
"I read Lady M's autobiographical 'Memoirs of a Marriage' where she states:
"'At the age of 10 or 11 I announced I wanted to play golf, I didn't even
know what golf was and to this day cannot explain the compulsion.'
"When I read how she met her husband-to-be on a golf course in Davos,
Switzerland and they were married three months later I just wondered
(y'know)!"
*Continued here: Has Dream Research been Militarised?*
THE WAY WE ARE: Blunders and bloopers concerning gun laws!
*THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013*
*Interlude—The way we actually function:* Thousands of years of propaganda
proclaim that we are the rational animal.
Good lord! Have you ever tried to watch The Way We Actually Function? Let’s
consider four recent attempts to discuss proposed gun legislation.
One of these moments concerns the facts. One of these moments concerns the
logic. Also involved is the basic way cable “news” channels function.
Propaganda to the side, The Way We Are is depressingly dumb. To start our
review of the mess about guns, let’s consider a factual claim—a claim which
was m... more »
Japan-Taiwan Senkakus Fishing Agreement Makes a Splash
*A spider grabs a bee for lunch in Taichung.*
The Ma Administration finally did something right. News swept the region
and the world this week that Japan and Taiwan have entered into a fishing
agreement for the waters around the Senkaku islands...will there be peace? (Japan
Times):
Japan and Taiwan concluded a long-awaited fisheries agreement Wednesday in
Taipei after officials from both sides formally resumed negotiations for
the first time in four years.
*The deal will allow Taiwanese trawlers to operate in part of Japan’s
exclusive economic zone near the disputed Senkaku Islan... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Corporate Strategy'
Posted
on April 11, 2013
CORPORATE STRATEGY
MNN. Apr. 11, 2013 To derail the occupation forces, we must understand
their corporate strategy and then build resistance. The following is the
breakdown of the strategy they have in place. Our strength is in our
own minds.
1. Get organized. Corporations answer to the City of London
multinational bankers who give the orders to the
How Paul Bremer Tried To Ignore Iraq’s Ayatollah Sistani
Paul Bremer, the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) arrived
in Iraq in May 2003. He was determined to put his stamp upon the country.
He had a vision for how it would become a democracy, which would require up
to two years of transition under his supervision. This was to be a top down
process that had little room for what Iraqis wanted. This ran into
immediate opposition from Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most senior
Shiite cleric in Iraq. He wanted Iraqis to have a voice in the process, and
demanded that elections be held as soon as possible to draw up a new I... more »
LISTEN: First Voices Indigenous Radio April 11, 2013
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Out of New York - FIRST VOICES INDIGENOUS RADIO 9AM Eastern. Stream it
live at WBAI NY 99.5 FM
Listen to today's show now:
http://firstvoicesindigenousradio.org/program_archivesToday’s Guests:
Janene Yazzie is a Dine independent scholar, entrepreneur, and human
rights advocate. Sixth World Solutions (www.sixth-world.com) works on
the front lines of community
Sure as death panels and no taxes
Who could have predicted?
1) GOP says no budget deal without "entitlement" cuts.
2) Obama gives them "entitlement" cuts.
3) Republicans say no budget deal because:
Well Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) — who also happens to be chairman of the House
GOP’s re-election committee — just showed how it’s done, saying Obama’s
budget “lays out a shocking attack on seniors.”
“I’ll tell you when you’re going after seniors the way he’s already done on
Obamacare, taken $700 billion out of Medicare to put into Obamacare and now
coming back at seniors again, I think you’re crossing that line very
q... more »
Renaming the Arab Spring
I’ve learned to limit consumption of Tom Friedman, except when he talks
about the Middle East…yesterday his column suggested that the Arab Spring
should be renamed in light of recent events…I think he is on to something,
but I doubt his suggestion of “The Arab Quarter Century” will fly…my
suggestion is the “The Arab Turn”,
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