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Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Qatar: Pipelineistan at work
*Many if not all of this readers here should be very familiar with this
topic.* If not you may have some serious catching up to do.
*The competing pipeline strategies have been a constant through all the
Eurasian machinations. *
Disclaimer: Yes, it is from Pepe Escobar....who adheres to all ‘official’
narratives.
*However the pipeline work is excellent and jibes with so much of the
information on this blog that this article begs for posting.* *So, here it
is.*
*Construction is nearing completion on a natural gas pipeline linking Iran
and Pakistan, a project that portends a huge geo... more »
Hilarion – April 14 – 21, 2013
*Hilarion – April 14 – 21, 2013*
April 14, 2013 in Hilarion
Beloved Ones,
You are each in full flow again of receiving and anchoring the Cosmic
energies into the crystalline core of your planet. These are the rhythms
that you are by now used to in your daily lives and as such you serve the
Divine. As each of you receive and allow these energies to pass through you
into the crystalline core, you are filling the Earth with these expansive
energies and this is how the ascension of the Earth is taking place. The
Light within expands within the center of the planet and is uplifted i... more »
Tennessee restores Yeager's gun carry permit
You'll recall some months ago that hot-heated CEO James Yeager of the dicey
gun training camp Tactical Response had his carry permit revoked because of
his video "'threatening to start killing people' if President Obama took
executive action on guns." This week, Yeager got his gun carry permit
restored.
Here's his personal video statement. Man, he still looks totally crazy to
me.
Actually, the most frightening thing I learned in the video is they took
away his carry permit, but they never took away his guns. Tennesee law
doesn't require that even if they take your permit to car... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, April 14th, 2013
It is Sunday..... Time for my usual Sunday rant.....
I have a question... What the hell has happened to Spring and Springtime
weather? I thought the Global Warming fraudsters and hucksters stated
that snow was to be a "thing of the past" as the world heated up according
to their twisted logic? Well, it is mid April in these parts of central
Canada, and there is at least a foot of snow still on the ground, and the
forecast for tonight is for another WINTER storm to hit these parts along
with an additional 5-10 cm of snow to boot! But I guess I am looking at
imaginary white stuff... more »
Anne Frank was a "Great Girl"? Really?
I don't want to offend any Bieber fans out there but this kid's a total,
self-absorbed jerk.
Apparently he spent an hour touring the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam. On
his way out he took time to leave this entry in the guest book:
"*Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully
she would have been a belieber.*"
Yes, you little twit, when she wasn't busy being worried about being
discovered by prowling Nazis and sent to her doom in a concentration camp,
I'm sure she would have wanted nothing better than to become one of your
fans, a true *belieber.*
MSM on Gosnell: We Are Ignorant Shills!
Unending lies and spin force me to write about Kermit Gosnell. Again.
He was arrested on January 19, 2011; I wrote that blog-post on January 20,
2011. And in a remarkable show of prescience tedious prediction, I called
it:
He'll become the fetus-fetishist poster boy for 'Late Term Abortion!
Gosnell! Gosnell! SHRIEEEEEK!!!1!1'
Just checked. Yup, they're aaaall over it.
Kermit Gosnell: Hero of the Forced Pregnancy Gang.
For the last few days, fetus fetishists have been SHRIEEEEKING that the MSM
has been totally, absolutely, left-wingedly ignoring this MAJOR story.
Which, as Snopes... more »
"Think It’s Safe To Use A Cell Phone?"
*"Think It’s Safe To Use A Cell Phone?"*
Spectacular Documentary On The Health Implications of Mobile Phone
Technology
by PreventDisease.com
"Many scientists have claimed that the wave of mobile communications made
popular in the last two decades will result in long-term health
implications worldwide. An unprecedented level and frequency of tumor
growth inside the human brain may be inevitable. Resonance - Beings of
Frequency is a spectacular documentary uncovering for the very first time,
the actual mechanisms by which mobile phone technology can cause cancer.
And, how every... more »
Family values Republicans
Something light for a Sunday afternoon. Marcus Hook, PA, Mayor James “Jay”
Schiliro (R-Crazy Drunk) won't be seeking re-election after all:
Authorities allege that late on the evening of Feb. 21, Schiliro contacted
the young man by text message and had a Marcus Hook police officer deliver
him to his borough home. There, with Schiliro’s 13-year-old daughter
sleeping upstairs, the mayor allegedly gave the young man alcohol and
produced three firearms, one of which was fired into papers inside the
house.
During the encounter, the mayor repeatedly asked the young man if he could
give... more »
GAIA PORTAL: “Sprites of Light”
*
* *“Sprites of Light”*
by ÉirePort
Light Connections among 100th monkey Hue-persons have strengthened and are
increasingly connecting with all of "non-enLightened" humanity. These
connections appear as "Sprites of Light" to those with 5-7D eyes to see.
"Sprites of Light" pass from one human to another, even those in
"non-enLightened" state.
This is a Gaia-directed channeling of the Higher D Light whose strength
(intensity) has multiplied 10-fold as a result of recent Solar activity.
Each human entity has become sufficiently Light-aware (even though often
un-consciously) to perm... more »
“The Fleecing Has Only Begun”
*“The Fleecing Has Only Begun”*
by Andy Sutton
“The story broke from nowhere and caught many off guard. To others it was
the manifestation of previously unspoken fears. It was, and is, by far the
biggest story of 2013, the decade, and quite possibly the millennium. It
was the crossing of another Rubicon. For years and decades, the financial
piranhas had wandered around the edges, nibbling a little here and a little
there. Inflation, bailouts, and other monetary mischief had already eroded
the value of most currencies. But never before had they actually made the
boldest of move... more »
Believing in clean oilsands like believing in ‘magic fairies’, top scientist says
[image: University of Alberta scientist David Schindler holding a deformed
whitefish collected from the Athabasca watershed, downstream from the
oilsands industrial development. Schindler told a Carleton University
audience Friday that claims that Alberta’s oilsands are environmentally
harmless are 'lies' and won’t convince anyone in Washington. Photo: Ed
Kaiser / Edmonton Journal]
By Tom Spears
13 April 2013
OTTAWA (The Ottawa Citizen) – Claims that Alberta’s oilsands are
environmentally harmless are “lies” and won’t convince anyone in
Washington, one of this country’s most famo... more »
Creative Showcase- A linkup for all things creative.
I am loving the sunshine. I am starting to have faith that summer might
actually be just around the corner. Here are some of my favorite link-ups
from last week's Creative Showcase!
This cute DIY Missionary Tag from the Happy Scraps.
This May Day Wreath from Lemon Tree Dwelling.
Love this Spring Table Runner from the Happy Scraps.
This Printable Travel Pack for Toddlers by Just Lu.
Now to this week's Creative Showcase. Want to be featured? Link up below!
[image: Housewife Eclectic Creative Showcase]
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Why Australia Fears the United States
Since coming into existence in 1776, the United States has enjoyed just 21
"war free" years. The last four of those were under president Jimmy
Carter who didn't see much point in blowing other people, their kids and
all their stuff into smithereens just to make a point. No wonder he was so
reviled.
Since Bush/Cheney rode into Washington, the United States has become our
world's only true *Warfare State*. Obama, despite his claims to the
contrary, has kept the tradition alive and well.
When Canadians consider our country's relationships with America, we too
readily forget that... more »
THATCHER'S GAY FRIENDS
The gay Kenny Everett (left) with his friend Margaret Thatcher.
Diana 'Dressed As Man' With Kenny
*Conor Burns.*
Member of Parliament Conor Burns, a close confidante of Thatcher, is gay.
In 1967, Margaret Thatcher voted in favour of the decriminalisation of
homosexuality, in England and Wales, in the face of opposition from Tory
traditionalists.
While she was Prime Minister, male homosexuality was made legal in Scotland
in 1981 and in Northern Ireland in 1982.
The 'gay' Michael Portillo was said to be Thatcher's choice as her
successor.
Liam Fox (above) was Thatcher's close... more »
We Seem to Be Making a Herculean Effort to Get to First Base
Imagine you're a baseball player and your only focus is to make it to first
base. Not second, not third, not home plate. Just first, that's it.
All of your aspirations begin and end at first base.
That sounds pretty stupid, doesn't it? What's the point of showing up at
the park at all? You're not going to be helping your team. You won't be
doing much for the fans either. And what of those eager batters who come
up after you? What are they going to do if you won't budge from first
base?
Yet that's just about our approach to this whole climate change business.
That's ... more »
Chris Hayes says he can’t understand!
*SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013*
*Do you believe Chris Hayes:* Chris Hayes made a heartening choice of
topics on Friday night. He spoke with PBS education reporter John Merrow
about Michelle Rhee’s endless problems with the truth.
Merrow had received and revealed a memo which shows that Rhee was warned
about possible cheating in the DC schools even in her first year as
superintendent. But she didn’t choose to investigate hard—and in Year 2,
the problem got worse.
Meanwhile, Rhee made various public remarks which seem perhaps a bit
inaccurate in light of the new memo. To read Merrow’s rep... more »
Sunday Classics: From brooding depths to sparkling heights -- Bruch's G minor Violin Concerto
*Itzhak Perlman plays the opening Prelude (Allegro moderato) of the Bruch G
minor Violin Concerto, with Kazuyoshi Akiyama conducting the Tokyo Symphony
Orchestra.*
*by Ken*
In Friday night's "Max Bruch preview" we heard the composer's *Kol Nidrei*,
an "Adagio based on a Hebrew melody," which I described as his
second-best-known work. "The best-known," I write, "surely is his G minor
Violin Concerto," noting that we would be listening to it today.
An obvious point of reference for what used to be known as "the Bruch
Violin Concerto" but now has to be called "the Bruch First Violin ... more »
Beware . . .
BEAVERS BITE. According to Lapham's Quarterly, with fatal results.
"ALEC" Legislative Extremism - Destroyed Brand Beyond Repair
This is a story that we can not let have one day of coverage and then
forgetaboutit.
This is so important that it can not be lost in one news cycle.
We have to keep talking about it over and over and over and over again.
I can’t help thinking about the article that came out at PRWatch this past
week, noting:
“You may have noticed we are limiting the use of the acronym 'ALEC,'” wrote
Bill Meierling, ALEC's recently-hired Senior Director of Public Affairs in
a March 13 email sent to ALEC members and obtained through an open records
request.
“Over the past year, the word 'ALEC' has be... more »
Sometimes a Picture Is Worth...
This might be one of those times.
*Chris Riddell, The Guardian*
THE HIDDEN STORY OF JEJU
Ghosts of Jeju from Regis Tremblay on Vimeo.
Former KIPP Principal Demonstrates Why Honesty Should Be Added to the KIPP Character Trait List
Former KIPP "stallion," Elliot Witney, has somehow earned a spot across
from Deborah Meier at the Bridging Differences blog (surely thre's no Gates
influence in that decision by Ed Week). And the first thing I noticed in
reading Witney's dissembling responses to Meier's questions on KIPP is 1)
his effort to distance himself from KIPP, and 2) how quickly he would like
the change the subject away from KIPP, and 3) his consistent lack of
honesty about KIPP.
Here is a clip for Elliot's response that highlights his brazen lack of
honesty:
The situation you describe simply does not re... more »
Tommy, We Have to Talk
Dear Tommy:
I've got some bad news. The old gang has moved on. They've "modernized"
some, taken a new direction if you will.
Now, rest assured Tom, no one's saying that everything the party you
created once stood for is radical nonsense. At least none of them are
saying that out loud although, to some, they certainly are acting that way.
They've figured out the way to get elected, their one slim chance at power,
meant they'd have to grow up some. They'd have to become sophisticated,
moderate - pragmatic if you will.
Today, Tom, it's like three guys, a Liberal, a Conservati... more »
What will the North Korean Military do if Japan Shoots Down the Missile Launch?
A few days ago, I predicted there would be no war, probably because I’m
lazy and predicting the future will be the same as the present is an easy
way to protect my credibility. But I got some criticism that I was a dippy
academic who doesn’t see how dangerous the situation really is. And
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CHILDREN IN CHAINS
Margaret Thatcher, when she was in Indonesia, was alerted to the conditions
of children in institutions for the 'mentally backward'.
In Indonesia, children who are a little mentally backward, or who have
epilepsy, are often put into mental institutions.
We have seen children in such institutions tied up with tape or chains.
They become covered in urine and faeces.
The BBC reports on mentally ill patients in Indonesia held in chains.
*Mentally ill patients in Indonesia held in chains*
The Galuh Foundation looks after people who are said to be 'mentally ill'.
Some of the 'patient... more »
The BBC, the L.S.E., North Korea, Paddy O'Connell and Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan
Well, the BBC can certainly give itself a right good whacking at times. If
you want to hear a BBC reporter getting violently slapped around
(figuratively-speaking) by a BBC interviewer then please give this
morning's *Broadcasting House *a try. The interviewer displaying a
surprising amount of rudeness was Paddy O'Connell and the BBC reporter on
the receiving end - though he fought back a bit - was John Sweeney,
presenter of tomorrow night's *Panorama, North Korea Undercover. *
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As you may be aware, this is the subject of a heated and headline-grabbingrow between the BBC and the ... more »
Engineering Consent Through Propaganda
Edward Bernays is responsible for encouraging 'leaders' to manage the
public through public relations, rather than leveling with them about real
conditions. See the Century of the Self here and read Bernay's book, Propaganda,
here.
Bernays' encouraged the titans of industry and presidents to engineer
consent using propaganda that appealed to people's instinctual drives and
herd instinct.
Bernays approach was and remains sociopathic, but also very effective, as illustrated
by the following anecdote:
Yesterday while at my oldest son's track meet (for 5 hours) I had the
opportunity ... more »
Why is the Fog at Fukushima Pink?
Majia's Blog - 4 hours ago
Fukshima
weather conditions for today: 20% Chance Radioactive Rain and 94%
Radioactive Humidity (edits mine, weather source here)
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Nikki Haley (SC - ALEC Governor) - Has a Challenger
Well, well, well,
South Carolina gets another chance to redeem themselves.
Moderate Democrat Vincent Sheheen, has announced that he’s going to give
his pursuit of the South Carolina Governorship another go in 2014. He lost
to Governor Nikki Haley by 4 points in 2010. I know he’s running again
because my Halifax Media-owned local right-wing newspaper revealed his
intention in a minimal coverage story on page C-3. Had the situation been
reversed and Sheheen was the sitting Governor, there would have been giant
front-page headlines “HALEY TO CHALLENGE GOVERNOR.” A picture of Haley
... more »
ALEC Privatization of Education Scheme - A Failure
Some snips from Common Dreams this morning
A new report will be out next week on the disaster known as school
privatization.
Links to the pre-release of the report and the executive summary are in the Common
Dreams article.
A new report will be out next week on the disaster known as school
privatization.
An ACTUAL research stuffy – which differs from the anecdotal junk results
purported to happen.
*Study: School Reform in 3 Major Cities Didn't Pass the Test*
Snips from the article:
Many people in the education world have long argued that the public
education system is a civic en... more »
IS Network - new website
And it looks pretty good. the founding meeting was yesterday. Somewhere
between 50-100 people were there. Things went very well in my opinion. This
an the Left Unity initiative (which the ISN has decided to support) are two
reasons to be cheerful.
A Grave Injustice
If someone committed a grave injustice against you (stole your business,
your life savings, kidnapped your child, poisoned your family, destroyed
your life) and then bribed or otherwise corrupted all the institutions that
could bring you justice, what would you do?
What would you feel entitled to do?
Would you ever say to yourself: "Well, the courts have ruled in my
adversary's favour. I might not agree with this decision, but I have to
respect it."? Would you really say that in the face of an obviously corrupt
process?
What if it never even got that far? What if the police were ... more »
Rethinking Macro
The IMF is holding a conference "Rethinking Macro" on April 16-17. You can
watch a live webcast. Click here for information.
We are not alone
By Capt Fogg
We're going to have to get used to drones. They're available everywhere
and getting better and cheaper as electronic toys do. HD TV cameras can be
added that are now tiny and lightweight and cheap and can even see in the
dark
I hope we don't have to get used to the constant surveillance they make
possible and it's not just the invasion of our private spaces by government
agencies I'm alarmed about. Various people and groups of people with all
kinds of ideas about what you're doing, aren't doing and should be doing
are now able to watch and record from hundreds o... more »
Republican Party Makes A Decision-- They'll Hold Onto The Anti-LGBT Bigotry For Another Cycle
*The Colbert Report*
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The decision was unanimous. Every single member of the Republican National
Committee voted to reaffirm the party's opposition to marriage equality.
There was no debate and the package of conservative resolutions passed with
a voice vote-- Soviet style, just the way Reince Priebus likes it. The
delegates had been spooked by threats from the far, dark corners of the
anti-Jesus crowd to pull out of the party if they didn't keep with the
homophobia.
Carnival barkers and freak show huc... more »
Psy - Gentleman
The Americans haven't made a series of surgical strikes against the North's
nuclear facilities. And neither has Kim Yong-un let loose an artillery
barrage as prelude to a ground invasion. But there has been a horrifying
development on the Korean peninsula all the same: Psy has a new single out.
Here is his official video for *Gentleman*.
Does it match *Gangnam Style* for sheer awfulness? And can it be construed
as an ideological weapon in the North/South cold war?
A Return To Responsible Government?
Andrew Coyne writes, in *The National Post*, that there's not a dime's
worth of difference between Canada's three major political parties:
This is our politics, then, at least for the next two years: three parties
offering more of the same, saying little, differing less, wholly in thrall
to their leaders, and applauded on all sides for their pragmatism and
discipline. Bliss is it in this dusk to be alive.
Parties have become empty vessels, waiting to be told by their leaders what
they believe. There is, of course, the Conservative Party:
Pride of place, of course, goes to the C... more »
Some Meatloaf for Sunday lunch?
Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf and Karla de Vito put on one
hell of a performance.
When I first heard this track on the Bat Out Of Hell album I was a teenager
obsessed with getting beyond third base, I have loved this song ever since.
Ah the memories!
Rhee’s “Gravy Train" of Hypocrisy
"Former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor *Michelle Rhee* had trouble
recalling the names of South Carolina’s 'key players' after a quick visit
to the State House on Wednesday. But state lawmakers may want to take note
of hers," reports *The State* (Columbia, SC). But in a rare moment of
candor and even more unusual modesty, when asked to estimate the size of
her hypocrisy and dishonesty, Rhee merely gestured:
Jeff Chiu — ASSOCIATED PRESS
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However, Rhee soon returned to her usual routine—bashing teachers:
Educators make excuses for failing schools, Rhee said. But, she a... more »
A BBC setup of IDS? I'm shocked...
'The Government's row with the BBC over the coverage of its welfare changes
has escalated. Downing Street was infuriated when housing benefit claimant
David Bennett challenged Iain Duncan Smith on the Today Programme to live
on £53 a week, saying that Bennett was living on substantially more than
that and that his claims should have been checked before being broadcast.
But Number 10 is now apoplectic after learning that Bennett was approached
when he posted criticisms of David Cameron and the welfare changes on the
BBC's user-generated content hub.
This has added to the Government... more »
Individuality and Doctor Who's Companions
*A note from @Catherinebuca on the characterisation of Dr Who's companions
under Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat respectively.*
Remember Donna? She became the most important human in all of history. And
it worked because she wasn't the point of the whole series - she wasn't
trying to get into the Doctor's pants and actually had some character. She
was just another random everywoman, who didn't have a lot of faith in
herself. She followed the Doctor around and slowly grew into someone who
was kinda awesome in her own right, who worked as a foil for the Doctor and
also as our eye... more »
Eric Dollard - Earth's atmosphere PROTECTS US FROM THE ELECTRIC UNIVERSE
"Everything from the ionosphere, all the way to the sun, CONDUCTS
ELECTRICITY!!!" so says Eric Dollard.
"But nobody wants to talk about China's HAARP," it's on all the time,
apparently. Hush hush...
Did NASA take this Electric Universe component into account when they sent
Man to the Moon?
"... mere silence, even where it would be reasonable to expect a denial in the face of an accusation, will not constitute an admission"
R v Scott, 2013 MBCA 7, para 19. Sed contra R v J.F. (2011), 85 CR (6th)
304 (Ont C A) para 46.
The rich are getting richer while the poor get poorer -- and all the while the corporate-owned U.S. government finds new ways to assure that this inhumane trend will continue indefinitely.
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BillMoyers.com / *By* *Bill Moyers*
Bill Moyers: We Are Living in the United States of Inequality
*"A petty, narcissistic, pridefully ignorant politics has come to dominate
and paralyze our government."*
April 12, 2013 | *From BIll Moyers.com:*
The unprecedented level of economic inequality in America is undeniable. In
an extended essay, Bill Moyers shares examples of the striking extremes of
wealth and poverty across the country, including a video report on
California’s Silicon Valley. There, Facebook, Google, and Apple are minting
milliona... more »
MYSTERIOUS MARGARET THATCHER AND THE SPOOKS
Shirley Bassey is a top gay icon and was a dear friend of Margaret Thatcher.
She has been invited to Thatcher's funeral.
*Margaret Thatcher. François Mitterand, the former French president,
suggested Margaret Thatcher had "the eyes of Caligula". Margaret Thatcher
treated them all as a disease.*
When Thatcher came to power in 1979, manufacturing accounted for around *26*% of UK economic output
In 2011 manufacturing accounted for *10.8* % of economic output.
http://www.ft.com/
*Adam Lanza*
"After her 11 years in power, government spending was still high,
"The reach of the cen... more »
April 13, 1973
"Another long Watergate day."
That's how Haldeman's diary begins for this Friday. It's really the
beginning of four very long Watergate days, days which ended the limbo the
case had been in for the last several days, and really since Pat Gray and
then James McCord began the unraveling of everything.
The main developments aren't in the Ervin Committee, but it continues to
chug along, with McCord meeting with committee staff, a "secret" meeting
which was promptly leaked to the press. At this point, the Watergate
Committee is still a good ways behind everyone else, but they're getting... more »
Love What You DO
*Love What You DO -- Jake Ducey*
April 13th, 2013
http://briankellysblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/love-what-you-do.html
I couldn't have picked a more perfect video to launch my first post on the
new blog! No, American Kabuki and I did not have a falling out lol.
Consider this our way of diversifying the messages we share with the world.
Although, I will admit, I do consider AK to be a Master Blogger. So, the
audience here can expect to find me linking to his posts quite frequently
:)
It goes without saying, our mission is one in the same; to live in a world
where Freedom ... more »
Your moment of Zen
Blissful tiger via Noman Shabbir.
[Definitely click to embiggen]
TV Watch: "Army Wives" soldiers on, taking large changes in stride
*The old gang*: *Col. Joan and psychiatrist Roland Burton; now-Gen. Michael
and Claudia Joy Holden (back), Roxy and Trevor LeBlanc (front); Denise
Sherwood (back) and Pamela Moran (front)*
*by Ken*
It's been awhile since I've written about *Army Wives*, but it remains one
of the offerings on the TV schedule I look forward to most, and that's *with
* the considerable cast turnover last season and especially the newly begun
one, with the departures of, first, Pamela (Brigid Brannagh) and then Roxy
(Sally Pressman) and now, apparently, Roland (Sterling K. Brown), who is
shipping off t... more »
unpaid labour used to be called slavery. now it's an internship.
Image found at Youth and Work blogIn recent years, I've been very disturbed
by the proliferation of so-called unpaid internships, more properly called
unpaid labour, previously known as slavery.
A while back, I had a disturbing conversation with an unpaid editor at The
Mark. She was highly skilled, an excellent editor. I told her so, and asked
if she was being paid. Since The Mark does not pay its contributors, I was
wondering if they also got a free pass on staff.
The young woman vigorously defended her unpaid job, explaining, "I'm
learning the business as I go." To which I respo... more »
Somebody forgot the lessons of Darlie....
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The Profession That Left Gerald Conti
Gerald Gerald Conti’s retirement letterConti Letter
Who is Progress KY
Serious question. While it's entirely possible they're just the world's
most inept wannabe lefty anarchists, Progress KY feels more like a GOP
front group every passing day. I mean, first the lame attack ads on the
wife and then the lamebrain secret taping which they immediately bragged
about pulling off. They're like Jimmy O'Keefe on whiskey and quaaludes.
Odd how everything they've done so far has been such a big help to Mitch.
The leak seems to have backfired, helping to strengthen McConnell in the
state. Most of the focus has been on the FBI investigation into who bugged
McCon... more »
Pot, Aliens And Politicians... And The Unending Saga Of Florida GOP Gangster David Rivera
The self-described "bad girl" of Florida Republican politics, Ana Sol
Alliegro, says she just wants "to cut hair like Paul Mitchell and make
people feel good." So he's on the lam, hiding out from the FBI in the
picturesque town of Granada on the shore of Lake Nicaragua, under the name
Ana Solá and running a beauty parlour, Salon La Libertad, next to the Roman
Catholic bishop's house. From a prominent Cuban fascist family under
Batista, the violent, drug addicted Alliegro brags that "All my life, I
have fought for the GOP." Her bungled dirty tricks on behalf of
then-Congressman Da... more »
Sssh! We Love You!
Received from Julien Wells 4:42 PM
I just woke from a nap where I was playing in a first person shooter game
stealthily going around hunting each other in the jungle and some ruins.
However since I was so much better at this game, I would actually sneak
right up to them and tackle them and imobilize them, cover their mouth and
pin them with a threatening dagger. Then I would whisper "I love you" while
I looked into their eyes. Then I would get up and run off with their
weapons and get rid of their weapons.
Later I found someone else learning to do exactly what I did and we notic... more »
Corporation of London
My brother took this photo during the London Olympics. -AK
Drones=Terrorists
A very important reminder from Richard Becker of ANSWER today during
today's anti-drone rally in San Francisco that the first three people
killed by drones were three farmers collecting scrap metal. Why were they
killed? Because one of them was a "tall man" (judging from the perspective
of a drone camera) and the other two were "deferential to him" (again,
judging by looking through a drone camera), and hence based on this
"intelligence" they concluded it was Osama bin Laden and assassinated all
three by drone.
*All* victims of assassination by drone (drone terrorism, not drone
"w... more »
"Stringent pre-trial bail conditions” and sentencing
R. v. Peterkin, 2013 ONSC 2116 has a helpful summary of how pretrial bail
conditions are to impact of sentence:
[38] In *R. v. Downes* 2006 CanLII 3957 (ON CA), (2006), 79 O.R.
(3d) 321, the Court of Appeal for Ontario held that, where an accused is
the subject of "stringent pre-trial bail conditions" including time spent
effectively under "house arrest," this mitigating circumstance must be
taken into account and given some weight in the sentencing of the accused.
More specifically, Rosenberg J.A., delivering the judgment of the Court,
held that, in the circumstances,... more »
The Mitigator: John Paulson's A Maverick, A Visionary, A Legend! He Founds Firms To Not Make A Profit (And Pays No Taxes!) and The Truth About Obama's Social Security Cuts
Billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson, who last month considered a
move to Puerto Rico to lower his tax bill, is starting a fund to help
investors reduce the amount they owe to the U.S. government. Paulson’s $18
billion hedge-fund firm invited prospective clients to an April 24 event at
Paulson & Co.’s New York offices, where the 57-year-old founder will talk
about the Paulson
Paul LePage's Shocking Bully Politics In Maine
Maine deserves better
Paul LePage, Maine's accidental Tea Party governor-- he won with 218,065
votes, while progressive independent Eliot Cutler took 208,270 and Democrat
Libby Mitchell took 109,387-- was trying to decide whether or not to veto a
bill that would raise the minimum wage to $9/hour (from the current $7.50)
by 2016. And then all hell broke loose in LePage's crazy little world. The
local media is reporting that LePage has been pressuring state officials to
screw over Maine workers in any disputes that put them at odds with
businessmen. His contempt for working family's is... more »
All abortion is selective
From The New Yorker:
The abortion laws passed last week in North Dakota are troubling first and
foremost because they restrict women’s freedom to control their own bodies.
More insidiously, they criminalize *selective abortion*, which means that a
woman cannot choose to terminate a pregnancy because she knows the fetus
has a genetic abnormality, or to select for other characteristics, such as
gender. The very use of the world “selective” here indicates how right the
pro-choice movement has been to emphasize “choice.” All abortion is
selective, and whether a woman has selected not to... more »
Interesting morning...
*and last night runs a close second.*
First off, Disqus decided I didn't exist. Finally got that fixed. Then
suddenly this morning pictures weren't showing up in my reader. I rebooted
and Adobe said I had to download a new version. Fine. I did that. Still
no pics. I checked Adobe and they said everything was hunky-dory.
Hmmmmm. Within a few minutes Adobe was saying, "Hey, dope - you need the
new version. " Well, okay, let's try again. Then it's screeches out,
"CLOSE FIREFOX", and called me a "dope" - again. Finally undoped myself
long enough to cure the ills.
Then I g... more »
J Young - classical sculptures with a modern twist - adult content
J YOUNG, I know very little about her other than she looks oriental from
the one image on her *'under construction'* biography page, and her
'classical sculptures with a modern twist' are only two feet tall, but look
at the workmanship. Look at the care and attention to detail, the love that
went into these mini-masterpieces of the sculptural art.
I like that it's a woman creating this kind of female-dominant expression,
I like the fact that she's harking back to the ancient ways in her liberal
depiction of the female form, I like the mix of media but most of all I
like the way J ... more »
Making guns mandatory in Missouri
Crackpot cons have such a bizarre definition of freedom. It's not enough
for these guys to demand the right to wave their firearms in your face at
every turn, this Missouri Republican lawmaker introduces stealth
legislation to make it mandatory for every business owner to allow guns
into their establishments. The bill provides:
1. Any private business that displays signage which prohibits public
invitees, business visitors, and employees from carrying a concealed weapon
on the premises owned or occupied by such private business shall be liable
for any injury or damages incurred b... more »
Miscellany for the weekend.
Some tales that demonstrate the BBC’s confused approach to Jews and Israel.
They didn’t make much of Yom Hashoah, but a few new holocaust stories have
appeared on the BBC, so perhaps this is their way of commemorating.
There was Dorit Oliver-Wolff on Saturday Live, and Anne Frank's stepsister Eva
Schloss on the website talking to Stephen Sackur about her war-time
experiences.
But heartrending/heartwarming holocaust stories are nothing new for the
BBC. It’s the Jews that defend themselves the BBC is less keen on.
Another Donnison Tweet leads us to Lyse Doucet’s interview with Dan... more »
Complex, real, and pseudoreal representations
I decided to extract the comments about "structure maps" to a special blog
entry and add lots of details.
Everyone knows what a group is. A group \(G\) is a set of elements –
operations – that may be composed ("multiplied" – most typically, we
imagine products of matrices; the word "addition" and the sign \({+}\) is
only appropriate for commuting, Abelian groups) so that the operation is
associative,\[
(ab)c = a(bc),
\] that includes the unit element \(1\) obeying \(1a=a1=a\) for each \(a\in
G\) and the inverse for each element.
Groups may be finite – a finite number of elements s... more »
'Any Questions'? Yes, why is this programme so flipping infuriating?
I'm confused. (Are you surprised?)
I've been listening to yesterday's *Any Question*s on Radio 4 (repeated
today). It's not something I usually do these days, despite the fact that
in my younger years (when the late, likeable John Timpson was its
presenter) I was a bit of a devotee of the programme. Then, in 1987, came
Jonathan Dimbleby. (Was it really as long ago as 1987?). My enthusiasm
waned, sharply. I dipped into *Any Questions* occasionally thereafter,
always retreating swiftly with the intention never to listen again, given
what I felt to be the programme's blatant left-win... more »
Saturday Play - David O'Doherty
Irish comedian David O'Doherty has a fun teaser up on YouTube for his album
*We Are Not The Champions*. The full album is available on Bandcamp. For
even more David O'Doherty you can check out his mammoth podcast appearance
on Pete Holmes's show *You Made it Weird*.
EPA Dramatically Increases Allowable Levels of Radiation During Accidents and Attacks
On April 10, Bobby1 ran an excellent analysis of the EPA's new guidelines
for radiation contamination: EPA now allowing 27,000 times the previous
limit of iodine-131 in drinking water.
I recommend reading his analysis of this move and the response by PEER. I'm
posting another link on this decision by the EPA.
EPA Relaxes Public Health Guidelines For Radiological Attacks, Accidents
April 8, 2013 By Douglas P. Guarino Global Security Newswire
http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/epa-relaxes-public-health-guidelines-radiological-attacks-accidents/
Pesticides, Herbicides and Radionuclides Killing Our Ecosystem
We are living in a MASS EXTINCTION EVENT
(see Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v471/n7336/full/nature09678.html)
Majia here: Some of the biggest culprits in causing this mass extinction
are heavy metals, radionuclides, and the complex chemicals used as pesticides,
herbicides, and fungicides.
The tragedy is that NOTHING IS BEING DONE to stop this madness of
escalating extinction. The energy and chemical companies that produce en
mass these toxins are ALLOWED to continue poisoning the eco-system even
after research establish... more »
April is the Cruelest Month, redux
*"Jesus fucking Christ, when does it ever end with this guy?"*
I've held off as long as I could from making either a private or
serious public appeal for help. But our rent is due in another 17 days and
other bills, as always, follow. We're getting a very slight break as I'd
paid off the last of my yearly auto insurance premiums early and don't have
to worry about renewing until June 24th. With spring here, I've turned off
my gas heat, although it's still cold in the morning here in central
Massachusetts. Thank goodness the car's running well so there are no
repairs on the h... more »
Bill Whittle: Kim Jong-un - third generation crazy...
*you don't negotiate with tyrants. *
We're going to pay for this arrogance.
What Mattered This Week?
It appears that Sri Srinivasan is probably going to be confirmed to the DC
Circuit, or at least he made it through a hearing without any real sign of
trouble. That matters. If it turns out that Barack Obama is about to
appoint people for the other three DC Circuit spots, that would matter too,
but it hasn't happened yet, so I guess a rumor of it isn't quite all that.
Also, the Senate did confirm one appeal court judge. All of that matters.
I'm not yet convinced that beating the filibuster on the motion to proceed
to the gun bill matters.
That's what I have. What do you think mattere... more »
Women caught in conservative TRAP in Virginia
Conservative Virginia lawmakers vote for stealth rules to shut down women's
access to reproductive health services.
The vote stems from legislation that cleared the legislature two years ago
and has been slowly making its way through implementation.
The General Assembly voted in 2011 to impose stricter building codes on
clinics, calling for costly physical renovations, such as wider hallways
and doorways, expanded parking and entrance awnings. Supporters said the
changes ensure the safety of women undergoing abortions at the clinics.
Opponents said the measure was a veiled attemp... more »
MILITARY BUDGET IS KILLING THE COUNTRY
- I went to Brunswick this morning to join with local activists to hand
out literature about the federal budget at the post office. They had a
good bunch of folks there so I went along Main Street and handed out our
*Fair Budget for All....Why Not?* flyers to every shop keeper in the
downtown area. Then I walked over to the mill where the weekend flea
market and farmers market are happening. There the people were coming and
going in droves and I handed out about 300 flyers in an hour.
- While at the mill I had some nice conversations with several of th... more »
Chained CPI... Is Suddenly An Orphan
America doesn't have a spending problem; America has a problem with its
elites forgetting who they work for
The angry uproar over the Obama-Boehner proposal to lower Social Security
payments through Chained CPI has both parties backing away from it as fast
as they can.
Republicans, including House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner of
Ohio, said Obama's offering-- made Wednesday in his budget plan for the
2014 fiscal year-- did not go far enough to cut spending.
Many Democrats thought it went too far, with House Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi of California saying that it should ... more »
Jonathan Winters - thanks for the laughs
Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an
American comedian, actor and artist.
Beginning in 1960, Winters recorded many classic comedy albums for the
Verve Records label. He also had comedy albums released every decade for
over 50 years, receiving 11 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations
during his career, and winning the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy
Album for Crank(y) Calls in 1996.
Winters has also appeared in hundreds of television show episodes/series
and films combined, including eccentric characters on The Steve Allen Show,
Th... more »
World View Conversations with Rodney Martin
*A Conversation with Dr. David Duke*
In this premiere broadcast of *World View Conversations* on the American
Nationalist Network, World View Foundations Director and ANA Co-Founder
Rodney Martin and Dr. David Duke, a man considered the "Dean of our
Movement", will have a wide ranging conversation on Dr. Duke's research,
especially as it relates to Jewish supremacy, corruption, and nepotism in
the halls of higher education in the United States. Rodney Martin and Dr.
Duke will also discuss effective strategies necessary for making "Our Case"
to our people.
Please visit Dr. Duke's ... more »
One Lucky Guy
You're a surgeon. A father to five young kids. This is not how you
should be spending your free time.
Kansas’s self-destruct button: A bill to outlaw sustainability
[image: A Vortex 2 rotating supercell severe thunderstorm near Dodge City,
Kansas. Photo: Ryan McGinnis]
By Tom Randall
9 April 2013
(Bloomberg) – Kansas, I love your sense of humor.
It seems like every time the Sunflower State pops up in my news feed, it’s
for something like this: House Bill No. 2366, a proposed law that would
make it illegal to use “public funds to promote or implement sustainable
development.”
Kansas, the place where I spent my formative years skipping school to go
fishing in farm ponds, is populated with thoughtful stewards of the
nation’s breadbasket. It ... more »
Jeremy Grantham, environmental philanthropist: ‘We’re trying to buy time for the world to wake up’
[image: Environmental philanthropist Jeremy Grantham: 'Anyone who says
government can’t do this, or can’t do that, I say a pox on you'. During a
Keystone XL pipeline protest, he said, 'What we are trying to do is buy
time. Buy time for the world to wake up.' Photo: Martin Godwin / Guardian]
You've probably never heard of him, and for years Jeremy Grantham liked it
that way. But now the man who made billions by predicting every recent
financial crisis is speaking out.
By Leo Hickman
12 April 2013
(The Guardian) – One icy morning in February, a train pulled into
Washington DC. I... more »
EPA delays climate rule for new power plants
[image: National mortality effects from existing U.S. coal power plants,
2010. Graphic: Clean Air Task Force]
By Juliet Eilperin
12 April 2013
(Washington Post) – You might have been wondering whether the Obama
administration was going to impose the first-ever greenhouse gas limits on
new power plants, since the deadline is April 13.
We reported nearly a month ago that the Environmental Protection Agency was
likely to delay the rule to bolster their legal case for imposing the new
carbon restrictions.
On Friday, EPA spokeswoman Alisha Johnson confirmed that the agency would
n... more »
Arctic nearly free of summer sea ice during first half of 21st century: NOAA study
[image: The amount of Arctic summer sea ice, at center in white, on 16
September 2012 compared with the average from 1979 to 2000 average for the
day, shown with the yellow line. A NOAA study suggests there could be no
summer ice at all as early as 2020. Graphic: Associated Press]
12 April 2013 (NOAA) – For scientists studying summer sea ice in the
Arctic, it’s not a question of “if” there will be nearly ice-free summers,
but “when.” And two scientists say that “when” is sooner than many thought
— before 2050 and possibly within the next decade or two.
James Overland of NOAA’s Pac... more »
Saturday Morning Linkage
The above video includes Sean Kay speaking about US-European relations and
international security. Kelsey Davenport: “How to Read the North Korean
Nuclear Missile Threat.” Scott Harold and Lowell Schwartz: “A Russia-China
Alliance Brewing?” More Sino-Russian cooperation on alcohol production
would be awesome! The National Security Archive has a nice roundup of their
materials concerning discussions between Thatcher and Gorbachev.
Continue reading
As Much As The Right Wing Wants Us To Love Margaret Thatcher ... 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' Song Goes To The Top Of The British Music Charts ...UPDATE Liverpool Stadium Cheers Her Death
Following her death on April 8, the bitter row over Margaret Thatcher’s
legacy continues – with a campaign to get the song “Ding Dong! The Witch is
Dead”, from the movie *The Wizard of Oz, *to number 1 on the U.K. music
charts.
The former Prime Minister, whose time in office was marked by battles with
workers’ unions and the privatization of key industries, continues to be a
divisive figure in Britain. On the day of her death a number of street
parties were held throughout the U.K., some of which turned violent.
Encouraged by an anti-Thatcher Facebook campaign, people are now
dow... more »
Australia to tackle Japan on whaling at UN world court
[image: A whale tied to the side of Japanese Research vessel Yushin Maru
No. 2 is dragged through the ocean in Mackenzie Bay, Antarctica, in this
picture provided by Sea Shepherd Australia and taken 15 February 2013.
Anti-whaling activists unsuccessfully tried to intervene in the transfer of
the whale from a Japanese whaling vessel to another for more than nine
hours. Photo: Sea Shepherd Australia]
THE HAGUE, 12 April 2013 (AFP) – Australia is to fire the opening salvoes
in a legal battle before the United Nations' highest court in June aimed at
stopping Japan's whaling research p... more »
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Direct from the Cherry-Pick Hall of Fame!
*SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013*
*One more example of The Way We Are:* Will the Smithsonian ever open a wing
called The Cherry-Pick Hall of Fame?
Probably not! But if the museum ever does open that wing, we now have an
op-ed piece which could be the featured exhibit.
We refer to this op-ed column in today’s New York Times. Adding to
Baltimore’s recent shame, the piece was written by Jal Mehta, a 36-year-old
meritocrat who came up right here in this city.
Or rather, a bit outside it.
Mehta is the perfect contemporary meritocrat. Here in Baltimore, he
graduated from the Park School, whe... more »
Sexism and the Dead Thatcher Celebrations
Is this necessary?
I'm no stranger to hating Thatcher, but come on. Since when was it the done
thing to malign the enemies of working people in this way?
In mitigation, there are those who might argue the passion her death has
stirred up is to blame for the sexist "exuberance". But that doesn't make
it any more acceptable. Had Thatcher been black (she wouldn't have been
prime minister, but allow me this), damning her to hell in colourfully
racialised terms would have raised a chorus of condemnation from those who
took to the streets or raised a glass. Unfortunately, sadly, sexi... more »
The Gospel of Judas with Mary Sparrowdancer
This is a novel perspective on Jesus and Judas. The second part is also
compelling and has been out there.
We now want to check out the tenth moon of Jupiter to see where that takes
us.
The work is interpretive and speculative. The received knowledge is part
of a book that is now possibly out of print. It is all interesting and
conforms to a number of conjectures I have also made regarding ancient
religious sensibility.
It is a good and thoughtful read.
*The Gospel Of Judas, *
*Barbelo & Long-Kept Secrets*
*By Mary Sparrowdancer*
*Copyright 2006 - All... more »
Power Behind Primordial Soup?
This is actually rather promising. It may not be the whole story but it
may well be a key building block. In fact it looks like it may even be
possible to now induce some of the likely steps and slowly work our way
forward. Still a long ways of, but it is certainly a start.
I have dug around this problem enough to understand that it has to be
naturally self starting. This is starting to look right.
Yet it is also sufficiently intractable that gains will be measured in
decades.
*Power behind primordial soup discovered*
*
by Staff Writers*
*
Leeds UK (SPX) Apr ... more »
China's Naval Threat
Strangely, I consider war as historically practiced to be profoundly
obsolete. Unfortunately that does not stop building out deterrence and then
rationalizing the whole exercise. If China were to collectively lose its
mind then they will still face the nasty problem that their population base
looks like a giant bull's eye and is impossible to protect from a globally
distributed attack. The same holds true generally and war is now all about
wealth destruction and not about the assemblage of wealth.
The USA Civil War destroyed the accumulated wealth of a slave owning
society... more »
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