English: Harriet Harman, British solicitor and Labour politician. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Map of traditional Burrard tribal territory. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Harman praises 'hero' immigrants who send welfare handouts home | Mail Online
' Harriet Harman has praised 'heroic' immigrants who claim welfare payments
in Britain and use the cash to support families living abroad.
She said the Government should make it easier for them to send the money
home and called for tax refunds to encourage more immigrants to follow
suit, in particular those who paid for their children to be educated in the
Third World.
The Labour Deputy Leader, who is also the party's spokesman on
International Development, derided 'those who say we should look after our
own first' in the recession and vowed to fight any attempt to cut the £9.4
bil... more »
5/9/13 - Demonstration - ALEC Member RJ Reynolds - NC
Source so you can send out to others:
*GET THE PDF *
*>>>>HERE<<<<*
Info:
May 9, 2013
RJR Shareholders Meeting
Winston-Salem
9:30 meet at LLoyd Presbyterian Church
10:00 Demonstration at Reynolds Headquarters
11:00 March through Downtown Winston-Salem
Could we get some ALEC protesters there?
Learning to Live Within Your Own Skin - Japan's Grand Experiment
The Japanese have become perhaps the greyest of the greying nations of the
developed world. This is discussed in *The World Today*, the public
journal of *Chatham House*, perhaps the world's most venerable and
certainly most prestigious think tank.
*Everybody knows that Japan is ground zero for global ageing. The youngest
of the developed countries as recently as the mid-1970s, it is now the
oldest – and its age wave will continue to roll in for decades to come.*
*By 2050, the proportion of Japanese who are 65 or older is on track to
reach 39 per cent, up from 23 per cent in 2010 ... more »
Watertown aftermath: What happened to the naked guy?
*American Scofflaw*
This story gets weirder and weirder. The arrested suspect, seen in a CNN
video, looked like Tamerlan and had a very muscular physique, which looks
like Tamerlan with his short off as seen here. However, when I turned on
the TV and one suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev is dead and the other, Dzhokhar A
Tsarnaev, on the run, I asked, who’s the naked guy?
They are from Kyrgyzstan, a (wait for it...) Muslim country. Obviously, no
answers will be possible from Tamerlan, and I rather doubt that Dzhokhar
will survive his encounter with the police, which means we will not be... more »
A Bleak Look at the West's Vision for Syria
Terrorist controlled areas are scenes of sectarian brutality, fear,
kidnappings, mass murder, collective punishment, and pillaging - the
obvious end game of Western-backed regime change.
*April 20, 2013* (LD) - Reports are starting to creep into Western media
regarding sweeping atrocities committed by the so-called "Syrian rebels."
Areas held by terrorists have become bleak landscapes both literally and
socioeconomically - with sectarian extremists running the vast majority of
civilians from towns and leaving whoever remains in perpetual fear for
their lives, and in utter despair f... more »
Presenting the filibuster challenge!
*SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013*
*What should the Post have written:* Kevin Drum almost always loses us when
he starts talking semantics. This doesn’t mean he’s wrong.
But so it was when he extended the recent discussion about last week’s gun
bill votes. This is the question at issue:
When Manchin-Toomey got 54 votes in the senate and failed, should that have
been called a filibuster? Drum says yes, thanks to the “academic”
definition of filibuster he offers in the second highlighted part of this
passage:
DRUM (4/19/13): The key question is a semantic one. What's the definition
of a fil... more »
International support for Tsleil-Waututh Treaty to Protect Sacred from Tarsands
National and International Indigenous Leaders Support Tsleil-Waututh
Nation Signing International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands
Projects
Photo Standing from right to left: National Chief Shawn-A-in-chut
Atleo, Hereditary Chief Phil Lane Jr. of the Ihanktonwan Dakota and
Chickasaw Nations, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, and
First-past-the-post + divided opposition = harper win
This sanctimonious, falsehood-filled, ethically bankrupt article is good
for something. harper will probably win the next election if things
continue as they are going.
And, no. I don't want to go to a street corner somewhere and pointlessly
protest something for an hour or so.
I wish we spent more time working on getting power and less time bewailing
the latest atrocities.
Yangtze porpoise down to 1,000 animals, with population cut in half in just 6 years – ‘The Yangtze River is one of the world’s most damaged, degraded habitats, and it is extremely depressing to carry out conservation projects there’
[image: Neophocaena phocaenoides, Finless Porpoise, captive. A survey in
late 2012 found that the Yangtze finless porpoise population has been cut
in half in just six years. During a 44-day survey, experts estimated 1,000
river porpoises inhabited the river and adjoining lakes, down from around
2,000 in 2006. Research Centre for Aquatic Biodiversity and Resource
Conservation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Wuhan, Hubei Province,
China. Photo: WWF]
By Jeremy Hance
16 April 2013
(mongabay.com) – A survey late last year found that the Yangtze finless
porpoise (*Neophocaena asiae... more »
ALEC Seeks Support for XL Pipeline
On ALEC’s blog site today you will find the following post by Karla Jones –
From LinkedIn
Karla Jones
Director of International and Federal Relations at American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
Washington D.C. Metro Area | International Affairs
*Comments of support for the Keystone XL Pipeline needed by Monday, April
22, 2013*
Karla Jones | April 19, 2013 | Add a comment
The U.S. Department of State will accept comments through Monday, April 22,
2013 on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for
the Keystone XL Project. Comments of support for... more »
Happy 420
It's 4/20, or 420 or 4:20 a day of celebration in downtown Vancouver at the
Vancouver Art Gallery and other centres such as Haight-Ashbury, Parliament
Hill and Major Hill's park in Ottawa. It's the day when people gather and
celebrate marijuana and the cannabis culture. They sell it, they buy it,
they smoke it, they eat it.
We don't have any 4:20 celebrations in my geriatric town. We find it's
not a good idea to let seniors have matches.
In Harper and CON universe, bullies rule. (Part 2)
The opposition has raised questions about former RCMP Bruno Saccomani's
qualification given this, another Harper patronage appointment, as the
Canadian ambassador to Jordan.
*[...] NDP international development critic Helene Laverdiere, herself a
former diplomat, said there is no reason to believe Saccomani has the
skills required to fill such an important ambassadorial position.*
*
* *“At the moment it is one of the hottest region in the world,” she told
reporters in French. “We have specialists, professionals who have been in
the diplomatic service for years who know the issues... more »
The Land After Time: American Hero Alex Jones Gets Under The Skin of The Dinosaur Media
Time Magazine = Slime Magazine.
The age of the mainstream press is over, and, naturally, they can't handle
it. Online media outlets and commentators are teaching failing media
enterprises such as CNN a lesson in journalism.
Alex Jones's journalism is getting under the skin of the media dinosaurs.
They know that they no longer have the ability to lie to the public, defend
government crimes, and cover up government brutality. The public is being
successfully de-brainwashed. More and more people are turning to
alternative Internet content to get their news. They know the corpo... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Ugh. What didn't matter this week?
I suppose a lot of this is in the we-don't-know-yet category. Of course,
the events in Boston and in Texas certainly mattered to the people
involved. Whether they matter beyond that...well, we'll be getting tighter
security at sports events for a long while, at least. But we're yet to know
any larger importance for the marathon bombings.
As for the Texas explosion, was it a sign of lax regulation and more to
come unless there are changes? Or was it a freak event?
And then there was everything else that happened this week. To tell the
truth, I'm st... more »
Lindsey Graham, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Drones, Constitutional Guarantees
Lindsey Graham seems to think the U.S. Constitution begins and ends with a
very crimped interpretation of the Second Amendment. In his view it
mandates that anyone can, willy-nilly buy any weapon he wants without any
kind of government regulation. Most people not in thrall to the NRA do not
interpret the Second Amendment that way. And to Graham, the rest of the
Constitution just doesn't seem all that important. Friday, for example, he
let loose with the above tweet. If the authorities fail to read the
suspect, no matter how heinous the crimes he's accused of, his Miranda
Rights-- ... more »
‘Skull is removed, brains eaten alive’: Like the drug trade, wildlife trafficking is big business in Asia
[image: 'Chhouk' the amputee elephant. Abandoned as a baby in the Cambodian
forest, his mother was taken by poachers, Chhouk was rescued by Wildlife
Alliance and given a prosthetic leg. Photo: Jerrie Demasi]
By Jerrie Demasi
19 April 2013
(Sydney Morning Herald) – Would you purchase an endangered tiger's tooth as
a cure for acne?
Perhaps not, but in many Asian countries, you could.
The fact that the animal may be critically endangered can actually make the
purchase more lucrative, as the rarer the animal, the more potent it's good
fortune and healing properties.
Like the drug t... more »
Christy Clark Lies On CKNW RADIO, Forced To Retract
(A reposted story, the real story on BC Ferries, Christy Clark lies on
radio, forced to retract, Christy Clark`s defense of the $million dollar
man David Hahn, Christy Clark blathers lies on air without any facts, the
Christy Clark pattern, dumb as a sack of hammers..Grant G.April 20th/2013)
_____________
In 2001 Gordon Campbell took power in BC.....He immediately announced a
massive cut in corporate taxes and income taxes, Gordon Campbell quickly
squandered the $1.6 billion dollar surplus the ndp Government left him...
The surplus was gone, the deficit for Campbell`s first year... more »
RNA interference Modified Food to Hit Markets
Frankenapple: Bad News No Matter How You Slice It By Katherine Paul and
Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association 20 April 13
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/448-farm-and-food-policy/17032-frankenapple-bad-news-no-matter-how-you-slice-it
[Excerpted] Thanks to the biotech industry's relentless quest to control
our food, McDonald's, Burger King and even school cafeterias will soon be
able to serve up apples that won't turn brown when they're sliced or bitten
into. A new, almost entirely untested genetic modification technology,
called RNA interference, or double strand RN... more »
Climate inaction likely to deepen EU divisions - paper
[image: Aerial view of El Atazar reservoir, 16 March 2012. A lack of rain
in Spain has caused the El Atazar reservoir to drop precipitously. El
Atazar is the largest reservoir in Madrid and Spain is under severe drought
conditions which have parched farmland with the driest winter in seven
decades. Photo: hungeree.com]
By Barbara Lewis, with additional reporting by Charlie Dunmore; editing by
Jane Baird
19 April 2013
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union must take measures to prevent the
destruction of crops and property by extreme weather or face instability
and deeper social ... more »
Did Obama really say this?...
*apparently so. *
I was at work when the capture of "suspect 2" happened. Obama proceeded to
make a statement warning us not to jump to conclusions. Avoidance of the
sound of his voice is a high priority for me, so the first time I read what
he said was just a few moments ago via* Laughing Conservative *who linked
to *The Tea Party News Network. *
Tea Party News: *Robotic, Emotionless President Obama Gets Boston Victim’s
Name Wrong*
Seriously? He has a gazillion handlers, speech writers, and advisers and
he *gets a victim's name wrong*? Not just a little bit wrong - but,
re... more »
Dear fellow Americans, Stop believing everything you are told by the corporate-owned mainstream media and pay more attention to the news that they suppress. Orwell's "1984" will soon become reality if we fail to recognize and oppose it...
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*Boston Marathon Bombing*
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April 19, 2013 | *Original Here*
Boston Marathon Bombing
Dear Readers,
A number of you have asked me my take on the Boston Marathon Bombing and
subsequent events.
I am flattered that so many look to me for leadership on so many issues.
However,
I have not followed closely the Boston event. My website hasn’t the
resources to field an investigative team, and in my opinion the TV and
print news is part of the misinformation or disinformation. While driving
(April 19) I listened to a NPR program... more »
New EPA Rules on Waterways Waste from Powerplants
The Sierra Club sued the EPA over power-plant waste. The details of the
new
rules haven't yet been decided.
EPA proposes rules to curb power-plant waste in waterways, Washington
Post,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/epa-proposes-rules-to-curb-power-plant-waste-in-waterways/2013/04/19/a99aaad6-a961-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
Southern California marching toward fourth-driest year since 1877, firefighters deploying early – ‘People are going crazy now. When you’re a farmer in Central California, you watch the water as much as you watch your kids.’
[image: A crew from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation cuts
foliage, on 9 April 2013, to help contain a wind-driven brush fire that
broke out near Fillmore, forcing evacuations and threatening homes.
Southern California is marching toward its fourth-driest year since 1877,
and that has firefighters increasingly girded for battle. Photo: Al Seib /
Los Angeles Times]
By Hector Becerra
19 April 2013
(Los Angeles Times) – Southern California is marching toward its
fourth-driest year since 1877, and that has firefighters increasingly
girded for battle.
In the hills of L... more »
Not Your Typical 5K, Run The Color Run (Coupon Code)
It has been years since I have run a 5K, bad health has always stopped me,
but not this year. I am feeling great and I finally in condition to run
again. What better 5K to make my running re-debut than The Color Run
complete with colorful chalk to change your white shirt into something much
more fun!
The Color Run 5K event is coming to Salt Lake City, UT on August 24th of
this year. What I love so much about this race, is that it is less about
how fast you can run the race and more about having a great time with all
of the other runners. Runners are covered in different colors at ... more »
ALEC Legislators Manipulating the Market for ALEC Corporations
*PLEASE *
* *
*Read the whole article*
This is important for you to know.
I am going to rinse and repeat during this one – cause the rinse and repeat
is important.
This article is important!!!
*Susan Crawford: Let cities build better Internet access networks*
Print Email
3 hours ago • SUSAN CRAWFORD | Bloomberg View columnist and law professor
Last month, a majority of the Georgia House of Representatives voted
against a proposal that would have barred cities from investing in their
own Internet access networks. The bill failed because Georgia
municipalities, businesses and m... more »
Photo gallery: Three years after the BP oil spill, tar balls and oil sheen blight Gulf Coast
[image: Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, stands
on what remains of Cat Island, holding pelican bones, 18 April 2013. Three
years after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, tar balls and oil sheen
blight Gulf Coast. Photo: Julie Dermansky / The Atlantic]
Julie Dermansky
20 April 2013
(The Atlantic) – April 20 marks the three-year anniversary of the *Deepwater
Horizon* disaster, which took the lives of 11 men and resulted in the
largest oil spill in American history. BP, along with Transocean and
Halliburton, are still in the midst of a civil trial held in ... more »
Guest Post - The Breakdown on Vinyl by Nathan Lucas
You have probably heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is the
result of non-biodegradable plastic waste. Since it’s already larger than
the size of Texas (a state that takes at least twelve hours to drive
across) wouldn’t it make sense to reduce the use of non-biodegradable
plastic? Decreasing use of anything from disposable silverware and soda
bottles to sheets of vinyl used for advertising and industrial grade PVC
could help slow down the growth of waste accumulated in the environment.
Fortunately, there are already companies taking action to reduce the amount
of non-b... more »
Bill Maher's Anti-Islam Smear
On his *RealTime* programme last night, Bill Maher couldn't wait to get
into his shopworn, anti-Islam theme about the Muslim faith being unique in
promoting violence.
As I listened to his diatribe I so wished I could ask him just one
question. *Since the turn of this century, how many innocent Muslims have
died at the hands of Christian forces and how many innocent Christians have
perished at Muslim hands?*
My guess is that the ratio would be at least several hundred to one and
would utterly reduce Maher's endless rant.* *
The fact is we've been putting the boots to the Muslim w... more »
handiwork
"Such a great Man is he...
behold His handiwork."
girl, virgin, mother, wife, lady, maid, and widow
"From woman, man is born;
within woman, man is conceived;
to woman he is engaged and married.
Woman becomes his friend;
through woman, the future generations come.
When his woman dies,
he seeks another woman;
to woman he is bound.
So why call her bad?
From her, kings are born.
From woman, woman is born;
without woman, there would be no one at all.
O Nanak, only the True Lord is without a woman"
......Guru Nanak......
Patriotic Anti-Terror Cult Rises Again
Our long five-day national nightmare isn't over till it's over. Now begins
Part Two of the long national nightmare of media frenzy, political pablum,
the noblesse oblige honorifics from the austerian ruling class to the brave
first responders whose wages and ranks they're freezing and whose pensions
they're raiding, mindless flag-waving, obsessive-compulsive quoting of
biblical scripture. It won't stop, until we all lose interest and it stops.
The stoppage will be sudden and as if by mutual consent of all the
players. But do look for non-stop non-stoppage throughout this slow-news
... more »
JOURNEY INSIDE IRAQ TODAY
A deeply touching and outrage-making documentary about contemporary Iraq
from the perspective of a taxi drive through the country.
Along the way the film maker and taxi driver speak to many ordinary people
who share stories of Iraq past and present. One man said, "They
[Americans] are still here....their aim is to create disorder in Iraq".
The order "to kill our best people" by death squads and militias "comes
from outside the country."
In Falluja the film maker interviews a hospital administrator who reports,
"In 2005 we noticed a spectacular increase in genetic malformations i... more »
Untitled
*Saints to open Dirty Birds in Superdome!*
*Plaintiffs unsure if levee breach lawsuit is worth it*
*Floodwaters rising after storms deluge heartland *
*How to Dine on a Train*
*Mid City's Fortier Fest Blooms This Sat., Pre Jazz Fest Bike Lane Update*
Judges presumed to know the law
*Cook v. Podgorski*, 2013 NSCA 47 holds:
[43] The fact that the judge does not refer to the* Halliday* case does
not mean that he made an error of law. *Halliday* was argued before the
judge. He is presumed to know the law and there is no need for him to
recite the case or to explicitly set out the principles in it. The real
question is whether correct principles were applied:*Lawrence v. Toronto
Humane Society*, 212 O.A.C. 263 at ¶ 59; *Hug v Bliss*, 112 B.C.A.C. 242 at
¶ 12.
CLA deplores LSUC in its decision against Joseph Groia
April 19, 2013 – *The Criminal Lawyers' Association (Ontario) "CLA"
deplores the decision of the Law Society of Upper Canada in its decision
released today against Joseph Peter Paul Groia.*
The Law Society of Upper Canada today released its decision with respect to
penalty in regards to its discipline proceedings involving Joseph Groia.
The Law Society imposed a sanction a two-month suspension and costs of
almost $250,000. The alleged misconduct occurred in Court and the Trial
Judge himself never expressed any concern that the conduct of Mr. Groia was
deserving of sanction.
... more »
EtTu MSNBC?
By Capt. Fogg
I had MSNBC on most of yesterday. I can't stand the sight of Wolf the
Weasel and what other choice is possible?
I'm disappointed. When the evening network news came on I began to learn
facts the cable guys never mentioned, That the FBI had investigated these
boys, for instance and they managed to give us the facts without the
constant theme of "*you can see that it's been worth it to give up our
privacy*." Cowards! Is this what it means to be a Liberal today?
Sacrificing freedom for some imagined and miniscule increase in safety?
Needless to say, I don't think s... more »
Pervez Musharraf Returns To Pakistan, Declares He's Running For President And Is Arrested For Crimes Committed Last Time He Was In Office
Well liked by the American popular media for his anti-Taliban militancy,
Pervez Musharraf was a brutal military dictator who originally seized power
in Pakistan in a 1999 military coup d'état. Since being forced to retire in
2008, he's been living in luxurious exile in London and Dubai until
returning to Pakistan March 24 to run for president. There were arrest
warrants pending when he returned including one for his involvement in the assasinations
of Benazir Bhutto and Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti. Police arrested
him and took him into custody Friday to face charges in r... more »
Removing All Doubt
At Margaret Thatcher's funeral this week, Stephen Harper couldn't resist
the opportunity to attack Justin Trudeau. Even though the reporter who
asked the question made no mention of Trudeau's comment that we should try
to understand the "root causes" of terrorism, Harper said:
“When you see this type of violent act, you do not sit around trying to
rationalize it or make excuses for it or figure out its root causes. You
condemn it categorically, and to the extent you can deal with the
perpetrators, you deal with them as harshly as possible."
It was vintage Harper -- the same kind... more »
Failed ALEC Policy - Costs Milw/Racine Schools $75 Million per Year
Private school vouchers from WEAC on Vimeo.
*From ALEC Exposed*
*Through ALEC, corporations, ideologues, and their politician allies voted
to spend public tax dollars to subsidize private K-12 education and attack
professional teachers and teachers' unions by: *
- Promoting voucher programs that drain public schools of resources by
using taxpayer dollars to subsidize private school profits, and specifying
that those schools must remain unregulated. Voucher programs have been
pushed in the following ways:
- Offering private school vouchers with "universal eligibi... more »
The Paradigm Paradox
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
'It is difficult to understand why so-called "progressive", "liberals", and
"leftists," who so vehemently opposed the Vietnam War, now belong to the
Council on Foreign Relations.
If you have read this blog before, you must know then that I have serious
problems with 'so-called' liberals/progressives not the least of which is
that too many lack the courage of their convictions; too many have tried to
bargain with Satan. Too many are uncommitted, to be sure. But, more
importantly, to what --precisely --should we be committed?
Clinton's 'tria... more »
The Paradigm Paradox
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
'It is difficult to understand why so-called "progressive", "liberals", and
"leftists," who so vehemently opposed the Vietnam War, now belong to the
Council on Foreign Relations.
If you have read this blog before, you must know then that I have serious
problems with 'so-called' liberals/progressives not the least of which is
that too many lack the courage of their convictions; too many have tried to
bargain with Satan. Too many are uncommitted, to be sure. But, more
importantly, to what --precisely --should we be committed?
Clinton's 'tria... more »
Links to scrape by with
*A couple at the Lungteng Broken Bridge in Miaoli.*
Too tired to blog. Have some links. Sorry about the light blogging this
week... just too damn busy.
________________________
*Daily Links*:
- Counties promote Visit the Tropic of Cancer! Whatever for?
- Chen Shui-bian moved from prison in Taipei to prison hospital in
Taichung in the dead of night.
- Richard Bush on Ma's video conference at Stanford where he lays out
Taiwan's foreign policy program. Ma said:
"The first part involves institutionalization of the rapprochement with
mainland China so that neith... more »
EU demands access to British police files: Forces will be ordered to hand over documents on investigations or face fines | Mail Online
EU trying to get more power...
' Tory MP Dominic Raab said: 'This plan lays bare the federalist
ambition
of moving towards a single European criminal justice system, shorn of
proper national democratic control.'
More here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2311412/EU-demands-access-British-police-files-Forces-ordered-hand-documents-investigations-face-fines.html
ISON may cause meteor-storm end of this year
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 7 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/LNgLIZRjkPo
We'll wait to see...
John
BOSTON FAKE
Allegedly this is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Although it could be any 'body' used by US government agents to act as
their 'patsy'.
The same body in an ambulance.
Allegedly this is Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Although it could be the missing Sunil Tripathi.
Sunil Tripathi
Americans rejoice at the success of another CIA false flag operation.
"With a bomb strapped to his chest, one of the Boston Marathon suspects was
killed early Friday after he and his accomplice brother robbed a 7-Eleven...
*Boston Marathon suspect is killed, second on loose after extraordinary
firefight*
*
**NO WAIT, ... more »
Jam Sutton - Azealia Banks Yung Rapunxel - Ke$ha-level promotional naivete
Ke$ha's innate promotional naivete (as exemplified by her literally
embarrassing Illuminati-suck-job video Die young) has always annoyed me,
then I discovered this Illuminati-deep-throating of Azealia Banks' new
release Yung Rapunxel, directed by photographer Jam Sutton.
I mean, *TRULY naive* on a Ke$ha level; or what?
*WARNING TO YOUNG POP STARS:* DON'T LET THESE PUPPETEERS ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR
CAREER.
...and (finally) for those who 'dig this kinda Δ shit' here's a link to a
Mary Whitehouse-styled Vigilent Citizen article on the BBC's own Jessie J,
about her PRICE TAG.
Massive Protest To Stop CISPA - Spring 2013
CISPA passed the House, but this isn't over yet.
The U.S. Government wants to turn the Internet into a private surveillance
system. It's called CISPA, and this Spring we're organizing the largest
online privacy protest in history to stop it for good. Are you in?
*For more information:*
**
*http://www.sitesnotspies.org/*
What's wrong with CISPA? (in as few words as possible)
As it's written, CISPA won't protect us from cyber threats, but it *will*violate our 4th Amendment right to privacy.
- It lets the government spy on you without a warrant. (read more)
- It makes it so you... more »
Boston Marathon Bombing was a staged inside job
First of all, we offer our deepest heartfelt condolences and sympathies to
all those who had suffered immeasurable pains and sorrow not only from the
Boston Marathon Bombing tragedy but also the recent Texas fertiliser plant
and pipeline oil spills. We have been warning against such waves of
orchestrated false flags inside jobs.
The Russian meteor strikes on 15 Feb, Apache Gas leaks, the turned-on "oily
gas-water geyser" on the Swift Energy abandoned well, Pegasus oil pipeline
burst on the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez (another orchestrated
accident) were all not accidental or na... more »
Illegal Pangolin Meat Found on Chinese Boat That Crashed in The Tubbataha Reef
Photo courtesy: Wikipedia
It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha
reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the
coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental
disaster: 400 boxes containing around 10,000 kg of frozen Pangolin meat, an
endangered scaly anteater. All trade in the four Asian species of pangolin
has been illegal since 2002 but the appetite of Chinese consumers for its
meat, prized as a delicacy, and its scales, believed to benefit
breast-feeding mothers, has virtually wiped out th... more »
Micro Battery Breakthrough
This appears to be super important, After all, ideally we want to
engineer our battery into our housings in quite the same way we put in our
circuits into our silica base. This item tells us that we have a way
forward and that the battery problem has just hit the tipping point.
Recall that a successful battery paradigm will energize our civilization
with scant need to add additional power sources simply because batteries
eliminate the bulk of our power wastage. I do think we are less than
several years out or about 2020 for mass delivery and a true tipping point
for en... more »
Old Faithful Mapped
We always knew what it should look like underground. The tube idea made
little sense while a nice fat reservoir pretty well sets it up. Now we are
locating them.
Yet they are quite properly little more that natural curiosities that give
us pleasure as a reminder of natures real power.
It is all good
*Old Faithful's underground cavern discovered*
*Tourists watch the 'Old Faithful' geyser which erupts on average every 90
minutes in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming on June 1, 2011.*
*
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/12/17724575-old-faithfuls-underg... more »
Novel Trait Transfer in Plants
Genetics just got a lot more complicated but also a lot more exciting. It
sounds as if it will become possible to even design traits and cause them
to happen. A long ways to go yet but I think this will also make plant
breeding much more efficient. At least that is k the sense I am getting out
of this story.
At this point the great controversy regarding Lamarckian genetics that
played itself out eight decades ago look misplaced. The science was not
good enough to produce much but it was surely led by the type of anomaly
producing effects we are now working out.
Perhaps... more »
Constructive Collisions
However you get there, it is clear that the high country of the West is
one strip of volcanic rock after another and that similar geology trends in
a north south direction. We already knew that of course as you could hardly
not know that, but it does inform us that EW geological change must come
often and radically as is hinted at by experience and strong mineral
regimes that often extend hugely along trend. A great example is the Idaho
silver rich mineral regime which can be traced into Mexico and deep into
Canada. Step outside to east or west and silver is not important anymor... more »
The John Barnes rap - A League Of Their Own style
I can't embed it but this is well worth a watch... Here
Who's a racist?
Question: Who’s a racist?
Answer: Anyone who’s winning an argument with a lefty.
Boston Bombing: Trying to figure it all out
Everyone has by now heard about the bombing that took place shortly after
the Boston Marathon concluded. I have no reason to believe this bombing
did not actually take place, but I do think there are a lot of very weird
things going on, especially as of late. Since we know the
Jewish-controlled United States government and media have the ability to
literally fake events using the mainstream media, scripted actors, and
controlled or compromised governmental officials, we have to be extremely
suspect every time an event like this takes place. The Sandy Hook
"shooting" hoax is a pri... more »
Sugarman on Yaqui land: Carrying the soul of a generation
Sugarman,
carrying the soul and heartbreaks of a generation
Sugarman on Yaqui land tonight
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Friday, April 19, 2013
PASCUA YAQUI -- Beneath the Yaqui skies tonight, Sugarman brought his
special measure of medicine, carrying the soul and heartbreaks of a
generation. Sugarman sang with the tenderness and love that is within
the movie
TSAEROVS WORKED FOR THE CIA?
*Tamerlan Tsarnaev, above, was killed. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the other Boston
marathon bombs suspect, was captured*
*Did the Boston Bombers work for the CIA in Chechnya?*
In 2011, the FBI reportedly interviewed Tamerlan Tsaerov, the elder brother.
The FBI conducted the inquiry at the request of a Russian security agency,
officials said.
*Boston Bombing Suspects Echo Home-Grown Terrorists in Madrid, London
Attacks*
"Yes he was interviewed," a U.S. law enforcement official said. "Nothing
derogatory came of it."
The brothers had traveled in recent years to Russia, officials said.
Ta... more »
Boston Marathon Bombings and The Punisher Logo Contractors
see, I can be patient when being hammered (*as we all were yesterday and
the day before*) by the hissing well-greased Steam Punk of M3 or Mass Media
Machinery.
I can wait and see what transpires, patiently, feelers out on the web for
any 'real twitch'. You know, rather than closing down A WHOLE CITY (i.e.
Boston) to perform *Public Executions* on two (innocent until proven guilty
in a court of law) Chechen citizens living in the *Land Of The Free, Home
Of The Brave* for over ten years and (apparently) good people, nice people,
strivers.
*Anzor Tsarnaev *(the Tsarnaev brothers' fat... more »
FBI Casting Set Stage for Boston Marathon Bombing, Shootout, Charade
*Update: CBS reveals in their report, "CBS News: FBI Interviewed Tamerlan
Tsarnaev 2 Years Ago," that the FBI initially attempted to deny any contact
prior to the Boston bombings with slain suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. It was
only after Russia's RT publicly pursued the story that the FBI finally
admitted officially it had. *
*The implications are that the FBI knows Russia both possesses information
on the case and is prepared to go public with it. For those involved in
America's terror racket, now would be a good time to divest. For those
involved specifically in the Boston Marathon b... more »
Chechnyan terrorist's favorite videos
*An insane combination of ignorance of geography and PC*
The hunt for the Boston Marathon terrorists turned out to be faster, more
efficient, and more dramatic than I expected. One of the results of the
developments is that most Americans want my country to be bombed. ;-)
*The Huffington Post offers some helpful graphics to help Twitter to remind
itself that Czechia isn't Chechnya. Even the Czech ambassador to the U.S.
had to publish a special press release LOL.*
What I find characteristic is the symbiosis of this breathtaking yet proverbial
ignorance of geography with the politic... more »
April 17, 1973
Today was another major Watergate day. This time super-major.
--
That's how Bob Haldeman begins his diary entry for Tuesday, April 17, the
day that Richard Nixon publicly launched the cover-up of the cover-up.
Haldeman's note early in the day:
--
Dean is the one who surprises and to some extent disappoints him [Nixon]. I
found the latter rather shocking, considering that Dean has turned total
traitor, and he shouldn't be surprised and disappointed. He should be
shocked and furious.
--
The question for them now is whether to work to get immunity for Dean or
not. Colson calls to... more »
Kierkegaard On Religion And Doubt
Related: * *
*Kierkegaard On Socratic Ignorance*.
*Kierkegaard On "Man."** *
*Kierkegaard On Socrates And The Immortality of The Soul.*
*Kierkegaard On God's Love.*
*Kierkegaard On Passion.*
* Kierkegaard On Martyrs of Truth.*
*Kierkegaard On Truth*.
*Kierkegaard On The Difference Between "Popular" And "Philosophical."*
Below is an excerpt from, *"The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His
Journals."* Edited by Alexander Dru. Dover Publications, Inc: Mineola, New
York. 2003. Pg. 209.
"Official preaching has falsely represented religion, Christianity, as
nothing but c... more »
Sunday Classics preview: There's something about the opening of Act II of Donizetti's "Elixir of Love"
*Leo Nucci (Sgt. Belcore), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Dr. Dulcamara), Inna Los
(Giannetta), and Anna Netrebko (Adina) in the opening of Act II of
Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore, conducted by Alfred Eschwé and directed by
Otto Schenk, at the Vienna State Opera, April 2005 (we have Italian-English
texts below)*
*by Ken*
Donizetti's magical *Elixir of Love* would be amply worth our attention
even if it didn't contain one of the most memorable of tenor arias. We
already heard a bunch of fine performances of "*Una furtiva lagrima* in the
December 2011 post "The old minor-to-major switcheroo... more »
The Geek Filibuster
See
the opening credits scroll for an explanation. This is why the term
"nerdgasm" was invented. The actual episode (which only showed about 30
seconds of this tour de force) was also pretty good.
Musical Interlude: Logos, “Cheminement”
Logos, “Cheminement”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOuXP8aVWHU
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This skyscape finds an esthetic balance of interstellar dust and gas
residing in the suburbs of the nebula rich constellation of Orion.
Reflecting the light of bright star Rigel, Beta Orionis, the jutting,
bluish chin of the Witch Head Nebula is at the upper left. Whiskers tracing
the red glow of hydrogen gas ionized by ultraviolet starlight seem to
connect that infamous visage with smaller nebulae, like dusty reflection
nebula NGC 1788 at the right.
*Click image for larger size.*
Strong winds from Orion's bright stars have also shaped NGC 1788, and
likely triggered the formatio... more »
Chet Raymo, “All Night, In The Dark”
*“All Night, In The Dark”*
by Chet Raymo
“Why do we so admire the poetry of Mary Oliver? She is not the most
technically proficient poet around, and there is a disquieting sameness to
her work. But we come back to her again and again. My volumes of Oliver's
collected poems are the most dog-eared of any on my shelf. I think it is
something about the way Oliver is able to get out of her body and into the
skin of a hummingbird, a swan, a snake, or a black bear. She is a
shape-shifter, a shaman. When she describes a grasshopper moving its jaws
this way and that, we almost feel it ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Grass Valley, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
“'People's History' of Gulf Oil Disaster Reveals Deadly Truth Behind Dispersant Corexit”
*“'People's History' of Gulf Oil Disaster Reveals *
*Deadly Truth Behind Dispersant Corexit”*
Report released on eve of Deepwater Horizon anniversary
tells of BP lies and government collusion in oil 'clean-up'.
by Jacob Chamberlain
A dispersant plane passed over an oil skimmer in the Gulf of Mexico
ten days after Deepwater Horizon explosion (Patrick Semansky/AP)
"Not only is the chemical dispersant that was used to "clean up" the
Deepwater Horizon oil disaster of 2010 extremely dangerous, it was
knowingly used to make the gushing oil merely "appear invisible" all the
while... more »
Financial Media Outlets pull Stories regarding Reuters Killing Soros
It is pretty telling how Marketwatch.com and other major financial websites
felt they had to disable the comments and/or outright remove the freshly
posted stories about the Reuters false death report of George "Schwartz"
Soros.
The epitaphs coming in were getting too embarrassing for the Soros media
sycophants. I can keep this short and leave it to the imagination. For
those of you who missed it before the story was removed, let's just say
that the news of his death "being greatly exaggerated" wasn't met with much
joy or relief by Marketwatch readers who often take the opportunit... more »
Graph of the Day: Oil production declines for top five oil companies, 2004-2012
[image: Oil production declines for top five oil companies, 2004-2012. Oil
majors' output peaked in 2004 and has decline 25.8% since. Graphic:
Matthieu Auzanneau]
By Matthieu Auzanneau
19 April 2013
(The Oil Drum) – The combined crude oil production of the five main
international oil companies (Exxon, BP, Shell, Chevron and Total) hit an
historic high in 2004. Since then, it has fallen by 25.8%, despite large
increases in investments.
Total crude oil produced by the majors was 10.760 million barrels per day
(MB/D) in 2004. In 2012, it reached only 7.981 MB/D. It has decreased by... more »
MAINE PAPER COVERS JEJU NAVY BASE FIGHT
Here is the full-page coverage last Monday in our local Times Record
(midcoast Maine) newspaper about the Jeju Island Navy base fight.
Fellow Maine activist Carolyn Coe went to Gangjeong village for three weeks
and did this great report. I am amazed and happy that the paper covered
this considering that the Navy Aegis destroyers, outfitted with so-called
missile defense systems, are made here in Bath.
It's a really good thing for the community to have to see this. Thank you
Times Record.
They Took Suspect 2 Alive - What a Relief
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in police custody, hours after his brother, Tamerlan
died following a gun battle with his pursuers.
I had feared the 19-year old Dzhokhar would either be brought down by
police or take his own life which might have left many questions
unanswered. Now at least the authorities will have a slim chance to
interrogate young Tsarnaev.
Given that this appears to have been a political act, Tsarnaev may be
willing to make a statement. Of course, given that he is a recent
immigrant of the Muslim faith from central Asia coupled with the fact that
today's America is a ... more »
Good police work in Boston
It seems the marathon bombers have been found and killed in a gun flight
with police or captured.
Since the bombing was this week and there were no obvious clues except
video that is a remarkable accomplishment.
The police did good! The deserve recognition for that!
The Lamest Ducks In The House-- A Beltway-Eyed View
Accidental Congressman Gary Miller, California's Confederate sympathizer
This week, *Roll Call* points to California Republican Gary Miller and
Tennessee date rape drug doctor Scott DesJarlais as being the two incumbents
most likely to lose their seats in 2014. Close behind are detestable Blue
Dog reactionaries Jim Matheson (UT) and Mike McIntyre (NC), New Dem Ron
Barber (AZ) and GOP fringe loon Mike Coffman (CO). The retirements of these
four characters by their constituents who be steps in the right direction
for making Capitol Hill a better place-- even if we would need 2-300
ret... more »
“Evading Suspicion and Shirking Responsibility”: The Politics of Official Discord in Qing Taiwan, 1725-1726
*Don't come any closer!*
The Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies hosted an interesting journal
article on the complexities of 18th century Qing Administration in
Taiwan.....
That is, when Chanjibu impeached Magistrate Zhou Zhongxuan 周鐘瑄 for
illegally accepting seven hundred taels of silver from a defendant in a
criminal case. Ordinarily, this “crime” would hardly even have aroused the
attention of the prefect, much less that of the emperor, particularly when
the sum involved was so small. Nevertheless, the case would embroil
bureaucracies in Taiwan, Fujian, and beyond, make and... more »
GAIA PORTAL: “Galactic Body” Alignments Accompany Increasing Frequencies of Transformation
*
* *“Galactic Body” Alignments Accompany Increasing Frequencies of
Transformation*
April 19, 2013
Frequencies of transformation among up-grading Hue-mans are increasing, and
currently have reached 11-fold from time of prior post. The frequency
increase varies from individual to individual, yet the 11-fold number
signifies transmittance of new 4-7D codes into the consciousness bodies of
each.
Indications of frequency increase include sense of dissonance with all
prior life pathways, release of all internal energetic “packages” which no
longer support the increasing frequencies,... more »
Vulture Capitalism is Alive and Well
For all the lofty reports lately of a capitalist reformation and new age
economics that recognize natural and social capital in addition to
financial capital, there's this.
In the U.S., five states are poised to begin actively poaching California
companies. What is the weakness they're lining up to exploit? Why it's
an insidious, voter-approved initiative to raise income taxes to finance
education.
That's driven knowledge-based companies such as Google, Apple and SolarCity
to make tracks for backward, low-tax states like Texas, Arizona, Virginia
and Nevada. They want highly... more »
Food fascists . . .
THE
CEO OF NESTLE is a nasty fascist. According to American Live Wire,
"Nestlé CEO Says Water Is Food That Should Be Privatized – Not A Human
Right". Check out the video. Myself, I will never buy anything from
Nestlé or its subsidiaries.
Russell Means to be inducted into Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame
RUSSELL MEANS TO BE INDUCTED INTO
THE NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS HALL OF FAME
By NAMA Hall of Fame
Censored News
Niagara
Falls, NY - The 14th Annual Native American Music Awards will be
inducting the late American Indian activist, actor, and musician,
Russell Means, into the NAMA Hall of Fame on May 10, 2013 at the Seneca
Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Falls, New York.
America Has Given Itself Over To Fantasy And Delirium
*The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt, 1854*.
America is a nation that kills the weak and innocent, and there is no
clearer proof of this truth than what has transpired in the days since the
false flag Boston bombings.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother were both framed by the intellectually
discredited and morally bankrupt U.S. government. They are scapegoats, not
terrorists.
America's legacy is being written right now, and it isn't good.
May God have mercy upon it.
America Awakening to Refreshing New Possibility: Tell Bill Gates to Take His Money and Go to Hell
When the LA Times starts having doubts about the wisdom of His Aged
Geekiness, Billy Gates, then you have to know the worm is turning quickly.
After all, it was the LA Times that published Gates-approved teacher
ratings that ended in the suicide of Rigoberto Ruelas in 2010.
Perhaps Team Obama should have a second look at its decision to put
corporate foundations in charge of U. S. education policy. Just perhaps
there is something to be learned from a hundred years of academic research
that the corporate drones have summarily dismissed. From the LA Times
editorial page:
. . . .Pr... more »
"How It Really Is"
Ahh, yes, all those "campaign contributions" for our trustworthy,
totally honest and honorable public servants in the House and Senate.
My personal opinion is more accurately reflected in the graphic below,
though I could be wrong of course...
- CP
No, not wrong...
Phony Malware Alert!
Some of you may see this graphic, and we've experienced this a number of
times before. This is *NOT* true, despite what Google says, and I've always
found it curious that this type of phony alarm appears on the blog
immediately after something the Powers-That-Be might deem inappropriate,
that is, *truth* they'd rather you not know. There are NO ads, banners,
popups or commercial advertising of any kind on this site which might
trigger an alarm. This is just the government lads playing their games
again, nothing more. I'd say what I think of that, and them, but this
blog's PG rati... more »
Where all their speculation got them....
As discussed in an earlier post, Tuesday's speculation on Radio 4's *Today *with
regards to the Boston marathon bombings tilted strongly towards giving
credence to the 'it's domestic, right-wing terrorism' line of argument:
*Evan Davis*: We know it was Patriots' Day and a holiday in Boston
yesterday. How significant might that be do you think? Or is it just the
day the Boston marathon is run and, so, if you want to create carnage at
the marathon that's the day you do it?
.....looking at this it seems as though the evidence is tipping towards
some kind of domestic terrorism rather t... more »
"Fed Governor Stein Warns When A TBTF Bank Fails, Depositors Will Be Cyprus'ed"
*"Fed Governor Stein Warns When A TBTF Bank Fails,*
* Depositors Will Be Cyprus'ed"*
by Tyler Durden
"Two months ago, Fed governor Jeremy Stein caused a major stir among the
very serious excel-using economists and other wannabe
"scientists"-cum-voodoo witchdoctors, when he hinted that it was the Fed's
actions that were leading to "overheating" in the markets. It took quite a
bit of rhetoric by other very serious people to talk down his comments and
give the impression that the S&P is not about 50% overvalued. Today, Stein
has managed to stick his foot in his mouth for the second... more »
Fixing this Microsoft Excel error transforms high-debt countries from recession to growth
*
*
http://qz.com/75035/fixing-this-excel-error-transforms-high-debt-countries-from-recession-to-growth/
*
* *Fixing this Excel error transforms high-debt countries from recession to
growth*
By Tim Fernholz @timfernholz April 16, 2013
It looks like the most frequently cited justification for fiscal austerity
in the aftermath of the global financial crisis *is based on a boneheaded
Microsoft Excel error.*
When advanced economies began slumping in 2008, the immediate debate was
whether to boost growth with short-term deficit spending or reduce
government debt. Advocates of the latte... more »
Terrance Nelson 'White Privilege Conference Seattle'
By Terrance Nelson
First Nation Roseau River Anishinabe
Censored News
Dr. Eddie Moore Jr:
I would like to thank you for the
opportunity to be keynote speaker at the White Privilege Conference in
Seattle Washington on Friday April 12th 2013. To present to over a
thousand people in the Assembly was especially meaningful to me because,
the people present were activists from all over
Elsewhere
It's basically a rerun, but over at PP today I argued that, yes, political
responses to things such as the Boston bombings are not only justified, but
actually quite patriotic.
Yesterday, I poked at Boehner a bit, saying that his current position on
budget procedures is the correct one.
And earlier, I reacted to the demise of the gun bill and talked about what
comes next, and had a companion piece on how the gun fight might (or might
not) lead to Senate reform.
That's it for now. With any luck, I'll have a baseball post later, and
there's plenty more Watergate to come. I don't know... more »
How Will Peter King Respond To Rick Perry's Request For Federal Aid To Help In The Fertilizer Factory Explosion?
Texas secessionist Rick Perry didn't get a vote in the Hurricane Sandy
relief bill. But this is how his state's two dozen Republican congressmen
voted:
*•* Joe Barton- No
*•* Kevin Brady- No
*•* Michael Burgess- No
*•* John Carter- No
*•* Michael Conaway- No
*•* John Culberson- Yes
*•* Blake Farenthold- No
*•* Bill Flores- No
*•* Louie Gohmert- No
*•* Kay Granger- No
*•* Ralph Hall- No
*•* Jeb Hensarling- No
*•* Sam Johnson- No
*•* Kenny Marchant- No
*•* Michael McCaul- No
*•* Randy Neugebauer- No
*•* Pete Olson- No
*•* Ted Poe- No
*•* Pete Sessions- No
*•* Lamar Smith- No
*•* Steve ... more »
Nate Bell (AR- ALEC/NRA) - "F#cking Moron"
From Daily Kos
*READ IT*
*>>>>HERE<<<<<<<*
Just passing it on - becauseican.
UPDATE
Bell has *apologized for his timing (but not his sentiment),* posting on
Facebook and Twitter:
“I would like to apologize to the people of Boston & Massachusetts* for the
poor timing of my tweet *earlier this morning. As a staunch and unwavering
supporter of the individual right to self defense, I expressed my point of
view without thinking of its effect on those still in time of crisis. In
hindsight, given the ongoing tragedy that is still unfolding, I regret the
poor choice of timing. Pleas... more »
ACTION: Stop WoW : protect a woman's access to health care
From the ACLU webpages
*Kansas No Longer A Place to Call Home?*
By Becca Cadoff, Reproductive Freedom Project at 1:01pm
After her adventures in Oz, Dorothy couldn’t wait to get back to Kansas.
But if she lived there now, she might not be so eager to return. Governor
Sam Brownback has just signed yet another bill that makes it more difficult
for Kansas women to get the health care they need.
And we know this is not an isolated attack. Kansas is the latest frontline
in the current round of attacks in politicians’ war on women. Arkansas,
North Dakota, and Alabama, have also each re... more »
Untitled
Some handy tips I found in my travels:
1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
2. Never use a preposition to end a sentence with. Winston Churchill,
corrected on this error once, responded to the young man who corrected him
by saying "Young man, that is the kind of impudence up with which I will
not put!
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)
6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks ... more »
Four lessons learned by Chris Cillizza!
*FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013*
*Frankly, we’re sorry we looked:* “What the Boston bombings taught me about
journalism.”
That was the headline on a new post by the Washington Post’s Chris
Cillizza. Instinctively, we knew we should pass it up.
Despite those better angels, something made us look.
Cillizza was especially thoughtful in the wake of the Boston bombings.
Here’s the way he started:
CILLIZZA (4/19/13): *What the Boston bombings taught me about journalism*
*The events in Boston over the last four days have riveted the nation—and
put journalism, the profession that I love, under th... more »
The Media Angle
At about midnight last night I spoke to my friend who lives in Atlanta. In
the wake of the marathon bombing, the Manchin/Toomey filibuster, the ricin
letters, the fertilizer plant tragedy, the CNN meltdown and several other
major stories packed into an incredibly full news week, we were fairly
certain that the developing story out of MIT, where a shooting had been
reported, wouldn't turn out to be a bigger story. Within an hour, it was
clear that we were wrong. From a little after midnight until about 4am,
when I eventually crashed, a barrage of crowd-sourced information spewed
fort... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Energy Balance'
ENERGY BALANCE
Posted on April 19, 2013
MNN. Apr. 19, 2013. In these dark hours of designed
chaos, war and violence will not bring resolution. Mass confusion is
being created to erupt into military action. In the Mohawk language, “te
ho te ri wa kwen ten” means that “they have pushed matters to a
ridiculous extreme putting everything out of
THE PROPAGANDA MODEL
An interview with Edward S. Herman who was co-author with Noam Chomsky of
"Manufacturing Consent".
Wildlife - Born To Ruin
Wildlife - Born To Ruin. Source: WaxRecords.
An Actual Expert on the Caucasus….
Charles King at The Daily Beast: In other words, the focus now should be on
the Tsarnaevs as homegrown terrorists, not on the ethnic or regional
origins of their family. Journalists’ initial conversations with family
members in Dagestan amplify that point: a sense of shock that two nice boys
who had gone to America for their
Continue reading
In Amerika, the "K" Stands For Kafka
I think it's time I let you guys know what's going on in my life.
You may think I'm being overly dramatic or and perhaps paranoid when I
say what I'm about to say. Yet let it be known that I have worked for our
government on two separate occasions and, being a blogger who's been
following the increasingly bizarre activities of the last two
administrations from the outside looking in, I don't think what is
happening now and may very easily happen in the near future is outside the
realm of possibility.
My entire week since the Boston Marathon bombings has been fraught
w... more »
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Boston right now
There's too much hysteria to say much about what's going on in Boston
today. Seems pointless to obsess about every thinly sourced rumor or repeat
what little actual information is on every media news outlet in America.
For the moment, this photo, which is surely destined to one of the iconic
images of this event, seems to say it all.
Fenmore Square. Been here many times in my life. I've never seen this
street so completely empty.
[via Buzzfeed]
Friday Foolishness - Viagra Creates Life
Got one of those stupid questions answered today.
Why do they fight insurance coverage on birth control - but allow insurance
coverage on Viagra and Cialis?
Cause both Viagra and Cialis are about creating life - babies - pro-life.
When Democratic state Sen. John Marty asked why this drug needed to be
regulated, rather than errectile dystfunction medications such as Viagra, Republican
Sen. Paul Gazelka, the bill’s sponsor, responded that unlike RU-486, *Viagra
is a “wonderful drug” *that “*helps create life*.” When I asked Sen.
Gazelka if he could clarify his response, he told me via... more »
Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Obama Liberals
President Obama expanded the war in Afghanistan (like he said he would),
attempted to prolong the occupation of Iraq past the exit date negotiated
by bush II, supported the TARP bail-outs, presides over the torture of
Bradley Manning, failed at his promise to transfer the prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay to some other lawless hell-hole, vastly expanded the
murderous predator drone program, attacked the Occupy Movement, protected
Wall Street banksters from criminal prosecution, the only person to serve
prison time for the USA's torture regime since Obama came to office is John
Kiriakou (t... more »
Monckton Down Under
*The Eyes Have It?*He holds an arts degree and a journalism diploma from
the mid-70s. He fantasizes himself being a member of Britain's House of
Lords even though being ordered by the House to "cease and desist" making
the utterly untrue claim. Lately Britain's equivalent of a Thurlingian
prince has descended upon New Zealand to expound on how international
scientists and their professional bodies are absolutely wrong about, well,
science, while he, the professional nutjob, is right.
Lord Christopher Monckton is being invited to address the Marlborough
Federated Farmers branch t... more »
Really Rich GOPer Rips up NRA Card
Not literally - but verbally.
It would have been nice to see him do it literally -
This got on my radar because:
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.[14] Member of ALEC's Commerce, Insurance and
Economic Development Task Force and ALEC's Tax and Fiscal Policy Task
Force[35]
Even though it didn’t pan out for me – it’s an interesting read from HuffPo
*Adolphus Busch IV Resigns From NRA After Gun Control Defeat In Senate*
Posted: 04/18/2013 7:17 pm EDT | Updated: 04/19/2013 11:19 am EDT
Quote snips only:
WASHINGTON -- Adolphus Busch IV, heir to the Busch family brewing fortune,
resign... more »
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.19.13"
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.19.13"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatachdog.com
“Video and photos are now released, and suspects in the Boston Marathon
bombing case are being hunted down. They will be in custody soon, if not
already. My prayers go out to family members who lost lives and limbs in
the blast. This is being politicized to blame and demonize everything from
the NRA to Republicans and even the sequester cuts. I hope this is not yet
another excuse to take away more freedoms from Americans in the name of
safety.
North Korea, once again, made more threats against South Korea b... more »
Restitution orders
*R. v. Trac*, 2013 ONCA 246:
[35] The trial judge’s error in law requires this court to determine
whether, on a proper consideration of all of the relevant factors, the
restitution order should be made. The inquiry begins with the purpose of
restitution orders in the sentencing process. Restitution orders advance
the goal of rehabilitation by promoting direct accountability by the
wrongdoer to the victim. Restitution orders also promote public acceptance
of and support for the criminal justice system by recognizing the specific
harm done to victims and by providing a conve... more »
Kevin Drum explains the senate two-way!
*FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013*
*Was that a filibuster we saw, or were they just happy to be there:* Was
that a filibuster of gun bill proposals we saw in the senate this week?
Before we read yesterday’s major newspapers, we thought we knew. After we
read the Post and the Times, we were no longer sure.
For background, see yesterday's post.
Was that a filibuster we saw? We asked, and Kevin Drum answered. This is
what he said:
DRUM (4/18/13): Here's the answer: over the past few years, as the use of
the filibuster has become routine, it's become common to speed things up a
bit by adoptin... more »
CISPA... Who Betrayed Us Yesterday And What It Means Now
2 who spoke up against Big Brother yesterday: Amash (R) & Grayson (D)
We tried explaining CISPA on Wednesday when the House voted on a few
amendments to CISPA that were permitted by Pete Sessions' very fascistic
Rules Committee. The serious amendments that were offered by champions of
individual liberty-- opponents of CISPA-- like Justin Amash (R-MI) and Alan
Grayson (D-FL) were not allowed to even be voted on, ruled inappropriate by
Sessions (R-TX). Amash's disallowed amendment was meant to "permit a
company to provide through contract that it won't share personally
identifiable ... more »
Iceland Shills for Chinese Voice in Arctic Affairs
The timing must be entirely coincidental. Iceland just became the first
European country to conclude a free trade agreement with China.
*The China-Iceland FTA covers trade in goods and services, investments, and
various other areas. Specific provisions on investment, movability of
citizens, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical trade barriers,
rules of origin, customs procedures, competition policies and intellectual
property are also included in the FTA. The parties also made commitments in
service trade that are stricter than the WTO commitments.*
And, in a remarkable... more »
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