Islam (Photo credit: rogiro)
English: Margaret Thatcher, former UK PM. Français : Margaret Thatcher 日本語: 「鉄の女」サッチャー英首相 Nederlands: Margaret Thatcher Svenska: Margaret Thatcher som oppositionsledare 1975 Русский: Маргарет Тэтчер, бывшая премьер-министр Великобритании (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"THATCHER HAD ROYAL BLOOD"
"Margaret Thatcher may have had a royal lineage older than the Queen's."
*
**Royal biographer Michael Thornton asks Did True Blue blood run in Lady
Thatcher's veins?*
Diana Cooper, Viscountess Norwich (née Lady Diana Manners 1892 – 1986), was
officially the youngest daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland and his wife,
the former Violet Lindsay.
In reality, Lady Diana's real father was the writer Henry Cust.[1]
The Cust-Brownlow family trace their lineage back to Gauthier d’Aincourt
who was of royal blood and who fought alongside William the Conqueror at
the Battle of Hastings.
Har... more »
BOSTON BOMBS - IT'S ALL FAKE
*Zubeidat Tsarnaev, sexy mother of the 'Boston Bombers'*
Zubeidat Tsarnaev does not look like the strict Moslem being portrayed by
the lying mainstream media.
In 2012, Zubeidat was arrested for stealing $1,600 of lingerie from a
department store.
dailymail.
*Uncle Ruslan Tsarnaev, who worked for the CIA-front organisation USAID.*
Uncle Ruslan Tsarnaev, who allegedly worked for the CIA, says that Tamerlan
Tsarnaev was influenced by an American Armenian called Misha.
Misha, a 'fake' convert to Islam, may have been a CIA agent trying to
mind-control Tamerlan?
According to Ruslan... more »
Shrinking Proton Conforms to New Theory
This is an expected result once you understand the role of the neutral
neutrino that I discussed in my paper posted here on March 7. This is
actually good news because it is an excellent test of my model and my
understanding of its implications. What has happened is that the combined
Muon Proton combination has taken on the implied curvature of the
combination and that causes shrinkage against a simpler electron proton
combination.
Recall that I am able to understand curvature in light of my new metric
that can deal with a large number of neutral neutrino masses and t... more »
Hobbits Likely Island Dwarfs of Homo Erectus
This discovery is slowly been better understood and it appears we have a
dwarfed version of homo erectus. This pretty well captures the picture
presented.
I have also seen some evidence to suggests small bands of homo erectus
remain extant throughout the world. They have been glimpsed and are quite
able to work around us.
There was really no good reason for them to go extinct so long as they
stayed out of our way and that is easily provided if they stay in the
forests. Most likely they follow the deer herds rather well and any rabbit
would be a handy meal for two or ... more »
The Arab Spring Began in Iraq
War is about bundling and unintended consequence. Do not think otherwise.
At the end of the day, when a hurt America wanted to strike out most,
George Bush offered up the unfinished business of Iraq. What all went into
that decision is meaningless because the intent was to kick over the sand
box to discover if something better came out of it.
The surprise was that it meant a long insurgency situation and that was
the real consequence. That taught the Arabs that an angered population can
make life miserable for any despot and even the USA. It is not decisive but
it slowly ... more »
Cannabis Treats Cancer and Epilepsy
This is more on the cannabis wars in which we are slowly learning that
there are multiple benefits associated with the drug. Better yet, the
benefits generally are not associated with the narcotic. Thus there is no
excuse for not concentrating these components or fabricating them.
Cannabidol turns out to be positively indicated for both cancer and
epilepsy. It is also clear that the alternatives are worse, in fact far
worse. Every cancer patient needs to be on a CBD regimen simply because it
slows the progress of the disease through obvious biological pathways.
In the m... more »
Joshua Lipana, Filipino Objectivist and Free Marketer
A sad day for the free market movement in the Philippines. One of the
youngest, most articulate, most promising leader among different shades of
free marketers in the Philippines, Joshua Lipana, died today at age 21 or
22. He fought cancer for several months now.
His last postings in his facebook wall were:
*154,000 WBC down to 13,970 WBC. Chemo is working. (April 13, 2013) *
*Operations done. No more 2 litres in my right lung. I feel much better. No
more drowning sensation. I want to live. (April 4, 2013)*
I heard of him first sometime in 2010 then I started visiting his blog,
htt... more »
Why Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz Must Be Released From Solitary Confinement --An interview with Theresa Shoatz and Matt Meyer
*Take action by telling Secretary Wetzel that you want Russell 'Maroon'
Shoatz to be immediately removed from solitary confinement!*
*Why Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz Must Be Released From Solitary Confinement*
*--An interview with Theresa Shoatz and Matt Meyer*
*By Angola 3 News*
This month, a 30-day action campaignwas launched demanding the release of
Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz from solitary confinement, where he has been held
for over 23 consecutive years, and 28 of the last 30 years, in Pennsylvania
prisons. On April 8, when the campaign began, Maroon’s legal team sent a
letter to the... more »
Premier League title - Manchester United vs Aston Villa - Van Persie hat-trick, superb second goal.
Free Planet doesn't generally to report on FOOTBALL GAMES and there's no
team favouritism here but this amazing goal (from Robin Van Persie for
Manchester United) was the second of his hat trick against Aston Villa that
won United the Premier League title last night.
Superb accuracy, at pace.
10 Ten Books I thought I would Like More/Less
This was a hard topic for me. I always feel bad when I don't like a book.
An author poured all of their heart and soul into a book and I just don't
like it? I know I can't love every book I read, but I geniuely don't think
I have ever completely hated anything, I always judge my feelings of a book
off of whether or not I want to buy it and read it again. Here are five
books that I will never read again and five books that I was surprised to
find I like.
5 books I thought I would like more:
Wicked: I wanted to like this book and it some ways I did, I liked the
original take on the ... more »
April 20, 1973
The fallout of the last round of revelations continues, while John Dean and
the prosecutors continue their stalemate. It's still not entirely clear
which way Dean will wind up going.
The president, after meeting with Haldeman in the morning, leaves for the
weekend for Florida, taking Ron Ziegler and Pat Buchanan with him but
sending Haldeman and Ehrlichman to Camp David.
Nixon continues to work closely, now, with Henry Petersen. Nixon is walking
a fine line; Petersen, at this point, doesn't have any realization at all
about Nixon's role in the cover-up; the president pumps him for i... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Keith from *Truth
Militia Radio*. Keith and I will be discussing a variety of different
topics, including how he "woke up" to what is going on in our world today,
American culture and society, his thoughts on the American Nationalist
Association, and related matters. Tune in for what will surely be a lively
conversation!
You can download the entire program *here*, or subscribe to the American
Nationalist Network via iTunes *here*. Thanks for listening everyone!
Kierkegaard - God Is Love
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."*
*Kierkegaard On Religion And Doubt.*
* Kierkegaard On Imagination.*
*Kierkegaard On Objectivity And Subjectivity.*
Below is an excerpt from, *"The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His
Journals."* Edited by Alexander Dru. Dover Publications, Inc: Min... more »
Online and collaborative TeX: ShareLaTeX
*A handy tool for people who write papers in \(\rm\TeX\)*
This blog entry is just a very short reference to
ShareLaTeX.com (click)
You must register (ten seconds, no confirmations) but once you do, you will
have the opportunity to start with \(\rm\LaTeX\) in the most pedagogical
way possible, to edit your \(\rm\LaTeX\) sources from any place in the
world, to collaborate on the files with other people in the world, and to
instantly see the resulting document in PDF.
A sophisticated Javascript does the job. No need to install complicated
\(\rm\TeX\) compilers on your PC. No locking... more »
Review - TAKEYA® Classic Glass Beverage Bottle
Believe it or not, I wasn't always as "green" as I am today. I know ...
shocking (but true). There was a time when we stopped at a local
convenience store to buy a bottle of water whenever we left the house. The
longer the trip, the more we bought.
Not only was it expensive, it created a lot of waste! According to
treehugger 40 billion water bottles end up in landfills each year.
When reusable bottles first hit the shelves, there weren't a lot of
options. In fact, the majority of them were made of plastic. Yes, they were
BPA free but still there were concerns about recycling them a... more »
Can The Koch Brothers Turn The L.A. Times Into The Volkischer Beobachter?
Whenever I go shopping for paper products I bring this handy list along:
*Angel Soft® toilet paper
Brawny® paper towels
Quilted Northern® toilet paper
Soft n' Gentle® toilet paper
Dixie® plates, bowls, napkins, & cups
Mardi Gras® napkins and towels
Sparkle® napkins
Vanity Fair® napkins
Zee® Napkins
Georgia-Pacific® paper products, lumber and building products
INVISTA® products
Lycra® products
Stainmaster® Carpet*
I stopped buying Quilted Northern and Brawny brands. They're part of the
fascist Koch Bros Empire, which has been seeking to overturn democracy in
America and sp... more »
Anonymous: Solidarity with Guantanamo Hunger Strike
Good day my friends.
Close to half of the population at Guantanamo Bay are
now hunger striking. It is time to stand in solidarity with them by
demanding the Obama Administration to live up to it's promises to shut
the center down.
Some relevant facts:
There are 166 detainees currently housed in Guantanamo Bay.
86 have been approved for release.
30 Yemenis are being "
Sirius World Premiere Red Carpet Coverage
Be warned the internet trolls are hitting the chat room on this site
pretty hard with spam.
I hope you have better luck streaming this than I have had tonight. This
stream is being seriously messed with. -AK
Peabody Coal seized 1 million Navajo and Hopi artifacts from Black Mesa
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
BLACK MESA, Ariz. -- While Peabody Coal was raping Black Mesa's coal,
and forcing more than 14,000 Navajos into relocation and sorrow, Peabody
seized 1 million Navajo and Hopi artifacts from Black Mesa. Those
artifacts are are now at the University of Southern Illinois at
Carbondale.
Peabody Coal, with the aid of attorneys and
If You Want to go to Heaven, You had Better get Busy Overthrowing Syria (Nonsense Takes Day At Top U.S. Defense Levels)
In Libya, Washington used its corrupt NATO puppets and CIA-recruited
bandits to overthrow another stable government, that of Muammar Gaddafi,
leaving Libya mired in sectarian violence. A stable prosperous country has
simply been destroyed by western governments that profess human rights
values and condemn China and Russia for not having any. Washington has also
been killing civilians with
"A Look to the Heavens"
“While drifting through the cosmos, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud
became sculpted by stellar winds and radiation to assume a recognizable
shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is embedded in the vast and
complex Orion Nebula (M42). A potentially rewarding but difficult object to
view personally with a small telescope, the above gorgeously detailed image
was recently taken in infrared light by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope
in honor of the 23rd anniversary of Hubble's launch.
* Click image for larger size.*
The dark molecular cloud, roughly 1,500 light ye... more »
Bob Feldman : African-Americans and Institutional Racism in Texas, 1954-1973
Barbara Jordan was elected to the Texas State Legislature in 1966.
The hidden history of Texas
Part 13: 1954-1973/3 -- African-Americans elected to office but institutional racism continues
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2013
[This is the third section of Part 13 of Bob Feldman's Rag Blog series on the hidden history of Texas.]
In 1966 an African-American, Barbara Jordan, was
Paulo Coelho, "Defeat"
* *
*"Defeat"*
by Paulo Coelho
"Does a leaf, when it falls from the tree in winter, feel defeated by the
cold? The tree says to the leaf: ‘That’s the cycle of life. You may think
you’re going to die, but you live on in me. It’s thanks to you that I’m
alive, because I can breathe. It’s also thanks to you that I have felt
loved, because I was able to give shade to the weary traveller. Your sap is
in my sap, we are one thing.’
Does a man who spent years preparing to climb the highest mountain in the
world feel defeated on reaching that mountain and discovering that nature
has cloa... more »
Chet Raymo, “Gnomes At Home”
*“Gnomes At Home”*
by Chet Raymo
“When I wrote “The Path: A One-mile Walk Through the Universe," I had
walked the path between my home and college almost daily for 37 years. In
the Introduction to the book, I wrote: "For all of its familiarity, there
has never been a day I have walked the path without seeing something
noteworthy." Well, yesterday I came across something unprecedented, which I
record here for the sake of historical record, and because those of you
with a sense of whimsy might enjoy it. Along the path in the deep woods
there is a tree with a hollow cavity at its bas... more »
Protect sacred Mount Taylor from uranium mining 2013
Protect Holy Mount Taylor: MASE Urges Opposition to Roca Honda Uranium Mine
Indigenous Action Media
www.indigenousactionmedia.org
Contact:
www.masecoalition.org
masecoalition2008@gmail.com
Hello friends and allies,
Many of you are aware of MASE and the work we are doing in
northwestern New Mexico to stop proposed new uranium mines in and around
our communities. The Forest Service
Protect sacred Mount Taylor from uranium mining 2013
Protect Holy Mount Taylor: MASE Urges Opposition to Roca Honda Uranium Mine
Indigenous Action Media
www.indigenousactionmedia.org
Contact:
www.masecoalition.org
masecoalition2008@gmail.com
Hello friends and allies,
Many of you are aware of MASE and the work we are doing in
northwestern New Mexico to stop proposed new uranium mines in and around
our communities. The Forest Service has
Lamar W. Hankins : Politicians Refuse to Protect the Public
Explosion
at fertilizer plant in West, Texas, April 17, 2013. Photo by Andy
Bartee / KVUE.com.
Texas explosion, guns, and fracking:
Politicians refuse to protect the public
Only a dramatic revolution of values focused on respect for people,
creatures great and small, and the natural world can make life worth
living for our descendants.
By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / April 22, 2013
Earth Day Manifestation
And what does it mean to Love? For Love is not what we’ve been told. There
are not amounts or kinds or degrees. *Love is what we are and what we do.*
Love is the great equalizer, unifier and pacifier. We have been restricted
in our expressions so much that we’ve fallen into judgment. A ridiculous
thing.
Today is Earth Day. On our minds are all things green. Do any of us
stand in judgment of a flower as it grows? Do we say – this one should not
grow so close to that one or those two should not cross pollinate. No, yet
we do so of ourselves. A flower grows. A huma... more »
MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE
I was invited this evening to participate in a debate on "missile defense"
that was held live on Huffington Post. Two right-wing pro-MD advocates
against me and a representative from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
I had to restrain myself a few times when the folks from pro-MD groups made
outlandish statements.
You judge who won the debate.
Boston, Sandy Hook, Economy, Cyprus
Below is a guest blog from a friend, Banner Conanan. I chose this guest
blog than posting my own ideas as I have ambivalent opinion about the
lockdown after the bombing of the Boston Marathon. I thought that the heavy
police lockdown was eerie and Martial Law-like, but a Filipino friend in
Boston suburb supported it even if she and her family were also affected by
the police action.
This will be the second time that I feature Banner's ideas and quotes. The
first was in Pol. Ideology 31: Quotes on Liberty and Government,May 29,
2012.
Enjoy.
*Boston, Sandy Hook, Economy, Cyprus an... more »
Monday Bits-- Colbert's Sister Going To Congress? Will Nestlé And Wall Street Ever Be Held To Account?
PPP shows Elizabeth Colbert Busch opening a more significant lead (16% as
of this afternoon) over disgraced ex-Governor Mark Sanford in the first
district congressional special election. Voting is on May 7th in the
carefully gerrymandered red district, who's voters gave Obama 40.2% in
November, while right next door in the 6th district-- into which the
state's racist legislature dumped every African-American voter they could
find-- Obama won 70.9%. Although John Boehner endorsed Sanford on April 9,
less than a week later the NRCC, which he controls, announced that due to Sanford's ... more »
Keystone Tarsands 'Red River Showdown' on Earth Day!
Activist Locks Himself to Keystone XL Heavy Machinery Launching a “Red River Showdown” Over KXL South
April 22, 2013
In celebration of Earth Day and the final day in the
State Department’s KXL North comment period activists with the Great
Plains Tar Sands Resistance submit their own “environmental impact
statement.
UPDATE 10:
Federal Judge orders release of names of School of Americas graduates
Federal
Judge Orders Release of Names of SOA/ WHINSEC Graduates
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OAKLAND, Calif. – On April 22, 2013, United States
The Daily "Near You?"
San Luis Obispo, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Wild Bill: We're not through with Benghazi yet...
*not at all.*
*Go to: *
*Special Operations Speaks*
Christy Clark Lies Her Face Off On CKNW Again
Christy Clark is truly an unmitigated provincial embarrassment, I`m not
sure where to begin ....
We know what political spin is, this is when a politician says something
like...*the economy is booming *when in fact the economy is stalled,
stagnant or retrenching..Spin is saying, *we have the lowest taxes *when in
fact if you factor in user fees, MSP premiums and other hidden taxes we are
not a low tax jurisdiction..
Spin versus reality, and then there is lying, false facts, when a person
goes on radio or TV and proclaims certain facts that are completely
false...Those are lies, a... more »
FBI v. CIA Failure To Communicate? (Again?)
It's hardly the last word. But it is a telling one. I've had a lot of
respect in the past for Chris Floyd's reporting and none more so than now.
Without wishing to indulge in deep-fried conspiracy gobbling at this point,
I will say that the revelations about the FBI's prior involvement with one
of the suspected Boston attackers, apparently going on for years, are of
great interest. Even
DRONE PROTEST THIS WEEKEND AT HANCOCK FIELD IN NEW YORK
On Friday morning I drive a rental car from Maine to Syracuse, New York to
participate in the Resisting Drones, Global War and Empire: A Convergence
for Action! on April 26-28 at Hancock Field.* *Hundreds of antiwar
activists are expected to attend from all over New York and around the
country for a weekend of workshops, music, networking and action. I will
speak on a plenary panel during the conference.
*
*The Air National Guard base at Hancock Field near Syracuse has remotely
flown the MQ-9 Reaper drones over Afghanistan since late 2009.
The National Defense Authorization Act ... more »
Daoud Kuttab on Obama's Visit to Bethlehem
At first, Obama and his staff planned to enter the city with a *helicopter
in order to avoid the Palestinian protesters* (because they are cowards)
but a sudden sandstorm disrupted that plan so they took a car.
Daoud Kuttab on Obama's Visit to Bethlehem. Source: Al Monitor. Published
on April 2, 2013.
Henry Corbin On Alamut And The Order of The Assassins
Related:
*Henry Corbin: "To be a philosopher is to take to the road. . . "*
*Henry Corbin On "The Trilogy of the Soul."*
*Henry Corbin On "The Heavenly Twin."*
*Henry Corbin: The Biblical Flood As A Spiritual Event. *
*Henry Corbin On A Major Philosophical Difference Between Shiites And
Sunnis*.
*Wikipedia:*
Under the leadership of Hasan-i Sabbah, Alamut became the site of intense
activity for the Shi'a Nizari Ismai'li, along with a smaller subgroup known
as the Assassins, between 1090 and 1256 AD. During the medieval period, the
castle functioned as the major stronghold of... more »
"Truth..."
"Truth is like the town whore. Everybody knows her,
but nonetheless, it's embarrassing to meet her on the street."
- Wolfgang Borchert, “The Outsider”
Monday Cranky Blogging 3
It's been a while since the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle made me
cranky, at least politically cranky...but, yup, yesterday's did the trick.
It was 24 Across: "Tammany Hall corruption, e.g.?" The answer: "Evil from
New York" (The question mark in the clue is pegged to the theme, which had
to do with "flipped front" so that the answer was a riff on "Live from New
York").
"Evil"? Really? I suppose that to some extent it's justified, since it asks
about Tammany Hall corruption, as opposed to Tammany Hall or machine
politics in general. But, really, the crossword writer and edi... more »
"The Truth Will Not Set You Free"
*"The Truth Will Not Set You Free"*
“We do not see the world as it is. We see the world as we are.”
by William Berry
“We do not see the world as it is. We see the world as we are.” This quote
has been attributed to both the Talmud and Anaïs Nin (although an actual
citation for neither quote can be found). This quote summarizes the idea
that truth, the truth that one perceives, is subjective and can be wrong.
We have long been taught that the truth will set us free, and that seeking
the truth is a worthy goal. What if there is no absolute truth? What if
there are just degrees... more »
Canadian Police "thwart" major terror attack: How convenient is this?
*Bogus. * *Bogus*
Not Canadians.* Both from Tunisia.*
Tunisia. The same nation from where many, many NATO backed mercs flooded
into Syria on behalf of the NATO destabilizers. Tunisia- from whence the
bogus NATO backed 'Arab spring' originated.
The RCMP said at an afternoon news conference that Chiheb Esseghaier, 30,
of Montreal, and Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto, had received support and*"guidance" from al-Qaeda "elements" in Iran
*, but there is no indication they were "state sponsored."
Neither is a Canadian citizen. The RCMP would not identify their
nationalities or say how long they ... more »
We Have Moved!
NOTICE: On April 22, 2013, *SM* merged with @the chalkface. Find us at our
new home: atthechalkface.com. All *Schools Matter* previous posts are
archived there, but we will leave this site up, too, as a searchable
archive.
All new posts will appear at @thechalkface.
Thank you for your support over the past 8 years. We look forward to
another 8 years of looking lifting up the "reform" rocks to see what's
underneath.--Jim Horn
Today's Terrorist Arrests Do Not Justify New Laws
Today’s announcement that the RCMP have broken an apparent terrorist ring
set to derail a VIA passenger train is good news. It shows that Canada’s
existing terrorism laws work.
What the announcement does not show is the need for draconian new laws.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says Canada needs tougher anti-terrorism
laws -- laws which his government has put before Parliament. He suggests
the Boston bombings prove that; and it is a cinch that he will say today's
announcement is further evidence of the need for more police powers.
For example, in Canada now everyone is free t... more »
The Economy: "A Case of the Mondays"
*"A Case of the Mondays"*
by Dave Gonigam
“In the first quarter of 2012,” read the statement issued before this
morning’s open, “Caterpillar dealers added machine inventory of about $875
million, and this year, they reduced machine inventory by about $700
million.” By all rights, the market should be having — as the annoying
receptionist in Office Space said — “a case of the Mondays.” We count at
least six items that should be dragging the market down.
For starters, Caterpillar delivered a whopper of an earnings miss. Or to
be more accurate, CAT failed to guide analysts suff... more »
Monday Cranky Blogging 2
Yes, yes, Maureen Dowd, but everyone already got there before me, pointing
out that presidents cannot, in fact, wave a magic wand or say magic words
or whatever and get Members of Congress to do anything they want.
I'm not sure if have all of them, but: Seth Masket is excellent. Kevin Drum
made some good points (I'd quibble with him about party leaders vs.
backbenchers, but he's right about the presidency). Jamelle Bouie is always very
good on this issue. From a reporting point of view, Robert Costa makes the useful
observation that Obama was already doing the best thing he could hav... more »
Congresswoman Colbert from South Carolina
Yes I know I keep breaking my ignore the damnable polls rule, but the
latest results showing Elizabeth Colbert Busch leading Mark Sanford by 9
points evokes visions of a liberal Democratic Congresscreature from South
Carolina in my head. There's something I find deliciously weird and amusing
about that.
Sure it's early and anything could change, but the other breakout numbers
here that are worth noticing are these:
Although Sanford's unpopularity is clearly the main reason Democrats have a
chance to win in this district, it's interesting to note that there is some
backlash agains... more »
The State and Anti-Racism
One of the first things imbibed at far left school is that the state is
essentially and irreducibly racist at an institutional level. But is that *
really* the case? Well, officially, yes, it was. According to the 1999 Macpherson
Report into the police handling of the Stephen Lawrence case, whose
appalling murder took place 20 years ago today, institutional racism was
“the collective failure of an organisation to provide an appropriate and
professional service to people because of their colour, culture, or ethnic
origin”. I am sure large numbers of socialists would accept the Macpher... more »
Will Grassroots Democrats Rise Up And Throw The Bums Out? Progressives In Alabama!
Russ Feingold's PAC, Progressives United, fired a shot across the bow of
corrupt Beltway ConservaDems, directly putting Steve Israel and the DCCC on
notice that out in America, grassroots Democrats are fed up with supporting
fake Dems who vote with the GOP... and even more fed up with Machiavellian
characters-- or, as Pelosi put it, operatives with reptilian tendencies--
who instruct vulnerable and naive freshmen to vote with Boehner and Cantor
on key issues. Recall that strategy devastated the Democrats in the 2010
midterms-- in which they lost an historic 62 seats, the Great Blue... more »
Attention scum!
Childcare minister Elizabeth Truss reckons too many nurseries are chaotic,
with "children running around with no sense of purpose". Honestly, what
sense of purpose does a two-year-old need? You heard the minister,
attention freeloading toddler scum, grab a broom, get up that chimney and
find a sense of purpose!
It occurs though, it is standard neo-liberal statecraft, for both Tory and
Labour ministers, to decry public service. That's what executive power
seems to mean. Make someone a minster the first thing they do is slag off
the people they are responsible for administering and tr... more »
Al-Qaeda Terror Is Very Good For Israel
"For most countries last week’s Boston Marathon bombing was a grim reminder
that violence can break out anywhere, at any time. For a select few it
became a huge inconvenience, as with the Czech Republic, whose ambassador
has had to explain to Americans that Czechs and Chechens aren’t the same
thing at all.
And then there’s Israel, who, if you listen to top Netanyahu aide Ron
Dermer, may as well have just hit the lottery with this bombing. Dermer is
seeing it as a “big boost” that is going to make the average American more
pro-Israel and even more eager to increase aid to them." -... more »
You can’t buy votes with earmarks now!
*MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013*
*The Post’s prebuttal to Dowd:* Even after all these years, the Washington
Post’s Juliet Eilperin doesn’t “get” Maureen Dowd.
On Friday, Eilperin joined Sean Sullivan to offer these thoughts about
Obama’s inability to pass gun legislation. According to Eilperin, no one
could accuse Obama of something Maureen Dowd would soon be accusing him of:
EILPERIN AND SULLIVAN (4/19/13): *No one can accuse President Obama or Vice
President Biden—whose office oversaw the White House strategy on gun
legislation—of sitting on the sidelines when it came to the compromise b... more »
Syria cuts the arms of the beast; but its head remains.
It is not often that good news comes out of areas devastated by the Zionist
war for total global control. However, today, Damascus is a little safer
with the victory of Syrian forces over the international terrorist rats
which have been plaguing the nation for the past two years.
The news that the Zionist-sponsored terrorists have received some of the
treatment they have been meting out to the people of Syria, is of course
good news. Every death of a footsoldier of Zion leaves the world a better
place. However, the fact remains that without dealing with the forces
behind the terr... more »
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DOWN TO THE DOCTOR’S:
*This week **Libertarianz** leader Dr Richard McGrath tears strips from
Peter Dunne and Russel Norman. Surgically.*
1. *Watermelon Coalition’s Plans For Electricity Monopoly are 'Economic
Dyslexia'*
Leaders of the Red and Green parties Russel Norman and David Shearer have a
not-so-cunning plan to further nationalise the electricity sector.
The suggestion by the Watermelon Coalition to set up an electricity
wholesaler run by politicians smacks of economic dyslexia.
The current electricity “market” is already almost entirely government-run,
with three of the big four retailers a... more »
Tim DeChristopher, a genuine Hero
Tim DeChristopher, free after 21 months, appeared on Democracy Now! for
Earth Day. Compared to when I saw his fiery speech at Wesleyan University,
before his incarceration, he appeared subdued and somber. Anyone who still
harbors fantasies that our president will do anything about climate change
(meaning challenge the corporate despots who run the country) needs to
ponder the persecution - yes, persecution not prosecution - of Bidder 70
under the Obama administration.
Get Active, was Tim's message. Interestingly, when asked about the current
climate movement, he responded that it'... more »
DEFENDING THOSE STICKY CIVIL LIBERTIES
Glenn Greenwald, columnist for *The Guardian* and author of the book, *With
Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and
Protect the Powerful*.
Why Are Trudeau's Liberals Supporting Two BIG Conservative Bills - 'New Anti-terrorism Measures' & 'FIPPA' (China-Canada Trade Deal) .... I'm not surprised
*Liberal / Tory ... same old story...*
*The Liberal Party of Canada has a well documented historical habit of
pretending to be 'progressive' while supporting or advancing Right Wing
interests. Any progressive who supports the Liberal Party of Canada must
live in what can only be called 'cognitive dissonance'.*
*"Meanwhile, the Chamber will devote the day to discussing the
aforementioned S-7, which would restore certain provisions related to
investigative hearings, security certificates and other procedural issues,
as well as make 'technical amendments' related to future parliament... more »
GOP Hero, Saint Thomas More, was a Communist
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
Thomas More --now 'Saint Thomas More' --was surely the most prominent
“secular humanist” in England during the reign of Henry VIII. What makes
More a “humanist”, like his friend Erasmus, is his belief in the
perfectibility of humankind. What makes More a “secularist” was his
insistence, unto his own death, in the separation of “God’s law” and “man’s
law”, a principle that we refer to as the separation of Church and State.
Lest we forget, More died at the hand of an all powerful "state". Though it
was not Henry VIII who said l'etat, c'est moi ... more »
Oil and the Battle for Chechnya
Continuing on with the theme I started yesterday....
Boston Bombing: NATO- Taking the fight to Russia via Georgia/Chechnya ??
*A Caucasian Republic On An Oil Transit Corridor Between The Caspian And
Black Seas* Excerpting from one massive article, with links back to source:
*Above, A Devastated Grozny In Chechnya During The Country's Post Soviet
Civil War Following The Fall Of The Berlin Wall*
Delivering one of his most scathing attacks on the US, Mr *Gorbachev *told
The Daily Telegraph that a US military build-up was under way to contain a
resurgent Russia. From Nato's expansion ... more »
The Wrath of the Conquest of the Planet of the Bride of the Son of the Return of Cranky Blogging
It's not exactly about any one thing in particular, but just thinking about
the horrific mistake that GOP governors made in 1999 to put some guy who
had no real interest in government or public affairs into the Oval
Office...well, it sure makes me cranky every time I think about it.
Fine, I suppose there's more; there's a news peg to it. George W. Bush's
presidential library is about to open, and so we're getting Bush stuff all
over the press, such as this National Journal piece on Bush's
"Reluctant Re-Emergence on the Political Scene" with a subheadline that
"these days he's more i... more »
Admission of prior consistent statements
R. v. Kailayapillai, 2013 ONCA 248 holds:
[57] In *Edgar*, this court extended the principled approach to the
admissibility of hearsay evidence to prior consistent statements made by an
accused: see Benjamin L. Berger, "*Reasoning with Inferences: Themes from
Prior Consistent Statements and Trace Evidence*" (2012) 92 CR (6th) 254.
Instead of determining the admissibility of prior consistent statements by
reference to a series of specific exceptions, *e.g.* to rebut an allegation
of recent fabrication, Sharpe J.A., at para. 72, described a broader basis
for the potential a... more »
How the NRA Helped Create a Culture of Guns, Death and Violence
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
A culture of guns and violence may be traced to the many myths and lies
told about the Second Amendment by one lobby organization specifically: the
NRA. The NRA has worked assiduously to create a culture of guns, lies and
violence in the United States. Sadly for our country, they have largely
succeeded. Their efforts have borne fruit. Almost anyone can get a gun;
lies about the Second Amendment are unquestioned by intimidated politicians
who should know better; fatal shooting rampages will eventually cease to
shock an inured public.
The BBC ... more »
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*Veteran LB Scott Fujita signs one-day contract with Saints, then retires
from NFL!*
Amy's been a very bad girl
Amy's been a very bad girl and so must be spanked!
Capitalizing On Tragedy
Chuck'n'Steve,
Iowa statesmen/immigration experts
The other day we saw how fringe right-wing talk show hosts like Glenn
Beck
and Bryan Fischer are using the Boston Marathon tragedy to boost their
ad
revenues and insert themselves and their bizarre agendas into the
conversation. Ever so-slightly more mainstream conservatives--
Congressman Steve
King and Senator Chuck Grassley, both of Iowa, come right to mind-- have
been trying to fundraise for themselves and push their anti-immigrant
hatredby pointing to the Tsarnaev brothers (legal immigrants). Dzhokhar
is an
American citizen.
We a... more »
Perspective
Some time last week, when it looked as if Mrs. JP and I weren't able
to make the rent (we're still not out of the woods, thanks to certain
parties), I was forced to BCC out letters to several people who'd
generously helped us out in the past. Because of Yahoo's policy of not
letting people send out too many copies of a mass email through either
carbon copies or blind carbon copies, I was forced to send the emails
through my Google account. I typically go for months without checking that
email account. I use it mainly to divert spammers to it so they don't
bother me at my main ... more »
Earth Day...
*an aberration of a day dreamed up by losers who wouldn't know a tree from
a blade of grass. *
Oh wait - they get the grass part.
And how did the pot smoking greenies celebrate pot smoking day last
Saturday? By trashing the environment they claim to care so much about.
Golden Gate Park in San Fransisco after "420." Way to go pigs! (no offense
to pigs intended.)
*Look at the tax-payer funded workers cleaning up the debris from these
low-life POS.*
The man who claims to be the founder of Earth Day (there is some dispute
about this) *Ira Einhorn* , was so devoted to saving t... more »
When Big Money Flows from Taps
"*If you can find ways to invest in water,*
* you will be extremely rich*
* because we do have a serious water problem*
* in many parts of the world*
* like India, China, the southwestern part of the U.S.,*
* and west of the Red Sea.*"
Jim Rogers, 18 April,
2013
Jim Rogers knows what he's talking about. India's economy and its people
are fast running out of water and much of what does remain is too
contaminated, not just for human consumption but for agriculture and even
industry.
India has 18 per cent of the world's population b... more »
Breaking: The happiest time of the year is upon us!
*MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013*
*The time when you rush to take part:* With the immediate miseries of
Boston behind us, we have decided to proceed with the happiest time of the
year.
People will suffer in Boston for years. Others will suffer around the world.
None of us ever do enough. But in the next two weeks, we’re going to give
you the glorious chance to contribute to our efforts.
Each day this week, we will lay out our plans for the coming year. We will
define four large interests we plan to pursue. And we’ll make our annual
promise to be a bit less unpleasant!
By now, you know that... more »
BOSTON BOMBERS' CIA CONNECTION; AND PRINCE ANDREW CONNECTION
*Uncle Ruslan 'of the CIA'.*
The uncle of Boston's two Tsarnaev brothers worked for the CIA-front
organisation called USAID.
*Was Boston Bombers 'Uncle Ruslan' with the CIA?*
Obama's mother also worked for USAID, while being in the CIA, reportedly.
Uncle Ruslan Tsarni (Tsarnaev), of Montgomery Maryland, graduated from Duke
Law School in 1998 and is now a 'well-connected' oil executive and lawyer.
Uncle Ruslan appears to have links to a group of oil executives who,
according to The London Telegraph, comprise “a network of personal and
business relationships” allegedly used for “i... more »
“Congress Exploits Our Fears to Take Our Liberty”
*“Congress Exploits Our Fears to Take Our Liberty”*
by Ron Paul
"This week, as Americans were horrified by the attacks in Boston, both
houses of Congress considered legislation undermining our liberty in the
name of “safety.” Gun control continued to be the focus of the Senate,
where an amendment expanding federal “background checks” to gun show sales
and other private transfers dominated the debate. While the background
check amendment failed to pass, proponents of gun control have made it
clear they will continue their efforts to enact new restrictions on gun
ownership into ... more »
Any American who wants to understand the trajectory of the American economy (ever more downward), why this is happening, and what will ultimately be required to reverse the relentless lowering of American salaries and offshoring of American jobs should listen to economist Richard Wolff passionately lay it out in easily understandable terms. It's not pretty.
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Permalink*
*Obama Preaches Stimulus to Europe and Practices Austerity at Home*
Richard Wolff: Low wages, cheap money, and cheap equipment are driving
higher profits and the politics of austerity - April 21, 13
More at The Real News
*Bio*
Richard D. Wolff is a Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst. And he is currently a Visiting Professor of the
Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School University in
N... more »
Puerto Rico: Chupacabras - Sudden Impact
*Chupacabras: Sudden Impact*
*By José Pérez – PRMUFON*
On Saturday, 20 April 2013, a team of researchers consisting of this
author, José Pérez, his wife Ilbis Dominguez, Mr. Luissepi Quiñones, Mr.
José A. Martinez, Mr. Anibal Martínez and Mr. Richard Flores reported to
the residence of Mr. Fernando Díaz to interview him about the impressive
and highly important case which we will endeavor to narrate briefly in this
article as follows…
In the early hours of 30 March 2013 at around 6:15 a.m., Mr. Fernando Díaz,
a resident of the town of Guayama, Puerto Rico, was headed to work as
... more »
"We got him!": Boston bombing suspect captured alive
*American Scofflaw*
Now, just stop and think for a second. If you had just bombed the marathon,
and needed to hijack a car and plan to let the driver live, why would you
announce you were the bombers and that you had killed a cop, knowing that
the driver would them immediately report that to police?
The answer is that you would not.
So, my theory: Operatives shot and killed the police officer in his car to
scare the Boston police into thinking the two kids they were chasing were
cop-killers, so that the police would shoot first and ask questions later.
Then these operatives hij... more »
How do we know that humans are responsible for global warming?
[image: Observed Global Temperatures (black curve) compared with the spread
among model simulations that include only natural factors (blue band) and
that include both natural and human factors (red bad). Only the model
simulations that include human factors are able to reproduce the observed
warming Graphic: Second Assessment of the U.S. Global Change Research
Program, 2009]
By Michael E. Mann, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Pennsylvania State
University
[Text excerpted from chapter 2 of *The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars*,
by Michael E. Mann, Columbia University Press, New ... more »
“The Latest From ‘DHS Insider’"
*“The Latest From ‘DHS Insider’" *
By Douglas J. Hagmann
*"Introduction:* 23 December 2012: After a lengthy, self-imposed
informational black-out, my high-level DHS contact known as "Rosebud"
emerged with new, non-public information about plans being discussed and
prepared for implementation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in
the near future. It is important to note that this black-out was directly
related to the aggressive federal initiative of identifying and prosecuting
"leakers," at least those leaks and leakers not sanctioned by the executive
office - the lat... more »
Why can’t Obama be more like President Douglas?
*MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013*
*Maureen Dowd's mind want to know:* Maureen Dowd may be the most
influential print journalist of the past thirty years.
As early as 1992, the highly prescient Katherine Boo was warning about the
trend she described as “Creeping Dowdism.” But Dowd was already a very
important player at our most influential newspaper.
Career players wanted to work for the Times, or at least to attend their
galas. In part for that reason, people like Dowd are rarely criticized in
the mainstream press or in the career liberal world.
We’ve told you these things for years by now... more »
Did Joe Oliver Just Declare War on British Columbia?
A solid and steadily growing majority of British Columbians want nothing to
do with Alberta's bitumen pipelines crossing our province to our coast.
Fewer of us still want bitumen-laden supertankers plying our pristine
northern coastal waters or Vancouver's inner harbour.
According to our federal government's reptilian industry minister, Joe
Oliver, our firmly held opposition to this bitumen trafficking makes us,
the great majority of British Columbians, "*inimical to Canadian national
interests." *
Now "inimical" is a loaded word. It connotes hostility, and a willingness
to harm,... more »
Setting aside default judgment
Traditionally setting aside a default judgment has required fulfilling a
three-part test. The Defendant must establish: (1) there was a reasonable
explanation for the failure to file the Statement of Defence; (2) there is
a prima facie defence on the merits of the claim and (3) the Defendant
promptly moved to set aside the Default Judgment.
Recent caselaw has made the test somewhat less rigid and more equity
based. So the decision in *B2B Trust v. Pearce,* 2013 ONSC 2305 holds:
[2] The defendant, as co-mortgagor with her husband and co-defendant, gave
a mortgage to the plaintiff t... more »
Comparing Iraq’s Provincial Elections 2005-2013
There were many reports before Iraq’s April 2013 provincial elections that
the Iraqi public was disillusionedand not interested in them. The early
word out of the country’s Election Commission however showed that the same
percentage of people showed up as the last vote in 2009, 51%. The total
number of voters is lower this year at 6.4 million, compared to 7.5 million
during the last round of balloting. That’s because two provinces, Anbar and
Ninewa have had their balloting postponed. When they finally vote, the
numbers will likely be very similar. The make-up of voters changed
dram... more »
“‘Boston Strong’: Marching in Lockstep with the Police State”
*“‘Boston Strong’: *
*Marching in Lockstep with the Police State”*
By John W. Whitehead
“Of all the tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive.” - C.S. Lewis
“Caught up in the televised drama of a military-style manhunt for the
suspects in the Boston Marathon explosion, most Americans fail to realize
that the world around them has been suddenly and jarringly shifted off its
axis, that axis being the U.S. Constitution. For those like myself who have
studied emerging police states, the sight of a city placed under martial
la... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Vigilantism'
VIGILANTISM
Posted on April 22, 2013
MNN. Apr. 22, 2013. Vigilantes take the law into
their own hands, backed by militancy, bigotry and suspicion, without
facts. The mainstream media unleashes propaganda to empower the mob of
vigilantes.
Vigilantes stone and kill an elder.
During the Mohawk Oka Crisis of 1990, Canada and Quebec directed
MEDIOCRITY ALL THE WAY UP: Public schools meet managed news!
*MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013*
*Conclusion—The New York Times needs to report:* In yesterday’s column, New
York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan disagreed with a reader’s
complaint.
The reader thought a certain photograph from the Boston bombing had been
too disturbing to publish. As she agreeably disagreed, Sullivan saluted the
flag of her noble profession:
SULLIVAN (4/21/13): I respect this view, which I heard from many others,
but I found the photo choice reasonable. If it had shown one of the dead,
or gruesome detail of a severed limb, I would have felt differently. *The
journa... more »
Talking Academic Journals: Collecting Data
Note: this is the first in what I hope will be a series of posts opening up
issues relating to journal process for general discussion by the
international-studies community. Although many readers already know the
relevant information, let me preface this post with some context. I am the
incoming lead editor of International Studies Quarterly (ISQ), which
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earth day 2013: one million comments against the keystone xl pipeline
Nancy Zorn's Direct ActionTo mark Earth Day 2013, I hope you will submit a
comment to the US State Department opposing the Keystone XL Pipeline. The
form is properly set up for both US zip codes and Canadian postal codes.
The goal is one million comments.
*Submit your comment here.*
In Arkansas, four weeks after a pipeline rupture spewed hundreds of
thousands of gallons of oil into a residential area, Exxon tried to buy off
affected residents with the princely sum of $10,000. What's that the human
equivalent of, three cents? Exxon is refusing to pay the cost of
investigating the sp... more »
More Endorsements
From Megan Amram, Tommy Amaker, and Larry Summers. More to come at this
link in the coming days.
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*Levees.org Disaster Bike Tour 2013!*
*Solar power system helps musicians play on at Bucket Brigade Earth Day
~Mary Jameson *
*Corps to divert more of Miss. River to Basin ~Richard Burgess, The
Advocate *
*Azz everywhere: An exclusive Q&A with Big Freedia ~The Brown Daily Herald*
*Sippin' in Seersucker benefits the Ogden Museum of Southern Art*
*Monday in New Orleans ~NOLA DEFENDER*
*Zoo-to-Do at Audubon Zoo and they all ‘aksed’ for you!*
*Join Us For Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me -Live! ~WWNO*
Belief in free market economics predicts rejection of science
[image: Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma has alleged that thousands of
scientists working independently over decades are actually part of 'the
greatest hoax' to fake climate science. Photo: via PsyPost]By Eric W. Dolan
20 April 2013
(PsyPost) – A strong belief in a hands off approach to economics is
tightly linked to the rejection of scientific facts such as climate change,
according to research published in *Psychological Science* in late March [NASA
Faked the Moon Landing—Therefore, (Climate) Science Is a Hoax].
“The conspiracist ideation that all of the world’s scientific acade... more »
Exposing The "Nazi" Epithet - Who Started It, Why, How, And Who Benefits!
Saturday, April 20th, was the 124th birthday of Adolf Hitler... It is so
amazing that even to this day this man is so vilified and labeled as the
"Greatest Evil" of history. Knowing now that our so called "History books"
are nothing more than packs of lies and pure propaganda, everyone needs to
take the time to do a re-examination of Adolf Hitler and his place in true
history... Upon doing so, many will discover and be shocked to find out
that Adolf Hitler was not the great evil that he has always been labeled,
but a brave individual who stood up against the true tyranny of criminal... more »
The Combating Terrorism Act vs Justin Trudeau
On Thursday, three days *after* the Boston Marathon bombings, the Cons
still had scheduled an opposition day for Monday - a day on which the
opposition parties set the day's agenda. But then on Friday, an hour after
learning that Justin Trudeau would spend it introducing his Backbenchers'
Spring motion, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan suddenly announced
that opp day was cancelled due to the vital national importance of debating
the Combating Terrorism Act on Monday instead ... because of the Boston
Marathon bombing.
Sure, whatever.
Notable that the S-7 Combating Terrorism Act... more »
Republicans And Their Bankster Buddies Have A Plan To Squeeze Needy College Students
John Kline (R-MN) wants much higher loan rates for students
Just a few days shy of a year ago, there was a great deal of tumult about
conservative Austerity hawks trying to double to interest rate on student
loans.
President Obama begins an all-out push on Friday to get Congress to extend
the low interest rate on federal student loans, White House officials said,
an effort that is likely to become a heated battle along party lines. If
Congress fails to act, the interest rate on the loans, which are taken out
by nearly eight million students each year, will double on July 1, to 6.8
... more »
CODE NAME
Intrigue. Romance. Revolution. It all comes together in this action-packed
documentary film which chronicles the tumultuous birth of a new nation in
East Timor through a never-before-seen perspective.
Kirsty Sword, a young Australian activist, aspired to be a documentary
filmmaker, but instead became a underground operative for the Timorese
resistance in Jakarta code named 'Ruby Blade'. Her task: to become a
conduit of information and instruction for the enigmatic leader of the
resistance, Kay Rala "Xanana" Gusmão, while he was serving life in prison
for his revolutionary activit... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Catherine Mary Stewart, 54.
And here's some good stuff:
1. The number one justified conservative complaint about the press: how
"conservative" and "right-wing" are used interchangably for both folks like
Ronald Reagan and Mitt Romney, on the one hand, and Hitler, on the other.
During the tail end of the Soviet Union, the faction which wanted to keep
communism as it was regularly was referred to as, yes, conservative. Philip
Klein was annoyed by it on Friday.
2. Emily Bazelon on Miranda.
3. Good journalism: excellent look at House and Senate recruiting, from
Shane... more »
Permanently Unemployed
Paul Krugman writes in *The New York Times* that America is creating a new
social class -- the permanently unemployed:
Now, some unemployment is inevitable in an ever-changing economy. Modern
America tends to have an unemployment rate of 5 percent or more even in
good times. In these good times, however, spells of unemployment are
typically brief. Back in 2007 there were about seven million unemployed
Americans — but only a small fraction of this total, around 1.2 million,
had been out of work more than six months.
Then financial crisis struck, leading to a terrifying economic p... more »
A Call For Boycott Against CISPA Supporters (Video)
The Internet recently fought against the incredibly unpopular and
ridiculous “cyber safety” bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act. Online
‘blackouts’ and outspoken critics downright embarrassed and forced the
United States Congress and the media lobbyists to back down from supporting
it while also leading to thousands leaving GoDaddy’s web hosting care due
to the company’s now retracted support of SOPA.
However, Congress and the rest of the world’s governments did not learn.
They and their shadowy counterparts thought they could sneak in bills
within bills – a billception if yo... more »
Spotting a Plesiosaur in the Deep
Dale Drinnon came up with this report that I have not seen before. It
confirms my core conjecture that I expected to see confirmed sooner or
later. Our plesiosaur lives in the deep. It is not air breathing at all
and it stays below the six hundred meter thermocline that separates the
surface waters we do know well from the cold waters of the deep.
My efforts at completely describing this creature are now quite mature. A
number of necessary conjectures have been eyeballed and thus confirmed by
separate witnesses. Sooner or later, one of these will be captured.
The c... more »
Triad of Climate Warmists Climb Down
Let it be said that even the diehards are disengaging from the man made
global warming bandwagon.
Once again for the record. There are two phenomena. Global temperatures
rose a half degree or so through 1995 and then plateaued. They are
prospectively now poised to decline sharply. That may take an additional
decade but it looks like a decline is likely.
While this has been going on, the human production of CO2 has steadily
climbed without a serious pause. There is now likely twice as much CO2 been
added to the atmosphere today as was put out twenty years ago. Therefore... more »
Lab Grown Kidney Tested
This is a beginning, and a solid proof of do-ability. The remaining
problems look almost clear cut and solvable. On top of all that the
threshold for success is actually quite low. Thus the mere step of
replacing one diseased kidney with a partially effective kidney is
practical even with these lousy expectations.
Two dying kidneys cab be replaced one at a time. And as mentioned, the
outcome is still better.
So conservative as this item is, we are far closer to a working protocol
that this suggests. Re-fleshing a failed kidney is an option. That could
lead to the bod... more »
Peruvian Giants
Once again we have further confirmation of the race of Irish giants that
flourished during the Bronze Age when sea based trade became global. The
cause of this giantism is from a genetic flaw that is inheritable. It is
even well understood with historical examples and DNA confirmation. The
only thing missed by most commentators is a clear understanding of the
sheer reach of bronze Age trade and the natural points of contact.
Effectively, these giants are showing up wherever the Atlanteans
established a clear presence. Most likely these giants acted in the same
role as Golia... more »
DIY Little Girl Dress from Adult T-Shirt
I usually consider a t-shirt the most boring thing in my wardrobe,
sometimes I try to dress them up a little bit, but usually they are what I
wear just around the house. Who knew with a little bit of sewing, some
ric-rac, and the new heat transfer from Cricut, a simple t-shirt could
become the perfect dress for your little girl?
You will need:
A t-shirt to transform (this one is an adult medium)
2" Grosgrain ribbon, large ric-rac and a smaller grosgrain ribbon
Cricut Heat Transfer
1/4" elastic
The first thing you need to do is cut the neck and sleeves of the shirt
off. Don... more »
URGENT: Boston Bombing Suspects' Aunt ID's Naked/Alive Detainee as Slain Nephew - FBI Lies
Russia warned FBI of suspects AGAIN just 6 MONTHS ago, after repeated
visits to US-backed Chechen terrorists.
*
**April 22, 2013* (LD) - Independent investigative journalist Dan Dicks of
Press For Truth produced a video detailing his interview with the Boston
bombing suspects' aunt where she identifies a naked, cuffed, clearly alive
and well detainee seen in video aired by CNN, as her nephew and Boston
bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Tamerlan Tsarnaev would later be
announced "dead," with injuries covering his body from "head to toe." The
aunt is reportedly in fear for her life.... more »
Scott Aaronson: a prototype of some confusion of IT scientists about physics
*Quantum mechanics is natural, not plagued by problems; maths relevant for
physics worships the rules that are natural for continuous, not discrete,
structures*
I received my copy of Scott Aaronson's book – thanks to him – and I
sometimes find some time to read a chapter or two. So let me post several
comments on my impressions – and generalized comments about thinkers like
him.
First, the book is very witty, narcisistically witty. Its language is very
informal. It's totally OK with me because at least one-half of my parental
background is extremely detached from any world resembli... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Good morning… These aren’t the linkages you’re looking for… Owen Jones
reviews the hierarchy of death in the wake of the Boston bombing or what
Judith Butler, in Frames of War, might call (un)grievable lives. Deepak
Sarma at Racialicious writes about “Being Brown After the Boston Bomb
Blast.” (Hey the dudes who did it turned out
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The Food Revolution Summit Starts 27 April 2013
The Food Revolution Summit Starts 27 April 2013
*Something’s brewing and I want you to be a part of it!*
On April 27th, top food experts around the globe are coming together to
light your food–fire!
Breakthrough insights. Unknown truths. Join 24 top experts who are changing
the food game!
It’s true! Among the many remarkable participants, from the comfort of your
home, you can spend time with billion-dollar Dej Jam Records co-founder and
good will ambassador for the UN; *Russell Simmons*, food justice visionary
and global voice for farmers and seed purity; *Vandana Shiva*, nutri... more »
BOSTON, ISRAELIS, BALI, JAVA HEAT, BODY DOUBLES
*Surrender at the boat. Reportedly this is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. He looks
reasonably fit.*
*
*The Boston Bombings are part of a struggle to influence world opinion.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk has noted the similarity between
the Boston attacks and Israel's experience with Palestinian suicide
bombings.
Reportedly, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, or his double, is now being treated by
Israeli doctors, at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Israeli doctor treats Boston terrorist, victims; says 'I'm used to it' / Israeli
doctors in Boston treated injured and suspects... more »
ADVICE: Custom domains - ensure you record blogspot URL
If you have converted your blogspot blog to Custom Domain, you are highly
advised to save the blogspot URL (address) in case your blog ever get
wrongly identified as a spam blog or for TOS (Terms Of Service) violation
especially if for some reasons Google/Blogger had chosen to not give you
the option of requesting for review by clicking the link to review in the
Dashboard. (Do not assume that custom domain blogs are immune to deletion?).
In this case, your only option will be to request for review via the Blogger
Help Forum. You cannot give the custom domain URL for review. Only the ... more »
Crisis Acting needed to amplify & dramatise FEAR PORN
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — 23,181 runners left Hopkinton Monday morning with the
goal of finishing the 117th Boston Marathon. Many of them did, but there
were just two winners.
*Find:* 2013 Boston Marathon Finishers
Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia won the men’s race in three-way sprint down
Boylston Street to finish in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 22 seconds.
[image: Rita Jeptoo of Kenya and Lelisa Desisa Benti of Ethiopia, winners
of the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty
Images)]
Rita Jeptoo of Kenya and Lelisa Desisa Benti of Ethiopia, winners of the
117th Boston Marat... more »
Untitled
This is a CISPA Blackout
(thanks minds.com)
*For the next 24 hours we will be blacking out the website to raise
awareness of a very controversial bill called CISPA that the government is
trying to sneak in under our noses. A bill that will irreparably destroy
fundamental rights to privacy that citizens everywhere are entitled to.
Please take today as a day of focus and action to learn about this
destructive bill and what you can do to prevent it from becomming a reality.
*
Right now, the US Congress is sneaking in a new law that gives them big
brother spy powers over the entire we... more »
TERRORISM: ‘THEIRS’ OR ‘OURS’?
What’s the difference between delivering a bomb via backpack that kills
innocent civilians and delivering a bomb via drone that kills innocent
civilians? Well, if it’s a bomb delivered by backpack that kills innocent
civilians in the West then it’s an act of ‘terrorism’, but if it’s a bomb
delivered by drone that kills innocent civilians in Yemen or Pakistan or
Afghanistan or Somalia or the Gaza Strip or the West Bank then it’s part of
the ongoing ‘war on terrorism’ and the deaths of innocent civilians is
simply ‘collateral damage’. The bottom line, however, is exactly the same –
in... more »
April 19, 1973
With the big Washington Post story out in the morning, much of the day is
consumed, again, with whether Haldeman and Ehrlichman will stay or go.
The president meets again with Petersen, with the main topic Nixon trying
to push hard on "national security" for the Fielding break-in and any other
Plumbers material Petersen shouldn't get in to. Nixon's line to Petersen is
that "Nothing in terms of break-ins or anything was approved" but that the
Fielding break-in nevertheless is completely justified on national security
grounds -- Nixon says he would have approved it.
In their general c... more »
Regarding Mark Glenn of The Ugly Truth
As many of you know, Mark Glenn of *The Ugly Truth* was the first person to
interview me back in late 2011. Mark has featured many of my blog articles
on The Ugly Truth, and has generally been supportive of my work in the
past. I once considered him to a righteous ally in our common struggle to
expose and resist Jewish tyranny, but after his recent actions and
statements, I no longer view him as a professional, honorable truth-teller
he presents himself as.
I've sat back and watched the drama and back-and-forth attacks between Mark
Glenn on the one hand, and Mike Delaney and Andre... more »
Kierkegaard On Objectivity And Subjectivity
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."*
*Kierkegaard On Religion And Doubt.*
* Kierkegaard On Imagination.*
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. 126.
"The majority o... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Earth Day Edition
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday!
In honor of Earth Day, we're going to turn this week's linky into a party.
The only rule this week is that *links must be Eco-friendly*. You may link
up to your blog, a blog post, your social media pages, a "green" site ...
you can even link up to your favorite articles and sites from around the
"web" ... anything which you feel like sharing. And because this is a
party, there's no limit on how many links we'll accept.
So ... start linking, visiting and ... have fun. Happy Earth Day Everyone!
*Image courtesy of jannoon028 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net*
... more »
Plato: "The Measure Of A Man Is What He Does With Power"
*Out* specializes in lists-- the 100 this and the 20 that. Every few months
they have a list. It must sell issues. The new one has the The Power 50 of
2013. "Welcome," they write, "to our 7th annual ranked list of the gay men
and women whose power and prestige is instrumental in influencing the way
Americans think about, and engage with, the world." And although Apple CEO
Tim Cook is #1 again this year-- don't ask me; I have no idea-- there are
quite a few more political figures on the list than usual... even without
the now retired Barney Frank.
Rachel Maddow moves up to #4-- bet... more »
Honor Dance for Carter Camp: Photos by Glenda Sue Deer
Ponca Warrior Carter Camp honored in White Eagle, Oklahoma on Saturday.
Photos by Glenda Sue Deer, posted with permission at Censored News. Thank you!
Click on images to enlarge.
More photos: Honoring Carter Camp
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/04/photos-honoring-warrior-carter-camp.html
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, “When Time Slows (Born Star)”
Chuck Wild, Liquid Mind, “When Time Slows (Born Star)”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogldA2Gxl3g
k.d. lang inducted into the canadian music hall of fame at juno awards in regina ... she deserves it!
a little tribute to k.d. lang
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
"A Look to the Heavens"
Do you see it? This common question frequently precedes the rediscovery of
one of the most commonly recognized configurations of stars on the northern
sky: the Big Dipper. This grouping of stars is one of the few things that
has likely been seen, and will be seen, by every generation.
*Click image for larger size.*
The Big Dipper is not by itself a constellation. Although part of the
constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major), the Big Dipper is an asterism
that has been known by different names to different societies. Five of the
Big Dipper stars are actually near each other in... more »
'Stand Tall with Julia' Fight the tarsands Keystone pipeline in north Texas
Julia Trigg Crawford has used every available legal avenue to keep
TransCanada from seizing her family farm for its toxic Keystone XL
pipeline. Her story is a classic David and Goliath struggle of a Texas
farmer standing tall against a multi-national corporation. To help in
her fight against this corporate giant and mounting legal fees yesterday
she hosted a benefit concert “Stand Tall
The Daily "Near You?"
Conway, South Carolina, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Genetics: "Native American Populations Descend from Three Key Migrations, Scientists Say"
*"Native American Populations Descend from *
*Three Key Migrations, Scientists Say"*
by ScienceDaily
“Scientists have found that Native American populations- from Canada to
the southern tip of Chile- arose from at least three migrations, with the
majority descended entirely from a single group of First American migrants
that crossed over through Beringia, a land bridge between Asia and America
that existed during the ice ages, more than 15,000 years ago.
By studying variations in Native American DNA sequences, the international
team found that while most of the Native Americ... more »
Behind Closed Doors on Navajoland: How dirty coal stays in business
Censored
News
Andrew Curley, in his blog 'The Dine' Situation,' describes secret
meetings, resulting in long mineral and energy leases. Behind closed
doors is how the dirty coal-fired power plant Navajo Generating Station,
its operator Salt River Project and Peabody Coal mine, continue
poisoning Navajos, and draining their pristine water.
Curley writes:
"... The current use
of act to keep
Actress: Happy birthday mass murderer
Over the weekend leading actress Robyn Malcolm burst into tweet to wish,
apparently without irony, a happy birthday to Lenin.
[image: image]
Lenin, for those who don’t know, was the Bolshevik who snatched a good
revolution away from the Russian people before going on to murder, starve
and impoverish several million of the poor bastards, and set up the state
apparatus which killed millions more.
I’m sure Robyn knows that.
I’m sure she knows what it was like living under communist rule.
Mind you, she could be just another dumb Barbie unaware of what their
favourite mass murders g... more »
Robert Moore And Douglas Gillette On The Warrior
*Source*.
Related: *Robert Moore - Archetypal Images of the King and the Warrior*.
Below is an excerpt from the book, *"King, Warrior, Magician, Lover:
Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine,"* by Robert Moore And
Douglas Gillette. 1990. HarperSanFrancisco: San Francisco. Pg. 82-84.
"The Warrior traditions all affirm that, in addition to training, what
enables a Warrior to reach clarity of thought is living with the awareness
of his own imminent death. The Warrior knows the shortness of life and how
fragile it is. A man under the guidance of the Warrior knows how fe... more »
Find Assad
Find Assad, Google maps aids Rebel to find Assad, Google maps aids
rebels
to find military targets,
assad's general homes have pools, Assad's home has horse
stables and very
large pool
https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=8537920657475966704&q=%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82&iwloc=A&gl=US&hl=en
Al Assad
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HILARION April 21, 2013
*
* *
* *HILARION'S WEEKLY MESSAGE*
April 21, 2013
Beloved Ones,
The times that you are living in are wrought with both the greatest of
challenges and the greatest of blessings. As the third dimensional energies
are no longer being supported by the very atmosphere surrounding the Earth,
it is becoming increasingly difficult to hold the denser energies in your
personal energy fields. There is a boomerang effect that is occurring
whereby those who harbor and hold the denser energies are finding that it
comes back to them intensely magnified and this energy sometimes erupts in
wa... more »
State of the EU ETS
Over at the Lowy Interpreter I have a guest post up on the current state of
the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme in the aftermath of the EU
parliament's decision not to prop up the program last week. I discuss the
ETS and offer a few thoughts on the state of Australia's climate policy
debates, where it looks like Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are working
together (what?!).
Here is how it starts:
Last week, in a surprise to many, the European parliament defeated a
proposal to postpone the auctioning of emissions permits, a move that would
have propped up prices in the blo... more »
How The NRA Prevents Law Enforcement From Catching Violent Terrorists
As voting patterns started emerging among the freshman class in the new
Congress, I saw a lot of new Members who tried appealing to progressives
during the election, voting regularly against progressive initiatives.
Although Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) have 100%
ProgressivePunch crucial vote scores, many more have abysmal scores. Gloria
Negrete McLeod (D-CA), for example, has a dismal 52.63% score. Although she
represents a solid blue district (CA-35- Pomona, Ontario, Chino, Fontana,
where Obama crushed Romney 67.4- 30.6%), her conservative record in the
state le... more »
“It’s not the drinking. It’s the way we’re mis-reporting the drinking”
"“We” have a major drinking problem, says the headline writers.
Bollocks, says economist Eric Crampton.* “They keep looking for dark
linings to silver clouds, don't they?”
The actual results of the survey cited by the headline writers are the
opposite of those reported, he summarises.
Why isn't the anti-alcohol lobby celebrating these results instead of
saying how alarming they are? Do they somehow need for there to be a crisis?
Answers on a postcard, please.
* * * *
* I doubt the learned and refined Eric has ever said “Bollocks.” This is in
fact my short summary of his positio... more »
National’s programme is now dead. What next?
Cactus Kate points out that after the weekend, the central plank of the
government’s election platform has been taken away—because after the
Winston First/Greens/Labour promise to renationalise Might River Power as
soon as they get into power, no-one in their right mind will want to buy
these shares. “The political risk is now entirely stupid.”
But now that they’ve scuppered the half-arsed privatisation, the axis of
thieves should come clean, she says, and explain how they’re going to go
about their other flagship promises, which at the moment are just vague and
undefined.
1. F... more »
When attacked cry "FIRE" not "HELP"
People will respond better to "Fire".
Ron Van Dyke on OPPT Enforcement of Filings
I would caution people that discussions are in progress with Swissindo but
not yet conclusive and final. Swissindo seems to have very pure intent
about ending the NWO without bloodshed and doing so in absolute
transparency.
Swissindo have received criticism (as has the OPPT) from some groups for
taking this very courageous stand. There are people and groups out there
that want violence. The OPPT does not stand for that kind of thing. There
is much to discuss with them yet before this is a done deal. The OPPT
Trustees have not signed off on anything yet... For up to date details... more »
The warmest since last time
While mainstream media have failed to broadcast the news that global
temperatures have flatlined in the last 15 years, calling into question the
models that say they should have risen catastrophically, Government Radio
this morning was trumpeting a new worldwide study indicating “the end of
last century produced the hottest temperatures for 14-hundred years.”
The study shows [says RNZ] that the rise in the average temperatures
reverses more than a millennium of gradual cooling.
But does it really show that?
The chart above shows the study’s thirty-year mean relative temperatures
... more »
Bill Whittle: The answer to the burning question...
*how tall is Bill Whittle?*
But first:
(No peeking...)
It's difficult to find words to describe an evening with Bill Whittle, but
two words might be; "dynamic" and "electrifying", and that amounts to just
a weak attempt. I don't ever recall seeing a speaker talk for as long as
he did without so much as one um or er, plus manage humor and impeccable
logic with such grace, and all without the help of any sort of notes except
for one tiny little scrap of paper.
When so many of us are mired in hopelessness, it is refreshing to hear
someone say, "We will win.", and then go on to exp... more »
DEBATE: Patents are enforceable property rights, yes or no?
Adam Mossoff and Jeffrey Tucker, two of the leading lights on opposite
sides of the understanding of intellectual property rights, square off in
print to make their case.
Patents are NOT enforceable property rights, says Tucker.
If patents for inventions were part of the free market, to make and sustain
them would not require legislation, constitutions, bureaucracies, filings,
armies of attorneys, and years of litigation. They would exist in the same
way regular property rights exist.
Apparently Jeffrey has never noticed the laws, bureaucracies, filings and
lawyers that underpin ... more »
Sunday silly!!!
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