10:10am MDST
Sunday Question for Everyone (1)
Off format this week just for a little variety...I won't divide these by
conservative/liberal
As regular readers know, I'm a fan of John Seary's arguments about the
minimum age for elected officials. Currently the minimum age for President
of the United States is 35, Senate is 30, and House of Representatives is
25. What should it be? Are there any other changes (in any direction) for
qualifications for office that you would make?
Stubborn drought tests Texas ranchers – U.S. cattle herd at lowest level in 60 years – ‘Beef will come back. But who’s going to be left to produce it?’
[image: Gary Price is a rarity among cattle ranchers in 2013. He’s making
money on his herd of 200 cows in this tiny town about an hour south of
Dallas-Fort Worth. Mr. Price and his wife manage their land to help them
avoid buying food and water for their cattle. Photo: By Brandon Thibodeaux
/ The New York Times]
By STEPHANIE STROM
5 April 2013
BLOOMING GROVE, Texas (The New York Times) – Gary Price is a rarity among
cattle ranchers these days. He’s making money on his herd of 200 cows in
this tiny town about an hour south of Dallas-Fort Worth.
“The market is very good, and we’... more »
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*LSU spent a lot trying to quash academic freedom and befriend the Corps of
Engineers ~James Gill*~*LSU comes out looking petty, vindictive and
dishonest while taxpayers get a bill for $1 million. Will anyone get fired
over this? Hell, no. That punishment is reserved for straight shooters.
Ivor van Heerden must have been such a one, else the state would hardly
have paid him $435,000 last month to settle his wrongful termination
lawsuit. We now discover that LSU's futile resistance cost more than that
in legal fees, which rather belies the notion that flagship universities
attract to... more »
On the Fitch Ratings Upgrade
* This is my article in thelobbyist.biz last Friday.
Fitch Ratings’ upgrade of the Philippine economy from non-investment grade
BB+ to investment grade BBB is indeed good news.
For starters, there are three other investment grade status that the
Philippine economy and Philippine-based companies can aspire to reach: A,
AA and AAA, with the latter as the most stable, most reliable status. There
are intermediates of +/- between these grades, like A-, A, A+.
For the non-investment grade, the rates range from D (defaulted on some
obligations and can default more) to C (vulnerable to ba... more »
Infrastructure
Haiti's Infrastructure
(Photo by John Carroll---April 7, 2013)
I just love the word "infrastructure". We all love to talk about Haiti's
infrastructure.
Merriam-Webster defines infrastructure as: The underlying foundation or
basic framework (as of a system or organization).
The infrastructure in the picture above is in LaPlaine. This depicts
Haiti's infrastructure pretty well.
And this infrastructure looked like this before the earthquake of 2012.
Nothing has changed about this infrastructure except possibly the cow.
LaPlaine---April 7, 2013
John A. Carroll, MD
www.haitianhearts.o... more »
The New Abolitionists
Offered on Thursday at Arne Duncan's workplace:
Testing Abolitionists
We are engaged in a struggle to abolish high stakes standardized tests and
to bring back local public control to a public school system that serves
the needs of all children who choose it. Resistance is growing among
teachers, parents, students, legislators, and unions (at least in
Chicago). And though our numbers are still thin and our voices, perhaps,
muted and our sprouting resistance sometimes subverted and coopted, that
does not keep our actions from advancing, nor does it diminish the
rightness of our caus... more »
Any Other Church Acting Like This Would Have Been Bulldozed to the Ground Long Ago
"*I ran home shaking like a dog. I had wee short trousers on*
* and the shite was running down my leg.*
* My mum and my auntie had to wipe me down*."
As the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church met in conclave in the
Vatican to select a new pope, 62-year old Scot, Pat McEwan, related how his
parish priest raped him when he was just eight years old.
*The juxtaposition of those two images: the powerful institution that
represents 1.2 billion Catholics and the abused child, tells the story of a
church with two faces: one public and one private. Last month, the church
was plunged into... more »
The Demonisation of Paris Brown
Blogging twice about *The Mail* in a single week is something I wouldn't
wish on my worst enemy, but here we are. It's Sunday, and that means prime
time for the right-wing press to hypocritically vent at an unfortunate hate
figure. And for 7th April, that most unwelcome of spotlights has fallen on
one Paris Brown (pictured), Youth Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent.
Her crime? *The Mail* thunders "Is this foul-mouthed, self-obsessed Twitter
teen really the future of British policing? Youth crime tsar's sex and drug
rants".
With the chutzpah only *The Mail* could manage, they at... more »
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*Jindal Republicans take aim at gutting solar power tax credit*
*Could the flood of 1983 happen again? *
*St. Claude Food Truck and Art Bazaar*
*Mule-Drawn Music*
Dr. Wilma Subra, Voices From The Gulf
Dr. Wilma Subra, Voices From The Gulf
Dr. Wilma Subra
WILMA SUBRA
PRESIDENT, SUBRA COMPANY
P. O. BOX 9813
NEW IBERIA, LA 70562
SUBRACOM@AOL.COM
Committed to protecting the environment and the health and safety of
citizens, Wilma Subra
started Subra Company in 1981. Subra Company is a chemistry lab and
environmental
consulting firm in New Iberia, LA. Mrs. Subra provides technical assistance
to citizens, across the United States and some foreign countries, concerned
with their environment by combining technical research and evaluation.
This information is then presented to communi... more »
Eco-Warriors
Coming soon - the story of Edward Abbey - and the contemporary heirs to his
Monkey Wrench Gang, the pioneers of anarchic eco-activism...something to
look forward to!
Damned Lies and Statistics
"There are lies, damned lies and statistics," Sam Clemans said. The Harper
government has done its best to undermine Canada's statistical database.
But, occasionally, it still likes to use them. The devil, however, is
always in the way they are used. In a recent article in the Literary Review
of Canada, George Fallis wrote:
It is said that Canada has a severe and growing problem of income
inequality — the rich get richer while the poor get poorer and the middle
class struggles to stay even. The picture is not accurate.”
In response, Carol Goar wrote in the *Toronto Star*:
There ... more »
Real ethnic cleansing in the Middle East
' Hebron's Jewish community, which currently includes some "90 families and
200-350 yeshiva students", is perhaps the oldest Jewish community in the
world
(dating back to Biblical times) and is designated as the second holiest
city in Judaism, containing sites of historical significance such as
the Tomb of the Patriarchs
.
Jews have lived in Hebron almost continuously throughout
the Byzantine, Arab, Mameluke, and Ottoman periods, and it was only in 1929
— as a result of an Arab pogrom
in which 67 Jews were murdered and the remainder forced to flee — that the
city became temporari... more »
Etzioni Explains How Beltway Conseratives Rule America
I was a sociology student in college. The most revered contemporary writer
at the time was Amitai Etzioni, an Israeli who had escaped from fascist
Germany as a child and who I assumed was Italian because if his name. His
first book, *Modern Organizations* made such an impression on me that years
later I used it to run my record company. I feel there are a lot of people
who had great influence on how I've turned out, my grandfather for example,
but Etzioni sure fits into that category. I'd like to share a short essay
he wrote for Salon this week, How conservatives still run America,... more »
New Blogs
Another month, another slew of new(ish) blogs that deserve your attention:
1. Fourth International Revolutionary Marxists (4I)
2. A Thousand Flowers (Unaligned/Feminist/LGBT)
3. Disillusioned Marxist (Unaligned)
4. Don't Mention the 47 (TUSC) (Twitter)
5. Fur Coat Nae Nicks (Unaligned)
6. Harlow Council Tax Benefit Rebels (Unaligned)
7. Howie's Corner (Unaligned)
8. Kwami Odoom (Unaligned) (Twitter)
9. PCS Croydon (PCS) (Twitter)
10. People's Plain Dealer (Unaligned) (Twitter)
11. Splogs (Unaligned/Teaching)
12. Sussex Against Privatisation (Unaligned/Occupy) (Twitter)
13. Tea and Solidar... more »
'Secret law' storm as police chiefs ban public from knowing who they arrest: Shock new blanket ban in the wake of Leveson report angers civil liberty groups who condemn threat to democracy | Mail Online
' Britain's police chiefs are drawing up draconian rules under which the
identities of people they arrest will be kept secret from the public.
The move, which follows a recommendation by Lord Justice Leveson in his
report into press standards, has been branded an attack on open justice and
has led to comparisons with police states such as North Korea and Zimbabwe.
Under current arrangements, police release basic details of a person
arrested and in many cases will confirm a name to journalists. But the
practice varies from force to force.
Under the new guidance, to be circulated ... more »
Around the Twitterverse
What follows are the more interesting news posts I've seen on Twitter
just today.
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DINOs Barack Obama and Bill Nelson have cooked up some hare-brained
scheme that involves grabbing an asteroid from outer space and towing it
into earth's orbit then putting it into the moon's orbit so we can, uh, get
to Mars. The cost? Well, they first say it'll be a mere $100,000,000 that
Obama will squeeze into his 2014 budget but the total cost will be closer
to $2.3 billion (while Obama in that same budget will insist on cuts to
Social Security and Med... more »
Apr 21: Taiwan Bookfest
*Three days of riding on the east coast and in Kenting this week. Post up
later today.... *
Taiwanease.com has the skinny on the Bookfest. Go thou and read.....
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[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its
sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores
of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!
Surrealist Sunday.
For a moment I thought it was April Fool’s day all over again when in fact
I was hearing a surreal edition of Sunday. Nothing about the Pope (maybe I
missed it) and nothing about the Jews (well only a passing mention).
The topic was ‘grooming’, featuring the Pollyanna of the MCB, Sheikh
Ibrahim Mogra.
It got off to a good start when the good Sheikh nearly got away with
mumbling ‘the nine men who were convicted happened to be from our
community.’
“Happened? ventured Ed Stourton, gently.
The representative of the sunny side of Islam continued regardless.
Everything these men did... more »
Rockin' the Music World - Thomas Edison
*Thomas Edison' - Anti-Semite, Racist, Inventor - (With Robert Lloyd)*
*A two-part extravaganza!*
If there was ever a great story to be heard on behalf of the White culture,
and what we can accomplish, the story of Thomas Edison is it... as told by
your host, Robert Lloyd. This two part episode, with drama, comedy and
music, leaves no stone unturned as we look into the struggle for survival
in business for Edison, and what he had to overcome to bring his inventions
to the world. Of course this man invented the light bulb, but did you know
he also invented the motion picture camera (m... more »
Bruce Robert Dell - Euclideon just went MEGA CORPORATE!
back in 2011, Free Planet reported on Bruce Robert Dell's amazing Unlimited
Detail Euclideon Engine for proposed use in 3D games and such; a visual
database algorhythm for super-high-resolution 3D models onscreen. It never
came out, never got adopted by the corporate 3D games conglomerate at least.
Woah!
I've just looked at EUCLIDEON's website this morning and it's all gone MEGA
CORPORATE. Of course, the Euclideon Engine was always just a 'database
manager' so that enormous amounts of data could be compressed onto the
screen in super-high-resolutional detail. Sure, you can use it ... more »
PROVED FAKE: Photo of Palestinian Prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya Handcuffed to Bed • IDF Blog | The Official Blog of the Israel Defense Forces
http://www.idfblog.com/2013/04/04/proved-fake-photo-of-palestinian-prisoner-maysara-abu-hamdiya-handcuffed-to-bed/
SAVILE: POLICE CHIEF QUITS INVESTIGATION; FORMER GOVERNMENT MINISTER; ORPHANAGE ABUSE
*Spindler, who was leading Operation Yewtree, Operation Fernbridge and
Operation Fairbank.*
Peter Spindler, the police chief investigating the Jimmy Savile affair, has
quit.
He has quit in the middle of the Operation Yewtree investigation, *the
Sunday People reports*.
Spindler has also quit from Operations Fernbridge and Fairbank, which are
'investigating' top people's links to child abuse rings.
"Spindler has faced criticism over the strategy of arresting people."
Det Chief Supt Hamish Campbell, who led the 'disastrous' Jill Dando murder
inquiry, has been put in charge of Ope... more »
Percival Zhang: cheap hydrogen fuel from any plant
Joseph S. has sent me links to articles (e.g. UPI, Forbes) about an energy
breakthrough claimed by Percival Zhang, a bio-engineer from Virginia Tech.
He claims to have completed a system of biotechnologies that produce a
large enough amount of hydrogen out of plants.
He used the second most important sugar in plants (xylose, the simplest
among abundant sugars that is named after wood [in Greek] from which it was
first isolated) and some enzymes to prevent the microorganisms from
practicing their main hobby – reproduction – which increases the amount of
produced hydrogen three-f... more »
TV Watch: Finally I understand why ABC hasn't been able to find a show to go with "The Middle," "Suburgatory," and "Modern Family"
*Polly (Sarah Chalke, mercifully back to camera), stepdad Max (Brad
Garrett), and mom Elaine (Elizabeth Perkins) in ABC's latest hit, How to
Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life). In case you hadn't
heard, Max only has one ball. You can see a "Just the Jokes" clip here.*
*by Ken*
The things I do in the name of blogorific responsibility!
As we all know, ABC has -- for a change -- a hole in its Wednesday-night
comedy lineup. Amazingly, the hole doesn't seem to have been plugged by
this fall's *The Neighbors*, which I've seen described (and not
pejoratively!) as a "subu... more »
The Lizards Behind the Curtain
One of the most surprising twists for me was learning about the existence
of the immortals and divines that operate on this planet. Its not a
subject much discussed either in light worker circles or among the
conspiracy theorists.
There's some asians that live extraordinary long lives. They seem to be the
one who have the gold deposits. Hints of this have come from Fulford,
Keenan, Drake, and Heather confirmed. One patriarch is said to be 5000
years old, and the elite bankers call him "the old man". We call these
"immortals" because for all practical purpose they are.
Then ... more »
"Dozens of journalists sifted through millions of leaked records and thousands of names to produce ICIJ’s investigation into offshore secrecy. ... The total size of the files, measured in gigabytes, is more than 160 times larger than the leak of U.S. State Department documents by Wikileaks in 2010."
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SECRECY FOR SALE: INSIDE THE GLOBAL OFFSHORE MONEY MAZE
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*Secret Files Expose Offshore’s Global Impact*
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*By Gerard Ryle, Marina Walker Guevara, Michael Hudson, Nicky Hager, Duncan
Campbell and Stefan Candea | April 3, 2013, 6:00 pm*
*Dozens of journalists sifted through millions of leaked records and
thousands of names to produce ICIJ’s investigation into offshore secrecy*
A cache of 2.5 million files has cracked o... more »
Vulture Banking Meets Its Maker
*Vulture Banking Meets Its Maker*
By American Kabuki
My search for understanding the banking system began as quite a young man.
My high school years were rather unspectacular. I thought I was not too
bright, after all my grades were Bs and Cs, and that report card meant to
me and my parents that I wasn't that bright. Throw in slight case of
undiagnosed dyslexia and I convinced myself I was none too bright. My
limits were set low. What I really was in high school, was bored and
unchallenged. I found out I was smarter than I thought when I went to
University.
My high school g... more »
John W. Perry: Visionary Experience or Psychosis (excerpt) - Thinking Allowed w/ Jeff Mishlove
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: ThinkingAllowedTV]:
NOTE: This is an excerpt from a 30-minute DVD.
http://www.thinkingallowed.com/2jperr...
The psychiatric community errs in treating visionary experience as a form
of mental illness, says Jungian psychotherapist John Weir Perry, M.D.. The
late Dr. Perry was the author of many books including The Heart of History
and The Far Side of Madness. He suggests that psychiatric labelling and the
use of anti-psychotic drugs serve to stifle the valuable integration of
life's mythic dimensions.
Can Our National Parks be Saved from Mining?
From the Center for American Progress (5 minutes)
The story of the assault on Theodore Roosevelt National Park is only one
example of how energy development and land conservation are out of balance
on our public lands. Over the past four years, the Obama administration has
leased two-and-a-half times more acres of public lands to oil and gas
companies than it has permanently protected. It’s time for the
administration to put policies that protect and conserve our public lands
and national parks for future generations on equal ground with policies
that promote more oil and gas drill... more »
GOP In Tumult? Scott Brown And Peter King
So he's an unrepentant Islamophobe... the Dems will take him anyway
Defeated Republican Senator Scott Brown wants to get back into the Senate
but polls showed him that Massachusetts voters had had enough of him and he
passed on the prospect of running against Ed Markey. But he hasn't passed
on running altogether. Maybe he finds lobbying demeaning after being the #1
target of lobbyists affection for so long. So he's been hinting he could
run in New Hampshire against Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, the most popular
political leader in the state, with a career-high approval rating. "In the
mos... more »
Two Minutes Hate
New must watch video from *The End of Zion*:
Chain of fools
In the interests of my blood pressure, decided long ago to save my outrage
for things that are clearly imminent. So I'm not all that exercised about
Obama's new budget even though it's said to offer up the chained CPI on
Social Security. Matt thinks it's dangerous but it's not scaring me yet.
Looks like just another deal that isn't meant to happen.
It's a budget proposal. A political document that has more to do with
messaging than policy. I do agree with Charlie Pierce though. Offering up
yet another dismal grand bargain with these kind of optics is stupid
politics and reinforces ... more »
Antarctic melt shakes up food chain
[image: Major changes to the food chain, weather and landscape of
Antarctica have provided stark evidence of the impact of global warming, a
report on a polar expedition has revealed. The preliminary report on the
research by scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division and the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute near Boston suggest significant changes at the
lowest level of the food chain, a vital source of sustenance for seabirds,
seals, and whales. Photo: Steve Jones]
By Tim Barlass
7 April 2013
(Sydney Morning Herald) – Major changes to the food chain, weather, and
lands... more »
"Fuck Off!!! We ARE a Beacon of Light!!!"
We are being watched by everyone. The story of our “Breaking Free” has
been headline news in the Universe for quite some time. The most
fascinating part is that it’s a reality show that’s lasted lifetimes. Sort
of like the Truman Show, only with multiple generations of “Trumans” AKA
“Humans”.
Do you remember the part where a light from the set falls from the sky
and he see’s it? That’s the part we’re at now folks. The artificial
lights are dropping like flies.
For your consideration; this posting from my light warrior sister, D, at
Removing the Shackles: Be you... more »
John Weir Perry On The Psychic History of Man
Below is an excerpt from John Weir Perry's book, *"Lord of the Four
Quarters: Myths of the Royal Father."* 1966. Collier Books: New York. Pg.
26-27.
"Inasmuch as the cosmology of myth is the exteriorized self-portrayal of
the inner psychic world, we may now attempt a paraphrase of its features
from the image-language of mythology into the conceptual language of
psychology. Man's everyday life is bounded by a spiritual world above and a
chthonic world below, the former associated with the Father, the latter
with the Mother (these cosmic parents having been separated by a hero's a... more »
Rooftop Campout 2013
One of the things that impresses me about Fort McMurray is how generous the
community is when it comes to supporting various charities. Its a
little-known fact that on a per capita basis Fort McMurray residents have
been the biggest supporters of organizations such at United Way for a
number of years. Unfortunately, things like often get forgotten in the sea
of ignorance and negativity that the city can get in the media.
When I heard a group of local firefighters (6 in all i believe) had been
camping out on the rooftop of a local pub to raise money for local
charities here I made a ... more »
North Carolina Republicans-- Anti-Democracy Authoritarians At Work
A few days ago we looked at some of the craziest things Republicans are
doing in their national crackup. And we started with North Carolina's
attempt to set up some kind of official religion. The next day, after an
incredible uproar from outraged citizens, the Speaker of the state House,
Thom Tillis, killed the nonsense, despite 14 Republicans having had already
signed on as cosponsors. Although the bill wasn't going to pick between
Christian sects-- just make "Christianity" the state religion-- North
Carolina has a considerable number of non-Christians including around
25,000 Je... more »
Lead Stories
Hmm. I've been out and about this evening and have come back to find that
the obviously newsworthy matters of tax, the Philpott welfare row, Fatboy
Kim's North Korean madness and the British lady murdered in Kashmir are
dominating the news headlines. Understandably so.
The Guardian, as you might expect, goes on the tax issue with Families 'to
lose £4,000 a year' under tax changes (quoting that nice Ed Balls). The
paper's second story is N Korea warns embassies over safety. (Apparently
young Kim is threatening to eat them. The *Grauniad* seems a bit behind the
curve on that one, ... more »
Electric cars - really an option?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 19 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/qvPosSzUGVI
Having read about the "Fisker" troubles and its tremendous subsidies to (as
is claimed) not produce a single car since July last year, seeing my
personal electro-favorite "Tesla Motors" going forward, I wonder if
electric cars will ever make it on the heavy and very expensive, low
lifetime, huge and costly batterypacks. Portugal and Spain have great
interest in opening this market. If I had the money to spend on a Tesla car
I would buy and test one here, in our high and rough scenery. On our
highways going up to 4.000 feet (1300 meters) and down to... more »
Either with us, OIRA against us
This is the scariest thing I've read in months. I had no idea that buried
in the subterranean depths through which our federal legislation flows
there exists the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (known as
“OIRA”) which effectively renders all our regulatory agencies as mere
figureheads. All regulations, including "rules on worker health,
environmental protection, food safety, health care, consumer protection,
and more" must pass through OIRA before they're allowed to go into effect.
Or not.
In his revealing book, Sunstein tells us why: It is because he, Sunstein,
had t... more »
Armchair Nationalists - Ineffective and Reactionary
A reader sent in a comment critical of 'armchair nationalists. The thrust
of his argument can be summarised as follows:
- Nationalists in general seem to be desperately waiting for somebody
else to act or a saviour to rise from the swamp of depravity in which we
live
- The Establishment is your bitterest enemy, its paid servants are not
on your side and they never will be: 'Help For Heroes', my arse -
Historically there was never much pity for mercenaries, why should there be
now?!
- Most nationalists are just reactionaries, longing for a return to a
1... more »
What is so special about the Palestinians?
Is it because they are the only people 'oppressed' by Jews?
http://twitter.com/MichalZach1/status/320607716538212352/photo/1
Chronicles of a Fallen Love
One of the greatest tunes from last year. I never rated the Bloody
Beetroots, but this is something else.
Has Everyone Lost Their Minds? No, But the Entire Elite Has Been Influenced by Economic Myths of the Robert Rubin-Pete Peterson-Fix the Debt Propagandists and GMO Toxic Chemical Pushers
Krugman rules again. So what’s this about? The answer, I fear, is that
Obama is still trying to win over the Serious People, by showing that he’s
willing to do what they consider Serious — which just about always means
sticking it to the poor and the middle class. The idea is that they will
finally drop the false equivalence, and admit that he’s reasonable while
the GOP is mean-spirited
Republicans Introduce NEW way to Steal Elections
My emphasis
Bozeman Democratic Senator Mike Phillips (R) holds a copy of the
Legislature's rule book in Helena, Montana April 5, 2013.
Credit: Reuters/Dan Boyce
By Dan Boyce
HELENA, Mont | Sat Apr 6, 2013 11:10am EDT
(Reuters) - Over loud objections from Democrats, *Montana's
Republican-controlled Senate* on Friday voted to put proposals on the 2014
ballot that would tighten voter registration and *restrict the rights of
third parties to compete in general elections*.
The measures, which are expected to be approved by the Republican-majority
House, do not need approval from the ... more »
Five die in sectarian clashes in Egypt | ITV News
Good enough reason for people to die?
'... the violence broke out yesterday when a group of Christian children
were drawing on a wall of a Muslim religious institute.'
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-04-06/five-die-in-muslim-christian-clashes-in-egypt/
Anyone care to bet how many of the dead are Christians and how many
Muslims?
She Makes Me A Slave
*Willgesta
(Photo by John Carroll--April 6, 2013)*
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*Mom speaks fast. No one usually listens. She needs her say.*
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*Willgesta is 11 months old and was born at home. She has been sick for two
months.*
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*The spaces between her tiny ribs suck in with each breath. But she fights
like a tiger. *
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*Please give her the breast, her cry is bad. *
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*I have been to five hospitals and clinics and doctors.*
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*No one does anything for her.*
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*Receipts she has paid spill onto the table from a black garbage sack.*
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*They say she has a hole in her heart. Her echo report is ... more »
Free Planet Counselling - is this where my future lies?
last night, I took the bus to Burwell Hall in Witney to attend a
demonstration by Guest Spiritualists. Not a 'mass' on this occasion i.e.
there was no catholic hymn singing, I did all my choiring in my childhood
thank you very much. It wasn't a 'service' to 'god' or 'jesus', it was just
three experienced and two trainee 'mediums' giving their opinion of the
family auras and presences that supposedly surround us in our everyday
humdrum lives.
If you believe all that stuff; and for me there's no decisive evidence
either way - I'm open to REALITY, whatever form it takes, by whichever ... more »
Movie review: SWITCH
[image: Logo of the Geological Society of America's Switch Energy Awareness
campaign. Graphic: GSA]
By Ray Pierrehumbert
2 April 2013
(RealClimate) – This year, the Geological Society of America is rolling out
their Switch Energy Awareness campaign. The centerpiece of the campaign is
a documentary film, *Switch*, which purports to be about the need for a
transformation in the world’s energy systems. Recently, I attended the
Chicago premier of the film, presented as part of the Environmental Film
Series of the Lutheran School of Theology. I had high hopes for this film.
They wer... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Probably wishful thinking, but: Harry Reid is threatening majority-imposed
Senate reform, and soon. If it produces reform, it matters; if it gets a
few more judges confirmed, it matters. If everyone ignores it and he
doesn't follow through...
I don't really have much for "doesn't matter" during this slow news
week...I suppose I continue to believe that the North Korea saber-rattling
doesn't matter very much, so I'll go with that.
That's what I have. What about you? What do you think mattered this week?
IT'S ALL ABOUT CORPORATE MINING
Obama is promising $100 million (as he goes after Social Security and
Medicare) to launch a mission that is aimed at helping scientists capture
asteroids. This mission is really about testing the technologies to fly to
an asteroid and prepare to mine them. The taxpayers are paying for this
research and development phase and when it becomes technically possible to
carry out the missions the process will be privatized. Thus the public
finances the aerospace industry start-up costs and gets very little in
return.
I've noticed Al Jazeera is increasingly more conservative by touting ... more »
THE BAYLIS BOYS 'KIDNAPPED'; A BABY SNATCHED
*The Baylis Boys.*
"We are, *Kevin Christian Baylis,* 15 Years old, DOB 11th October 1996,
South African citizen with dual nationality with America due to our father,
and *Jenvey Trevor Baylis*, 12th years old.
"We were abducted by fraud and trafficked to the United Kingdom by ........
(Mr N.)
"He had the support of the United Kingdom embassy.
"We need to state this is not the first time he did it.
"We would you like you to reunite us with our loving parents Jeremy Lynn
Baylis and Maryna Baylis."
*APPEAL TO THE U.N. + MESSAGE FROM JENVEY BAYLIS.*
DISCLAIMER: THE POSTING OF STO... more »
Canadian Special Forces Take Third Place in International Competition
Special forces teams from around the world gathered in Amman, Jordan, to
strut their stuff. Thirty-five teams representing 18-countries, including
the United States, Britain, France and Russia competed. Events included
hostage rescue, aircraft assault, building entry and casualty handling.
Out of the 35 teams, Canada got a respectable podium finish. So, who took
the gold and the silver? The United States? Nah. Britain? Nope.
Russia then surely. Nyet.
First and second place went to Chinese teams. China's Snow Leopard
commando unit took first with second going to a team f... more »
The Honest Sheikh Imran Hosein: Turkey Will Be Called Upon To Attack Syria
* The Three Stooges Have Reunited. Obama, Netanyahu, and Erdoğan are not
statesmen, they are clowns that history will not remember fondly.*
Below are quotes from the interview that Morris of the YouTube Channel
'108Morris108' had with Sheikh Imran Hosein. *Visit his website* to learn
more about him. Here is a brief bio that's taken from his site:
He was born in the Caribbean island of Trinidad in 1942 from parents whose
ancestors had migrated as indentured labourer from India. He is a graduate
of the Aleemiyah Institute in Karachi and has studied at sevaral instutions
of higher l... more »
Fracking. The One Per Cent. Collapsing Canadian Courts. Jessica Ernst of Rosebud, Alberta.
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*Fracking. The One Per Cent. Collapsing Canadian Courts.
Jessica Ernst of Rosebud, Alberta.*
*By rmathews@telus.net*
The One Per Cent, we know, control ‘the banks too big to fail’ and the
corporations too powerful to regulate – which includes (among other things)
fracking enterprises worldwide. The Canadian courts, we are beginning to
know, operate - increasingly - outside the Rule of Law in matters
concerning The One Per Cent … and fracking.
All over the globe fracking is fouling drinking water, lowering water
tables, and endangering agriculture in the search, espe... more »
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