Syrian Rebels Recruiting Children for Military Missions, Sexual Abuse
Local media reports in Syria voiced deep concern about alarming growth in the recruitment of children by rebel groups in the country, disclosing that these children are not just used for military missions, but for sexual abuse.
An Al-Azhar Student Under Pressure and Investigation for Being Shia Muslim
A female student at the Al-Azhar College for Girls in Assiut is facing an investigation to ascertain if she is a Shi’a or not.
Saudi-Backed Militants Killed 3 Shia Muslims in Pakistan
Geopolitics with Ryan Dawson-“Search & Destroy: The Rape of Iraq”
Monday, 8. April 2013
Ryan Dawson Presents Pepe Escobar
Investigative
journalist and geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar joins us to explain
what really happened with the so called “surge” in Iraq, how the
sectarian violence was fostered to divide and conquer, and what a time
bomb Iraq still may be. How did the pentagon and press turn 9/11 into a
psychological hammer to dehumanize and demonize Iraqis? Is the media on
Syria any better than it was with Iraq?Recent Evidence Suggests Declaring A Truce With Our Microbiological 'Frienemies'
Researchers have historically focused on microbes in the body as
primarily pathogens that must be fought, said Eric Harvill, professor of
microbiology and infectious disease. However, he said that recent
evidence of the complex interaction of the body with microbes suggests a
new interpretation of the relationship.
"Now we are beginning to understand that the immune system interacts
with far more beneficial bacteria than pathogens," said Harvill. "We
need to re-envision what the true immune system really is."
Harvill said that this reinterpretation leads to a more flexible
approach to understanding how the immune system interacts with microbes.
This approach should balance between defending against pathogens and
enlisting the help of beneficial microbes.
While the role that some bacteria play in aiding digestion is better
known, microbes assist in improving body functions, including
strengthening the immune system and responding to injuries.
Almost third of US West Coast newborns hit with thyroid problems after Fukushima nuclear disaster
Slow Money: A Q&A With Woody Tasch
Thu Mar 14, 2013 13:17
Slow
Food USA sits down with Woody Tasch, the Founder and Chairman of Slow
Money to talk about resourcing good, clean, and fair enterprises.
Q: What first inspired you to create Slow Money?
A: During the 1990s, first as Treasurer of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and next as Chairman of Investors’ Circle, I had promoted the idea of patient capital, an approach to venture capital that looked away from where’s-the-next-Apple and towards a time horizon that was more in synch with natural cycles and intergenerational equity. Then, in 2000, I had the wonderful good fortune to visit Slow Food headquarters in Bra. I was immediately struck by a few questions: If we want Slow Food, and all of the small food enterprises that are necessary to preserve and restore it, aren’t we going to have use our investment dollars as well as our consumer dollars? And how can we enjoy our Slow Food while our money is zooming around the planet invested in companies of the monoculture? At a more visceral level than that, I was so utterly impressed by the beauty and depth of Slow Food’s vision and the power of Carlo Petrini’s voice that it was obvious: Patient Capital plus Slow Food equals Slow Money. Little did I know that after several years of gestation, this would lead me to write Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered, and, thence, to the emergent Slow Money network.
Q: Slow Money is supporting Slow Food’s Gardens in Africa program. What is it about the program that you find compelling?
A: When I told Carlo that we were interested in doing a bit of fund-raising for Slow Food, this is where he asked that we focus. Over time, I hope Slow Money will become one of Slow Foods’ best friends, exploring collaboration on multiple levels.
Q: How have you seen the changes in the economy in the past few years affect small food enterprises?
A: I don’t see the local food movement in the U.S. as a response to short-term economic challenges. Rather, I see it as a response to a few generations of industrialization and globalization. That said, it is surely true that if I had stood up in public ten years ago and starting talking about “Slow Money,” it would have been a very different conversation. The 1,000 pt. drop in the Dow, Bernie Madoff, the derivatives craziness, ultra-fast trading—all this creates a different context within which to put the word “slow” together with the word “money.” I see investing in small food enterprises—small and mid-size organic farms, grain mills, creameries, restaurants and the like—as part of a larger process of economic restructuring. Fixing what’s broken in the food system is a critical step in fixing what’s broken in the economy as a whole.
Q: What first inspired you to create Slow Money?A: During the 1990s, first as Treasurer of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and next as Chairman of Investors’ Circle, I had promoted the idea of patient capital, an approach to venture capital that looked away from where’s-the-next-Apple and towards a time horizon that was more in synch with natural cycles and intergenerational equity. Then, in 2000, I had the wonderful good fortune to visit Slow Food headquarters in Bra. I was immediately struck by a few questions: If we want Slow Food, and all of the small food enterprises that are necessary to preserve and restore it, aren’t we going to have use our investment dollars as well as our consumer dollars? And how can we enjoy our Slow Food while our money is zooming around the planet invested in companies of the monoculture? At a more visceral level than that, I was so utterly impressed by the beauty and depth of Slow Food’s vision and the power of Carlo Petrini’s voice that it was obvious: Patient Capital plus Slow Food equals Slow Money. Little did I know that after several years of gestation, this would lead me to write Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered, and, thence, to the emergent Slow Money network.
Q: Slow Money is supporting Slow Food’s Gardens in Africa program. What is it about the program that you find compelling?
A: When I told Carlo that we were interested in doing a bit of fund-raising for Slow Food, this is where he asked that we focus. Over time, I hope Slow Money will become one of Slow Foods’ best friends, exploring collaboration on multiple levels.
Q: How have you seen the changes in the economy in the past few years affect small food enterprises?
A: I don’t see the local food movement in the U.S. as a response to short-term economic challenges. Rather, I see it as a response to a few generations of industrialization and globalization. That said, it is surely true that if I had stood up in public ten years ago and starting talking about “Slow Money,” it would have been a very different conversation. The 1,000 pt. drop in the Dow, Bernie Madoff, the derivatives craziness, ultra-fast trading—all this creates a different context within which to put the word “slow” together with the word “money.” I see investing in small food enterprises—small and mid-size organic farms, grain mills, creameries, restaurants and the like—as part of a larger process of economic restructuring. Fixing what’s broken in the food system is a critical step in fixing what’s broken in the economy as a whole.
Tom Harley
nuclear technology, a benefit …
One of the Green’s favorite plots is the scary radiation story.
Anything goes when it comes to Uranium mining, and Nuclear Power. The
evidence is starting to stack up against them now. Coal as well as
alternative energy does more damage … Continue reading
radiation is not the problem it’s made out to be …
Radiation is proving NOT to be the ‘boogeyman’ in the Nuclear Power Industry. On BBC Horizon, (which I watched last night), there are NO deaths and little radiation sickness casualties following the Fukishima Nuclear accident from any of the people who were forced to leave their properties.The Science of Nuclear Power – Is Nuclear Power Safe? – Horizon – BBC
Radioactivity is good for you
SOURCE
I’m in my swimsuit sitting on what looks like a theme park ride, about to travel a mile into a mountain in Austria. It is 100F (38C) and sweat drips from every pore. I’m trying an amazing treatment.
At the Gastein healing caves, in Radhausberg mountain, a controversial form of therapy with radioactive radon gas is used to treat a long list of medical conditions, including arthritis and other joint pain, chronic bronchitis and skin conditions such as my psoriasis.
The medical staff are evangelical about the healing benefits of the low-level radon gas found in the caves: they say it can offer sustained pain relief, reduce the need for medication, stimulate the body’s anti-inflammatory abilities and help people who have suffered for years.
Nuclear Radiation - Friend or Enemy ?
( Well, if it provides Vitamin D, as in Sunlight...it's essential to health )
John Farnham (@opit) says:
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If one happens to go into the history of
nuclear technology, the incidence of unappreciated incidents as
reported in Wikipedia is startling. Against the safety of plants one
needs to also balance an appreciation of the risks of mining
exploration, old sites, etc. The Navajo in the USA have radioactive
contamination of their drinking water, for instance. Worse, it isn’t
hard to find indications that news suppression by the Canadian
government of deaths and sickness in Elliott Lake were of such extremity
as to snuff news of deaths of miners from cancer of rates of
50%…comparable to what the kids at Fort Chipewayan note in deaths of
parents from water pollution from Fort MacMurray. So those ( Ft. Chip) are not
‘radiation deaths’ per se : but mineral extraction obviously exposes
toxins which kill.
Politics ‘n Poetry on WordPress linked to interesting stories over the years which never got the exposure they deserved. Helen Caldicott may be ‘over the top’ to you with her warnings about non-linear effects of radiation exposure – she had a seminar March 5,6 – but there have been very odd stories about the situation in Fukushima, including those which note US military supplying feedstocks which includ plutonium and of storage of used fuel dependent on constant cooling fort safety. Nor is all tech supposed to have been free of meddling…or reporting free of it either. That is supported by stories of engineers at both GE and the construction site quitting over safety concerns…hardly startling when constructing to 7.5 shock standards in an area where quakes have been known to exceed that value.
The NPT TRAP is a fascinating account of foreign policy designed to pervert the energy industry. Knowing it is not an anomaly is not hard : http://www.payvand.com/news/04/dec/1186.html
More on blatant disregard for health ( a generous appraisal ) than is immediately obvious : http://oldephartte.blogspot.ca/p/blog-page.html That is compatible with http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/nuclear-hotseat-85-journalist-karl-grossman-reveals-40-years-of-nuke-media-manipulation/
“Millions of tons of household rubbish painstakingly sorted by families for recycling is being dumped abroad.
The UK dead are real. Cold kills.
Politics ‘n Poetry on WordPress linked to interesting stories over the years which never got the exposure they deserved. Helen Caldicott may be ‘over the top’ to you with her warnings about non-linear effects of radiation exposure – she had a seminar March 5,6 – but there have been very odd stories about the situation in Fukushima, including those which note US military supplying feedstocks which includ plutonium and of storage of used fuel dependent on constant cooling fort safety. Nor is all tech supposed to have been free of meddling…or reporting free of it either. That is supported by stories of engineers at both GE and the construction site quitting over safety concerns…hardly startling when constructing to 7.5 shock standards in an area where quakes have been known to exceed that value.
The NPT TRAP is a fascinating account of foreign policy designed to pervert the energy industry. Knowing it is not an anomaly is not hard : http://www.payvand.com/news/04/dec/1186.html
More on blatant disregard for health ( a generous appraisal ) than is immediately obvious : http://oldephartte.blogspot.ca/p/blog-page.html That is compatible with http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/nuclear-hotseat-85-journalist-karl-grossman-reveals-40-years-of-nuke-media-manipulation/
The Great Recycling Con – Sorted Recycling All Ends Up In The Same Landfill
I knew it. I tell people this. And they insist it isn’t true.“Millions of tons of household rubbish painstakingly sorted by families for recycling is being dumped abroad.
UK’s coldest spring since 1963 claims 5,000 lives
Do you know what the difference is between the 5,000 dead people referenced in this story and all the people killed by global warming?The UK dead are real. Cold kills.
algae based bio-diesel …
Some interesting research going on here, converting algae to
bio-fuel, cheaply, so they say. Biofuel’s big future illustrated by
expert Western Australia currently has two pilot microalgae biofuel
plants located in Karratha, including a collaboration between Murdoch
University and The … Continue reading
economic security in Oz …
David Archibald discusses fuel security and coal to liquid
technology: Australia needs liquid fuel security by David Archibald
April 7, 2013 In early April, 2012, one of Australia’s few remaining oil
refineries, in Geelong, was put up for sale, with … Continue reading
what planetary tipping point? …
Tipping points are one of those imaginary concepts that climate
warmists regale us with. At last, an academic now says otherwise.
Planetary tipping point concept debunked A planetary scale tipping point
– a nonlinear and potentially irreversible change to ecosystems … Continue reading
Manta rays visiting Broome …
Manta rays are taking advantage of the large increase in a food
supply, likely a result of the water mixing achieved by Cyclone Rusty
earlier in the year. They are seen close to shore, all along the beaches
of the Dampier … Continue reading
snub-fin dolphins near Broome …
Snub fin dolphins were recently found off James Price Point. Here
is the first video of these dolphins, which have been seen at a few
locations around the Kimberley. Rare Dolphins Caught on Film http://www.youtube.com Camera crews have captured … Continue reading
media awakens … coral reef recovers
The media and blogosphere are all over this now, although it
was covered here a few days ago. ScienceNetworkWA covers it here: Scott
Reef is back to normal. Situated between Browse Island and Ashmore Reef,
bleaching in 1998 did not cause … Continue reading
failed climate predictions …
The list of failed climate predictions is becoming Encyclopedic
in size, and this one is just about winters: The first 33 relate just to
Europe and the Northern Hemisphere …Climate Science Humiliated…Earlier
Model Prognoses Of Warmer Winters Now Today’s Laughingstock … Continue reading
Dennis A. Henigan: Guns to Mexico: NRA Mythology Cannot Survive the Facts
BBC News - Congressional report: US guns fuel Mexico violence
Guns from U.S. sting found at Mexican crime scenes | Reuters
USATODAY.com - Travel - News - Pilots say TSA disrupting gun training
●The more federal budgets are cut and taxes increased, the weaker an economy becomes.
●Austerity is the government’s method for widening the gap between rich and poor, which leads to civil disorder.
●Until the 99% understand the need for federal deficits, the upper 1% will rule.
●To survive long term, a monetarily non-sovereign government must have a positive balance of payments.
●Those, who do not understand the differences between Monetary Sovereignty and monetary non-sovereignty, do not understand economics.
●The penalty for ignorance is slavery.
●Everything in economics devolves to motive.
The NRA has a simple, seductive message: “Guns protect you.” OWS has no coherent message. They simply seem angry at everything money. Their pride in having no leadership structure and no organization has made them a confused messenger with a confused message.
Embarrassingly, Modern Monetary Theory and Monetary Sovereignty are more like OWS than like the NRA. We have sparse Membership, little Money, and though we have a Message (“Deficit spending protects you”), it is counter-intuitive and not heard for lack of volume.
One might think we’d have an easier job. After all, we promise better health, education, infrastructure and housing — better lives overall — for the vast majority of Americans.
Our cut-the-deficit opponents promise worse of everything, and have the statistics to prove it. Everywhere austerity has been tried, it has resulted in abject misery. So why do we struggle?
The opposition has Membership (bought-and-paid-for, old line economists, the media, Congress) Money (the Peterson/Koch brothers crowd) and a simple, intuitive Message (“Deficits are bad”).
NOW, ABOUT THE AFL-CIO
Their site says:
AFL-CIO results:
1. Unemployment remains high
2. Spending for schools, roads, bridges, ports and airports is cut
3. Spending for education is cut
4. The minimum wage is not “livable.”
5. Social Security is cut; private pensions are underfunded
6. FICA is increased. The middle class is overtaxed.
7. Medicare and Medicaid are cut. Still millions uninsured
8. No banksters yet convicted, and TBTF banks more powerful than ever.
In short, despite massive Membership and lots of Money, the AFL-CIO fails to accomplish its goals. In fact, they are backsliding.
They don’t have a strong, coherent Message. Why? Partly, because they accept the false belief the federal government spends tax dollars, which evolves to the false belief the deficit must be reduced.
But, an AFL-CIO and MMT-MS team could be a marriage made in heaven. We want mostly the same things for the 99% of Americans. With our Message, plus the AFL-CIO’s Membership and Money, we could change the world.
This Can't Be Good ----- Gold Problems In Europe
Reblogged from suyts space: Largest Dutch bank defaults on
physical gold deliveries to customers Uhmm…. Last week, a rubicon was
crossed in the precious metals market as one of the largest banks in
Europe defaulted on their gold contracts, and … Continue reading
ATF To Spy On Gun Owners* Via “Massive” Database
* That's disrespectful of the clientele
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms is looking to build a huge “online data repository system” capable of spying on Americans and their associates via the use of just a few keywords
Dennis A. Henigan: Guns to Mexico: NRA Mythology Cannot Survive the Facts
The pressure is building on U.S. officials to take dramatic action to stop the torrent of guns heading directly from American gun shops to the Mexican drug ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-a-henigan/guns-to-mexico-nra-mythol...
BBC News - Congressional report: US guns fuel Mexico violence
Some 70% of guns seized from crime scenes in Mexico and submitted for tracing stem from the US, according to a US Congressional report.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13758499
Guns from U.S. sting found at Mexican crime scenes | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 122 firearms from a botched* U.S. undercover operation have been found at crime scenes in Mexico or intercepted en route to ...
www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/26/us-usa-guns-mexico-idUSTRE76P33...
* 'botched'....or deliberate destabilization as per SOP ?
USATODAY.com - Travel - News - Pilots say TSA disrupting gun training
Pilots
say TSA disrupting gun training . By Fred Bayles, USA TODAY. Two pilots
groups ... in the past year, were offered the chance to relocate to New
Mexico. TSA ...
usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/news/2003/06/06-pilot-guns.htm
Censorship
Challenges of a church in an era of modernity
The primary reason cited by those opposed to organized religion, and the church – any church body – is the perceived lack of free thinking by those who belong. Early this week, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati fired...Read more
–Whom do you know, at the AFL-CIO? Tuesday, Apr 9 2013
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Mitchell’s laws: ●The more federal budgets are cut and taxes increased, the weaker an economy becomes.
●Austerity is the government’s method for widening the gap between rich and poor, which leads to civil disorder.
●Until the 99% understand the need for federal deficits, the upper 1% will rule.
●To survive long term, a monetarily non-sovereign government must have a positive balance of payments.
●Those, who do not understand the differences between Monetary Sovereignty and monetary non-sovereignty, do not understand economics.
●The penalty for ignorance is slavery.
●Everything in economics devolves to motive.
The NRA has a simple, seductive message: “Guns protect you.” OWS has no coherent message. They simply seem angry at everything money. Their pride in having no leadership structure and no organization has made them a confused messenger with a confused message.
Embarrassingly, Modern Monetary Theory and Monetary Sovereignty are more like OWS than like the NRA. We have sparse Membership, little Money, and though we have a Message (“Deficit spending protects you”), it is counter-intuitive and not heard for lack of volume.
One might think we’d have an easier job. After all, we promise better health, education, infrastructure and housing — better lives overall — for the vast majority of Americans.
Our cut-the-deficit opponents promise worse of everything, and have the statistics to prove it. Everywhere austerity has been tried, it has resulted in abject misery. So why do we struggle?
The opposition has Membership (bought-and-paid-for, old line economists, the media, Congress) Money (the Peterson/Koch brothers crowd) and a simple, intuitive Message (“Deficits are bad”).
NOW, ABOUT THE AFL-CIO
Their site says:
“We are the umbrella federation for U.S. unions, with 57 unions representing more than 12 million working men and women.”That’s 12 million members, plus millions of sympathizers — way more than the NRA has. And what does the AFL-CIO do? They say:
Our priorities include:NRA results: In the face of massive evidence that gun ownership begets gun murder, Congress resists gun control. Even the most innocuous gun control bills struggle. NRA Membership and Money are growing. Gun sales keep climbing. The NRA succeeds.
1. creating good family-supporting jobs
2. by investing tax dollars in schools, roads, bridges, ports and airports ;
3. improving the lives of workers through education, job training
4. and a livable minimum wage;
5. strengthening Social Security and private pensions;
6. ensuring fair tax policies;
7. making high-quality, affordable health care available to everyone;
8. and holding corporations more accountable for their actions.
AFL-CIO results:
1. Unemployment remains high
2. Spending for schools, roads, bridges, ports and airports is cut
3. Spending for education is cut
4. The minimum wage is not “livable.”
5. Social Security is cut; private pensions are underfunded
6. FICA is increased. The middle class is overtaxed.
7. Medicare and Medicaid are cut. Still millions uninsured
8. No banksters yet convicted, and TBTF banks more powerful than ever.
In short, despite massive Membership and lots of Money, the AFL-CIO fails to accomplish its goals. In fact, they are backsliding.
They don’t have a strong, coherent Message. Why? Partly, because they accept the false belief the federal government spends tax dollars, which evolves to the false belief the deficit must be reduced.
But, an AFL-CIO and MMT-MS team could be a marriage made in heaven. We want mostly the same things for the 99% of Americans. With our Message, plus the AFL-CIO’s Membership and Money, we could change the world.
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