A church atop a hill at Saburtalo neighborhood in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Old Tbilisi (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Freedom square, Tbilisi and the city hall (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Panoramic view of Tbilisi, . Français : Vue panoramique sur Tbilisi, en Géorgie. עברית: מבט פנורמי על העיר טביליסי גאורגיה. ქართული: საქართველოს დედაქალაქ თბილისის პანორამა. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Best Congress FIRE Sector Money Can Buy (And You Thought They Just Didn't Care - Or Were Inept) and Teflon Diamond Don/Liars Run Amuck But Not Ever Jailed In Smartest People Anywhere Crowd (Just Ask Them)
You know how much I distrust the Wall Street Journal and most so-called
reporting vehicles that originate on or from the regions (even
metaphysical) around Wall Street, but I've gotta admit that the situation
has now gotten so dire that it seems even the really bad guys are telling
on each other (or the worse(r) guys) and it's getting tougher and tougher
to tell what the really bad behavior is
Hey, World Vision, leave my kids alone
*Schoolchildren have been doing the 40 Hour Famine since what seems
forever. Guest poster Jonathan Livingstone reckons they should stop.*
*Going Hard Out for the Hungry?*
If ever there were a reason to apply the Eternal Vigilance principle to
voluntary charity, World Vision would be it.
For World Vision has cooked up the kookiest of fund-raising schemes, one
where kids get to go hungry to raise money for charity. Forget the old war
veteran sitting alone and forgotten in his miserable rest home, there’ll be
no visit for him from these kids. Nor a helping hand for an old crippled
... more »
Tepco's Plan to Divert Ground Water By Dumping Into Ocean
Tepco cannot manage the volume of contaminated water being produced at the
Daiichi site. It appears that between water injections and fresh water
seepage, 800 tons of radioactive water are being produced in the Daiichi
buildings every single day.
Tepco wants to divert ground water into the ocean to limit the build-up of
water in the reactor buildings.
Japan's Fukushima fisheries associations are very wary about Tepco's plant
to prevent ground water from entering the reactor buildings by diverting it
into the ocean. The Asahi Shimbun has reported recently on their concerns
that the... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Oh, why not: we're six months away from 2012 Election Day now, and the
first 100 days of Barack Obama's second term are long gone. How does
everything so far compare to your expectations? Disappointed? About what
you expected? Worse? If worse: who do you blame?
Richard Tarnas - City Dark: Facing the Shadow of Modernity's Light
*"Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View"* by Richard Tarnas.
City Dark: Facing the Shadow of Modernity's Light, Richard Tarnas
11-30-2012. Source: Uploaded by ArchetypalView on December 26, 2012.
The City Dark Trailer (2012)
Where were you when we needed you
I'm about done with the pseudoscandals but one last word on the AP records
grab. AP's CEO went on the teevee to wail about their persecution today
claiming the DoJ violated the constitution.
“We don’t question their right to conduct these sort of investigations, we
just think they went about it the wrong way. So sweeping, so secretively,
so abusively and harassingly and overbroad that it is an unconstitutional
act,” Pruitt said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation. [...]
“Under their own rules, they are required to narrow this request as
narrowly as possible so as to not tread upon the ... more »
Midnight Train To Georgia-- Tbilisi Not Safe For Tourists
Barbaric, primitive priests spread fear and hatred in Georgia
Yesterday I wrote about how primitive, Bronze Age notions regarding the
subjugation of women in the patriarchal societies of the 3 major Abrahamic
religions, still leads to thousands of brutal murders and barbaric
treatment of women all over the world. Friday saw a demonstration related
to that mentality in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. This time the victims
of the primitive religionists, though, were gay people.
The first thing an international traveler notices on arriving in Tbilisi,
capital of Georgia, is that the ro... more »
Terpsichore Sunday
Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance ~ Jean-Marc Nattier, 1739
I rented the Danish movie "A Royal Affair" (*En kongelig affære) *to watch
online, which I quite liked because it's a terrific example of the genre of
romantic, historical costume docudrama, with the inevitable antique dance
at a fancy-dress ball which follows, ahem, in the footsteps of noble
predecessors like this classic scene:
Another favorite of mine is Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, the magic
of which I've never escaped. Okay...it was 1968, and I was fifteen years
old. This isn't the original music, but it's all... more »
Pearson history text mimics art history textbook in same controversy
Remember that story from September where an art school was charging $180
for an art history text with no artwork? Yeah, that one. It’s published by
Pearson. From Brent Ashley: There is no discount on the $180 price for an
ART textbook that has NO PICTURES. Devoid of pictures. Bereft of art. If I
am […]
Stephen Harper Is Far Too Sleazy, Corrupt And Dishonest To Be Straight With Canadians About The Senate Scandal ....
**
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*-Stephen Harper is never going to be honest with Canadians about the
sleaze that is oozing out of his political administration*.
*-There isn't even any point in the RCMP investigating the Senate scandal because
the leadership of the RCMP is in Harper's hip pocket and will whitewash
whatever the Conservatives have done.*
*
**-Democracy, as we know it in Canada, is likely not going to survive
Stephen Harper's stranglehold on power.*
“V” is for Victory #commoncore
More “propaganda” Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary
Tagged: ccss, common core, Curriculum, propaganda, standards, victory
“V” is for Victory #commoncore
More “propaganda” Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary
Tagged: ccss, common core, Curriculum, propaganda, standards, victory
Pieless in Gaza, at the stove with Yolande
Hadar at *CiF Watch* posted a piece about an article from the *Guardian*'s
Harriet Sherwood which plugged a book about gastronomy in Gaza by Laila
el-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt called *The Gaza Kitchen*. Laila el-Haddad, a *CiF
*contributor in the past, is no mere cook book writer; she's also a
Palestinian activist who advocates a 'one-state' solution to the
Israel-Palestinian conflict - i.e. the dissolution of the State of Israel -
and whose book doesn't steer away from a (loaded) take on the political
context.
Inevitably, the BBC also plugged the same book. Monday night's *P.M.*... more »
The Rats in Uncle Steve's Pantry
Stephen Harper knows he's got rats in the Conservative pantry and it must
be giving him fits trying to figure out just who they are.
Somebody is leaking a steady stream of information, documents and e-mails
to Bob Fife of *CTV* about Mike Duffy, Pam Wallin and Nigel Wright and who
knows what or whom might be still to come.
Mike Duffy has taken refuge in his Cavendish cottage in P.E.I. and is quick
to summon the police to clear off nosy journalists. Harper is apparently
in Peru although he's expected back to face down the Tory caucus on Tuesday
morning.
This sounds like a settli... more »
British Columbia`s LNG Facilities To Be Built In South Korea, Each One To Employ A Mere 250 Full-Time Workers(What Happened To Your Promise Of 75,000 Full-Time LNG Jobs Christy Clark?)
Isn`t this what our 2013 election was all about....Streets paved with gold,
prosperity fund for the children, 100,000`s of jobs, BC Hydro, BC Ferries
debt eliminated, Port Mann bridge tolls wiped out, British Columbia`s debt
retired and sales tax removed..
Those were the promises Christy and the BC Liberals made to all voters, I
like to dream too, powerball lottery wins, fountain of youth, finding new
earth-like ready to inhabit planets we can shuttle off to..
It`s time the BC Government and or the energy companies give us the
straight goods, me personally, I already have the answ... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
What do you think of the job that Darrell Issa has done so far, over the
last two plus years, as Chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee? How much confidence to you have in him to do a good job going
forward?
Turkish TV Reporter/Propagandist Gets Owned By A Truth-Telling Villager
Somebody wrote in the comment section for the video below, "this needs to
happen all over the planet....correct the mouthpieces live on tv!"
Also, remember this? CNN got caught demonizing the Tea Party movement.
Mohawk Nation News 'Sty Story'
STY STORY
Posted on May 19, 2013
MNN. May 19, 2013. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and
Senator Mike Duffy, together weigh more than 700 pounds and both feed
from the same pig trough. Is pig trough owner, Prime Minister Harper,
fattening them up for the slaughter? Similarities are: both will not bow
down or repent; both want vengeance against those who exposed their
Turkish People Protest Against Their Government's Policy Towards Syria
Now it's about to get interesting.
Cops beat, teargas Turkish protesters angry at govt stance on Syria.
Source: RT.
Anti-government anger in Turkey after Syria border bombings. Source:
Euronews.
'Neo-Ottomanism driven Turkey does NATO's job, adds fuel to Syrian fire.'
Source: RT.
Creative Showcase: Creative Features and Link-Up
If you follow Housewife Eclectic on Instagram, you can see that this week
has been a crazy one. Signings with three different authors, lots of baking
and some dumpster diving for pallets. What can I say? I have now officially
jumped in a dumpster for a craft project. I think that is an important
milestone. ;) On to some great features today!
I am sucker for Biscotti and cinnamon, so putting them together seems like
a perfect solution. These Cinnamon Biscotti Dunkers from Lemon Tree
Dwelling look divine.
Small confession. Pizza is probably my favorite food. Ever. This Dessert
Pizz... more »
Whitewashing Sex Gangs (II)
Following on from Sue's *Whitewashing Sex Gangs* post, the closing section
of Radio 4's *Sunday *dealt (as Sue pointed out) with the same highly
controversial issue of child grooming by Muslim gangs in the wake of the
Oxford abuse trial, where several men with backgrounds in several Muslim
countries (not just Pakistan) used and abused a number of under-aged white
girls in the most degrading and cruel ways imaginable.
For a programme that has exhaustively pursued the Roman Catholic Church
over the particular issue of clerical child abuse in recent years, this is
a subject the progr... more »
TransCanada reps kicked out of Cheyenne River Sioux
TransCanada Reps Kicked Out of Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation
'When a rape victim says 'no,' it means 'no'!'
'You can not come back!'
By Tarsands Blockade
http://www.tarsandsblockade.org/cheyenne-river/
“You’re not welcome here… We’ve said no from day one.”
And with these firm words the TransCanada representatives were kicked
out of Cheyenne River Sioux
Go Climb A Tree
I couldn't pass up yesterday's great weather to get out for a little
birding foray and my efforts were richly rewarded with 10 additions to my
year list, including 2 for my life list. My intended destination was a
marsh on the end of my subdivision down by Wood Buffalo and Dickinsfield. I
stopped along the way by a storm pond to catch my first Red-winged
Blackbird and Grackle sightings and it was there that I caught my first
glimpse of a Savannah Sparrow in the grass along the marsh edge. From there
I skirted a treeline behind some condos on my way to the marsh. At this
point I deci... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Falsies'
FALSIES
Posted on May 18, 2013
MNN. May 18, 2013. We all have the duty as the eagle
on the top of the tree of peace, to watch for impending danger and to
report back to the people. A false flag delivers a false look. It gives
us the kind of picture the enemy wants to scare and control us. Fear and
anger are created to gauge a reaction from the people. When the people
That $90,000 cheque . . .
WE
SHOULD BE
This could cause more damage than all of the Stevie gaffes to date,
because it won't play in the beer parlors aka "sports bars", where the
politically unaware and ignorant hang out. These people are
unsophisticated, and things like Global Warming and the Tar Sands
pipelines confuse. BC should be a reminder; all of the "Progressive"
Canuck poliblogs were pronouncing Christie Clark
Mainstream Media TV Fakery...AGAIN!!!
Remember the CNN Gulf War I (GWH "Poppy" Bush) FAKE war broadcast? If you
don't, it's because not ONE mainstream media, left mainstream media, or
right mainstream media covered it, proving they are all on the same side
while pretending they're "left" and "right":
The most STRIKING thing, is by the "fake right mainstream media" NOT
covering that, it proves my point that the mainstream media, left
mainstream media, and right mainstream media are all on the side of
government & the most powerful families & corporations & Pentagon/CIA/FBI,
because when it comes to covering up somet... more »
Senator Mike Duffy is a Thief and a Liar
It's
an absolutely gorgeous Victoria Day weekend Sunday and here I am
blogging about Canadian politics. That is a sign showing how pissed off I
am at our Government and the system they are destroying.
As I am sure you have all heard by now, Nigel Wright has resigned as
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Chief of Staff over the $90,000 he gave
to Senator Mike Duffy. This was an entirely
The Plight of Syrian Refugees
There are Syrian refugees in *Turkey*, *Iraq*, *Jordan*, *Lebanon*, and
other countries. There is an estimated *400,000 refugees in Turkey* alone.
But it is hard to pin down the real number of Syrian refugees because there
has been no systematic accounting of people leaving Syria during this
crisis.
Also, since belligerent nations like the United States, Saudi Arabia,
France, and Turkey that seek to oust Assad have a political interest to
increase the number of refugees on paper, official statistics that are
reported in the news cannot be trusted.
One last note: Thank you United S... more »
Sunday Classics: "Good night, thou false world!" -- (final) exit Papageno?
*"Good night, thou false world!"*
*PAPAGENO*: Right, then, that's still how it is!
Since there is nothing holding me back,
good night, thou false world!
*-- most of our Magic Flute translations by Robert A. Jordan*
*Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (b), Papageno; Berlin Philharmonic, Karl Böhm,
cond. DG, recorded June 1964*
*Or in English: "Fare thee well, thou world of pain!"*
[in English] *John Brownlee (b), Papageno; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,
Bruno Walter, cond. Live performance, Dec. 26, 1942*
*by Ken*
We were just looking at Mozart's and Beethoven's exceptional use of minor
keys... more »
The Perfidious Peter Kent
This is too important to miss. Read Miranda Holmes revealing look at Harper
EnviroShill Peter Kent and his close personal ties to Canada's fossil
fuelers.
This is eerily like the appointments during the Bush era.
Harper's Dilemma - Rash and Hazardous Speculation
It has always been my suspicion that Stephen Harper wanted to govern at
least until he pushed through the Northern Gateway to get Athabasca bitumen
flowing to Asia.
With no small degree of help from the New Democrats and Liberals, Harper
has already achieved his overarching goal of moving Canada's political
centre permanently to the right but it's the Northern Gateway he sees as
his legacy.
To see that through Harper needs to cut some quick deal with Christy Clark,
give the environmental review process a laxative, and move to steamroller
the pipeline opposition, no matter the cost... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, May 19th, 2013
It is Sunday... It is a long weekend here in Canada... And it is time for
my weekly rant and my assessments of what is REALLY happening in our
world...
Yes, it is Victoria Day weekend here in Jewish occupied Canada, and I still
cannot believe that this country that is supposed to be "independent" of
the British crown (most people do not realize that we still are not),
celebrates a holiday one day a year for a Jewish fraud monarch who sat on
the British throne well over a century ago... If it were up to me, I would
remove the "Victoria" out of Victoria day, and change it to honor s... more »
Before I plant those tomatoes, how about some Paul Ryan...
*to start your day. *
"We had to run against his empty promises. Now we are seeing big
government in practice. Now we are seeing the arrogance, the cronyism in
practice in this second term. And that is even uglier than big government
in theory. This is what is disturbing about this. We had a challenge to
campaign against empty rhetoric, now the country is seeing what this kind
of big unlimited government does in practice."
Consciousness, Quantum Physics and Being Human
*Youtube*
*Does scientific materialism undermine the values which make living
worthwhile?*
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Dan Pfeiffer on the morning shows: "Where Obama was on 9/11/2012 is irrelevant"...
*Disclaimer: I never watch the talking heads on Sunday morning opting
instead to shove bamboo sticks under my nails. *
I will give Pfeiffer high marks for talking really, *really* fast without
managing to say anything.
When all else fails, Pfeiffer claims the "I'm offended" meme.
Really? I wonder how "offended" those 4 dead men are?
I'm going to go plant tomatoes.
More than 600 dead sea lions, cormorants, and penguins found on Chile beach, victims of Illegal blast fishing
[image: The body of a penguin killed by illegal blast fishing lays on a
beach in Punta de Choros, northern Chile, 12 May 2013. The bodies of over
600 sea lions, cormorants, and penguins littered a seven mile stretch of
beach. Photo: Santiago Times]
By Jordan Greene
16 May 2013
(Santiago Times) – Chilean Navy discovers more than 600 dead animals in
Punta de Choros, a small fishing town north of La Serena.
The bodies of sea lions, cormorants and penguins littered a seven mile
stretch of beach in Punta de Choros, northern Chile on Sunday. The crime
scene is in close proximity to t... more »
Public Priorities: Climate Change, Heavy Metals and Radiation
Majia here: A friend wrote this comment in an online class concerning
public health and the environment. She was questioning the disproportionate
emphasis on greenhouse gasses and climate change as the most concerning
atmospheric issues:
1) I am curious as to why the scientific community has adopted a seemingly
myopic focus on greenhouse gases, when surely other anthropogenic causes
should be factored in as well?
For example, we never seem to hear about the "R" word: Radiation, not
simply the dangers of UV from the sun, but from the manmade deadly
radioisotopes which we have cons... more »
For India’s drought-hit states, on-track monsoon may be too late – Charges of corruption fly
[image: Labourers walk through a parched land of a dried lake on the
outskirts of Agartala, capital of Tripura, 23 April 2013. Photo: Jayanta
Dey / REUTERS]
By Rajendra Jadhav; Editing by Jo Winterbottom and Ed Davies
24 April 2013
JAMWADI, India (Reuters) – India may be heading for another bumper grain
harvest, if the first forecast for this year's monsoon proves correct, but
the rain may be too little - and too late - for southern and western states
already parched by the worst drought in four decades.
Although last year's monsoon rains were, overall, just seven percent below
... more »
Google Glass privacy concerns continue to be raised, this time by Congress
image credit: tedeytan/Flickr Madison Ruppert
Members of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus are the latest to
join the many people raising concerns about Google Glass in a letter to
Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page in which they request answers to eight
pointed questions.
Since the technology was introduced, Google Glass has been incredibly
controversial, even leading former Secretary of the Department of Homeland
Security Michael Chertoff to speak out against the technology.
Many venues have preemptively banned Glass including a Seattle bar, casinos
and strip clubs... more »
Bloomberg Commish to Make Case for Corporate Ed’s Status Quo
Dennis Wolcott has kept a low profile during his reign over the coffee
machine at the NYC Education Department. Until now. Yesterday began the
campaign to save the test-punish-lie-privatize plan that Bloomberg
instituted during the past 12 years in the City. Dennis surely has an
steep row to hoe, with every Democratic mayoral candidate in […]
Robert Salas and Me
While in Roswell a couple of years ago, I shared, briefly, a table with
Robert Salas of Malmstrom missile fame. He was a little more serious about
selling his book than I was in selling mine and at one point he snapped at
me for joking with the UFO museum patrons. I hadn’t spoken to him since
that time in Roswell. I mention this for the context it will provide for
some later comments here.
Robert Salas
At the recent Citizen Hearing I saw him again. At the Sunday evening dinner
for those who were participating in some fashion… that is, the former
members of Congress, the witnesses w... more »
SUNDAY SERMON
Chris Hedges talks on how spying and television allows the corporate state
to take control of our minds and souls. The consequences of which resulted
in a liberalism that has become profoundly bankrupted. Author of The Death
of the Liberal Class and other great books.
Some of the Sheep Are No Longer Asleep
Dave Hodges
The world is finally beginning to wake up to the global tyranny that is
threatening all of humanity. In the past two months I have heard from
people that I have not heard from or seen for 10-20 years. I have heard
from former players, students, friends and neighbors.
Several people contacting out of my distant past may not sound significant,
but I had zero expectation of hearing from any of these people again. And
all of the contacts were motivated by their concern for the decimation of
our Republic and my work towards reversing the trend curve.
Sometimes as I pound ... more »
BULLROAR OVER BENGHAZI: David Ignatius gets right with power!
*SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013*
*His ridiculous column will stand:* For twenty years, it has been the
central organizing principle of American pseudo-journalism.
Here it is, that central principle:
What a pseudo-scandal is formed by the right, the American journalist must *
never* reveal the flaws of the pseudo-scandal.
In this morning’s Washington Post, David Ignatius works quite hard to bring
himself in line with that creed. Ignatius devotes his entire column to the
Benghazi talking points.
The blatant illogic of his piece is blatantly obvious early on. The blatant
illogic emerges in the... more »
Is Larry Ferlazzo a dingus?
I’m just asking. And I mean this with all due respect. What are the best
ways to spend the last two weeks of school? Why does this question need
answering? What the hell have teachers been doing all these years? Plus,
does Mr. Ferlazzo have any ideas of his own, or is he ALWAYS linking to […]
US Suspends Constitution in Permanent World War on Terror
Dees Illustration Eric Blair
Two disturbing developments have occurred in the last couple of days that
have gone relatively unnoticed compared to the recent IRS, AP, and Benghazi
scandals.
First, the senate is debating an expansion of the already broad powers of
the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) so the U.S. can
essentially engage any area in the world in the war on terror, including
America. Which brings us to the second development: the Pentagon has
recently granted itself police powers on American soil.
Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Sheehan told Cong... more »
TONY BLAIR'S SCHOOLS; CHILD ABUSE RINGS
*Tony Blair*
Tony Blair's old school, the Chorister School at Durham Cathedral, is at
the centre of child sex abuse allegations.
*BLAIR'S OLD SCHOOL SHAMED*
A former pupil claims that the late Canon John Grove, who was headmaster
from 1957 to 1978, abused him, during the late 1950s and 1960s, in his
private quarters and in a school bathroom.
Tony Blair, 60, attended the elite school from 1961 to 1966.
The man, now aged in his 60s, reported the alleged abuse to Durham Police.
Durham Police say that they will NOT be investigating the allegations
because the suspect is dead.
The Ve... more »
HIDDEN OIL WEALTH - TOP POLITICIAN WHISTLEBLOWER
According to Dennis Healey, a former UK Finance Minister:
*1.* Scotland will prosper under independence thanks to North Sea oil.
*2.* London politicians are "worried stiff" about losing the oil money if
Scotland becomes independent.
*3. *The UK Government "underplayed the value of the oil to the country".
The London government does not want people to know the enormous value of
Scotland's oil, in case it leads to the Scots wanting independence.
*Denis Healey: Westminster 'worried stiff' about losing North Sea oil*
*Lord Healey says:*
*"I think they are concerned about Scotland t... more »
The Death Agony of British Toryism
Whether Andrew Feldman really called Tory party activists "mad, swivel-eyed
loons" matters not. For the repugnant and reactionary in the increasingly
depleted Tory associations, it sums up the contempt they feel Dithering
Dave and his increasingly dysfunctional leadership has for the troops. The
hard right hyperbole around Dave's supposed social democratic agenda is
politically illiterate, but condenses a frustration that the PM just isn't
interested in what the dying grass roots have to say about Europe and equal
marriage.
I think it was Engels who said political parties more or ... more »
May 25th, International March against MONSANTO
Event: May 25th, International March against MONSANTO.
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Who'll Stop the Rain?
There
are other things happening in Taiwan besides this idiotic thing with
Phils... there's the depressingly unremitting rain.
We're in our seventh or eighth week of it, and this week has just been
awful. Apple Daily reports roads out all over central and southern
Taiwan:
據《中央社》報導，公路總局說，到中午12時，因坍方中斷的道路，包括：台中市台8線德基、碧綠溪，高雄市的台20線勤和、復興、桃源，南投縣的台21線
新中橫路段國姓、望高、塔塔加及高雄市台21線那瑪夏至五里埔等9路段。公路總局另預警性封閉嘉義縣169線阿里山達邦村及高雄市台21線民權大橋等2路
段。
Road collapses reported in mountain areas of Hwy 8, Hwy 20, Hwy 21, and
Rte
169 over Alishan, among others.
_______________________
[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below!... more »
Majority of Colorado sheriffs join lawsuit against gun control laws
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CIA chief John Brennan makes surprise visit to Israel
What to make of this visit ?
Unannounced meeting with PM Netanyahu and senior Israeli figures comes amid
concerns over Syrian weapons
The CIA chief has made an* unexpected visit* to Israel to meet senior
political and military figures to discuss the deteriorating security
situation in neighbouring Syria.
John Brennan, who took up his post two months ago, met the Israeli prime
minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, defence minister, Moshe Ya'alon, military
chief of staff, Benny Gantz, and Mossad chief, Tamir Pardo, according to
reports in Israel media.
The* unannounced *meetings followed t... more »
IRS Scandal Headlines: More Than Meets the Eye
Dees Illustration Stephen Lendman
More than targeting political enemies is involved. More on than below. The
practice is longstanding. Republican and Democrat administrations use the
IRS abusively.
During the Coolidge administration, Republican Senator James Couzens
investigated the IRS' predecessor - the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon sued him. University of Virginia Law
Professor George Yin called doing so the "greatest tax suit in the history
of the world." At issue was political intrigue, backstabbing, and
unintended consequences.
Frankli... more »
Spies and Lies
When they call upon the expertise of someone like Abdel Bari Atwan or
Ghastly Karma of Exeter Islamic university, the BBC ought to issue a
warning, out of consideration for the unwary listener if such an individual
still remains. It’s a matter of public service and good will. Just a
little health warning, like on cigarette packaging, or at the very least, a
plain wrapper. Just, please don’t introduce them with the sycophantic
classification “expert on, for example, the Middle East”. Please.
As Craig mentioned earlier, and while we’re still talking of conspiracy
theories, Saturday’... more »
Attention Soldiers: Who Do You Serve?
*Adam Kokesh*
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*Citizens worry over new FEMA Flood Maps ~WDSU*
*End of ferry service could mean local jobs in jeopardy ~Meg Gatto*
*Metropolitan and Comprehensive Green Stormwater Strategies, June 5th ~GNOF*
*More than 2,500 attend BioBlitz at Jean Lafitte Park ~Jim Derry*
*Somebody had to do a story: Mother’s Day mayhem will cost New Orleans
millions of dollars*
At the Chalk Face today, starting at 5:30 to 6:30 EST! Two segments
We’re starting at 5:30 talking to the Blue Hat Movement, info here. Then,
Sharon Higgins of Charter School Scandals about the Gulen School movement,
which is the biggest charter chain the US right now. Important stuff.
Listen in. Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: blue
hat, charter school scandals, gulen schools, north […]
Why Obama Will Survive the Equivalent of Five “Watergate Scandals”
Dave Hodges
Mark Twain once talked about history not necessarily repeating, but he
noted that history sure does rhyme.
Richard Nixon was unable to survive one direct hit upon his administration,
namely, the Watergate scandal. Conversely, Obama is facing five scandals
which dwarf Watergate in terms of criminality, abuse of power, malfeasance
of office and outright treason.
The damage inflicted upon the American people by the criminal syndicate
occupying the White House is unparalleled in American history. Yet, Obama
is going to survive and this article will describe how Obama is t... more »
Assessment Time?
This assessment report will be sent home in June to all my first graders,
just as it was in November and January, along with a report card with
letter grades for ELA, MATH, SOCIAL STUDIES, and SCIENCE. In one respect, I
am glad we send this home – at least the parents of our students in grades
[…]
Nigel Wright Falls on His Sword
Stephen Harper must feel isolated. He's shed senators like a mangy dog
loses fur. And now his chief of staff, Nigel Wright, has packed it in,
leaving the PMO under a very large, black cloud.
Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns
Dees Illustration Paul Craig Roberts
Over the past month there has been a statistically improbable concurrence
of events that can only be explained as a conspiracy to protect the dollar
from the Federal Reserve’s policy of Quantitative Easing (QE).
Quantitative Easing is the term given to the Federal Reserve’s policy of
printing 1,000 billion new dollars annually in order to finance the US
budget deficit by purchasing US Treasury bonds and to keep the prices high
of debt-related derivatives on the “banks too big to fail” (BTBF) balance
sheets by purchasing mortgage-backed derivati... more »
Whitewashing Sex Gangs
I don’t expect many people are awake when IPM goes out. Yesterday morning
Jennifer Tracey interviewed an expert on child sex abuse named Lydia
Guthrie. Jennifer Tracey’s voice has a piercing shrillness that can set
ones teeth on edge, but that wasn’t the only startling thing about that
particular harsh awakening. The very reason for the interview was the
heinous crimes of ’nine men’ from Oxford not the University. Ms. Guthrie
proceeded to expand at length on her experiences with the perpetrators of
child sexual offences. However, it soon became obvious that the group she
was t... more »
Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s Candid Remarks about the MMR Vaccine
image source Catherine J. Frompovich
In the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson, and adopted
by the British colonies in 1776, a clause appears that lays down a gauntlet
of sorts, i.e., “when in the course of human events it becomes necessary…”
Well, it seems that Dr. Andrew Wakefield has arrived at necessary
crossroads and has issued challenges to British health authorities
regarding the facts surrounding the MMR vaccine.
In Wakefield’s most recent video, he discusses how sentinel cases of autism
were reported—as documented by Freedom of Information filings—lo... more »
Harper's Parade of Perps with Perks - Part 3
Please welcome Nigel Wright, Steve's chief of staff on loan from Onex Corp
and the latest member of Harper's Parade of Perps with Perks, for secretly
cutting Mike Duffy a $90,000 personal cheque to paper over the senate
investigation and Deloitte audit into Mike Duffy's creative housing expense
claims and reports he billed the Senate for travel while campaigning for
the Cons .
Duffy isn't co-operating with the investigations now he has the cash but
that didn't stop House leader Peter Van Loan from praising him for his
"leadership" in returning money that didn't belong to him.
Duf... more »
House Judiciary Committee drone hearing: one step closer to legislation restricting drone use
Chris Calabrese of the ACLU
delivers his testimony Madison Ruppert
The House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing yesterday examining the
privacy implications of allowing aerial drones into domestic airspace,
setting the stage for potential legislation restricting the use of drones.
While drones are already used across the U.S. by more entities than we know,
by 2015 the airspace will be opened up to much more widespread use. That
said, local law enforcement agencies, Customs and Border Protection, National
Guard units, U.S. Marshals, the military, private entities, colleges a... more »
Too broke, or too disorganized, to keep the national gallery open
The Honduran National Gallery of Art locked its doors this week.
The government hasn’t provided any money since January. Staff haven’t been
paid since November. They finally quit coming to work, and now management
has chained the doors and started packing away some of the works.
The gallery is good. We visited, looking to kill time in Tegucigalpa, the
capital, and liked it.
It’s in a 450-year old convent, a beautiful two-storey building with an
open courtyard. There are about six galleries, and they cover art in
Honduras from pre-Columbian carvings, through the religious art of the
... more »
Adam Kokesh Arrested for Speaking at Pro-Marijuana Demonstration
*Youtube*
Phone bomb 215 686 3388 and demand Adam be released
*Update:* Adam has been taken captive NOT by the Philly Police but by
Federal PARK POLICE. I just spoke with a woman in the Park Police
(215-597-7077) who spoke with her supervisor for me. Her supervisor said
that the Park Police have taken him to 401 NORTH 21st Street which is the
9th District. They do NOT have Positive ID on him right now and if they
can't get positive ID within the next 30-45 minutes they will be taking him
to a near by FEDERAL DETENTION Center. I was told that if people go to
that location they... more »
This is What Winning Looks Like
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Minnesota RepubliCONS - Vindictive Bullies
We had a pretty amazing and historic week here in Minnesota.
A week ago Friday – the house passed the marriage equality bill.
On Monday the Senate passed the marriage equality bill.
On Tuesday at 5pm – the governor signed the marriage equality bill.
And the mainstream media was there every minute of the way – making sure
that the anti-marriage equality people got there two cents of hate on the
TV screen.
But – the mainstream media was not there for the story I am about to tell –
Why – cause the mainstream media in Minneapolis doesn’t report anything
that might upset the RepubliCON... more »
We are vibrational beings... My message to Pentecost
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 9 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/VjpCKZ7cEoY
Have a good Pentecostal Weekend! Do take some time (say: 15 minutes) to
view some or all of this not so technically high quality documentary. It's
the *surprising message* that counts!
John
SUNDAY SONG WITH BONUS TRACK
*A March Song for My Dear Love*
Without Leaving Love, Glory, or Name
Determined to Fight for Democracy to the Last.
With only the Banner of Liberation in the Wind,
Our Comrades Falling Fight.
Not Being in Despair,
Looking Forward to Seeing the Dawn of a New World!
Though Time Passing On,
Our Land Remembering Truth.
Awakening Our Spirit,
Speaking Up Truth.
Making One Step Forward,
So Those Who Survive Follow!
*- **South Korean popular resistance song born from the May 18 Gwangju
Democratization Movement during dictatorship*
Have New Jersey Democrats Finally Found The Right Man To Defeat Bank Shill Extremist Scott Garrett?
As we saw last night, Scott Garrett is a Wall Street shill and one of the
most extremist Republicans left in the Northeast. Unlike New Jersey's
mainstream conservative Republican delegation to Congress-- Frank LoBiondo,
Chris Smith, Jon Runyan, Leonard Lance and Rodney Frelinghuysen-- Garrett
is a hard core right-wing ideologue who's voting record is more in tune
with radical teabaggers from the Old Confederacy than with anyone from New
Jersey. Romney beat Obama in NJ-05-- a district that follows New Jersey's
entire northern border from Hackensack and Paramus up through Mahwah,
Ve... more »
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The Wrong Kind Of Attention
Last week, *Toronto Star* columnist Rick Salutin compared Joe Oliver to
Willy Loman, the woefully misguided drummer in Arthur Miller's play, *Death
of A Salesman*. In Canada's ongoing pipeline saga, Salutin wrote:
Resources Minister Joe Oliver is the Willy Loman of this drama, without
Willy’s panache. His attacks on climate scientist James Hansen or Al Gore
are ludicrous; those two lack any personal, financial interest for
undermining Canadian oil; their sole motive, wrong-headed or not, is saving
the planet. Weak sales strategy, minister.
Willy was not much of a salesman. But he... more »
Waiting for Superman to Tell the Truth? (Don’t Hold Your Breath)
The least accountable among us are those at the top making grand statements
(unverified, unchallenged) used to call for the accountable of everyone
else. I invite you to read carefully Canada’s Legend-ary TED Talk
Lie by Gary Rubinstein to understand how corrosive the “miracle” school
narrative is when it is combined with the cult of personality (Canada as […]
Accidental impartiality?
An amusing turn of events on this morning's edition of Radio 4's *Sunday* came
when Edward Stourton interviewed Michael Sean Winters over the plans of
Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, to boycott Boston College's
commencement ceremony given that Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny is due to
speak at the event and that Cardinal O'Malley believes Mr Kenny to be
"aggressively promoting abortion policy".
This is the type of feature on *Sunday *where a pronounced bias on the
programme's part against social conservatism tends to emerge, so I was
hardly surprised when Edward int... more »
Patent wars - whose boobs are those? Press access - whose reality is that?
PATENT WARS, I cover this in my forthcoming novel Custodian, and here it is
on Coast to Coast a.m.
Stand-in host John B. Wells talks to 'the health ranger' Mike Adams about
the 'corporately-owned BRCA1 gene' that caused Angelina Jolie to
spectacularly de-breast herself recently.
"When you have a child you will owe royalties to a number of Corporate
Entities," Adams outlines an obvious profit-making future scenario. In his
recent article about the Gene Issue he goes on to explain who owns what:
*1) It caused women everywhere to be terrified of breast cancer through the
publishing o... more »
"PEDOPHILE RING KIDNAPPED MADELEINE"
*Madeleine, almost 4 years of age.*
Kate McCann was screaming: "The f*****g bastards have taken her’.
This suggests that Kate may have known that certain 'f*****g bastards' had
previously taken an interest in her daughter Madeleine.
*Kate and Gerry McCann*
Which part of the story have sites such as Wikipedia apparently tried to
hide?
Which part of the story do the trolls not want you to mention?
Here it is:
"British police were told that Madeleine McCann was snatched by an
international paedophile ring which photographed her three days before she
vanished, police files have ... more »
Phils/Taiwan Mess, Take 5: Troublemaker, not Peacemaker edition
*The small, upscale farmers market in front of the Splendor Hotel in
downtown Taichung.*
*"We want to be a responsible stakeholder in the world, meaning that we
should be a peacemaker, not a troublemaker." Ma Ying-jeou, April, 2008*
Yes, all over East Asia stupidity meters are exploding. The madness has
gone mainstream, with the big media slowly weighing in with reports that
Something is Happening Out Here and it is important, although of course not
nearly as important as the latest adjustments to Kim Kardashian's tits.
One of the sharpest observers of Taiwan affairs I know put th... more »
May 18, 1973
Another big day. The Watergate Committee hearings continue. The most
important development of the day, however, is that Elliot Richardson has
now chosen a Special Prosecutor: John Kennedy's old Solicitor General,
Archibald Cox.
Earlier in the day, in his Executive Office Building hideaway, the
president meets with his old chief of staff.
President Nixon: [...] Bob, ... tell me the honest-to-God truth, were we
trying to get [CIA's Vernon] Walters and [Acting FBI Director Pat] Gray put
together (unintelligible)? If we were, I need to know it...
Haldeman: ... [There] was that one meet... more »
Your moment of Zen
A study in fiber. [Aditya Vardhan Tibrewala photo]
[click to embiggen]
Republicans Move To Repay Wall Street For All Those Nice Big Bribes
"What
do you expect? 'Crook' is my middle name"
Last election cycle the Wall Street banksters poured $83,722,946 into
campaign contributions for congressional candidates, $55,447,942 for
Republicans and $28,077,244 for Democrats. Their #1 agenda item was to
get
Congress to further water down Dodd Frank. The House did just
thatyesterday with Scott Garrett's (more on him tomorrow morning) H.R.
1062,
the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. I should probably mention that,
aside from Boehner ($1,415,075) and Cantor ($902,400), Garrett took in
more
legalistic bribes from the banksters than a... more »
Wild Bill: How to wreck the military...
*the libtards are doing a great job.*
O.A.S. Drug Review a "Game Changer"
The Organization of American States has issued a report on global drugs
policy that, some believe, could lead to the end of blanket prohibition.
*Publication of the Organisation of American States (OAS) review,
commissioned at last year's Cartagena Summit of the Americas attended by Barack
Obama, reflects growing dissatisfaction among Latin American countries with
the current global policy on illicit drugs. It spells out the effects of
the policy on many countries and examines what the global drugs trade will
look like if the status quo continues. It notes how rapidly countries'
uni... more »
random notes from ronda
We have seen many happy, well-cared-for dogs on this trip, dogs of all
shapes and sizes, all obviously loved. We have seen no street dogs. There
are some feral cats living in the Alhambra. That is always sad to see. But
the street dogs that have broken our hearts in Mexico and Peru and
elsewhere do not seem to be in Spain, at least not where we have been.
* * * *
On the drive from Barcelona to Granada, I realized that we brought no music
with us. We never even thought of it. I blipped through radio stations,
even though I knew it would be useless. Radio sounds exactly the same,
reg... more »
grenada to ronda / ronda
We changed our plans, then changed them again. Originally, we had pencilled
in a drive to the very southern tip of Spain, where on a clear day you can
see Morocco, and where there is a supposedly wonderfully intact set of
Roman ruins, Baelo Claudio.
From the start, I was skeptical that we could do this and still do
everything else on our wish-list. I think Allan had forgotten how
everything takes longer than you think it's going to, and how sleeping in a
different town every night can mean not seeing anything very well. In
Granada, it was time to firm up the flexible spots in our it... more »
"How It Really Is"
The Roman poet Juvenal asked, “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
(“Who will guard the guards themselves?”) Still a good question...
- CP
“Wal-Mart Warns Of Economic Disaster… Are You Prepared?”
* “Wal-Mart Warns Of Economic Disaster… Are You Prepared?”*
by Phoenix Capital Research
“If you want to get a sense of what’s happening in the world, your best
bet is to ignore Government data and focus on corporate revenues. Why
revenues? Because earnings can be massaged any number of ways (depreciation
methods, laying off staff to cut costs, depletion of loan loss reserves for
banks, etc.). But you cannot fake actual money coming in the door.
With that in mind, I want to draw your attention to the recent drop in
corporate revenues at a number of corporations including Procto... more »
SETTING THE STAGE FOR MORE WAR
A Pentagon official predicted Thursday the war against al-Qaeda and its
affiliates could last up to 20 more years. The comment came during a Senate
hearing revisiting the Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF,
enacted by Congress days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. At the
hearing, Pentagon officials claimed the AUMF gives the president power to
wage endless war anywhere in the world, including in Syria, Yemen and the
Congo. "This is the most astounding and most astoundingly disturbing
hearing that I’ve been to since I’ve been here," said Independent Sen.
Angus Kin... more »
"Life's Tough..."
“Life’s tough… it’s even tougher if you’re stupid.”
- John Wayne
CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT WAR
*This drum belonged to long-time Maine VFP founding member Tom Sturtevant
who passed away in 2012. Our chapter is now named after Tom. When ever we
gather we always hold Tom close to our heart. In this photo his son-in-law
presents the drum to our chapter.*
- I attended the Maine Veterans for Peace war trauma symposium held
today in Portland. Dr. Paula Caplan was the keynote speaker. She is a
clinical and research psychologist currently serving as an Associate at
Harvard University's DuBois Institute. She has been working to change the
language we use to descri... more »
TV Watch: "Maron" revisited, following an absolutely terrific Episode 3
*Off-the-Marc: Episode 3* (view clip at link)
*Look who shows up at Marc's door!* *Says Marc: "The character in the show
is not exactly my father. My dad's name is Barry; the character in the show
is Larry. My father is more frightening than Judd Hirsch." However, Marc
assures us in "Off-the-Marc: Episode 3" (here's the link again) that all
the stories attributed here to "Larry" Maron, such as the incident when he
ran over Marc's ankle with his car, can be properly credited to Barry M.*
*by Ken*
I've made the point often enough: I'm suspicious when shows are said to
come together ... more »
Rudolf Steiner On Cultivating The Higher Organs
Below is an excerpt from Rudolf Steiner's book, *"Theosophy: An
Introduction to the Spiritual Processes in Human Life and in the
Cosmos."*1994. Anthroposophic Press: Hudson, New York. Pg. 96-99.
"Within our body, our eyes and ears develop as organs of perception, as
senses for bodily processes. Similarly, we can develop soul and
spiritual
organs of perception that will open up soul and spirit worlds to us. For
anyone who does not have such higher senses, these worlds are dark and
silent, just as the physical world is dark and silent to a being without
eyes and ears. However, we r... more »
Egyptian Music Video About The Betrayal of the Muslim Brotherhood
An excerpt from the article, *"Brotherhood loses the middle class,"* by
Azmi Ashour, published in Al-Ahram on December 5, 2012:
Anyone who watched the million-man marches in Tahrir and other Egyptian
cities on 23, 27 and 30 November (which is to say three huge mass protest
demonstrations in a single week) can easily observe the change in the
composition of the revolutionary crowds. The middle class, which is
generally more moderate and less activist than the revolutionary youth,
added their numbers to Tahrir and other major squares in the country. Their
anxieties as to where the Mus... more »
#Blended Learning is cheap learning, isn’t it? #edtech
This isn’t a reaction to anything in particular, but when I do happen to
glance at something about “Blended learning,” I always feel like advocates
want to get the same learning for half the price. Technology in this
instance means to replace certain more expensive teaching functions with
videos and other nonsense. When the private […]
Sanity Break: Photos of Taiwan from before the Boom
For those of you wanting a sanity break from the Phils/Taiwan stupidity,
BusinessInsider.com has a great collection of photos taken in 1980.
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Oil Companies Prove they are Stupid - No Business Acumen
One month ago
Gas prices in Minneapolis were
$3.42 a gallon
Today Minnesota gas prices are the highest in the United States
$4.39 a gallon
*Gas went up*
*97 cents a gallon*
*in one month*
Earlier this week Sen. Amy Klobuchar called on the Department of Energy to
take action.
“This spike in gas prices is hurting families, businesses and farmers
across Minnesota and disrupting commerce,” Klobuchar had said. “Scheduled
maintenance at refineries should not be allowed to cause such major
disruptions in supply.
That was a nice gesture.
Absolute waste of time - the oil companies don'... more »
'The Protocols' by Douglas Reed
*Extract from Reed's "The Controversy of Zion"*
*
*
*Chapter 27*
The “Protocols”
While Zionism thus took shape in the Eastern ghettoes during the last
century and at the start of this one emerged as a new force in
international affairs (when the British Government offered it Uganda), the
world-revolution, in those same Talmudic areas, prepared its third
“eruption.” The two forces moved forward together in synchronization (for
Zionism, as has been shown, used the threat of Communism in Europe to gain
the ear of European rulers for its territorial demand outsideEurope). It
was as i... more »
Saturday Stand Up--Pete Holmes
Last month old Petey Pants was down under and he did a set for Australian
TV.
Gaia Portal: High Energies Encompass the Planet at this Moment
High Energies Encompass the Planet at this Moment
by ÉirePort
High energies encompass the planet at this moment. High Energies of guided
movement, both within and without, proceed with all who are imbued with
Gaia service.
Striking movements occur within short time periods, but with ease. Such is
the nature of Gaia-guided and Gaia-coordinated motion.
Solar and Cosmic influxes harmonize with the current Gaia High Energies,
causing many, who have not experienced such, to resonate with clarity of
purpose.
Resonance is key to next steps. Following Inner Resonance brings Inner
Peace... more »
Friedrich Hölderlin - To Hope
Related:
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Love*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Gods*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Time of Socrates*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - To the Sun-God*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Ganymede*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Vulcan*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Blind Singer*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Sung Beneath the Alps*.
Source: *Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin. Translated by Maxine
Chernoff and Paul Hoover.* 2008. Omnidawn Publishing: Richmond, California.
Pg*. *165.
Hope! Sweet industrious one
Who doesn't scorn the house of grief,
Serves happily, noble on... more »
Untitled
*Deborah "Big Red" Cotton: an appreciation ~Kevin Allman, Gambit *
*Second-lining’s silver lining: mainstream embrace of our cultural exotica ~C.W.Cannon,
The Lens*
I'll take self-serving traffic baiting for $1000 Alex
I love Alex Pareene. I wouldn't have thought him capable of writing such a
mean-spirited tirade against Media Matters for trying to break through the
knee jerk defense of AP going on among the big name stars of the media
insiders and inject some much needed perspective.
Let's review the facts one more time. The AP didn't break the second coming
of The Pentagon Papers with their story. They exposed an important
counter-terrorism operation based solely on leaked information which
ultimately led to to the outing of a CIA asset who had infiltrated an
active terrorist group. Jack Shafer... more »
On Stock Investing
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *NY Times*.
How Buck McKeon's Mormonism Played Right Into The Military Rape Epidemic Coverup
Last summer the cover-up of the epidemic of military rapes at Lackland--
engineered by House Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon-- began
to unravel, due, primarily, to the tireless efforts by Protect Our
Defenders. POD battled McKeon's determination to cover up the scandal and
keep it out of the public view. At all times, he insisted on closed
briefings rather than the public hearings this kind of scandal demanded.
And who was McKeon's point person on the Committee, with his own peculiar
take on rape? Todd Akin, of course. It was two of Congress' most backward,
patriarc... more »
For no raisin
While we try to block the triumph of meat-headed provincial fascism in
Britain you never know we might not win and may have to flee for our lives.
Here are some names you could use for your fake passport, you never know,
they might work:
Dr Jordan Edilstein
Professor Baxter
Krispy Kreme McDonalds
Kevin Bacon
Horse Renoir
Predator
Chilly
Cousin Phil
Parker Peters
Laura Vanderbooben
Luke Fondleberg
Scotch Bingington
Sholanda Dykes
Mr Mustachos
Warren Beanstalk
Ricky Spanish
Conservatives on Crack
You know, I've said elsewhere that given the fact that US-American
right-wingers have embraced draft-dodging, adopted daughter banging, brood
of abandoned children spawning, intellectual and moral degenerate Ted
Nugent as one of their own, simply for his gun-loving, vegetarian-loving,
chickenhawk ways, ... it seems entirely plausible that Canadian
"conservatives" would stand by their boy Rob Ford even if the alleged crack
smoking video was released and played for them on a giant IMAX screen.
But just for the record (not like it matters given their hypocrisy and
stubborn loyalty to ... more »
The value of gold is being supressed by at lease 14 colluding traders of paper gold. Paul Craig Roberts: "This was an attack ordered by the Federal Reserve, which is why there is no investigation of the illegality." "[This] tells us that the Federal Reserve sees no way out of printing money in order to support the federal deficit and the insolvent banks. If the dollar came under attack and the Federal Reserve had to stop printing dollars, interest rates would rise. The bond and stock markets would collapse. The dollar would be abandoned as reserve currency. Washington would no longer be able to pay its bills and would lose its hegemony." "The dollar’s demise awaits the world’s decision how to get out of it. The Federal Reserve can print dollars with which to keep the bond and stock markets high, but the Federal Reserve cannot print foreign currencies with which to keep the dollar afloat."
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*Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns — Paul Craig Roberts*
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Over the past month there has been a statistically improbable concurrence
of events that can only be explained as a conspiracy to protect the dollar
from the Federal Reserve’s policy of Quantitative Easing (QE).
Quantitative Easing is the term given to the Federal Reserve’s policy of
printing 1,000 billion new dollars ... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Barack Obama's Gallup approval rating is back to 51% today, which is back
up to the upper part of the range it's been in for the last couple of
months. I'm ready to say that the feeding frenzy of this week didn't matter.
There's some sign that the AP warrants may turn out to really matter in
policy. I'm going to go ahead and guess it will, so I'll say that that one
matters.
Disagree? Have something else? What do you think mattered this week?
Athabasca Bitumen and the Koch Bros' Gift to Windsor, Ontario
This might be why Alberta isn't too crazy about refining Athabasca bitumen
on site and why British Columbia should reject the proposal to refine it in
Kitimat.
"This" is a 3-storey high, city block sized pile of bitumen coke steadily
growing ever larger across the Detroit River from Windsor's waterfront
Assumption Park. The stuff belongs to Koch Carbon, one of David and
Charlie's operations of course. In terms of emissions, even Alberta won't
touch it. That's why Koch Carbon looks to peddle the stuff overseas.
How does all this garbage get from Athabasca to Detroit? You guess... more »
UPDATE: NY 3rd Graders Under Investigation
According the local paper in Albany, New York, the teacher of the students
has been put on administrative leave and the investigation continues.
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/School-s-exams-under-scrutiny-4527051.php
If the Test Security Unit decide that cheating took place, the teacher
could be charged with a misdemeanor. Let me repeat that: a misdemeanor. I
want to know more. The state […]
Rebuilding the New Jersey coastline, but at what cost? – ‘Do you really want to throw good money after bad?’
[image: An aerial view of beachfront homes in Mantoloking, New Jersey.
Photo: Richard Perry / The New York Times]
By JENNY ANDERSON
18 May 2013
(The New York Times) – When a handful of retired homeowners from Osborn
Island in New Jersey gathered last month to discuss post-Hurricane Sandy
rebuilding and environmental protection, L. Stanton Hales Jr., a
conservationist, could not have been clearer about the risks they faced.
“I said, look people, you built on a marsh island, it’s oxidizing under
your feet — it’s shrinking — and that exacerbates the sea level rise,” said
Dr. Hales... more »
Satire: “Obama Denies Role In Government”
* “Obama Denies Role In Government”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “President Obama used his weekly radio
address on Saturday to reassure the American people that he has “played no
role whatsoever” in the U.S. government over the past four years. “Right
now, many of you are angry at the government, and no one is angrier than I
am,” he said. “Quite frankly, I am glad that I have had no involvement in
such an organization.”
The President’s outrage only increased, he said, when he “recently became
aware of a part of that government called the Department of Just... more »
It's just your dirty mind...
You should be ashamed of yourself!
*Thanks to * VixxyLix / Victoria for the image.
Republicans Led By John Kline (R-MN) Voted Down Elizabeth Warren's Plan To Lower Student Interest Rates
After watching him as a freshman senator, I never believed Obama would
be a
vehicle for Hope and Change. I voted for him in 2008 anyway. I couldn't
force myself to do it again last November. Elizabeth Warren, on the
other
hand, is someone who I have actually bought into right from the start. I
donated to her campaign and helped promote her cause. This week, her
first
proposed legislation has made me-- and thousands of others across the
country who backed her-- proud. The Bank on Students Loan Fairness
Actwould lower student loan interest rates for one year from 3.4% to
0.75% --
th... more »
Graph of the Day: Insured catastrophe losses, 1970-2012
[image: Insured catastrophe losses, 1970-2012. Nine disasters triggered
insured losses of USD 1 billion or more in 2012. For the first time since
2008, a hurricane – Sandy – was the costliest event with insured losses of
USD 35 billion. Graphic: Swiss Re]
ZURICH, 27 March 2013 (Swiss Re) – Natural catastrophes and man-made
disasters cost society about USD 186 billion in 2012. Most of the losses
were due to Hurricane Sandy, which devastated the northeastern coast of the
US. The storm also affected the Caribbean and Canada, making it the largest
North Atlantic hurricane on record i... more »
During the 2011 Federal Election Senator Wallin Defended Her Conservative Party Campaign Fundraising Activities. Here's What She Said ...
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*The following email was sent by Senator Pam Wallin to Postmedia News on
April 15, 2011:*
*I am in Saskatchewan supporting our MP’s who are seeking re-election. The
NDP opposes the existence of the Senate so any comments or criticism they
might have must be looked at in that light. They would not likely support
or agree with anything we do as they deny our constitutional role as an
integral party of our parliamentary system. *
*Pamela*
*Pure Conservative snark. When questioned (gently) by the MSM, she used the
usual Conservative tactic and attacked ... more »
Blame it on the inane
As if there weren't enough pseudoscandals to go around, our very useful
media eagerly embraced the most inane fauxtroversy since flag pins with
Umbrellapalooza. This loser was initially pitched by Griftzilla of the
Great White North, Sarah Palin who spewed out some word salad on Facebook.
No, I didn't read it, but here's the quote making the rounds:
Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own
umbrellas.
You mean like this, Princess Dimwit? [via]
Meanwhile, I saw WaPo's Karen Tumulty saying this was a very important
story, because bad optics! Swear ... more »
A black 3-story pile of Canada oil waste is rising over Detroit – ‘The dirtiest residue from the dirtiest oil on earth’
[image: image]
By IAN AUSTEN
17 May 2013
WINDSOR, Ontario (The New York Times) – Assumption Park gives residents of
this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline.
Lately they’ve been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of
petroleum coke covering an entire city block on the other side of the
Detroit River.
Detroit’s ever-growing black mountain is the unloved, unwanted and long
overlooked byproduct of Canada’s oil sands boom.
And no one knows quite what to do about it, except Koch Carbon, which owns
it.
The company is controlled by Charles a... more »
Ignosce mihi, listener, quia peccavi
*Biased BBC**'*s David Preiser has been patiently and painstakingly laying
out the latest scandals to self-inflict the Obama White House for many
months now. His readers tend to be forewarned about most major U.S. stories
which don't initially seem to interest American-based BBC reporters (for
whatever reason). His readers are also rarely surprised when these stories
finally break and take the world by storm.
Those scandals - which may also have been registering on the BBC's radar
for quite some time, though the BBC seems not to have noticed them out of
the corner of their (biase... more »
Canada government increases advertising spend on tar sands from $9 million to $16.5 million
[image: Aerial view of Athabasca tar sands upgrader in winter. Photo: Garth
Lenz]
By Suzanne Goldenberg
16 May 2013
(The Guardian) – The Canadian government has nearly doubled its advertising
spending to promote the Alberta tar sands in an aggressive new lobbying
push ahead of Thursday's visit to New York by the prime minister, Stephen
Harper.
The Harper government has increased its advertising spending on the Alberta
tar sands to $16.5m from $9m a year ago.
The Canadian Press news agency, which first reported on the increase in
advertising spending by the Department of Natural... more »
Decline of Arctic foxes linked to mercury exposure
[image: Sampling localities and health condition of Mednyi Island arctic
foxes. aLocalities from which samples were derived are shown by black dots
in panel A. The number of samples taken at each Mednyi Island location site
vary by dot size as indicated. A refers to the Commander Island and B
Iceland which are then shown relative to their circumpolar location. Panel
B shows an image representing two Mednyi Island foxes demonstrating
different health status. The fox on the left (red ear tag) is underweight
with poor coat condition and the fox on the right (blue ear tag) presents
go... more »
Mayor Stupid, the Star, and another question | #TOpoli
Mr. Ford, your accusation of a vendetta is, to use your word, ridiculous.
Toronto is entitled to straight answers to straight questions, and here are
a few being asked in your city right now over this holiday weekend:
- Do you understand why this damning videotape requires a proper and
thoughtful explanation?
- Have you ever smoked crack cocaine?
- How well do you know the men in the photograph that appeared on
Friday’s front page? Did you know the man who was subsequently shot dead?
- Did you refer to Justin Trudeau by a homosexual slur?
- Did you refer to you... more »
A Balanced Approach to Sadism
Now that studies show that government austerity policies are actually killing
people, and that record poverty is immiserating one in five American
families, most of whom qualify for government nutrition assistance, what do
you think House Democrats will do about it?
For starters, they're willing to cut more than $20 billion from the food
stamp program (now known as SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program.) This is on top of the $4 billion cut already approved by the
Senate. And wow, did those Democrats ever save the day or what? since Tea
Party sweetheart Rand Paul had ju... more »
Study finds use of dispersants can increase oil penetration into sandy marine sediments
[image: Aerial spraying of chemical dispersants in the Gulf. Photo:
seanetters.wordpress.com]
By Keith Bromery
16 May 2013
(FSU) – A Florida State University researcher working as part of the Gulf
of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) investigated the effects of
dispersants on the movement of crude oil through water-saturated marine
sand and found that dispersants potentially facilitate penetration of oil
components into the seabed, where oxygen concentrations may affect the
degradation of the oil.
Experiments using sand-filled columns ranging from 10 to 50 centimeters in
lengt... more »
Exporting Liquified Natural Gas
Mufson, S. (May 17, 2013) Energy Department approves expanded LNG
exports.
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/energy-department-approves-expanded-lng-exports/2013/05/17/3bd3ff04-bf21-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
[Excerpted]
Producers of natural gas and supporters of free trade have
urged the Obama administration to approve LNG export facilities. But
environmentalists fear that it will provide incentives for a new wave of
drilling in places such as Pennsylvania. [end]
Majia here: The fracking frenzy which is depleting and conta... more »
Agriculture under assault as climate heats up – ‘We are in the midst of dramatic assault on the security of the food supply’
[image: A soggy, rain-soaked cornfield sits unplanted in Farmingdale,
Illinois, 13 May 2013, after weeks of constant rain kept central
Illinois
farmers from seeding their ground. After a drought, now rain is the
problem, and the soggy fields means Midwest farmers have little time to
decide what to plant this year. Photo: Seth Perlman / AP]
By Bill Briggs
16 May 2013
(NBC News) – American eaters, let’s talk about the birds and the bees:
The
U.S. food supply – from chickens injected with arsenic to dying bee
colonies– is under unprecedented siege from a blitz of man-made hazards,
mea... more »
Is the Senate Independent Auditor Independent?
The giant accounting firm, Deloitte, was retained to conduct a forensic
audit of the expenses claimed by specific senators. In three cases there
were questions of whether the individuals were in fact entitled to the
extra housing allowance the senate provides to members not from Ottawa and
environs.
And then, because her travel expenses seemed out of line, they also looked
into the spending/reiumbursement of senator Pam Wallin of Wadena,
Saskatchewan.
Something happened yesterday that raises new questions - this time
concerning the auditor, Deloitte, in its audit of Pam Wallin.... more »
Bringing Out the Long Knives
May 18, 2013 Trying to keep up with the plethora of “scandals” and
“investigations” carried out in Congress this week, I wondered if this had
been what life was like in the Roman Empire as, passing its peak, overreach
… Continue reading →
Dateline Europe
*Dateline London *continues down its familiar path, unfortunately.
Today's discussion opened with the question of Britain's membership of the
EU and the Conservatives. As Gavin Esler framed the question in his
introductory remarks:
Britain in or out of Europe? Is the Euro-debate helping or hurting the
Conservatives?
When the panel was introduced I doubt I would have been alone in expecting
to see someone of a Eurosceptic, right-wing persuasion as one of the
programme's guests. Alas, it wasn't to be. Alongside the American liberal
Michael Goldfarb, Mina al Oraibi of the Saudi-bac... more »
Michelle Rhee Is … Tiger Woods!
Who’d a guessed it? Michelle Rhee is not Tiger Mom. She’s TIGER WOODS!: “My
answer: I keep my eye on the ball.” —- Handy-dandy take-home quiz to share!
High-Stakes, “No Excuses” Quiz of the Day Complete the following: Michelle
Rhee is Tiger (a) Mom (b) Milk (c) Lily (d) Woods ANSWER KEY Filed under:
PAUL THOMAS: […]
granada
The previous night, when we finally found the hotel, I asked about tickets
to the Alhambra. We had read in the guidebook that only a certain number of
tickets are issued for every entrance time, and going up there without
tickets is not advised. As it turns out, every hotel in town has a certain
number of tickets they can sell to guests. The hotel's computer showed how
many tickets were available for each hour. We purposely booked late in the
day, both to avoid massive crowds and to give ourselves a break. Our friend
at the desk also gave us detailed instructions on how to collect ou... more »
BULLROAR OVER BENGHAZI: Still going!
*SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013*
*And looking ahead to next week:* Below, we’ll offer three major takeaways
from this past week of bullroar concerning Benghazi.
At the risk of repetition, our first takeaway will be this:
*Your press corps simply cannt reed reel gudd:* Eight days ago, ABC News
released twelve versions of the now-famous “talking points” concerning
Benghazi. To read that report, just click here.
Among the discoveries: In its first proposed version of this white paper,
the CIA had included this paragraph: “Initial press reporting linked the
attack to Ansar al-Sharia. The group... more »
Avoidable risk in West, Texas
Every facility is perfectly safe until something goes bang. That
unfortunate day is a simple function of probability and time. My real point
is that you can truly measure the risk and you can license containment for
starters.
Better yet you can charge a surcharge on critical chemicals based on its
containment history and include imports to impose our standards overseas.
Everything in the Texas blast was safe provided a proper blast berm was in
place. You can not stop accidents, but you can certainly mitigate their
effects rather well. We have been doing this with gun powd... more »
Increasing Average Human Intelligence
This is a powerful thesis. It is also a powerful endorsement of our core
agenda for this blog. That this agenda is as critical as I could imagine
comes as a surprise.
What we are reaching for is a universal human lifeway that produces
healthy fully nurtured human beings. That this also resolves long standing
mental dysfunctions is now obvious. It adds to the wow factor.
The bottom line is that we can create a completely healthy civilization
using my approach to terraforming Terra that is weighted to increasing
human intelligence and capability.
*Consciousness an... more »
Fabled Lost City Discovered in Honduras
Another major city has been found and it is noteworthy that the real scope
of these civilizations is becoming progressively accepted. I have put out a
conjecture that the plausible population of precontact Americas approached
100 million. This item shows us that the amazon could be 20 millions.
Now I also do not think that it actually reached 100 million but do think
that the lower bound is also much higher than 20 million.
The only thing capable of decimating this population long before serious
contact would be a disease like the bird flu. We have generally blamed
human ... more »
Interstellar Hydrogen Clouds Confirmed
I have expected to find many additional proto galaxies that just have not
fully coalesced as yet. It appears we are now developing the ability to
find them. Other explanations are been suggested, but the process of
coalescence is sufficient to produce plenty of new galaxies on a continuing
basis.
It also confirms that intergalactic matter is conforming to the idea of an
homogenous initial state if this all holds up.
At least we now know that massive amounts of hydrogen is out there in
interstellar space.
*Mysterious hydrogen clouds detected in space, puzzling scient... more »
Untitled
*Four remain hospitalized following Mother's Day shooting ~WVUE*
*New Orleans parade shooting: Arrests show city's reworked approach to
policing ~Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor*
*Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered ~Kevin McGill*
*N.O. Council OKs demolition at Iberville housing project ~Danny Monteverde*
*Millions of taxpayer dollars spent to move homes that are now decaying ~WWL
*
*River watch continues along Atchafalaya, Mississippi*
*The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — The Master Plan ~Bob Marshall*
Corruption Endemic
Norris, F. (2013, May 17) A Troubling Survey on Corruption. The New York
Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/business/economy/a-troubling-survey-on-global-corruption.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130518&_r=0
[Excerpted]
A new survey of corporate officials and employees in 36
countries — in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as India —
indicates that there is plenty of corruption that needs investigating.
Over all, 20 percent of the respondents said they knew of incidents at
their own companies within the previous year that could be construed as
cooking the bo... more »
War on Terror - Sibel Edmonds reveals US ties to Al Qaeda Chiefs , spiked articles , oficial cover ups / treason , Al Qaeda - Enemy or Asset ( in light of Libya and Syria , this is probably a rhetorical question now.. ) Gladio B - and a vast conspiracy of criminal activities ? In light of Sibel Edmonds revelations , when does the premise behind the forever War on Terror get questioned ?
http://www.infowars.com/why-was-a-sunday-times-report-on-us-government-ties-to-al-qaeda-chief-spiked/
Why was a Sunday Times report on US government ties to al-Qaeda chief
spiked?
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Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones'
Facebook][image: Infowars store]
*Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed*
Cease Fire
May 18, 2013
A whistleblower has revealed extraordinary information on the U.S.
government’s support for international terrorist networks and organised
crime. The government has denied the al... more »
TBS Cam of Daiichi Still Obscured, Tepco Cam Screen Shot Below
Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
I will be away from my computer all day today and will not be able to
check
cams
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US Bond market in focus as the Debt Ceiling returns ( drop dead date September 2 ) , rising bond yields putting the lie to the quaint notion that the deficit isn't rising at its usual and customary rate ? Goldman says no tapering by the Fed just yet ....
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?blog=Market-Ticker&page=2
To The Media: Stop Sucking Obama On The Debt
This is completely out of hand. The media continues to cite the so-called
"expectation" that Treasury will run "only" a $600-odd billion deficit this
year, and they cite this as source:
This shows ~$488 billion in operational deficits from October 1st to April
30th.
There's a problem with this number however -- *it does not reflect reality*.
*In other words it is a bald and intentional lie.*
This reflects the truth:
What is that? It's simply a reproduction of the Debt To The... more »
I'm So Tired...........
Reblogged from An Antique Teacher: I'm not just tired..........I AM
EXHAUSTED! It's observation time for me and that means aligning a lesson to
the Common BORE Standards, completing all the required paperwork, preparing
the lesson, and using a prep period for my Pre-Observation Conference. Let
me make this very clear: I am NOT opposed to […]
Arizona Republican Jim Kolbe Is Getting Gay-Married Today
Kolbe and Foley
Former eleven-term Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) has been "living in sin"
with his Panamanian lover, Hector Alfonso, for eight years. Today they will
legally wed at the Cosmos Club in DC. (It's still illegal for same sex
couples to marry in Arizona, although recent polling shows 55% of Arizonans
support marriage equality.) Kolbe is the first gay congressman who voted
for DOMA in 1996 to get married. Back then, Kolbe was a closeted mainstream
conservative-- one of many in the House Republican caucus who, for one
reason or another-- felt they had to vote against the inte... more »
A Culture Of Entitlement
Following the news that Pamela Wallin has resigned from the Conservative
caucus, Andrew Coyne takes a hard look at the Mike Duffy fiasco:
So Duffy’s behaviour is not the issue. The issue is the culture that
enabled it. The Tories may find it expedient to disown him now, but it
wasn’t five minutes ago they were cheering him to the rafters, inviting him
to campaign in their ridings and defending him in public, long after his
misconduct was known. Expelling him from caucus at this late date changes
nothing. The time to discipline him was when when he was first caught out,
not after e... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Morning Report - May 15 , 2013
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-15/producer-prices-plunge-empire-fed-slides-first-negative-print-january
( Deflation signs anyone ? PM selloff could worsen off this report.... )
Producer Prices Plunge, Empire Fed Slides To First Negative Print Since
January
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/15/2013 08:48 -0400
- BLS
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- E-Trade
- Empire State Manufacturing
One of these days we might just get a positive economic print, of the kind
that the meandering Tepper was saying is visible everywhere now. Just ... more »
Ways to discover matrix string theory
*...more precisely screwing string theory...*
The 5,250+ TRF blog entries discuss various topics, mostly scientific ones,
including minor advances. However, there isn't any text on this website
that would talk about matrix string theory (inpendently found 2 months laterby a herald
who inaugurated the new Dutch king and an ex-co-author of mine along with
two twins).
If you search for the closest topic, you will find one article about Matrix
theory published a year ago and a supplement about membranes in Matrix
theory that was added a week later.
But now we want to talk about m... more »
DEMI AND NIRVANA; CHILD ABUSE RING
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*Demi*
*
*The world-centre of child sexual abuse would appear to be Holland.
Countries such as Thailand have often copied Holland.
*The following is from:* *Mr. Ben van den Brink*:
*According to Ben van den Brink:*
*1.* In 2009, Ben discovers that his two daughters, Demi and Nirvana, are
being abused by Ype Minkema, his wife's father.
Ben's wife is Leonie Minkema.
The girls, Demi and Nirvana, are also being abused by members of the child
abuse ring to which Ype belongs.
Leonie tells Ben that she has been abused by her father, Ype, and others.
*Schoorl - alleged site of child... more »
Testing Support for TFA and KIPP: Whose Children Matter?
Testing Support for TFA and KIPP: Whose Children Matter? During the first
years of the Obama administration, Secretary Arne Duncan has risen to the
forefront of public debates about education reform, paralleling the growing
public nature of that debate that includes the entrepreneur reformers such
as Bill Gates and Geoffrey Canada along with a harbinger […]
President is right to veto Martin Putna's professorship
What is the most intensely discussed event in the Czech news these days?
Czech president Miloš Zeman decided to reject the recommendation of an
academic council at the Charles University and not to name Dr Martin C.
Putna as a full professor. The title "professor" is supposed to be somewhat
more special in Czechia because the people with this proper title are named
by the president of the country personally. In some sense, they're more
analogous to the holders of the National Medal of Science. Like the
amnesty, pardons, and members of the constitutional courts, the ability to
influe... more »
Today
Some initial impressions of this morning's *Today *programme, with John
Humphrys and Justin Webb...
I'm listening to* Today *all the way through this morning. They are leading
with the harsh criticism of Michael Gove by a "moderate" teaching union
(the word used by BBC reporter Luke Walton), just as the BBC News website
is leading with the story. Is this evidence of bias? Let's just check the
ITV News website. No, it's their second story, so they think it's a big
deal too. That said, the Sky News website is paying no attention to the
story and the *Daily Mail *doesn't think it's ... more »
May 17, 1973
Sorry, I ducked out and took a little break after all the craziness of
March and April. But back to it now.
What's been happening?
In early May, the "Kissinger taps" were back -- it turned out that Daniel
Ellsberg had in fact been recorded, despite all previous denials. That was,
finally, the last straw for Judge Byrne: he dismissed all charges against
Ellsberg.
Vernon Walters, it turns out, wrote a series of memos about the White House
approach to the CIA in the early days of the cover-up; now the prosecutors
are preparing to interview him. The White House has the memos, which
c... more »
Some Light Reading For Saturday [Plus Breakdown on The Situation In Syria]
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*Breakdown on The Situation In Syria:*
The Obama administration is supplying weapons and money to Al-Qaeda
terrorists in Syria in order to create chaos, destroy its economy, disrupt
the regional peace, keep the central state occupied with security problems
for years to come, and, finally, to be able to present invented excuses to
the world to justify the invasion of another Middle Eastern nation.
Assad is no butcher. He is simply defending his country from an empire gone
mad and thousands of Jihadist terrorists who can't tell their head from
their ass.
If you're looking fo... more »
It’s official: thanks to Stephen Hawking’s Israel boycott, anti-Semitism is no more – Howard Jacobson | Engage - the anti-racist campaign against antisemitism
' Why is Israel alone of all offending countries to be boycotted?
Perhaps
because it's that offending country which also just happens to be
Jewish?'
More here
http://engageonline.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/its-official-thanks-to-stephen-hawkings-israel-boycott-anti-semitism-is-no-more-howard-jacobson/
Friday Baseball Post
It wasn't enough to do a whole cranky blogging thing about, but the NYT
Sunday Review thing of people doing a column hooked to their new book --
which has made for quite a few very useless Sunday Review items -- seems to
have leaked over onto the sports pages. In this case, this past Sunday, Tom
Clavin, who has a book coming out on the DiMaggio brothers, was given the
opportunity to argue for Dom DiMaggio as a HOFer. It's full of the cherry
picking you expect from this sort of thing:
During his 10 full seasons, he totaled 1,679 base hits, more than any other
major leaguer in that ti... more »
Did We Think … We Canadians?
Did We Think … We Canadians?
*Written by Robin Mathews*
Did we think, Canadians, we’d be permitted Canada without fighting for
it
day by day, hour by hour – as if we were unlike people all over the rest
of
the world? Did we think we could live in, possess, own, develop, and
share
the country fairly ... more »
Senate's Internal Economy Board Removed Damning Findings From Sen. Duffy’s Audit Report Before It Was Tabled In The Senate
**
*The Conservative Senate Crisis continues unabated ....*
*
* *"The Senate’s internal economy committee sanitized the original audit of
Sen. Mike Duffy’s expenses to remove damning findings, documents obtained
by CTV News show.*
*** A confidential report obtained by CTV’s Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife
shows the original version of Duffy’s audit found that the senator broke
the Senate’s “very clear” and “unambiguous” residency rules."*
*CTV News*
Sunday Classics (double) preview: Enter the bird-catcher; exit Sir Colin Davis
*Colin Davis (1927-2013) at home*
*by Ken*
As I must have mentioned, one of my core LPs in the early
getting-to-know-music stage was a budget Seraphim issue of a disc of Mozart
overtures conducted by Colin Davis early in his career. There were fine
performances of all these indispensable pieces, and my recollection is that
I played that LP *a lot*.
The subject of my complicated feelings about Sir Colin, who died on April
15 at 85, as a conductor has come up occasionally in these posts, and I'm
afraid I'm going to need to rehash it in order to memorialize him properly,
though I'm ... more »
Mayor Ford will survive the crack scandal
The most recent scandal to touch Toronto's mayor, Rob Ford, involves
allegations he smokes crack cocaine. Now, the allegations come second hand
in the Toronto Star, and while the Star is a very legitimate newspaper it
is also famously feuding with Mayor Ford. Some Toronto Star reporters saw a
video tape and based on what they saw concluded Mayor Ford was smoking
crack. Maybe they misunderstood, were intentionally misled or were just
mistaken in what they saw.
It is possible the allegations against Mayor Ford are false or perhaps
dated (none of the apparent current references suppos... more »
This Shows That There Is Hope Yet For Our Future: 15 Year Old California Student Gets High Mark For Report On Very Controversial Subject!
I have long been troubled by the total ignorance of the general public
today to the real truths about our past, and the dangers that our world
faces today. It is so alarming that few people are aware of the frauds of
our history, and the dangers we face today by the Jewish criminal elite
that is out for total world domination and our enslavement. It comes down
to this... There are fewer and fewer critical thinkers around today. The
youth of today are being indoctrinated through the public education system
into being nothing more than robotic zombies for the evil Jewish controlle... more »
European wrap - 500 billion NPL bombastic situation..... Hollande asks ECB to go all in japanese style ..... How long before the French see billboards along roadsides featuring Sarkozy saying " Miss me yet ? "
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-17/europes-eur-500-billion-ticking-npltime-bomb
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Europe's EUR 500 Billion Ticking NPLTime Bomb
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/17/2013 20:14 -0400
- European Central Bank
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Monetary Policy
- non-performing loans
- Portugal
- Unemployment
Europe's non-performing loan problem is such an issue that there is
increasing bluster that the ECB may take this garbage on to its balance
sheet since policymakers realize that bad debts and non-pe... more »
House of Snakes: US Natural Resources Committee targets Indian lands
Ola
Cassadore Davis
By Brenda Norrell
Photo: Ola Cassadore Davis spent her life defending Apache sacred lands.
Photo by Sandra Rambler.
Censored News
The US House's Natural Resources Committee plans extensive seizures of
lands and resources to benefit private corporations and the US military.
First on the list of this US House of Snakes is a land exchange opposed
by San Carlos Apaches,
Wallin Walks Cap'n Harper's Plank
Earlier today, Harper-appointed senator Pam Wallin purported to "recuse"
herself from the Conservative caucus pending the outcome of a forensic
audit into her expenses.
Nice try, Pam. According to *CTV, *Pam actually did the "PMO Perp Walk."
She didn't so much leave as she was shown the door after Harper's big guns
got a gander at the preliminary audit report.
Nice of the "independent" auditors to give Harper the heads up, no?
"*...a source told CTV’s Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife that the audit has
already raised serious questions about Wallin’s spending, which involves
hun... more »
Next step in computers
I want rwo, Yo quiero dos
Seed Newsvine
Justice Stevens's grandkids may not care, but he has some things to get off his chest
*by Ken*
Admittedly, as subject categories go, the category "Most Charming
Utterance
Uttered by the Late New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner" doesn't
promise to be especially broad or arresting. That said, the most
charming
utterance I'm aware of The Boss uttering was in a respone to a question
about the cartoonish version of himself incorporated as a
*Seinfeld*recurring caricature during the period when, improbably and
often
disastrously, George Costanza worked for the Yankees.
The caricature was actually surprisingly gentle, but still, George had
ample reason to be resent... more »
Friedrich Hölderlin - Sung Beneath the Alps
Related:
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Love*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Gods*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Time of Socrates*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - To the Sun-God*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Ganymede*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Vulcan*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Blind Singer*.
Source: *Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin. Translated by Maxine
Chernoff and Paul Hoover.* 2008. Omnidawn Publishing: Richmond, California.
Pg*. *141-43.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Sung Beneath the Alps*
Holy innocence, that men and gods
Love the most! either inside the house
Or out of doors, you sit at th... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: Ultimate Mashup
This weekend marks the debut of the next Star Trek movie: So Dark, Oh So
Dark 2. To mark the occasion: Two years to go!
Grasping at strawmen - Updated
There's no doubt the IRS was ham-handed in its handling of the tax-exempt
applications after Citizen United. I've yet to see that they did anything
against the law. Which is a problem to be sure. It suggests maybe we should
be agitating to change the damn laws. Not that that's going to happen.
Instead we have everyone looking to grind their own axe against the sharp
edge of this pseudoscandal. That of course includes the "Obama has failed
me" crowd of the left. Garance jumps in with this damning bit of evidence.
On noes, there was no surge in applications in 2010. Quick fire more
pe... more »
Mining 20: Miscellaneous Comments on Mining
Below are several comments I got in my various exchanges in facebook on the
subject, made last week.
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*Froi Vincenton*: IMHO, irresponsible mining exists in the Philippines
because of several institutional factors. When I say 'institutional
factors' I'm referring to government regulations and restrictions. The
following are some institutional factors that encourage irresponsible
mining:
1. The institutional/constitutional prohibition on ownership of mining
lands. History has it that private property ownership promotes responsible
business and proprietorial activities. ... more »
Untitled
*Who does the Mississippi really belong to? ~Bob Marshall*
Everything Is Rigged, Everything Corrupted (Thank You, Matt!)
Since we know how little the U.S. agencies do now to protect the U.S.
consumer interest (being administered by those who benefit from the
opposite), I thought it might be enlightening to research what other
countries are doing. And it is. I read Matt Taibbi. Religiously. Thank Matt
every day. By the way, the comments to Taibbi's essay are worth the
admission price alone! Everything Is
Elsewhere: Campaign Finance, Leaks, More
I don't think I've done one of these all week...I was waiting for some
columns to go live, but I guess I'll go ahead now with at least one of them
up.
So: at TAP today, I make the case for floors, not ceilings, and strong
disclosure. I used to think it had the added virtue of being a good
compromise between the Democratic and Republican positions, but that's
before Republicans flipped on disclosure (they're now mostly against). Not
that it was ever all that likely to ever happen anyway.
The best thing I wrote all week, I think, is one at PP on the topic of
leaks -- saying that pres... more »
“The IRS Is Seeing Everything You Do Online”
* *
*“The IRS Is Seeing Everything You Do Online”*
By Michael Kling
“The IRS may be watching your online activities — including what you post
on social media sites, what you sell online, even what you write in emails
and text messages. Some tax experts and civil liberties groups are
disturbed by what they call the agency's secretive practices. Taxpayers
know little about how it uses big data and "robo-audits." "It's well-known
in the tax community, but not many people outside of it are aware of this
big expansion of data and computer use," Edward Zelinsky, a tax expert at
Cardozo... more »
HELD FOR ELEVEN YEARS WITHOUT BEING CHARGED
May 16 marks a dark milestone in the history of the world's most maligned
prison - 100 days of a mass hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay. Out of 166
inmates - 130 are on strike according to prisoners, while the military only
admits to 102. At least a third of them are being force fed - a procedure
recognized by various medical organizations as painful enough to constitute
torture. And by all accounts - there's no end in sight to the protest.
The last few minutes of the video feature Lt. Col. Barry Wingard (Judge
Advocate General US Air Force) who comes down hard on Obama for continuin... more »
For no raisin
A non-definitive list of Roger the Alien’s alter-egos:
*Dr. Jordan Edilstein *
*Professor Baxter*
*Krispy Kreme McDonald's *
*Kevin Bacon *
*Horse Renoir*
*Predator *
*Chilly*
*Cousin Phil*
*Parker Peters*
*Laura Vanderbooben *
*Luke Fondleberg *
*Scotch Bingington*
*Sholanda Dykes *
*Sidney Huffman*
*Mr. Mustachos *
*Warren Beanstalk*
CONTROL THE MEDIA - CONTROL THE PUBLIC MIND
Charles and David Koch are among the richest people in the world, and are
known for supporting right-wing causes. The rumor that the billionaires
might buy the Tribune Company is hitting a nerve in liberal corners of the
U.S. Among the prized media outlets that are part of the Tribune Company
are the Chicago Tribune, and the LA Times newspapers.
You can help buy the newspapers *here*
Silly kippers
OK, OK, OK, there has been the frankly wonderful mobbing of Nigel Falange
in Edinburgh. Comrades, I think we’ve found the model for dealing with UKIP
public appearances.
But better than that, it now turns out a major UKIP donor, a Greek shipping
tycoon called Demetri Marchessini, once made a coffee table book called
Women in Trousers. The main contention of the book was that Women in
Trouserswere behaving in a ‘hostile’ manner by deliberately making
themselves unattractive to men.
So far so crass (proof, if you needed more, that there's no such thing as
single-issue bigotry - UKI... more »
Satire: “A Letter from John Boehner”
* *
*“A Letter from John Boehner”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Today Speaker of the House John Boehner
issued the following letter to the American people:
"Dear American People,
Yesterday, your hardworking House Republicans tried, once again, and
failed, once again, to repeal Obamacare. And I really thought we had a good
chance this time. That’s because we were all united in our hatred for this
infernal and takes-too-long-to-read law. Every last one of us cast his vote
to strike it down, from crazy little Paul Ryan to that arrogant bastard
Eric Cantor. An... more »
Tea Party Crackpots Shouldn't Be Investigated?
I'm not a tax accountable and I'm not an election attorney. But I do run a
PAC and we have an accountant and an attorney on retainer to keep us from
running afoul of the FEC's and IRS' myriad arcane rules and regulations. A
few years ago, a notorious GOP shill complained that we were coordinating
our campaign efforts with Nancy Pelosi. We sent in so much paperwork
showing that we were working at cross-purposes to Pelosi by spending
hundreds of thousands of dollars against Blue Dog Democrats she was helping
to defend that the "case" was immediately thrown out. This was while Bush
... more »
Electronic Zombies, The Disgrace of Today`s Youth
*Written by Grant G*
Kinder Morgan expansion, before we get too carried away, the Iron Workers
Memorial bridge, also known as the second narrows bridge needs a real good
look, with the prospect of multiple oil tankers daily..
Second narrows bridge is also a train bridge, this requires raising and
lowering the lower train portion of the bridge everytime a vessel passes,
with more and more trains, with more and more tankers a tunnel is required
for the train section of the bridge, there is also major dredging required,
in other words we need a new second narrows bridge, a wide... more »
The biggest Benghazi scandal
In a startling new first, Major Garrett called Republicans liars -- on the
teevee. Never would have expected Major to be the one to break that taboo.
Kevin Drum, who lately has dropped his old squishy style in a favor of a
refreshingly bold persona, sums up the details of the GOP's ratfuckery:
So here's what happened. Republicans in Congress saw copies of these emails
two months ago and did nothing with them. It was obvious that they showed
little more than routine interagency haggling. Then, riding high after last
week's Benghazi hearings, someone got the bright idea of leaking ... more »
Time for Some Nominations. A Lot of Nominations
(UPDATED)
Today's news, outside of the continuing scandal stuff, is Greg Sargent's
big scoop that Harry Reid is tentatively planning for July to be
nominations month -- complete with the threat of majority-imposed reform. I
already wrote about it as a chess move over at PP today (I think Reid did
well), and I probably should write something at some point about what the
substance of the threat in terms of Senate rules and procedures. But
there's one more point that's important to get to:
If Harry Reid is willing to spend serious floor time on nominations, he
needs more nominees. Lot... more »
Online Forum by Parents Across America – The Parent Trigger from California to Florida
Online Forum by @parentsacrossam The Parent Trigger from California to
Florida parentrigger.eventbrite.com#LAUSD twitter.com/PESJA_LA/statu… —
PESJA Los Angeles (@PESJA_LA) May 17, 2013 Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 12:30
PM to 1:30 PM (PDT) We will be hearing from Lori Yuan, a parent in Adelanto
who fought the Parent Trigger at her school, and Parents Across America […]
Chris Hayes enjoyed watching Wednesday’s Hardball!
*FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013*
*We had a different reaction:* We were struck by several things Chris Hayes
said on last night's All In.
For starters, we were struck by this:
HAYES (5/16/13): Let’s talk about Benghazi first. *Here is my take on
Benghazi. It is what we like to call in the business a nothing-burger.*There is nothing there.
We were struck by this airy dismissal because we remembered Hayes’ original
take on this topic. Last October, he wolfed that nothing-burger down,
complete with all the condiments.
Everybody makes mistakes. Hayes’ mistake concerning Benghazi came with the
... more »
First Voices Indigenous Radio: Plagiarism infects Indian country news
First Voices Indigenous Radio
Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Cheyenne River Lakota
Listen:
http://firstvoicesindigenousradio.org/program_archives
JOHN KARHIIO KANE (Mohawk) (www.letstalknativepride.blogspot.com)
Discusses the "exclusivity zone" being used as a method to urge the
Seneca Nation of the Haudenosaunee to pay the half a billion dollars
owed to New York State. Under the casino compact
Rep. Mike Kelly Receives Standing Ovation at Ways & Means Hearing on IRS Scandal ...
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