Portrait of Glenn Greenwald -creator of Unclaimed Territory blog and contributing writer at Salon.com (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Issa's Job
When Boehner appointed a congenital liar and crook like Darrell Issa, a
common street thug who robbed, cheated and burned his way into the ranks of
multimillionaires, to head the House Oversight Committee, he knew exactly
what he was doing. Issa's job was to drum up witch hunts and help discredit
government and discredit Obama. He's been busy. Although today he was a
different kind of busy-- screeching his outrage up and down the corridors
of Twitter:
Issa's job is to blow up everything that's ptoblematic inside "the
government," magnify it, make it look malevolent and then tie i... more »
Guest Post - How to Make your Car More Eco-Friendly
Although it would be environmentally and economically beneficial to not
have to drive, unfortunately for many of us modern life requires a car.
Whether it is commuting to work or just having a large family, being a car
owner is an essential part of everyday living.
If you’re reading this website it is likely that you are trying to be as
Eco-friendly as possible and, as such, it can be hard to justify having a
car with your desire to reduce your carbon footprint.
So what’s the solution? The reality is that driving will never be
completely Eco-friendly, however, unless you can reali... more »
Bank of Japan decides to stay the monetary course - no changes to funding terms , no expansion Japanese version of QE !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-10/boj-disappoints
BoJ Disappoints! Nikkei Drops 500 Points From Earlier Highs
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- Bank of Japan
- Consumer Sentiment
- CPI
- Exchange Traded Fund
- fixed
- Japan
- LTRO
- Monetary Base
- Monetary Policy
- Nikkei
- Rate of Change
- Real estate
- recovery
- Volatility
- Yen
*UPDATE:* Nikkei futures now -500 from US day-session highs
In what must be quite a surprise to Goldman (as we discussed here)... more »
My Top 10 Beach Reads
There is nothing I love better than sitting in a chair on the beach with a
book in my hand. I don't want to sit on the beach biting my fingernails,
waiting for what happens next, or bawling because the story is so sad. To
me, the perfect beach read is a light, fun read with a touch of romance.
Here are 10 of my favorite beach reads. Linking up with The Broke and the
Bookish.
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins- Anna is pulled away
from her American High School just before her senior year and sent to
boarding school in France. She doesn't speak the languag... more »
By George . . .
THE
ORWELLIAN NIGHTMARE seems to be with us, as we regard the "processing"
of Bradley Manning, the hounding of Julian Assange and now Edward
Snowden.
There's good news, bad news and really bad news. The good news is,
eventually the Fourth Reich will be overthrown. The bad news is,
Hollywood will create "The Bradley Manning Story". The really bad news
is, the actor who will play Bradley
Snowden's long game on leaking
Here's a curious side note on Snowden's epic leaks. He contacted this
documentary film maker in January, Interestingly "she is filming the story
behind the story — including her co-author on the Guardian story and former
Salon columnist Glenn Greenwald — for her forthcoming documentary on
whistle-blowers and leaks."
We now know Snowden ultimately contacted a slew of media people by the time
he produced any hard evidence. Now they're fighting over credit for the
scoop. It also apparently took him a long time to come up with the
documents.
We were contacted, we didn’t know what he ... more »
Turkey protest updates on day 11 of the protests - June 10 , 2013 .....Amid more tear gas , water cannons and brutality , Prime Minister Erdogan offers a concession....
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/06/2013610232628232230.html
Turkey's PM to meet protest leaders
Erdogan's deputy announces first concession since onset of unrest amid
protests in Istanbul and Ankara for 11th night.
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Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports from Ankara on the apolitical character
of the Occupy Gezi movement
In his first apparent concession since the deadly unrest began nearly two
weeks ago... more »
"NSA Built Back Door In All Microsoft Windows Software Since 1999"
* *
*"NSA Built Back Door In All Microsoft Windows Software Since 1999" *
Careless mistake reveals subversion of Windows by NSA.
by Duncan Campbell
"A careless mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special
access codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly
built into Windows. *The NSA access system is built into every version of
the Windows operating system now in use*, except early releases of Windows
95 (and its predecessors). The discovery comes close on the heels of the
revelations earlier this year that another US software giant, Lotus, ... more »
Food Allergies: What’s To Eat? Part 2
Catherine J. Frompovich
In Part 1 I discussed some of the more commonly-associated information
regarding food allergies, at least information that many
‘holistically-inclined’ eaters may be familiar with. What I talk about in
Part 2 is information that probably very few eaters know. The information
revolves around the food industry’s use of chemicals, which may be more
than partially responsible for allergic food reactions. That becomes
apparent as the article unfolds.
Perhaps it would be important to realize that allergic reactions—no matter
the substances—usually occur due to s... more »
Paul Krugman has a message for policy-makers: "Where we are is not O.K. Stop shrugging, and do your jobs"
Patrick Chappatte [*click to enlarge*]
*"For more than three years some of us have fought the policy elite's
damaging obsession with budget deficits, an obsession that led governments
to cut investment when they should have been raising it, to destroy jobs
when job creation should have been their priority. That fight seems largely
won -- in fact, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like the sudden
intellectual collapse of austerity economics as a policy doctrine.
"But while insiders no longer seem determined to worry about the wrong
things, that's not enough; they also need... more »
The Truth About Whistleblowers
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‘Big Data’: Bilderberg Firm Palantir Works for NSA Spy Agenda
Aaron Dykes
*“Paypal Mafia Don” Peter Thiel brings technocratic control of “big data”
to the forefront of Bilderberg’s 2013 agenda via Silicon Valley’s
partnership with the NSA and CIA.*
The age of “big data” is reluctantly upon us, and it affects almost
everything, as Bilderberg’s 2013 talking point suggests. Their secretive
closed door discussion on massive stores of data, collected from the
biggest portals on the Internet and analyzed in the pursuit of NSA
objectives, is being led by Dr. Alexander Karp, the co-founder of Palantir
Technologies.
The firm has admittedly been... more »
Lawsuit Claims BP and Courts Colluded to Keep Monopoly on Oil Containment Tech
Dees Illustration Brandon Turbeville
If claims being made amid the court proceedings surrounding a three-year
old lawsuit filed against BP are to believed, then a stunning revelation
has been made regarding the criminal neglect of British Petroleum and, even
more so, collusion between BP and agents of the Federal courts.
The lawsuit (No. C-10-02505) and its subsequent appeals began as far back
as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 when Ron Johnson, owner of
Ericam Environmental, LLC., filed a lawsuit with the United States District
Court of the Northern District against Briti... more »
The creative versus the machine
Jon Rappaport
The great obsession of the 20th century was organization, and it continues.
Form a goal, put people together, and give them separate tasks that add up
to forwarding the goal. Yes, it’s a strategy as old as the hills, but in
the last hundred years the drive to expand the numbers has taken over.
Corporations, governments, churches, non-profits, foundations, armies.
Consolidate. Combine. Bigger is better.
Of course, when leaders of these modern mammoths keep fine-tuning
specialized jobs within their structures, the human workers come, more and
more, to resemble machine... more »
Media fails on Snowden story
So I'm still catching up the Snowden story. It's not that easy because it
seems the facts keep changing and there's a metric ton of noise with
everybody fighting about whether this kid is a hero or a traitor. Jeffrey
Toobin doesn't think Snowden is a hero. He thinks he's " a grandiose
narcissist." At this point, I tend to agree with that. It's not that I
don't appreciate the guy restarting the debate about domestic surveillance,
but I'm finding Snowden vaguely sociopathic for a number of reasons.
A lot of fighting appears to be based on incomplete information. Media has
been floodi... more »
The Prison Industrial Complex
Dave Hodges
Only the most vile, degenerate and immoral person could feel good about the
practice of for-profit institutionalized slavery which dominated the
southern economy for 300 years. What is even more unacceptable is that
people who knew better, presumably Christian people with a conscience, did
little or nothing while evil was triumphing.
Today, America is witnessing the rebirth of institutionalized slavery
within its borders and it is indeed a predominantly racist practice with
Latinos and Blacks comprising the bulk of the new slaves. And we are also
witnessing racist rat... more »
Turmeric Produces 'Remarkable' Recovery in Alzheimer's Patients
*"...they came to recognize their family within 1 year treatment."*
Sayer Ji
Turmeric has been used in India for over 5,000 years, which is likely why
still today both rural and urban populations have some of the lowest
prevalence rates of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the world. A recent study
on patients with AD found that less than a gram of turmeric daily, taken
for three months, resulted in 'remarkable improvements.'
*Alzheimer's Disease: A Disturbingly Common Modern Rite of Passage*
A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), sadly, has become a rite of
passage in so-called deve... more »
The case for economic freedom
Don Boudreaux, says Marc Street, “has the unique ability to point out the
weaknesses of opposing economic viewpoints in such a manner that the reader
easily grasps *and *remembers them.”
Test his claim for yourself.
Six minutes on freedom, by Don Boudreaux, starting now…
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Why Do We Need 1.4 Million Corporate State Spies?
If you divide the number of K12 teachers (2.8 million) in the U. S. by 2,
you get the number of corporate geeks and geekettes with top secret U. S.
Government clearance who have privileges to invade our privacy in ways we
never imagined. Booz/Allen/Hamilton, which is 70% owned by the infamous
Carlyle Group from, […]
Five great Frida Khalo quotes...
*"...The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint
whatever passes through my head without any other consideration."*
~
Imagine that? Living a life authentically as you feel like it? The boldness
with which Frida Khalo lived her life continues to inspire. She didn't just
paint, she painted to live. And as a result Frida Khalo lived a full life.
While her life seemed like one huge performance art exhibit, she wasn't
performing, she was living. This renaissance woman was interested in *everything
and not just 'art.' *And, she had things to say about it all--pol... more »
Washington attempts to contain fallout from NSA surveillance leaks, Clapper apparently lied under oath
Madison Ruppert
Individuals in Washington are now engaging in damage control in response to
the devastating information leaked by Edward Snowden about the National
Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs as it becomes increasingly
apparent that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lied under
oath.
President Barack Obama quickly came out in defense of the NSA’s programs
which range from grabbing all of Verizon’s U.S. phone records to working
directly with tech giants on the PRISM program but the administration is
now kicking it into high gear.
Recently, Clapper sla... more »
Satire: “N.S.A. Enforces Zero-Tolerance Policy on Conscience”
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*“N.S.A. Enforces Zero-Tolerance Policy on Conscience”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “The National Security Agency moved
swiftly and forcefully today to remind its employees of its longstanding
zero-tolerance policy on conscience, warning that any violation of that
policy would result in immediate termination. “When you sign on to work at
the N.S.A. you swear to uphold the standards of amorality and soullessness
that this agency was founded upon,” said N.S.A. director General Keith B.
Alexander. “Any evidence of ethics, decency, or a sense of right and wr... more »
America's Student Loan Racket: Stiffer Debt Bondage Coming
Stephen Lendman
For growing numbers of American youths, higher education is increasingly
out of reach. High tuition and fees make it unaffordable. So does a
disturbing government/corporate partnership.
Millions of students need financial aid. They're exploited for profit.
Providers are enriched. Higher education involves debt entrapment.
Students graduate tens of thousands of dollars in debt. Some post-graduates
face burdens up to $100,000. If unpaid after 30 years, it's multiples
higher. If default or declare bankruptcy, it's unforgiven. Bondage is
permanent until repaid.
Loa... more »
Mass Surveillance in America
Stephen Lendman
*Image*
It shouldn't surprise. It's longstanding policy. Post-9/11, it escalated.
Previous articles said Big Brother is real. It's no longer fiction.
Mass surveillance is official US policy. It's not for national security.
It's not about discovering terror or other threats. None whatever exist.
Claiming otherwise doesn't wash. Big Lies substitute for vital truths.
What's ongoing reflects unchecked power. It's for unchallenged global
dominance. It's secret with no oversight for good reason. It's
unconstitutional. Societies governed this way are lawless. People livin... more »
NSA leaker: are there serious cracks in Ed Snowden’s story?
image source Jon Rappoport
First, I’m not doubting the documents Ed Snowden has brought forward. I’m
not doubting the illegal reach of the NSA in spying on Americans and the
world.
But as to how this recent revelation happened, and whether Ed Snowden’s
history holds up…I have questions.
Could Snowden have been given extraordinary access to classified info as
part of a larger scheme? Could he be a) an honest man and yet b) a guy who
was set up to do what he’s doing now?
If b) is true, then Snowden fits the bill perfectly. He wants to do what
he’s doing. He isn’t lying about that.... more »
Greek Stocks and bonds slump , Delays in invoice payment shows how hurting the economy truly is - taxes crippling small businesses while Troika sneers at any relief for Greece , privatizations Program flops - just in time for the next set of Troika talks starting Wednesday !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-10/greek-stocks-enter-bear-market-privatization-program-crashes-does-not-burn
Greek Stocks Enter Bear Market As Privatization Program Crashes But Does
Not Burn
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/10/2013 11:37 -0400
- Bear Market
- Equity Markets
- European Central Bank
- European Union
- Germany
- Greece
- Gross Domestic Product
- International Monetary Fund
- Natural Gas
- Reality
- Reuters
*"It all began with Greece," *and as Mark Grant notes today,* "somebody,
some... more »
"I Don't Care, I've Got Nothing to Hide"
RADIO NZ NEWS: The US National Security Agency uses a clandestine
surveillance operation known as Prism to monitor computer and telephone
networks around the world… practically every New Zealander who uses the
internet will have data stored about them in the United States and it's not
known how much the agency has fed back to security agencies here…
Yeah, they’re listening. Whatever.
Nothing to care about, nothing to think about, nothing to talk about,
nothing to hide…
If you’ve got nothing to hide, then take down all your curtains and tear
off all your doors.
And you should kn... more »
Our Song
Until recently, we didn’t know we were enslaved. How then, will we know
when we are unchained? It will be felt, and the knowing will be undeniable.
In truth, we are feeling it already,
without recognizing it’s calling card.
We are vibration; all of life has a frequency. The falsehoods of our
history say to believe what is said, read and preached. Yet we know now
that what is true just “feels right”. It resonates.
Like good slaves, we are waiting. Waiting to witness a “finale”, an
“event”, something to set things straight. Yet in the same breath we
understand that... more »
US officials debate arming Syria’s' rebels', other steps ahead of bigger meeting later this week
Obama the gun grabber is more then happy to send lethal weapons to hired
killers in Syria, so they can kill more innocent Syrians
And there is the double standard. * The hypocrisy of the US government. *They
will take guns away from law abiding citizens in the US. But! The US will
happily send off more *additional lethal weapons* to hired killers to kill
innocent Syrians
Meanwhile Assad is giving weapons to the Syrian people to fight off their
invaders.
*Hm.** Maybe there is no double standard with Obama?! *
*Him and the entire US administration want guns in the hands of all the
cri... more »
Noting default and sharp practice
Male v. The Business Solutions Group, 2013 ONCA 382:
[19] The publication issued by the Advocates' Society, entitled* The
Principles of Civility for Advocates*, has been endorsed by this court on a
number of occasions. Section 19 provides:
19. Subject to the Rules of Practice, advocates should not cause any
default or dismissal to be entered without first notifying opposing
counsel, assuming the identity of opposing counsel is known.
[20] We note the exchange in the argument before Ramsay J. mere hours
before respondent's counsel noted the appellants in default, when ... more »
Untitled
*BP Ends Oil Spill Cleanup In Gulf, Except For Louisiana ~Bill Chappell,
WWNO*
"Mounting Controversies Are All About Trust"
* "Mounting Controversies Are All About Trust"*
By Liz Sidoti
FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama campaigns
for his reelection in Delray Beach, Fla. A Quinnipiac University poll
conducted in late May 2013 shows a steep decline in the percentage of
people who find Obama honest and trustworthy: 49 percent, versus the 58
percent of their 2011 poll. And since his second-term controversies have
taken hold, the poll also shows Obama has taken a hit among independents,
which used to be a source of strength for him: 40 percent say he is honest
and trustworthy... more »
"It's Not About Terrorism Folks"
* *
*"It's Not About Terrorism Folks"*
by Karl Denninger
"Since 9/11 the common mantra from our government at all levels is that
"This is about protecting you from terrorists." This is a lie. I'm going to
prove it.
The odds of being killed by a terrorist over a five year period are about 1
in 20 million. This means the odds are about 1 in 100 million annually. Now
that would equate to about 3 terrorist deaths a year in the United States.
There are, of course, monstrous spikes in that figure that make such a
statement difficult to quantify accurately - such as 9/11. Then again t... more »
Musical Interlude: Outlaws, “Green Grass and High Tides”
Outlaws, “Green Grass and High Tides”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk
Turn it UP!
- CP
Another capital offence at the BBC? | BBC Watch
So what's the capital of Israel? That's right, Jerusalem... Now stop lying
to us BBC...
More here http://bbcwatch.org/2013/06/10/another-capital-offence-at-the-bbc/
Schadenfreude super-size me . . .
SCHADENFREUDE
INDEED:
“My fellow Canadians, we have all just witnessed a sad spectacle, a
prime minister so burdened with corruption in his own party that he is
unable to do his job and lead the country, a party leader playing for
time, begging for another chance. This is not how a prime minister
should act.”
Stephen Harper, April 21, 2005
And did you know, Stevie's chimps have been
Is There Any Way To Keep Wall Street Shill Cory Booker Out Of The New Jersey Senate Seat?
2 NJ pols who play on the same team-- the Wall Street team
There are two excellent candidates running for what was Frank Lautenberg's
New Jersey Senate seat: progressive congressman Frank Pallone and
progressive congressman Rush Holt. Holt's career-long Progressive crucial
vote score is the best of any New Jersey congressman: 91.88. For 2013 his
score is 100, a distinction shared by only 15 Members. Pallone's
career-long score is 86.10, not bad, and for 2013 it's a super 96.77, the
second best score after 100 (and something he shares with liberal champions
like Barbara Lee, Alan Gray... more »
The Economic Sense in ‘Game of Thrones’
[image: Photo of Matt McCaffrey][image: Photo of Carmen Dorobat]*Alright, I
confess that I know next to nothing about* Game of Thrones* myself, only
recently having discovered that the* Game* everyone’s been talking about is
not a fancy computer game at all but a reputedly addictive TV show. And not
just addictive, argue Matt McCaffrey and Carmen Dorobat in this Guest Post—they
reckon it’s jam-packed with good economic horse sense.
[ Note: This article is spoiler-free.]*
The popular HBO series *Game of Thrones* is ending its third season this
Sunday, amid fan concerns over its rap... more »
REPORT: University of Chicago removed pews from 88-year old chapel to accommodate Islamic prayers
It's a 'symbol of religious tolerance' apparently. What symbols of
religious tolerance of Christians and Jews can you think of in Saudi
Arabia, Syria, Egypt and the other Islamic states?
More here http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?ID=4787
Can Someone Explain This NYSED Policy?
So, here’s the deal ………. in NYS, if you as a student, want a Regents
Diploma with Advanced Designation, you MUST score 65 or better on a Regents
Exam in a Language Other Than English. But, wait, in 2011 – NYS DROPPED
FOREIGN LANGUAGE REGENTS EXAMS!! How does a student manage to get “Advanced
Designation” […]
Outside of Context: Iain M. Banks, 1954-2013
Yesterday the world lost one of its great contemporary literary lights.
Iain M. Banks, named “one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945” by
The Times in 2008, died of gall bladder cancer that had only been diagnosed
this February. He finished his last novel — ironically, it’s a story about
the final weeks
Continue reading
Dangerous and underpaid: Working in the Moskitia
I’m sitting at this moment in a Moskitia hotel frequented almost
exclusively by scary, armed men in the cocaine-distribution business, in a
town that even the more adventurous guide books tell you to avoid. The bar
downstairs is blasting narco-ballads, the deceptively cheery music that
relates hair-raising stories of life in the illegal-drug trade.
The presence of scary, armed men is great fodder for blog posts for
travelers who live elsewhere, but it’s fairly unsettling for the 67,000
people who live and work in Gracias a Dios, the watery, wondrous Honduras
state that borders... more »
Glad I don't live there . . .
A
CAR-JACKING in Venezuela. Citizens 1 Carjackers 0, it seems. Violent,
to be sure, but perhaps this might help see how the NRA and Tea Party
types regard owning guns and the right of self-defense. Where they live,
you see, sooner, rather than later, you'll probably need one.
Emperor Julian On The Social Value of Reading The Classics
Source: Murdoch, A. *"The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the Death of
the Ancient World."* Sutton Publishing. 2003. Pg. 141-42.
"Preoccupied with matters of state, Julian's next legal move against the
Christians did not occur until after he had left the capital. He had,
however, already begun to politicise the issue by holding audiences in
sanctuaries, naturally favouring those who took part, refusing to receive
embassies from complaining Christians, and he had already suggested that
for all administrative positions 'the god-fearing must be preferred' to
Christians. But on 1... more »
Will the F-35 Be Obsolete Before It Reaches Canadian Hangars?
Here's a question no one has yet asked. What is the F-35's anti-stealth
capability?
Way back when America's stealth fighter, the F-22, and its poor cousin,
America's stealth light bomber, the F-35, were conceived it was envisioned
they would be operating against non-stealthy aerial opponents. One side
had stealth, the other side didn't - advantage stealth.
But, as the stealth programmes became bogged down in endless delays and
cost overruns (as is to be expected with any radically new technology), the
world once in the F-35s designers' vision has changed.
What's changed? Plen... more »
Politifact fact-checks (almost) everyone!
*MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013*
*Guess who the site doesn’t check:* Politifact is willing to fact-check
(almost) everyone!
In recent days and weeks, they’ve been willing to fact-check Barack
Obama—and even Jimmy Carter! They’ve fact-checked Chief Justice Roberts and
Republican senator Tom Coburn—and a little-known physics professor at the
University of Rhode Island.
They’ve been willing to fact-check Jay Carney—and they’re even willing to
fact-check “Bloggers.” For the most recent post in their “Bloggers” series, just
scope this post right here.
That said, there’s one group Politifact *w... more »
Does Red Mean Crass, Stupid or Just Uneducated? (Speaking of that Jobs Report: More Than Five Years Into the Recovery, With Potentially Another Five To Go, We May Have an Entire Lost Decade for Millions of American Workers)
Taking even a brief look at the map below makes you just shake your head in
profound dismay and deep sorrow, doesn't it? (Or clever glee if you're one
of the fomenters of this outcome?) Anybody want to discuss "opportunity
missed" yet? In North Carolina, for one instance, we have got to elect real
progressive representatives now (not those progressing in a downward
direction). Monday, Jun
#Commoncore defenders, own it! It is a curriculum, and that’s that.
I have no problem with unvarnished assent to the common core. That’s
between you and your therapist. But let’s get some things very, very clear.
Actually, might I suggest some close reading of all the press, research,
and commentary on the subject, because I’m not sure you’d be such a fan? In
any event, the […]
IT'S 2013 BUT STILL 1984 / WE'RE NOT FREE AND RESISTANCE IS VICTORY
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**
*Slowly but surely the fear driven Orwellian noose closes in as
constitutional civil liberties and freedoms in America, which were once
taken for granted, are gradually restricted or ended and always for the
same reason, National Security and the War on Terror ~ but the tide is
changing and an inevitable and unpredictable mass resistance movement is
already under way: Allen L Roland *
*"Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither." Benjamin
Franklin*
George Orwell's 1984 revealed that the key to social control is a never
ending war, such as t... more »
Julian Assange discusses NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
as NSA/*PRISM* whistleblower Edward Snowden 'goes missing' from his hotel
in Hong Kong, having unleashed all sorts of migraine all over the Secrete
Services with his act, here's a video-link to the Ecuadorian Embassy where
THE NEWS interviews THE ORIGINAL WIKILEAKER, Julian Assange:
we all know the real reason for monitoring THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE is (dead
simple) *PROFIT*
Applicability of a provincial regulatory scheme to the out-of-province appellants
Ontario College of Pharmacists v. 1724665 Ontario Inc. (Global Pharmacy
Canada), 2013 ONCA 381 holds:
[67] There is no dispute about the legal principles that apply when
determining the applicability of a provincial regulatory scheme to the
out-of-province appellants. The question is whether there is a sufficient
connection between those appellants and Ontario, such that the College has
jurisdiction over them. The first two propositions in para. 56 of *Unifund* provide
the starting point for answering that question:
Consideration of constitutional *applicability *can conve... more »
Some news from 'Palestine' that you won't find on the BBC
JPost reports this:
'Palestinian Authority Economy Minister Jawad al-Naji was forced to walk
out of The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference on
Saturday after participants demanded that he leave for insulting a man who
asked a “provocative” question.
The man was later severely beaten by PA security officers accompanying the
minister and taken to hospital.
...
Eyewitnesses reported that one of the participants, Nizar Banat, asked the
minister why the PA and President Mahmoud Abbas were continuing to conduct
security coordination with Israel while fighting “norma... more »
THIS IS A CHEMICAL WAR
Here is an important video from inside the center of protests in Turkey.
All around the world governments are cracking down on freedom and
liberation movements. To risk life and limb people must be quite fed up
with the existing order that is increasingly under the control of
corporations.
It is clear to me that the people in Turkey have tried to remain
non-violent in their resistance to their corrupt government but they have
reached the point where they must find ways to defend themselves. Building
barricades and throwing tear gas canisters back at the police is not
violence.
... more »
December 24, 2012 – White Hats Report #47.1
*Twas the night before Christmas (Updated) *
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land,
The rats were all scurrying because Judgment Day is at hand;
Their stockings were filled with big lumps of coal,
It was their payment for trying to steal our soul;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of freedom danced in their heads;
With mama in her pj’s and I with my pipe,
Reading the media’s most recent NWO hype;
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I put down my pipe to see what was the matter;
I moved to the door to peek through the crack,... more »
An evening with Patrick O'Brian
Title: An evening with Patrick O'Brian. Source: The Mariners' Museum. Date
Published: April 8, 2011. Description:
An interview with the late author Patrick O'Brian at The Mariners' Museum,
in Newport News, VA, on April 11, 1995. Then Museum President and CEO John
Hightower moderated the interview and questions. This event preceded the
release of O'Brian's 17th novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series, "The
Commodore".
Kid: “Mommy, where do burgers come from?” Mom: “Why, a LAB, sweetie!”
*Why “Schmeat” could be for dinner, and other experiments in lab-created
food.*
Melissa Melton
Beyond the known unknowns of GMOs and cloned beef lie the impending horrors
of “schmeat” – a lab-grown in vitro “meat” product, as well as the advent
of 3-D printed food. And I thought we already didn’t know what our food was
made of.
Readied for eating after years in the making, the advocates of “schmeat”
have dubbed it the ‘ethical’ way to eat meat, because it doesn’t involve
slaughtering cattle. What it does involve is scraping neck-cells from cows
and replicating them thousands of... more »
MYSTERIOUS BEN FELLOWS; NSA; SYRIA
*Actor Ben Fellows.*
*
*Ben Fellows, who is of mixed race, was adopted by a white family.
His mother, Imelda J. Pitt, gave him up for adoption "because she could not
afford to care for him."
*When I Met Her I Was A 'Jellified Idiot*.
Ben became a child actor and was groped, allegedly, by a top government
minister and by a world famous composer.
*Ben*
Reportedly, Ben tracked down his real mother and discovered that she was a
film maker and actress.
One of her works was: Disaster Recovery Plan (2002).
According to Ben:
"I wrote quite a detailed letter to her with lots of backgro... more »
Toronto needs a new vision of the future, says Edward de Gale
By Charles Moffat - June 2013.
Local charity worker *Edward de Gale* says Toronto needs a new vision of
the future. And Torontonians need to be thinking both realistically and
boldly about the future of Toronto as a city of the 21st century.
Now if you've never heard of Edward de Gale, don't feel alone. He isn't a
celebrity or anything like that. But he does have some nice quotes on his
website. Quotes like this one:
*"Toronto needs a new vision of the future and we need leaders who are
both bold and have realistic plans for the future."* - Edward de Gale.
And he isn't alone. Ma... more »
The Post prints a truly remarkable document!
*MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013*
*What happened in 1967, only six years later:* Among other accomplishments
and undertakings, Phyllis Richman was a restaurant critic for The
Washington Post from 1976 to 2000.
But that came later. In 1961, Richman, a recent Brandeis graduate, applied
to graduate school at Harvard in the department of City and Regional
Planning.
After applying, she received a remarkable letter from the department—a
letter she recently found, some 52 years later.
To read that remarkable letter, click here. The letter was written on the
other side, though just barely, of an ... more »
Edward Snowden, drama queen
"He was capable of melodrama but wrote with some eloquence about his
beliefs."
Just catching up on this story of our intrepid leaker. Snowden claims he's
not comfortable in the spotlight but everything I've read about this so far
reads like a bad spy novel starting with his code name Verax which means
“truth teller” in Latin.
Furthermore, he obviously planned to come forward from the beginning,
making elaborate plans to secure asylum.
To effect his plan, Snowden asked for a guarantee that The Washington Post
would publish — within 72 hours — the full text of a PowerPoint
prese... more »
Bill Gates and the Incubators
I know–it’s a great name for a band, but it is distinctly unmusical and no
fun. It’s about destroying public schools and the teaching profession in
urban areas where children of the poor will be grown and behaviorally
groomed in segregated corporate welfare hothouses. Who makes these cozy
corporate nests possible? The oligarchs and high […]
Can Iceland Give NSA Whistle Blower Asylum Before The Gulag Swallows Him Up?
Predictably, uptight Military Industrial Complex shills like Peter King
(R-NY) and Mike Rogers (R-MI), were on the Sunday TV gab fests howling
for
the blood of Edward Snowden, the 29 year old ex-NSA employee/technical
engineer for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden came
forwardand outed himself as the source of Glenn Greenwald's explosive
exposé about
NSA domestic spying in *The Guardian* last week. Eric Cantor chimed in
this
morning that the House investigation will be "very serious." Does that
mean
he won't give the investigation to GOP clown Darrell Issa? And does i... more »
Did you watch Graham Norton on Friday and couldn't you find the uncensored video of the Robin Thicke song 'Blurred Lines'? A Tuesday night Rule 5 post - NSFW
As I posted last month...
This video by Robin Thicke ft. T.I., Pharrell for 'Blurred Lines' has been
receiving quite a lot of admiring looks, and you can see why.
So how about a look at the alternative uncensored (for which you can read
topless - not naked) version?
OK but only because you've been very good this week...
Aren't I good to you?
I haven't seen as much lipstick in a music video since Robert Palmer's
'Addicted to Love', you know this one...
Is that enough gratuitously sexy music videos for a Monday evening?
ARCHITECTURE OF OPPRESSION
Vietnam war-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg writes:
In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important
leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and that definitely
includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago. Snowden's whistleblowing gives
us the possibility to roll back a key part of what has amounted to an
"executive coup" against the US constitution.
Since 9/11, there has been, at first secretly but increasingly openly, a
revocation of the bill of rights for which this country fought over 200
years ago. In particular, the fourth and fifth ame... more »
Are We Heading for Despotism?
The first thing that someone stealing your privacy will tell you is "*don't
worry*." That's the standard line *after* they have been exposed stealing
your privacy. That, in turn, is reinforced with suggestions that you
don't matter to them anyway, you're insignificant and that they have netted
so much data they don't have the means to really snoop into what you're
saying and thinking, not little old you.
What they don't tell you is that if they did, for some reason perhaps known
only to them, they could very easily snoop into just about everything
you've been thinking and doing ... more »
TURKEY; ROTHSCHILDS; ISRAEL; SANDY HOOK
*Six Turkish policemen commit suicide during Gezi protests*
*
**Turkey protesters clash with police in Ankara*
~~
- The Rothschild Family - Puppet Masters
~~~
The Israeli regime injects Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails with
'dangerous viruses' before releasing them, a report says.
"A Palestinian released from Israeli jails, Rania Saqa, has brought to
light that the Israeli regime injected detainees that are out of prisons
with dangerous viruses," Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda wrote on
Friday.
Saqa also said many of the prisoners are suffering from mysteriously ... more »
Whistleblower behind exposing NSA surveillance programs reveals his identity, motivations and more
Edward Snowden
image credit: screenshot from
an interview by The Guardian Madison Ruppert
Today the man behind exposing the highly secretive programs of the National
Security Agency (NSA) including PRISM, the software known as Boundless
Informant and the surveillance of all U.S. Verizon customers has revealed
his identity.
The individual responsible is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old currently
working for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and a former technical
assistant for the CIA, according to the Guardian.
“I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done n... more »
Monogram Glass Block
[image: Vinyl Lettered Block]
Wedding season is upon us. My fridge is covered in wedding invitations and
with each invitation comes a gift to be made. This monogram glass block is
one of my favorites to go to, especially in a pinch because it comes
together quickly.
You will need:
A glass block
Vinyl
A way to cut the vinyl (Cricut, Scissors)
Ribbon and Tulle
Whenever I make a craft that uses a glass block, my first stop is always
the thrift store. Sure I can buy a glass block from the craft or home
improvement store, but I can usually find one that has some vinyl slapped
... more »
Behold The Sheer Arrogance Of An Unelected Conservative $enator ... (Calls $enate Scandal A Mere 'Bump In The Road')!!
[image: Progressive Bloggers] * *
*"Things were done that were improper, but everybody's trying to make these
things into major scandals. They are not. These are bumps in the road.
[...] **The Liberal party survived. We will survive." *
*Conservative $enator Dave Tkachuk *
*(Former Principle Secretary to *
*Sask Premier Grant Devine) *
*The only person who ever 'voted' for Dave Tkachuk to sit as a $enator was
Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney when he appointed him to a huge
patronage reward in the Canadian $enate.*
*Saskatoon Star Phoenix*
*-Saskatchewan $enator David ... more »
Credibility
R. v. Tash, 2013 ONCA 380 holds:
[36] Credibility rules are of three types.
[37] The first type concerns attempts by the witness' proponent to
bolster the witness' credibility even *before* it has been impeached. As a
general rule, we do not permit the witness' proponent to elicit bolstering
evidence in direct examination. The rule against "oath-helping" excludes it.
[38] The second group of credibility rules involves the techniques an
opponent may invoke to attack or impeach a witness' credibility.
[39] The third set of rules governs the method that the witness... more »
The Changing Face Of Sectarianism In Iraq, An Interview With Research Fellow At National Univ of Singapore Fanar Haddad
Sectarianism is a constant point of discussion when talking about Iraq.
Many in the west interpret everything that happens in the country in
sectarian terms. Iraqis in general do not like identity politics, yet fall
back on it again and again. Fanar Haddad is a research fellow at the Middle
East Institute of the National University of Singapore. In his book *Sectarianism
In Iraq, Antagonistic Visions of Unity*, and in various articles he has
attempted to break down the origins and changing nature of sect and
politics in Iraq. It is his theory that sectarianism is not a constant in ... more »
Looking under Antarctica - a hidden continent
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 14 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/usDzh7l5HZw
"The topography of the bedrock under the Antarctic Ice Sheet is critical to
understanding the dynamic motion of the ice sheet, its thickness and its
influence on the surrounding ocean and global climate. In 2001, the British
Antarctic Survey (BAS) released a map of the bed under the Antarctic Ice
Sheet" is written here. The "Scientific Visualization Studio" at NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center builds magnificent scientific animations. For
example this one about Arctic daily sea-ice. With the Sun's maximum
activity for cycle 24 at amazing minimum l... more »
The Changing National Self-Image
Not sure if I'm going to get to any regular news posting today and
tomorrow, but I've been touristing around Washington all weekend and can at
least share a few thoughts on that.
Mainly, on the changes to the Mall. I hadn't previously been able to see
the WWII and Korea Memorials; I also hadn't seen the King Memorial,
although I had seen FDR already.
I had a fairly mixed view of the WWII memorial...I really don't have much
of a problem with heroic, triumphant national self-celebration. Was it
specific enough to the conflict? I'm not sure, and I'm not sure that the
size was sustaine... more »
Video: Facebook Censors Photos of Children Protesting Monsanto as ‘Abusive’
Facebook Censored Picture
Video: Facebook Censors Photos of Children Protesting Monsanto as ‘Abusive’
by Anthony Gucciardi
Natural Society, 9 June 2013
I recently spoke to the mother who was beyond shocked after the* photos she
posted of her children protesting Monsanto at the March Against Monsantowere labeled as ‘abusive’ and ultimately led to a ban
* on her ability to interact with other Facebook pages.
As it turns out, she was not alone, and soon the story began popping up on
MSN and around the web after originally being reported on by Mike Adams
over at NaturalNews. Apparentl... more »
Daily Links, Monday, June 10th
*As a day of riding in Miaoli came to a close, we found ourselves above
Liyutan Reservoir with the sun falling into the west. Yesterday was
gorgeous.*
Enjoy some links for a rainy monday...
*BLOGS*:
- Craig Ferguson takes some lovely pics in Taichung
- Oz finds some wisdom at an abandoned Coast Guard station.
- Wind power firm hires thugs to protect its site, says J Michael
- A 1964 document on being an analyst of the war theater in Taiwan
- Jenna lists her favorite coffee shops in Taipei
- Tea Masters, always sumptuous, on high mountain oolongs.
- Steve C review... more »
Two names you ought to be thinking about!
*MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013*
*Those names are Kessler and Maddow:* In the past ten days, we have watched
fairly closely as a fraud has been perpetrated.
That fraud has been conducted against millions of people. It involves the
array of bogus facts we continued to discuss in this morning’s first post.
Millions of people have been disinformed as this scam has been pimped. For
starters, you should think about the role that’s been played in this scam
by Glenn Kessler.
Kessler runs the Fact Checker site at the Washington Post. As he has shown
in the past ten days, he would rather jump off ... more »
Something missing from the BBC reporting that I've seen re Patrick Mercer
In all of the BBC's reporting of the latest allegations surrounding
Conservative MP Patrick Mercer, I've not seen any mention of this part of
the video
I think it fair to assume that the BBC would have been more inclined to
cover this aspect of the story if Patrick Mercer had said 'bloody Muslim'
rather than 'bloody Jew'.
Did The DCCC Muck Up Jim Graves' Run In Minnesota... Again?
If you want to know how "Minnesota nice" sounds, call Jim Graves. He picked
up the phone yesterday morning with the warmest, friendliest of
greetings... and immediately said he isn't talking to the press until July
first and suggested we talk about my upcoming trip to Tuscany instead. He
suggested I spend time in Siena, long one of my favorite small European
cities. As for questions around his dropping out of the congressional race
in MN-06... not a peep, although he did follow up a few minutes later by
sending this copy of the Bill Maher "the lights are a little bit dimmer in
Cra... more »
Activism is the alternative
Last week I was on a local radio program, Bread and Roses, to discuss the
assault on public education in its various nefarious forms, and the
possibilities of resistance, especially through grassroots union
organizing. As I was discussing the ways that educators are being boxed in
by shock doctrine tactics of depleted resources on the […]
TWO KINDS OF FACTS: Invented, withheld!
*MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013*
*Part 1—The New York Times publishes Hacker*: Right through this morning’s
4 o’clock hour, Fox News was pouring it on.
At that very recent hour, Fox was rebroadcasting Greta van Susteren’s
program from Friday evening’s 10 o’clock hour. In case they had missed it
the first million times, Fox viewers got to see Greta and Newt tell them
this:
VAN SUSTEREN (6/7/13, 6/10/13): What do you think President Obama thinks
about this? Does he pay attention? Or is this getting to him? Is this a
distraction?
GINGRICH: You know, Kubler-Ross did this book on death and dyin... more »
One Singular Snoopy Sensation
If
you'd told me last week that Glenn Greenwald would be the featured
gueston the corporate-funded Sunday blather-fests, I would have asked
you what
you were smoking.
If you'd told me last week that a creepy outfit named Booz Allen
Hamilton was
working in cahoots with the American government to spy on virtually
everybody on the planet, I would have asked what you were drinking. Can I
have my Booz on the rocks, please?
If you'd told me that the leaker would be a high-school dropout with an
aristocratic name, as articulately well-versed in the law, politics,
technology and humanitaria... more »
Barack Obama and his time at Columbia University
Did Barack Obama go to Columbia University, if so why does nobody remember
him? Is the story 'rancid'?
'I just returned from New York, where I attended my 30th Columbia
University reunion. I celebrated with my esteemed classmates. Everyone
except Barack Obama. As usual- he wasn't there. Not even a video greeting.
Not a personalized letter to his classmates. Nothing. But worse, no one I
met at our 30th reunion ever met him. The President of the United States is
the ghost of Columbia University.'
It's an odd story but not one that the US mainstream media or the BBC would
ever inv... more »
Untitled
*Hearing may shed light on sheriff’s murky books ~Andrew Vanacor, The
Advocate*
~*@TheLensNOLA* Round 2 of OPP consent decree hearings begins today at
8:30am. We'll live blog everything.
*New Orleans Holding Emergency Preparedness Exercise *
*Louisiana exports growing ~WWL*
*Central La. Guard unit headed to Guantanamo Bay ~Leigh Guidry, Town Talk*
*Y@ Speak: winners and losers ~Gambit*
@FleurtyGirl @SusBobadilla Hanging with @Editilla @yat_speak #Twitterpromtonight. So much fun! http://
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He's Perfectly Clear
Those of us who are old enough to remember recall that one of Richard
Nixon's pet -- and pat -- phrases was "perfectly clear." And, therefore, it
is particularly ironic that Stephen Harper -- who appears more Nixonian
with each passing day -- has adopted that phrase. As evidence, I offer the
above clip.
But, Jordan Himmelfarb writes, the more Harper claims to be "clear," the
more opaque he gets. That was particularly true during question period last
week -- when Harper chose to show up:
Asked by Mulcair last week how many times a day he speaks to his chief of
staff, Harper claime... more »
The Trans - Pacific Partnership Treaty - the latest boondoggle which will be forced down the throats of Americans.... Meanwhile as our Politicians sell out Americans ... China is buying everything not nailed down !
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://silverdoctors.com/obamas-super-secret-treaty-which-will-push-the-deindustrialization-of-america-into-overdrive/#more-27432
From
*The Economic Collapse Blog*:
The treaty is known as “the Trans-Pacific Partnership”, and the nations
that are reported to be involved in the development of this treaty
include
the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand,
Chile, Peru, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia. Opponents of this
treaty refer to it as “the NAFTA of the Pacific”, and if it is enacted
it
will push the deindustrialization of America into overdrive.... more »
A reply to the Toronto Star
A reply to the Toronto Star Story on Justices of the Peace:
Dear Sirs:
The story of a Superior Court judge overruling a Justice of the Peace on
the issuance of a search warrant is interesting but hardly shows Justices
of the Peace, as a group, are lacking suitable legal training. Every day
the Court of Appeal for Ontariohears up to a dozen appeals from judges, all
of whom have law degrees and stand at the top of their profession; no one
questions their eminent qualifications. What’s more, in the particular
case where the Justice of the Peace granted the disputed warrant it seems
... more »
Egyptian girl dies while being circumcised - Alarabiya.net English - But not on BBC
'A 13-year-old Egyptian girl has died while being circumcised at a private
village in the Daqahliya governorate north east of Cairo, Egyptian media
reported on Sunday.
"We left our daughter with the doctor and the nurse. 15 minutes later, the
nurse took my daughter out of the operation room to a nearby room, along
with three other girls whom the doctor was circumcising," Mohammed Ibrahim,
a farmer, told al-Masry al-Youm.
"I waited half an hour, hoping that my daughter would wake up, but,
unfortunately, unlike the rest of the girls, she did not," he said.'
More here
http://engl... more »
Robo Bird
This is hardly fast, but works around a close in battle field which
describes the needs of the folks at the pointy edge. This toy can also be
camouflaged better so that it stays less obvious, although once deployed,
even real birds will be quickly targeted.
Beyond all that, this is a great toy for mass consumption. It looks like
it can take off and land on a single spot in one's backyard. Every teenage
boy is a sure buyer. What a neat way to fly with the eagles.
At least we now have a successful working prototype.
*United States Army's New Robotic Bird Drone I... more »
Microbe Can Reproduce at -15C
What this tells us is that just about any planetary environment is
prospective for life if water has accumulated in ice caps. It may be
severely localized, but somewhere microbial life can be established.
It also tells us that if life ever existed on Mars, it likely still exists
deep down were the temperature gradient works. In short, Mars is
prospective for microbial life.
In practice, the argument for persuasive microbial life throughout the
solar system has been well fleshed out during the past thirty years. It
still has to be substantiated, and it is certainly not a s... more »
Scavenger Cells Linked to Regeneration
This appears to be a potentially fruitful line of research. We at least
think that we know were to look.
Obviously, natural wound restoration and limb restoration should be
completely possible, simply because we have a clear proof of concept in a
creature just as complex as we are. It will all be about locating the
switch that triggers the effect.
This takes us a lot closer. I also think that we are actually close to a
solution here, though it will come as an unexpected surprise.
In fact, I think outright managed regeneration as mainstream
medicine could be a deca... more »
Super-weeds threaten Collapse of Industrial Farming
Obviously the birds have been busy and for all intents and purposes,
super weeds are now everywhere.
I have posted that we have begun a transition from industrial agriculture
to general organic farming. I expected that this would proceed over two
generations at least. Yet we are now observing what could well be the death
throes of the industrial protocols. There is no chemical pesticide that can
do more than interfere rather briefly before biology swings back and wins.
The same problem is emerging with chemical nutrification as more and more
is producing less efficient... more »
Do You Hoard Media You Can't Play?
Hands up if you have a collection of vinyl, or even cassettes and don’t
have the decks and equipment to play them on. Maybe you have VHS tapes, but
no VHS player, or even eight track tapes and no eight track player.
A survey by UK electronics retailer Maplin has found that UK men still have
their collections of older media in their homes, even though they don’t
have the equipment to play these disappearing media formats. Some 45% still
have cassettes, but no cassette deck, 47% vinyl singles and LPs but no
turntable. Again some 20% have photographic slides but no viewer or
project... more »
SOAS Postgraduate Summer School -- Taiwan
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Monday Morning Linkage
Good mornin’ ducks… Here’s some linkage you might want to read (on stuff
other than the NSA)… The IMF admitted to violating its own rules to bailout
Greece and that the austerity program which accompanied the bailout did not
restore market confidence. The housing bubble in America is back with a
vengeance as bidding wars are
Continue reading
Health Spending 7: Health/GDP Ratio 2011
There was a Philippine Health National Accounts (PHNA) Dissemination Forum
held last Friday, June 07, 2013 at Crowne Plaza Galleria. I did not know
it, got no invite. I think only members of Alternative Budget Initiative
(ABI) Health cluster NGOs were invited. Anyway, thanks to Mercy Fabros of
WomanHealth, she emailed the presentation materials today.
The main presentation was made by Ms. Jessamyn Encarnacion, Director,
Social Statistics Office, National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). I
don't know if those materials will be posted online in their website, but
here are the re... more »
BBC News - Four arson arrests over Islamic Darul Uloom School fire
Whoever started that fire needs to face British justice, setting fire to
Muslim schools is NOT the answer.
However I am interested in BBC's use of word 'teenagers' in report. If
reporting arrests of 17 year-olds in Israel would the BBC's report have
said 'children'?
BBC report here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22837852
Hooper: XENON100 may have seen DM candidates, too
*...if it's so, LUX will observe 1-6 DM particles a week...*
Dan Hooper of Fermilab released an interesting new salvo in the dark
matter's war on existence,
Revisiting XENON100's Constraints (and Signals?) For Low-Mass Dark Matter.
Recall that the set of underground experiments that are trying to directly
catch the particles of dark matter is divided to two violently competing
subsets: one of them, the axis, vigorously claims that there can't be any
signal in the other experiments. The leader of this axis is the XENON100
experiment whose claimed constraints are far more powerful tha... more »
The Whistleblower vs Watership Down Syndrome
So that's what a real hero sounds like.
We don't talk much about freedom vs security up here in Canada, do we?
Sure we were taken aback when a 2009 RCMP mission statement colour-coded
its surveillance subjects in advance of the G8/20 summit, warning of :
"notions/expectations regarding the environment, animal rights, First
nations' resource-based grievances, gender/racial equality, and
distribution of wealth etc."
... following which the Harper Government™ spent nearly $1-billion
deploying 19,000 security personnel to make the largest mass arrest of
1,100 peaceful protesters in Ca... more »
EFN Asia 24: Jim Rogers talk at Jeju Forum
Among my favorite talks at the recently concluded Jeju Forum for Peace and
Prosperity where the Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia participated, was
the talk by a world reknown investor, Jim Rogers. This guy is a co-founder
of Quantum Fund with George Soros. Although he became rich in the US, he
moved to Singapore in 2007 as he solidified his belief that this is the
Asian century.
He has been an investor and businessman, a bike adventurer (he toured the
world on motorbike in the 80s, then in early 90s) and never joined politics
and government. Photos below are some of his books fro... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Eco-Crap
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our green
community.
Before we get started, I'd like to introduce you to the brand new Reduce
Footprints FACEBOOK PAGE. What will you find on that page? To start, I'll
be posting daily green tips and opening up discussions on green topics.
Stop by and "Like" the page ... and, as always, if you have suggestions
about what you'd like to see, just let me know.
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Grab our banner for your site:
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Can "Ex"-Blue Dog Steve Israel Be Beaten... Preferably In A Primary?
When making an excuse for reappointing Israel chairman of the DCCC, despite
his dismal failure in 2012, the nicest thing Nancy Pelosi could muster to
say about his abilities was that he's "reptilian." Although he claims he
performed so horrifically in 2012 because his wife was divorcing him, he
doesn't seem to have learned a thing and is leading the Democrats to doom
again-- forcing vulnerable freshmen far to the right of their Democratic
bases which is likely to lead to the Great New Dem Apocalypse of 2014 for
almost identical reasons the DCCC brought on the Great Blue Dog Apocaly... more »
Professor Stanley Lombardo reads from his translation of the Iliad
Title: Professor Stanley Lombardo reads from his translation of the Iliad.
Source: Hollins University. Date Published: April 24, 2009. Description:
One of the speakers at Hollins 34th annual Classics Symposium was Stanley
Lombardo, professor of classics at the University of Kansas, who read from
his translation of the "Iliad."
Turkey Self-Destructs (Videos And Articles About Anti-Erdoğan Protests)
*Source: AP*.
Related:
*Turkish Opposition Says Erdoğan Must Go. *
*Muslim Brotherhood Takes The Side of Criminal Erdoğan Against Peaceful
Protesters.*
*Divide And Conquer: The Revolts In Syria And Turkey.*
An excerpt from, *"Erdogan: “We’ve Been PatientFor Too Long”"* by Tulin
Daloglu (Al-Monitor, June 9):
It was a shocking speech — as if Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan had declared a war against a segment of his own people, although he
often claims to represent 100% of the nation.
“We’ve been patient for far too long,” Erdogan said on Sunday, June 9, upon
his a... more »
The NSA leaker outs himself
I want to think this kid is a hero but I'm not sure I believe him.
I've been traveling all day so I'm just catching up. Read a couple of posts
and watched Snowden's interview. Something about his body language strikes
me as a bit off. He's clearly smart and articulate but his story is odd. As
the kids say, I have questions.
For one thing, I actually know someone who tried to get a job with the CIA.
She was also very bright, very beautiful and a college graduate. Not sure
if she ever got the job. She moved away before it happened but the process
is really long. She had been working... more »
Another brave young American patriot risks his personal freedom so that the rest of us may have a better chance to get our freedom back from our insidious Orwellian Big Brother
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*NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that
does these sort of things'*
Guardian's Glenn Greenwald talks to Edward Snowden, the source behind the
NSA files about his motives for the biggest intelligence leak in a
generation - June 9, 2013
More at The Real News
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Airports: They’re about making an entrance!
[image: Madrid-Barajas Airport, Madrid, by Richard Rogers]
*Richard Rogers’ Madrid-Barajas airport.*
Architectural critic Paul Goldberger reckons that airports today are like
the great railway terminals of yesteryear: the gateway to the adventure and
romance of a new city. In short, it’s all about *arrival*--something most
airports do so poorly.
Where they exist at airports, he says, the more impressive spaces are
usually located in the airports' departure halls. Those passengers are
rushing to clear security and catch flights and don't have time to
appreciate their space. The ar... more »
To The National Paranoia Agency, We Are All Potential Bad Guys
"We live now in an era where normal values have been displaced. The good is
called bad, the bad - good." - Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya
(assassinated in October 2006).
For the totalitarian National Paranoia Agency (NPA), *which is running a
massive surveillance program targeting the American and global populations*,
there are two types of individuals: bad guys and good guys.
Definition of a bad guy = An individual, either in government or in civil
society, who is critical of government policies and political leaders.
Definition of a good guy = An individual who sheepish... more »
The Ron Paul of Pakistan
Javed Nasim, member of Pakistan's Movement For Change Party, 1) does not
take taxpayers' money, 2) does not benefit from perks or abuse his
privileged position in any way, 3) supports himself and his family with a
honest-paying job, 4) does not use government security, and 5) believes in
dialogue and peaceful negotiations to resolve conflicts.
The sad thing is that a self-reliant and honest leader like him could get
assassinated in an unstable country like Pakistan.
Pakistani politician refuses to be protected. Source: Al Jazeera.
Greece (356 % ) , Ireland ( 352 % ) and Portugal ( 302 % ) have worst debt to income ratios in Eurozone - For perspective the US stands at 560 % and has fallen sharply just since 2010 when it was a mere 360 % ! ! China have both economic and banking systems issues ? ?
Eurozone: three countries have debt-to-income ratios of more than 300%
Figures expose indebtedness of eurozone governments in relation to
government revenues – UK is sixth with ratio of 212%
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Three eurozone countries – Ireland, Greece and Portugal – now have
debt-to-income ratios of more than 300%. Photograph: Daniel
Roland/AFP/Getty Images
Ireland, Greece and Portugal are labouring under debt-to-inco... more »
What About All Those Great Keystone XL Pipeline Jobs Boehner Is Always Barking About?
You don't have to be a congressman in a borrowed lab coat to do the math...
but our old friend, Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) explains the dangers of Keystone
XL and the tar sands it wants to pipe though the heart of America better
than anyone else tonight (above). For example, have you heard Boehner
running around like a chicken without a head squawking that the pipeline
would create 250,000 jobs? That would be a nice shot in the arm for an
economy that has been devastated by Republican Party economic and fiscal
policies and by Republican Party obstruction to President Obama's attempts
t... more »
WAR IN SYRIA: AN EVOLVED RELIGIOUS WAR OR CONTRIVED BY ISLAM’S ENEMIES?
The war in Syria that threatens to engulf the region has clearly become a
religious war pitting Sunni Muslims against Shia Muslims. Having began as a
secular rebellion, it has now become an almost exclusively sectarian war
and, like most religious wars, has become extremely bloody and polarising
with some Syrian Shia Muslims that had defected to the rebel cause in the
early days now asking to be taken back into the government’s ranks.
But the question is; how did it arrive at this horrifying mess – especially
considering that the war has been going on now for more than two years
und... more »
what i'm reading: the casual vacancy by j. k. rowling
*The Casual Vacancy*, J. K. Rowling's first non- *Harry Potter* book,
received almost universally poor reviews, ranging from tepid to savage.
Reviewers found the book too long for the subject matter, too slow, poorly
paced. They thought the plot was a soap opera. They found the writing
cliched, studied, heavy-handed. In a book full of characters, they found
few noteworthy. As one reviewer put it: "Unfortunately, the real-life world
she has limned in these pages is so willfully banal, so depressingly
clichéd that “The Casual Vacancy” is not only disappointing — it’s dull."
I disagree... more »
amnesty international calls for release of war resister kimberly rivera: please write a letter in support
Amnesty International is calling for the release of war resister Kimberly
Rivera, who was forced out of Canada by the Harper Government. Will you
please write a letter in support of her release? Here's how.
If you want to write to Kim, you can reach her at:
*Kimberly Rivera
P.O. Box 452136
San Diego, CA 92145-2136*
You can also write to war resister Justin Colby at:
*COLBY, Justin
1450 Alder Rd.
Box 339536
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98433-9536*
*Important Note:* The military has very strict (arcane, incomprehensible)
rules about what prisoners can receive. Please do not include *... more »
“12 Cliches to Live By"
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*“12 Cliches to Live By"*
by MensHealth.com
"*1. It ain't over till it's over.* 2004. Red Sox down 0-3. If Mariano
Rivera can let one slip, think how your buddy Phil's bladder quivers as he
prepares to shank the serve on match point. On the flip side, when you're 1
point from victory, it's no time for experimentation. End it.
*2. Do unto others.* It doesn't guarantee reciprocation, but you'll never
lose. No one's going to scoff, "You delivered as promised? Congrats on
being elected mayor of Chump City!"
*3. You can't save someone from himself.* You can try - and you will - ... more »
"Confidence in Human Nature"
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*"Confidence in Human Nature"*
by ChivalryNow
"What do the Golden Age of Classical Greece, the Renaissance and The Age of
Enlightenment have in common? They all believed in the nobility and
potential good of human nature, and humanity reaped incredible benefits
from them. Confidence in the basic goodness of human nature forms the
foundation of chivalry as well. It is this foundation that chivalry tries
to revive. We start by finding it in ourselves, responding to it with deep,
personal commitment, and then inspiring it in others through our words and
deeds. Today's world make... more »
Stevie's last obstacle . . .
HUPACASATH
FIRST NATION battles China-Canada FIPA in court. So says the VO, aka
the Vancouver Observer.
Photo via @Lyacksongirl
Closing arguments began Wednesday for the historic Hupacasath First
Nation court challenge of a FIPA, or foreign investor protection
agreement between Canada and China. The Hupacasath's case against the
Harper government says that Canada has a duty to consult First
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things'
theguardian
Edward Snowden was interviewed over several days in Hong Kong by Glenn
Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill.
Q: Why did you decide to become a whistleblower?
A: "The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost
everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications
are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your
emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get
your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards.
"I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things … I do
... more »
"Puzzling..."
"I've wondered why it took us so long to catch on. We saw it and yet we
didn't see it. Or rather we were trained not to see it. Conned, perhaps,
into thinking that the real action was metropolitan and all this was just
boring hinterland. It was a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door
and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth,'' and so it goes away.
Puzzling..."
- Robert M. Pirsig
None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds
GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
David DeGraw
Seventeen years ago, I read a book called *The Evolving Self*. Though I
didn’t realize it at the time, it profoundly affected the direction of my
life. Here’s the section of the book that became a splinter in my mind and
resonated the most with me:
In order to gain control of consciousness, we must learn how to moderate
the biases built into the machinery of the brain. We allow a whole series
of illusions to stand between ourselves and reality…. These distortions are
comforting, yet they need to be seen through for the self to be truly
liberated… to come ever closer... more »
Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Program Needs to Stay Secret
Mark Rumold and David Sobel
*EFF*
In a rare public filing in the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court (FISC), the Justice Department urged continued secrecy for a 2011
FISC opinion finding government surveillance to be unconstitutional.
Significantly, the activities at issue were carried out under the
controversial legal authority that underlies the National Security Agency’s
recently-revealed PRISM program.
EFF filed a suit under the Freedom of Information Act in August 2012,
seeking disclosure of the FISC ruling. Sens. Ron Wyden and Mark Udall
revealed the existence o... more »
"'The Imp of the Perverse': Edgar Allan Poe Updated for the 21st Century"
* "'The Imp of the Perverse': *
*Edgar Allan Poe Updated for the 21st Century"*
by Brint Montgomery
"In the consideration of the mental faculties and neuro- impulses- of the
basic movements within the human "soul," to use an antique term, the
popular notions of psychology have failed to make room for a propensity
which, although obviously existing as a radical, primitive, irreducible
emotion, has been equally overlooked by all the religious advisors and
ethics counsellors who have preceded such psychologists. In our pure
intoxication with science, we have indeed all overlooked ... more »
Department of Justice: drone strikes on American citizens are legal because Obama and Holder said so
"Where law ends tyranny begins"
seen on the Justice Dept. building, D.C.
photo credit: joewcampbell/Flickr Madison Ruppert
In a court filing this week, Justice Department lawyers claimed that the
Obama administration’s drone strikes that have admittedly killed four
American citizens are constitutional in part simply because Eric Holder and
Barack Obama said so.
While this might seem absurd to the point that it seems like it should be
published in the Onion, it is quite unfortunately true.
“The Attorney General’s statement last month that the use of remotely
piloted aircraft and th... more »
New York Times Editors Defend the Indefensible
Stephen Lendman
It's standard Times practice. It's longstanding. On June 6, Times editors
praised Obama's selection of Susan Rice and Samantha Power.
They're deplorable choices. They'll move from current capacities to new
national security positions. More on that below.
Times editors endorsed what demands condemnation. What they say matters.
Times articles, commentaries and editorials have impact. What's reported
attracts global attention.
Longstanding Times policy is consistent. It operates as a quasi-official
ministry of managed news misinformation. It masquerades as the real ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Minsk, Belarus. Thanks for stopping by.
Report states tech giants worked with government surveillance program, companies deny role in PRISM
Madison Ruppert
The New York Times reports that the Internet giants involved in the secret
PRISM surveillance program agreed to cooperate with the government. The
same companies have issued denials which some argue are actually cleverly
worded attempts to obscure their involvement.
All of this comes in response to the reports exposing the NSA’s massive
surveillance program known as PRISM which gives them access to the servers
of some of the largest Internet companies which was quickly defended by
Obama. The information about PRISM was released shortly after it was
revealed that Ve... more »
NASA: “Clouds Behaving Strangely”
Chris Carrington
Noctilucent clouds, clouds that can only be seen when the Sun is below the
horizon, are behaving differently this year according to NASA. The clouds,
which are the highest in altitude of all the clouds are normally very
faint, often too faint to be seen with the naked eye, but they become
visible when illuminated by sunlight shining up from below the horizon.
Their appearance earlier in the year than usual may hint that there are
changes occurring in the Earth's atmosphere. You can read a very full
explanation of the phenomenon here.
Today's sunspot number is 76... more »
Unconstitutional US Data-Mining
Stephen Lendman
On June 5, London's Guardian reported part of it. "NSA collecting phone
records of millions of Verizon customers daily," it headlined.
On June 6, a follow-up article headlined "NSA taps in to systems of Google,
Facebook, Apple and others, secret files reveal."
The Washington Post followed with its own report. It said the NSA and FBI
"are tapping directly into the central servers of nine US Internet
companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and
connection logs that enable analysts to trace a person’s movements and
contacts over time."
Mi... more »
Rand Paul Calls of Mass Class Action Lawsuit to Supreme Court Over NSA Spying
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul took to Fox News Sunday to declare his legal
opposition to the NSA's surveillance programs. "I'm going to be seeing if I
can challenge this at the Supreme Court level," Paul said.
"I'm going to be asking all the internet providers and all of the phone
companies: ask your customers to join me in a class action lawsuit," Paul
told host Chris Wallace. "If we get ten million Americans saying we don't
want our phone records looked at, then maybe someone will wake up and
something will change in Washington."
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UN: Fukushima ‘Unlikely’ to Pose Health Risks (Even as Kids are Diagnosed with Cancer)
*The UN has come to the conclusion that the world shouldn’t really worry
about negative health effects from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown.*
Melissa Melton
The 60th session of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect
of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) has completed what they claim will be “the
most comprehensive international scientific analysis of the information
available to date” that concludes not only were there no immediate health
risks from the meltdown but that,
“It is unlikely to be able to attribute any health effects in the future
among the general public an... more »
Kahlil Gibran, "A Poet's Voice, Part One"
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*"A Poet's Voice, Part One"*
by Kahlil Gibran
"The power of charity sows deep in my heart, and I reap and gather the
wheat in bundles and give them to the hungry. My soul gives life to the
grapevine and I press its bunches and give the juice to the thirsty. Heaven
fills my lamp with oil and I place it at my window to direct the stranger
through the dark.
I do all these things because I live in them; and if destiny should tie my
hands and prevent me from so doing, then death would be my only desire. For
I am a poet, and if I cannot give, I shall refuse to receive.
Humanity ra... more »
David Icke Calls for Mass Noncompliance at Bilderberg
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