Middle East (Photo credit: rogiro)
English: Billboard of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the general election of 2011 at Taksim square, Istanbul Türkçe: 2011 genel seçimleri afişi. Taksim, İstanbul (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Alan Waldman : Helen Mirren Won Top Awards for TV Movie Series ‘Prime Suspect’
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Mirren plays Brit cop Jane Tennison, who fights serious sexism while
solving big crimes and facing personal challenges
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / June 11, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada,
NEOCON ‘MAD MAX’ BOOT BECOMES CONFUSED AND DELUSIONAL OVER SYRIA
Max Boot, the ultra right-wing neoconservative commentator, seems to have
become confused over who is fighting who in Syria these days. He writes in *
Commentary* today that it’s not too late for the US and their allies to arm
and support the rebels – but only the moderate secular rebels fighting
al-Assad. He says:
*I still believe it is not too late to tip the balance of power not only
between Assad and the rebels but also between rebel factions, empowering
the more mainstream groups and draining power from the Al Nusrah Front and
its ilk.*
The problem is that the ‘al-Nusrah Front’... more »
Morsi Defends Position In Looming Fight Over The Nile
Overflow of the Nile. *Source.*
Related: *War Over Water? Dispute Between Egypt and Ethiopia Over Nile
Grows After Violent Threats Made On Egyptian TV*.
*"For Egypt, the Nile is the state; a threat to the river constitutes a
threat to national security."* - Ayman Shabaana, "political science
professor at Cairo University’s Institute for African Studies." (Source - *"Egypt:
Differences ‘Narrowing’ Over Nile Waters"* by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa
Al-Omrani, IPS, August 21, 2009).
An excerpt from, *"Egypt 'war' talk raises Ethiopia Nile dam stakes"* by
Tom Perry and Alastair ... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Close The Door
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
Before we get started, I'd like to introduce you to t... more »
Fareed Zakaria On Erdoğan In 2011: "His Voice May Be The Voice of The New Middle East"
The hosts and analysts on CNN and the "mainstream" media are proven wrong
about the Middle East time after time. With every new political development
in the Middle East their previous analysis of policies and political
personalities is shown to be illusory and grounded in ideology instead of
reality.
Back in 2011, CNN's Fareed Zakaria said the policies of Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, "are boosting his standing as a populist
hero," and added, "his voice may be the voice of the new Middle East."
Less than two years later, Zakaria's glowing statements about Erdoğan soun... more »
Q: Who do you need for an affordable city? A: Developers.
Whale Oil’s irregular correspondent Policy Parrot is worth following on
so-called “planning and development issues” in Auckland Council.
Just yesterday, he pointed out that the allegedly “permissive” Unitary
Auckland Plan is about to become anything but, with the heights and
densities “permitted” by planners about to be scaled back, and the Council
announcing that most (all?) new developments will be “notified”—meaning
every new development will have to cross a lake of fire on a wooden boat to
gain “permission?” to proceed.
And today, he’s pointing out that everything council is ... more »
The Santa Monica California Shooting: Is This Another Hoax?
When the first reports came out last week of ANOTHER mass "shooting" in
America... This time at Santa Monica College in California... I began to
wonder and to have my suspicions... Considering that the criminal Jewish
elite were already doing their most evil in previous false flags in America
such as the Aurora Colorado "Shooting", the Sandy Hook "Massacre", and the
Boston Massachusetts "Bombing", I had hoped that Americans were not being
played as suckers again with this Santa Monica California shooting....
But......
I want to present the following 2 important videos that come cour... more »
Comments on Dr. Murry Salby's Critique of the Climate Consensus
I
have commented upon the Dr. Murry Salby presentation recently touted by
the critics of the academic climate science consensus, at the claes
johnsonsite:
*I prefer the summary analysis presented at appinsys.com. And if you
look
at the temperature record (the first graph at the appinsys link), you
will
see what everyone should know, that the temperature decreased from 1880
to
1910, increased from 1910 to 1940, decreased again from 1940 to 1975,
and
increased again from 1975 to about 2000. Now the CO2 record from 1957
onwardshows dC/dt has increased monotonically over that period, i.e.,... more »
It’s Time; Let’s Talk
The rally on June 8 kind of bothered me. I’m not sure why. It made me
realize that teachers and locals aren’t getting the full story. That bugs
me. Professionals are smart, and they like to have the full facts so that
they can make good, thoughtful judgments about things. Things like Race to
the […]
Experts: Defeat of Erdoğan Dooms The Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process
*How can this man secure a peace deal with the Kurds when he can't even
secure peace in the streets?*
Middle East experts are saying that the political defeat of Turkish
Prime
Minister Erdoğan could endanger the shaky Turkish-Kurdish peace deal
that
went into effect in early May when *PKK soldiers began exiting the
country*and made their way to northern Iraq. It is the belief of some
that a
sizable amount of the secular and nationalist protesters that are taking
part in the anti-Erdoğan protests do not wish to see a permanent peace
between the Kurds and the Turkish state. Read the... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth's night sky are often
named for flowers or insects. Though its wingspan covers over 3
light-years, NGC 6302 is no exception. With an estimated surface
temperature of about 250,000 degrees C, the dying central star of this
particular planetary nebula has become exceptionally hot, shining brightly
in ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust.
*Click image for larger size.*
This sharp and colorful close-up of the dying star's nebula was recorded
in 2009 by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3,... more »
Business Bureaucracy 8: Exchanges at Imperium et Populi (Philippines)
A
friend, Rev. Ruel Chavez, posted my article from the lobbyist.biz dated
January 23, 2013, Personal and economic freedom, Philippines and rest of
the world, in one of his facebook groups, Imperium et Populi
(Philippines)(Government and People, Philippines) last Saturday, June 8,
2013.
There were several comments and exchanges among members. Some members
requested Ruel to bring me into the group so I can reply to their
questions
and additional comments. I was added (I seldom join discussion groups in
facebook as my fb wall and that of my friends’ are already my discussion
platforms, ... more »
Fukushima update - June 11 , 2013. The Horror .......
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201306110092
Removal of nuke fuel debris at Fukushima plant set for 2020
- Previous ArticleIn age of Abe, local governments still fight for
nuclear-free society
-
June 11, 2013
By JIN NISHIKAWA/ Staff Writer
The extraction of melted nuclear fuel rod debris at the Fukushima No. 1
nuclear power plant could begin in 2020, or 18 months earlier than
originally anticipated, the central government and Tokyo Electric Power Co.
said June 10.
In releasing a draft amendment to the current decommissioning road map,
however, the go... more »
Some decent folks live in Texas but...
its reputation as an extreme right-wing, christian fundamentalist,
patriarchal, xenophobic, misogynist, homophobic, violent hell-hole is
mostly well-deserved.
When Louise (of _Thelma and Louise_) wanted to make a run for Mexico, she
wanted to avoid Texas. Except for the enlightened city of Austin and
environs, that is the correct approach to this reactionary US state.
DJ! has many, many blogposts about the Texan political climate and its
dominant anti-Choice practices.
This judgement was recently pronounced there:
On Christmas Eve 2009, Ezekiel Gilbert, 30, shot Lenora Ivie Frag... more »
The Banksters Know Just How To Fix Spain's Economy-- Suspend The Minium Wage... And Give The Banks To The Banksters
Luis Maria Linde, ECB President Mario Draghi and President of the Spanish
Parliament Jesus Posada
Spain cooked its own goose last year when it elected a uber-corrupt
right-wing government lead by crooked wing-nut Mariano Rajoy. The Bank of
Spain's brand new crackpot right-wing Governor, Luis Maria Linde, is urging
that government, enmeshed in endless corruption scandals and an Austerity
economy cascading out of control, to sell two nationalized banks (Catalunya
Banc and NCG Banco), quickly raise the retirement age and scrap the minimum
wage. Nothing about executing banksters and con... more »
Isn't it time we all got our priorities on NSA surveillance straight? Thank you, Andy Borowitz!
*The New Yorker's Amy Davison claims that Davy Brooks offers "an odd
perspective" on Edward Snowden. Our Davy? "An odd perspective"? Imagine!*
*by Ken*
I know it's the job of every patriotic American at present to take sides in
the matter of the NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Why, over at *The New
Yorker* I hear that John Cassidy ("Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero") and
Jeffrey Toobin ("Edward Snowden Is No Hero") are stalking each other in the
halls with squirtguns.
Why, even David Brooks has weighed in, apparently on the theory that the
country is in urgent need of the Moronic V... more »
In Greece , not only won't the revolution be televised - the recovery won't be broadcast either ..... ERT to be shutdown by Greek Government
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-11/greek-recovery-may-no-longer-be-televized-following-transitory-shut-down-national-br
Greek "Recovery" May No Longer Be Televised Following "Transitory" Shut
Down Of National Broadcaster
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/11/2013 11:24 -0400
- Greece
- Gross Domestic Product
- recovery
The Greek recovery (whose GDP recently plunged to year 2000 levels) is
progressing as expected, however following the latest news out of the Fourth
world country that its national broadcaster ERT, with 2800 employees... more »
ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: Classical Versus ‘Austrian’ Schools of Economic Thought
*Here’s the note from our friends at the Auckland Uni Economics Group about
this week’s discussion:*
We'll be talking in later weeks about the differences and the debate
between Hayek and Keynes.
This week, we'll be looking at the differences between the Classical
School of Smith, Say, Mill and Ricardo, and the Austrian School of Menger,
Von Mises, Hayek and Bohm-Bawerk--and explain the importance of the debate
for understanding economics today.
And we'll conclude by pointing out some of the similarities between the
schools, and give some pointers to reconciling the diffe... more »
News oddities to ponder - June 11 , 2013 ...... Lead Story ......... Roadblocks in St Clair and Bibbs County , Alabama - seeking blood and DNA samples ? IRS seeking urgent bids for spy gear - WTF ? George Orwell's 1984 sales surge 6884 percent in the last 24 hours .......FBI requests for records surge 1000 percent over past 4 years.......Have the polygraphs started yet for the 30 - 40 folks ( NSA / Booz Allen , et al ) who had that secret FISA Court Order - the one Snowden shouldn't have had access to in the first place ?
Oddities in the news......
http://blog.al.com/east-alabama/2013/06/why_were_roadblocks_in_st_clai.html
( Of course , rather than a police roadblock , why not request volunteers
at a local school , firehouse or Church ? )
Why were roadblocks in St. Clair and Bibb counties asking for blood and DNA
samples this weekend?
PELL CITY, Alabama -- St. Clair and Bibb county authorities are confirming
there were roadblocks at several locations in their counties Friday and
Saturday asking for blood and DNA samples. However, the samples were
voluntary and motorists were paid for them as part ... more »
LNG Spin Zone Unraveled, Uncomfortable Facts
Corporate spin, bluster of the bullish, is anything real, what can be
believed, just like the never-ending petroleum industry ads on Suns News of
pristine environments, clean flowing waters and a harmonious blissful
arrangement between mother nature and tar oil goop extractors..
At times I feel the BC Government orders up press releases to directly
counter articles posted at The Straight Goods, at least when it comes to
LNG, .....Recently the esteemed Andrew Weaver has perused these articles
and agreed with the analysis coming from this site, Andrew Weaver featured
on CTV(toni... more »
BEING SPIED ON BY ALL THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
*The Daily Show with Jon Stewart*
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily
Show on Facebook
Charged with overseeing the NSA's domestic surveillance programs, the FISA
court wears out its rubber stamp.
Anonymous, DefCon, and Young and Adult Hackers of the World: We Need Your Help
If you are a young person of school age or an adult with a child in public
schools, you should be outraged that your education, or your son’s or
daughter’s education, is in the process of being hijacked by Business
Roundtable self-serving ideologues whose ignorance about education is
matched only by their greed and hatred […]
Musical Interlude: Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven”
Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ouMaLRth-s
The Daily "Near You?"
Johnson City, New York, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, “The Dark Angel”
* “The Dark Angel”*
by Chet Raymo
“The American Civil War claimed an estimated 620,000 lives, approximately
the same number as in all of the nation's other wars put together. Compared
to the size of the country's population, six times as many young men died
between 1861 and 1865 as in World War II. Few American families, north or
south, were unaffected.
Lincoln insisted at Gettysburg "that these dead shall not have died in
vain." Drew Gilpin Faust, historian and President of Harvard University,
has written a book that tries to measure the effect on the American psyche
of t... more »
“7 Best Shakespeare Insults”
* *
*“7 Best Shakespeare Insults”*
by The Huffington Post
"You should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you
are so." Shakespeare employs this biting insult in "Macbeth" to establish
the complete and utter repulsiveness of the three witches. Their "withered
and wild" features cause Macbeth and Banquo to question if the sisters are
even human beings.
"Methinks thou art a general offence, and every man should beat thee. I
think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon you." In "All's
Well That Ends Well," Lafeu hits infamous liar and coward Porolle... more »
"Life..."
"Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether
it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Join the Tweetin’ Fun at #againstcommoncore
Tweet much? Thanks to Roseanne Eckert, I’m gonna start her idea up on
Twitter. Using hashtag #againstcommoncore, fill in the blanks: I am a
________ and a _____________ and I’m #againstcommoncore. Example: I am a
dad and an educator and I’m #againstcommoncore. No planned Twitter bombs or
wars. Just an ongoing plug. Keep it up and […]
"They Thought They Were Free"
*Excerpt: "They Thought They Were Free:
The Germans, 1933-45"*
by Milton Mayer
*"But Then It Was Too Late"*
"What no one seemed to notice," said a colleague of mine, a philologist,
"was the ever widening gap, after 1933, between the government and the
people. Just think how very wide this gap was to begin with, here in
Germany. And it became always wider. You know, it doesn’t make people close
to their government to be told that this is a people’s government, a true
democracy, or to be enrolled in civilian defense, or even to vote. All this
has little, really nothing, to do wi... more »
"What’s Normal in a Profoundly Abnormal Society?"
* *
* "What’s Normal in a Profoundly Abnormal Society?"*
by James Quinn
"I consider myself a seeker of truth. It isn’t easy finding it in todays’
world. In an alternate version of the famous scene from "A Few Good Men," I
picture myself telling Turbo Tax Timmy Geithner that I want the truth and
his angry truthful response: “Son, we live in a world that has Wall Street
banks, and those banks have to be guarded by puppet politicians in
Washington D.C. with lobbyist written laws and Madison Avenue PR maggots
with media propaganda. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Representative Paul? I
... more »
SURVEILLANCE STATE: Start the children early
*The Guardian,* who deserve the credit for breaking the news that your
secrets aren’t safe as long as the NSA is in the cyber-room, tell the tale
through some re-issues of classic children’s books, including these
favourites …
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SURVEILLANCE STATE: "If They Want to Get You, They Will Get You in Time"
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*As new technology gives the surveillance state more power, it’s even
more
important to constrain the state. This guest post by Jeffrey
Tuckerexamines the latest revelations of how far, and how many, the
modern state
is surveilling.*
*"If They Want to Get You, They Will Get You in Time"*
What a few days it's been, like watching a global prize-fight of epic
proportions, with every conceivable side throwing the hardest possible
punches.
It began with the first leak in the U.K.'s *Guardian*, which was echoed
in *The
Washington Post*. The specific allegation was that the ... more »
Ban Suspensions as Alternatives Are Implemented
I very much respect Daniel Losen and the UCLA Civil Rights Project, so I
was taken aback by his statement on NPR regarding the question of whether a
single suspension could send a secondary student of color down the pipeline
to prison. Losen replied that even one such incident is “associated” with a
doubling of […]
Republican Hatred Of Science (And Reality) Lends Itself To Comedy (As Well As Tragedy)
What a team!
There are several Republican polling firms who stay in business by telling
Republicans what they want to hear. Mitt Romney actually believed he was
going to win in November. He spent a small fortune on consultants and
pollsters and instead of predicting a 332-206 electoral college sweep for
President Obama they had persuaded Romney-- who lost the national vote by
over 3.5 million-- that he should waste his time interviewing a transition
staff and potential cabinet members. He didn't win a single close state and
the only state even remotely considered part of the battlegr... more »
“Useful Phrases for the Surveillance State”
* “Useful Phrases for the Surveillance State”*
by Andy Borowitz
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)— “In the event that the U.S. government is
monitoring your conversations, here are some useful phrases to insert into
your phone calls, texts, or e-mails:
I think the N.S.A. is awesome.
I just re-read “Nineteen Eighty-Four”—it actually has a lot of good ideas
in it!
There’s no such thing as a “bad” drone.
Sure am glad that I never talk to any foreigners.
I wouldn’t know the first thing about making ricin.
The Fourth Amendment is overrated.
If you ask me, Guantánamo is full of nothin... more »
The Kraken - the huge octopus that ... exists!
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/rXkOPv3wVZw
A great piece of research a.o. by Edith A. Widder, an oceanographer who had
a brilliant idea. Old stories came to life, stories that nobody wanted to
believe. Now we know and can see it. The Kraken exists and is 2 stories
high. Enjoy your next day at the sunny beaches, but watch out for it when
tipping your toes in the sea! You never know!
John
Shenzhou-10 Launch
Is there anything more visually striking than the modernity of a rocket
launch?
Best of luck to the three taikonauts during their fortnight sojourn at
China's orbiting spacelab.
Now, this blog has talked about space programmes twice before, so on a lazy
night like this I recommend you check them out in lieu of anything new.
"First They Came..."
"First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me."
- Martin Niemöller
•
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing.”
- Edmund Burke
“If Edward Snowden Is a Criminal, Why Aren’t the Rest of Us Criminals As Well?”
* *
*“If Edward Snowden Is a Criminal, *
*Why Aren’t the Rest of Us Criminals As Well?”*
By John W. Whitehead
“We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds: we have been drenched by many
storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence; experience
has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open;
intolerable conflicts have worn us down and even made us cynical. Are we
still of any use? What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or
misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straightforward men.
Will our inward power of resistanc... more »
Do We Need Another Edu-Proclamation, or Do We Need Resistance Strategies to End High Stakes Tests?
Every few weeks it seems another group of luminaries signs on and
circulates another proclamation or declaration making it clear what
perpetrators who aren’t listening “must do” or “should do” to correct the
corporate savaging of public education. The latest appears today and is
posted at Daily Kos and WaPo. This one appears vetted by […]
Conditional sentence for an offence of violence
*R. v. Pottie,* 2013 NSCA 68 deals with the often vexed question of a
conditional discharge for a violent offence.
The *Criminal Code* provides:
730. (1) Where an accused, other than an organization, pleads guilty to or
is found guilty of an offence, other than an offence for which a minimum
punishment is prescribed by law or an offence punishable by imprisonment
for fourteen years or for life, the court before which the accused appears
may, if it considers it to be in the best interests of the accused and not
contrary to the public interest, instead of convicting the accused, by ... more »
In Moving Beyond Repartee
A comment made to the blog, Cloaking Inequality: We need to move the
conversation forward. There is nothing new in all the words I have read so
far in the blog article nor the response / comment Dr. Thornburg put out
there. The focus of an activist movement to maintain public education in
America must […]
Criminal Thanks NRA
From *Think Progress* –
*Bornman, who is serving a 20-year sentence for bank robbery,* wrote to the
Hartford Courant explaining how easy it would be for him to get a gun even
though he is legally banned from buying one:
As a lifelong career criminal, although I no longer enjoy the right to
keep and bear arms, I’d like to take a moment to express my appreciation to
the National Rifle Association for nonetheless protecting my ability to
easily obtain them through its opposition to universal background checks.
Upon release in a few years from my current federal sentence on b... more »
Glenn Greenwald Comes To the Rescue and Then Gets Disappeared? How Metadata Ruins Your Privacy, Overbroad Orders and Giants Deny Access to Servers
What else would they say? Internet giants deny granting government 'direct
access' to serversAP survey: Economists see no stock market bubble Here's
where the very last of the Left leave the party and a real leader exposes
Obama's Bush III governing: I hope Glenn Greenwald has a nice place already
picked out either in a country without extradition treaties with the US or
is so lawyered up (
On Non-Resident Voting in the Iranian Election
This
Friday, June 14, 2013, millions will head to the polls to vote for the
next president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. While the vast majority
of votes will naturally come from voters inside Iran itself, many will
also come from outside its borders as any documented Iranian citizen
worldwide is eligible to cast a ballot in the race.
Last week, Hassan Qashqavi, Iranian Deputy Foreign
Untitled
*A Brief History Of Saints Logos ~Wallace Dellery, Canal Street Chronicles*
Dems - the Dangerous Sheeple
*From Huffington Post *– my new formatting
I couldn't make this up id I wanted to.
*From Huffington Post *–
This is what happens when you blindly follow a leader
Regardless of whether that leader deserved to be followed – OR NOT - - on a
particular situation.
I see this at Daily Kos a lot - where they defend the POTUS - regardless of
what he is up to - because he is a DEMOCRATIC POTUS - Bullshit!
He's an ordinary person who makes mistakes just like the rest of us and he
needs to taken to task - when he f#cks up.
I don't think anyone deserves undying loyalty - that is how people... more »
How Multinationals Corps Screw US in 4 steps
Great read on* Common Dreams *today
It’s about Google – but in essence the facts presented can be applied to
every multi-national company in the US.
SNIPS
*from *
*Paul Buchheit's article*
Yes, these companies provide quality products and much-desired
entertainment. They deserve a sizable profit. But while they're making
unprecedented profits, they're creating little more than low-wage
positions, investing minimally in the country that funded their growth, and
making a mockery of the tax laws that are supposed to pay for the next
generation's education.
We all like free websit... more »
Bernays refuses to break from the tribe!
*TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013*
*Even as she flips on surveillance:* We live in a *highly* tribal time.
Kevin Drum reports one way the tribes have flipped in a new post which is
based on a survey by Pew.
Here's the basic rundown:
When Bush was in charge, Democrats thought NSA surveillance was
unacceptable. On balance, Republicans held the other view.
Now that Obama is ruling the roost, the views of the two sides have
flipped. On balance, Democrats support surveillance. GOP members do not.
This morning, a letter to the New York Times helped display the tribal
feelings which may be occasio... more »
Those Skittles really aren’t part of the trial!
*TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013*
*When you don’t want the whole truth:* Witnesses sometimes swear to tell
“the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.”
As a journalistic matter, the whole truth can be overrated. Consider this
chunk of an AP news report about the impending trial of George Zimmerman.
Mike Schneider did the reporting, one part of which is just wrong:
SCHNEIDER (6/10/13): The Feb. 26, 2012, confrontation began when Zimmerman
spotted Martin, whom he did not recognize, walking in the Retreat at Twin
Lakes, the gated townhome community where Zimmerman lived and the fianc... more »
ExxonMobil sends Mafia-style Letter to PA?
Note: I have not yet verified the authenticity of the letter in this post.
But, if it is real, now we’re starting to feel some heat! Because of
opposition movements (like my friends and me), Governor Corbett of
Pennsylvania put the brakes on the implementation of the Common Core State
Standards (aka the Pennsylvania […]
An England Under 21 team that might not have finished bottom of their group
Jack Butland (Stoke City)
Kyle Walker (Tottenham)
Luke Shaw (Southampton)
Jack Rodwell (Man City)
Phil Jones (Man Utd)
Steven Caulker (Tottenham)
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)
Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)
Danny Welbeck (Man Utd)
Wilfried Zaha (Man Utd)
A decent 4-3-3, would they be able to compete? Look good up front doesn't
it!
You hear that #highered #teacherprep? It’s your clock, winding down.
Some very nice people worked at the GSE at Willamette U in Salem, OR. They
recently found out that their entire school is closing. Why? The email,
written by University President Steve Thorsett, said the Board of Trustees’
decision was based in large part on a state and national trend in licensing
and accreditation that […]
Finding and abandoning incorrect general relativity lore
While I was buying and installing my new fridge, I kept on burning my brain
by analyzing various refinements and implications of the paper by Maldacena
and Susskind.
Some business with the M2-brane topology change and entanglement looked too
obvious to me so I returned to the question how do the black hole exterior
and interior really interact. The burning of the brain is composed of
various steps that combine and recombine analytic continuation, diverse
choices of coordinates, unusual ways to redefine the connectedness of the
spacetime, and connections between previously disconne... more »
Art of duplicity
The other day this popped into my inbox.
Abdul Bari Atwan: “If you support the Palestinian resistance, you do not
consider Bin Laden’s attacks terrorism”Abdul Bari Atwan, a London-based
journalist and editor of *Al Quds Al Arabi*, told Egypt’s ON TV, when asked
if Bin Laden was a terrorist, that:*“If you support the Palestinian
resistance, you do not consider [Bin Laden's attacks] terrorism. But if you
are with America, Europe, and Israel, you do consider it terrorism. It
depends on your definition of terrorism … Whoever fights America and its
enterprise in the region, and whoev... more »
CHILDREN EXECUTED BY USA'S ALLIES IN SYRIA.
*Executed, in front of his Mum and Dad, by the allies of the USA and NATO*
The USA's allies in Syria have executed a 14-year-old boy in front of his
parents.
Mohammad Qataa sold coffee at a street stall in Aleppo in Syria.
He was executed for blasphemy after saying 'he wouldn't even give the
Prophet a free coffee.'
*After being executed.*
The executioners are working for the USA and NATO.
*Little Mohammad Qataa was working as a street vendor in Aleppo when three
members of a group that is trying to topple President Assad overheard him
arguing with a friend over a bill.*
It is... more »
O Hillary
I think a generic Republican-- which is, after all, what they all are
anyway-- could beat Hillary Clinton in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and South
Carolina in 2016. But those will probably be the battleground states if she
runs. That's really bad news for the GOP, which would prefer that the
battleground states be Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Colorado and New
Hampshire, all states Clinton will probably have in the bag going into the
election. I guess if North Colorado is a state by 2016, a Republican would
win there. And the chances of North Colorado being a state-- like with ... more »
The latest lie from the government that lies about everything
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*Another Phony Jobs Report From A Government That Lies About Everything
–Paul Craig Roberts*
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June 7, 2013 | Original Here Go
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June 7, 2013. The payroll jobs report for May released today continues the
fantasy.
Goods producing jobs declined, with manufacturing losing another 4,000
jobs, but the New Economy produced 179,000 service jobs.
Are these jobs the high-powered, high-wage “innovation jobs” that
economis... more »
This Is Too Good To Miss: 23 Reasons Why I Feel Safer Today In America!
With all the reports coming out now about how the NSA has been purposely
spying on every American citizen via their phones, social media, and even
their personal e-mails, I am indeed shocked that more American citizens are
not up in arms about this horrendous action by their own criminal
government? Is America at the point now that its own citizens are
hopelessly dumbed down by chemicals and the droning effect of their
Talmud-Visions that they are unwilling to act to defend their freedoms and
liberties? I do wonder...
I came across the following article from the "From The Trenches... more »
Do Americans support tracking phone records?
The Pew poll is being reported by news organizations, and by Pew, in a very
misleading manner. Here's Pew's headline, and the way it's being reported:
"Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic"
But the actual poll reads: "NSA getting secret court orders to track
millions of Americans to investigate terrorism is acceptable/not
acceptable/don't know"
56% of people polled answered acceptable to *that* question, which has one
huge lie and one huge bias. The lie is that NSA is getting secret court
orders to track millions of Americans; they are doing no such t... more »
Tiwesdæg: the Left-hand of Linkage
Jeffrey Toobin’s “Edward Snowden is no Hero” has generated some very
sprited debate in my Facebook circles. Most of my online interlocutors fall
into the left civil-libertarian camp, so readers might imagine their
consensus view of Snowden’s action. I’m much less sanguine. I take the
ethical, moral, and legal obligations of holding a high-level security
Continue reading
James Corbett/Jan Irvin: CIA/Mkultra/Mind Control & the brave new world?
Don't forget the first post for today either.....Syria Conflict: A brief
military analysis
House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer Decides To Uphold And Reward Ongoing Conservative Party Electoral Misdeeds
*Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, is WRONG to let two
Conservative 'candidates' sit in the House of Commons in spite of an
Elections Canada ruling that they should not be allowed to vote or receive
remuneration as a result of violating the Canada Election Act in the last
election. SHAME!!! *
*Hill Times *
Syria Conflict: A brief military analysis
Heralding the Rise of Russia-Russo-Armenian Relations, Eurasian Geopolitics
and Combating Western Globalism. This blog has many geopolitical articles.
Always enlightening. Perhaps controversial? Depending on your own thoughts,
feelings and knowledge regarding geopolitical situations. The analysis on
Syria is very good. Heralding the Rise of Russia is in the blogroll should
you wish to continue checking them out! Syrian Conflict: A Brief Military
Analysis - June, 2013An excerpt from a lengthy, but well worth *reading
entirely post*, *from this blogger:*
*-With momentum on their side... more »
#Commoncore supporters are butthurt #ESEA
Know your meme. CCSSO abandoning “efforts” to write social studies
standards to instead focus on ELA/Math implementation, and to thwart
opposition to CCSS, according to Education Weak [link excluded purposely,
find it yourself if you want, or trust us]. CCSSO Executive Director Chris
Minnich told me that the chiefs group wants and needs to focus […]
BILDERBERG; BRAINWASHING; ISRAELI FLAG
*Note the number of UK Members of Parliament copying Andrew Neil's mocking
laugh. *
Looks like the policy of the elite is mocking laughter.
Perhaps it is a guilty smirk rather than a mocking laugh.
*The BBC's Andrew Neil mocks Alex Jones.*
Bilderberg wants the world run by the rich elite.
*“The True Story of the Bilderberg Group”*
*Bilderberg means rule by a rich elite; it means Feudalism.*
Bilderberg's 'wish list' includes...
*Control of world populations by 'mind control'...*
Manufactured crises and perpetual wars...
*“The True Story of the Bilderberg Group”*
dreamweaver11... more »
HOME SICK
I've been in bed the last two days and feel like I got ran over by a
truck. My entire body aches and my nose is running. Sleep is hard to come
by. It all began Sunday morning when I woke up with a horrible sore throat.
I've been trying to figure out where I got this bug. Maybe somewhere on
the way home from Berkeley. My last morning there I had to get up very
early so I could catch the "Super Shuttle" to the San Francisco airport for
an 8:00 am flight. I was standing outside just after 5am waiting for it to
arrive. The morning before I had planned to sleep in but the confere... more »
Humanity Roars Like Lions Caged Inside the Agenda 21 Matrix
Ginger Jane Hammack
*Activist Post*
This cage has had societies under a spell for decades. The light from the
lamp post is softly glowing. We've been starring at it for years. Our feet
wet from random sprayings through the bars. Our spirits have been provoked
to hunt inner truth and we wait.
While opening the King James Bible and turning to Proverbs 28:1 the most
inspirational verse reads, "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the
righteous are bold as a lion." While it is daunting to wake up the caged,
I'm encouraged somehow to show them they can be bold as lions.
With 6% o... more »
All your government surveillance is privatized
As I said in the previous post, we're having the wrong arguments about
domestic surveillance. All the chatter is about Snowden and Obama and Bush.
What's being lost in the noise is talking about the policy. The bigger
scandal than the surveillance is that the surveillance is being contracted
out to private corporations. Take for instance Snowden's last employer from
whence he apparently hacked his documents, Booz Allen Hamilton.
The company employs about 25,000 people, almost half of whom hold top
secret security clearances, providing “access to information that would
cause ‘except... more »
Edward Snowden Vanishes From His Hong Kong Hotel Room
Chris Carrington
According to reports from the BBC, Edward Snowden has vanished from his
Hong Kong hotel room. Ex-CIA employee Snowden, 29, was not expected to
check out and the move has taken many by surprise. His whereabouts are
unknown and thus far he has not made contact with anyone as to his plans.
Snowden who is on record as saying he had “an obligation to help free
people from oppression”
He is being investigated regarding the leaks and the case has been referred
to the Department of Justice as a criminal matter.
An online petition on the White House website has so far got... more »
Youth sentences relevant for adult mandatory minimum calculation
*R. v. Able*, 2013 ONCA 385 holds that a youth sentence can be applicable
in determining the mandatory minimum penalty under s. 95(2) of the Criminal
Code:
[16] The respondent, on the other hand, contends that the application
of s. 82(4) is also limited by the operation of s. 119(9)(a). Accordingly,
the appellant is well within the "period of access" defined in s. 119(2)
and the enhanced five-year mandatory minimum in s. 95(2) for second or
subsequent offenders should apply.
[17] I agree with the respondent. In *Rizzo & Rizzo Shoes Ltd. (Re)*,
[1998] 1 S.C.R. 27, at para... more »
Senate to hold closed briefing on NSA surveillance, lawmakers say they weren’t informed of programs
A portion of the Senate Intelligence Committee
image credit: SenRockefeller/Flickr Madison Ruppert
The Senate Intelligence Committee will reportedly hold a closed briefing
for members to discuss the recently revealed National Security Agency (NSA)
surveillance programs after some lawmakers complained about not being
informed of PRISM.
The recent media furor began with a report showing that a secret court
order forced Verizon to hand over all records for U.S. customers to the
NSA. Soon after, the massive NSA surveillance program called PRISM
involving major tech companies was revea... more »
Doug Bailey
Doug Bailey, the founder of The Hotline, RIP.
The Hotline was simply the best way to follow campaign news in 1988. And
1990. And 1992. And every election through at least 2000, which means at
least through the point at which National Journal acquired it in 1996. I've
had Hotline access on and off over the years, depending on where I worked,
and it's been consistently excellent throughout. Not only extremely
informative, but always a lot of fun. In fact, just last week I realized you
could get "Wake-Up Call" via email, and subscribed.
Before the Hotline...well, you just couldn't get ... more »
Iraq’s Oil Exports Remain Flat-Lined For Last Fourteen Months
April 2013 saw Iraq return to its highest export levels in the last 30
years. Unfortunately, the industry still suffers from a number of major
problems, which prevent it from being able to maintain those figures, and
reach its lofty goals. Not only that, but the price for Iraqi crude saw a
dip for that month, while problems with Kurdistan and insurgents also came
up. Those are all reasons why Iraq’s petroleum business has been at a
plateau for the last fourteen months. That doesn’t mean production is not
growing, and things won’t change, but it will just take a lot longer than
the... more »
The Washington Post won’t criticize Fox!
*TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013*
*Dearest darlings, it just isn’t done:* Professional courtesy plays a large
role in American pseudo-journalism.
And no, it isn't just Rachel Maddow! Consider the editorial in yesterday’s
Washington Post about the IRS mess.
In our view, the editors made an obvious, constructive point in their
editorial. Without diminishing or excusing the “troubling conduct” of the
IRS, the editors blasted the overstated scandal-mongering of the GOP.
They even named some names:
WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL (6/10/13): Capitol Hill saw three more days of
hearings last week abo... more »
Victoria Nece - PRISM PowerPoint Redesign - girl made a judgement call
amid all the media-ring-nose-led furore associated with 'whatever the hell
this recent Edward Snowden *whistleblower event* is or might be, graphic
designer Victoria Nece has taken it upon herself to rework the decidedly
1990's retro feel of the thus-far-leaked pages of the NSA's PRISM
intelligence template that seems to be applied to all Corporate War Machine
'product's (to use parlance from the Bradley Manning trial).
Here are her own words from the relevant page of her website where the rest
of the reworked graphics are hosted:
*So, I’m not sure why anyone was really shocked ... more »
TWO KINDS OF FACTS: Hacker and Dreifus make a very key point!
*TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013*
*Part 2—It won’t produce a discussion:* Given the way our discourse works,
it often seems we have two kinds of facts—invented and withheld.
In any given subject area, we’re subjected to waves of invented
facts—factual claims which are wrong or misleading. At the same time, an
array of *accurate* facts are studiously withheld from view.
In various subject areas, these two kinds of facts are used to create
highly familiar, novelized tales—novelized tales which make clear vision
impossible. One such tale was given a prominent place in Sunday’s New York
Times.
... more »
Tommy Robinson, Islamism and the EDL: when should we listen to extremists? – Telegraph Blogs
One odd argument struck me in this piece.
'He claimed the EDL was an organisation committed to peaceful protest, even
though last year its planned march through Walthamstow was banned by the
Home Secretary in order to "ensure local communities and property are
protected". '
That the march was banned by the Home Secretary does not necessarily mean
that the EDL were or are violent.
More here
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100221217/tommy-robinson-islamism-and-the-edl-when-should-we-listen-to-extremists/
We're having the wrong argument about domestic surveillance
I'm about done with Edward Snowden barring any new corrected information
but let's review for a moment the earliest reports about Snowden's
revelations:
Snowden:
"All my options are bad," he said. The US could begin extradition
proceedings against him, a potentially problematic, lengthy and
unpredictable course for Washington. Or the Chinese government might whisk
him away for questioning, viewing him as a useful source of information. Or
he might end up being grabbed and bundled into a plane bound for US
territory. "Yes, I could be rendered by the CIA. I could have people come
... more »
Lunch Anyone? How DC Works... At Least On The Right-Wing Fringe
Over the weekend, the *L.A. Times* reported on a Park City, Utah GOP big
donor retreat hosted by Mitt Romney. The big donors are frustrated that
their party has veered off the track-- keeping wealthy people's taxes low
and undermining business regulations-- so gigantically into social issues.
It's the old GOP tension between the Greed and Selfishness wing of the
party and the Hatred and Bigotry wing of the party.
[N]o group is more frustrated by the party's slow march forward than the
high-powered donors and business, technology and industry leaders who met
for a three-day retrea... more »
Just Acquired: Slide one from a USDE presentation on new accountability program #QUIZM
Does this slide not look oddly familiar? It must be some kind of really
terrible government Powerpoint template. And to think, as a result of this
initiative, schools are actually using Powerpoint presentations in real
classrooms. All of this money spent on technology and it just gets us
Powerpoints on DELL’s. Awful. In any event, […]
German Constitution Court starts two day hearing on legality of the ESM and OMT Program.....BTW , the OMT is just a series of Draghi speeches - THERE IS NO TERM SHEET !
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/06/german-constitutional-court-to-rule-on.html
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 12:11 PM
German Constitutional Court to Rule Whether ECB Actions Violate German Law;
Irrelevant Arguments and Outright Lies; Dangerous Games
The German Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, heard arguments on Tuesday on
whether ECB measures to contain the eurozone crisis violate German law.
The court does not have the power to block the ECB, but it does have the
power to restrict German participation in various funding schemes.
The New York Times dramatically states Ge... more »
Untitled
*Mayor Mitch'mo touts economic plan*
~*City, businesses offer new treasure map for economic growth*
*'Because of Katrina:' Many questions on Red River levees' status, but few
answers*
*All Gulf Shores beaches closed after 4th drowning in 24 hours* *Big Data
for Disaster Response: A List of Wrong Assumptions ~iRevolution*
*“It might be provocative to call into question one of the hottest tech
movements in generations, but it’s not really fair. That’s because how
companies and people benefit from Big Data, Data Science or whatever else
they choose to call the movement toward a data-c... more »
PRISM : Everyone is a foreigner somewhere
Image from Prism/US
Overview PowerPoint slide
While DefMin Airshow MacKay prevaricates in the House about the extent to
which Canada is complicit in the NSA 'foreigner' surveillance program PRISM
outed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, former NSA and other foreign
government officials are more forthcoming :
Guardian : NSA 'offers intelligence to British counterparts to skirt UK law'
The US National Security Agency circumvents UK law by offering, rather than
being asked for, intelligence from global websites to their British
counterparts... more »
Austin Leads Agenda 21 Adoption with Smart Grid, International Codes
*Driving around Austin, Texas over the past year, I’ve noticed a change
taking place.*
Melissa Melton
Large mixed-use development buildings with apartments on top and businesses
on the bottom are popping up all over town. Billboards line the highways
telling me I should have a “roadmance” (not even kidding) with the new toll
roads encircling the city that Texans never really ever wanted;future toll
roads subsidizing corporate interests are in the works. Advertisements are
pushing high-speed rail as hip and trendy; they are reminiscent of America
2050 goals for the future of our nat... more »
War watch - June 11 , 2013 - focus on Pakistan ( revokes Government secret approval for US Drone strikes ) ... Civil War in Iraq death toll rising ..... Syria War updates.....
Pakistan.......
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/06/10/pakistan-pm-revokes-govts-secret-approval-for-us-drone-strikes/
Pakistan PM Revokes Govt’s Secret Approval for US Drone StrikesVows End to
'Dual Policy' of Public Criticism and Private Acceptance Under Previous Govt
by Jason Ditz, June 10, 2013
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Less than a week after officially taking office, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif has announced the revocation of a secret government authorization to
the United States to launch drone attacks against the country.
Drone strikes have been hugely unpopular in Pakistan... more »
Support Snowden - You can!
When a tornado happens - we go to the basement/tornado shelter for
protection. But we don't spend our lives living in the basement/tornado
shelter forever.
Just because 9/11 happened - does not mean that we should give up our
rights forever
Who defines what a "terrorist" is?
Now or in the future?
Have the American people become the "enemy"?
Now or in the future?
Even though charges haven’t been filed –
We know they are coming –
Even moderate Dems are getting in front of the cameras and stating that
national security was breached – *which is a crock of _____* - - -
*From Cr... more »
It's Ethics, Stupid!
Lawrence Martin summarizes Stephen Harper's central problem very succinctly:
The Prime Minister’s problem is that ethics is taking over from economics
as the dominant issue in the public mind. That’s a trend he has to reverse;
it’s poison.
So far, he has ignored the problem. His strategy has been to take comfort
in the company of loyalists. That is why Ray Novak is in charge of the PMO.
But loyalty to the prime minister is getting a little thin. Martin writes
that, according to one anonymous Conservative MP, the natives are restless:
There are more than enough Conservative dissi... more »
Progress
Well last week Southern Man promised he'd fix the leaks in The Barn and
progress has been made. The drip on the south roof has been repaired (in
the courses of earlier work Southern Man had installed some flashing
incorrectly) and a problem on the south side has been temporarily amended.
All that remains is to build an overhang over the north door and that work
has begun.
And in addition with that week off (and it really was off; Southern Man's
office was off limits for the week) Teen Daughter and Southern Man did a
lot of shopping and running around and saw some movies and got the... more »
Apples: Yet Another “Perfect” Food? by Elizabeth Renter
Apples: Yet Another “Perfect” Food?
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 11 June 2013
For a long time, bananas held the crown as the “perfect food”, but lately
it seems we’ve been adding more natural foods to that list. Avocados are
just one fruit that has been blessed with this ‘perfect food’ label. Now,
the fruit and vegetable superpowers should make room for yet another star
to share their throne—*the apple*.
If there ever was a “classic” fruit, one whose popularity and benefits
never wane, it’s the apple. Apples don’t only keep the doctor away, they
can provide a wealth of... more »
27 Edward Snowden Quotes About U.S. Government Spying That Should Send A Chill Up Your Spine
Michael Snyder
Would you be willing to give up what Edward Snowden has given up? He has
given up his high paying job, his home, his girlfriend, his family, his
future and his freedom just to expose the monolithic spy machinery that the
U.S. government has been secretly building to the world. He says that he
does not want to live in a world where there isn't any privacy. He says
that he does not want to live in a world where everything that he says and
does is recorded. Thanks to Snowden, we now know that the U.S. government
has been spying on us to a degree that most people wo... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - June 11 . 2013 - Data from June 10th , News and Views.....
CFTC Gold and Silver Bank Participation Report: Ted Butler’s Comments
Jun
*11*
- Yesterday in Gold and Silver
- Critical Reads
- The Funnies
- The Wrap
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"Whoever is caught on the short side will be allowed to burn in hell."
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
It was very quiet in Far East trading on their Monday. The gold price
traded pretty flat until noon Hong Kong time...and then it drifted down to
its low of the day, which came around 9:30 a.m. BST in London.
The subsequent rally was hardly worthy of the name, but it lasted until
2:00 p.m. in electronic trading ... more »
Main Core: A List Of Millions Of Americans That Will Be Subject To Detention During Martial Law
Michael Snyder
Are you on the list? Are you one of the millions of Americans that have
been designated a threat to national security by the U.S. government? Will
you be subject to detention when martial law is imposed during a major
national emergency? As you will see below, there is actually a list that
contains the names of at least 8 million Americans known as *Main Core* that
the U.S. intelligence community has been compiling since the 1980s.
A recent article on Washington’s Blog quoted a couple of old magazine
articles that mentioned this program, and I was intrigued becau... more »
Snowden leaks show NSA 'routinely lies' to Congress
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Prime Minister Erdogan escalates police to clear Taksim Square on June 11 , 2013 - Tear gas , Water cannons deployed , Erdogan once again displays arrogance in dealing with dissension...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-11/turkish-riot-police-storm-taksim-square-central-banks-warns-intervention-due-extreme
Turkish Riot Police Storm Taksim Square, Central Banks Warns Of
Intervention Due To Extreme Market Volatility
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/11/2013 07:28 -0400
- Bond
- Capital Markets
- CDS
- Central Banks
- default
- Reuters
- Turkey
- Twitter
- Volatility
Over a week into "Occupy Taksim", the Turkish situation is nowhere near
resolution. In fact, judging by the capital markets resp... more »
Obama's String of Lies
*Live Leak*
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Public Transit Prank of the Day: Your Face on a Bus Ad - Henry Grabar - The Atlantic Cities
http://m.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/06/prank-day-your-face-bus-ad/5862/
How Much Is That Smartphone in Your Pocket Worth?
Once thieves broke into houses to steal your possessions, now it’s
probably
easier to steal your smartphone on the street. As everyone is carrying
around a mobile ‘jewellery’, then the value of authentication and
protection from theft is becoming a hot subject.
Nearly half of all robberies in San Francisco last year involved a
smartphone, up from 36% the previous year. In other US cities the same
high
profile exists with Washington recording 42% of robberies and New York
14%.It is now claimed that a third of all US citizens own a tablet and
the
ownership of smartphones is very much ... more »
Farmers Sue Monsanto For Runaway Wheat Losses
Yes we have a problem. Let me describe just how big it actually is. Super
weeds caused by natural selection and no direct hand of man have appeared
almost everywhere, obviously distributed by birds. This is surely what has
happened to the GMO wheat. The fear was always there, but empirical proof
is here now. This means any and all GMO seeds cannot ever be contained is
the new starting conjecture for all future planning.
We also know that the alien genetic material can help form genetic
surprises. So we are doing open field experiments with little more planning
than rolling... more »
Mitochondrial Medicine
The developing protocol for dealing directly with cancer is to induce an
alkaline blood environment. This can be done directly with baking sodas,
and better yet with magnesium bicarbonate. Indirectly we can do this with a
vegan diet.
Regardless, at least get the sugar and meat well out of your diet as this
drives the acid environment.
This gets us deep into the known science and helps us build a pretty clear
working model. There will be improvements, but this is today well ahead of
anything we have. In the end though, it still must work for the dying.
Using this ... more »
Pending Chinese population Contraction
What is about to kick in is the direct effects of the one child policy
that lasted from the sixties through the nineties. This essentially halved
the available number of mothers. Worse, these mothers are happy with small
families and that successor population is operating around replacement
levels but also contracting the number of mothers.
Put another way. A million mothers in 1970 produced around a half million
new mothers. This half million new mothers produced perhaps 450,000 new
mothers. Life extension is working fine to buoy manpower availability,
however the re... more »
Russians Proving That Small-Scale, Organic Gardening Can Feed the World
This is an excellent reminder that agricultural productivity is mostly a
function of the boots on the ground. A machine can optimize productivity
for large field crops with little human input, but the actual output per
acre is a fraction of what a single human being can produce on that same
acre. Industrial farming blinds us to this but it is also core to the
reforming of the human life way.
Machines find it difficult to provide care to the most productive plants
that often need ongoing local intervention. Something simple that all can
understand. A cherry tree is highly ... more »
It's music mash-up time
The Beatles 'Day Tripper' meets The Beastie Boys 'Triple Trouble' to create
Tripper Trouble
Post A Short Story To A Friend
Forget 140 character stories on twitter we now have a 224 word story on a
stamp!
To celebrate Dublin’s permanent designation in July 2010 as a UNESCO City
of Literature Ireland has issued a 60 cent stamp with the words of a 224
word short work by Eoin Moore that captures ‘the essence of Dublin’.
Eoin Moore’s short work, as depicted is on An Post’s new 60c stamp.
*The thick clouds cover up the moonlight, but the city’s lights provide
worthwhile illumination – above them all, the beacon burns bright atop the
monolithic podium, signalling to wayfaring voyages the ancient Viking
set... more »
ALEX JONES AND THE ZIONISTS
*Alex Jones*
The CIA campaign against Alex Jones has been very effective.
Alex Jones is anti-CIA and anti-Zionist and anti-Feudal-System.
Prison Planet.com tells us that the Zionist Lobby paid off U.S. journalists
to sell Zionist ideas.
*"Do you believe," said Martin, "that hawks have always eaten pigeons when
they have found them?" *
*Alex Jones can see that the problem is not just the neocons.*
Before the Zionist neoconservatives, we had Cesar Borgia.
SOLVING THE PROBLEM
At the top of the pyramid there are the feudal lords.
These feudal lords do not belong to any one race or r... more »
Lost in Music
It’s often disturbing whilst you are on the tube or in public places to
have to listen to the constant hissing beat of music emanating from people
listening to music through their earbud headphones. However, it can also be
equally frustrating trying to listen to music or an audiobook through the
same earbud headphones whilst you are in a very noisy place like a train
station.
So now those masters of sound Bose have come up with the answer and much
more.
First they want people to be able to listen without the need to crank up
the volume to compensate for all the other surround ing... more »
Peter Lilley replaces Tim Yeo as Chairman of Energy and Climate Change Committee
Remember Peter Lilley was one of only four MPs to vote against Ed
Miliband's ruinous Climate Change Bill, the main reason UK energy prices
are so high.
UPDATE:
Unfortunately this was an unsubstantiated rumour; what a shame.
Santa Monica College "shooting" - yet another hoax!
Please watch the following videos. The Santa Monica "shooting" is yet
another hoax, a PSYOP designed to entice the American people to willingly
give up their Second Amendment rights. Don't fall for it folks!
Artist Taxi Driver - THE LAW IS FOR THE POOR
my favourite shouter, after Alex Jones, the *Artist Taxi Driver* refers to
yesterday's Parliamentary speech by William Hague where he (allegedly)
states "THE LAW IS FOR THE POOR".
Now, I don't know if this is quoting a 'direct statement' from the Foreign
Secretary or a liberal paraphrase by *A.T.D.* but I have requested
verifiable source from this *ChunkyMark* if he has it, otherwise it's a
great summarising rant.
Police and social workers must recognise issue of sexual grooming by Pakistani men - MPs - Telegraph
'Social workers and police must acknowledge that there is a pattern of men
from Pakistani backgrounds grooming young white girls for sex, MPs warn
today.
Some officials have been reluctant to draw attention to the problem for
fear of being labelled racist and inflaming community tensions, the Home
Affairs Select Committee found.
The MPs expressed shock that the sexual abuse of vulnerable children by
organised gangs is continuing in every part of the country, and condemned
the "inexcusable" postcode lottery that means offenders are more likely to
escape justice in certain regions.... more »
Kuwaiti teacher given 11-year sentence for Twitter criticism of government | End the Lie – Independent News
News you won't find reported on the BBC whose Middle East news coverage is
more concerned with increasing hatred of Israel and Jews than reporting
what actually happens in Muslim countries.
More here
http://endthelie.com/2013/06/10/kuwaiti-teacher-given-11-year-sentence-for-twitter-criticism-of-government
Your moment of Zen
Creativity is greater than negativity. [artist unknown]
NDP`s Orange Star Turns Yellow, Even In The Quietest Moments
What that picture represents is the latest trend among provincial NDP
parties, a yellow streak of cowardice, a lack of courage and conviction,
this dilemma does not bode well for the NDP in the next federal election,
the public wants fighters who stay true to their beliefs, the NDP without
provincial backbones, with NDP in British Columbia and Ontario turning to
spineless jellyfish Thomas Mulcair is doomed, in other words, because of
cowardice on the provincial level by the NDP, you better get used to
saying...
The Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau....God help us all..
I`l... more »
... if I hear one more bloody Conservative say .. 'We Support The Troops' ..
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Injured soldier who testified about struggles given discharge notice*"An
injured Canadian soldier who testified about his struggle for health
benefits has been notified that he will be discharged in six months,
despite assurances from Defence Minister Peter MacKay that he would suffer
“no ramifications” for speaking out.*"
*CTV News*
*More ... *
*-The Ongoing Myth That Stephen Harper 'Supports The Troops' ...*
BDS – don’t believe the hype
A must read piece at Harry's Place - do go and read it all, here's a few
extracts:
'Naturally the constant comparisons between Zionism and colonialism
entirely ignore the fact that Jews *weren’t* coming to Palestine to build
some sort of Jewish empire and to harvest the resources of a new territory
for profit but to escape from the brutality inflicted upon them elsewhere.
Zionism was so popular because of the oppression of Jews and its message
that Jews could take their lives into their own hands and make them better
through statehood.
I have often heard Palestinians and BDS suppor... more »
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 !
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-11/yen-soars-most-over-three-years-nikkei-futures-plummet
Yen Soars Most In Over Three Years, Nikkei Futures Plummet
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- Australian Dollar
- Bank of England
- Bank of Japan
- BOE
- Bond
- British Pound
- CDS
- China
- Crude
- Equity Markets
- European Central Bank
- Exchange Traded Fund
- Finland
- fixed
- Germany
- Goldman Sach... 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"
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*"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
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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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- 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 »
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