10:29pm MDST
my life at the children's library so far (plus happy birthday to me)
laura k at wmtc - 17 minutes ago
What a difference it makes when you enjoy going to work. What a difference
when you don't *dread* your job. Wow!
This is what I've done in my new position so far.
- I participated in the finale of Grade 4 Read To Succeed, in which the
winning classes - the classes that read the most books in each branch
library's catchment area - attended an event at Mississauga City Hall.
There were songs, games, prizes, and readings by two children's authors. It
was a bit weird for me, as I hadn't been involved in the program, but great
fun and very instructive.
- I did my first programming!! I a... more »
Is "system" really the word for our two-party, er, arrangement?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 29 minutes ago
*Do Republicans really grasp the significance of having people like VA
Atty. Gen. (and 2013 gubernatorial candidate) "Cuckoo Ken" Cuccinelli as
the face of their party? The Dems meanwhile have their own problems; we'll
get to that.*
*by Ken*
It's not exactly news that here at *DWT* we don't have a whole lot of hope
for either of our major political parties. And since Howie has, as usual,
been keeping us up to date on the horror shows of both, I haven't felt the
need to chime in. (Not much anyway.) But a pair of items that have jumped
out of the news hole into the opinion pages -- ... more »
WHAT MORE PROOF DOES ONE NEED?
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 48 minutes ago
It's a classic...shows you can't believe a word that comes out of any of
these guys mouths....they are all hacks.
Anyone that still believes anything that Obama-Biden say (and the
Democratic Party) need to have their heads examined. The evidence is more
than clear that both the Dems and Repubs are playing the American people
like a fiddle.
It's time to quit dancing with these crooks. Protest and survive. Remain
timid and we all go down hard. It's your call.
Musical Interlude: Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DPrPgm_n2w
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Mother Jones' Tom Philpott on Big Ag and the Politics of Food
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago
Sustainable
food writer Tom Philpott at the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas,
June 7, 2013. Photo by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Mother Jones' Tom Philpott on
sustainable ag and the politics of food
"As a writer for Grist and now Mother Jones, Tom Philpott draws links
between your kitchen, your food sources, your government, and the earth.
An organic farmer,
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 hour ago
*UPDATE: Geismar plant explosion: 73 injured 1 killed ~WDSU*
FNF Philippines and Liberal Challenges 2013-2016
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 hour ago
Yesterday, exactly one month from the May 13, 2013 elections, the Friedrich
Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) Manila office held a good conference,
"Liberal Challenges 2013-2016" held at C3 Events Place in Greenhills, San
Juan City, Metro Manila. Participants were some local executives (Mayors,
Governors) and Congressmen/women of the Liberal Party (LP) who won in the
elections last month, plus sectoral groups affiliated with LP (women,
labor, youth, etc.). Some alumni of the International Academy for
Leadership (IAF) in Gummersbach, Germany like me were also invited.
Below, Jules... more »
Bolivia's Law: The Rights of Mother Earth
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
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Bolivia's law: The Rights of Mother Earth
Censored News shares Bolivia's law safeguarding the Rights of Mother
Earth, as a standard for other governments, in the wake of the wholesale
exploitation of the earth for corporate gain. Far from just rhetoric,
the creation of law to safeguard the Rights of Mother Earth is a means
to safeguard the species and future generations from the
Rising Waters
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 2 hours ago
I know I've been a tad behind on the blog (mainly due to work) but there is
another reason as well. As you've no doubt heard, parts of Fort McMurray
have been inundated rising flood water this past week. This played havoc
with my internet connection apparently as its been a tad spotty the past
week. So I apologize in advance if this post seems like I'm all over the
place.
I managed to get some much-needed yard work taken care of last
Friday....and then it started to rain. From last Friday until this past
Monday it rained. Actually, that's putting it mildly as it was down right... more »
DeMint Is Ready To Go To War-- Against Conservative Republicans
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
It was bad enough for the GOP's Know Nothing base of bigots and racists
when Jefferson Beauregard Sessions' filibuster of comprehensive immigration
reform was shut down Tuesday with an overwhelming bipartisan 82-15 vote.
But if the Hatred and Bigotry wing of the GOP didn't get the message clear
enough, the Senate was back 2 hours later to vote on the motion to proceed
with the debate and that one passed 84-15. It was sad and lonely to be a
racist in the Senate on Tuesday. Ted Cruz was so frustrated that he almost
cried. He admitted that the immigration reform bill would pass the Se... more »
The Criminals In Both The United States And Israel Are Getting Desperate: U.S. And Allies LIE Together On Claim Syria Used Chemical Weapons!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago
We have all watched over the last few weeks as the Syrian government forces
have been winning battle after battle against the murderous mercenaries,
aka "Rebels" in the fight for Syria to be free of foreign intervention and
destruction. The writing has definitely been on the wall for what is left
of the criminal mercenaries as their forces have dwindled to the point now
that Syria could actually be free of these US/Israeli bought and paid for
murderers within the next few months! As a result, the US and their
masters in Israel have been searching out of desperation for any excuse ... more »
"Then What Is The Answer?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"Then what is the answer?— Not to be deluded by dreams.
To know that great civilizations have broken down into violence,
and their tyrants come, many times before.
When open violence appears, to avoid it with honor or choose
the least ugly faction; these evils are essential.
To keep one’s own integrity, be merciful and uncorrupted
and not wish for evil; and not be duped
By dreams of universal justice or happiness.
These dreams will not be fulfilled.
To know this, and know that however ugly the parts appear
the whole remains beautiful. A severed hand
Is an ugly thing and man dissevered ... more »
China mocks the US #SurveillanceState
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
Apparently, this cartoon appeared today in the *China Daily*…
[Hat tip We Stand With Edward Snowden]
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Abdullah Öcalan, Leader of The PKK, On The Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours ago
Abdullah Öcalan is the founder and leader of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
and has been in a Turkish prison on İmralı island since 1999. Recently, the
PKK and the Turkish state *entered a peace agreement*. In March, Öcalan
called on PKK fighters in Turkey to leave and cease its guerrilla
activities against Turkey.* *
The peace process has already produced results on the ground. In early May,
thousands of PKK fighters started to *make their way to the Kurdish region
in northern Iraq*. But it is still too soon to tell what will become of the
Turkish-Kurdish peace process. It could... more »
How to match beer with food
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
Now *this* is what I call a useful infographic: how to find the perfect
beer style to match your grub.
[image: Infographic: Mark Shaw]
Mind you, looks like you’re buggered if you’re eating a curry.
[Hat tip Craftybeer]
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"Pity..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"Unless a man has pity he is not truly a man. If a man has not wept at the
world’s pain he is only half a man, and there will always be pain in the
world, knowing this does not mean that a man shall dispair. A good man will
seek to take pain out of things. A foolish man will not even notice it,
except in himself, and the poor unfortunate evil man will drive pain deeper
into things and spread it about wherever he goes."
- William Saroyan
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Suddenly Yours”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
2002, “Suddenly Yours”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jQn4U-IxDL8#!
"In The Time Of Your Life..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"In the time of your life, live - so that in good time there shall be no
ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek
goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place
and let it be free and unashamed. Place in matter and in flesh the least of
the values, for these are things that hold death and must pass away.
Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption.
Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and
sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. Ignore the obvious, for it is
un... more »
"A Look to the Heavens, with Chet Raymo"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"This stunning image of the Orion Nebula was an Astronomy Picture of the
Day (APOD) last week. It reminded me of my long and continuing relationship
with this cosmic object.
*Click image for larger size.*
"Object"? Is that the right word for a swirling maelstrom of gas, dust and
stars, 40 light-years wide, 1500 light-years away? A stellar nursery!
"Object" seems so passive, so final, so so, uh, blah. We need another
term, something more Blakeian, more incendiary, more theological.
It was my father who first pointed out the Orion Nebula to me, as we stood
on the badminton court i... more »
"Above All..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never
get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life
around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its
lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple.
To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and
understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."
- Arundhati Roy
"Coming Full Circle: A New Level of Mastery"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
* "Coming Full Circle: A New Level of Mastery"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Often the reappearance of an old pattern is a sign that it has come full
circle ready to be released. Life is a circular journey through our issues
and processes, and this is why things that are technically new often seem
very familiar. It is also why, whenever we work to release a habit, change
a pattern, or overcome a fear, we often encounter that issue one last time,
even after we thought we had conquered it. Often, when this happens, we
feel defeated or frustrated that after all our hard work we a... more »
Turkish protests continue - Erdogan ultimatum rejected. Check to PM Erdogan !
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/06/13/308851/protesters-refuse-to-leave-istanbul-park/
Turkish protesters reject Erdogan ultimatum to leave Istanbul park
[image: Turkish anti-government protestors gather on Taksim Square in
Istanbul. (file photo)]
Turkish anti-government protestors gather on Taksim Square in Istanbul.
(file photo)
Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:32PM GMT
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LAST UPDATE
Anti-government protesters in the Turkish city of Istanbul have rejected an
ultimatum issued by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to evacuate a park
next to the landmark Taksim Square.
On Thursday, dem... more »
Main Core - the next huge scandal to rock America is coming into view ...... And will we see a Constitutional crisis if the ACLU case goes to the Supreme Court and the White House decides to ignore an unfavorable decision ? This is a list of alleged Americans - 8 million strong ( that was the number in 2008 , God only knows the number now ) at least , compiled since the 1980's for whenever martial law is rolled out ....Don't think that could happen even after last week's stunners about NSA surveillance programs ?
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
You are the Terrorist (Video)
Posted on 06/12/2013 by Juan Cole
“You are the Terrorist” German with English subtitles; chilling.
This will be the next Privacy / NSA / Constitutional violations issue !
http://silverdoctors.com/main-core-a-list-of-8-million-americans-that-will-be-subject-to-detention-during-martial-law/#more-27799
MAIN
CORE: A LIST OF 8 MILLION AMERICANS THAT WILL BE SUBJECT TO DETENTION
DURING MARTIAL LAW
JUNE 11, 2013 BY THE DOC 10 COMMENTS
*Are you on the list? Are you one of the millions of Americans that
have
been designated a threat to national security b... more »
Rob Ford knew some guys - big deal!
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours ago
Ok, a massive police raid with 42 teams across the Province.
Neighbourhoods shut down at dawn by battering ram entry and
flash bang stun grenades. Dozens of arrests, 40 firearms seized, millions
of dollars of cash and drugs uncovered.
And what's the lead to the story?
"Rob Ford knew men in photo"
Errh, well, who cares?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/06/13/toronto-police-raids.html
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Ashburn, VA, USA. *No* thanks for stopping by.
*Click image for larger size.*
*Host Name: pool-74-96-72-66.washdc.fios.verizon.net*
"Verizon Business’ new headquarters sits on a large tract of open land in
Ashburn, Va., primed and ready for expansion to meet the next generation of
government communications. The connecting buildings- which resemble a giant
convention center or a major international airport’s departure terminal-
house the managed network services that Verizon Business provides to many
federal agencies, including the intelligence and defense communities. For ... more »
Bradley vs the Beast . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 4 hours ago
THE
AMERICAN STATE has become a mutant, vicious beast, beyond its own laws.
Julian Assange posted a letter on Wikileaks, commenting about the
persecution of Bradley Manning:
Statement by Julian Assange
As I type these lines, on June 3, 2013, Private First Class Bradley
Edward Manning is being tried in a sequestered room at Fort Meade,
Maryland, for the alleged crime of telling the
Kitimat and Prince Rupert, In The Line Of Fire
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 5 hours ago
Pemex gas plant explosion in Mexico..(December/2012)
Huge natural gas explosion in Sissonville West Virginia....
Kansas City 2012
Alabama 2013
Western Massachussetts 2012
Mexico 2012
LNG Tanker in China, 2012
Edison NJ..1994
2012..Natural gas pipeline explosion
The LNG Tanker, massive ship, the length of two football fields..
One LNG plant, for example the Petronas proposed project, 190 LNG transport
ship per year, 190 ships coming, 190 ships going, in reality it`s more like
380 traverses per year, those ships that arrive must also leave..
That is one LNG plant, le... more »
Why I'm skeptical about Syrian death toll
Left I on the News at Left I on the News - 5 hours ago
I've written about this before. Today the U.N. released a report asserting
that an average of 5,000 per month had been killed every month for the last
year, bringing the total deaths in Syria to 93,000. One reason this report
has little credibility is the assertion that "the figure of 92,901 was
reached at the end of April." Really? With no one on the ground, the U.N.
can confidently state that not 92,000, not even 92,500, but "92,901" was
the death toll at the end of April? One part in nearly 100,000 precision?
You couldn't come up with a statistic that precise in the United States ... more »
"Startpage Protects Your Privacy!"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
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*"Startpage Protects Your Privacy!"*
by Startpage
"Startpage, and its sister search engine Ixquick, are the only third-party
certified search engines in the world that do not record your IP address or
track your searches.
*Your privacy is under attack!* Every time you use a regular search engine,
your search data is recorded. Major search engines capture your IP address
and use tracking cookies to make a record of your search terms, the time of
your visit, and the links you choose - then they store that information in
a giant database. Those searches reveal a shocking amoun... more »
Satire: “Murdoch Divorce Stuns Satan”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
* “Murdoch Divorce Stuns Satan”*
by Andy Borowitz
HELL (The Borowitz Report)— “Word that the News Corporation chief
executive Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife, Wendi Deng,
came as a “total surprise” to longtime Murdoch confidant Satan, the Lord of
the Underworld said today. “I am totally blindsided by this,” Satan told
reporters. “He and I talk every day.” Citing his long history with the
media titan, the Hound of Hell said, “We go way back. I gave him the idea
for Fox News. I told him to hire Roger Ailes. That’s why this is such a
shock.”
A frequent dining c... more »
Breaking: US and Allies lie together on claim that Syria used chemical weapons
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
*Liars, lying all together*
*This collusion is a bad sign.*
"According to an internal memorandum circulating inside the government on
Thursday, the “intelligence community assesses that the Assad regime has
used chemical weapons on a small scale against the opposition multiple
times in the last year.” President Obama said in April that the United
States had physiological evidence that the nerve gas sarin had been used in
Syria, but lacked proof of who used it and under what circumstances. He now
believes that the proof is definitive, according to American officials.
But a flurry o... more »
Syria: Arming rebels? Easing sanction for mercs. Israel's strategy and more
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
Look at this post at Part 2 of a series. You should very minimally listen
to the interview in the previous post
for some background. Syria- Lavrov Interview "Our priority is to stop
violence" Corbett interviews...
Unless you are on of the many who have been hanging around for a while now?
And yeah, we are going long. Then there will be a part 3. Breaking news and
it is despicable.
*Below is the post I began working on early this morning*
While searching around for news regarding the US decision to arm the NATO
mercs aka msm rebels some interesting news pieces came to my attention tha... more »
“'Metadata' Can Tell the Government More About You Than the Content of Your Phone Calls"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“'Metadata' Can Tell the Government More About *
*You Than the Content of Your Phone Calls"*
by George Washington
"The government has sought to “reassure” us that it is only tracking
“metadata” such as the time and place of the calls, and not the actual
content of the calls. But technology experts say that “metadata” can be
more revealing than the content of your actual phone calls. For example,
the ACLU notes: "A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study a few years
back found that reviewing people’s social networking contacts alone was
sufficient to determine their sexual o... more »
"27 Edward Snowden Quotes About U.S. Government Spying That Should Send A Chill Up Your Spine"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
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*"27 Edward Snowden Quotes About U.S. Government*
* Spying That Should Send A Chill Up Your Spine"*
by 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.... more »
Do you own your job?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
Unions aren’t all bad, but the reaction to the private members bill by
newish MP Jamie Lee Ross allowing employers to employ non-union labour has
brought out the worst in those who speak for the monopolists of labour.
[image: _JamieLeeRoss]If passed, Ross’s bill would give employers the right
to employ replacement labour when unionised employees strike. Labour MP
Darien Fenton knee-jerk reaction to it say this “is another attack on the
hard-fought rights of Kiwi workers.” But is it?
Strike action by unionised employees is certainly their right. But the
unionised employees have no... more »
My Guest Post on Pam Bickell's, Notes Along The Path Blog
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours ago
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*If you wish to visit Pam's blog, please click on the link provided below:*
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http://notesalongthepath.com/2013/06/12/return-to-the-now-a-guest-post-by-mike-hopkins/
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*It's entitled, Return To The Now.*
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*PS: She has a very nice blog.*
"How the Fed Screws the Middle Class"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
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*"How the Fed Screws the Middle Class"*
by Bill Bonner
"Dow down -126 points. Gold up $15 an ounce!
"Don't get me started," said the taxi driver. But it was too late. He had
already started. And he wasn't going to stop until we arrived at our
destination: an island in the Bois de Boulogne. The Bois de Boulogne is a
large park on the western edge of Paris. It includes a lake and an island.
On the island there is a nice restaurant. And in the restaurant were some
colleagues who had invited us to lunch.
"I started working when I was 15," our driver began, in French with a thick ... more »
Is It Insane If We All Do It?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 6 hours ago
We are seriously mentally ill, as individuals and as a society. If you
don't believe it, just look at all the self-destructive things we do often
with a sense of achievement and invariably without thinking them through.
A fellow by the name of Jim Harris writes that modern economics is a form
of pathology. He notes how furiously we're working to liquidate our
natural capital, rebranding it "income" and congratulating ourselves for
our wonderful success.
Jim's right when you give it just a little thought. If resources are
non-renewable why are we so intent on depleting them to th... more »
Solar Energy In L.A.-- And Japan
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Monday night I was at the Hammer Museum for a screening of Shaun Kadlec's
and Deb Tullmann's fantastic new film, Born This Way, a documentary on the
gay and lesbian underground in Cameroon. Afterwards I ran into Mayor-elect
Eric Garcetti. Eric's an old friend and one of the smartest politicians
I've ever met. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and he studied Urban
Planning at Columbia. I doubt L.A. has ever elected anyone as qualified to
be mayor in its entire history. I hadn't talked to Eric since he beat out
the DWP shill he ran against in the runoff. I've been dying to talk with... more »
ENDA May Have a Chance
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours ago
Here's how fast things are changing on issues affecting sexual orientation
and gender identity: there's actually a realistic chance that the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act could pass the divided Congress. And it
seems very likely that at the very least, Democrats will push it
aggressively.
That was the word from Harry Reid earlier this week, when he promised that the
Senate would take up the legislation "soon," although he didn't specify
when. And now Barack Obama may be planning to push it himself. It's no
surprise; the current bill has 48 co-sponsors; that's three more than th... more »
The Canadian government and the Honduran drug business
paul at Paying attention - 7 hours ago
You can draw a straight line from the Canadian government’s stupid and
cynical drug policies to crime here in Honduras.
Canada and the U.S. continue to follow a drug policy that has failed every
test since Prohibition in the 1920s. The governments spend billions in a
futile effort to block the supply of drugs and lock up users and dealers.
It has never worked. Over the 42 years since Richard Nixon declared the
“war on drugs,” nothing has changed. Drug use and drug-related crime
haven’t been reduced.
The beneficiaries are criminals. Gangs make big money because drugs are
illegal and w... more »
The Transformation of Society - as seen by James Corbett
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
link: http://youtu.be/JHTDmZuDwYA
The assumed (!) massive eavesdropping operations from and within the USA
might have a history, explained by the state of mind of many common people,
like you or me. We can be influenced due to our educational systems. We do
learn WHAT to think, but unfortunately not HOW to think. That is to my
opinion (a.o.)the cause of governmental extravaganza's that seem to have
reached their *apex of the absurd* in these days, as James Corbett reports
with regards to the NSA drama. And it's not limited to eavesdropping only.
The most important absurdity is tha... more »
The age of the £1 loaf...
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 8 hours ago
In the last 12 months Britain has endured the wettest autumn on record
followed by the coldest spring in 50 years. As a result food manufacturers
have had to make a net import of wheat for the first time in 11 years. The
weather has also caused problems with a number of other crops although,
apparently, the extra time needed for soft fruit to ripen has meant they
will of good quality this year… which is nice.
This is a taste of things to come, as the climate changes and weather
becomes more erratic. In the short-term the effect will be an even tighter
squeeze on living standards. A... more »
Repeat after me...Islam is a religion of peace
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
We've not had a post about Islam for a while, so here's what the BBC
teaches our children about that particular religion and its attitudes
towards war:
*BBC - GCSE Bitesize*
*Islam: attitudes towards fighting and warfare*
Most religions offer teaching on war and conflict. And over time religion
has been at the heart of conflict between nations.
*Islam – war and peace*
Muslim attitudes to war and peace are based on the teachings of the Qur’an
(the Divine Book revealed to the Prophet Muhammad). There are two ideas in
Muslim teaching that relate to war – Jihad (to struggle in the... more »
Jonah Lehrer is back in the saddle again!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013*
*All tangled up in bull:* Truly, in modern American discourse, it’s
bullroar all the way down.
If you didn’t understand that fact, you might be confused by this news
report, in which Julie Bosman explains the triumphant return of the
“fallen,” “disgraced” Jonah Lehrer.
Since at least the late 1990s, American political discourse has been ruled
by inventive paraphrase and outright misquotation. As Bosman explains,
Lehrer took this developing practice to an unusual place—in his last book,
he invented quotes, then attributed them to Bob Dylan!
In a book whic... more »
The New York Times explains cherry-picking!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013*
*Too hard for the regular paper:* Tuesday morning, three of our analysts
came right out of their chairs.
The youngsters are assigned to the science beat. As such, they were
scanning that day’s Science Times, the New York Times’ weekly science
section.
What brought the young analysts out of their seats? In a report about
climate change, Justin Gillis explained the practice of cherry-picking.
“The rise in the surface temperature of earth has been markedly slower over
the last 15 years than in the 20 years before that,” Gillis wrote. And
then, out of nowhere... more »
NEWS FLASHBACK!!! Conservative MP blows by Hill security check
leftdog at Buckdog - 8 hours ago
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*A little retro story for our Conservative friends ... especially those
with conveniently short term memory ....*
*Conservative MP blows by Hill security check** *
*Tory MP Pierre Poilievre is in hot water again, this time for bypassing a
security check at Parliament Hill because he didn’t want to wait in line.*
*The Star*
The Challenges of Dissent: A Dissenter’s View
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 9 hours ago
The commentary on Edward Snowden over the past several days and the various
discussions on dissent, resignations, and whistleblowing have given me a
lot to think about. I’ll leave discussion of the merits of Snowden’s
actions to Dan’s thread below. Here I want to think about the process and
pitfalls of whistleblowing and dissent. Twenty
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Does Snowden Pass the Test?
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 9 hours ago
As you’ve probably noticed, I’m working through two competing concerns: (1)
the legal and ethical obligations that come with holding a security
clearance and (2) the ethical and moral obligation to bring deeply
problematic government action to light. In comments elsewhere, I’ve put
forth two examples of what I think are relatively straightforward kinds of
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Does lying matter?...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 9 hours ago
*Why yes. Yes it does.*
Powerful!
This whiteboard animation shows what happened when Hitler lied to get
elected and people don't care or pay attention to the lies of their
leaders, until they do care...and at that point, it is too late. Parts of
this video are narrated by a man who served as a German soldier and a
German woman who lived right by the railroad tracks the cattle trains ran
on that carried the Jews to their deaths.
Based on Andy Andrews' book, How Do You Kill 11 Million People?
Produced by www.thedrawshop.com
This is real, don't be fooled. This is happening.
Random Photos
Southern Man at Southern Man - 9 hours ago
A few random photos from the past week...
Teen Daughter self portrait.
Southern Man driving, by Teen Daughter.
Southern Man took this one.
Southern Cousin in the pool.
Southern Father.
Two turtles rescued from a nearby road and released at The Land. They have
been (tentatively) identified as a red-eared slider (top) and an eastern
river cooter (bottom).
NEWS RELEASE: INT'L SPACE CONFERENCE IN SWEDEN'S 'HIGH NORTH'
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
*Svalbard Satellite Station in **Norway helps serve US war fighting
operations thus violating the** **Treaty of Svalbard *
**
*For Immediate Release***
*Contact:* Bruce Gagnon (GN Coordinator) globalnet@mindspring.com (207)
443-9502 and Agneta Norberg (Stockholm) lappland.norberg@gmail.com
Concerned activists and writers from around the world will gather in *Kiruna,
Sweden* on *June 27-29* to discuss how the ‘High North’ of Sweden has
become one of the largest training places (called NEAT) for NATO war
exercises and advanced weapons testing.
The High North also hosts ground ... more »
'HEADLEY PROTECTED BY NSA'; SIX AMERICANS DIED
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
*Alan Scherr, daughter Naomi, 13,and wife Kia - three of the six Americans
killed in Mumbai in 2008, during the attacks planned by David Headley. The
USA's NSA spy agency failed over a number of years to have Headley arrested.
*
America's NSA only took action on David Headley AFTER the USA had been
tipped off by British intelligence.
*US defence of snooping with David Headley case found flawed* / *Defenders
of NSA Surveillance Omit Most of Mumbai Plotter’s Story*
*General Alexander lied?*
The director of the *National Security Agency* *General Keith Alexander*told a Senate heari... more »
Thomas Mulcair Feels Wrath Of Rookie Gate Attendant On Parliament Hill ....
leftdog at Buckdog - 10 hours ago
**
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*It's sort of comical watching the Conservatives go through contortions
trying to equate difficulties the Leader of the Official Opposition
experienced this morning with a new employee (working the gate on
Parliament Hill) with their numerous ethical, legal and moral sins. *
*To hear the Conservatives tell it, Mulcair's traffic difficulty is equal
to Conservative sins such as: *
*-the missing $3.1Billion tax dollars *
*-the $90,000 mystery cheque to Senator Mike Duffy *
*-the mysterious resignation of Nigel Wright from the PMO *
*-Speaker Scheer's b... more »
Syria- Lavrov Interview "Our priority is to stop violence" Corbett interviews....
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 10 hours ago
Excerpted for length: I like info such as this where pertinent persons
speak for themselves
Sergey Lavrov says the US and Russia must do “everything possible” to stop
violence in Syria, warning that people who fight the Syrian army are “very
well armed,” among them *“the terrorist organization created by the United
States - Al-Nusra Front.”*
*“This is a tragedy. What must be done and that's where the US and Russia
see eye to eye is to do everything to stop it. You know that alongside with
the opposition which is called Free Syrian Army terrorist organizations
fight. And one of th... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 10 hours ago
*UPDATE- Video: Injuries at explosion, fire at Geismar plant ~The Advocate*
The Unbearable Rightness of Being Certain
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 10 hours ago
Giving lie to the conventional wisdom that bipartisanship is dead, House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi today heaved her well-maintained self upon an
increasingly crowded luxury bandwagon of Washington insiders, bull-horning
to anyone who would listen: *Bring Me the Head of Edward Snowden!*
**
The more that the Democratic and Republican elites are joining hands in
public to celebrate the death of the Constitution via massive domestic
spying by the United States military, the more obvious it becomes that not
only is the pseudoleft completely dead, it has been utterly replaced by the
Big... more »
A quiet time
risa bear at A Way to Live - 10 hours ago
The neighbors have all rushed to get in their hay before the next rain, and
most of them have succeeded.
The local grass seed farmer, though, whose acreage seems to comprise half
the valley, had to wait a bit longer to begin cutting for seed, and is
caught out; the windrowing machines will be busy for days.
Our new cherry trees, which made an effort last year, are sleeping on the
job, like most of the apples and pears. The pie cherry down by the mailbox
is more reliable. I picked it yesterday as neighbors drove past, waving,
and stored the small crop, lightly blanched, in the f... more »
A nice little retro song - She & Him "I've Got Your Number, Son"
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
She and Him being Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward.
Zooey Deschanel was Trillian in the woeful 2005 Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy film and now stars in the very average US comedy New Girl, but she
sure can sing... What a lovely voice and a nice 60's girl group feel to the
song.
Confirming: Bamford’s report was completely ignored!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013*
*We had dumber things to discuss:* Yesterday, we cited Walter Pincus’
reaction to the current NSA revelations. To read that post, click here.
This isn’t real new, Pincus seemed to say. He recalled an article from
March of last year by James Bamford, a well-known expert on the NSA:
PINCUS (6/11/13): On March 15, 2012, Wired magazine published a long
article by James Bamford, who has written books about the NSA. *Bamford
described the agency’s new $2 billion Utah Data Center and its ability to
“intercept, decipher, analyze, and store vast swaths of the world’... more »
Former Republican Congressman Rick Renzi Is Finally Headed To Prison On Corruption Charges
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
You may have noticed that *DWT* spends a lot of time going after a few
especially bad Members of Congress. If you're a regular reader, you see a *
lot* of mentions of shady characters like Darrell Issa, Paul Ryan, Ted
Cruz, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Buck McKeon, Michele Bachmann, John Barrow,
Steve Israel, Louie Gohmert, Steve King, John Boehner, Miss McConnell, Joe
Crowley... the worst of the worst from both sides of the aisle. When the
blog got started in 2005, our focus was on people we rarely mention these
days: Duke Cunningham, Tom DeLay, Mark Foley, John Doolittle, Dick Pombo ... more »
Mad Libs
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours ago
I've long held that listening to the self-censoring corporate
mainstream media and Obama's smiling fascist government is like trying to
follow a novel with all the consonants and half the punctuation missing.
Or, perhaps more accurately, it's like trying to grope one's way toward the
denouement of an espionage thriller using a Mad Libs book. Insert any noun,
verb, adverb or adjective of your choice and your story is as good and as
accurate as the next guy's.
And libs are indeed going slowly mad over this NSA wiretapping scandal
that should come as no surprise to anyone tha... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 11 hours ago
*At least 30 victims hospitalized after Geismar plant explosion~WWLTV*
INCONVENIENT INTERRUPTION
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
Protesters in solidarity with whistleblower Private Bradley Manning
interrupted President Obama as he stumped for Ed Markey's senate campaign
June 12 in Roxbury (Boston) Massachusetts. They chanted 'Whistleblowing's
not a crime! Free Bradley Manning!' and blew whistles. One protester was
arrested.
The loyal liberal base, who hated when George W. Bush waged wars and
prosecuted whistleblowers, were not pleased that anyone would interrupt
their Democratic Party love fest with such inconvenient issues.
Our Maine friend Ridgely Fuller (top right of screen in black shirt
chanting) mad... more »
Recent Offerings from the Tweet of God
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
Imagine if God had a Twitter account. Apparently He does! From it he
dispenses divine observations and wisdom to we mere mortals. Here are a
few of His latest offerings:
*
**I support marijuana. I created it for you. In fact the Garden of Eden was
full of it. That was Eve's downfall. She got the munchies. *
*John 3:16. Matthew 3:17. Luke 3:18. It was a very close race.*
*Once you go black hole, you never go back. That is literally true.*
*Even on the first day of Creation I remember thinking to Myself, "I hate
Mondays".*
*The NSA knows more about you than I do.*
*Every time y... more »
Test for discrimination
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago
Peel Law Association v. Pieters, 2013 ONCA 396 holds:
[53] The Divisional Court set out the following test for
discrimination. The Court said:
In order to prove a *prima facie* case of discrimination, there must be
evidence to support the following findings:
a. a distinction or differential treatment;
b. arbitrariness based on a prohibited ground;
c. a disadvantage; and
d. a causal nexus between the arbitrary distinction based on a prohibited
ground and the disadvantage suffered.
[54] The Court did not indicate from where it de... more »
115 Gigawatts!
Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 12 hours ago
That's how much global energy-generating capacity from renewable sources
rose by in 2012, according to a report by the Renewable Energy Policy
Network for the 21st Century. Capacity rose by 105 gigawatts in 2011.
Apparently that's good. All I know is you need 1.21 gigawatts to fuel a
flux capacitor. The jump is attributed to a large drop in the price of
solar power technology last year.
For a better understanding, let's go to the relevant TED Talk, a short one
from Dave Follette, Director of Engineering at Aztera.
*Time* takes a look at California’s Ivanpah solar thermal plant, w... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago
*Explosion, fire at the Williams Olefins plant ~Advocate*
*Olefins plant explosion, fire in Geismar ~WVUE*
An All-Harvard CEA
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 12 hours ago
With the news that Betsey Stevenson is joining the CEA, the three-member
board will now have two Harvard PhDs and a Harvard professor. Just
saying.... more »
Thoughts on a teacher in a Catholic school fired for being a domestic abuse victim?
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 12 hours ago
I’m torn on this issue. Unfair, dispassionate, and further stigmatizes
domestic abuse survivors/victims. However, this could definitely be a
safety issue for students at the school. Perhaps she could be put on paid
leave until this blows over, maternity leave, some kind of leave. Sick
leave? But outright termination seems unreasonable. Tagged: catholic,
domestic […]
Amazon: 3D printers below $1,200
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago
When Howard Wolowitz bought a 3D printer to print figures of himself,
Rajesh Koothrappali, Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz, and other heroes of
The Big Bang Theory, he had to be chastised by Bernadette because it was
her money and it was $5,000 of them.
(Incidentally, I made some research of the 1200 XT 3D modeler PRO device
that appeared in the CBS sitcom and I am pretty confident that it's a
renamed 3D Systems InVision XT 3D Printer.)
But an ex-president of the Harvard Funds and the famous Pirate of Prague,
Viktor Kožený, a technological enthusiast who has just gotten access to $... more »
"It has been public information for a decade that the US government secretly, illegally, and unconstitutionally spies on its citizens. Congress and the federal courts have done nothing about this extreme violation of the US Constitution and statutory law, and the insouciant US public seems unperturbed." ... "Germans in the Third Reich and Soviet citizens in the Stalin era had a better idea of their government’s agendas than do 'freedom and democracy' Americans today. The American people are the most uninformed people in modern history." -- Paul Craig Roberts
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
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*What is the Government’s Agenda? -- Paul Craig Roberts*
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What is the Government’s Agenda?
Paul Craig Roberts
It has been public information for a decade that the US government
secretly, illegally, and unconstitutionally spies on its citizens. Congress
and the federal courts have done nothing about this extreme violation of
the US Constitution and statutory law, and the insoucia... more »
How Soon Tax Reform?
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours ago
Earlier this week, Stan Collender wrote a longish piece about the prospects
for tax reform. His bottom line? Don't expect anything until 2017.
He makes several points, most of which I agree with. But I'm not sure I
agree with the conclusion. In particular, Collender argues, essentially,
that tax reform will happen only when Republicans give in to the Democratic
position that reform should be revenue-positive this time around, as
opposed to the revenue-neutral 1986 effort.
I strongly disagree with that -- as I've argued in the past, I think tax
reform is really only plausible when it... more »
Gene Patents: Told You So!
noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 12 hours ago
Just this minute, I was reached by the terrific news that the US supreme
court has finally ruled against patenting of human genes: here, here, here,
here, here, here. The ruling itself can be downloaded here.
With respect to my interest in this matter from the point of view of
promoting science, health and the interests of patients and the general
public, expressed in former posts here and here, this is mainly to rub it
in: told you so!!!
*Philosophical Comment Blog: Christian Munthe, Professor of Practical
Philosophy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Chief interests are
ethics/... more »
Ask and receive: #Commoncore cereal!
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 12 hours ago
Never too early to get college and career ready! Gotta have my jobs!
Tagged: cereal, common core, pops, profit
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 13 hours ago
Go ask Alice, when she was just small...
CCSS, the Corporate Profit Black Hole
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 13 hours ago
Unleash the Power!!!!! The power of corporate education reform to generate
profit for textbook, program, and testing corporations while childhood
poverty in the US skyrockets and children continue to be cheated out of
rich educational experiences… Sounds about right: —– I think Education Week
accidentally published the cover from an upcoming new young adult science
[…]
Abenomics is Not more Dangerous than the North Korean Missile Program
Robert Kelly at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
I continue to be amazed at how the Korean government won’t admit that
Japan’s revival is really good for democracy in Asia and the prevention of
Chinese regional primacy. No less than the SK finance minister (pic)
actually said Abenomics is more dangerous to SK than the NK missile
program. Wait, what?? The worst totalitarianism
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LISTEN First Voices Indigenous Radio, Arvol Looking Horse, Debra White Plume
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
First Voices Indigenous Radio
Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Lakota
http://firstvoicesindigenousradio.org/program_archives
June 13, 2013
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ARVOL LOOKING HORSE (Itazipcola Lakota Nation) www.worldpeaceandprayerday.com
Following the birth of a White Buffalo Calf in 1994, the Keeper of
the White Buffalo Calf Pipe for the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nations
Coming Together for Solutions for Creating Respectful Learning Cultures
John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 13 hours ago
I began this series of posts in response to the Los Angeles schools banning
of suspensions for willful defiance of authority. I oppose punitive
disciplinary systems and recognize that suspensions are a flawed response
to nonviolent behavior. We teachers must take risks in order to better
serve our students, so I would support restrictions on […]
Coming Together for Solutions for Creating Respectful Learning Cultures
John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 13 hours ago
I began this series of posts in response to the Los Angeles schools banning
of suspensions for willful defiance of authority. I oppose punitive
disciplinary systems and recognize that suspensions are a flawed response
to nonviolent behavior. We teachers must take risks in order to better
serve our students, so I would support restrictions on […]
Mother Earth/Mother Tongue Trail Race South Dakota June 22, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
This country is becoming surreal...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*to the point where I feel like I am down the rabbit hole with Alice. *
First stop this am (after spending 10 hours yesterday outside working) is
Drudge, where I learn that:
"The Obama Administration “strongly objects” to a proposed amendment to
the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday that would have
protected the religious rights of soldiers – including evangelical
Christian service members who are facing growing hostility towards their
religion.
[...]The Obama Administration said the amendment would have a “significant
adverse effect on good order, discipline, morale... more »
Will Sweden Withstand the Planned EU Tobacco Directive Rules on Cigarette Packet Warning Labels?
noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 13 hours ago
News just broke that the current Swedish government is planning to try to
resist the planned implementation of a new EU tobacco directive application
according to which cigarette packets must have warning labels covering 75%
of the packet's surface space. Why on earth would the government of one of
the world's top non- and anti-smoking and pro public health countries in
this way want to do the tobacco industry's dirty business for them, one
might ask. But according to the government, this matter is nothing of the
sort. The reason given for why the government plans to resist the propo... more »
Even the Canucks are profiting from our #commoncore obsession
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 13 hours ago
From School Specialty of Canada, each grade level classroom can own one of
their own Common Core State Standards kits. For Canada, wouldn’t they be
called CC Province Standards, right? Thankfully, they are Title I funding
approved. By the way, does Canada have Title I? Not sure about that one.
Apparently, every kit comes […]
BREAKING! NO link between breast cancer and abortion
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 13 hours ago
So, inquiring minds want to know -- how much (non) evidence will be enough?
Probably no amount will ever satisfy the nutters, but here's yet another
study that finds NO evidence of an association between induced abortion and
breast cancer risk.
In 2004 the Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer
evaluated the worldwide epidemiological evidence on the possible relation
between breast cancer and previous spontaneous and induced abortion ad
found no link. The results, drawn from 53 studies, were published in the
Lancet.
A new study confirms this data, that *there is n... more »
21st century… dance skills? YES!! #commoncore
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 13 hours ago
The CASD has been released. Oh, you haven’t heard. Yes, it’s the Colorado
Academic Standards for Dance. This seven page document just covers the
Kindergarten.Dance.Standards. Standards have indeed jumped the shark. I
have nothing further to say about this, maybe you can help me. Tagged: 21st
century, dance, kindergarten, skills, standards
Where Do Iraqis Get Their Information And News From?
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
In 2009 D3 Systems contracted a Turkish company to survey Iraqis on what
were their main sources of information. The results showed that the vast
majority of Iraqis watched television more than any other media source, but
that the Internet was growing in importance. While the individual stations
and papers people read today might be slightly different four years later,
the general findings still likely hold true. The most important of which
was that Iraqis were widely skeptical of what they heard, read, and saw
from their media, both foreign and domestic.
In November 2009, the Tu... more »
Epidemic of Birth Defects and Cancer in Iraq: America's Toxic Legacy
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 14 hours ago
image source Stephen Lendman
America's Gulf War, intermittent bombings in the 1990s, the 2003 war, and
aftermath left a toxic legacy.
Children born with two heads reflect it. Some had only one eye. Missing
sockets look like the inside of an oyster. They're milky and shapeless.
Some children had tails like a skinned lamb. One or more had a monkey's
face. Girls had their legs grown together. They were half fish, half human.
Miscarriages are frequent. Hundreds of newborns have cleft pallets,
elongated heads, overgrown or short limbs, and other malformed body parts.
Some are too gr... more »
Trouble in Paradise: Belize Destroys Unauthorized GMO Soybean Crop
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 14 hours ago
Daisy Luther
There’s been trouble in the tropical paradise of Belize.
Despite the fact that the federal government of Belize has banned all GMO
seeds from the country’s borders, a field of GMO soybeans was found growing
in the northern portion of the country. (Two weeks ago, an errant field of
unapproved GMO wheat was discovered in Oregon – these examples make it
clear that Monsanto and the rest of the biotech industry have no regard for
the regulations that disallowed these crops to be planted.)
This discovery in Belize comes, rather ironically, just months after a very
successf... more »
Adventures in Grocery Shopping: When Food Isn’t Food (Part 2)
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 14 hours ago
*More examples in the (ever-growing) ‘Food Not Fit to Eat’ category.*Aaron
Dykes and Melissa Melton
In an endless array of hidden ingredients lurking in grocery stores and
restaurants across the land, Truthstream Media embarked on another minor
adventure in trying to sift through the confusion in search of real food.
Previously, we encountered artificial honey that is marketed towards
diabetics (yet has almost as high a glycemic index as regular sugar), secret
sauces loaded with high fructose corn syrup, as well as price incentives to
encourage consumers to buy bleached products ov... more »
Hydrofracking Boom or Bust
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 14 hours ago
James Hall
The economics of oil or natural gas hydrofracking are seldom analyzed from
the perspective of the American consumer. Most discussions focus upon the
investment opportunities of specific companies, royalties to leaseholders,
windfall tax revenues that state governments will benefit from and the
bonanza that local communities will enjoy from the added business activity.
Missing is a clear understanding of the pricing points and factors that
will determine the actual selling charge and total all inclusive retrieval
costs in the domestic market. Will the price of energy drop... more »
TWO KINDS OF FACTS: Some basic facts which are always withheld!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013*
*Part 4—Including some horrible facts:* We’ve been asking the question all
week:
How many readers were able to discern the main point of the piece by Hacker
and Dreifus in Sunday’s New York Times?
We raised that question at the start of the week, noting the rather jumbled
writing the Times didn’t bother to edit. Because their piece was a bit
opaque, we wondered how many readers had actually discerned the authors’
(apparent) main point.
Yesterday, one set of results came in.
The Times published five letters about the piece. None of the letters
addressed ... more »
Climate Talks Collapse
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours ago
The climate regime is quietly turning into farce. These events are
supposed to be window dressing after everything has been hammered out. No
such luck this time around. In fact it has become embarrassing.
What this really tells us that is that no one thinks it matters anymore
and the players are all playing the game for damage control, yet they
simply give it all up and go home and perhaps rethink their positions.
In the meantime, Russia has administered a spanking and is angling to
somehow come out of the whole scheme without looking like a prize sucker.
Beyond all tha... more »
ET Communique?
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours ago
This is one more clear statement of intention that mirrors our expression
of universal humanity. It also cleanly expresses the personal position that
I have arrived at vis a vis the UFO phenomena. It explains their current
semi passive state as well as the aspect of individual contact. With or
without direct demonstration in the skies, we are rapidly approaching what
can be described as the human singularity.
What this notice informs us of is that we are now mature enough to come in
from the cold and accept assistance. Sometime in the next forty years, this
will all become... more »
Mach 20 Scramjet
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours ago
What this means, and precisely why China is concerned is that we are
looking at the enabling technology able to take out any form of ballistic
missile, let alone a mere aircraft. Better yet they can become space
torpedoes loitering out above the earth's atmosphere looking for threats
and operating in pods centered on a support module. All this is remotely
controlled.
Thus, the moment a launch is detected, the torpedo is chosen and it breaks
free and begins to spool up. It can then penetrate the atmosphere to mach
20 and intercept the incoming missile while still just br... more »
Haast's Eagle Revisited
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 14 hours ago
Everyone keeps missing the obvious here. This eagle killed. Forty pounds
at forty miles per hour delivered through powerful claws is a killing
stroke. You do not have to lift the body at all. This means that it could
swoop in and kill, then glide around to make sure that the coast remained
clear before settling onto the body to feed. It still fed like a vulture
and was equipped accordingly.
This was one scary predator that we may be thankful is no longer out
hunting us. We would be terribly vulnerable because from a height we appear
much smaller and suitable as a meal.
... more »
Anonymous: #OpAwakeTheMasses Has Begun
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 14 hours ago
*Before It's News*
America is quickly awakening to the Police State Dictatorship that is
attempting to ‘take over’ our country. Will we stop it before it’s too
late? “Every time they look over their shoulder, we want them to see us.”
‘Operation Awake The Masses’ has begun; together we rise up. Here’s what
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Glenn Beck again
Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 14 hours ago
By Capt. Fogg
"We are going to be greatly divided as a nation in the next ten days and
you are going to witness things in American history that have never been
witnessed before" Said Glenn Beck yesterday despite his recent claim that
his vocal cords no longer worked. I was hoping that might have been the one
true thing ever to escape his mouth.
It's true -- you're going to witness the last half of June, 2013 -- a
historical first. I'm pretty sure you're going to witness another spell of
embarrassment for Glenn Beck too, not that he'll necessarily notice or
acknowledge it. There's... more »
New Journal: Political Science Research and Methods
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
Cambridge University Press has un-gated the inaugural issue of Political
Science Research and Methods, edited by Cameron G. Thies and Vera E.
Troeger. Thies and Troeger have implemented a textbook journal launch,
complete with major names in the field and strong articles.Go take a look.
Jarrod Hayes on “Bridging the Gap”
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog by Jarrod Hayes, who is is an assistant
professor of International Relations at the Georgia Institute of
Technology. His research broadly focuses on the social construction of
foreign and security policy. It deals with the International Policy Summer
Institute, which has also received coverage at The Monkey Cage. I
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Canadian Media Provide Comfort to the Enemy
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 15 hours ago
In the media coverage of the tenth anniversary of equal marriage in
Ontario, I noticed an odd thing.
Not one anti-gay spokesperson was polled on his or her 'take' on the
situation. That's odd considering how strident opponents are and how
readily they will spout their hate and lies.
No. In fact the coverage was rather self-congratulatory. Golly gee, aren't
we enlightened and aren't we pleased to have moved on?
Look at this CBC piece for example.
And we have come a long way pretty damn quickly.
In 2002, an Ekos poll found that 47 per cent of Canadians had an
unfavourable opinion of... more »
The Constitution Doesn't Guarantee Safety, It Guarantees Privacy
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
*Activist Post*
Obama says Americans can't have "100 percent security and 100 percent
privacy".
This is obviously a false choice and an admission that he knowingly
violates the rights of U.S. citizens.
Obama, like Bush before him, claims his most important job is to keep the
American people safe. Not true. His job is to uphold and defend the
Constitution which guarantees the privacy of all citizens but makes no
mention of "safety" or "security". In fact, if war must be waged to defend
America, that power rests with the Congress. The president then directs
that war.
Okay, en... more »
A Dictator's Toolkit: Unlimited Toys for Tyrants
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
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Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Ally Sheedy, 51.
Good stuff:
1. Political Bubbles, from McCarty, Poole, and Rosenthal.
2. Chris Bowers on civil liberties polling.
3. And Ta-Nehisi Coates on not being stupid.
Private "Blackwater-type" Spy Agencies: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
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Could the sprawling surveillance state enable government or its legion of
private contractors to abuse their technology and spy upon domestic
political targets or judges? This is not a far off possibility. Two years
ago, a batch of stolen e-mails revealed a plot by a set of three defense
contractors (Palantir Technologies, Berico Technologies and HBGary Federal)
to target activists, reporters, labor unions and political organizations.
The plans— one concocted in concert with lawyers for the US Chamber of
Commerce to sabotage left-leaning critics, like the Center for Ameri... more »
DHS Admits Backpack Explosive Drill Planned Before Marathon
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
*Anthony Gucciardi*
The Boston Globe is now reporting on a DHS admission that a
"frighteningly
similar" drill was planned by DHS before the Boston Marathon that turned
reality during the event.
Storyleak article:
http://www.storyleak.com/dhs-boston-training-drill-backpack-explosives/
Boston Globe report:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/06/07/before-police-could-plan-for-terrorist-attack-real-thing-happened/ufxjb9O0RXyzVZNPFyGkiI/story.html
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Fuel Leaks Prompt Store Chain Audit
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 15 hours ago
By: Nathan Lamb
A pair of fuel leaks has proved costly for a Maryland-based convenience
store chain, according to this story in the Baltimore Sun.
Royal Farms, which owns 70 stores across the region, recently reached a
settlement with environmental officials that includes a $600,000 penalty
and a comprehensive audit of the company’s underground fuel tanks and
piping.
The settlement came after the Maryland Department of the Environment made
it clear they were pursuing enforcement actions over two leaks that
impacted residential homes.
The first was discovered in 2009, after a Rosed... more »
Yes, There Are Still NRA Shills Among Congressional Democrats
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Few are as blatant and tone deaf as John Barrow (New Dem/Blue Dog-GA),
but
there are Democrats firmly allied with the NRA in both the House and
Senate. In fact, four of them in the Senate-- Mark Pryor (AR), Heidi
Heitkamp (ND), Mark Begich (AK), and Max Baucus (MT)-- just got
unpleasant
wakeup calls on the issue from Michael Bloomberg. He sent the letter
belowto hundreds of top Democratic donors urging them to stop writing
campaign
checks to NRA shills-- particularly *these* NRA shills. Heitkamp doesn't
face the voters for another 5 years and Baucus is finally retiring. But
Begich... more »
I have to take a shot at Justin Trudeau over his earlier interpretation of Lib Senator Marc Harb's troubles ...
leftdog at Buckdog - 15 hours ago
**
[image: Progressive Bloggers] * *
*Last weekend, in an interview with Global News, Trudeau suggested that
Harb's troubles were "an honest mistake or a misunderstanding of the rules."
*
***"For me, there’s a real difference between what Mac Harb is going
through and what Senators Duffy and Wallin seem to have on their plate," he
said adding that Harb could be allowed back into the Liberal fold once the
matter is cleared.*
*Unfortunately for taxpayers AND for the Liberal Party Leader, Senator
Harb's situation is far, far worse than poor old Justin anticipated .....*
Senator Mac ... more »
Economics As A Morality Play
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Stephen Harper and David Cameron live in a bubble of mutual admiration.
That bubble is on display this morning in London. They are congratulating
each other on their economic prowess. But the IMF has acknowledged that the
policies which Harper and Cameron espouse -- and which the IMF used to
officially endorse -- have been catastrophic failures. Carol Goar writes in
*The Toronto Star*:
Late last Wednesday, the powerful International Monetary Fund (IMF), which
led the Greek bailout three years ago, issued an extraordinary mea culpa,
admitting it had underestimated the severity of ... more »
CIA deputy director resigns, says it is just because he wants to spend more time with his family
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
Michael Morell, left
image credit: Secretary of Defense/Flickr Madison Ruppert
Today Michael Morell, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA), resigned. According to Morell, it is only because he wants to spend
more time with his family.
This resignation comes soon after a leak by a former CIA and National
Security Agency (NSA) employee uncovered a massive Internet surveillance
program, the gathering of millions of U.S. phone records from Verizon, a
major intelligence official apparently lying under oath and much, much more.
Yet, according to Morell, his resignatio... more »
No More Left-Right, It's Now Establishment vs. Rebels
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
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TED Global: Future vaccines could be delivered via piece
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 15 hours ago
A skin piece that can bring vaccines cheaply and effectively has been shown
off at the TED Global conference in Edinburgh. With a patch rather than a
spine could alter disease prevention around the world. Prof Mark Kendall
supposed the new method offered hope of practical vaccines for diseases
such as malaria.
Other medical experts welcomed the news, but warned it might be
inappropriate for several patients. It was fitting that Prof Kendall
delivered his talk in Edinburgh where, 160 years before, Alexander Wood had
lodged the first rights for the needle and syringe.The rights lo... more »
22 Nauseating Quotes From Hypocritical Establishment Politicians About The NSA Spying Scandal
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
Michael Snyder
Establishment politicians from both major political parties are rushing to
defend the NSA and condemn whistleblower Edward Snowden. They are
attempting to portray Edward Snowden as a "traitor" and the spooks over at
the NSA that are snooping on all of us as "heroes". In fact, many of the
exact same politicians that once railed against government spying during
the Bush years are now staunchly defending it now that Obama is in the
White House. But it isn't just Democrats that are acting shamefully.
Large numbers of Republican politicians that love to give speeches... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Stacy Head: Tap tourism marketing fund for NOPD consent decree costs ~WVUE*
*Could the Algiers-Canal ferry become New Orleans’ newest party boat? ~Della
Hasselle, The Lens*
*Study paints grim employment picture for black men in N.O. ~Andrew Vanacour
*
*State-by-state look at Iowa to Mid-Atlantic storm*
*USDA releases disaster recovery funding for Isaac, floods ~Mississippi
Business Journal*
*Good Eggs is coming to New Orleans!*
~Order food from your local farmers and foodmakers for pickup or delivery,
with new tastes added each week.
*WWNO Presents A Prairie Home Companion, Live F... more »
Overnight sentiment - Japan leading Asia equities downward , Europe struggling with its own issues follows downward , US pulled downward as well ?
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-13/sea-red
Sea Of Red
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/13/2013 07:01 -0400
- Across the Curve
- Bear Market
- Ben Bernanke
- Bond
- Brazil
- CDS
- China
- Crude
- European Central Bank
- fixed
- Fund Flows
- Greece
- India
- Initial Jobless Claims
- Italy
- Japan
- Jim Reid
- Monetary Policy
- New Zealand
- Nikkei
- RANSquawk
- Reuters
- Sovereign CDS
- Volatility
- World Bank
- Yen
In the brief but ... more »
America's National Security State
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
image source Stephen Lendman
Post-WW II, Washington's 1947 National Security Act became law.
It streamlined the nation's military, established the National Security
Council, created the CIA, and instituted what became America's
military-industrial complex and police state apparatus.
Post-9/11, they've accelerated exponentially. Washington's long arm is
merciless. It's been that way for decades. Go along or else became policy.
The CIA's first major foreign operation ousted Iran's democratically
elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq. A generation of repressive Shah
Mohammad Rez... more »
Bradley Manning Trial Takes Turn Toward "Tactics, Techniques and Procedures"
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
image source *Activist Post*
We have spoken to Nathan Fuller at Bradleymanning.org who has given us
gracious permission to reprint his daily firsthand reports, which you can
find below with additional updates, commentary, and video.
*Summary *
Day 6 was a government witness-packed day, which included cross
examination, and focused on the computer forensics behind Manning's logs
and communications.
Also included was an examination by an Apache helicopter pilot of the
"Collateral Murder" video; he stated that much could be gleaned from that
video by the enemy about the operational... more »
Greece jobless rate hits 27.4 in the first quarter of 2013 - as the knock on effects from the ERT snap closure trickle through the economy , Greece can expect more pain ....... ERT closure news and views and related job actions detailed.....
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
EBU restores ERT program on TV screens – Riot Police against EBU satellite?
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Very Mix
European Broadcast Union (EBU) put Greece’s shut down public broadcaster
ERT back on air. On Thursday afternoon the program produced by occupying
journalists reappeared on television screens in several Greek cities via
analog signal. The decision to take steps to keep ERT on air was made by
the EBU Executive Board on Wednesday – see EBU press release below.
Outrageously concerned about the illegal program conducted by fired ERT
journalists and technicians who occupy the... more »
Cake in a Cup- A Mugging Mix Giveaway from Shirley J
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 16 hours ago
Sometimes I just want a slice of chocolate cake. Without the work of baking
it, without the waiting and without the huge amount of leftovers I will
inevitability eat later. Sometimes I just want a little chocolate cake,
enough to satisfy my craving. Enter Shirley J Mugging Mixes. A cake mix
that you mix up and then bake in a mug, right in the microwave. I love how
easy it is to make and clean up and my 4-year-old is obsessed with what she
calls "cake in a cup."
These mixes come in 8 great flavors including : Chocolate Brownie Cake, Old-Fashioned
Yellow Cake and Cobbler, Country St... more »
Did the CIA give the NSA documents to Ed Snowden?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours ago
Jon Rappoport
Current press reports focus on PRISM, the NSA’s relationships with the
biggest tech companies in the world, and the spilled leaks of Ed Snowden.
I’ve already laid out serious questions about Snowden’s work history and
whether he’s told the truth about it.
Is it likely he could have accessed and snatched thousands of highly
classified NSA documents?
“Let’s see. Who’s coming to work for us here at NSA today? Oh, new whiz
kid. Ed Snowden. Outside contractor. He’s not really a full-time employee
of the NSA. Twenty-nine years old. No high school diploma. Has a GED. He
wo... more »
Prepping listeners for Prem
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 17 hours ago
A few posts at *Is the BBC biased? *[all to be found here] have dwelt on
the perplexing failure of the BBC to present Professor Prem Sikka as being
a senior figure from the left-wing campaign group, the Tax Justice Network. No,
whether it's on his many appearances on *Today *or, say, on* Broadcasting
House*, the BBC repeatedly introduce him as being merely a "professor of
accounting at Essex Business School", thus risking misleading listeners
into taking him to be that most trustworthy of interviewees - an
independent expert. He is, in fact, no such thing.
He was on *Today* yet ag... more »
Public Reaction To Closing Of Greek TV & Radio Stations
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago
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Greece witnesses 24-hour strike over state TV closure
Greece is witnessing a nationwide general strike in protest at the
government's surprise decision to shut down state broadcaster ERT.
Trade unions and all media are participating in the 24-hour work stoppage,
which began at midnight on Thursday (2100 GMT Wednesday), and protests are
planned later in the day.
The strike comes after the broadcaster's television and radio stations were
abruptly taken off air late on June 11. The move, which is part of the
Greek government's unpopular austerity measures, left ERT’s n... more »
Islam and disciplining women as shown on TV targeted at Europe, including the UK
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
The above are excerpts from an Iqra TV show, aired on April 6, 2013,
featuring Saudi scholar Jassem Al-Mutawa, who hosts Professor Muhammad
Al-Hajj from the Jordanian University as a guest on the show. Since 2002,
when the program was originally broadcast, Jassem Al-Mutawa has become the
president of Iqra TV. The program was rerun on Iqra's channel targeting
European audiences and broadcasting in French, English and Arabic.
Do watch the whole piece, it's an eye-opener and I wonder how many British
Muslims follow such advice?
If you can't watch it all, here's the transcript to pe... more »
From Creekside to Cyveillance to PRISM-ID
Alison at Creekside - 18 hours ago
Creekside is a really tiny insignificant Canadian blog, as I'm sure both of
you know. I rarely venture into covering anything about the US unless it
has a direct and immediate bearing on Canadian interests and hasn't been
mentioned anywhere else. Consequently I don't get much US traffic unless I
happen to blog something like State Dept. hires TransCanada consultant to
approve Keystone pipeline, and it goes up some magical link chain via Think
Progress to the New York Times.
Then I get a wee spike in US traffic, some of which consists of the
downloading of hundreds of pages over th... more »
A difference of opinion between Paul Mason and Robert Peston
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
The departure of Stephen Hester as CEO of the largely taxpayer-owned Royal
Bank of Scotland was the lead story on both Radio 4's *The World Tonight *and
BBC Two's *Newsnight *last night. A comparison of their respective
treatments of the story might prove interesting. (Well, it interests me
anyway!)
Both programmes structured the way they reported the story in a strikingly
similar fashion. They each included two interviews - one with a senior BBC
reporter (*The World Tonight *talking to Robert Peston, *Newsnight *to Paul
Mason), the other with a senior Labour Party figure from th... more »
International Linear Collider: Technical Design Report out
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 19 hours ago
Yesterday, as I learned from the CERN website and a CERN press release, the Linear
Collider Collaboration (obtained by merging the officials behind ILC and
CLIC) has released the ILC Technical Design Report, including a free and
colorful 60-page PDF booklet.
It may be meaningful to mention Table 2.1 of that PDF file that describes
the planned experiments with their center-of-mass energy.
At \(91 \GeV\), the plan is to study \(e^+e^-\to Z\), ultraprecision
electroweak, and at \(160 \GeV\), one may study ultra-precision \(W\) mass
via \(e^+e^-\to WW\). A big part of the early exp... more »
It's only Dunkin' Donuts, it was only a missing receipt
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
The full story is at The Smoking Gun.
The guy serving this woman keeps his cool really well in the face of some
rather extreme langauge and "attitude" from someone who just didn't give
her a receipt?!
This woman, apparently a Taylor Chapman, seems very proud of her posting
this on Facebook, most peculiar.
The part from 7:09 onwards is really scary, isn't calling someone a
"sand-nigger" somewhat offensive or worse?
'"...So I hope you’re happy with your little fucking sand nigger self.
Cause I’m about to nuke your whole fucking planet from Mars. You think
ya’ll are tough big fa... more »
Hamas are to execute two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with Israel
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
I read that Hamas are going to execute two Palestinians who are accused of
collaborating with Israel.
In a sane world, people who claim to stand up for the Palestinian people
would be protesting against these death sentences imposed upon
Palestinians. But most Pro-Palestinians are in reality just anti-Israel or
anti-Semitic, so this story will not raise their attention.
Come on ex-MP Lynne Jones, prove me wrong.
Similarly the BBC who report every story that in any way can portray Israel
in a bad light, seem completely uninterested in this story that might cause
people to question ... more »
MENGELE, LOCKERBIE, CHILD ABUSE, TURKEY, NSA, HEADLEY
Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago
*T-SHIRTS FOR SALE*
huffandpuffpost.blogspot.com...
*
*They controlled Mengele, it is alleged, through their Marionnette
Programming.
"That may be known to others as Imperial Conditioning as was used to
control rulers and Potentates.
"Mengele later resurrected both control systems for military or civilian
leaders as Monarch Programming for ordinary civilians."
*Weltanschauungskrieg leaks - Tumblr*
*
*
MENGELE, MOSSAD AND THE CIA
*
*
*Who did it? The CIA?*
*
*
Chief Supt Thomson said: "I have my own personal view of the people who did
this dreadful thing."
*'We could see the fl... more »
Thursday Morning Linkage
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 22 hours ago
There has been plenty of commentary on Edward Snowden (Nexon, Toobin, Roger
Simon, interesting counterpoint from Jack Shafer here), but I’m a little
bit amazed that important government secrets are entrusted to a 29 year old
high school dropout who unilaterally gets the chance to decide what’s in
the national interest. I respect the idea of
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Drug Innovation 13: Why Expensive Cancer Drugs is Cost-Saving After All
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 22 hours ago
When I read this article, I thought this is like a home run hit, all three
bases covered and back to the home base. Well written, data well-provided,
and arguments well-organized. A heretic but truthful argument. Published in
Forbes.com last Monday, June 10. Enjoy.
---------
*Why We Should be Spending More on Pricey Cancer Drugs*
By Scott Gottlieb, M.D.****
Here’s a heretical statement: We don’t spend enough on high-priced cancer
drugs.****
In recent months, there have been provocative editorials by leading
academic cancer doctorsarguing that the price of many new cancer drugs is
... more »
What Hamas celebrates
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago
Read this it's a translation of a story on the Al Qassam Brigades (Hamas)
webpage on Tuesday and is a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the bombing
of bus 14A in Jerusalem.
Hamas doesn't pretend that they were targeting the army, as they sometimes
pretend to nowadays. They say explicitly that they targeted a passenger
bus. This is a pure celebration of terrorism. They even include photos that
show dead bodies.
Six of the dead were over 65 years old.
Hamas is also proud that some 100 people were wounded in the attack.
Here's that translation:
'*Ten years ago, in the days lik... more »
Recent White House appointments - White House cronies and incompetent lightweights - working the female vote for 2014 ?
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cias-deputy-director-to-be-replaced-with-white-house-lawyer/2013/06/12/8fc2118e-d383-11e2-8cbe-1bcbee06f8f8_story.html?hpid=z2
The
CIA’s deputy director plans to retire and will be replaced by White
House lawyer and agency outsider Avril D. Haines, Director John O.
Brennan
said Wednesday.
Haines, who will succeed career officer Michael Morell on Aug. 9, has
served for three years as President Obama’s deputy counsel in charge of
national security issues and as legal adviser to the National Security
Council. Although she has never w... more »
Musical Interlude: Vangelis, “Voices Come To Me”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
Vangelis, “Voices Come To Me”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67mquJZmgkI
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
“The Eagle Nebula and the Swan Nebula span this broad starscape, a
telescopic view of the Sagittarius spiral arm toward the center of our
Milky Way galaxy. The Eagle, also known as M16, is left, above center, and
the Swan, or M17 at the lower right.
*Click image for larger size.*
The deep, wide-field image shows the cosmic clouds as brighter regions of
active star-formation. They lie along the spiral arm suffused with reddish
emission charactistic of atomic hydrogen gas, and dusty dark nebulae. In
fact, the center of both nebulae are locations of well-known close-up
images of s... more »
Republican Anti-Immigration Filibuster Is Defeated 82-15. What's Next?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Will the immigration reform battle sink any of these ships?
Yesterday just over a dozen motley racists-- all Republicans-- voted
against shutting down Jefferson Beauregard Session III's filibuster of the
comprehensive immigration bill. These were the 15 bigots:
*•* John Barrasso (R-WY)
*•* John Boozman (R-AR)
*•* Mike Crapo (R-ID)
*•* Ted Cruz (R-TX)
*•* Mike Enzi (R-WY)
*•* Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
*•* Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
*•* Mark Kirk (R-IL)
*•* Mike Lee (R-UT)
*•* Jim Risch (R-ID)
*•* Pat Roberts (R-KS)
*•* Tim Scott (R-SC)
*•* Jefferson B. Sessions III (KKK-AL)
*•* Richard Shelby (R-AL)
... more »
Review - thinksport body care products & reusable bottle
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
I like taking surveys ... go figure. A question which often comes up is
whether or not I believe a brand is "fun". I never quite understood that
concept until I was introduced to thinksport.
The email I received, inviting me to collaborate with thinksport, was
signed by their "Chief Thinker" ... that made me smile. I checked out the
company and, deciding that their philosophy fit with mine, agreed to try
some of their products.
I ALWAYS read labels. Thinksport labels list ingredients and even show the
Environmental Working Group's (EWG) rating for each element along with a
link to... more »
Risk off Wednesday / Thursday ? Japan and Asian a sea of red.....
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-12/monkeyhammered-nikkei-plummets-6-risk-exodus
Monkeyhammered Nikkei Plummets 6% On Risk Exodus
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/12/2013 22:10 -0400
- China
- Japan
- Nikkei
There's blood in the streets - Where's Warren? Levered carry traders are
rapidly realizing large crowds and small doors don't mix, even though if
they liked the Nikkei at 16,000 *they should love it at 12,700*. It appears
only physical gold traders are those who actually dollar cost average
lower, when assets are more affordabl... more »
Las mejores fotos del mundo - 33 imágenes impresionantes
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
Haga usted click aquí o sobre el collage para ver todas las fotos
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BREAKING: Phils Investigators hold Phils Coast Guard Criminally Liable
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
Phils Investigators fault Phils Coast Guard....
The National Bureau of Investigation has recommended the filing of criminal
charges against the Filipino coast guards involved in the shooting death of
a Taiwanese fisherman in northern Philippine waters last month, the
Inquirer learned on Tuesday.
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Michael James : California or Bust in a Hot Rod Ford
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
California
AND bust: Michael's 1940 hot rod Ford, San Jose, California, 1960.
Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James'
Pictures from the Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
California or bust
I went to the junkyard and sadly looked over the remains of my beloved
Ford.
By Michael James / The Rag Blog / June 12, 2013
[In this series, Michael James is
Toronto Talk Radio 640 AM Host Calls Ontario NDP Leader Horwath A 'Whore' On Morning Talk Show
leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
Here’s the transcript, via this blog:
*Lou Schizas: Just to get back to our previous quick quotes on Andrea
Horwath. I think whore is the operative syllable there.
John Oakley: Well, well let’s not take it that far.
Schizas: What do you mean? She was bought.
Oakley: Alright, bought and paid for. Alright, it’s a pejorative.
Schizas: Alright, Sorry, I’ll take the hit.
Oakley: That’s alright.
Schizas: I’ll take the hit.*
*The exchange took place on the The John Oakley Show during a panel
with Buzz Hargrove and Catherine Swift, who apparently did no... more »
SECRET COURT NOT REALLY A COURT
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
A series of bombshell NSA leaks has renewed the call for more oversight of
our nation's spying agencies. But, the best the White House and Congress
can offer is a secret court that issues secret warrants and writes secret
legal opinions. RT Political Commentator Sam Sacks reports on what exactly
is going down in the secret FISA court.
Authoritarian governments use secrecy and fear to control their citizens.
That is what we have in the US today - all nicely wrapped up in a flag.
You can dress fascism up all you want but in the end you have to call it
what it is.....fascism - the ... more »
What Exactly is Rational Choice?
Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
I sometimes surprise people when I say that I have no idea what rational
choice is.1 How can a game theorist say such a thing? Especially one who
spends so much time on the internet arguing about rational choice? Well, of
course I have some idea what it is. The point is that there is no coherent
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Caroline Alexander: The Iliad's Lessons of War
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*"The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the
Trojan War"* by Caroline Alexander.
Caroline Alexander: The Iliad's Lessons of War. Source: Carnegie Council.
Date Uploaded: November 19, 2009. Description:
The opening scene of Homer's the Iliad, according to Alexander, sheds light
on how certain battles are lost.
This event took place at the Carnegie Council on October 30, 2009. For
complete video, audio, and transcript, go to http://www.cceia.org
Read a good critique of her book's main arguments *here*.
Newtown Parents Head Back To Washington DC New Gun Control Push ROUND 2
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
Video found at the excellent YouTube channel *MOXNEWSd0tC0M*:
*"...we are committed, completely committed, to seeing this through - for
all the changes that help eliminate the causes of gun violence."*
- *Nicole Hockley*, family member of a Sandy Hook "shooting" victim
*"And we're not going away, we're not going away. This mother's heartbreak
that I carry, this life sentence that I have... no one should ever bear
this burden."*
- another family member of a Sandy Hook "shooting" victim in the video above
This is a perfect example of scripted actors being presented in the media
as "g... more »
Darrell Issa's reckless and dangerous transcripts
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Shorter Darrell Issa: I couldn't possibly release the full transcripts
because (a) NSA scandal is sucking up all of the news cycles and (b) they
would prove my IRS scandal is a partisan scam.
WASHINGTON -- One week after he released partial transcripts of interviews
with IRS officials involved in the scandal surrounding the targeting of
conservative groups, the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee said releasing the full transcripts would be "reckless" and
"irresponsible."
Get that? Releasing hand picked excerpts to media is fine. The full
transcripts to pu... more »
Is he a hero or not a hero? No, not the NSA guy! I mean the Tiffany's bandit, of course!
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*The flagship Tiffany & Co. store on Fifth Avenue*
*by Ken*
There's something about this heist story which has the odd effect of making
a person smile. Of course it has entirely to do with the identity of the
victim: Tiffany & Co. But that doesn't entirely explain the smile-producing
effect. Sure, there may be no business in the country which serves as a
more perfect emblem of upper-class privilege and excess, and you know its
insurance will cover the loss, but that doesn't by itself make the story
amusing, or at any rate titillating, does it?
The event actually took place at Tiff... more »
"I Alone..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I
tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free
because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."
- Robert A. Heinlein
Conspiracy Theorists Who Lead Governments: Two Current Examples
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
"If you gather 200,000 people, I can gather a million," Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told protesters. *Source of photo:
REUTERS/Umit Bektas*.
Governments are led by conspiracy theorists. Most successful political
leaders, no matter what political system they represent, have a
conspiratorial bent of mind. It doesn't matter if it is a democracy or not.
And this is only natural because politics is a ring of conspiracy. You
don't last long as an ambitious politician in Washington, Moscow, Beijing,
or any capital in the world if you are not constantly thinking about wh... more »
Is “Austerity” Responsible for the Crisis in Europe?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
[image: Photo of Martin Masse]
*European austerity? What European austerity? As this Guest post by Martin
Masse makes plain,* some* Euro-govt deficits have decreased, but govt
spending is up all across Europe, and so are European tax revenues.
Can someone tell **Bernard Hickey**, **Idiot/Savant** and **the wankers at
The Double Standard**.*
Most European economies have been in recession, or close to it, since [at
least] the beginning of 2012. Unemployment rates are reaching record highs.
Meanwhile, a debate has been raging about the deleterious effects of
“austerity” measures. Va... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Tioga, North Dakota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"The Wisdom of Fear"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* *
*"The Wisdom of Fear"*
by The DailyOM
"Anything worth doing will always have some fear attached to it. For
example, having a baby, getting married, changing careers-all of these life
changes can bring up deep fears. It helps to remember that this type of
fear is good. It is your way of questioning whether you really want the new
life these changes will bring. It is also a potent reminder that releasing
and grieving the past is a necessary part of moving into the new.
Fear has a way of throwing us off balance, making us feel uncertain and
insecure, but it is not meant to dis... more »
"Thoughts on Evil, Human Nature"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* *
*"Thoughts on Evil, Human Nature"*
by W. Christopher Epler
"Carl Sagan, author and astrophysicist from Cornell, used to wonder if
atomic weaponry would be the nemesis of most "advanced species". A flight
of fancy of sorts since whales and elephants are certainly advanced species
but don't feel the need for technology (and should we patronize them for
this since they aren't rapidly destroying the planet?). Is it possible that
much of science and technology are actually synonyms of self destructive
stupidity? A kind of short sighted greed, perhaps.
In any event, what has now TO... more »
"Courage..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome
danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly
that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even
if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow."
- Dorothy Parker
Marriage Debate in France Strikes at the Heart of the Republican Consensus
Laura Sjoberg at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
A Guest Post by Michael Bosia, Associate Professor of Political Science,
Saint Michael’s College In a startling juxtaposition, neofascists killed
young leftist activist Clément Méric in the first days when city halls
across France opened for lesbian and gay couples to marry. And perhaps the
debate on marriage weakened President François Hollande despite his
victory.
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"What is the Government’s Real Agenda?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* *
*"What is the Government’s Real Agenda?"*
by Paul Craig Roberts
It has been public information for a decade that the US government
secretly, illegally, and unconstitutionally spies on its citizens. Congress
and the federal courts have done nothing about this extreme violation of
the US Constitution and statutory law, and the insouciant US public seems
unperturbed.
In 2004 a whistleblower informed the New York Times that the National
Security Agency (NSA) was violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act (FISA) by ignoring the FISA court and spying on Americans without
... more »
Australia: Join the dots
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Australian cricket is in a black hole, beaten out of the ICC Champions
trophy by bad weather, a bad attitude and even a vastly improved NZ side.
Like Australian culture, Australian cricketers have transformed themselves
from winners to whiners: everybody’s whinging, and wants someone to care.
An Australian school has banned kids kicking footies around because some
other kids might cop one in the head, about which a few parents have
complained.
Another school has banned kids trading footy cards “to spare younger
students the distress of bad trades.” And because a few parents have ... more »
One Small Point for a Plain Blog Theory
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
A "townhall" meeting in Maryland about the Affordable Care Act (my
emphasis):
But politics — so entwined with the health law in Washington — barely came
up in the 90-minute discussion. *The term Obamacare was not uttered*.
Neither was Democrat nor Republican. The only mention of the president was
during a brief history of the law’s passage.
The only political comment came from a senior citizen who said that he
likes some pieces of the law — the age 26 provision and pre-existing
condition coverage — but demanded to know if people realize that it also
raises taxes.
Hey, it's one mee... more »
Walter Pincus describes the way our world works!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013*
*There was no discussion, he says:* Walter Pincus is one of the country’s
most respected reporters.
Check that! Walter Pincus is one of the country’s *only* respected
reporters. As a veteran of the intelligence beat, Pincus offered his
thoughts about the Edward Snowden/NSA revelations in yesterday’s Washington
Post.
Pincus’ piece was stuck on page A13, as his reports often were in the
run-up to war in Iraq. In his reaction to Snowden’s disclosures, Pincus
offers an intriguing portrait of our discussion-free world.
We are *not* expert on these matters, no... more »
Iraq Prime Minister Maliki’s State Of Law Being Shut Out Of New Provincial Governments
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was hoping that the 2013 provincial
elections would pave the way towards him forming a majority government
after next year’s parliamentary balloting. Instead, his State of Law list
not only lost seats, but its plan to maintain control of southern Iraq and
Baghdad is falling apart. At first, State of Law had an agreement with the
Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) to create ruling coalitions in seven
of the twelve provinces that voted in April, but that alliance quickly fell
apart. Now ISCI has found a new partner with the Sadrists and they a... more »
Does The DCCC Actually Care About Immigration Policy?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
I was invited to the White House yesterday for a briefing. I passed on the
hassle and the opportunity. I suppose I would have heard President Obama
reiterating his strong support for commonsense reform legislation to fix
our broken immigration system, and the economic and national security
benefits that reform will deliver. Tom Donohue of the US Chamber of
Commerce, always pumping for cheap labor, was there-- as were labor leaders
Mary Kay Henry and Richard Trumka. The President also invited two DREAMers,
Gabriela Pacheco and Tolu Olubunmi. Later in the day, despite opposition
fr... more »
Gaia Portal: Key Gateways for Transformation of humanity (small ‘h’) to Hue-manity have been Opened and Stabilized
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*
* *Key Gateways for Transformation of humanity (small ‘h’) to Hue-manity
have been Opened and Stabilized*
by ÉirePort
Key gateways for transformation of humanity (small 'h') to Hue-manity have
been opened and stabilized. These have been prepared, as a step stone, for
final step of Gaia to Higher Gaia.
Purification followed by clarification occurs via these gateways for
transformation, and those ready for such purification and clarification
will experience such.
Concomitant narrowing of Ascension pathways may also be anticipated.
ÉirePort | June 12, 2013 at 20:38 | Categories: U... more »
SURVEILLANCE STATE: This is, hands down, the scariest part of the NSA revelations
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*Apologists for the US government’s NSA surveillance program, PRISM, (the
system set up to collect every piece of data you and I generate) normally
fall back on the same talking points when trying to rationalize the
situation. Normally, they'll point out that no one involved actually broke
the law, or that the information and "metadata" gathered won't affect
American citizens.
Pardon us if we have a tough time believing them. Or forgetting the
implications for *non*-American citizens.
Sure, they can make the claim that no one broke the law--the same way no US
government officials... more »
Post-Hiatus Killer Robot Blogging and Other Related Questions
Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Many of you know that I’ve been traveling (and blogging) much less this
past year while completing my book manuscript on neglected advocacy
campaigns (and steering a daughter through a tough junior year). However
one trip I managed to make recently was the April 22 NGO Conference for the
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, which preceded
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Syria and the Politics of Prudence
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
According to the Washington Post, the Obama Administration is meeting to
“reassess” US policy toward the Syrian conflict. Hezbollah’s intervention
appears to have tilted the balance in favor of the Assad regime. Sectarian
violence is on the rise. This has, naturally enough, led to hand-wringing
about growing Iranian influence throughout the region. Defenders of the
Obama Administration’s foreign
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Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
The Catch goes to John Sides for pointing out some interesting research
from last year. As John sums it up, Jeffery Mondak and Jon Hurwitz found:
For civil libertarians dismayed at many (most?) Americans’ willingness to
accept an expanded “national security state,” the problem may lie not so
much with the threat of terrorism, but with a general failure to defend
civil liberties.
That's worth knowing; terrorism isn't a special case, but part of a more
general lack of commitment to civil liberties.
That's generally a pretty big problem for the small group (and I'm in that
group) who ... more »
JOHHNNY GOSCH, BEN FELLOWS, MAX CLIFFORD, DOLPHIN SQUARE...
Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Johnny Gosch*
Does the UK's Ben Fellows make one think of the USA's Johnny Gosch and Paul
Bonacci?
Paul Bonacci claims that he and Johnny Gosch were used by a government
controlled child abuse ring.
The sex ring allegations were the subject of newspaper coverage in the Washington
Times and the New York Times.[9][10]
Ben Fellows says that at the age of 13 he was sent, by publicist Max
Clifford, to a night club called Stringfellows, along with other children.
*Dolphin Square in Pimlico in London.*
Ben Fellows also talks about private parties in hotel rooms and about being
sent t... more »
Edward Snowden's new South China Morning Post revelations - network backbone hacking - diplomatic bullying
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 1 day ago
29-year-old Edward Snowden was a former technical assistant for the Central
Intelligence Agency and had worked for the NSA in the past four years for
contractors including Booz Allen, his most recent employer, who said
yesterday Snowden has been fired. In further revelations this morning, this
time to the South China Morning Post (where it is already Thursday),
Snowden additionally reveals that:
- *US National Security Agency’s controversial Prism programme extends
to people and institutions in Hong Kong and mainland China;**
- The US is exerting “bullying’’ diplomatic pres... more »
Preface for those who get their news from the US mainstream media: The US, Israel, NATO, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are supporting the Syrian rebels (including an Al Qaeda contingent) with the object destroying the secular government in Syria, thus converting it to the third secular middle-eastern state after Iraq and Libya to be destroyed by inter-sectarian violence to the profit the aforementioned polities. Note the hypocrisy of blaming Al Qaeda for the 9/11 attacks and now arming them to help out with the US's latest attempt to subvert another country.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
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*Aleppo, Istanbul, and London*
By Michael Collins, on June 11th,
2013 Original
Here
The war in Syria went from a seeming quagmire to a conflict that may reach
a dramatic climax with the coming battle for Aleppo, a city of nearly three
million people that was once the commercial center of the nation.
Political leaders and events in two other cities, Istanbul and London,
will play a central role in the outcome of the battle. (Image)
The Syrian Army finished off final rebel resistance in th... more »
US Army Origami Helicopter
Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 1 day ago
This helicopter can be folded and shipped in a small truck....
Has several side winder missiles a head's up display with an automatic
machine gun turret that points to where the pilot is looking at...WP jet
engine...
Seed Newsvine
Wal-Mart Gets Rich Off Government Subsidies
Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 1 day ago
By Manifesto Joe
Bashing welfare is a very easy thing to do, and with some reason. I just
saw my hometown not long ago, and it looked like a scene from *The Last
Picture Show.* Storefronts that used to thrive were boarded up. Half the
town, probably more, is on government assistance of some sort. Agriculture
is moribund because of Texas' drought, and there's no industry nearby to
speak of. The tax base pretty much consists of the substandard school
district, which is heavily subsidized by the federal government, and the
local supermarket, which gets much of its money through the foo... more »
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noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
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