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Poggi Bonsi, Burien Shopping, Salt/Pepper Mills (Photo credit: burienundressedblog)Troika back in Athens , more / additional measures will be required to fill latest but not last funding gap ! OPAP under pressure from Emma Delta - another privatization failure looming ? And what should come as no surprise - deposits below 100 K are NOT safe , they still can be seized - which means they will be seized under next pretense.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 11 minutes ago
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_29/06/2013_506603
*Troika due back in Athens, with mixed agenda*
As the government prepares for the return of envoys representing Greece’s
troika of foreign lenders on Monday, a draft plan of the revised memorandum
seen by Kathimerini indicates the potential need for new austerity measures
if authorities fail to meet revenue targets and to plug a funding gap.
According to the draft document, unspecified new measures may have to be
taken if authorities fail to collect adequate revenue from outstanding
debts to the state and fail ... more »
Racism Is Busting Out All Over
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 29 minutes ago
Paula Deen may be finally getting her just desserts over revelations of
racism, but that doesn't mean other uber-wealthy bigots are getting theirs.
To the contrary: the eighth wonder of the world richest billionaire in the
Homeland, Michael Bloomberg, still reigns supreme one day after uttering
these reptilian words on why he wants to continue New York City's infamous
Stop and Frisk program aimed against minorities:
*One newspaper and one news service, they just keep saying, ‘Oh, it’s a
disproportionate percentage of a particular ethnic group.’ That may be. But
it’s not a dispropo... more »
What’s wrong with being a “badass?”
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 31 minutes ago
Tomorrow at 6PM EST, we’re going to interview Mark Naison, someone who’s
been with us in this fight for a long time now. He has recently gathered a
group of people in an effort to organize the Bad Ass Teachers association
on Facebook. In what, a week, there’s almost 20,000 members? The discussion
is lively […]
POGGI ARRESTED AFTER NAMING TOP CLERGY 'INVOLVED IN CHILD ABUSE'.
Anon at aangirfan - 51 minutes ago
*Poggi.*
*
*
Don Patrizio Poggi, who accused priests in Rome of involvement in the
sexual abuse of children, has been arrested by the police for slander.
*Pedofilia: arrestato ex sacerdote Poggi per calunnia */ *Italian
prosecutors reject claims of Roman clerical-pedophile ring*
*
*
Poggi has named names.
*Romanian street child*
*Prostituzione gay in Vaticano. I nomi: dal vescovo di Tivoli* ... Translate
this page
*The transcript from the Italian TV channel La 7: *
Young Romanians were recruited for pedophile priests.
Romanian boys and girls were lured to participate in feasts wit... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Losers, Weepers'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 hour ago
LOSERS, WEEPERS
Posted on June 29, 2013
MNN. June 29, 2013. The mayors of four Montreal
South Shore communities are blocking Quebec’s decision to give back a
300-acre plot of stolen land to the Mohawks of Kahnwake. It was taken to
build Highway 30 on unceded territory. The mayors said “two wrongs
don’t make a right”. Returning stolen property is just wrong! They have
Has the NSA collected gun data ? This would be in addition to collecting phone records - are book purchases , credit card purchases , medical records , financial records , pharmacy records or anything else that would be considered private matters ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
Senators Ask if NSA Collected Gun Data
Potential to construct gun database, senators say
[image: James Clapper / AP]
James Clapper / AP
BY: CJ Ciaramella
June 28, 2013 3:35 pm
Senators are questioning whether the National Security Agency collected
bulk data on more than just Americans’ phone records, such as firearm and
book purchases.
A bipartisan group of 26 senators, led by Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) asked
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to detail the scope and
limits of the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities in a letter released
Friday.
“We ... more »
A massive improvement over last year!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2013*
*Charles Blow outlines the case:* We wouldn’t want to be on the Zimmerman
jury.
That jury faces a hard decision about events which were poorly observed.
The jurors know that considerable feeling surrounds the case.
As part of that considerable feeling, many frameworks are being offered
which may or may not make sense. We were struck by some of Charles Blow’s
frameworks in this morning’s New York Times column.
We thought quite a few of those frameworks made sense and were quite fair.
Sometimes, we thought they maybe didn’t and weren’t.
This is one of Blow... more »
Sunnanæfen Linkage
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago
Robert Lieber takes another swing at the declinism debate. Kyrgyzstan moves
forward on evicting the US from Manas. US
suspends Bangladesh’s trade privileges. China shifts policy on the Dali
Lama. Also commits combat troops to Mali. David Schorr on nuclear zero. And
also: Kindred W. takes on Dan Drezner’s critique of the foreign-policy
commentariat. In case you missed
Continue reading
Vote now!
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 hour ago
The Steering Committee of the International Socialist Network has, in its
wisdom, put the title of its future publication up to a vote. You can rank
up to twenty three suggestions (some of them saner than others) in order of
preference. I would have suggested One Foot in the Gulags, but without that
option I went for Cactus first, then Here Comes Everybody, then Left Field,
then Vendetta. There's also "Up Yours" which I will go with on the proviso
we can also add "Alex Callinicos".
Global Power Project, Part 3: The Influence of Individuals and Family Dynasties
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
By: Andrew Gavin Marshall
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*The following is Part 3 of the Global Power Project, originally published
at Occupy.com*
*The Global Power Project, an investigative series produced by Occupy.com,
aims to identify and connect the worldwide institutions and individuals who
comprise today’s global power oligarchy. In Part 2, which appeared last
week, I discussed some of the dominant institutions that have facilitated
and have in turn been supported by the development of this oligarchic
class. In this third part, I examine the dynastic influence wielded by
prominent cor... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 hour ago
*YES WE HAVE A WINNAH!*
*~Editilla Crowtellas~ Aaaaah neva'win anything bwahahahahaha! ~Special
thanks yous to'da seller who gave all the proceeds to Team Gleason!*
*The Sean Payton Effect ~Ryan Edwards, Canal Street Chronicles*
*Orleans Parish School Board president slams superintendent, calls for
ouster ~Andrew Vanacor, Advocate New Orleans bureau*
*Improvements coming to neglected city cemeteries ~Carolyn Scofield, WVUE*
*New Orleans Dance Festival takes over Tulane*
Bill Gross " How to Escape a Sinking Ship " and Doug Noland's Friday Essay " Uninsurable Risks "
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
Bill Gross Explains How To Escape A Sinking Ship
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/29/2013 10:39 -0400
- Ben Bernanke
- Bill Gross
- Bond
- Central Banks
- China
- Equity Markets
- High Yield
- Housing Prices
- Monetization
- PIMCO
- Quantitative Easing
- Reality
- St Louis Fed
- Total Return Fund
- Unemployment
- Volatility
It is unclear if the florid analogy in Bill Gross' latest monthly letter,
namely a "sinking ship" or at least a seaborne vessel on the verge of being
one, is ... more »
Agenda 21: A Baby Boomer Rant
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Samm Simpson
I don’t watch TV because of lying charlatans. And ads telling people what
pill to ask for while detailing those deadly side effects from that
medicine you’re supposed to ask for. TV is a multi-tasking wonder:
babysitter, entertainment, propaganda information control center. Today’s
digital and aural implants maneuver their magic as brain washer, social
engineer and in-home beast. I stopped watching TV after George Clooney
left *ER*. Does that mean I’m out of touch?
Glad my Toyota still runs. Getting the oil changed every 3000 miles
helped. My odometer has clo... more »
Snowden: Shooting the Messenger
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Stephen Lendman
A previous article said challenging US lawlessness more than ever matters.
Big Brother spying reflects it. Unprecedented global surveillance is
official US policy.
Everyone can be monitored all the time, everywhere, for any reason or none
at all. National security threats are fabricated. America's only enemies
are ones it creates.
The ACLU said "(i)t's time to get angry. (It's) "Time to Rein in the
Surveillance State." Stop lawless US spying. Mega-data-mining's
unconstitutional.
"This unprecedented surveillance strikes at the core of our right to free
speech, a... more »
Designer Babies One Step Closer Thanks To UK Ruling
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Chris Carrington
A ruling today brings the prospects of ‘designer babies’ a step closer to
reality. The UK has approved three person IVF (in vitro fertilization)
which experts say could remove the chance of fatal diseases passing down
the mitochondrial DNA strand from the female line.
Defective mitochondrial DNA affects one in 6500 babies.
Opponents adamant that the procedure is unethical arguing that there are
other methods available to women affected by mitochondrial disorders.
Earlier this year, a public consultation by the Human Fertilisation and
Embryology Authority (HFEA) ... more »
Med Mob Has Groomed 70 Percent of Americans on Prescription Drugs
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
*Dees Art* Heather Callaghan
Have you ever had a family member come home with a drug sample? Kind of
like those Wal-Mart product samples you can get in the mail except it's
handed to you in good faith by an authority. Prescription medicines are the
first go-to solution of doctors for almost any type of ailment.
Recently, Mayo Clinic research found that 70% or 7 out of 10 people in the
U.S. are on prescription drugs. Twenty percent are on five or more
prescriptions. Shocking as that may seem, it isn't really when one
considers that some of those prescriptions were most likely giv... more »
Harvey Organ's Gold and Silver Report - June 26 , 2013 - another huge smash down for the Precious metals - gold , silver and platinum get tommy hammered again ... note gold standing for June at Comex has risen despite the raids , JP Morgan still has not supplied the gold for the unfilled May and June contracts , GLD inventory flat despite today's massive manipulations . What will the Cartel try thursday and Friday to shake out longs ?
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/06/massive-raid-on-goldsilver-todayamount.html
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Massive raid on gold/silver today/Amount standing for gold at comex rises
to 30.46 tonnes/GLD and SLV inventories remain constant/Italy reveals
massive fraud on the public with hidden derivatives/Gold coming close to
marginal cost/Mining sector in South Africa in disarray/
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gold closed down by $45.20 to $1229.60 (comex closing time ). Silver fell
by 94 cents to $18.59 (comex closing time)
In the access market at 5:00 pm, gold and silver fin... more »
Bwa-ha-ha-ha!
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 2 hours ago
I'm seriously just too busy to post anything else.
Surveying the sectarian divide in the Islamiac world - the view from Egypt , Iraq and Syria where the US backed extremist tend to be Sunni .....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Egypt......
http://www.juancole.com/2013/06/duelling-demonstrations-fundamentalism.html
Duelling Demonstrations Divide Egypt over Morsi and Fundamentalism
Posted on 06/29/2013 by Juan Cole
Tens of thousands of leftist, liberal and centrist protesters gathered in
Tahrir Square on Friday for “The Last Warning” aimed at President Muhammad
Morsi of the Brotherhood. Morsi has ruled Egypt for the past year, after
winning the presidential election in June of 2012. He has made a series of
arrogant and polarizing policy decisions that have so angered the activist
youth who led the January 25... more »
Agenda 21: The Steady-State Illusion
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
*Energy is the all-pervasive underlying currency of our society*. -- (Senator
Mark Hatfield, 1974)
Julie Beal
Plans are afoot to control population growth, the production and
consumption of goods, and the very air we breathe. Faithfully following the
blueprint of Agenda 21, the United Nations is now ‘considering’ the
transition to a steady-state economy – a system of central planning which
has been gaining headway since the release of the Club of Rome’s *Limits to
Growth*, more than forty years ago. Requiring technocratic global
governance, the steady-state economy,
… aims for ... more »
Bipartisanship... The Good Kind
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Yesterday we talked about how cowardly New Dem freshmen Patrick Murphy and Kyrsten
Sinema, who Boehner and Cantor know they can count on to almost always
betray progressive Democratic ideals and vote with the GOP in a way that
allows them to claim their toxic agenda is "bipartisan," have a
phony-baloney bipartisan caucus that helps round up naive Democratic
freshman to vote with the GOP. That isn't bipartisan-- that's self-loathing
surrender-monkey opportunism. And Murphy and Sinema are probably the two
worst mistakes of 2012.
This week Alan Grayson (D-FL) showed the way real bipa... more »
U.S. Army restricting access to the Guardian across all of their networks over security concerns
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
image credit:
US Army Africa/Flickr Madison Ruppert
The U.S. Army has admitted to restricting access to the Guardian, the site
that has reported extensively on National Security Agency (NSA)
surveillance programs as of late, over “operational security” concerns.
Interestingly, the Army has a habit of blocking websites for reasons which
are at times strange, including the official website for the Southern
Baptist Convention, a Christian denomination with almost 16 million members.
The Army removed the block after public outcry; but during the time it was
blocked, the user attemptin... more »
Saturday Linkfest
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 3 hours ago
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*Weeding the sidewalk garden...*
Too busy to blog today, so let's catch up on some links:
- China and Taiwan: Steady as She Goes
China, Taiwan and the US appear to be relatively comfortable with the
current state of cross-strait relations. But that shouldn’t lead us into a
false sense of security, warns Roderick Wye. Beijing still remains
determined to unite Taiwan with the Chinese mainland.
- Not often you see good stuff like this in the media: Taiwan on Edge as
China grows closer
As China's economy has slowed so too has Taiwan's,... more »
Washington Is Driving The World To The Final War
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Anthony Freda Art Paul Craig Roberts
*V For Vendetta*, a film that portrays evil in a futuristic England as a
proxy for the evil that exists today in America, ends with the defeat of
evil. But this is a movie in which the hero has super powers. If you have
not seen this film, you should watch it. It might wake you up and give you
courage. The excerpts below show that, at least among some filmmakers, the
desire for liberty still exists.
Whether the desire for liberty exists in America remains to be seen. If
Americans can overcome their gullibility, their lifelong brainwashing,
the... more »
What Do We Tell Our Children?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Dave Hodges
When I became a parent, I mistakenly thought that I would raise my son just
like my parents raised me. My parents instilled in me a fundamental respect
for authority, how to honor the great traditions of our country and how to
work hard to get what I wanted out of life.
I grew up loving the ideals of our country, the freedom and the
opportunity. As a result, I have lived a good and prosperous life. I give
thanks to my parents and to God everyday for my good fortune.
However, I have learned that I was not fully prepared to be a parent
because I do not know how to teach... more »
Multiple Government Agencies Are Keeping Records Of Your Credit Card Transactions
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Michael Snyder
Were you under the impression that your credit card transactions are
private? If so, I am sorry to burst your bubble. As you will see below,
there are actually multiple government agencies that are gathering and
storing records of your credit card transactions. And in turn, those
government agencies share that information with other government agencies
that want it. So if you are making a purchase that you don't want anyone to
know about, don't use a credit card.
This is one of the reasons why the government hates cash so much. It is
just so hard to track. In ... more »
A Pox on the CDC’s Vaccination Agenda: The Rise of Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Sayer Ji
A new systematic review published in *PLoS* titled, "Herpes Zoster Risk
Reduction through Exposure to Chickenpox Patients: A Systematic
Multidiscplinary Review," confirms that the widespread adoption of chickenpox
vaccine over the past 30 years, which has resulted in a decline in
chickenpox cases associated with infection from the wild-circulating virus,
has led to a concerning increase in the incidence of herpes zoster
(shingles), a far more serious expression of chickenpox virus (varicella
zoster) infection.
This new review brings to the forefront a few critically impo... more »
Jurors Still Angry About Hershberger Trial; Food Club Gets 100 New Members
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Unlikely friends? Vernon, wife, jurors Heather Callaghan
If you've been paying attention to the details of Vernon Hershberger's
trial, the bigger picture is completely insane. The final result was a less
punitive fine of $1,000 and $513 in court costs that a supporter covered on
Vernon's sentencing day. He was found not guilty on three criminal charges
relating to lack of licensing to distribute fresh foods, and guilty on the
last count of breaking a food holding order. The jury members, however, are
feeling jilted.
Listen to their own words:
Hat's off to author David Gumpert ... more »
WikiLeaks and Whistleblowers
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
*YouTube - Ali Shah*
This video sheds light on the effects of Cablegate, and focuses on the role
of WikiLeaks in the journalistic spectrum.
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We’re Going Into the Greatest Depression: “They Will Not Be Able To Pull Off the Stimulus Game Again”
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Mac Slavo
Look around and you can’t miss it.
The world is on the brink … politically, economically, financially,
monetarily, and militarily.
Events are accelerating. Over the last decade trend forecaster Gerald
Celente has been blaring the alarms.
If you’ve been paying attention, then you’ve heard them. You know we’re
going under.
And this time they’re not going to be able to stop it.
It will be worse than the panic of ’08. It will be deeper. It will be more
painful and there’s a reason why… because they will not be able to pull off
the stimulus game again.
Everybody got hi... more »
Is the NSA Blackmail Inc. for the military industrial complex?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Jon Rappoport
Every director of the NSA is a general or an admiral.
The NSA is organized under the US Dept. of Defense.
Imagine that you are a powerful player who straddles two worlds—the Dept.
of Defense and the private sector where corporate defense-contractors live
and flourish.
You’ve served many times in both arenas. Your name is Mr. Military
Industrial Complex.
Your mission is war.
The reasons for war don’t matter. Reasons can be invented at the drop of a
hat. You want endless armed conflict.
That’s how you make your money. That’s how you express your impulses.
That’s you... more »
Some Newcastle humour escapes Stephen Fry
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago
"Well they should go to school, it's just ridiculous"
He's Losing His Grip
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 4 hours ago
Lawrence Martin writes that the cracks are spreading at Fortress Harper.
First it was those ornery backbenchers who refused to shut up. Then one of
them, Brent Rathgeber, resigned. And, last week, sixteen Conservative
senators joined with their Liberal colleagues to gut a Harper supported
private member's bill which would have crippled unions. Martin writes:
While sending the union bill back to the Commons with amendments prompted
PMO anger, these Conservatives have done themselves and their party proud
by voting according to what they thought was right. With the exception of
Co... more »
Being One Of The World's TOP War Criminals Has Its Perks!
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 5 hours ago
*Youtube*
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We Are (Still) Winning
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 5 hours ago
*James Corbett*
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Cops Forcibly Take Blood From Drivers Suspected of Drinking
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 5 hours ago
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DoD Blocks Millions of Computers From Viewing Alternative News
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 5 hours ago
Eric Blair
After the initial surge of web traffic to alternative news websites
following *The Guardian* breaking the NSA spying story, traffic has slowed
considerably despite the continued interest in the NSA story as well as
other alternative headlines.
This dramatic drop in traffic may be due to broad censorship by the
Department of Defense on "millions of computers".
What began as a rumor that the military brass was ordering soldiers not to
view news about the whistleblower revelations that the NSA is spying on all
Americans has swelled into a confirmed military-wide censorsh... more »
The oddest lip dub video yet
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
I've posted lip dub videos before but this one is seriously odd and French.
Thought for the Day
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 5 hours ago
On my WeatherBug smartphone App, the pollen tab notes: This lack of change
in airborne pollen will continue to affect those who suffer from allergies
and those who live with allergy sufferers. How is it, then, that the “no
excuses” education reform crowd is unable to admit that poverty affects
those living in poverty and […]
Quarter Two Local Council By-Election Results 2013
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 6 hours ago
Here are the results from last quarter's bumper crop of by-elections. As
with these things a little bit of error can creep in, so apologies in
advance.
Party
No. Contests
%
Vote
%
Average
Wins
+/-
Conservative
157
95.7%
78,572
30.1%
500
64
-17
Labour
140
85.3%
77,637
29.8%
554
60
+12
LibDem
107
65.2%
32,396
12.4%
303
17
-5
UKIP
86
52.4%
40,061
15.4%
466
10
+9
SNP*
5
5,098
2%
1,020
0
-1
Plaid Cymru**
2
153
0.1%
76
0
0
Green
48
29.3%
9,044
3.5%
188
2
-1
BNP
6
3.6%
424
0.2%
71
0
0
TUSC
11
6.7%
718
0.3%
65
0... more »
SHORT REPORT FROM SWEDEN SPACE CONFERENCE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
Our high north space organizing conference in Kiruna, Sweden is now in its
third day.
My suitcase didn't arrive with me on the plane and I had to borrow some
clothes from my host family. Finally it was delivered to me last evening
and we learned that the bag had made a trip to Hawaii instead of being sent
to Sweden. One woman at the conference remarked that "Americans don't know
much about Europe so that explains why the bag was sent to Hawaii."
Yesterday we loaded on a bus and made the one hour trip to the Esrange
Space Center where they launch rockets and serve as a downlink ... more »
Blackberry shares thrust after $84m first-quarter loss
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 7 hours ago
**
*Shares in smart phone maker Blackberry have dived after it reported an
$84m loss for the three months to 1 June. *The figure was better than the
$518m loss for the similar period last year, but much worse than analysts'
forecasts. Shipments of new smartphones increased, but Blackberry, which
used to be called study in Motion, did not release how many new handsets
running the BB10 operating system were sold in the quarter.
Chief executive Thorstein Heins supposed the company was continuing to
focus on the global roll-out of BB10 and was sure it would be a hit with
customers.... more »
HOLDING ON TO CULTURE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
Rumored to be the descendants of Alexander the Great, the Kalash people
have in fact inhabited northern Pakistan's Chitral valley since long before
the legendary conqueror came to the region. They uphold a rich cultural
heritage, with polytheistic beliefs, seasonal festivals, and a variety of
other traditions that are at odds with Pakistan's dominant Islam. Today,
even as the the majestic peaks of the Hindu Kush mountains shield the
Kalasha from the region's worst violence, their culture faces a variety of
pressures: poverty, tourism, and Islamism are all contributing to the
erosi... more »
Congress Votes to Legalize Hemp
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
The process is slow, but hemp is on the march through the USA regulatory
maze while farmers are busy learning how to grow the crop. The point today
is that dawn is creeping over the horizon to the inevitable. Stevia was way
harder when I first wrote about it in 2007.
Marijuana is quite another matter, and this debate is part of that process
of recognition. However the drive toward legalization has made opposition
to hemp itself look idiotic although the technical reasons do not change.
After all the best place to hide a Marijuana crop is surely in the middle
of a hemp ... more »
China Puts up a Green Wall to US Trash
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
Unsurprisingly China is finally stepping in to regulate this sector. They
will not quit, but they will stop outright abuse.
There are obviously still ample places to send garbage besides China. Yet
the other problem out there is that alternative processing is becoming
available to grab some of that feed. What China does provide is ample
manpower to operate a picking line. This will become more and more
important and once set up is easy to manage profitably.
On the other hand, a picking line manned by unskilled people also works in
North America and haulage pays for sever... more »
Common Virus linked to Alzheimer's
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
Recent work has already hinting at this conjecture, or more properly it is
better to say that the data was conforming to a pathological vector as yet
unidentified. Now we have a prospect. This does means that an outright cure
should be come possible and prevention likelier still. We needed that.
I think that seeing off most forms of brain disease in the next decade has
now become possible with the exception of impact induced micro tears. That
may be more of a challenge yet we also see the way there to some degree.
Scar has to be removed and adjoining tissue must be properly r... more »
Chinese wine heads to Europe
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
The reality of the wine business model is that you pay attention to the
product and your market will emerge. The grape has beaten off all
competition for centuries and this will continue until it is everyone's
preference. Southern China in particular is obvious, but also many other
terranes throughout China. Better yet, China gas an unlimited supply of
real growers.
The same holds true for India and the Himalayas.
Of course the industry is just getting going in the far east, but so what?
I recall when Canadian wines were an awful joke. Then free trade was going
to wip... more »
Arctic Ice to Shrink to New Low
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
The evidence to date does not show this but we also know that modeling has
been improved hugely over the past several years. Area is adjusted heavily
by wind and current. So it is very brave to predict a five percent drop
this September.
Regardless the delta heat that has been applied to the Arctic of the past
forty years continues to be sustained and the majority of multiyear ice is
now long gone. The trend has not obviously been reversed.
I would like to see a fleet of container ships make the North West
Passage. Of course, they would have to be double hulled an... more »
Brain Mapped at 20 microns
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
It just keeps getting better. As well each of those sheets will also be
available for microscopic viewing if a comparable is called for. This
mapping should be almost the catalog. A decade of solid work will end up
mapping all brain activity generally and lead to meaningful recognition of
anomalies.
At worst, we can expect brain diseases to be easily identified at the
earliest stages.
I am sure we will have similar work for the rest of the body, before we
are finished, as well as additional comparables to check on the range of
possible variation.
*Map of brain at ... more »
Utilities grapple With Change
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
As usual leaders take up the challenge and find solid working solutions
when real change arrives.
The fact remains that a given utility can sit on its book of business and
not respond and they will get along okay for quite a while. Yet that is a
form of eating your capital.
What is important is that a flood of technological change is upon the
industry right now. The palette is filling up and certainly prudent buys
are demanded.
At the same time, it is clear that natural gas will replace Coal unless
there is something wrong with the reserves. The value proposition is... more »
Precision Farming
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
This article sort of gets it. We will have available manpower and we will
have field robotics able to physically replicate human dexterity in
collecting product. All this and a full palette of tools will also be
available to allow successful multicropping that naturally maximizes
productivity.
It is also painfully clear that simple improvements to the stock in hand
will allow a doubling of the global population to 15,000,000,000 without
doing anything special like greening all deserts.
We have addressed this before but it is well worth repeating just in case
some other ... more »
Giant Sloths Encountered in Nam
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
This is a extraordinary report that I plucked out of several from
Indochina. What is critical here is that these are real creatures that
conform to what I already know about the giant three toed sloth. The bright
yellow is their fur. Their flat face and nose slits and large eyes all
conform to other reports and the fossil data for the giant sloth. Their
physical reality as wild animals is confirmed by the feces on the ground.
You do not make this up in the middle of a mystery report that could be
aliens.
This was a war zone and it is a good bet that the creatures were gath... more »
Recovering Memory Loss in Alzheimer's
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
We are getting more and more clarity on the pathology of Alzheimer’s. We
can start becoming optimistic that a solution can be found. It does not
appear to be as intractable as other diseases we could mention and the labs
are cranking out good stuff.
In fact, brain diseases appear to now be getting serious attention that
seems to be a little of better late than never. They were almost ignored
for far too long and one got the impression that our outright ignorance of
brain function discouraged interest.
In any case, it is looking much easier to be optimistic.
*Blocking Ov... more »
AIDS-like Disease Seldom Mentioned
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
What this is saying is that we have diseases that are actually sexually
transmitted that are at least debilitating although not fatal. The scary
ones have got the attention while the others are been ignored.
Yet we now have the tools available to pay real attention. After all
successful pathogens do not kill their hosts. This could well be a tamer
version of something like the same problem that is at least side stepping
our testing protocols.
I suspect we are overdue for a full search for these obscure pathogens
simply because all possible pathogens are now active parts ... more »
Farmers Online: Old Traditions, Modern Technology
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
We will see a lot more of this. There are plenty of first generation
urbanites who want easy access to the farm. This gives it to them.
In fact this new ease of access outright encourages just that. You will
know what is available before you head out. In fact you can pay for it
before you even leave home. In that way you can plan your route.
More important it helps shift farming over into organic and allows the
farmer to expand his offering list. He is no longer dependent on the
wholesaler or single retail outlet.
Recall that it is possible to generate $200,000 gross... more »
One Third More Dead Bees
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
Let it be said that the battle of the reports is well under way and it is
been fought out in the middle of my old stomping grounds in Ontario.
Last year Bayer ran an expensive exercise in Ontario in which the selected
hives were exposed for exactly two weeks before removed to pristine
conditions to show no effect. That should have worked perfectly save for
the obvious avoidance of continuing exposure driving accumulation levels
that kill. In fact prior work readily predicts just this result.
This is a far more deadly set of statistics simply because it proves that
proxi... more »
Underwriting Student Loans
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
If you read this little history lesson slowly, it should be abundantly
clear that it is impossible to stimulate the economy by merely providing
capital to the banks. It must be done by underwriting the people and the
infrastructure with cash and loans. Obama's failure in this regard has
generated an anemic recovery.
What is saving the day, happens to be the huge capital infusion supporting
the oil industry which is also single handedly making north America energy
independent. It could all have been far sooner and millions could already
be working.
In the meantime, the... more »
Exotic Form of Matter
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
This looks to be an unstable assemblage that quickly falls apart. I
suspect that there will be larger assemblages produced in time with any
luck. I would not be too excited about it per se.
This is all good.
*Mysterious Subatomic Particle May Represent Exotic New Form of Matter***
*BY ADAM MANN*
*06.17.13*
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/06/four-quark-particle/**
*In the course of exploring the properties of a strange subatomic
particle, physicists may have stumbled upon something even stranger: a
mysterious and exotic new form of matter.*
... more »
Science vs. Pseudoscience & Collective Unconscious
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
As pointed out at the end, the real battle is between skepticism and
scientific fundamentalism which should be an oxymoron. The sad truth is
that far too many scientists are actually poorly attuned to empiricism. We
all have prejudices clouding our minds and too easily dismiss evidence
outside our specialty with them, yet still have an opinion to throw our
authority on. It takes maturity to stop, look and listen to a fresh
observer.
Sometimes a fresh observer is speaking in a different language. You have
to discipline yourself to get past that to collectible facts.
... more »
China Secures Russian Oil
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
China has now secured one key source of oil and we can expect them to also
secure long term supplies of LNG out of Canada’s west coast as well as
alternative oils supplies there as needed. China has also secured
significant supplies out of South America. All this relieves pressure on
India to source oil as it can largely monopolize Persian Gulf supplies.
What is making all this so easy, is that USA internal production is
increasing and allowing the USA to release suppliers to the international
market. So it is still a scramble in terms of China but not in competition
with ... more »
Ontario Bee Die off Coincident With Corn Planting
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
Six hundred thriving hives died off right in the middle of the spring
planting corn season and we are supposed to see no linkage. I am sorry but
plenty of things can go wrong during the winter. That is totally not true
in early June.
This particular demonstration provides a clean direct link between the
gross application of the neonicotinoids and bee mortality. Up to now the
inference has been clear but here conditions lined up to optimize the kill
effect directly upon application.
The fact of chronic queen bee replacement informs us that it is clearly a
systemi... more »
Threat of a Declining China
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
We are entering a dangerous period in which general's dreams are gaining
popular currency. Do recall our discussion on the dreams of the Russian
generals before WWI. That informed us that it only takes one to tango to
produce a disaster.
Rather than switching over to a war time economy, they are instead
switching over to a hyper urbanization model which will move 250,000,000
people into highrises. This shoves many more into their labor pool. This
also means serious depopulating of the country side.
The good news is that China has no creditable unresolved border issues ... more »
Gem Genesis Decoded
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
I do not think we will gain enough information to actually map much
history, but these certainly are indicator minerals. At least we now have
an expectation that can be confirmed with bore holes.
We have a whole range of gem like materials that do tell geological
stories. It is through them that we zero in on diamond mines. Add to that
our understanding now of the genesis of mineralogy through temperature
gradients and one almost begins to think we have a chance. Unfortunately
most of it is still just rock.
Otherwise it is a nice addition to our understanding.
*In... more »
Is Monsanto Killing Your Brain?
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
This spells out the fundamental risk associated with GMO products. They
are an unsupervised experiment that has the tangible risk of altering our
own genetic makeup as peripheral damage. Worse, without precise labeling,
you cannot monitor your intake.
As mentioned, whole foods is now leading the charge to change that at
least by demanding proper labeling. This will likely lead to a collapse of
industry resistance. Better it will soon lead to a price differential which
will penalize farmers who do not care for quality. Needless to say, the
only way to gain the credentials w... more »
Early Biotic Phosphorus Enrichment
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
A nice enough idea, but not one that I think that we can easily accept
unless we can show a creditable scarcity in the primordial crust and that
is not done here. More plausibly, early life was great at laying down
phosphorus enrichment that it naturally collected and it simply did not
release so easily.
We also note that prebiotic phosphorus was actively supplied by comet
bombardment as per this paper by Macia and Henandez dated 1996. Thus it is
not a new idea, but the actual enrichment is the real question which is
much better solved by initial limitations of the biot... more »
China’s Great Uprooting
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
While there are aspects of this transformation that I certainly agree
with, I have ample misgivings. It fails to understand that the land
actually needs the people. Better, the people need to be empowered and not
be treated as chattels.
On the other hand, this can be achieved this way around also. It is
important that everyone lives in modernity. That means ample food, clean
living conditions and access to entertainment and knowledge. If after that
you jump into an electric go-car that delivers you in twenty minutes to a
chunk of land you are responsible for, then what is... more »
Medical Cooperatives Reborn
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
What Americans fail to realize is that the insurance industry is
operating a health monopoly scheme which has gamed out the maximum benefit
for the industry while leaving the impecunious third of the population in
the lurch. Nice work if you can get it but also naturally unstable.
This item shows us just how unstable it is. Now imagine a doctor setting
this up on a cooperative clinic basis in which any surplus is paid back to
the supporting members or invested in better equipment.
My more serious point is that the competition is so overpriced that such a
clinic is a ... more »
Government Snooping
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
It is and has always been pretty clear that the government get anything
they want. Just who is going to say no at anyone's pay level. Yet what they
do get is raw data. What is more important for the citizen, this raw data
is collected without a warrant. This means that it cannot be readily used
to support a legal action. That is really the true protection available to
the citizen.
Thus an individual active in wholesale criminality get little comfort but
chuck the unlucky is pretty well off the hook.
When legal phone taps began in Canada, the first serious test case en... more »
THE 'PROMISED LAND' IS NOT A 'PLACE'; INTIMIDATED BY 'JEWS'
Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
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During the 1980s there were new discoveries in archaeology.
*The story of the 13th century BC exodus from Egypt into the PROMISED LAND
was shown to be a myth. *
Moses could not have led the Hebrews out of Egypt into the Promised Land,
because the Promised land was Egyptian territory at the time.
The archaeologists say there is no trace of either a slave revolt against
the Egyptian empire or of a sudden conquest of Canaan by outsiders.
Nor is there any trace or memory of the Biblical kingdom of David and
Solomon.
*Just a parable.*
"Biblical promises about the land of Israe... more »
Dobrodošli u EU, Hrvatska
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours ago
*It means Welcome to the EU, Croatia, just to be sure*
In two days, Croatia will become the 28th member state of the European
Union. I think it is positive news for Europe and Croatia's parameters
justify its membership because they don't differ too much from those of
Slovenia, so far the only post-Yugoslav EU member state.
*Vinetou and Old Shatterhand, two most famous Americans, on a lake in the
Plitvice Lake Region, Croatia*
The European Parliament has already welcomed Croatia as well: by creating a Facebook
web page with a huge coat-of-arms of the puppet fascist state of Croati... more »
Reflections on the 100th anniversary of The Rite of Spring
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
Related: *"The World And Society In 1913."*
*Wikipedia:*
The Rite of Spring (French: Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and
orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was
written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky, with stage
designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. When first performed, at the
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 29 May 1913, the avant-garde nature of the
music and choreography caused a sensation and almost a riot in the
audience. Although designed as a work... more »
NON COMPLIANCE
Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago
*Challenge The New World Order with Global Non Compliance - A Solution*
Graduate School After Peace Corps
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago
In 1998, while I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador, I decided to apply
for a PhD program in political science. I had no idea what I was doing.
Though I had majored in political science at UNC-Chapel Hill, graduating in
1993, I had a limited understanding of the “discipline.” I barely knew what
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Sunday Classics preview: A little more of "The Flying Dutchman" -- we hear from the sailors
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman: End of Act I, Daland, "Hei! Wie die Segel
schon sich blähn" ("Hey, how the sails are already filling!") . . .
Sailors, "Mit Gewitter und Sturm" ("Through thunder and storm")*
*DALAND* [*going aboard his ship*]:
Hey, how the sails are already filling!
Hallo! Hallo!
[*He gives a signal on his whistle.*]
Quick, lads, cast off!
*SAILORS* [*as they sail off*]:
Through thunder and storm, through distant seas
I draw near, my lass! Hurrah!
Through towering waves, from the south
I am here, my lass! Hurrah!
My girl, were there no south wind,
I could never come to ... more »
Gun Nuts - Ruining Family Fun - becausetheycan
2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours ago
Last week I wrote about a bunch of gun nuts who were going to open carry at
a family friendly event here in Minnesota - called Open Streets. Open
Streets is kinda like a big old block party designed so the kids can ride
their bike in the streets and the adults don't have to worry. The open
carry gun nuts were going to force their weapons into the faces of the
children (some who have been traumatized by gun violence) kids - who just
wanted to safely ride their bikes on the blocked off streets - Why?
becausetheycan.
Well they eventually decided to backoff - the fact that they felt t... more »
Elisabeth Pawelke sings Pastime with Good Company (with Fiona)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 13 hours ago
*Wikipedia*:
"Pastime with Good Company", also known as "The King's Ballad" ("The Kynges
Balade"), is an English folk song written by King Henry VIII in the
beginning of the 16th century, shortly after his coronation. It is regarded
as the most famous of his compositions, and it became a popular song in
England and other European countries during the Renaissance. It is thought
to be written for Catherine of Aragon."
*Wikipedia*:
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was king of England from 21
April 1509 until his death.
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Henry cultivated the image of a Renaissance man, ... more »
Aramaic hymn of Emerli Eita (Ancient Church of the East)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 13 hours ago
Aramaic hymn of Emerli Eita (Ancient Church of the East). Source: YouTube
Channel Rimon Yousif. Date Published: December 5, 2012.
Aramaic hymns commemorating martyrs of the ancient church of the east.
Gold and Silver Friday Night Report - June 28 , 2013......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
UPDATE: Comex Gold Bounces On Short Covering Ahead Of Weekend, Quarter EndBy
Allen Sykora of Kitco News
Friday June 28, 2013 11:00 AM
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*(Kitco News) - *Gold futures recovered back above $1,200 an ounce Friday
morning on short covering ahead of a weekend and end of the quarter,
traders said.
As of 11:09 a.m. EDT, gold for August delivery was 30 cents higher at
$1,211.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile
Exchange, having bounced more tha... more »
If you haven't treated yourself to the film "V For Vendeta," download or buy a copy. It's about people's desire for liberty in a futuristic England, which parallel's today's America ...except that the strength of Americans' desire for liberty remains to be seen.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 14 hours ago
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*Washington Is Driving The World To The Final War — Paul Craig Roberts*
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Washington Is Driving The World To The Final War
Paul Craig Roberts
“V For Vendetta,” a film that portrays evil in a futuristic England as a
proxy for the evil that exists today in America, ends with the defeat of
evil. But this is a movie in which the hero has super powers. If you have
not seen this film, yo... more »
Ping Pong Balls . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 15 hours ago
PING PONG BALLS are incredibly flammable. Something irrelevant to ponder on this Canada Day.
Canadian Mounted Police confiscate guns from flooded homes.... And predictions of race riots already being floated if Zimmerman is acquitted - let the trial play out folks ! And why did the FBI turn a blind eye on plots to kill Occupy leaders " if deemed necessary " ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/node/475832
Canadian Mounted Police Confiscate Guns From Flooded Homes Without Search
Warrants
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/28/2013 14:27 -0400
- Germany
- New Orleans
"We just want to make sure that all of those things are in a spot that we
control, simply because of what they are," is the 'excuse' that the
Canadian Mounties are using to seize a “substantial amount” of firearms
from homes in the evacuated town of High River. That news didn't sit well
with a crowd of frustrated residents, as The Calgary Herald ... more »
Now that we've heard from everyone else about marriage equality, let's hear from the cartoonists!
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
*"Harry's decided that if the federal government
won't defend our marriage then he's got to."*
*"I have been gay all my life, and for most of it gay marriage was not even
on the table. In fact, for many years the only time you saw anyone openly
gay was on television, and they were hiding behind a screen with their
voice disguised.
"I am thoroughly convinced that at some point in time same-sex marriage
will be a non-issue. For the most part. Eventually. Sort of. . . .
"Did I mention that I'm on vacation? I'm waiting for the sun to come out.
I am not waiting for any government body... more »
Save a Speeder - Save Yourself
2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
When I lived on the east coast, the area I lived in was really really bad
for speed traps and highway cops hiding in the bushes along the highway
ready to pounce..
After I had lived there a few months I was commenting to a colleague at
work that people coming towards me on the highway were always flashing
their lights at me and I couldn't figure it out. Well - - they told me
that two rapid blinks of the high beam was "speed trap" - - - four rapid
blinks of the high beams was "SLOW DOWN speed trap".
Anyway to present day.
The area I live in right now is really bad for speed traps a... more »
Untitled
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago
Some can gaze and not be sick,
But I could never learn the trick.
There's this to say for blood and breath,
They give a man a taste for death.
*--A.E. Housman*
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Obama " Other Events " for the Africa sojourn , which certainly has seemed like an oddly timed and staged event ...... Certainly falls in the tinfoil category .....but we know stranger things have happened and Obama seems like milk passed its expiration date lately ! Might Tanzania be the site for the other event ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2013/06/obama-to-be-arrested-bush-put-on-trial-russia-today-the-truthseeker-video-report-2530156.html
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Maybe this explains the size of the protective detail ? )
Obama To Be Arrested? Bush Put On Trial? Russia Today & The
TruthSeeker –
Video Report
Friday, June 28, 2013 14:23
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(Before It's News)
Is Barack Obama about to be arrested? What about George W. Bush, is he
about to be arrested and put on trial? This hopeful report from
RussiaToday argues
just that. I say bring it on! Couldn’t happen to two ‘nicer guys’ and
they
certainly deserve it for thei... more »
Have Four Decades of Test Based Accountability Closed the Public and Catholic School Score Gaps?
Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 16 hours ago
One way to gauge the effects of over four decades of more testing with
higher stakes is to examine how NAEP public school scores compare over time
with the Catholic schools, which have not and do not use high stakes
standardized testing, even though they have participated in NAEP since
1980. The Catholic schools have […]
Steve Cohen takes the fifth - lots of that going around these days....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Steve Cohen Pleads The Fif , Declines To Testify Before A Grand Jury
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/28/2013 16:47 -0400
- Cohen
- Fund of Funds
- Insider Trading
- SAC
- Steve Cohen
If there is a better way to admit guilt, and several decades of ill-gotten
billions courtesy of now legendary "information arbitrage", coupled with
some heavy expert network hot tips and one year contract retentions of
every biotech expert from here to Calcutta, than pleading the Fifth, we
have yet to hear it. We are confident, however, that SAC F... more »
US ready to implement no-fly zone in Syria: Pentagon
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 18 hours ago
Washington, June 27:
US forces are ready to implement a no-fly zone in Syria if it is asked to
do so, but it would be difficult because the Syrian air defence system is
sophisticated and dense, a top Pentagon official said.
From the 'horses mouth':
*“A no-fly zone is just one option of many that we have analysed and
prepared. It will be difficult because the Syrian air defence system is
sophisticated and it’s dense,” said Gen Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff with the US Defence Secretary, Chuck Hagel present
with him.*
*“As I’ve said many times, if that is a... more »
SURVEILLANCE STATE: Shot or hung?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
From Simon Black’s newsletter this morning…
Ron Paul recently said on his Facebook page:
*My understanding is that espionage means giving secret or classified
information to the enemy.
Since Snowden shared information with the American people, his
indictment for espionage could reveal
(or confirm) that the US Government views you and me as the enemy.
*He's right. If nothing else, the way this has played out tells you
everything you really need to know about the Land of the Free right now.
[image: image]Snowden has been demonised by just about every government
o... more »
No schools shut down that opted out, many shut down that opted in
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 18 hours ago
Reclaiming the Conversation on Education See 9:19 in, Ceresta Smith Tagged:
high-stakes accountability
Gerald Celente, “Trends In The News 6/26/13”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
Gerald Celente, “Trends In The News 6/26/13”
- http://www.youtube.com/
Falkirk Fallout
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 19 hours ago
Stitch ups have been around as long as the Labour Party itself. From the
days when the party was a federal alliance of political groups, societies
and trade unions to now when, officially at least, everything is a
member-led process; too often the selection of candidates has been in the
gift of cliques. Whether it's elites in London, the regions, or the
executives of Constituency Labour Parties sewing up contests for their
mates, or for services rendered, or for placating different bits of the
party, fixing and manipulating selections is one awful tradition Labour has
stuck by unsw... more »
The Syrian Lie- Al Nusra Front's war for Western Interests
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 19 hours ago
ht to freethinker!
freethinkerJune 27, 2013 at 7:11 AM
For anyone who hasn't seen it already this is worth watching-
EX-AL QAEDA Member: Nabil Naim - The Syrian Lie, Al Nusra's Fake War
Arizona’s Freshmen Reps: What’s Going On Here?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
Kirkpatrick, Sinema & Barber all voted with the Republicans for CISPA
Is Steve Israel or Steny Hoyer calling the shots, or did Arizona’s three
freshman reps reach these cynical heights all on their own? It’s hard to
say, but my bet is on Israel or Hoyer. Or maybe it's the New Dem operation.
Otherwise, it’s hard to fathom the votes we’re seeing from Kirkpatrick
(AZ-01), Barber (AZ-02) and Sinema (AZ-09).
Regardless, the progressive base in Arizona (and, yes, there is one) is not
amused. Blog For Arizona features a collection of progressive bloggers. At
the start of the session, that g... more »
Deceptive and Demagogic Presidential Rule (Nothing To See Here, Move Along) Tell US More Lies - We Adore Them?
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 20 hours ago
Help! Not only am I unemployed and desperately looking for work, but
nobody's reading my blog! Is it because I've suddenly become overloaded
with knowledgeable essays on the implications of what our Nobel
prize-winning-without-breaking-a-sweat change President Obama has brought
to US? Or just because I'm adding my own two cents before I publish essays
(long essays) from reporters who have the
Daring to struggle, daring to win!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 20 hours ago
*FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2013*
*Wendy Davis and Jeremy Bird set out to fight for Texas:* Yesterday, we
suggested that liberals and progressives stop begging the Court to protect
them.
We suggested that we liberals and progressives should get off our keisters
and go out and fight for the state of Texas in standard political ways.
We can’t do that with our world-famous snark, which is mainly designed to
entertain and convince us of our own greatness. Last night, however, Rachel
Maddow interviewed Jeremy Bird, a senior adviser from Battleground Texas.
It isn’t easy, and nothing is guarante... more »
SYRIAN REBELS BEHEAD BISHOP; PAKISTANIS IN SYRIA
Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
The CIA's forces in Syria have beheaded a Christian bishop.
On 23 June 2013, Vatican Radio and other Catholic media reported that
Father Francois Murad was killed when a group of rebels attacked a
Franciscan convent in Syria.
*Syrian rebels behead bishop François Murad* / *Syria: priest killed during
rebel attack on convent*
Murad was reported to be among three handcuffed victims in a video posted
to news and social media websites.
*Syrian rebels behead bishop.*
In the video, a number of masked gunmen gather around the victims before
cutting their throats and slowly severing th... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 21 hours ago
*Gator Sightings in Bywater! ~NOLA DEFENDER*
*Brennan’s closed through weekend, but family hopes to reopen Monday ~Jaquetta
White, The Advocate N.O.*
In Case You Were Wondering…?
Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 21 hours ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgPePk3kGZk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jKahlEKo0Q
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Nauseating Spectacles
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 21 hours ago
Dalton McGuinty testifying about his scuzzery. "This is a partisan circus."
Listen fuck-face; YES! The Hudak-PC's are a bunch of hypocrites. You STILL
wasted almost a billion dollars cancelling gas plant contracts that the
ONDP told you not to start in the first place. You then illegally deleted
all the records of the decision making process to spend ONE BILLION dollars
of OUR money to benefit your stupid party and then you demonstrated
contempt to the legislature when the majority of the people's
representatives demanded to know how much this all cost them.
Fuck you! You lousy piec... more »
The Future of Iran’s Foreign Policy (and Arsalan Kazemi)
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 22 hours ago
As
could be expected, speculation about the future of Iranian foreign
policy has been rife since Hassan Rouhani, a respected cleric, moderate
pragmatist, and fixture of the Islamic Republic's political and security
establishment, was elected as Iran's new president on June 14, 2013.
Similarly expected, most of the analysis is awful.
Thankfully, a few strong pieces have recently been
SEX AND MOSLEMS
Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago
*Boys dancing for Moslem men. "**Beardless boys are not regarded as male,
so sex with them is not considered as homosexuality." **Islam*
*
*
What really goes on in Moslem countries?
At 13, Ardy was sent to a pesantren, an all-male Islamic boarding school,
and was quickly initiated into homosexual sex...
"Many people loved to play with me,'' says Ardy (not his real name)...
"Ardy maintains a facade.
"He has a girlfriend (who does not know his sexual orientation); he says he
will ''turn straight'' in his 30s, get married and have children.
"Most importantly his family treats him a... more »
Young Voting Update: Scotland!
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
OK, I admit, I haven't been following the upcoming referendum on Scottish
Independence. If it's not about aliens trying to win Wimbledon by turning
everyone into...oh, never mind. It just hasn't been on my radar.
Until now! Because they've extended the franchise for that election to 16
and 17 year-olds.
103 MSPs voted for the bill with 12 voting against it.
The legislation will allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in next year's
Scottish independence referendum.
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish government had long
wished to extend the referendum franchise and th... more »
ALEC - Unique, Like No Other Organzation
2old2care at Because I Can - 22 hours ago
The American Legislative Exchange Council is like no other organzation.
It is the ONLY organization – on either side of the aisle – *that *intentionally
(and in my opinion with malice) brings corporations directly and
unabashedly into the legislative process.
*Unique to ALEC *
is corporations attending private meetings with state and federal
legislators – sitting side-by-side with the legislators behind closed doors.
*Unique to ALEC *
is corporations writing legislation that is distributed at ALEC meetings to
later be introduced at the state and federal level.
*Unique to ALEC *
is ... more »
BILL HICKS / OUTLAW COMIC AND PATRIOT
Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 23 hours ago
*Comedian Bill Hicks, who died in 1994 at 32 years old, was a brilliant
American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician. His
unique comedy style and material largely consisted of general discussions
about society, religion, politics, philosophy, patriotism and personal
issues. He was never boring and is still more than relevant today: Allen L
Roland*
*I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be
creative. I don't like anything in the mainstream and they don't like me: Bill
Hicks*
Bill Hicks.. Do you remember him?
He was a ... more »
NSFW - Carlin 1996 - Ahead of HIs Time
2old2care at Because I Can - 23 hours ago
*From HuffPO*
*Nine Minutes *
"These conservatives are really something, aren’t they? They are all in
favor of the unborn, they will do anything for the unborn, but once you’re
born, you’re on your own! Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the
fetus from conception to nine months. After that, they don’t want to know
about you, they don’t want to hear from you. No neo-natal care, no daycare,
no head start, no school lunch, no food stamps, no welfare, no nothing! If
you’re pre-born, you’re fine. If you’re pre-school, you’re fucked."
That's not all: He hits the nail on the ... more »
News from the Jews
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 23 hours ago
*Organized
Jewry as the destroyers of America*
Alright folks, it's Friday and I have some news items from the Jewish
press
to highlight and comment on once again. I think you'll find what I have
to
highlight both enlightening and infuriating at the same time.
I'm sure most reading here are familiar with the recent Supreme Court
decision "to pave the way to gay marriage" as *The Jewish Daily
Forward*put it. Just in case you weren't already aware that the entire
"gay
marriage" and "homosexual rights" movement is a Jewish operation to
destroy
traditional Western social and cultural no... more »
Wendy Davis For Governor Of Texas?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
Most Texas politicians-- both sides of the aisle-- got A+ or A grades from
the NRA. Blue Dog Pete Gallego got an A- and Ft. Worth freshman Dem, Marc
Veasy, was given a B+. Remember state Senator Leticia Van de Putte standing
up the other night and asking what it takes for a woman senator to get
recognized in the male-dominated Texas Senate? The NRA rated her a B. Of
the dozens and dozens of Texas politicians the NRA rated, only six, all
Democrats, got an F. One of those six was state Senator Wendy Davis.
In 2011, the Texas legislature passed a number of bills to gerrymander the
s... more »
Drug Price Control 35: DOH Procurement Price and Lobbying for Another Price Coercion
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 23 hours ago
Government price control is price dictatorship. It is wrong, messy and ugly.
Explore new data below, 2,500+ words, nine pages long including seven
tables and one graph, get your favorite drinks and enjoy the ride.
Price comparison across countries of certain goods and services is useful
both for public and private decision making, provided that people are using
the appropriate and verifiable conversion factors. Otherwise, the
comparison can only lead to confusion, not education, and can lead to wrong
public policy formulation.
After my reply to the email of James Auste, head of the C... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'High Steel'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
HIGH STEEL
Posted on June 28, 2013
MNN.
June 26, 2013. The Haudenosaunee ironworkers “Ratiristakehron” worked
on nearly all the big structures of greater New York: Empire State
Building, George Washington Bridge, Chrysler Building, World Trade
Center, Triborough Bridge, Verrazano Bridge, Pulaski Skyway and West
Side Highway. They worked all over the world, even helping to
Public schools: You’ve been told a false story again and again!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2013*
*This morning, the Post has recanted:* Here’s a basic news report we
thought we’d never see.
In this morning’s Washington Post, Lyndsey Layton reports the latest data
from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (the NAEP). After all
these years of rank deception, Layton and the Washington Post are finally
reporting a basic fact:
The mainstream press corps’ Standard Story about the public schools has
been wrong!
The Post has endlessly pushed that false tale. This morning, the Post is
recanting:
LAYTON (6/28/13): *The nation's 9-year-olds and 13-ye... more »
For Republicans, Hastert Violation Beats Discharge Petition
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
The latest excitement among those who want an immigration bill is the
possibility that the House could use a discharge petition to bring a bill
to the floor.
There are basically two possibilities here in which a discharge petition
happens, and neither is likely. Why? Because the House leadership really,
really, doesn't want discharge petitions to become common. And the
rank-and-file share an interest in it, too.
One is that Speaker Boehner and most Republicans really want a bill to
pass, but they don't want the blame. That means the eventual floor vote
would have the bill passing ... more »
Pope (NC-ALEC) This is What Fascism Looks Like
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
There is a link in a *Think Progress piece today* about North Carolina.
That link takes you back to an article that written before Moral Monday
protests started.
The April article begins:
*In 2010, Republicans took over both houses *of the North Carolina
legislature for the first time since 1870, due in no small part to the
spending of a single, very wealthy Republican. As Jane Mayer reported in
2011, “three-quarters of the spending by independent groups in North
Carolina’s 2010 state races came from accounts linked to” wholesale baron
Art Pope. Of the 22 state legislative races ta... more »
Sufficiency of reasons
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
R. v. Vuradin, 2013 SCC 38 holds:
[10] An appellate court tasked with determining
whether a trial judge gave sufficient reasons must follow a functional
approach: *R. v. Sheppard*, 2002 SCC 26, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 869, at para.
55. An appeal based on insufficient reasons "will only be allowed where
the trial judge's reasons are so deficient that they foreclose meaningful
appellate review": *R. v. Dinardo*, 2008 SCC 24, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 788, at
para. 25.
[11] Here, the key issue at trial was credibility.
Credibility determinations by... more »
Challenging US Lawlessness
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
*Reuters Image* Stephen Lendman
It's vital today more than ever. America's a rogue terror state. It's
ruthlessly out-of-control. It spurns rule of law principles. It mocks
democratic rights. It honors its worst. It persecutes its best.
It acts unconscionably. It threatens freedom. It menaces world peace. It
endangers humanity. It's guilty of worldwide espionage on a massive,
unprecedented scale.
Edward Snowden revealed it. Everyone needs to know. He did it heroically.
He accepted great risks. He acted responsibly. He did so because it
matters. He's a role model for others. Hopefu... more »
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