Summit (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Columns in Palmyra, Syria, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: South facade of Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Syria Français : Façade Sud de l'église de Saint-Siméon le Stylite. Syrie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Looking at the news about Syrian fighting spilling over into Turkey, I am reminded of BlueGirlRedState's prediction this would happen - made possible by the partition of Iraq and of Kurd nationalism for people not restricted to one country, but living in Turkey as well.
Thursday Morning Linkage
Ok, last week, I mentioned with anticipation how much I was looking forward
to Game of Thrones. Little did I know it was the Red Wedding episode. I’ve
looked for lighter fare stories this week and only sometimes does the world
oblige. On the hopeful side of things, here is some good news A look
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Edward Abbey, "I Promise You This..."
"One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am- a
reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save
the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It
is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it.
While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish
and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the
forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep
of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contempla... more »
In Louisiana they know conscience when they see it, and LA's John Fleming thinks it's a great weapon for fighting sanity in our military planning
*Right-wing pols who have no conscience in real life like to play-act
having one when they pretend to be legislators.*
*by Ken*
What do you do when you look in the mirror and see staring back at you a
toxic pool of sludge beyond any possibility of human worth? One solution is
to become a jackbooted Christian warrior for ignorance and savagery.
Take Rep. John Fleming (R-LA). Please.
As Chris Johnson reports in the *Washington Blade*:
A House panel on Wednesday approved as part of major defense legislation an
amendment that would make it easier for troops to harass their gay comrade... more »
Free Download: Hermann Hesse, “Siddhartha”
“Siddhartha learned something new on every step of his path, for the world
was transformed, and his heart was enchanted. He saw the sun rising over
the mountains with their forests and setting over the distant beach with
its palm-trees. At night, he saw the stars in the sky in their fixed
positions and the crescent of the moon floating like a boat in the blue. He
saw trees, stars, animals, clouds, rainbows, rocks, herbs, flowers, stream
and river, the glistening dew in the bushes in the morning, distant hight
mountains which were blue and pale, birds sang and bees, wind silverish... more »
Chet Raymo, “Away Above The Chimney Pots”
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*“Away Above The Chimney Pots”*
by Chet Raymo
“So Oz finally became home; the imagined world became the actual world, as
it does for us all, because the truth is that once we have left our
childhood places and started out to make up our lives, armed only with what
we have and are, we understand that the real secret of the ruby slippers is
not that "there's no place like home", but rather that there is no longer
any such place as home: except, of course, for the home we make, or the
homes that are made for us, in Oz: which is anywhere, and everywhere,
except the place from whi... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
London, Ontario, Canada. Thanks for stopping by.
Friends of Jihadist Terrorism Aim To Destroy Syria
*Faulty Washington Logic: Assad Must Go, But Saudi And Qatari Dictators
Who Fund Jihadist Terrorists Around The World Can Stay As Long As They Want.
*
Related:
*Only 10 Percent of Syrians Support The Jihadist Opposition*.
*Global Public Opinion Is Against The Aggressive War On Syria*.
*U.S. And Israel Enlist Jihadist Terrorists To Bring Down Syria*.
*Syria - A Destruction, Not A Revolution*.
*FSA's Terrorist Attacks Against Christians And Kurds In Syria*.
*There Is No Civil War In Syria*.
*Israel Blesses Jihad*.
Jonathan Manthorpe - *"Saudi Funding Fuels Jihadist Terror"... more »
"Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm for First Time in Human History"
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*"Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide *
*Tops 400 ppm for First Time in **Human History"*
By Amy Goodman
"AMY GOODMAN: Scientists are warning the planet has now reached a grim
climate milestone not seen for two or three million years. The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the amount of heat-trapping
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has topped 400 parts per million. The 400
ppm threshold has been an important marker in U.N. climate change
negotiations, widely recognized as a dangerous level that could drastically
worsen human-caused globa... more »
BBC Propagandist Calls Alex Jones "Crazy"
Alex responds, "If I'm crazy, I'm crazy like a fox."
On the media's conspiracy of silence about annual Bilderberg meeting: "They
cover Davos. They cover G-20. This is basically a secret Davos, G-20
meeting."
Give us your tired, your poor, your befuddled masses @educationweek
Good friend Gary Valiant today kicked off a rather interesting idea: a
boycott of Education Week, the education publication of record, apparently.
Even an anonymous education blogger for the publication is frustrated. To
wit: I understand the frustration with EdWeek. As I have responded when
this has been raised elsewhere, I think it is important to […]
Yes, austerity kills economies
Just when you think there's no hope left for this country, Sen. Patty
Murray (D-Wash.) does something spectacular:
So it was a little striking to see her using the Senate Budget Committee,
which she chairs, to hold a hearing on the negative effects of austerity.
This isn’t a flip on policy; her budget does, after all, include some
stimulus spending. But instead of the usual routine of emphasizing the
importance of medium-run deficit reduction, while paying lip service to the
need to prevent premature cuts, Murray used the hearing to focus almost
exclusively on the latter concern.
... more »
Conservatives Scrambling Over Pamela Wallin's Campaign Activities For Tory MP Ray Boughen In Palliser (SK)
(Photo courtesy The Hill Times - photograph by Jake Wright)
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*From March 3rd 2011 to May 31st 2011 Senator Pamela Wallin reported
$25,870.07 in ‘Other travel’ paid for by Canadians. Coincidentally during
that time there was a Federal election. *
*During the last federal election, Senator Pamela Wallin helped
Conservative incumbent Ray Boughen's campaign in Saskatchewan's Palliser
Riding. This was a seat that the Conservatives were very worried about
because of the strong campaign led by New Democratic candidate, Noah
Evanchuk. *
*
**The Conservative... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Philosophy Scholar Bill Meacham on 'How to Be an Excellent Human'
Bill
Meacham, right, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer in the studios of
KOOP Radio in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 31, 2013. Photo by Tracey
Schulz / Rag Radio.
Rag Radio podcast:
Philosophy scholar Bill Meacham,
author of 'How to Be an Excellent Human'
"By working for the good -- that is, the healthy functioning -- of the
world around us, we nourish that which nourishes us, and we thrive."
TURKISH PROTESTS SPREAD TO 67 CITIES
- The unrest in Turkey has claimed a second life. Police, already facing
widespread criticism for using excessive force, are being accused of being
behind the killing of a 22-year-old man. Human rights groups have also
called out the security forces in Turkey for their brutal response to the
protests.You may find some of the images in the video disturbing.
- 38 youngsters are taken into custody because they have tweeted. A
lawyer from the Izmir Bar Association and the deputy Muharrem İnce (the
Republican People’s Party) confirmed the arrests. Muharrem İn... more »
Satire: "Saxby Chambliss Blames Rape Remarks on Nature"
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*"Saxby Chambliss Blames Rape Remarks on Nature"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) sought
today to explain his controversial remarks about sexual assaults in the
military, telling reporters that his comments were the result of “declining
levels of brain function created by nature.” “There are old men sitting in
the United States Senate who are seventy or seventy-five or eighty,” he
said. “Gee whiz, the declining levels of brain function created by nature
sets in place the possibility for these types of things to occur.”
Whil... more »
Naomi Lakritz: lies galore.
In a piece titled "An Inconvenient Truth" (stolen from this documentary),
anti-choice and anti-feminist Lakritz regurgitates the dog-eared lies that
fetus fetishists habitually spew about abortion.
Lakritz uses these fabrications to spin her attack on Dr Henry Morgentaler.
When the University of Western Ontario in London awarded him an honorary
doctorate eight years ago, he said: “Well-loved children grow into adults
who do not build concentration camps, do not rape and do not murder.”
Interesting, how he only acknowledged the humanity of these unborn babies
when he predicted their... more »
Musical Interlude: John Lennon, “Nobody Told Me”
John Lennon, “Nobody Told Me”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8GVafKcGCQ
EFN Asia 23: More Photos at Jeju Forum
Our panel, the EFN Asia and FNF panel, during the recently concluded Jeju
Forum for Peace and Prosperity, May 29-31, 2013, was held in the afternoon
of Day 2, May 30. While some panels have mostly if not entirely Korean
speakers and facilitator, our panel has speakers and moderator from six
countries. Two from Malaysia, Wan Saiful Wan Jan (moderator) of IDEAS and
Tricia Yeoh of Institute Rakyat, two from China, Feng Xingyuan and Liu
Junning, main speaker from Cambodia, Sam Rainsy. Other discussants were
from Vietnam, Pham Chi Lan; from India, Barun Mitra of Liberty Institute,
and Ch... more »
Of Flotuses and Hecklers
One more person finally had enough of one too
many politicians pontificating about how we're here for the children....
the *Children*.... our *Children*.... We have to do it for the CHILDREN....
when she finally let loose on Michelle Obama and wondered out loud (very
loud) why the president has not yet fulfilled his campaign promise to
guarantee equal rights for gay employees of federal contractors.
It seems that just hours before a Washington DNC fundraiser
yesterday featuring the first lady, Spokesman Jay Carney acknowledged that
President Obama would renege on his campaign prom... more »
The Economy: “Productivity And Costs: HERE IT COMES”
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*“Productivity And Costs: HERE IT COMES”*
by Karl Denninger
"Now this is just plain bad - for consumers: "Unit labor costs in nonfarm
businesses fell 4.3 percent in the first quarter of 2013, the combined
effect of a 3.8 percent decrease in hourly compensation and the 0.5 percent
increase in productivity. The decline in hourly compensation is the largest
in the series, which begins in 1947."
There's no good way to spin this one - productivity was up 0.5% during the
first quarter, but the cost decrease is bad news as it is nearly all
decrease in hourly wages. We saw this duri... more »
Will Boehner Be The Scapegoat For Republican Nihilism?
Thomas Kean, Sr., the former New Jersey Governor, not the crackpot son
("Jr."), didn't bat an eye last week when he made a point by mentioning
that "my party is nuts today." And he was very clear that he was talking
about the Republican national party, not the New Jersey state GOP. And it's
all about what's happened to the GOP with the back-to-back defeats of
mainstream conservatives John McCain and Mitt Romney by [African-American]
Barack Hussein Obama. Let's go back-- via Lee Fang's new book, The Machine:
A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right-- to the time right after Obama beat... more »
"Stop QE Now!"
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*"Stop QE Now!"*
by Bill Bonner
"Want to know why Bernanke won't stop QE and ZIRP? Because they don't work.
From CNNMoney: "Don't worry about rising rates, say legendary bond
investors Jeffrey Gundlach and Dan Fuss... Doubleline Capital's Gundlach
and Loomis Sayles' Fuss say the recent rally in yields is unlikely to
continue, thanks to the Fed. Both say the Federal Reserve will make sure
that any rise in rates will be slow and controlled. Gundlach and Fuss said
that the consequences for global markets and the economy will be dire if
the central bank fails. "People have been ... more »
Evidence and the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure
I am surprised by one of the criticisms offered about the Citizen Hearing
on Disclosure and that is that no “real” evidence was presented. It was
only testimony from those who had participated in the events and in the
world today, or rather in the world of the UFO today, testimony from
witnesses has been reduced to being of no value. Makes you wonder about all
that testimony being taken on Capitol Hill in the IRS scandal (as a single
example), or in various other arenas today. Why even talk to those who were
there or participated in the events because it isn’t evidence?
Well, of cou... more »
Tiananmen Square: When, for one moment, the honour of one billion people rested on the shoulders of one man
I confess, I failed this year to commemorate the Chinese government’s
massacre of protestors in Tiananmen Square this week in 1989–-and the one
inspiring moment of that day when, for one moment, the honour of one
billion people rested on the shoulders of one man:
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China today is not the place it was in 1989, and nor is the Chinese
Government the same, but the Chinese government still desperately wants to
airbrush away the memory of their massacre.
But to the frustration of their internet censors, it’s the meme that will
not die.
Conten... more »
Was US Ambassador to Libya Stevens actually kidnapped as part of a scheme to exchange high level prisoners - then Stevens killed by lethal injection ? Sounds wild , however note the silence from State Department and FBI when this claim voiced by alleged Al Qaeda terrorist Abdallah Dhu al - Bajadin !
http://freebeacon.com/possible-poisoning/
Possible Poisoning
Al Qaeda weapons expert says U.S. ambassador to Libya killed by lethal
injection
[image: Benghazi consulate / AP]
Benghazi consulate / AP
BY: Bill Gertz
June 5, 2013 5:00 am
An al Qaeda terrorist stated in a recent online posting that U.S.
Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens was killed by lethal injection after
plans to kidnap him during the Sept. 11, 2012 terror attack in Benghazi
went bad.
The veracity of the claim made by Abdallah Dhu-al-Bajadin, who was
identified by U.S. officials as a known weapons experts for... more »
Harvey Organ - June 3 , 2013 Gold and Silver Report - Note the curious activity at Comex with JPM pertaining to both their customer ( Eligible ) account , as well as the dealer ( Registered ) account . Does JPM have the gold to settle contracts for May and June from their customer and dealer accounts ? If yes , what is the hold up ? Note the flatine recently for inventories at the GLD ETF as withdrawals have stopped since May 29 , 2013 - is this anything to worry about as it seems to coincide roughly with JPM's non actions for gold contracts ? Any correlation to what may or may not be happening in the gold accounts at JPM and the recent musing of the BIS and their simple plan to handle big bank failures ? ?
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/06/mine-interruptions-at-lonmin-and.html
Monday, June 3, 2013
Mine interruptions at Lonmin and Grasberg/gold and silver shine/Bleeding at
GLD stops/Gold at JPM refuses to leave despite issuance/
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gold closed up by $20.70 to $1413.70 (comex closing time). Silver rose by
49 cents to $22.72 (comex closing time)
In the access market at 5:00 pm, gold and silver finished trading at the
following prices :
gold: 1412.00
silver: $22.70
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At the Comex, the open interest in silver fell by only 683 contracts to
145,316 ... more »
Turn The Page
*Written by Grant G*
Just a simple question to the NDP party brass, when the provincial electors
rejected Adrian Dix for the premiership, when the party went from 43% of
the vote in 2009 to 39% of the vote in 2013, how on earth can we expect to
win ant by-elections?
Christy Clark is unpopular, the BC Liberals were/are a scandal riddled
Government, Basi/Virk, BC Rail, HST, deficits, debts and deferral accounts,
hidden debt everywhere, ethnicgate, Haakstad, John Yap, Brian Bonney,
Burnaby hospital scandal, the BC NDP had so much ammunition to attack the
BC Liberals with and stil... more »
Chinese dream of buying up overseas assets - dream or nightmare scenario ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-06-05/%E2%80%9Cchinese-dream%E2%80%9D-come-true-gobbling-assets-overseas
The “Chinese Dream” Come True: Gobbling Up Assets Overseas
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- Belgium
- China
- Delphi
- Ford
- France
- General Motors
- Germany
- Global Economy
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Mexico
- Private Equity
- Real estate
- Reality
- Tender Offer
- United Kingdom
- Visteon
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com www.amaz... more »
Tom Hayden : Can Obama 'Rein In' His Presidency?
Obama:
Who's making the call? Image from TomHayden.com.
Competing forces at play:
Can Obama ‘rein in’ his presidency?
Obama often follows a confusing pattern of leaning toward the military’s
preference while planning in his private chambers to later change
course.
By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / June 6, 2013
President Barack Obama’s
important speech at the National Defense University on
FBI admits that it was aware of ties between Saudi interests and the alleged 9/11 terrorists - but lied to protect national security ? So , why should anyone believe what they say based on their admission they will lie if they feel lying is called for ......How does not outing the Saudis who funded terrorism against the US protect national security anyway ?
http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/06/05/fbi-knew-about-saudi-911-hijacker-ties-but-lied-to-protect-national-security/
FBI: Knew About Saudi 9/11 Hijacker Ties—But Lied To Protect “National
Security”
By Russ Baker on Jun 5, 2013
[image: AndyBush]The FBI apparently has known for a decade about links
between powerful Saudi interests and the alleged 9/11 hijackers, and has
been forced to tacitly admit that it lied about it for all of these years.
In case the import is not clear, let us state emphatically: this is a huge
development.
***
In court filings seeking to stave off a media Freedom of In... more »
Turkey protest - June 5 , 2013 updates....Tear gas still used against protesters .... Is Erdogan right when he referenced foreign interference as a cause of the protests ( And is the US in the mix against alleged Ally Turkey in an attempt to remove Erdogan and install a more controllable PM there ? ) ...... Interesting how Turkey came under hack attack so quickly - may be correlation to foreign interference not so off base ?
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/06/05/307371/turkey-police-fire-tear-gas-at-demos/
Turkish police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters in Ankara
[image: Anti-government protesters including union workers demonstrate in
Turkish capital Ankara, on June 5, 2013.]
Anti-government protesters including union workers demonstrate in Turkish
capital Ankara, on June 5, 2013.
Wed Jun 5, 2013 5:31PM GMT
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LAST UPDATE
Turkish police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters demanding the
resignation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital Ankara.
On Wednesday, th... more »
Obama fights back at last
It's about damn time our President accepted his political opponents are
irredeemable crackpots who care only about their own political power and
dropped the nice guy routine. You can't meet people halfway when their
definition of compromise is they get everything they want and you get to
take all the blame for their inhumane agenda. But it is interesting to see
how our "liberal" media plays the change. David Graham at The Atlantic lays
it out under the headline, Forget the Charm, Keep the Offensive: Obama's
Aggressive New Strategy.
Get that? Republicans can say any damn offensive t... more »
Fractal Minds and the Sacred Cosmology: Neuroscience & Psychology meets Esoteric Religion
*Fractal Minds and the Sacred Cosmology: Neuroscience & Psychology meets
Esoteric Religion*. Source: Wai H. Tsang. Date Published: January 21, 2013.
Description:
In this presentation Wai H. Tsang examines what it is that we're actually
doing in our lives and explains what is the underlying process behind all
our behaviour. This talk will build on and complement a previous talk '2012
and the Fractal Brain Theory', but will also be standalone; essential
points from the previous presentation will be recapped. Whereas the last
talk dealt more with the neural structures of the brain, ... more »
Hey, Kids, it's Poochie the Republican Insult Dog!
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.)
Lord only knows what makes the nation's Alex Keatons the way they are.
Is it nature or nurture or some tragically unbalanced admixture of both?
Were they, as Rodney Dangerfield averred, made to breast feed through a
straw? Were their mothers scared while pregnant and watching Rush Limbaugh
on television? We may never know the answer but there is something deeply
disturbing about people so young yet so cynical as to proudly and publicly
become Young Republicans. Frankly, it makes me laugh as much as the phrase
"Black Rep... more »
‘Patent Trolls’ vs. Legal Trolls
*The problem today is not that so-called “patent trolls” are able to mooch
off valid patents; the real problem, writes guest poster **Dale Halling**,
is that “legal trolls” are able to mooch off today’s poorly defined,
sloppily written, wrongly conceived and inconsistently enforced law. Fix
that, and patents can be defended properly once again.*
There has been a lot of media attention about so-called patent trolls. I
am intimately familiar with these issues, but the characterization is
incorrect. There are *Legal Trolls*, some of whom specialize in patents,
but they prey upon th... more »
Don't buy from fascists . . .
NOW
YOU CAN AVOID buying stuff from companies controlled by fascists like
Nestlé or the Koch brothers. Once you’ve scanned an item, Buycott will
show you its corporate family tree on your phone screen. Scan a box of
Splenda sweetener, for instance, and you’ll see its parent, McNeil
Nutritionals, is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.Even more
impressively, you can join user-created campaigns
On ALEC - Giving Up is the Easy Part
*Yesterday on Daily Kos* - there was diary trying to get people fired up
about a protest rally in Chicago.
The last comment that was posted to that diary infuriated me.
It's all over but the starving (0+ / 0-)
... ALEC could disappear tomorrow and it would make little difference.
Essentially, they have already inflicted maximum damage on democracy in
most states and set the stage for a hugely expanded underclass, to perform
work for the billionaires at starvation wages … or zero wages, in the case
of the millions and millions who will soon be in the prisons-for-profit.
A carefully ... more »
Egyptian court convicts NGO workers, in a show trial, all in absentia
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*CAIRO *-- An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to jail 43
nonprofit workers, including 16 Americans, in a case that has alarmed
pro-democracy advocates who fear a shrinking space for civil society more
than two years after the country's revolution.
The convictions threaten to further strain ties between Egypt's fledgling
government and Washington, which has criticized the crackdown on rights
workers.
*The majority of those convicted Tuesday were given five-year prison terms,
but they were tried in absentia, having already left Egypt. They are
unlikely to retu... more »
Don't talk to the police...
*no, really - DON'T TALK TO THE POLICE.*
An law school professor and former criminal defense attorney tells you why
you should never agree to be interviewed by the police.
This is long (by internet standards), but you really need to see it.
Besides, this professor talks so fast (really, *really* fast) the time will
just whiz by. I known this for most of my life since in a previous
incarnation I was going to be a police officer.
I like to watch Dateline and 48 Hours Mystery. In almost all cases someone
is convicted due to their own big mouths.
One of the biggest mistakes Geor... more »
Trade Unions and Television
At my Unite branch meeting tonight, we heard the welcome news numbers had
increased by an additional 47 people on last month. That, combined with recently
released figures that tentatively suggest a reversal of trade unions'
downward spiral is heartening. After all, getting greater numbers into
Britain's largest membership civil society organisations is what all labour
movement people are, or should be, about. Now, as you might expect,
especially over the course of a long decline, there has and continues to be
extensive debates on how to get our unions relevant again. Some comrades ... more »
Immigration? Maybe
I have a post up over at Greg's place about Marco Rubio's (perhaps) flip on
immigration, and at PP about the breakdown of the House bipartisan talks.
I'm sticking with what I've always said: the big question here is whether
mainstream House conservatives want a bill or not. If they do, John Boehner
will bring up the Senate bill and let it pass; if not, he won't. End of
story.
Matt Yglesias has the same logic, but thinks that surely House Republicans
will want it to fail, as have a few people I've seen on twitter. I've
written a bunch of things that all concluded that it was all up t... more »
Wednesday Addams Linkage
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Is Turkey a democracy? Jay Ulfelder is skeptical
[Dart-Throwing Chimps] A more optimistic take on Turkey. [Suffragio] Dan
Drezner properly criticizes two foreign policy missteps by the Obama
administration, including news that Michelle Obama won’t attend the PRC-USA
summit. Given PRC First Lady Peng Liyuan’s successes abroad, this seems
like another in
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What Does Your Gut Tell You About Darrell Issa?
I'm not as offended as others are that Darrell Issa called the White House
Press Secretary a "paid liar." Let's be honest. I'm more offended that
someone of Issa's character could have a role in my country's government.
The DCCC ignored him last year, even though Obama had won his district in
2008. It wasn't about Issa; it was Steve Israel's policy to not challenge
senior Republican policy-makers-- solidarity among thieves or something. Is
Steve Israel recruiting someone to run against Issa in 2014? Not that
anyone has heard about in San Diego. Today Israel snivels that he perform... more »
Newspapers Routinely Slander Politicians ...
In Right-Wing-World it is simply a given that a newspaper with a vendetta
against a hero of the people will invent scandalous accusations, of, say,
the Mayor of Toronto smoking crack cocaine with gangsters, just to pick on
him and be mean and try to destroy him to protect their union-buddies and
the whole tax and spend agenda.
Yes sirreee. Happens all the time. Are you surprised? Nothing those lefties
do can surprise me anymore.
Oh my god. Is anyone going to be able to stop these absolute cretins????
Would anything ever convince these shit-for-brains that their heroes are
all idi... more »
Michael James : Marvelous Marvin Hagler in 1984
Marvelous
Marvin Hagler works out in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in the winter
of 1984. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael
Gaylord James' Pictures from the Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
Marvelous Marvin Hagler in 1984
Hagler is beautiful to watch as he moves around the ring with his
cool-looking Latino trainer guy.
By Michael James / The Rag Blog / June
Untitled
*The Annotated Jeff Duncan ~Bradley Warshauer, Black and Gold Review*
Competing Japanese regions shoot videos to win the ILC
*...a poll...*
Japan is clearly getting serious about hosting the International Linear
Collider, a planned 250+250 GeV (or later 500+500 GeV) electron-positron
collider which could measure properties of the Higgs boson and perhaps
other new things much more accurately than the LHC.
As the Symmetry Magazine informs us, two main candidate places in Japan
recently released promotional video to defend their candidacies. It looks
like the construction is a hot topic although it's expected to begin
between 2015 and 2016 and collisions won't start before 2026.
This 4-minute music, chore... more »
Speaking of test scores, Josh Rogin can’t read!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013*
*Still able to work as a journalist:* The explosion of media have exposed
two situations which had largely been hidden.
We’re able to see how crazy, true-believing and gullible many of us the
people are. Comment threads help us see this.
Also, it has become much easier to see how dumb our journalists are.
To cite one example, Josh Rogin can’t read. We say that because he writes
this passage in today’s Daily Beast:
ROGIN (6/5/13): Other GOP senators told The Daily Beast that they wanted to
know exactly what [Victoria Nuland’s] involvement was in the craftin... more »
The UK is a Pædophile State; enforced by the the legal system
The UK is controlled by pædophiles who despise the people they rule over.
For anyone who cares to take notice of the behaviour of the Establishment
towards children, this is self evident. The school system is designed to
sexualise children; the media - especially the 'pop' music industry - takes
every opportunity to promote sex to children at ever younger ages; fashion
teaches girls to dress as prostitutes; the legal system then throws a few
degenerates into prison, but largely ensures that those who destroy the
lives of children are treated with extreme leniency.
The Jimmy Savile... more »
Firearm Basics: Basic Parts of a Gun
*info you can use...*
*Firearm Basics: Basic Parts of a Gun*
Heckling is not helping - Updated
Lots of people talking about the heckler who rudely interupted Michelle
Obama yesterday during the First Lady's speech at a private fundraiser. The
heckler was said to be a 56 year old lesbian activist who demanded our
FLOTUS get the President to immeditaely sign an executive order on gay
rights in the workplace. I'm seeing Michelle's response being called
confrontational, but we can't know for sure since there's no video. I
imagine in reality the FLOTUS was polite but firm, though clearly she
wasn't going to ignore it.
“One of the things that I don’t do well is this,” she said to ... more »
SPORT / Dave Zirin : Decriminalize Baseball!
Ryan
Braun isn't Al Capone. Image from Deadspin.
Decriminalize the game:
A solution to baseball’s drug wars
I love baseball and it’s tragic to watch it self-devour.
By Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog / June 5, 2013
See Thorne Dreyer's articles about progressive sportswriter Dave Zirin
at The Rag Blog, and at Truthout, and listen to our March 22, 2013, Rag
Radio interview with Zirin.
If you want
A new letter to go viral: Is this parody or not, you decide? #commoncore
Based on a previous post on the food edition of common core, I happened
upon another letter dictating what is best for common core implementation.
If only we had well-behaved, clean, happy, stable, plastic children, then
CCSS would go off without a hitch. Let’s keep piling on those cosmetic
changes, people. We’ll get there. Tagged: […]
'Beggar' who sat outside Natwest bank with a 'hungry and homeless' sign earned £300 A DAY while living in a £300,000 flat
£200-£300 a day. Even allowing for slight exaggeration, at say £150 a
day
for an 8 or 9 hour day, that's almost £17 an hour. Puts the minimum wage
into context...
Story here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2336145/Beggar-sat-outside-Natwest-bank-hungry-homeless-sign-earned-300-A-DAY-living-300-000-flat.html
Zapatistas Tour continues Yaqui Gathering
Traveling Seminar continues First
Encounter of Indigenous Peoples, Yaqui Territory, Vicam, Sonora 2007
Comandante David, Marcos and Juan Chavez at Rancho el Penasco, Sonora
Photo 2007 Brenda Norrell
TRAVELING SEMINAR “TATA JUAN CHÁVEZ ALONSO"
Enlace Zapatista
Spanish translation
June 2013.
We are the Indians that we are, we are peoples, we are Indians.
We want to continue to
Sea temperature trend: 1.35 ± 0.15 °C per century
I made the following easy-to-understand calculation of the warming trend,
including an error margin, of the global sea surface temperatures since the
late 1970s, as seen by the UAH AMSU satellite dataset.
First, I loaded the file of the monthly data, isolated the third
temperature-like column, the global ocean temperature anomaly, and
calculated the linear regressions.
It's straightforward to use one simple Mathematica command to compute the
slope of the linear regression but the non-trivial addition I made was an
estimate of the error margin of the resulting slope. My logic is... more »
Our test scores are better. Our journalists aren’t!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013*
*Our press corps' so dumb that it hurts:* As we mentioned yesterday, it’s
hard to fathom how dumb we are as a people.
Again, consider the Q-and-A at yesterday’s Washington Post Live discussion
concerning the public schools.
The Washington Post’s Mary Jordan was conducting a discussion with three
governors. She asked a question which seemed to imply that American
students are performing more poorly than they did in the past:
JORDAN (6/4/13): Can I ask you something? And then—just briefly. How did
America get so mediocre? I mean these statistics across the ... more »
What the Catholic Church really teaches about homosexuality...
*it may not be what you think.*
Allow Terry, at Abbey Roads, to explain. He does it so much better than I
ever could...
*My kid is not disordered*
*My kid is not evil.
*Many people, parents and loved ones of same sex attracted persons mistake
Catholic Church teaching to be saying that the homosexual person is
disordered, that homosexuals or gay people are evil. That isn't true of
course, although it can seem at times that religious persons within the
Church hate the person as well as the sin. That really just demonstrates
that even faithful Catholics can be misled as well. Whi... more »
Lawsuit challenges first drill site inside Alaska Reserve
Lawsuit Challenges First-ever Drill Site Inside Alaska Reserve
Expansion Plan Threatens Region's Polar Bears, Birds, Seals, Caribou
By Center for Biological Diversity
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers today challenging its approval of an oil-industry proposal to
build the first drilling site ever inside the National Petroleum
Comet ISON is closing in - NASA predicts "double whammy"...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 10 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/xNZ103i6suQ
I look forward to some pretty spectacular phenomena caused by Comet ISON as
from September until February next year. And you...? The movie explains the
"double whammy" (जादू-टोना in Hindi) the Earth might get from the comets
tail... When it doesn't collide with Mars or fall apart before it grazes
the Sun, of course.
John
Contentious Politics and Ducks: China Edition
In case you don’t know, the PRC has censored searches for “Big Yellow
Duck.” The reason? You can see a larger version here.The arrival of
Florentijn Hofman’s yellow duck in Hong Kong harbor sparked a great deal of
excitement in China, where the duck has become incredibly popular. A number
of stories document a
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ERDOGAN TO BE TOPPLED?
The BBC *appears* to reveal the thinking of MI6, the CIA and the Zionists
on Turkey:
*"Turkey was suggested as a model for a Muslim democracy. *
*
**"Some Arabs, who took to the streets against their own leaders, are
having second thoughts about that as they watch pictures of Turkish riot
police attacking demonstrators."*
*
**Could protests be Erdogan's undoing?*
*
*
This *might* be translated as:
*The Zionist model for Moslem countries may not be Turkey.*
*
*
*It is more likely to be Afghanistan.*
*Behind you!*
MICHAEL RUBIN, in the Wall Street Journal, tells us more about (what ... more »
Agenda 21 - Don't let them steal your property rights...
*I even see this going on in North Idaho. *
Is Chris Chrsitie Just Another Warrior In The Republican Party's Endless War Against Women?
You know, I always call it "the Republican Party War Against Women" but it
would be more accurate to term it a "conservative" war against women, since
the fear and hatred of women and the whole sick patriarchal thing is a
bedrock of conservatism as we've been seeing in the reports about honor
killings and violence against women around the world, always at the hands
of conservative males. Joshua Henne at PolitickerNY.com hasn't bought into
the media hype that Christie is a "moderate" on any issues, least of all
women's issues. "Today," he wrote yesterday, "Chris Christie is keynotin... more »
LOOSE ENDS FROM BERKELEY CONFERENCE
- Japanese right-wing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently climbed into a
military airplane marked with the number 731 and sparked considerable
controversy across the Asia-Pacific. The number 731 evokes the name of
Imperial Japan's notorious biological and chemical warfare research unit in
China between 1932 and 1945. During the Japanese occupation of China Unit
731 held captive and infected thousands of men, women and children with
virulent strains of anthrax, plague, cholera, and other epidemic and viral
diseases. Soon entire Chinese villagers were being... more »
Already, those conventions are a thing of the past!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013*
*Kevin Drum, the IRS and Super Safety Dog:* Did the IRS blow a lot of bucks
on an Anaheim conference?
Kevin Drum says the price of the gathering wasn’t all that bad. We have our
own two cents to throw in. But first:
The caterwauling has been general about this very bad conduct. In this
morning’s New York Times, Jonathan Weisman notes an intriguing fact—these
deeply disturbing events are already a thing of the past:
WEISMAN (6/5/13): The Internal Revenue Service spent $4.1 million on a
single conference in Southern California in 2010, paying top dollar for... more »
Michelle Obama acts in her usual ladylike manner...
*MOTUS captures the entire event perfectly - and we thank her.*
*Bi-the way, did you hear what Lady M didn’t say yesterday?*
A Colorado sheriff speaks out about gun rights...
*and how you're being mislead by the Obama administration - and we thank
him. *
President Obama visited Denver on April 3, 2013 to push his excessive gun
legislation. Not one sheriff in the state of Colorado was included in the
event. The sheriffs of Colorado representing 62 counties were kept out of
the event because their legislative needs were not useful to the president.
Obama's purposeful shunning of the state sheriffs could not silence them.
Listen as Sheriff Shayne Heap from Elbert County Colorado responds to the
president's comments.
H/T *Storm'n Norman*
JB Campbell: Anti- American!
I have recently been asked for my take on JB Campbell and his writings....
For years now, I have periodically looked at his articles, and I found them
to be very informative and absolutely truthful.... Many may not like what
he has to say, but he is spot on in calling out the Jewish criminals and
their horrible actions against humanity....
For this article ... I want to concentrate on a very important piece that
was first brought forward by Darryl Bradford Smith, through his "French
Connection" website, at www.iamthewitness.com. It was written by JB
Campbell over 2 years ago,for t... more »
Syria: Syrian Army takes al-Qusayr, Sarin & UN and Condoleeza is back.....
Getting back to Syria. A news round up of sorts
*Qusay(i)r has been taken back from NATO’s mercs.*
*A photo of elated Syrian soldiers and Syrian civilians applauding,
raising the flag and bringing in supplies for residents who can return.*
[image: Fighters and civilians loyal to the Assad government hold up the
Syrian flag after capturing the strategic town of Qusair, June 5, 2013.]
Fighters and civilians loyal to -their homes & their families- hold up the
Syrian flag after capturing the strategic town of Qusair, June 5, 2013.
*It is nice to see the Syrian people happy :) *
... more »
150 Tea Party members arrested in protest against Democrats...
*bet that got your attention.*
Actually...
150 People Arrested In NAACP Protest Against NC Republicans Who would of
thought?
Dark Money, Dirty Money
There's been a lot written about dark money being funneled into politics
lately.
On HuffPo today - a lesson in dirty money.
I couldn't help thinking about the video of Adelson being protected by his
family at the Republican national convention. There to get his a$$ ki$$ed
by the politicians that dark, dirty money funds.
*The legal headaches besetting billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas
SandsCorp.* now include a grand jury in Los Angeles, part of a federal
money-laundering probe of his Nevada-based casinos, The Huffington Post has
learned.
The involvement of a federal grand j... more »
An Open Letter to the Reluctant Prepper
Gaye Levy
Becoming prepared can be a lonely journey. Family members scoff and friends
roll their eyes and shy away, thinking you have joined the tin foil hat
society. You want to share and you want to talk, but say too much to the
wrong people and you may be setting yourself up for future free-loading,
looting, or worse.
This is a dilemma faced by almost every prepper I know. Most want to join
up with other like-minded people but who do they trust? The issue of trust
is one reason why most of us want family members and close friends to come
on board the prepping wagon; but, alas,... more »
Rumors Spread Of Militias At Work In Iraq
Iraq is facing a worsening security situation, but the country is not yet
in a civil war. What could change that is if Shiites decide they can no
longer rely upon the government to protect them, and begin taking matters
into their own hands as they did during the civil war period from
2005-2008. Rumors play a large role in Iraq, and currently what is
spreading amongst Sunnis are stories of fake checkpoints manned by
militiamen who kidnap and murder people. Political parties and the protest
movement are magnifying these rumors, and have now incorporated them into
their weekly discou... more »
You Create Your Own Reality
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Be A Victim: When Your Kid Is Being Attacked, Teachers Are Just Minutes Away
Mac Slavo
Should your child go to school and make a gesture with his hands resembling
a gun, under zero-tolerance policies you can be 100% assured that he or she
will be promptly suspended or expelled.
However, if a student bully or random attacker should throw a desk at your
child’s head, leaving a hole in his skull, that sense of urgency turns to
apathy and indifference.
A mother is outraged after she says no one called 911 when her teenage son
suffered a skull fracture at the hands of another student. The alleged
incident happened on campus during school hours.
(…)
Victor... more »
Keeping It In the Family: Senator Feinstein’s Husband Stands to Make Millions from USPS Contract
Daniel Jackson
Senator Dianne Feinstein has long been accused of corruption and unethical
behavior in Congress. From going after the Second Amendment to making tens
of millions of dollars through her husband’s companies, Feinstein seems to
take unbridled glee in being one of the most corrupt members of Congress
today.
Recently, a new wave of accusations has been levied at Feinstein, this time
focusing on a deal that started in 2011 when the Post Office awarded the
CBRE Group Inc. a contract to be the sole marketer of USPS properties.
Feinstein’s husband, Richard Blum, just so hap... more »
It’s time for Glenn Kessler to fact-check O’Reilly!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013*
*O’Reilly keeps pouring it on:* Last night, Bill O’Reilly just kept pouring
it on. With the apparent help of Jon Stewart!
On a typical evening, roughly 5 million people watch one of O’Reilly’s
three broadcasts on Fox. (His program airs at 8 PM, 11 PM and 4 AM
Eastern.)
Last night, in O’Reilly’s opening monologue, those five million people saw
Jon Stewart used to advance a bogus claim about the IRS. O’Reilly just kept
pouring it on, helped along by edited tape of Stewart!
Here’s how this gong-show came down:
On Monday evening’s Daily Show, Stewart opened ... more »
So what exactly is a "free range" chicken...
*and other info you can use.*
Since I began working in a grocery store, I've been really reading up on
claims made on food packages. My personal favorite is "gluten free." It
seems everyone is suddenly unable to tolerate gluten. Makes me wonder what
the hell they've been eating for the past 50 or 60 years. While we try to
stick to a wheat free diet around here (which naturally eliminates gluten),
most "gluten free" packaged food is chock full of crappy alternatives.
"All natural" is another one that makes me chuckle. Arsenic is "all
natural", but I'm not planning on having a ... more »
BREAK FROM BLOGING
*First, here is my meta-index for my more substantial posts:*
*
*
*META-INDEX FOR MAJIA'S BLOG *
AWARE AND PRIVATIZATION OF RISK
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/links-aware-and-privatization-of-risk.html
PLUTONOMY AND DISPOSSESSION
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/links-plutonmy-despotism-dispossession.html
FINANCIAL FRAUD, AUSTERITY, AND WAGE COLLAPSE
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/links-financial-fraud-austerity-and.html
BP OIL SPILL http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/links-bp-oil-spill.html
FUKUSHIMA DISASTER, CONTAMINATION, AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS
http... more »
Does China Plan To Back The Yuan With Gold And Make It The Primary Global Reserve Currency?
Michael Snyder
What in the world is China up to? Why are the Chinese hoarding so much
gold? Does China plan to back the yuan with gold and turn it into a global
reserve currency? Could it be possible that China actually intends for the
yuan to eventually replace the U.S. dollar as *the* primary reserve
currency of the planet?
Most people in the Western world assume that China just wants a "seat at
the table" and is content to let the United States run the show. But that
isn't the case at all.
The truth is that China doesn't just want to compete with the United
States. Rather... more »
Monsanto sued by Kansas wheat farmer over release of unapproved GMO wheat in Oregon
Wheat field in Coburg, Oregon
image credit: elias_daniel/Flickr Madison Ruppert
A wheat farmer in Kansas has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto alleging that
the infamous agricultural giant is guilty of gross negligence for not
containing unapproved genetically modified wheat which was recently
discovered in Oregon.
The farmer, Ernest Barnes, said that Monsanto’s GMO wheat has put all of
the United States’ wheat export sales at risk. Meanwhile, Monsanto claims
they have no clue how the “Roundup Ready” strain of wheat ended up in an
Oregon field since they say they abandoned their re... more »
FBI pushes for wiretap-friendly Internet
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A new wiretap bill backed by the FBI has many Internet companies concerned
that this new proposed legislation will open the floodgates to all Internet
communication. The new motion will expand wiretapping designs significantly
and includes the ability for law enforcement to gain access to emails and
features like video chats.
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Will Colorado Senator Who Backed Strict Gun Control Law Face State's First Ever Recall Election?
Daniel Jackson
A Colorado lawmaker who championed some of the strictest gun laws in the
country is now facing a possible recall after concerned citizens turned in
twice the needed petition signatures to initiate the state's first ever
recall election.
Democratic Senate President John Morse sponsored the new gun laws in
Colorado and originally backed an even stricter law that would have made
gun owners liable for damage caused by their weapons. Because of this,
citizens within the state have risen up and are set to possibly remove him
from office.
The Washington Post reported:
... more »
An Obituary for the Left
*CounterPunch* recently carried a lament for *The Silent Death of the
American Left. *It offers useful insights for the gristled remnant of
Canada's once proud political Left that has now fallen happy victim to the
black hole of political compression, the flaccid centrism that afflicts us
today. The question stands for us as well - is there really a Left
movement in Canada any longer?
*There is, of course, a Left ideology, a Left of the mind, a Left of theory
and critique. But is there a Left movement?*
**
*Does the Left exist as an oppositional political, cultural or economic
f... more »
New: Blogger contact form gadget
Blogger has recently added a third party CONTACT FORM gadget to its lists
of gadgets. The contact form is fluid with width conforming to the width of
the section to which it had been added so you don't need to worry over how
wide your contact form should be:
[image: blogger contact form gadget]
There are only 3 fields (boxes) - Name, Email and Message.
To add a contact form, sign into Blogger (Dashboard), click the down arrow
of the drop down menu on the extreme right side, select LAYOUT as shown in
the screenshot below:
[image: Blogger dashboard drop down menu to layout]
At the p... more »
Trial Continues For Military Whistleblower Bradley Manning (Day 2)
*Activist Post*
We have spoken to Nathan Fuller at Bradleymanning.org who has given us
gracious permission to reprint his daily firsthand reports. Day 2 is posted
below. We also will be adding commentary, as well as analyses from other
sources to provide a constant update to what is happening in this essential
trial for whistleblowers and their mission to reveal the truth. As a part
of today's update, we are also including this new trailer released that
includes various celebrities and well-respected media such as Chris Hedges
and Matt Taibbi. "I am Bradley Manning."
*Nathan Ful... more »
ACTION ITEM: No More Excuses
This is stunning.
My personal opinion is that the destruction is not just limited to
mountaintop mining - but probably linked to most every activity that
destroys the earth - to expand fossil fuel production. Cause -
corporations care about profits, corporation do not care about people.
I found it on Crooks and Liars this morning.
*One thing leads to another.*
It is up to us to stop *each and every* thing.
Please sign the petition to Obama to stop mountaintop removal.
Remember - someday you may have a petition, that you need signatures for.
Help others now - so they will help you i... more »
WotW: Preserve Your Child's Masterpiece and Decrease Clutter with Artkive
I have a weird confession to make: I hate paper. I know, I know, that's
weird, but I really hate paper. I don't like how paper stacks up around the
house. I don't like how it gets crumpled and messy. I don't like the way it
feels. So, for my bizarre mind, I love anything electronic that simplifies
and removes the paper from my life. Hence my love for email, ebooks and so
many useful apps.
My daughter, on the other hand, has a pathological love for paper. She
loves the stuff. She steals all sorts of paper – receipts, mail, envelopes
– so she can draw on it later. I'd like to think ... more »
New U.N. Chemical Weapons Report on Syria Blames Assad
*New UN report contradicts the last UN report.*
image source Brandon Turbeville
After having some time to regroup, Western-backed propaganda against the
Assad government of Syria regarding the alleged (and erroneous) claims of
the use of chemical weapons against rebels death squads and civilians has
apparently resumed.
As Reuters reports, “United Nations human rights investigators said on
Tuesday they had “reasonable grounds” to believe that limited amounts of
chemical weapons had been used by government forces in Syria.”
Reuters also states that “In their latest report, based on... more »
The Common Core: Food Edition
Here’s a picture of a letter sent out by a local school working group on
common core. Now, on the whole, I completely support healthier eating
habits for children. I would encourage more physical activity and better
food choices, especially given how predatory fast food marketing is towards
children and their families. It takes a […]
US economy recovery bloom off the rose ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-05/worst-month-mortgage-apps-2009-driving-mass-layoffs
Worst Month For Mortgage Apps Since 2009 Driving Mass Layoffs
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/05/2013 09:07 -0400
- Housing Bubble
- New Home Sales
This morning's 11.5% week-over-week plunge in mortgage applications is the
fourth week of fading demand in a row as it appears the bloom is very much
off the rose of the second-coming of the housing bubble. This makes it the *worst
plunge in mortgage applications since June 2009* and the lowest level of
... more »
Reasonable inferences are not necessarily likely or probable inferences
*R. v. Dwyer,* 2013 ONCA 368 holds:
[4] Reasonable inferences are not necessarily likely or probable
inferences. The inference that is most favourable to the Crown must be
drawn at the preliminary inquiry stage. Difficult inferences to draw may
still nonetheless be reasonable.
Conservatives Can't Keep Up WIth Technological Developments
I wish I could remember his exact quote, but a high school history teacher
impressed me by explaining how technological achievements galloped way
ahead of society's ability to evolve spiritually, intellectually and
morally to deal with those achievements. He said it so elegantly though. In
her book, Murder in the Name of Honor, journalist/activist Rana Husseini
makes a similar point about backward, morally-primitive conservatives and
how they relate to women. Last weekend we looked at how horribly
conservatives deal with women... and suddenly the Republican War Against
Women was ... more »
WHAT’S WRONG WITH MSNBC: Pareene speaks!
*WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013 *
*Part 3—Would liberals respond to a fight:* MSNBC’s ratings are down from
last year. At Fox, ratings are up.
Ratings are *not* a measure of quality, as Fox proves night after night.
But people have started to wonder why MSNBC is losing viewers.
Last week, Alex Pareene examined the question under this headline: “What’s
Wrong with MSNBC?” Pareene is one of the last sane observers left at Salon.
We were struck by some of the things the sardonic gentleman said.
In our view, some of Pareene’s observations aren’t entirely on point, which
doesn't mean that the... more »
Susan Rice reaps her reward...
*for lying to the American people.*
*Susan Rice to replace Donilon as national security adviser*
Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador who drew criticism for her initial account
of the Benghazi terror attack, has been promoted to national security
adviser, a senior White House official confirmed to Fox News.
[...] Rice went on five Sunday shows after the attack and claimed it was
triggered by protests over an anti-Islam film, an explanation many
lawmakers said at the time was inaccurate. The administration later
acknowledged there were no protests on the ground in Benghazi, though they ... more »
"You know those Conservatives burnt a few bridges"
Overhead at the drug store:
"You know those Conservatives burnt a few bridges. I think the Liberals are
back in next time."
"Well I didn't want to hear it but seems Harper is just as bad as that last
one the Libs had. But I like the boy Trudeau. He seems honest. Young though
but we need that"
"Yup. Look at the old crooks in the Senate. Time for young people. And time
to get rid of that Senate"
"Did you get in any fishing last week ,,,"
Saving DC Schools with Catastrophe Innovation!
Emma Brown in The Washington Post offers an important window into schools
reform occurring (ad infinitum) in Washington DC: D.C. Council member David
A. Catania plans to announce wide-ranging legislation Tuesday that could
substantially reshape the city’s public education system, as he seeks to
increase funding to educate poor children, give more power to principals,
[…]
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Russ Ortiz, 39. Not a bad pitcher in his prime, although
his Wins/quality seems fairly high. And then two years after the Giants
gave him a way for two guys who never worked out, he went from Atlanta to
Arizona...and fell off a cliff. And yet he managed to hang around for at
least parts of five more seasons, and more than 50 more starts, despite
never again doing better than an 82 ERA+. Anyway, he was fun to root for.
Oh, the good stuff:
1. Ross Douthat takes on conservative libertarians. Interesting.
2. While Conor Friedersdorf really doesn't like elite-bashing b... more »
Why “Reform” Failed: Part Two of James Paul Gee and The Anti-Education Era
James Paul Gee’s The Anti-Education Era uses cognitive science to explain
in a nuanced manner why test-driven reform has failed. This second post on
Gee’s subtle analysis will help explain why “reformers” and others have
failed to improve public schools. A third post will present Gee’s thoughts
on improving education. Gee explains that “formal education […]
A Junk Decision on Warrantless DNA Collection
Hanni Fakhoury & Jennifer Lynch
*EFF*
You lost some important Fourth Amendment protection when the Supreme Court
ruled yesterday in Maryland v. King that the police can take a DNA sample
from an arrestee without a search warrant for purposes of general law
enforcement rummaging.
The court was reviewing the constitutionality of Maryland's practice of
collecting DNA from all arrestees -- without a search warrant or any
individualized suspicion that the DNA will lead to evidence of a crime.
Maryland is not alone in this practice; 28 states and the federal government all
do the same ... more »
The Racist War on Weed
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Ed Steer's Gold and silver Report - June 5 , 2013 .... Data from June 4th , News and Views...
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/reserve-bank-of-india-nears-panic-in-its-war-against-gold
Reserve Bank of India Nears Panic in Its War Against Gold
Jun
*5*
- Yesterday in Gold and Silver
- Critical Reads
- The Funnies
- The Wrap
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"Another day...and another sell-off back below the $1,400 spot price mark
in gold."
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
The gold price traded sideways until shortly after 1:00 p.m. Hong Kong
time...and then began to sell off...with the low of the day [$1,387.90
spot] coming shortly before the London close at 4:00 p.m. BST...or 11:0... more »
Bill Clinton vents on Obama ! White House Insiders tell New York Times they wish Eric Holder would get lost ! White house scandals will remain in the forefront as GOP will continue chinese water torture of multiple Hearings - especially as the Hearings are hurting Poll numbers for Obama , Hillary so far .....
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Bill Clinton vents on Obama.....
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/gets_hill_bullied_EjhPAdD8Ati7RRkMlNqHbM
Obama was pushed by Clintons into endorsement of Hillary in 2016: book
- By EDWARD KLEIN
- Last Updated: 9:12 AM, June 2, 2013
- Posted: 11:07 PM, June 1, 2013
EXCLUSIVE
President Obama made a secret deal to support Hillary Clinton when she runs
for president in 2016, campaign sources say, payback for the support her
husband gave him in 2012.
Bill Clinton’s animosity toward Obama is legendary. A year before the last
election, he was urging Hillary to challenge ... more »
John Kerry taks cr*p
'Now, some are wary because of Israel’s experience following the withdrawal
of Gaza and Lebanon. You have no idea how many times I hear people say, “We
withdrew from Lebanon, we withdrew from Gaza, and what did we get? We got
rockets.” Well, folks, it’s worth remembering these withdrawals were
unilateral. They were not part of a negotiated peace treaty that included
strong guarantees for Israel’s security, and they certainly weren’t part of
a peace agreement that agrees to be a demilitarized state or entity.'
That's from a speech made by US Secretary of State John Kerry and quoted ... more »
California Senate Approves Industrial Hemp Bill
VoteHemp.org image Phillip Smith
A bill that would set up provisions for growing industrial hemp in the
Golden State passed the state Senate Tuesday on a unanimous vote. It now
heads to the state Assembly.
The current bill, Senate Bill 566, was written to assuage the concerns
Brown expressed in his 2011 veto message. It will not take effect until
hemp production is authorized under federal law. Hemp bills have passed out
of the legislature in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2011, only to fall prey
to gubernatorial vetoes. Vetoes have come under both Democratic and
Republican governor... more »
It's All About Money
The standard narrative on Nigel Wright seems to be that he is a straight
arrow who took one for the boss. But Linda McQuaig suggests that narrative
is what the Harperites would like you to believe. The truth is more
complicated:
Less attention has been paid to Wright’s role as one of the Harper
Conservatives’ top bagmen.
In addition to being a key player in Stephen Harper’s rise to power and the
push to “unite the right” a decade ago, Wright, a Bay Street insider who
served as managing director of the powerful private equity firm Onex, has
been deeply involved in the money side o... more »
Rep. Jim McDermott's...
*outrageous behavior.*
*Rep. Jim McDermott: Making the same argument for tyranny that was made 244
years ago…*
Computex: Windows-Android Hybrids and phablets Instigate
A laptop running both Windows 8 and Android; a 6in smartphone and a hybrid
mouse-touchpad are some of the devices to have been unveiled ahead of the
launch of Computex. Other launches incorporated the first PCs to feature
Intel's new processor, codenamed Haswell. It added that it believed tablet
shipments would grow by 58.7% over the same period, putting them on course
to overtake PCs by 2015.
The incident comes a week after researchers recommended PC sales were
declining faster than had been thought. IDC predicted that shipments of
personal computers including both desktops an... more »
Nader - "American fascism" - A Real Problem
From an interview with Nader on Democracy Now
So we’ve got a real problem here. It’s not too extreme to call *our system
of government now "American fascism."* It’s the control of government by
big business, which Franklin Delano Roosevelt defined in 1938 as fascism.
And they control the government and turn the government to their
favor—subsidies, handouts, giveaways, deferred prosecutions,
non-prosecutions—and against the American people. And minimum wage is just
one. You have full Medicare for all, which a majority of doctors and the
American people want, with free choice of doc... more »
A note about BZ Riger donations
Please send BZ Riger donations directly to her account at Paypal
bz@in-spiros.com. I will be gone for a few days.
Seek Self - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Seek Self
*Seek Self*
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*Seek the wisdom*
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*Seek the strength*
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*Seek the knowledge*
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*That is already within yourSelf*
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*Seek not the words of others*
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*Listen in the silence*
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*Hear that which forms the words*
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*Feel that which gives life to all living things *
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*Trust in your own innate abilities*
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*Trust in your Self*
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*As you would trust in God*
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*For God has sanctioned Self to act on It's Behalf*
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*Self is the link to All There Is*
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*As well as the link to your human heart*
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*Self links you to God*
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*Self links you to your humanity*
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*Self links to ... more »
Missouri Sends ALEC to Congress
It's evident people aren't listening to the messages
Jason Smith Wins Missouri 8th Congressional District Special Election
Posted on June 4, 2013 by Julian Stolz
Republican Missouri State House Speaker Pro Tempore Jason Smith has
defeated his Democrat opponent, State Representative Steve Hodges in the
special election to replace former Congresswoman Jo Ann Emmerson. Ms.
Emmerson resigned from Congress in February in order to take a position as
President of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
SNIP
In addition to being one of the youngest members of Congress (he’s 32... more »
BRIAR MacLEAN
Briar MacLean, 13, saved a kid from a knife attack.
He was then reprimanded.
*13yr old Reprimanded By School For Saving Kid From Knife Attack *
SLIME LOSING THE WAR
*Gen Slime Idriss of the F*** Syrian Army*
General Slime Idriss, the military chief of the F*ck Syria Army, says his
men are ready to fight Hezbollah militants inside neighbouring Lebanon.
Gen Slime told the BBC-MI6 that his forces were not losing the war, despite
recent setbacks showing that they were losing the war.
Early on Wednesday Syrian state TV claimed that government forces had
gained full control of Qusair.
There was no way of immediately verifying the claim, which was also
reported by Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV channel.
Turkey Shaking It Up
This is obviously useful as I expect just about no one cares much for the
Turkish political scene. I have been uncomfortable regarding the shift in
emphasis under Erdogan away from secularism, which I consider dangerous in
any country that operates under democratic principles. It becomes an easily
trod path to violent repression as we have seen repeated over and over
again.
I want to see governments specifically avoid the whole story line. Failure
to do so as we have now seen in Turkey is toying for chaos. What has
happened here is that a large number of the electors have ... more »
Farming the Seafloor Successfully
Let us make life simple. The bottom trawlers have effectively mined the
seafloor and destroyed their fishing stacks pretty where everywhere. I
suspect that we are now coming up to the end game in which there is simply
no where for them to go at all. This item does tell us that repeated
dragging has nicely leveled a huge amount of sea floor. This opens the
door to planned exploitation.
That actually great news because the interests vested in the failing
solution are going elsewhere anyway. This allows a new sustainable
solution to be established.
Better, modern te... more »
Straw Bale Gardening Surprises
This is actually huge news and a direct commercial solution to a major
problem. Grain production produces an awful lot of straw for which there
has ever been a scant market. How we have a natural home for all of it.
This will put it squarely into the private garden. It is just too easy
and too useful. You have to manage the watering and that is the definition
of private gardening. Better yet it is a natural way to produce robust
yields without fighting an unending weed problem.
I particularly like potatoes here. The roots spread downward and fill up
the bale with p... more »
Household Bank and Ditch
This is an artificial bank and ditch system modeled after its Indian
ancestors. It is highly productive particularly if it can be kept warm
somehow. Rather obviously, such a system can rack growing trays on top of
the tank itself. The ongoing biological activity would easily preserve the
integrity of the system.
I would go further and ensure that the growing medium held one percent in
biochar to ensure a stable nutrient balance. Any soil losses into the tank
can be ultimately recycled back into the beds easily. At least no one is
having to stand in a ditch and shovel w... more »
Untitled
*Lawmakers approve bill, opening door for RTA to run ferries ~Meg Gatto,
WVUE**~Bag of Donuts + Algiers Brass Band today at Wednesdays on the Point!*
*~Tonight: a rally to save the ferries*
*50-50 chance Gulf system will develop ~WWL*
*Landrieu challenges Senate on flood insurance increases ~Jordan Bloom, The
Advocate*
*Clara Gerica: Proprietor and market vendor,Pete & Clara's Seafood ~Ian
McNulty, Gambit*
*Judge: Feds must redo red snapper seasons*
*STORMPROOF: Open International Design Competition for Building Resilient
Cities*
*HA! HA! BP can't handle da'twoof of Caveat emptor... more »
An Interview with Diane Klein, Author of "In The Name Of Health"
*The Side Effects Radio Host interviews Diane Klein author of "In the Name
of Help".*
Is it possible that a stranger could step into another person’s life and
take it over completely? Could a stranger gain the legal right to dictate
where another person will live and what medical treatment he will be given?
Could they then cause that person to be lost for years, or even a lifetime,
in an abyss of mental hospitals and board and care facilities?
Author, educator and activist Diane Klein is our guest today on "Side
Effects Radio" talking about her book "In the Name of Help" which... more »
Maldacena, Susskind: any entanglement is a wormhole of a sort
*...more precisely, EPR is equivalent to ER...*
Juan Maldacena and Leonard Susskind wrote a cool paper attacking the
horizons of our current understanding of quantum gravity which may look
convoluted if not entangled to many readers, which may swallow your
attention like a black hole, and which is called
Cool horizons for entangled black holes.
I suppose that the paper was created after Juan Maldacena explained to
Lenny Susskind why his recent pro-firewall paper was wrong. Both Maldacena
and Susskind have thought about similar things for quite some time but
there are many reasons –... more »
Michael Adebolajo speaks
That's one of the Woolwich terror suspects, Michael Adebolajo, filmed in
2009 at a demonstration against the English Defence League in Harrow. A
demonstration held on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist
atrocity. If you can't catch the words, here they are:
'Allahu akbar. There is no god but Allah, Mohammed is the Messenger of
Allah. We are not scared of kuffar. My brothers, remain in your ranks and
do not be scared of these filthy kuffar. They are pigs. They are worse than
cattle. Allahu akbar. There is no god but Allah, Mohammed is the Messenger
of Allah.'
Ah pigs and ... more »
Mining 22: Philippines as EITI Candidate
A friend, Stephen Cutlet, caught my attention to this press statement by US
Ambassador to the Philippines, Harry Thomas, Jr. In a message , *Congratulations,
Philippines: Raising the Bar on ExtractiveResources Transparency and
Accountability*, the Ambassador said,
*… On May 22, I was pleased to see the Philippines became a candidate
member at the latest Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Global Conference held in Sydney, Australia. EITI is a voluntary
international system through which governments reaffirm their commitment to
accountability and transparency for... more »
Just Let Them Play!
Tonight the Bands at our little school will give their final concert
performance “The Concert in the Park”, which is actually a concert held on
the front lawn of the school. Along with a chicken barbecue dinner, this
event is one of the best attended in the community. It occurs to me that
the top […]
PROTESTS IN IRAN
Iran's presidential elections are due to take place in June 2013.
On 4 June 2013, tens of thousands of Iranians took part in the funeral of a
senior *dissident* cleric in Isfahan.
This turned into the biggest anti-government protest for years, the BBC
reports.
*Iran dissident's funeral turns into anti-government protest*
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The protesters chanted against the government and the supreme leader,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for the "death to the dictator."
They chanted "The political prisoners must freed" and "Mousavi and Karroubi
must be freed."
Mousavi and Karroubi are the le... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Have you ever hiked the Queen's Garden trail in Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA,
planet Earth? Walking along that path in this dark night skyscape, you can
almost imagine your journey continues along the pale, luminous Milky Way.
Of course, the name for our galaxy, the Milky Way (in Latin, Via Lactea),
does refer to its appearance as a milky band or path in the sky. In fact,
the word galaxy itself derives from the Greek for milk.
*Click image for larger size.*
Visible on moonless nights from dark sky areas, though not so bright or
quite so colorful as in this image, the glowing cel... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Tours, Centre, France. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, “In The Sweet By And By”
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*“In The Sweet By And By”*
by Chet Raymo
“In the Bahamas there's a saying: Everbody wanna go to hebben, but nobody
wanna die. I suppose you could find the same expression anywhere in the
world. It's one of those universal axioms, a cognitive dissonance the human
species has learned to live with. We want to live forever, but there's
always that nagging fear that death is final. When someone comes along
promising eternal life, we are quick to jump on board, to buy into the
program, to make our Pascal's Wager with a generous tithe. The Keys of the
Kingdom have always been the ul... more »
Paulo Coelho, “The Chess Game”
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*“The Chess Game”*
by Paulo Coelho
“A young man said to the abbot from the monastery of Melk: "I’d actually
like to be a monk, but I haven’t learned anything in life. All my father
taught me was to play chess, which does not lead to enlightenment. Apart
from that, I learned that all games are a sin."
"They may be a sin but they can also be a diversion, and who knows, this
monastery needs a little of both," was the reply. The abbot asked for a
chess board, sent for a monk and told him to play the young man. But before
the game began, he added: "Although we need diversion, we ... more »
UP Alumni Among New Senators
Someone posted in Taga UP Diliman Ka Kung (TUPDKK) facebook group that
there will be a mini UP alumni reunion at the CCP, aka induction of the new
Senators of the Philippines. I got curious, how many of the 12 new senators
are from the University of the Philippines (UP)?
I checked Wikipedia, went through the brief bio of all the new Senators,
especially their university education, and here’s what I got, arranged
alphabetically among UP alumni first, then the non-UP alumni.
2013 Elections
1. Sonny Angara, UPD, Law
2. Nancy Binay, UPD, tourism
3. Alan Cayetano, UPD, Pol Sci
4. Chiz E... more »
Censoring history lessons to stop Muslim children being offended
To the schools who hold back on the teaching about the holocaust in case
learning of the deaths of millions of Jews offends Muslim pupils or their
parents, we can now add this news:
'Out of consideration for immigrants of Turkish background teachers in a
Vienna elementary school have been advised to no longer cover the topic in
their teaching. Whoever does not comply is threatened with being
transferred, reports the newspaper Krone. After all the Turks could feel
insulted when they are reminded of their defeats. The Turkish wars are of
major significance for Austrian history, howeve... more »
Today's Audience Just Got Google Glass!
The ex-Taking Heads musician, David Byrne now opens his shows encouraging
folk to take pictures, film and record and share on YouTube, but to only
post the good recordings. In his book ‘How Music Works’ he describe that
cathartic moment when he stopped trying to fight concert recording and
embraced them as a way of marketing the show and his music.
The guardian reports this week on concert pianists, Krystian Zimerman’s
reaction to being filmed during a performance. He was so annoyed over
seeing a member of the audience filming him perform he asked the audience
member, "Would you pl... more »
Photos
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John Vachon[image: Nikos Economopoulos View profile GREECE. Macedonia
region. Near the town of Thessalonica. Gypsy camp. 1994.]
Nikos Economopoulos, Gypsy camp in Greece 1994.
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Jakarta
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Port-au-Prince, 1994. © Alex Webb
David Gross on youth, revolutions, conservatives, QM, QFT, QCD, ST, multiverse etc.
Wired has reprinted an interview of Simons Science News with David Gross:
Nobel Laureate Says Physics Is in Need of a Revolution
Well, I don't think that the title accurately summarizes what Gross said.
He mentioned that he was attracted to physics as a kid, partly by
Einstein's and Infeld's book when he was 13. He gives some clues to the
interviewer about the meaning of quantum mechanics, fields, quantum fields,
asymptotic freedom, and so on.
His adviser Geoffrey Chew has ordered Gross to spark a new revolution by
showing that quantum field theory is fundamentally wrong and one nee... more »
Pol. Ideology 41: Engage Government or Not; Minarchy or Anarchy
A friend in facebook, David Shellenberger, is among the advocates of
anarchy or "zero authority" or "no ruler" or simply zero government. He
maintains a blog, http://www.daveshellenberger.com/.
The libertarian or classical liberal philosophy is mainly divided between
the advocates of anarchy and minarchy. The latter advocates
"limited/minimal government". I belong to the latter philosophy. I believe
there is one important function for government, and that is to promulgate
the rule of law when non-government and civil society form of arbitration
fails.
Today, David posted a news art... more »
Freedom of the Press Foundation - Bradley Manning trial transcripts online
Bradley Manning is the US Army private who released tonnes of cables and
other documentation to Wikileaks, and the Collateral Murder video of a
helicopter gunship (computer game-like) shooting civilians, journalists and
children in cold blood. For this he's facing the treason charge of AIDING
THE ENEMY.
*The US military has refused to release transcripts of Bradley Manning's
trial. In addition, they've denied press passes to 270 out of the 350 media
organizations that applied. *
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* *In response, Freedom of the Press Foundation has crowd-sourced funding
to place a professional sten... more »
June 4, 1973
The Senate Watergate hearings resumed after a long recess. There are plenty
of important witnesses, but it's clear both inside the White House and
outside that John Dean, scheduled soon, will be the star witness -- and
will implicate the president in the cover-up.
So today Richard Nixon starts a more serious preparation: for the next
week, he listens to hours and hours of the White House tapes. More people
are learning of the tapes; in the new White House, it's not restricted to
just the chief of staff, but in addition to Al Haig, Ron Zeigler now learns
of the tapes, as does WH coun... more »
Father's Day Giveaway (3 Massage Giftcards)
The last little while and with Father's Day being this month, I have been
reflecting on my relationship with my Dad. A little while ago I was
struggling with a problem, one that wasn't important in the grand scheme of
things, but I was still really frustrated. My dad who wasn't even in the
same country as me at the time, kept calling to see what he could do on his
end and what progress I had made. I couldn't help but think of how lucky I
am. How lucky we are for the Dads in our lives, care about our problems big
and small.
My husband often says he thinks it is silly to celebrate... more »
Your moment of Zen
In recognition of the current Game of Thrones angst. Awesome photoshop via
Joseph Werner.
INDEX: SOME BLOGS I FOLLOW
A Tiny Revolution http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/
Bobby's Blog: Optimal Prediction http://optimalprediction.com/wp/
Documenting Ian Blog http://ianthomasash.blogspot.jp/
Enenews http://enenews.com/
Enformable Nuclear News http://enformable.com/
Enviro-Reporter reporting on Southern Ca http://www.enviroreporter.com/
Ex-SKF http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/
Fukushima Dairy http://fukushima-diary.com/
Fukushima Faq http://www.fukushimafaq.info/
Fukushima Voice http://fukushimavoice-eng.blogspot.com/?m=1
Global Research http://www.globalresearch.ca/
LyndaLovon's musings on science... more »
The European Under 21 Championships
The European Under 21 Championships are being held in Israel. The BBC in their
preview don't show a map of Israel so we can learn where the four venues
are, this is unusual as I remember the BBC showing maps of previous
tournament hosts. I'll leave you to decide why the BBC don't show a map of
Israel.
The European Under 21 Championships in Israel are being played at four
venues:
Bloomfield Stadium (Tel Aviv). Capacity 14,400 Netanya Stadium (Netanya).
Capacity 13,800 HaMoshava Stadium (Petah Tivka). Capacity 11,500 Teddy
Stadium (Jerusalem). Capacity 30,000
I'm sure most people h... more »
Syria Government declares it has regained full control of Qusayr - if accurate , the West and GCC are rapidly reaching a moment of truth , truth or dare choice ......
http://debka.com/article/23019/Large-US-Marine-force-lands-in-Aqaba-to-deploy-on-Jordanian-Syrian-border
( War going badly for Rebels , only hope is US / West intervention... )
A large American military force disembarked Tuesday, June 4, at the
southern Jordanian port of Aqaba - ready for deployment on the kingdom’s
Syrian border,DEBKAfile’s exclusive military sources report. The force made
its way north along the Aqaba-Jerash-Ajilon mountain road bisecting Jordan
from south to north, under heavy Jordanian military escort.
Our sources disclose that this American force numbers 1,000 t... more »
How Far We've Fallen
Enenews today had an important story from Kyodo:
Enenews: Kyodo: 27 Fukushima minors with confirmed or suspected thyroid
cancer — Almost tripled since last report in February
Fukushima survey lists 12 confirmed, 15 suspected thyroid cancer casesKyodo News June 5, 2013
An ongoing study on the impact of radiation on Fukushima residents from the
crippled atomic power plant has found 12 minors with confirmed thyroid
cancer diagnoses, up from three in a report in February, with 15 others
suspected to have cancer, up from seven, sources familiar with the matter
said Tuesday. [...] Res... more »
Muslim Brotherhood Takes The Side of Criminal Erdoğan Against Peaceful Protesters
The Egyptian-based Muslim Brotherhood, which so far has been the biggest
beneficiary of the Arab Spring in Egypt, is against the people protesting
in Turkey for their freedoms and their beliefs because they are protesting
against a self-proclaimed Islamic leader. Here is an excerpt from the
article, *"Brotherhood leaders slam Turkey protestors"*:
Several Muslim Brotherhood leaders accused Turkish protesters of receiving
foreign funds from entities which they claim "want to make the highly
successful Islamic project fail".
They said the crisis in Turkey is not really about the devel... more »
Prime Minister Abe declares he will slay deflation , third arrow underwhelms ....... maybe Abe should just declare he will " Destroy All Deflation Monsters " ?
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-04/abes-deflation-slaying-third-arrow-underwhelms
Abe's Deflation-Slaying Third-Arrow Underwhelms
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/04/2013 23:53 -0400
- Japan
- Monetary Policy
- Nikkei
*UPDATE: *Well that escalated quickly... NKY -450 from Abe spike highs, JPY
cracked back under 100 ( 80 pips from Abe spike), JGBs surging
For about 2 minutes there it looked as if we were back on track and by the
power of jawbone alone, Abe could lift... more »
McCain Vs The Wacko Birds
McCain seems pretty bitter. Just 13 years younger than the recently
departed Frank Lautenberg, McCain is fighting with everyone these days.
Determined to start one more war before he dies, he's especially bitter
that Republicans he and Lindsey Graham have dubbed "the wacko birds" are
blocking his attempts to involve the U.S. in a war with Iran via Syria.
Yesterday on CBS he expressed his displeasure that Darrell Issa, himself a
serial car thief and arsonist-for-pay, called White House Press Secretary
Jay Carney a "paid liar," something most right-wing groups are applauding.
But it... more »
Creator of 'The Wire' David Simon On The War on Drugs
Watch: *The House I Live In*, "documentary about the human rights
implications of the war on drugs -- the longest conflict in U.S. history,
and the least winnable" (PBS).
An excerpt from the video below (David Simon speaking about the war on
drugs as a war on the poor)
"I'm not entirely unconvinced that it is not largely intended as a war on
the poor now. I'm not sure that we can distinguish anymore. It may have
begun a long time ago as a war on dangerous drugs, but at some point it
morphed to the point where it was really about social control. At this
point, it's about doing... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Your Choice
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
Teenage Guest Post: Hey, Inept Test Maker!
This is a guest post. I have been busy traveling lately and haven’t had
the energy or the sustained time to really write anything. (Spoiler alert:
Except for pieces of the new book!) So here is a post from a debut
blogger. She’s my daughter, Kayla! A friend of hers smuggled a writing
benchmark question […]
SD DEMS to Fight ALEC in the Media - PLS HELP
I have written several entries about what happened in South Dakota this
past spring.
They put forth a ruling from their legislative executive committee – that
paid ALEC dues for EVERY member of the legislature – forcing DEMS to belong
to ALEC.
Their legislative executive committee forced the state to pay for
attendance to ALEC meetings - when we all know that corporate scholarships
- pay 100% of the costs to ALEC meetings.
One ALEC legislator (probably Peters) had the balls to say something to the
affect of:
Now you can't use ALEC against us in the campaigns.”
WELL
South Dakota... more »
ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: The Socialist Calculation Debate
Looks like the Auckland Uni Economics Group will have an interesting
discussion on their hands tomorrow night. Here’s what’s planned:
[image: Holidays_in_other_peoples_misery]One of the great economic
controversies of the twentieth century was known as the Socialist
Calculation Debate—drawing in thinkers and economists from Vienna to
Moscow, and from Warsaw to Chicago—andwhich included at its climax a joke
whose punchline was “New Zealand.”
Soviet leader Nikita Kruschev entered the debate in 1956 by banging his
shoe on the podium at the U.N., telling the west: "History is on o... more »
Biased ALEC Economic Report - Based on Extreme Partisan Variables
This headline on Google Search has been bugging me for over a week - - so I
finally decided to open up the article.
And what a gold mine it proved to be.
*Texas, Red States Beat Blue States On Jobs, Growth*
I have repeatedly written that the economic report released by ALEC if
partisan and biased in it’s methodology and it’s results and this article
confirms that.
*Texas, Red States Beat Blue States On Jobs, Growth*
… according to the latest annual report on state economic performance
released Thursday by the American Legislative Exchange Council.
The ALEC report also find... more »
Global March Against The Media
The *global march against Monsanto* was *blacked out* by the* *global
corporate occupation media, especially its branch in the United States.
There is a protest going on in England against the annual and secretive
Bilderberg conference, which is also being blacked out. Members of the
press *aren't allowed to ask questions* to the guests of the conference.
Many of the people who are attending Bilderberg are high-level policy
makers, elected leaders, and media owners.
It is important to march against Bilderberg and Monsanto, but as long as
they are protected by a complicit and corr... more »
Socialism Illustrated
Looking for a cartoon to accompany the ad for tomorrow night’s Econ Group,
I found this:
Perfect, don’t you think?
[Hat tip Mark J. Perry]
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Great New Article By John Kaminski: Begging To Be Holocausted!
As I stated in last Sunday's rant, I have been an avid reader of a great
truth seeker, John Kaminski, for years now.... It was through John that I
came to realize that the gloves really do have to come off, and the
criminals behind the ruination of our world, the Jews, must be named by
name... No more of this "Zionist" or "New World Order" crap... It is the
JEWS.....
John just released his latest article over at The Rebel website, at
www.therebel.org, and it is a must see by everyone..... I have that
article, entitled: "Begging To Be Holocausted" right here in its entirety,
and I d... more »
"I thank God there is no God to see what we've done to the world" ("part-time pessimist" Charles Simic)
*"Recently a reviewer complained that my new book of poems is much too
preoccupied with death. He appeared to suggest that I ought to be more
upbeat, dispensing serene wisdom in the autumn of my life, instead of
reminding readers every chance I get of their mortality. Just you wait, I
said to myself, till you reach my age and start going to funerals of your
friends. Nobody warns us about that when we are young, and even if they
ever did, it goes in one ear and out the other."*
*-- poet and essayist Charles Simic, in a
NYRB blogpost,* "Looking It in the Face"
*by Ken*
I'm not much ... more »
FHA might face previously undisclosed 115 billion loss meaning taxpayers get raked over coals again - another hairball comes from the Obama White House
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-04/taxpayers-could-face-previously-undisclosed-115-billion-losses-fha
Taxpayers Could Face (Previously Undisclosed) $115 Billion Losses From FHA
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In yet another hit for both the administration's trustworthiness and the
hope of some spin-off of the GSEs, the WSJ reports that the *Federal
Housing Administration's projected losses over 30 years could reach as high
as $115 billion unde... more »
MLB reportedly to seek suspensions for Ryan Braun and A-Rod , up to twenty players - 100 game suspensions on deck for Braun and A-Rod ?This helps to explain comments from Yanks Brass and Ownership concerning A-Rod over the past few days .......
MLB Reportedly Seeking to Suspend Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun and Up to 20
Others
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Major League Baseball reportedly is preparing to take an unprecedented
stand against performance-enhancing drugs.
According to ESPN's John Buccigross, the network's *Outside the Lines *program
has learned MLB is preparing to suspend Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun and
others involved with the Biogenesis sc... more »
WM - Center bitcoin Exchange seized by US Government .... US Labor Department tried to fleece AP for a million for information required by FOIA rules to be provided essentially without cost.....Lawlessness of US Drone policy coming home like chickens to roost ?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/03/ibragim-todashev-drones-policy-obama
The shooting of Ibragim Todashev: is the lawlessness of Obama's drone
policy coming home?
Once a state gets used to abusing the rights of foreigners in distant
lands, it's almost inevitable it will import the habit
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‘Under the Obama doctrine, innocent until prove... more »
Coonley House, by Frank Lloyd Wright
[image: Image Gallery]Built in 1907, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Avery Coonley
House went on sale a couple of years ago and sold for nearly US$3 million.
More importantly, the sale allowed pictures of the masterpiece in its
current state to leak out to the internet.
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It seems that apart from some previous owner having severed the link
between the main house and the bedroom wing (which is a very big “apart
from”!) the remaining “main house” is looking in tip-top shape.
Almost as beautiful as the day it was born!
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Architect Garret Eain offers ... more »
Europe Updates - June 1 , 2013 .... Greece , Cyprus , Italy , Spain , France , Ireland and Germany in focus....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/eunatics-eunuchs-confidence-in-euro-up-to-89-4/
EUNATICS & EUNUCHS: Confidence in euro up to 89.4%…
…as Greek youth unemployment heads for 70%
[image: cahn]*Sir Andrew Cahn…”EU has generated prosperity”*
*That’s what Reuters says. Which just goes to show you how utterly
pointless confidence indicators are when you use a sample of incurably
optimistic clowns who caused most of the trouble in the first place. We can
‘put Cyprus behind us’, say there hasn’t been a suicide in Athens for 36
hours, or rejoice at the coming of the Carneyvore to the Ban... more »
Moral Mondays
It started with 5 or 6 people getting arrested at the North Carolina
statehouse a few weeks ago. Every Monday since it's grown until yesterday,
about 150 were deliberately arrested by NC statehouse security and over a
thousand demonstrators were massed outside to protest the real life tyranny
of Republicans ramrodding their insane agenda through the legislature.
The craziest stuff makes the national news but it's bigger than just trying
to establish a state religion. They've decimated the public school system,
they're destroying the social safety net, criminalizing poverty,
dismant... more »
Monsanto Fails in Europe
Great article on *Truthout today*
*I envy the citizens of Europe. *
*Lobbying And GMO Giant Monsanto Buckles In Europe*
But now it [Monsanto] threw in the towel in Europe – where its genetically
modified seeds have faced stiff resistance at every twist and turn. Even
its deep corporate pockets and mastery of lobbying have failed: “It’s
counterproductive to fight against windmills,” its spokesman told the
Tageszeitung.
“We won’t lobby any longer for cultivation in Europe,” Brandon Mitchener,
Monsanto’s public affairs lead for Europe, told the Tageszeitung.
Monsanto’s largest Europe... more »
Harkins’ “Strengthening Corporate Control of Schools Act for 2013″
This new re-write of ESEA is more similar to NCLB than just the 1000+ pages
of corporate lawyerese used to maintain and extend the current power
structure over schools. Most of the specifics of NCLB stay in place, and
where they are changed, they reflect changes found in RTTT. It is, yet,
another document written […]
US " accidentally " uploads secret Israeli missile base plans......Israel intelligence criticized regarding Syria War status and current event relating to same .....
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-outs-secret-israeli-base-2013-6
US Accidentally Uploads Secret Israeli Missile Base Plans To Public Website
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The Federal Business Opportunities website clearly says "Do not upload ANY
classified materials" — but somehow U.S. government employees uploaded at
least 1,000 pages of classified Israeli plans for a missile base.
The blunder knocked Israeli officials for a loop, reports Sheera Frankel of
McClatchy:
"If ... more »
LITERATURE / Ron Jacobs : Crime Fiction and Capitalist Reality
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Crime fiction and capitalist reality
Noir does not pretend that the society its protagonists operate in is
worth saving. It's just the only one we have.
By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / June 4, 2013
The novel is generally acknowledged to be a bourgeois form of
literature. It wasn't until there were enough literate people with time
for leisurely reading that this
Negligence
Haiti: mistakes plus negligence equals death -- New Internationalist
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— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) June 4, 2013
Page with 'Stop Harper' sign fired from Senate Two Years Ago .... (Canada should have listened!)
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*Two years ago, June 3, 2011, a Senate page was fired for holding a "Stop
Harper" sign during the government's throne speech. *
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**Too bad more Canadians did not heed her warning ......*
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Al Jazeera Spreads Propaganda For Violent Jihadist Extremists In Syria And Iraq
*For Al Jazeera, blood sells. And it is doing everything in its power to
make sure business continues to grow.*
Al Jazeera's role in inciting violence and instability in countries like
Syria, Libya, and Iraq is well documented. Other media companies have also
been guilty of this practice. Here is video of *ordinary Syrians telling a
BBC reporter* to stop lying and misreporting about events in their country.
In late April, the Iraqi government *revoked Al Jazeera's license* because
of its involvement in inciting extremists to violence. Al Jazeera feigns
ignorance, denying its re... more »
Guest Post: Why My Family is Boycotting the State Field Tests
I previously wrote about the NY State Field Tests, in which unsuspecting
students have their learning time hijacked so they can do free research for
Pear$on. This piece, from a fellow member of NYC-based Change the Stakes,
was originally published on Schoolbook. Why My Family is Boycotting the
State Field Tests by Jinnie Spiegler There […]
"Let Me Tell You Why You're Here..."
“Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something.
What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your
entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know
what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.
It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking
about?”
- “Morpheus”, “The Matrix”
“Bill Gross Wakes Up”
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*“Bill Gross Wakes Up”*
by Karl Denninger
"This article is rather amusing; specifically: "Without the assumption of
“carry,” or return over and above the fixed, if mercurial, yield on an
economy’s policy rate (fed funds), then investors would be unwilling to
risk financial capital and a capitalistic economy would die for lack of
oxygen".
How long did it take you to figure this out Bill? Shall I quote from
"Leverage"? "But it is the omission of two fundamental facts and how they
interact that do the real harm to financial understanding by the public.
Specifically:
1. N... more »
The Economy: "An Inconvenient Irony: QE Favors the Rich"
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*"An Inconvenient Irony: QE Favors the Rich"*
by Bill Bonner
"The Dow bounced – up 138 points yesterday. Gold rose $18 per ounce.
Indecisive noise, in other words. Here's something more important. From
"The Econommist": "The most recent figures show that the top 10% of
households own about 91.4% of outstanding stocks and mutual funds, up from
84.5% in 2001. The richest 1% own almost half of all stock and mutual
funds. No surprise then that the recent jump in consumer sentiment recorded
by the University of Michigan was led by the better-off; upper-income
households (the top ... more »
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