Poster for Pink Floyd at the CIA-UFO club, July 28, 1967, by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Caesar salad at Nichols Restaurant in Marina del Rey, California. :Comment: "A far cry from the original ;]]" -- ONE of many variations. See e.g. Doral Chenoweth on this. As an eye-catcher in Caesar salad, it should be replaced by something like this, as soon as available. -- any IP 12:43, 30 July 2007 (UTC) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Musical Interlude: Pink Floyd, “The Dark Side Of The Moon”, full album.
Pink Floyd, “The Dark Side Of The Moon”, full album.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY5winxPMvA
Broad’s Girl Friday in RI, Deb Gist, Looking for the Duncan Bump
If there is an education official in Rhode Island who has earned an Arne
Duncan endorsement, it would have to be Deborah Gist (Broad Class of 2008).
Her ability to ignore those pestering parents, those vomiting children,
those weeping teachers, and those angry grandparents has earned Ms. Gist a
place among the giants of corporate […]
"A Look to the Heavens"
“While most spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, have two or
more spiral arms, NGC 4725 has only one. In this sharp color composite
image, the solo spira mirabilis seems to wind from a prominent ring of
bluish, newborn star clusters and red tinted star forming regions. The odd
galaxy also sports obscuring dust lanes a yellowish central bar structure
composed of an older population of stars.
*Click image for larger size.*
NGC 4725 is over 100 thousand light-years across and lies 41 million
light-years away in the well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices. Computer
sim... more »
Chet Raymo, “Belief and Faith”
* “Belief and Faith”*
by Chet Raymo
“Last week, T. M. Luhrmann, a professor of anthropology at Stanford
University, had an op-ed in the New York Times called "Belief Is the Least
Part of Faith." She is the author of a recent book on American
evangelicals. Here again is someone making a distinction I have a hard time
grasping: the difference between belief and faith. It is a version, I
suppose, of Pascal's wager: I don't know whether God exists or not, but I
choose to live as if he does because the risk of not believing- eternal
hell-fire- is too great.
Luhrmann's evangelicals, ... more »
"We Are Here..."
"We are here on Earth to do good to others.
What the others are here for, I don't know."
- W. H. Auden
Vegan Recipe - Caesar Dressing & 3 Minute Parmesan Cheese
*Do you love Caesar Salad? The traditional version includes non-vegan
ingredients like Worcestershire sauce, anchovy fillets, eggs, and Parmesan
cheese. So when our very own Alicia (who you might know as a frequent
Change The World Wednesday participant) agreed to be this month's guest
chef and sent me this recipe ... well ... I'm pretty sure that even Caesar,
himself, would approve. It includes good-for-you ingredients and a healthy
"Parmesan Cheese". I can't wait to try it out!*
*A huge thanks to Alicia for sharing this recipe with us. I hope that you
and your family enjoy it:*
... more »
The time has come to start counting our monthly WaPo pieces of content
*by Ken*
So now we know when (more or less) and how (give or take) the *Washington
Post* will begin charging for access to its online content. The good news
is that the paper will not limit our ability to search classified
advertising, in case you were worried.
*Publisher’s letter: How the paywall will work*By Katharine Weymouth,
Published: June 5, 2013 at 10:00 am
On June 12, we will begin phasing in our metered subscription model. It
will take us a few weeks to get everyone into the system, but doing that
will allow us to ensure that you have the best possible experience.
Once... more »
"A Wise Man Once said..."
“A wise man once said you can have anything in life if you will sacrifice
everything else for it. What he meant is nothing comes without a price. So
before you go into battle, you better decide how much you’re willing to
lose. Too often, going after what feels good means letting go of what you
know is right, and letting someone in means abandoning the walls you’ve
spent a lifetime building. Of course, the toughest sacrifices are the ones
we don’t see coming, when we don’t have time to come up with a strategy to
pick a side or to measure the potential loss. When that happens, when... more »
War Over Water? Dispute Between Egypt and Ethiopia Over Nile Grows After Violent Threats Made On Egyptian TV
An excerpt from, *"Ethiopia: Halting Dam’s Construction Unthinkable"* by
Marthe van der Wolf (VOA News, June 6, 2013):
Tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia are rising after Ethiopia began
diverting the water of a Nile River tributary to build the continent’s
biggest hydroelectric power plant. Despite criticism from Egypt, Ethiopia
says construction of the dam will proceed.
Ethiopia summoned the Egyptian ambassador this week to demand an
explanation after Egyptian politicians were overheard on a live broadcast
discussing ways to sabotage the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
The s... more »
Another Reason To Never EVER Have A "Facebook" Account: Computer Virus Found On "Facebook" Steals Bank Details And Money From Accounts When Users Click On Links!
Periodically I do receive email and comments at this blog saying that I
could increase my viewership by simply opening both a "Twitter" and a
"Facebook" account.... I have said to these people, thanks but no thanks...
My own research over the last few years alone has shown conclusively that a
"Twitter" account is much too dangerous because governments are keeping all
information on both "Twitter" account users, and their "Tweets" which could
come back eventually to haunt the person posting them... And "Facebook" is
even more dangerous due to the fact that it is the evolution of an or... more »
ALEC - pre-prepared, donor-friendly model legislation
Found this quote on the *South Dakota Democratic Party* webpage.
The SDDP is waging was against taxpayer paid ALEC junkets and they are
doing an amazing job.
*Ryan Gruber*, 35, of Sioux Falls, is principal horn for the South Dakota
Symphony and a former Republican legislative staffer in Wisconsin,
2001-2005.
“When it comes to public policy, ALEC is the middleman that wipes the
fingerprints off the murder weapon. Major corporations and wealthy donors
don’t want their names attached to legislative initiatives, as it makes
passage more difficult. So they work through groups such as AL... more »
McGuire (AK-ALEC) To Run for Lt Governor
NOTE this first from ALECExposed:
Sen. Lesil McGuire (R-N); Tax and Fiscal Policy TaskForce
ALECer
Snips
*McGuire files to run for lieutenant governor*
By KYLE HOPKINS | khopkins@adn.com • Published June 05, 2013
ANCHORAGE – Sen. Lesil McGuire announced Wednesday she will run for
lieutenant governor,
And, she added, having a woman on the Republican ticket "brings an
interesting perspective for Alaskans
Having a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council on the ticket
brings a disgusting perspective to the race.
"The mayor has done a good job leading the city in man... more »
20/20
Hindsight is always 20/20. One day we’ll look back and realize how each
puzzle piece fit together. This is the tale of a planet and her challenge
to evolve with all of the beings and life she supports*. It cannot be
known in its fullness except from a distance*. It incorporates creation
and truth, agape and unity.
There is a message from Turkey from a few days ago where oneness is
palpable. The latest Off world Message describes humanity working day and
night to protect and create a new world. Some recent movie releases
mirror what is going on with “Rise of Th... more »
Bill Whittle: We have a moral obligation to be...
*watch and find out.*
Some wise advice...
Syria's War Against Tyranny: This Is A Laugher - US "Condemns" Syria And Hezbollah For Their Taking Back Strategic Town From Murderous US Bought And Paid For Mercenaries!
I have been very happy this last week for the proud people of Syria...
Their government forces have the murderous US/Israeli bought and paid for
"rebels" (mercenaries) on the run, and they are rightfully defeating them
at every major battle now... It definitely does appear now that victory for
the Syrians against tyranny is definitely at hand......
With the recent victory by the Syrian government forces in the border town
of Qusayr, the world is finally waking up and noticing that the Syrian
people will not bend over and accept the same fate as Libya to the monsters
in NATO/US/Israe... more »
Another Great Video By Snordelhans: 9-11 IS The Litmus Test!
It has been a very long time since I put up any articles or videos about
Israel's murderous attack on American, September 11th, 2001. I am truly
amazed that now almost 12 years after that fateful event, most Americans
are still in the dark about the facts that America's so called "ally", the
criminal state of Israel, along with its Sayanim Jewish agents operating in
America itself, committed one of the most horrendous murderous attacks in
all human history... It shows the control the Jews exert on America itself
that they have been able to keep up the facade for almost 12 years tha... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"NSA Prism Data Mining Is All Up In Ur Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple"
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*"NSA Prism Data Mining Is All Up In Ur Microsoft, Yahoo,*
* Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple" *
by Jason Linkins
"America, here's hoping you've had enough time to be come to terms with the
National Security Agency scooping up all of your metadata pertaining to all
of the phone calls you've been making with Verizon, because here comes the
next fun news about the government's far-reaching panopticon of total
information surveillance, courtesy of Barton Gellman and Laura Poitras of
The Washington Post: "The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping ... more »
Ingredients for a great thin soup: Asparagus, Fennel, and Turnips. @aftunion
I call it AFT soup for short. It’s really good and very easy to make.
Ingredients 1 bundle chopped asparagus 1 fennel bulb sliced, not the greens
1 diced turnip 4 cups veggie broth 4 garlic cloves, chopped fine 800 AFT
teachers, roughly 1/3 from NY state alone Directions 1. In a 4 quart pot,
[…]
Where are my #edtech folks on this one? #prism AND #connectED?
At noon today, on the White House blog, ConnectED was announced to, among
other things: That’s why President Obama is unveiling a bold, new
initiative called ConnectED, which will connect 99 percent of America’s
students to the internet through high-speed broadband and high-speed
wireless within 5 years. The President also directed the federal government
to […]
There Are Young Republicans... Really
A few days ago Chris Hayes interviewed (above) Alex Smith, national Chair
of the College Republican National Committee, an arm of the NRC. He found
it interesting that her group spent a great deal of money on an indepth
survey and analysis that basically proves her party is alienating young
voters at a faster and faster rate. Not just alienating them-- but making
them positively loath the party. "Our focus on taxation and business
issues," warns the report, "has left many young voters thinking they will
only reap the benefits of Republican policies if they become wealthy or
rise ... more »
GOP Obamacare hypocrisy
Proving that the GOP's alleged concern about Obamacare is based solely on
politics and Obama Derangement Syndrome, Lee Fang at the Nation unearthed a
treasure trove of Republican requests for Obamacare funding from
Republicans who trash the program on a near daily basis and have voted
dozens of times to repeal the bill altogether.
The list of these hypocrites is too long to list to them all, but it's
instructional to see how they praise the program when they've got their
hand out for the money.
House Republicans and the Senate Republican Policy Committee have trashed
the ACA’s Co... more »
Phils/Taiwan Cringe: ROC reps pass this around
Here are the two pages of a brochure the TECRO (ROC representative) offices
in the US are passing around. Look carefully at the map on page 1, it
includes the Senkakus, showing how these territorial claims are linked in
ROC (Chinese expansionist) propaganda and shows the "overlapping" EEZs of
Philippines and Taiwan. Its use of international law is selective, to say
the least: as a friend pointed out, there's no territorial waters around
the Japanese islands and no EEZ extending into the Taiwan Strait. There's a
bigger view of it on my Flickr account here.
_______________________
[Ta... more »
FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: The “Dunne Nothing” Edition
*If measured by what appears in MSM political commentaries, this ramble
should be full of references to Mr Dunne Nothing.
But it won’t be.
Instead, I’ll just point you to Graeme Edgeler, who likes this sort of
thing. And bring to mind Cromwell’s exhortation to the Rump Parliament:
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing … Depart, I say;
and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”).
And now, here’s one of the most stunningly beautiful photos of Auckland you
will see. (Yes, it enlarges. No, I can’t find out who took it. Yes, it’s
much better looking th... more »
Greece slides into the Fourth World ! Zero Hedge lead article and additional news pertaining to Greece !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-06/greece-slides-fourth-world-full-photo-album
Greece Slides Into The "Fourth World" - The Full Photo Album
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/06/2013 18:33 -0400
- Germany
- Greece
- Reality
- Reuters
- Unemployment
With Greek government bonds at multi-year highs (up 300% in the last year),
the Athens Stock Index still up 100% in the last year, and leaders all over
the Euro-zone proclaiming the crisis is over (and that Greece has "made big
strides"); we thought it perhaps useful to look at ... more »
Comex puts a disclaimer on its precious metals warehouse inventory ? Did Comex just send out a clarion call for those who THINK they actually have gold stored at the Comex to grab it while you can ? Note JPM total gold inventory shrinking again - but the unanswered questions of when or whether JPM settles outstanding May contract deliveries and those for June keep percolating ! For those who doubt Comex could default , Exhibt A in rebuttal would be - what happened at ABN Amro if not a default ? Any coincidence that all of a sudden numerous mines are bing shutdown just as physical demand has skyrocketed , especially Asian demand ? Eric Sprott discussion GLD ETF redemptions - Bullish for physical gold in his opinion !
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/06/comex-puts-disclaimer-on-gold-silver.html
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Comex puts disclaimer on gold silver inventory/gold and silver
whacked/Dealer comex gold lowers to 47.34 tonnes/
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gold closed up down by $14.60 to $1397.10 (comex closing time). Silver
fell by 32 cents to $22.40 (comex closing time)
In the access market at 5:00 pm, gold and silver finished trading at the
following prices :
gold: 1399.90
silver: $22.54
I am not going into the trading of gold and silver because you all know
that it is manipulat... more »
Farmers begin suing Monsanto over genetic pollution of wheat crops ! Ernest Barnes , the Kansas farmer leads the charge - and recall Japan and South Korea have already taken action against US wheat !
http://www.infowars.com/its-on-farmers-begin-suing-monsanto-over-genetic-pollution-of-wheat-crops/
It’s on! Farmers begin suing Monsanto over genetic pollution of wheat crops
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Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones'
Facebook][image: Infowars store]
*Mike Adams*
Natural News
June 5, 2013
The next wave of farmer backlash against Monsanto has just been unleashed
by Ernest Barnes, a wheat farmer in Morton County, Kansas. He filed suit
this week in the U.S. District Court in Wichit... more »
Divide And Conquer: The Revolts In Syria And Turkey
For background, read:
*"So What Color is the Turkish “Revolution”? The Red Revolution™? The
Crimson Revolution™?" *by Scott Creighton.
*"Smoke Begins To Clear in Turkey"* by Daniel McAdams.
Not every protest in the Middle East can be lumped into the "Arab Spring"
current. This vague term has been used by malicious warmongers to
legitimize both aggressive war (in the case of Libya) and foreign-driven
terrorism (in the case of Syria).
Too many events are mischaracterized as expressions of the "Arab Spring."
If some homeless guy lifts a finger in Iraq against the police, an
oppor... more »
Satire: “A Letter to Verizon Customers”
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*“A Letter to Verizon Customers”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Today, President Obama issued the
following letter to all Verizon customers:
Dear Verizon Customers,
Yesterday it came to light that the National Security Agency has been
collecting millions of phone records from you each and every day. Since
that news was released, many of you have called the White House with
questions and concerns about this new program. To save my time and yours,
here are answers to three of the F.A.Q.s (Frequently Asked Questions) we’ve
been hearing from you:
*1. Will ... more »
"12 Clear Signals That The U.S. Economy Is About To Really Slow Down"
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*"12 Clear Signals That The U.S. Economy Is About To Really Slow Down"*
By Michael
"A lot of things that have not happened since the last recession are
starting to happen again. As you read the list below, you will notice that
the year "2009" comes up again and again. There is a reason for that.
Many of the same patterns that we witnessed during the last major economic
downturn are starting to repeat themselves. In fact, many of the things
that are happening right now have not happened in quite a few years. For
example, manufacturing activity in the U.S. has contracted for... more »
How you gonna cry victim now?
I wrote about this a while back. The IRS received applications from 298
groups for tax exempt status and a quick look at the approved groups sure
looked like the majority were conservative. Now Kevin Drum found an
intrepid soul who did the real work.
However, the IRS does publish the names of groups that have received
special scrutiny and been approved for tax-exempt status. They recently
released a list of 176 organizations that have been approved since 2010, so
Martin Sullivan checked each one to figure out if it was liberal or
conservative. Here's what he found:
122 conservati... more »
Which Part of the Brain Causes Some People to Reflexively – If Illogically – Trust Just About Anything Published in Establishment Media? NYT Warning: Trust Authorities on Boston Bombing, or You’re Nuts (The Rosebud Moment?)
If you haven't been following closely this almost Keystone-copy exercise in
press management . . . well . . . you shoulda been. I've been holding on to
this group of essays for a few days now as more information becomes
available every hour (hopefully, on my part, from unbiased sources). I have
an even more alarming essay planned for tomorrow from a very trustworthy
source so stick with me.
Everyone who wants the IRS in charge of their health care...
*please raise your hand.*
Here's a handy list of FreedomWorks educational resources on why the IRS
should not be entrusted with administering the president's health law.
Keep the IRS Away from Our Health Care [5/30/13] (blog post with graphic)
Keep the IRS Away from Your Health Care [5/30/13] (convenient “write your
Congressman” action alert page) (more than 12,000 messages sent to date)
Why the IRS Should Not Be In Charge of ObamaCare [5/29/13] (blog post, with
link to printable palm card)
Let the IRS Implement ObamaCare? Are We Nuts? [5/28/13] (op-ed)
Top Ten Reasons the IRS S... more »
Not Jennifer Garrison Again! The DCCC Is Trying To Recruit Ohio's Sarah Palin To Run Against Bill Johnson
Steve and Jennifer-- a match made in hell
Clearly, the DCCC should be going after powerful Republican policy makers
in vulnerable seats like Paul Ryan (where Obama scored 47%), John Mica
(where Obama scored 47%), Ileana Ros Lehtinen (where Obama scored 53%),
Peter King (where Obama scored 52%), Fred Upton (where Obama scored 49%),
Mike Rogers (where Obama scored 48%), Buck McKeon (where Obama scored 48%),
John Kline (where Obama scored 49%), and Darrell Issa (where Obama scored
46%). Instead Steve Israel is all about targeting pointless GOP
backbenchers no one's ever heard of and was... more »
Old, Old, Senate Update
Two special elections to replace two older Senators, with the late Senator
Lautenberg an especially significant case (he was 89).
I think I've written about Massachusetts before, but it's looking very much
like a wasted opportunity. Ed Markey, the solid favorite, will turn 67 in
July. That's not young!
The Republican in the race, Gabriel Gomez, is only 47 (he'll be 48 in
August). So there's some hope of a relatively young new Senator. But I'll
be pretty surprised if he wins.
In New Jersey, the only Republican in the race so far is Steve Lonegan, 57.
It's looking as of right this mi... more »
Gail Collins wants preschool education!
*THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013*
*Here’s where the problem comes in:* Gail Collins wrote a real column
today. She wrote about Obama’s proposal for expanded preschool education.
Almost surely, it won’t happen. This passage helps us see why:
COLLINS (6/6/13): *I am telling you all this because nothing major is going
to happen for early-childhood education without an enormous groundswell of
public demand.* This is a cause that’s extremely popular in theory. But its
advocates have no power to reward or punish. Lawmakers who labor on behalf
of preschool programs may get stars in heaven, but the... more »
"Blocked up With Yucky Stuff"
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*"Blocked up With Yucky Stuff"*
by Bill Bonner
"First, this from our own right-hand man, Chris Hunter (investment director
for the Bonner & Partners Family Office) with a more generous assessment of
Fed policy:" Yesterday, Mr. Bernanke's price-fixing scheme ran over a speed
bump. The Dow dropped 216 points. Just a jolt, for now. The brick wall is
still ahead. But we will try to give the devil his due. "I'm not sure it's
right to say that the Fed has been retarding a recovery... If you look at
the US, things aren't perfect, but they're a hell of a lot better than they
are in E... more »
Killing Them Softly - best film in ages.
James Bond #n and Twilight #n both shat on this film at the box office: how
is that even possible?
Starring Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Ray Liotta (et al)
KILLING THEM SOFTLY is just about the best film this reviewer has seen in
ages - it's clever, it's brutal and it has a delicious anti-Globalist
message. It has attitude, it has some wonderful turnaround moments, it has
balls.
Indirectly charting the fall of Bush and the rise of Obama, Killing Them
Softly makes constant reference to the 'political process' and the 'deals
that have to be made' to keep Prosperity on ... more »
Music and stuff
Why are ticket prices for concerts going through the roof? Examples: £450
for the best seats at a Barbara Streisland gig, £950 for the equivalent at
a Rolling Stones gig. It costs £50 to watch Texas and £60 to see Keith
Sweat (who?). They not the youngest nor the most cutting edge acts you
might say, but why are veteran bands reforming so frequently these days and
who keeps giving them festival headline slots? Is it anything to do with
the fact the average age of a festival goer is now 36? And what about those
young, breakthrough, chart acts, why are, at any one time, a majority of ... more »
Lenin and Dirigibles
Is this the most awesome early Soviet propaganda poster ever? It has
everything - Lenin rising up from the masses, clearly gesticulating the
young workers' republic's line of march. And demonstrating the fruits
socialist industry unleashed, you have the immense modernity of the airship
thrusting upwards into the orange dawn of the future. Dating from 1931, it
reads "Let's build a fleet of airships in Lenin's name", or, "We will build
Lenin's escadron [squadron] of airships", depending on who you believe.
Whatever, I'm sure it sounds perfectly rousing in the original Russian. You
ca... more »
After The B.C. NDP, The Next Gigantic Step.
*Written by rmathews@telus.net*
The calamitous B.C. May election is over. A full-scale, grass-roots
eruption should have taken place – with the whole province watching as the
NDP Top Twenty were publicly disgraced, disowned, discarded, dismissed ...
booted out. That should have been followed by new policies based on face to
face confrontation: anti-neoliberal militancy, planetary environmentalism,
fundamental tax revision, dogged pursuit of Campbellclark lawlessness,
major policies of re-regulation and provincial ownership through Crown
Corporations.
But the purring, NDP c... more »
“7 Reasons Why George Orwell Was Right About Surviving The Police State”
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*“7 Reasons Why George Orwell Was Right About Surviving The Police State”*
by Tim George
“George Orwell said, “Good prose is like a windowpane. I cannot say with
certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them
deserve to be followed.” For him, the strongest impulse was political
change. The author of 1984 and Animal Farm, having experienced first hand
the effects of government control, wrote with an innate determination to
push the world in a certain direction. Perhaps a better explanation would
be that Orwell wrote to push back against totalitarian g... more »
“Pushback”
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*“Pushback”*
by A
"A bill protecting the fundamental due process and habeas corpus rights of
Californians is working its way through the state assembly. On April 9, the
assembly’s Public Safety Committee unanimously approved the measure by a
vote of 6-0
When I returned to America after my first and only visit to the Soviet
Union, walked into my dorm room at law school, and shut the door, I burst
into uncontrollable tears. Looking back, I believe it was because for the
first time in three weeks, I felt safe. I felt home. I felt home in
America, land of the free, or so it wa... more »
PM Harper And Premier Wall Are Putting North American Security At Risk By Allowing Huawei To Participate In Major Canadian Telecommunications Projects
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*The former head of U.S. counter-espionage says the Harper government is
putting North American security at risk by allowing a giant Chinese
technology company to participate in major Canadian telecommunications
projects.*
***In an exclusive interview in Washington, Michelle K. Van Cleave told CBC
News the involvement of Huawei Technologies in Canadian telecom networks
risks turning the information highway into a freeway for Chinese espionage
against both the U.S. and Canada.*
***Huawei has long argued there is no evidence linking the company to the ... more »
Bridger SD: Moccasins on the Ground to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline June 2013
Moccasins on the Ground To Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
By Owe Aku International Justice Project, Kent Lebsock
Censored News
www.bsnorrrell.blogspot.com
Debra White Plume/White House Keystone protest arrest
Moccasins
on the Ground Tour of Resistance opens the nonviolent direct action
training at 5pm on Friday, June 14, 2013 in the small community area of
Bridger, SD located on
Arizona: Migrant deaths increase 2013
New report reveals migrant deaths, increase number of Central American migrants
Censored News
Migrant shoes Sonoran Desert/Photo Brenda Norrell
Press statement
Tucson, Arizona—A report released
today by the Binational Migration Institute at the University of Arizona answers
key questions about migrant deaths in southern Arizona since 1990. Authored by researchers from the Binational
Untitled
*Saints are buying into Rob Ryan ~Pat Yasinskas, ESPN*
*Understanding What Rob Ryan’s 3-4 Defense Means for the New Orleans Saints ~Bradley
Warshaur, Black and Gold Review*
If some snooping is good, then...
The White House response to the revelation that the NSA is collecting
massive amounts of phone "metadata" from Verizon is that this is a vital
"anti-terrorism" tool. But if collecting data from Verizon is a key
anti-terrorism tool, then surely collecting it from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile,
and everyone else would be an even better anti-terrorism tool. And if
collecting metadata is providing essential anti-terrorism information,
think how much more anti-terrorism information could be gleaned by
recording the actual "data" (that is, the conversations that are taking
place)? Not to mention... more »
Shocked to learn there's surveillance going on in this place
Anybody who's old enough to have been paying attention shouldn't be
surprised to learn the huge telecom data sweeps are still going on
unabated. Adding, I'd be willing to bet it's not only AT&T who's
cooperating on this. The only thing that's changed is now they do actually
get a secret court warrant to conduct surveillance. Furthermore this didn't
start with the bed wetting after 9/11 when the vast majority of Americans
willing gave up their privacy rights for imagined security against those
scary terrorists. Government has been spying us for as long as I can
remember in some way o... more »
That apartheid state of Israel again
Andreas Fagerbakke (@afagerbakke) tweeted at 7:09 PM on Thu, Jun 06, 2013:
Ibrahim is a Muslim, and braved many dangers at a very young age to come to
#Israel as a refugee. Apartheid? http://t.co/1XNRY783yo
(https://twitter.com/afagerbakke/status/342704810866393088)
"Now More Than Ever, Everybody’s a Target in the American Surveillance State"
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*"Now More Than Ever, *
*Everybody’s a Target in the American Surveillance State"*
By John W. Whitehead
“Everybody’s a target; everybody with communication is a target.”- A senior
intelligence official previously involved with the Utah Data Center.
The recent revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting
the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers, with the complete
blessing of the Obama administration, should come as no surprise to anyone
who has been paying attention over the past decade.
As I document in my new book “A Government of Wolves: Th... more »
MILITARIZING SWEDEN
Each year the Global Network holds our international space organizing
conference in a different country. We try to go to places where military
space technology development is underway and under reported.
On June 27-29 we will meet in Kiruna, Sweden in what is called the "High
North". This part of the world, very close to the Russian border, is being
heavily turned into a space warfare testing and satellite downlink
receiving area.
The politicians in Sweden and Norway are down playing their growing
involvement in US-NATO space warfare preparations that are particularly
aimed at ... more »
Quotes about Homelessness in Toronto
I found these quotes about homelessness in Toronto. They really hammer home
the concept that affordable housing is the big issue when it comes to
homelessness. (Real estate prices and rental rates in Toronto are way too
high.)
And combined with that, the cost of heating and electricity.
Learn more about this topic by visiting Solving Toronto's Homeless Problem.
*"Canada is the second coldest country on earth and with a climate like
Canada’s, energy, like food and housing is a necessity of life."* - Edward
de Gale.
*"It is a little known fact that the inability to pay basic
ut... more »
Rep. Trey Gowdy: IRS Has Moral, Character Problems...
*at his best!*
From YouTube:
Representative Trey Gowdy gives a passionate opening statement at the House
Oversight Committee Hearing on excessive conference spending by the IRS. He
states that the institution has a character problem that isn't going to be
"solved with another webinar" and that it may be time to "start over."
An Egyptian Discovers that When an Israeli is Pricked, She Indeed Bleeds | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
'... this ugly episode on a wrestling mat in Italy was not, to be sure,
merely an act of poor sportsmanship. Mostafa is the product of a culture
with anti-Jewish racism so pervasive
that the country's President could, with total impunity, refer to Jews as
"sons of apes and pigs" andsermonize to parents
on the importance of "nursing their children" with Jew hatred.'
More here
http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/06/06/an-egyptian-discovers-that-when-an-israeli-is-pricked-she-indeed-bleeds/
Marilyn McCord Adams on Evil and Optimism
*"Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God"* by Marilyn McCord Adams.
*"Christ and Horrors: The Coherence of Christology"* by Marilyn McCord
Adams.
*Wikipedia:*
Marilyn McCord Adams (born 1943) is an American philosopher working in
philosophy of religion, philosophical theology and medieval philosophy.
Adams was educated at the University of Illinois (AB); Cornell University
(PhD 1967); and Princeton Theological Seminary (ThM 1984, 1985); and holds
the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Oxford (2008).
Adams' work in philosophy has focused on the philosophy ... more »
CAMERON, SYRIA, BULLINGDON, SEX SCANDAL
*David Cameron and Boris Johnson.*
David Cameron, Prime Minister of the UK, wants the UK to arm the filthy
rebels in Syria and perhaps wants the UK to invade Syria.
At least five members of his Cabinet are reportedly opposed to this madness:
Deputy Prime Monster Nick Clegg, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling*,
International Development Secretary Justine Greening, **Foreign Office
Minister Baroness Warsi** and the Cabinet Office minister Ken Clarke.*
"The Prime Minister is also facing a growing backlash from backbench Tories
who want a Commons vote on any major escalation in British ... more »
John Dickerson doesn’t know how to read!
*THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013*
*Still able to work for CBS News and for Slate:* By traditional standards,
John Dickerson is a bit of a good looking feller. He’s also a legacy. His
mother, the late Nancy Dickerson, was a good-looking female correspondent
in the 1960s, one of the first such women in TV network news.
Perhaps for these reasons, Dickerson has several good jobs at good pay
within the upper-end press corps. He holds jobs with Slate and with CBS
News despite a shortcoming:
John Dickerson doesn’t know how to read.
Dickerson puts this lack of skill on display in his new piece at S... more »
What would you do with $200,000 to help drug addicts in Toronto?
If you had obtained $200,000 from an Indiegogo campaign dedicated towards
buying the Rob Ford crack video (which we all know exists, because even
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted to his staff that it does, he just denies
that it is crack that he is smoking in the crackpipe) and had failed to get
the actual video... what would you spend the $200,000 on instead?
The website Gawker raised the money weeks ago in their attempt to buy the
video. But the large scale media attention caused the men who were trying
to sell the video to think twice about their personal safety and the video
and ... more »
Something else you can do with WD-40...
*nice to know.*
We have some green plastic lawn chairs that were so oxidized that we
planned on throwing them away. Since they were nice chairs, I did a little
searching on the internet to see if there was something I could do to fix
them up (besides paint them.)
Lo and behold - WD-40 to the rescue.
After cleaning them I coated them with WD-40, and while they're not
perfect, they now look good enough to keep.
*Before pics of our little set on the front deck:*
*After a quick wash and smearing on a bunch of WD-40:*
*I can live with the one little white spot on the table...*
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. ~ Hippocrates
Would you feed your car water instead of gasoline? Each time I put a morsel
of food in my mouth I stop I think about that, and I say a silent
meditation that a friend taught me: "Let this food serve as medicine for my
mind, body and spirit."
Focusing on how I fuel my body this way has allowed me to eat healthier not
in a big visionary way, but with each small choice I make.
While in Venice a few months ago a friend took me to Cafe Gratitude, an
eatery that understands that partaking in breaking bread is sacred. In
fact, their view is that their environments are part of something t... more »
If the Six Day War hadn't happened...
From
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/if-six-day-war-hadnt-happened.htmlcomes
this brilliantly thought out set of questions :
' If the Six Day War hadn't happened...
Would there be a Palestinian Arab state today on the West Bank and
Gaza?
Would Israel's Arab neighbors consider the 1949 armistice lines as
"borders" today?
Would Jews would be allowed to visit their holy places in Jerusalem,
Bethlehem, Hebron and elsewhere today?
Would Israelis in the Galilee be safe from fire coming from the Golan
Heights today?
Would there have not have been another war o... more »
Accident alone does not prove dangerous driving
R. v. Clare, 2013 ONCA 377 holds:
[7] While I accept that the accident itself cannot be used as
proof that the driving was dangerous, the finding in this case was amply
supported by other evidence.
How Republicans Use Pot Law Enforcement To Disenfranchise African-Americans
Edith Jones, a controversial Reagan appointee and a notorious corporate
whore, is no longer the Chief Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit but she still sits on that court. Hopefully that will change
now that she's exposed herself as a demented and deranged racist. She gave
a speech for the proto-fascist Federalist Society at the University of
Pennsylvania Law School a few months ago asserting that blacks and
Hispanics were more prone than others to commit violent crimes and that a
death sentence was a service to defendants because it allowed them to make
peac... more »
NAKED WOMEN
*Indonesian, Kamidia Radisty*
One of the countries where you can see the largest number of naked women is
Indonesia.
*Jakarta.*
Around half of the Indonesian population use a river, a canal or the sea as
their bathroom.
Water supply and sanitation in Indonesia
*Indonesians*
It is unfortunate that *Miss World "is to axe bikinis for Muslim Indonesia*"
Contestants in the September 2013 Miss World contest will not wear bikinis,
in a bid to avoid causing offence in Moslem-majority Indonesia.
The pageant, to be held in Bali and Bogor, has upset the Indonesian Ulema
Council, which h... more »
It's Thursday...
*what's going on.*
Michelle Malkin: History lesson: The crucial differences between Bush and
Obama’s NSA phone surveillance programs
Conservative Hideout: Government Now Decides Who Lives and Who Dies
Freedom Works: Don't Sweat Health Care, California's Got This
Bunkerville: Eric Holder: ‘Things are a little out of whack’
Angry White Dude: QUESTION OF THE DAY: DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR MARTIN?
Sultan Knish: The Apotheosis of Chris Christie
Blowing San #1: Thought control in the 21st Century.
Woodsterman: THINGS YOU DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN III
PEPFAR and the Presidency
I have a new column up over at TAP about the presidency, about how the
presidency we have isn't particularly Constitution-based. It goes along
with last week's column there, which was about why the myth of the magical
heroic-king presidency is so persistent; this one is about how our ideas
about the presidency gain strength because the Constitutional version is
such an empty shell.
I used an example at the end about how George W. Bush's program to fight
HIV/AIDS in Africa, PEPFAR, was in part a reaction to the "need" for him to
have something feel-good to say in his 2003 SOTU speech... more »
Trifecta: Detroit: This is what liberalism does...
*it's not pretty. *
Democracy Decays ... whatev's
Anti-democratic sleaze-ball Dalton McGuinty presided over the deliberate
deletion of government emails that detailed the costs of cancelling the gas
plants and what the government knew about it. This deliberate cover-up of
public information, this destruction of public information, should have
been a criminal offense. But accountability has never been a pressing
concern for our capitalist quasi-democracy.
The whole Liberal gas plant fiasco stinks to high heavens, but the only
people who seem really fired-up about it are the hypocritical shit-heads
who support the Ontario PC's and wh... more »
SAGE and the Duck of Minerva
This is just a short note to explain the appearance of the phrase
“temporarily un-gated PDF” in Peter Henne’s guest post about contagion and
the Syrian civil war. We’ve been linking to academic articles for quite
some time, but usually to the abstracts or random versions available on the
web. But after The Monkey Cage announced
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Is Syria Infecting the Middle East?
This is a guest post by Peter S. Henne. Peter received his PhD from
Georgetown University in May 2013, and was a Fellow at the Miller Center at
the University of Virginia during 2012-2013. His research focuses on
religion and foreign policy; he has also written on terrorism and religious
conflict. A recent article in The New
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IR Theory Syllabi
I just completed a significant update of the international-relations theory
syllabi collection. Although currently hosted at the Duck of Minerva, this
collection is an initiative of the THEORY section of the International
Studies Association. Massive props to the former THEORY officers for
getting it running. I’m again asking for anyone who is interested in
submitting syllabi
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Dick J. Reavis : Diverse 'Moral Monday' Movement Captures Imagination in North Carolina
Demonstrator
being arrested during a protest at the Legislative Building
in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, May 6, 2013. Photo by Gerry Broome / AP.
'Moral Monday':
Diverse NAACP-led movement
'achieves mass' in North Carolina
“When I got to an A.M.E. [African Methodist-Episcopal] church for a
meeting called by the NAACP and saw that 70 percent of my audience was
white, I knew that something was
How Do We Go from “the Anti-Education Era” to Meaningful Learning for All?
James Paul Gee’s The Anti-Education Era is full of analyses of how humans
learn that should inform the practice of all types of educators. Previous
posts, here and here, describe his powerful indictments of test-driven
schooling, as well as his subtle explanations of where “reformers” and
other educators have gone wrong. This post will focus […]
Is Pam Wallin the Ultimate Tory Piggy at the Trough?
Pam Wallin is, by most standards, flush. In addition to the hefty pension
benefits she likely racked up from her broadcasting days, she has plenty of
other revenue streams - atop her tidy Senate stipend.
*Pamela Wallin has a lucrative life outside politics, where she has been
entitled to roughly $1 million in fees and stock options for her role on
corporate boards since being appointed to the Senate.*
*The Star looked through public company profiles, her disclosures to the
Senate ethics office and expenses related to her former role as chancellor
at the University of Guelph to pai... more »
Fox News national security analyst KT McFarland says Susan Rice will be a disaster...
*Obama is hiding Susan Rice behind "executive privilege" by appointing her national
security adviser.*
Transparency?
World’s Most Intrusive Database To Go Live In December
Mick Meaney
Scotland plans to introduce a new highly intrusive database that will
record every citizen’s personal details from “cradle to grave”, it emerged
this week.
The Data Sharing and Linking Service (DSLS), the world’s most intrusive
database, is scheduled to go live in December and will begin logging and
monitoring the name, dates of birth, genders and postcodes for everyone in
Scotland, including health records, maternity details, mental health,
cancer, GP and even dental notes.
Education, childhood and parenting profiles will also be stored.
Social care, housing and just... more »
ALEC Economic Report - Authors Credentials Skewed
If you look at the "About the Authors" section of the latest ALEC economic
report - you will find bio's that seem to (as always) serve the purposes of
ALEC. Biased and Outdated.
Today a rebuttal to an recent opinion piece provides some amazing and new
information regarding the authors of the red-state lauded economic report
distributed by the partisan and biased American Legislative Exchange
Council.
It takes a village to discredit ALEC.
Snips (my emphasis)
The Mountain News’ lead editorial in its May 30, 2013,issue lauds ALEC—
... —calling it “an organization headed by economis... more »
1000 Points of Light: Bilderberg 2013's Infinite NWO Connections
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
Well, it’s that time of the year again — Bilderberg.
Endless connections abound at the annual meeting where leading members of
industry, banking, politics, finance, technology and the military
industrial complex come together behind closed doors in secret to inform
policy that affects all of our lives.
With the usual suspects pretty well known for those who follow Bilderberg,
we’ve decided to highlight a few of the potentially lesser-known attendees,
and little known influence over world affairs. Let’s take a closer look at
who some of these people a... more »
Susan Rice for National Security Advisor
Stephen Lendman
Previous articles discussed her. Calling her controversial stops short of
accurately characterizing her. Moral depravity explains best. Vishay
Prashad calls her the "queen of interventionist hawks."
South African journalist Getahune Bekele said she's a "consummate ally of
grubby despots."
Ray McGovern says she believes "hawkishness" is "safer" for career
advancement than "thoughtful diplomacy." Reuters called her "sharp-tongued."
Others condemn her bloody hands. Banality of evil describes her. Death and
destruction don't bother her. She was quoted once saying, "The... more »
Dissolving Micro-Chip Will Tell Big Brother Your Every Move
Chris Carrington
John Rogers PhD and his team work out of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. They, along with other teams at Tufts are developing
transient electronics, tiny micro-thin chips that dissolve when they have
served their purpose.
On April 8th this year their research paper was presented to the American
Chemical Society at their annual National meeting, this year it was held in
New Orleans.
Rogers spoke eloquently of the technology, explaining its possible use and
exactly how the chips work. There was nothing negative at all in the
presentation. Nothing w... more »
Obama Wants Whistleblowers Silenced
Bradleymanning.org Stephen Lendman
Previous articles discussed his war on whistleblowers, free expression and
dissent.
Sibel Edmonds founded the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC).
She did so to aid "national security whistleblowers through a variety of
methods."
The ACLU called her "the most gagged person in the history of the United
States."
Since 1977, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) calls itself "the
nation's leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization."
"What is a Whistleblower," it asks?
Anyone "who discloses information that (he... more »
Cable host Bill O’Reilly self-corrects!
*THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013*
*And other imitations of life:* Below, you see the way it looks when Bill
O’Reilly “self-corrects.”
It happened last night in his opening segment, his famous Talking Points
Memo. Bill was discussing Susan Rice and her ongoing misbehavior.
Then, he showed us how it looks when he, Mr. O., “self-corrects:”
O’REILLY (6/5/13): "Talking Points" doesn't believe Susan Rice lied. I
believe she was told what to say and said it she did no investigation
herself. But Ms. Rice knows, she knows who gave her the misleading talking
points and she will not testify to that. ... more »
Syria Ravaged By Outbreaks Of Disease: Typhoid, Cholera, Measles And Tuberculosis
Chris Carrington
The World Health Organization is warning of an increased risk of disease
epidemics in Syria and neighboring countries as summer approaches.
The WHO says outbreaks of diseases carried in water – specifically
hepatitis, typhoid, cholera and dysentery – are inevitable, given the
severe disruption to Syria’s health system.
Cases of diarrhea and hepatitis-A have more than doubled since January.
There have also been outbreaks of measles and typhoid.
According to the WHO, at least 35% of the country’s public hospitals are
out of service, and in some areas, up to 70% of ... more »
Sound problems on your computer?...
*a word of advice.*
Before spending an hour pouring over online advice of how to fix the
problem, look down in your little tray, click on the sound icon (I
seriously didn't know about it), and make sure your sound is not muted.
Thanks, hubby!
We're All Bradley Manning
image source Stephen Lendman
On June 3, trial proceedings began. They'll last well into summer. What's
ongoing reflects much more than Manning alone. We're all in this together.
Freedom in America is on trial.
Post-9/11, it's been on the chopping block for elimination. Convicting
Manning of anything compromises what is too important to lose.
He deserves praise, not prosecution. His fate is ours. That's what's
fundamentally at stake. Everyone stands to win or lose with him.
In his February plea statement, he said he wanted to "spark a domestic
debate on the role of the military ... more »
The covert op to destroy the word “freedom”
Jon Rappoport
These days, “freedom” mainly refers to fairy-tale mass movements.
We’re supposed to believe it happens this way: A bunch of students sitting
in a cafe suddenly go to their cell phones, pop over to Facebook, and say,
“Hey, wanna be free?” And a Republic is born. Poof.
The evil dictator grabs a suitcase full of gold bars, wires half a billion
dollars from the State treasury to his private account, makes a dash for
the airport, and flees to Paris.
In the other popular version, rugged freedom fighters emerge from the
forest with copies of John Locke tucked in their lugg... more »
You Call That an IRS Scandal?
*Youtube*
The recent "scandal" involving the IRS is completely trivial compared to
injustices that are routinely committed across the country by the federal
extortion racket.
LarkenRose.com
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ELA or Math support classes, fun for everyone!
If you’re not necessarily enjoying school, guess what? You’re going to love
it now when you are enrolled in an ELA/Math support class. Yes, that’s
right, all of the low kids, all in one place, at one time, you know, so we
can identify you. Enjoy. Tagged: ela, farmingdale, math, support class
Syria Rebels Caught with Sarin Gas in Turkey
*Youtube*
Suspected Syrian militants have reportedly been detained in Turkey with a
cylinder of highly poisonous sarin gas found in their possession. Those
arrested are believed to be members of the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Nusra Front.
Earlier this month, UN investigators voiced suspicion the nerve agent was
being used by opposition fighters.
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Violence Disrupting Iraq’s Economy
The dramatic increase in violence in Iraq is now affecting not only the
lives of the public, but the economy as well. Some companies have said
their sales are down, they are cutting their hours, and transferring some
of their business to safer areas, while Anbar announced that it was losing
investors. These are all troubling signs, because for the last several
years the insurgency has been at such a low level that it did not affect
the larger society. Now that is changing, and the disruption of the economy
is just the latest sign that Iraq is heading towards an unsettling future.
... more »
Martial Law Has Come to America
*Youtube*
Undeniable evidence that America is under Martial Law.
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Dylan Ratigan Quits TV to Become a Hydroponic Farmer
*Comedy Central*
*The Daily Show with Jon Stewart*
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily
Show on Facebook
DylanRatigan.com
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Nestle’s Wet Dream: They Mark Up Water 53 MILLION Percent
Daisy Luther
The directors of Nestle must be breathing a sigh of relief as the world
targets Monsanto with a barrage of negative publicity, global protests, and grassroots
campaigns. While we’re all distracted by Monsanto’s GMO corruption of the
food supply, Nestle is taking steps to profit off of the natural world with
patents on breast milk and medicinal plants, and the privatization of
water,and giving the seed company a run for the title of The Most Evil
Corporation in the World.
Between corporate demons like Nestle and Monsanto, the very right to life
itself is becoming a ... more »
Food History in the Making
Catherine J. Frompovich
One of the more poignant lines former Speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives Tip O’Neill is famous for having uttered, “All politics is
local,” certainly applies to what happened in the little, but mighty, State
of Connecticut over the weekend of June 1 and 2, 2013.
Connecticut House Bill 6527, *An Act Concerning Genetically Engineered Foods
*, was passed by both chambers of that state legislative body and becomes
the first GMO labeling law in the United States. Congratulations, kudos,
hurrah, and all other accolades go to GMO Free Connecticut Coalitio... more »
WHAT’S WRONG WITH MSNBC: This!
*THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013*
*Part 4—Hayes, Walsh and Maddow speak out:* Yesterday, Obama announced that
Susan Rice will become his national security adviser.
A few hours later, the children began to offer their “takes” on Obama’s
selection.
What’s wrong with MSNBC? At 8 PM, Chris Hayes discussed the long-running,
savage attacks against Rice. He spoke with Salon’s Joan Walsh.
What’s wrong with MSNBC? If not for what was said in the very next hour,
the exchange between Hayes and Walsh could have gone to the Guinness folk
as the “dumbest discussion ever.”
To watch their full segment, ... more »
Americans Searched on a Hunch? DHS Reaffirms Broad Power
Daniel Jackson
The Department of Homeland Security has reaffirmed their belief that they
have the power to conduct unwarranted electronic surveillance on American
citizens returning to the country, based on nothing more than a hunch.
The data taken from electronic devices such as smartphones and laptops can
then be copied and saved by Homeland Security.
Despite widespread outrage from civil liberties groups such as the ACLU,
Homeland Security's own internal study shows that they plan to continue the
practice and are using scary words such as terrorism and child pornography
to jus... more »
Kraft Foods Denies GM Wheat but ADMITS GMO in Products
*Kraft responds to questions about genetically modified warning flagging
wheat on imported boxes of Macaroni & Cheese.*
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
Truthstream Media followed up on a report by Vani Hari at Foodbabe.com that
boxes of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese imported to the U.K. were showing up with
a label warning that the product contained genetically modified wheat. As
no forms of GMO wheat are legally approved for cultivation or sale anywhere
in the world, we investigated further, contacting both Kraft and the
distribution company that placed the label to get the bottom of it.... more »
Congressional Members - Argue ALEC - FINALLY
From The Hill
Definitely not the liberal media.
Happened in Congress
So this is kinda special.
The extremist policies of the American Legislative Exchange Council are now
being identified at the Congressional level.
And some of you folks out there were naive enough to believe that ALEC did
not have a foothold in our Nation's Capital.
*Democrat sees ‘Koch brothers’ fingerprints’ on regulations bill*
By Megan R. Wilson - 06/05/13 04:12 PM ET
Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson (Ga.) on Wednesday said a regulatory reform
bill moving through Congress has “the Koch brothers' fingerprints all ... more »
Normandy Landings, June 6th, 1944...(videos)
*remember.*
On the ships the soldiers listened to Dwight D. Eisenhower’s June 6th
Order of the Day:
*
** *
*Ronald Reagan’s speech from Normandy on the 40th anniversary in 1984.*
*Powerful... *
Terrific Use of State Letterhead in New York
When we think creatively about any nonviolent means to eradicate, disrupt,
quell, explode, destroy, demolish, or otherwise confound the high stakes
testing scourge that has American education paralyzed, here is a great
example, as reported by DNAinfo New York’s Amy Zimmer: BROOKLYN — Rebecca
Herz was relieved to receive a letter from the principal of Prospect […]
US Army Veteran Denied Hurricane Sandy Aid by FEMA
Daniel Jackson
A strict federal law has helped FEMA deny Hurricane Sandy aid to an elderly
Korean War veteran suffering from dementia.
As the Hurricane ravaged through his Staten Island neighborhood, Vito
Colucci Sr. was safe in his son’s New Jersey home, having been staying
there for a time due to his deteriorating health problems.
Apparently, telling FEMA the truth was where the family’s problems began:
Vito Colucci Sr., a Staten Island resident who served in the Korean War,
was living with his son’s family in New Jersey when Hurricane Sandy hit at
the end of October. Colucci w... more »
Gut Biota Never Recover from Antibiotics: Damages Future Generations
Heidi Stevenson
The misuse of antibiotics is not only causing new, never-before known
diseases like E. coli and MRSA, the flesh-eating bacteria, it's also
destroying the gut biome with devastating effects on our ability to deal
with infections and destroying our ability to absorb nutrients from food.
Emerging research shows that the harmful effects of antibiotics go much
further than the development of drug resistant diseases. The beneficial
bacteria lost to antibiotics, along with disease-inducing bacteria, do not
fully recover. Worse, flora lost by a mother is also lost to her ... more »
Military-Industrial Complex Offers New Biotech Passwords for "Health"
image source Brandon Turbeville
Although talk of biotechnology-based tattoos and nanotech pills has been
circulating in the tech world for quite some time, a recent report in the
Daily Mail entitled, “The hi-tech tattoo that could replace ALL your
passwords: Motorola reveals plans for ink and even pills to identify us,”
serves as an official introduction of the technology to a world of trendy
consumers who will no doubt gobble up the devices as if they were a hot
meal.
Covering the discussions taking place at the D11 conference in California
in late May, Victoria Woollaston repo... more »
Mind-Controlled Drones Take Flight
Electronics turn a person's thoughts into commands for a robot. Using a
brain-computer interface technology pioneered by University of Minnesota
biomedical engineering professor Bin He, several young people have learned
to use their thoughts to steer a flying robot around a gym, making it turn,
rise, dip, and even sail through a ring.
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HFCS Food for Bees Found to Increase Colony Collapse Disorder
Heather Callaghan
*Image*
A study released on Monday shows that cheaper honey substitutes such as
high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and sugar (made from genetically modified
sugar beets) are contributing to massive bee death via Colony Collapse
Disorder (CCD) by depriving bees of crucial nutrients, which weakens their
immune systems.
Sadly, U.S. bee keepers were devastated by the loss of nearly one-third of
their cross-pollinating, food co-creator colonies this past winter alone.
That finding is close to the yearly average decline over the past six
years, making the cumulative dat... more »
Multiple Scientific Studies Link Pesticides to Cancer
image source Brandon Turbeville
In my article, “Pesticide Content In Food Less Regulated By Codex Than
Vitamins and Minerals,” I briefly discussed the connection between commonly
used pesticides and neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease. In
addition, I mentioned the rather contradictory position held regarding the
use of such pesticides, which banned their commercial use in some aspects,
but continues to tacitly allow their use in food production.
However, neurological diseases are not the only negative side effects
presented by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) or... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Amanda Pays, 54.
Just a little good stuff:
1. Jeremy Pressman on the anniversary of war in the Middle East.
2. Excellent Josh Barro post about the Affordable Care Act.
3. And Americans talk funny; Walter Hickey has maps from Joshua Katz.
A Memo To Tom Steyer-- And American Landowners
As we've mentioned before, San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer, 'til now a
dependable contributor to garden variety, Establishment Democrats, is
deadly serious about saving the planet from environmental mayhem at the
hands of corporate polluters, particularly, right now, the Keystone XL
Pipeline. This week he warned Obama that there are no grounds whatsoever to
approve the pipeline.
Dear Mr. President,
With Friday's announcement that the Canadian provincial government of
British Columbia opposes the transportation of tar sands oil over their
lands, the last of the arguments for... more »
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*First named storm of season, TS Andrea, forms in Gulf of Mexico ~
DisasterMap.net*
*Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Probabilities:
Chance of Storm Surge >= 2 feet (NGVD-1929) at individual locations
Tropical Storm Andrea (2013) Advisory 3
For the 77 hours from 05 AM EDT Thu Jun 06 to 10 AM EDT Sun Jun 09*
*A storm surge of 2 - 4 feet is predicted for Tampa Bay northward to
Apalachicola, and rip currents will be a risk for swimmers who brave the
high surf. Fort Pickens, located in Gulf Islands National Seashore on a
barrier island offshore from Pensacola, Florida, has been closed to
visito... more »
Manning Supervisor Calls Into Question Government's Statements About WikiLeaks Plot (Day 3)
image source *Activist Post*
We have spoken to Nathan Fuller at Bradleymanning.org who has given us
gracious permission to reprint his daily firsthand reports. Day 3 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.
At the heart of Day 3 was the inability of Bradley Manning's supervisor,
Captain Casey Fulton, to issue the same statement of authority as the U.S.
government that WikiLeaks = Al Qaeda. In fact, she... more »
Rathgeber and Warawa Sitting in a Tree
Interesting development in the House of Commons.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has suffered another blow as a Tory MP quit
the Conservative caucus Wednesday night, decrying the Conservatives’ lack
of progress on open government.
Alberta MP Brent Rathgeber made public his decision on Twitter, saying he
had informed the board of directors for his riding association and the
Speaker of the Commons that he had resigned from the Conservative caucus.
“My decision to resign from the Caucus is because of the Government’s lack
of commitment to transparency and open government,” he announced o... more »
Syrian Army takes Golan Crossing: Media obfuscates Israeli role as safe haven
*UPDATE BELOW: *
*2ND UPDATE BELOW RE: Austrian Peacekeepers at Golan *
There is something that bothers me about the way this news is being
presented via NATO media.
The NATO media is lying or obfuscating what really happened. That's how I
see it...
First of all, don't get me wrong.. this is good news. If Syria can get
control of the borders, as much as possible, they can keep NATO's hired
killer/mercenary army out.
So, it is not that aspect of this news story that perturbs me. And perhaps
some of the readers can offer some input here? The crossing in discussion
is at *Quneitra.... more »
Verizon ordered to give NSA information on all U.S. phone calls in its system
image credit: graffitresearchlab Madison Ruppert
A top secret court order issued in April, but just now revealed, shows that
the National Security Agency (NSA) is currently collecting detailed
telephone records of all of the millions of American customers of Verizon
wireless on a daily basis.
The order, obtained by the Guardian, shows that thesecret Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court granted the U.S. government the unlimited
authority to obtain the records of all telephone calls in their system
within the United States and between the U.S. and other countries.
While it was a... more »
Shield Law Sponsor Not Sure Bloggers "Deserve" Free Speech Rights
*"You can sit in your mother’s basement and chat away, I don't care,"* says
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) but then asks if *"they [bloggers] deserve First
Amendment protection?"* when it comes to classified information.
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) J.P. Hicks
Who knew the speech of the media and bloggers wasn't already protected?
The U.S. senate is working on a media shield law that would protect the
media against government retaliation for exposing sensitive information.
I thought the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights made it quite clear
that all speech was already protected:
Congress... more »
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*Taking a Page From New Orleans, NYC Begins Rebuilding ~Kristin Meriwether,
Epoch Times*
*La. GDP growth slower than U.S., Southeast averages ~Timothy Boone, The
Advocate*
*Forbes Magazine says New Orleans is a technology boom town**~The Forbes'
article, 'The Cities Winning the Battle for Information Jobs,' ranks
Greater New Orleans as #3 in the USA, behind only technology heavyweights
Silicon Valley and San Francisco.*
*John Georges tells City Council it can expect continued improvements to
The New Orleans Advocate*
*Federal judge approves consent decree for Orleans Parish jail ... more »
The Terrifying Future of The United States
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Ed Steer's Gold and Silver report - June 6 , 2013 ..... Data from June 5th , news and views.....
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/paul-craig-roberts-on-gold-suppression-the-dollars-decline-and-gangster-cap
Paul Craig Roberts on Gold Suppression, the Dollar’s Decline, and ‘Gangster
Capitalism’
Jun
*6*
- Yesterday in Gold and Silver
- Critical Reads
- The Funnies
- The Wrap
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"It was another day of trading either side of the $1,400 spot price mark."
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
The gold price followed pretty much the same pattern on Wednesday in Far
East trading as it did on Tuesday...rallying above the $1,400 spot price
mark...and then getting sold... more »
Rebellion On The Right
Stephen Harper's most loyal supporters are deserting him. Tom Walkom writesin
*The Toronto Star*:
The latest stress point is a damning critique of Harper’s economic policy
by the head of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, a right-of-centre
organization that is usually friendly to, if not always onside with, the
federal Conservative government.
Entitled “Judging Harper by his own fiscal standards,” the essay by Gregory
Thomas, federal director of the low-tax advocacy group, appeared in this
week’s Globe and Mail.
It clinically but ruthlessly takes apart Harper’s economic record.
... more »
Harper's Parade of Perps with Perks - Part 5
Updated : h/t Canadian Cynic
Welcome Con MPs Devinder Shory, James Bezan, Shelly Glover, and update!
House Speaker Andrew Scheer to the growing family scandal of Steve's Parade
of Perps with Perks.
Devinder Shory, Calgary Northeast, accused of providing legal work that
supported allegedly fraudulent mortgages - in his case at least five
straw-buyer cases of more than $3.7 million:
Promised a payment of up to $8,000, hundreds of straw buyers, mostly new
immigrants, allowed their names to be used to obtain falsely inflated
mortgages on over 200 properties. When the straw buyers c... more »
Theresa May: Beggars and thieves from across the EU are flocking to the streets of Britain | Mail Online
' Speaking last night, Mrs May said: 'We are already taking tough action in
this country to stamp out the abuse of free movement, to protect our
benefits system and public services.
'We will not allow this country to be a soft touch but this isn't just a UK
problem - it will take the joint efforts of all our EU partners to tackle
it.'
It comes at a time of heightened tensions between the British government
and the EU.
Last week, the European Commission announced it was taking Britain to court
for insisting migrants pass a 'right to reside' test before they can access
some State han... more »
Alex Jones - Bilderberg UK - media mega post
Maniacal megaphoner Alex Jones has arrived from Texas and been allowed
across the UK border to bullhorn the 2013 Bilderberg meeting at the Grove
Hotel in Watford, UK.
*Bilderberg 2013*
The Grove Hotel, Hertfordshire, June 6th-9th
*Expect the conference agenda to include the North Korea situation, the
Cyprus “bailout”, and the ever deepening crisis in the Eurozone.*
In fact, I wasn't going to do anything this year, because Joe or Jane Doe
don't seem to give a fuck, they're just too busy slaving for the man maybe.
But then I thought, "Well, fuck you, slaves," here's this year's assaul... more »
Big Brother Caught Peeping, Again
Actually, my headline is too mild. Big Brother has been caught *ogling*.
With his pants down, into every window in America. And the strobe lights
are flashing all around the world.
The Orwellian security state and the Obama administration may have put the
Arctic chill on leaks, but at least one whistleblower hasn't been
cowed, handing over to The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald a classified court
order authorizing the FBI to seize millions of phone records.
No response yet from the government, although I am sure Attorney General
Eric Holder was already drawing up the indictment against ... more »
2.6 trillion money market fund industry about to get gutted by the imposition of " liquidity fees and redemption gates during times of financial stress ? Well , that 2.6 trillion can't be used for rehypothecation purposes - so whom do you think wants to see these funds available for use by the bankers ( try our wonderful SEC ! Lol )
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-05/slamming-money-market-%E2%80%9Cgates%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-capital-controls-coming-26-trillion-industry
Slamming
The Money Market “Gates” – Capital Controls Coming To $2.6
Trillion Industry
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/05/2013 20:41 -0400
- Institutional Investors
- Mary Schapiro
- Reality
- Reuters
- Shadow Banking
- Tim Geithner
The first time we wrote about the Volcker-led*Group of 30
*recommendation
to crush Money Markets in January 2010 by effectively imposing capital
control... more »
FBI and Microsoft acquire $500m-theft botnet refuge
* The FBI and Microsoft have broken up an enormous network of hijacked home
computers responsible for stealing more than $500m from bank accounts*. The
Citadel network had remotely installed a key logging program on about five
million machinery to steal data. Regarding 1,000 of the 1,400 or so
networks that made up the Citadel botnet are believed to have been shut
down.
Co-ordinate action in 80 countries by law enforcement forces, tech firms
and banking bodies helped to interrupt the scheme. The cybercriminals
behind Citadel cashed in by using login and password details for onli... more »
Overnight summary - focus on Asia as Japan hits bear market status for their equity markets... slight bounce for Europe and US Futures as we prepare to tread water before Jobs data on friday ...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-06/markets-edge-following-no-dead-japanese-cat-bounce-ahead-ecb-and-payrolls
Markets On Edge Following No Dead Japanese Cat Bounce, Eyeing ECB And
Payrolls
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/06/2013 06:54 -0400
- Aussie
- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Bank of England
- Bear Market
- Beige Book
- BOE
- Bond
- China
- Copper
- Crude
- Equity Markets
- European Central Bank
- Eurozone
- Germany
- headlines
- Japan
- LIBOR
- Mexi... more »
Trade war: Chinese solar panels vs EU wine
Business Week and many other news outlets tell us about another worrisome
development in a possibly looming trade war between the EU and China (or EU
and the rest of the world).
Some EU apparatchiks have decided that China is selling solar panels below
cost so they imposed 11.8% tariffs on them – but this fee is meant to grow
to 67.9% within two months. Holy cow. China is clearly going to revenge. At
this point, they are preparing actions against the European wine. The
French who believe that they produce some of the best wines in the world
aren't happy but it's their own fault, to ... more »
Mining 23: On the Proposed 10 Percent Gross Revenue Tax
As the new Congress will officially convene in late July this year, various
sectors and government agencies are preparing their respective “legislative
agenda”, the things they want Congress to enact for their sector. And among
the sectors seeking a new law is the mining sector, about the proposed new
mining tax regime.
The move now is to replace the (a) corporate income tax, 30 percent of net
revenues, (b) excise tax, two percent of minerals value, (c) royalty tax to
indigenous people, five percent, plus several others, with a 10 percent
gross revenue tax.
It is not clear though ... more »
Superfood Promotions
Food promotion does tend to go over the top into silliness. What is
correct is that a combination of beans and rice will provide a full protein
diet rather easily and everything else in that category of staple adds
variety.
Then it is a case of adding plenty of different vegetables and fruit. As
he mentions, blueberries in particular need to be in our diets. In short is
is si mple to do quite cas well without touching the annual fad.
Yet after saying all that, each super food has other characteristics that
also make it attractive. I found acai seeds acted as a great th... more »
In Defense of (Raw) Milk
Here is a nicely detailed discussion in defense of raw milk. What comes
home though is that the original solution needs to be put back in place.
Certifying raw milk is completely feasible in the modern world. Such milk
can be produced, packaged properly and delivered to outlets inside a twelve
hour window allowing customer pick up in the evening or direct delivery of
a fully chilled product overnight.
Chilled raw milk is certainly good for forty eight hours and much more. It
will then go sour and that surely inhibits any plausible pathogens. This
needs to be carefully re... more »
The Dechmont Woods UFO Encounter Recalled
This is another old report and worth recalling. A lot of the details are
quite different from other reports while the witness appears highly
reliable. Again what is observed is another plausible configuration for a
Magnetic Field Exclusion Vessel (MFEV). Better, we also observe two drones.
These have been seen before in other reports and this is by far the best
inasmuch as they actually interacted with the witness.
The stems with propellers were plausibly docking devices for the drones. I
do not imagine that the 'propellers' were ever rotating. Yet a three leaf
petal w... more »
Devastation of the Seas
This is an excellent history of the devastation inflicted on the global
fishery over the past two centuries. It shows us exactly what the sea can
produce and also what it will produce in the future once we establish sound
methods of husbandry. We will not be returning to the wild but we caqn
certainly operate a sustainable fishery based on historic values at the
least.
Any fool can cut a forest down and quickly move on. Yet the simple act at
management can easily double productivity. In the fishery, it is many
times better than that.
We take a natural fishery able ... more »
Major study shines light on Nunavut's suicide crisis: First extensive study about suicide in Nunavut released by McGill University researchers
People who died by suicide in Nunavut were more likely to have experienced
childhood physical or sexual abuse, and were more likely to have been
diagnosed with depression, according to a new study from McGill University.
The study has been years in the making, and is the first extensive study on
suicide in Nunavut. The 56-page report is called*Qaujivallianiq
Inuusirijauvalauqtunik*, or Learning from Lives that have been Lived.
The researchers interviewed almost 500 people in Nunavut with connections
to 120 people who died by suicide in the territory between 2003 and 2006.
For comp... more »
Now half of sham marriages involve foreign students: Members of bogus colleges who face being kicked out marry Britons and EU citizens to prolong their stay | Mail Online
' In a major new immigration scam, half of all bogus weddings now involve
foreign students.
The revelation shows the full scale of the past abuse of the student visa
system.
The non-EU nationals faced removal from Britain after their bogus colleges
were shut down in a crackdown by the Government.
But, instead of returning home, they are arranging fake weddings with
British nationals or EU citizens to prolong their stay, often paying
thousands of pounds in fees to 'fixers'.
Under a Brussels edict, marrying an EU citizen can grant the same rights to
stay as marrying a Briton.
Officia... more »
PLO wanting genocide against Jews
PLO chief Ahmed Shukairy's pre-Six-Day War of 1967 boast, "We shall destroy
Israel and its inhabitants and as for the survivors – if there are any –
the boats are ready to deport them."
Partners in Peace?
Donor John Mills’s gift to Labour avoided tax bill of £1.5m - Telegraph
Do as Labour say, not as they do.
More on Labour's encouragement of tax avoidance when it suits them here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10102190/Donor-John-Millss-gift-to-Labour-avoided-tax-bill-of-1.5m.html
Jimmy Savile: BBC warned 40 years ago of risk to teenage girls - Telegraph
'The BBC was officially warned more than 40 years ago it was putting girls
in the Top of the Pops audience at risk of sexual predators.
A leading QC led an investigation into sexual misconduct at the
corporation's flagship music programme in 1972 following concerns at the
time and uncovered what he described as "immorality".
But the inquiry's conclusions were kept secret for four decades and only
unearthed after a Freedom of Information request by The Telegraph.'
More here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/10101940/Jimmy-Savile-BBC-warned-40-years-ago-o... more »
69 years ago today
69 years ago today, American, British and Empire soldiers, sailors and
airmen launched the invasion of Normandy in Operation Neptune aka D-Day.
This day is important in history as it marked a real advance in the battle
against Nazi Germany and in freeing Europe from such tyranny.
A New, Progressive Tax That Even Republicans Like
No, there are no typos in the headline. A new tax is sweeping the states,
having already passed in both Democratic (Washington) and Republican
(Virginia) controlled legislatures, and is on the fast track in states like
New Jersey (Democratic legislature, Republican governor) and North Carolina
(Republican legislature and governor).
I know, I know, Republicans are the party of "no new taxes" and the Norquist
pledge. So I've got to be pulling your leg. But no: Washington and Virginia
have both passed new fees on electric and hybrid vehicles because they pay
less in gasoline taxes sinc... more »
"ERDOGAN, DUMPED BY GULEN, TO BE REPLACED BY GUL."
*Fethullah Gulen, who runs a large movement.*
From the point of view of the CIA, Turkey's real 'boss' is Fethullah Gulen,
who lives in the USA.
The Gulen schools in Russia were closed down because they were reportedly
fronts for the CIA.
Reportedly, Gulen has fallen out with Erdogan.
* Power Struggle Between Erdogan and Gulenists*
*President Abdullah Gul, who is a strong supporter of Gulen.*
Gulen reportedly hit at Erdogan in a recent sermon in which he criticised
the evils of arrogance.
*This arrogance may consist of not always following CIA-Gulen instructions
and not giving e... more »
Mark Dice Video: Californians Sign Petition Supporting Holocaust Beach Party
Here is another of Mark Dice's fake petition videos. If you don't know, he
asks oblivious people in California, many of them happy-go-lucky tourists,
to sign outrageous and offensive petitions.
It's like shooting fish in a barrel. It's cheap. It is like a bully going
to a playground to rough up some little kids and having a good laugh about
it. I generally like and respect Mark Dice's work, but not these videos.
In this one he asks people to sign a petition in support of a Holocaust
beach party. I don't know how well edited the video is, but a surprising
number of people actually ... more »
Your moment of Zen
Village by the sea. Reminds me of Portugal. [Frédéric Pillot]
[click to embiggen.]
Free Planet - why Social Media CAN'T BE EQUATED WITH Publishing.
*it's all Caxton's fault, milud*in January of this year, I wrote the post call
for global digital data amnesty which aimed to restructure how THE DIGITAL
WORLD deals with our online ramblings.
Back then I had 'no real answers'. Perhaps now I do. Let's see...
What the general public, that's you and I, understand about the commercial
term PUBLISHING big p.u.b.l.i.s.h.i.n.g. is: a traditional (mostly print)
media where great amounts of Publishing Companies' effort was put into:
fact checking
copyrighted material
correct formatting
paid-for articles/books
commercial distribution
financ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Except for the rings of Saturn, the Ring Nebula (M57) is probably the
most famous celestial band. Its classic appearance is understood to be due
to our own perspective, though. The recent mapping of the expanding
nebula's 3-D structure, based in part on this clear Hubble image, indicates
that the nebula is a relatively dense, donut-like ring wrapped around the
middle of a football-shaped cloud of glowing gas.
*Click image for larger size.*
The view from planet Earth looks down the long axis of the football,
face-on to the ring. Of course, in this well-studied example of a plan... more »
Musical Interlude: Rolling Stones, "If I Was a Dancer (Dance, Part II)"
Rolling Stones, "If I Was a Dancer (Dance, Part II)"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OefkDNjRecA
•
Attitude. In Philly, pronounced at-tee-tood...
Turn it UP!
- CP
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
Continue reading
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”
* *
*“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"
* *
*"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) - UPDATED
(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"
* *
*"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 - 1 day 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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