History of the use of nuclear power (top) and the number of active nuclear power plants (bottom). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The nuclear fuel cycle begins when uranium is mined, enriched, and manufactured into nuclear fuel, (1) which is delivered to a nuclear power plant. After usage in the power plant, the spent fuel is delivered to a reprocessing plant (2) or to a final repository (3) for geological disposition. In reprocessing 95% of spent fuel can be recycled to be returned to usage in a power plant (4). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Rhodochrosite Pyrite and Black Mica (Photo credit: Orbital Joe)Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 minutes ago
I like this Dave Weigel post on how entirely ineffective Ted Cruz has been
in the Senate. OK, I would have liked it better if he had linked to my Post
item on how Cruz got Cordray confirmed, but I like it anyway.*
One point to add. Cruz is campaigning in Iowa and, as Robert Costa reports
(via Weigel), saying that his price for getting a CR (and therefore not
shutting down the government) is fully defunding the ACA. Which is, you
know, charming. I mean -- never mind either the ethics or the efficacy of
holding the normal functioning of the government hostage to one's
preferences, but... more »
A hot day for democracy
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 24 minutes ago
The Honduran *Congreso Nacional* came to town yesterday, part of a
mobile-meeting plan for the legislative branch of government that gets the
politicians out of the capital once in a while to hear from "the people."
Apparently President Porfirio Lobo was here, too, but all I know of that is
I heard a helicopter coming in for a landing around 2 p.m., such a rare
event in Copan Ruinas that it had to mean something big.
Congress met in the municipal hall near Parque Central, so I wandered
down to the park yesterday morning to see what I could see. Not much, as it
turns out. The... more »
Why NCTQ Wants to Get Rid of Schools of Education
freetoteach at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 28 minutes ago
A social studies lesson on the business of education from Alan Singer,
Hofstra Uniersity: They think they found the solution to fix American
schools and it is really very simple: get rid of schools of education
because they fail to adequately train teachers. The NCTQ posted a list of
the advisory committee for its study on […]
Why Nick Ruiz Over John Mica?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 32 minutes ago
Nick Ruiz is a dedicated progressive and lifelong environmentalist running
for the central Florida congressional seat currently held by GOP hack John
Mica. Blue America has endorsed Nick and if you'd like to contribute to his
campaign, you can do it on this Act Blue page. This week Mica cast his 38th
consecutive vote to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act despite
the fact that the legislation has begun to deliver for his own Orlando-area
constituents. As a result of the law:
*•* 10,900 young adults in the district now have health insurance through
their parents’ plan.
... more »
Harper's Auto-Generated Enemies Lists
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 35 minutes ago
If you're Stephen Harper you can assume that what you consider "enemies"
would include pretty much the entire membership of organizations such as
the Council of Canadians. So why would you waste time amassing enemies
lists when you can force these organizations to do it for you?
This e-mail I received from the CoC neatly explains the situation:
*A new federal Not-for-Profit Corporation Act (NFP Act) came into effect in
2009. Every federally incorporated not-for-profit, including the Council
and all other social justice and environmental organizations, must amend
their by-laws to c... more »
Kent Hawkins Comments on Nuclear Power
Charles Barton at The Nuclear Green Revolution - 50 minutes ago
MasterResource, in general, and Kent Hawkins, in particular, have not given
a great deal of attention to nuclear power in the past. MasterResource has
its' origin in the fossil fuel industry and indeed from within one of the
more notorious fossil fuel businesses, ENRON. Hawkins is by no means
anti-nuke. He recognizes that in the near future global society faces major
changes in energy technology, but until quite recently has not focused on
nuclear power as offering a potential for energy change, however in a
recent post http://www.masterresource.org/2013/01/sound-energy-policy-ii/Haw... more »
Agenda 21 Chapter 8 – The Final Coup
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 55 minutes ago
Julie Beal
If you think the economy is simply going to collapse, think again. The
bankers, the corporations, and the United Nations have got *ecosystem
accounting* ready to rock and roll, and it’s set to change everything….
… the plan is brilliant. You reduce the number from 7+ billion by at least
33% without firing one shot. You simply privatize all natural resources and
then price access so that the bottom third of the globe’s population cannot
afford it. And so, they die; it will be the biggest die-off of the
Anthropocene epoch. From Papua New Guinea to Croatia, from Bolivia to ... more »
Who better to comment on Detroit than Dewey From Detroit...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago
*and we thank him.*
*The Motor City: Broken and Out of Warranty*
I'm predicting a federal bailout in 3,2,1... more »
Revenge of the Blackfish
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
A documentary, *Blackfish*, opening today at the Toronto International Film
Festival focuses on what marine "parks" around the world, like the GTA's *MarineLand,
*are inflicting on their captive orcas and how, after years of basically
being left in a bathtub, some orcas take their revenge.
Sorry but I'm with the orca on this one. Leave them in the ocean with
their pods where they belong. It's disgraceful that the people and
government of Ontario allow these creatures to be incarcerated for an
abbreviated life in horrible conditions.
Not So "Incompetent" After All, Eh Rupe?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
*Some pictures are worth a thousand words*
Now that recordings have emerged trashing Rupert Murdoch's claims that he
knew nothing of his newspapers' phone hacking and police corruption, Ol'
Rupe is backpeddling.
At first he denounced the police investigation as "totally incompetent."
Now that the recording has surfaced, Murdoch has written to say that he had
"*used the wrong adjectives*".
*Home Affairs Select Committee chairman Keith Vaz wrote to Murdoch asking
him to comment on the secret recording.*
* **In a reply released on Thursday, Murdoch said: "I accept that I used
the w... more »
Removing the Shackles: Through the Looking Glass of Transparency
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
Posted at:
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/07/through-looking-glass-of-transparency.html
Friday, 19 July 2013
*Through the Looking Glass of Transparency*
trans·par·ent
*adjective \tran(t)s-ˈper-ənt\*
Definition of TRANSPARENT
*1*
a *(1)* : having the property of transmitting light without appreciable
scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid *(2)* :
allowing the passage of a specified form of radiation (as X-rays or
ultraviolet light)
b : fine or sheer enough to be seen through : diaphanous
*
* *2*
a : free from pretense or deceit : frank
b ... more »
Snowden: Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
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Stephen Lendman
Swedish Sociology Professor Stefan Svallfors nominated him. He praised his
"heroic effort at great personal cost."
He revealed NSA's lawless global spying. He told millions worldwide what
they need to know. He did so at great risk.
He deserves high praise, not persecution. He showed "individuals can stand
up for fundamental rights and freedoms," said Svallfors.
His nominating letter states:
"Best committee members!
I suggest that the 2013 Peace Prize (be) awarded to the American citizen
Edward Snowden.
... more »
39 Fantastic Prepping Tips
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
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Gaye Levy
People often ask where my ideas and where my knowledge comes from. When
that happens, I chuckle a bit to myself because just like the person
asking, my knowledge comes from a variety of sources: first hand
experience, books, online forums and of course, Backdoor Survival readers.
So you see, it is not that I am smarter or more clever than everyone else
but rather that I have taken my passion for preparedness and made it an
active part of my life.
That leads me to the topic for today’s article. Following my own art... more »
The Dismal Plight of Bradley Manning
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
*The Guardian's *Steve Bell captures what America's military justice system
holds in store for Bradley Manning:
*In a preliminary ruling on the multiple charges Mr Manning faces, military
judge Colonel Denise Lind threw out a defence motion that the prosecution
had failed to produce evidence to sustain a charge that Manning had 'aided
the enemy.'*
*...But in insisting on the 'aiding' charge and 11 others, the Obama
administration is holding out for another 154 years jail time – with no
parole option.*
*Claiming to be 'extraordinarily disappointed' by the decision, Colonel
Morris... more »
Cooper’s abject refusal to speak!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013*
*Flatly false, also ugly:* Does Anderson Cooper like his job? His job as a
national *journalist?*
On Tuesday night’s show, he failed to challenge a guest when he plainly
should have. The guest in question made a false statement—a statement he
knew was false.
Elsewhere, Cooper has corrected this misstatement. Tuesday night, with high
feeling all around, he simply gave it a pass.
The guest in question was Barbara Arnwine, president of The Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Arnwine made this statement about the
juror Cooper interviewed one night be... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago
Is it 1953 or 2013? 2013 Aspen Security Forum is currently meeting in
Aspen Meadows, CO. Here’s the list of speakers — scroll through and see if
anything strikes you. HT: Tamara Cofman Wittes. An excellent piece by
Naunihal Singh that concludes for all the talk of a unique people’s
revolution, the Egyptian coup
Continue reading
Why Not Just Waterboard Them?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
One of the dirty little tricks American interrogator/torturers adopted
during the War on Terror has made it to the homeland. It is subjecting the
prisoner to the prolonged stress of intense cold. That, according to
lawyers, is a method being used against hunger-striking prisoners by
California prison guards.
*Prison guards are trying to break a hunger strike involving thousands of
prisoners in California by blasting cells with cold air, confiscating legal
documents and, in one case, banning lawyers, according to legal
representatives and relatives.*
*Authorities have taken the... more »
Kent Hawkins Offers Reasonable Doubt About Wind's Carbon Mitigation Effectiveness (updated repost)
Charles Barton at The Nuclear Green Revolution - 1 hour ago
Nuclear Green Revolution had its' origin in a debate which I had with
GRIST'S David Roberts. Roberts argued that investments in nuclear power
would be a mistake. When confronted with the need for post carbon power
sources, Roberts claimed that renewables could provide all the power we
need at a lower cost than nuclear power. I did not have a source that
provided a strong contradiction, so I set out setting up a preliminary
source from scratch. My source looked at what renewables cost and what we
got for our money and what else it would take a renewable post carbon
system to work. M... more »
BBC News - Government borrowing fell in 2012-13, revised figures show
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours ago
Can you hear the gritted teeth at the Labour supporting BBC as they have to
admit that:
'Nonetheless, three months into the fiscal year, the government remains on
course to reduce the budget deficit in line with its forecasts.'
Ooh that must have hurt. Just wondering what Ed Balls will have to say?
More gritted teeth comments here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23372309
It Worked for Capone, Now Let's Use It on Multi-Nationals
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 2 hours ago
Tax evasion is a crime. Multi-national corporations are criminals. In
fact, the G20 is warning that advanced countries are facing "global tax
chaos" as multi-nationals evade taxes by laundering their revenues through
low-tax or no-tax havens.
The buggers really do think they're above the law, a clear impression
they've received from our politicians for thirty years or more.
*On Friday, the [British] chancellor, George Osborne, will hail a two-year
action plan drawn up by the OECD thinktank to clamp down on questionable
international corporate tax practices.*
*The long-awaited r... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 2 hours ago
*State looking into piping problem in cavern near Bayou Corne sinkhole ~David
J. Mitchell, Advocate*
*Crazy Saints Fans Update: West Nile, The Dirty Bird Killa ~Saints Tailgate*
Criminal Enterprise Operations of the Police
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
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Dave Hodges
After moving to the border state of Arizona, I learned quickly that it
isn’t prudent to drive a car into Mexico because the Federal Police like to
pull over “American-looking” tourists and shake them down for cash (yes,
Virginia, the Mexican national police force does profile).
The practice of Mexican police harassing traveling Americans for their cash
is so prevalent, most insurance companies require a special rider on one’s
insurance policy before covering a car trip into Mexico.
I used to think that this abus... more »
The One People: Interview with Kiri from NZ 19th July 2013
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago
Kiri creates her own documents to deposit her value and tells her story of
her journey...
Jay Inslee (WA) Likes ALEC - According to ALECer
2old2care at Because I Can - 2 hours ago
ALEC supporters are really drawing at straws right now to justify the
extremist policies of the ALEC - making misleading public statements.
Twisting the facts, making broad misleading statements to prove that the
American Legislative Exchange Council is nonpartisan - lying, really.
They are publishing all kinds of crap.
Take this case in point
Jay Inslee –Governor,
State of Washington
(the state that passed legalized marijuana and marriage equality into
law in December 2012)
*From Daily Kos on Jay Inslee*
... he hasn't voted a straight line progressive caucus agen... more »
Complicity in international criminal law
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
Ezokola *v.* Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) 2013 SCC 40 deals with
complicity in a criminal organization for international criminal law
purposes:
[68] In sum, while the various modes of commission
recognized in international criminal law articulate a broad concept of
complicity, individuals will not be held liable for crimes committed by a
group simply because they are associated with that group, or because they
passively acquiesced to the group's criminal purpose. At a minimum,
complicity under international criminal law requires an individual to
... more »
SOCIETY DOWN: Is Anderson Cooper a journalist?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013*
*Interlude—Journalistic star fails to perform:* Last night, Anderson Cooper
refused to do his job.
It would have been painful to do his job, but Cooper is well compensated.
He represents himself as a broadcast journalist.
There are certain unpleasant tasks such folk are supposed to take on.
Last night, through most of an hour-long program, Cooper kept walking away
from those journalistic tasks. In particular, he kept refusing to challenge
guests who were offering questionable accounts of a high-profile event.
What happened in Sanford on the night when Trayvo... more »
Hymenoplasty operations women virgins again increased NHS costs
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours ago
Because the NHS has a bottomless pit of money to spend! Hymenoplasty and
breast enlargement are generally not necessary medical procedures, but are
for religious, cultural or personal pride reasons.
I don't want to pay for others to have this sort of operation, especially
when people are dieing because the NHS won't fund life saving cancer
treatment. Priorities, priorities...
More here
http://www.closeronline.co.uk/2012/06/rise-in-ops-to-make-women-virgins-again
Summarizing Declining Participation in Democracy
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 2 hours ago
Owen at Northern Reflections beat me to it. Yesterday I read this excellent
summary by Alex Himmelfarb of a Samara study on declining political
participation in Canada and thought I'd blog about today.
Himmelfarb mentions "social trust" the "degrees of inequality in society,
and public policy as being vital to increased participation in, and trust
in democracy.
I'll spin it my way: Seems to me that in the 1940s and 1950s, an expanding
economy and a shared culture made white people less angry at each other.
(In the 1920s and 1930s, lots of people voted because mass democracy was
... more »
16 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
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Michael Snyder
Are you a conspiracy theorist? If not, perhaps you should be. Yes, there
have certainly been a lot of “conspiracy theories” over the years that have
turned out not to be accurate. However, the truth is that a large number
of very prominent conspiracy theories have turned out to actually be true.
So the next time that you run into some “tin foil hat wearing lunatics”,
you might want to actually listen to what they have to say. They may
actually know some things that you do not. In fact, one recent study fo... more »
The U.S. Government Will Borrow Close To 4 Trillion Dollars This Year
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
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Michael Snyder
When you add maturing debt to the new debt that the federal government is
accumulating, the total is quite eye catching. You see, the truth is that
the U.S. government must not only borrow enough money to fund government
spending for this year, it must also "roll over" existing debt that has
reached maturity. Of course the government never actually pays off any of
that debt. Instead, it essentially takes out new debts to cover the old
ones. So the U.S. government is actually borrowing far more money each yea... more »
5 Examples of When You Might Not Know What You Are Eating
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
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*When we buy food at the grocery store, many of us expect to get what we
think we’re paying for.*
Melissa Melton
But, as it turns out, our food isn’t always what we think it is. From the horse
meat scandal that is currently rocking the United Kingdom — to the
widespread realization that the ground beef sold in many U.S. markets is
actually a mix of bits of meat, fat, sinew, bloody effluvia, and ammonia
dubbed “pink slime” — consumers are continually shown just how at the mercy
of industrial food conglomerates we truly are wh... more »
European Parliament may call on Snowden, NSA chief and Glenn Greenwald to testify about NSA spying
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
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Jon and Mel Kots/Flickr Madison Ruppert
With the European Parliament getting prepared to launch an investigation
into the massive National Security Agency surveillance programs,
whistleblower Edward Snowden, NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander and journalist Glenn
Greenwald may be called to testify.
The series of hearings on the recently revealed NSA surveillance programs is
slated to begin in September, which was established after the agency’s
global spying efforts were revealed in June.
The fallout in Europe has ... more »
Soon The Only Person Left In The PMO Will Be The Guy Who SHOULD Have Resigned In The First Place.
leftdog at Buckdog - 2 hours ago
**
*-Senior staffer who allegedly knew of Duffy payment leaves PMO (Chris
Woodcock) *
*-Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, resigns *
*-Benjamin Perrin: ‘I was not consulted on, and did not participate in,
Nigel Wright’s decision’*
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.19.13"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.19.13"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"Fed Chief Ben Bernanke testified in front of the House and Senate this
week about the economy and money printing. The headline in USA Today says
it all, “Fed Help Won’t Fade.” Remember, this is $85 billion in bond buying
each and every month. That’s $45 billion in Treasury bonds and $40 billion
in sour mortgage debt. I call it the fraud and mistakes of big banks. Why
doesn’t anyone in Congress ask which banks are getting $40 billion each and
every month? This is a half-trillion bucks a year, and nobody in Congress ... more »
Everything Is Fine, But…
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
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Michael Snyder
Everything is going to be just great. Haven't you heard? The stock market
is at an all-time high, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says that
inflation is incredibly low, and the official unemployment rate has been
steadily declining since early in Barack Obama's first term. Of course I
am being facetious, but this is the kind of talk about the economy that you
will hear if you tune in to the mainstream media. They would have us
believe that those running things know exactly what they are doing and that... more »
Anonymous Operation NSA - Exposing Dianne Feinstein
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
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*Youtube*
Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein has taken over $698,000 in bribes from
the surveillance-industrial complex since PRISM has been in place. She
votes in favor of them and against your rights. She violates the U.S.
Constitution.
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TSA: Keeping Travelers Safe by Inspecting Cars Left in Valet Parking
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
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Kimberly Paxton
Now not only does the TSA thoroughly inspect your person and your carry-on
bags – they can order an inspection of the car you left behind also.
A New York woman was shocked to return home from a trip to find a notice on
her car informing her that it had been searched after her departure from
Greater Rochester International Airport.
Apparently, only cars that are valet parked are subject to this treatment.
Valet attendants are under orders of the TSA to search the vehicles that
are left with them. (Valet atten... more »
Bernanke Confirms: “If We Were To Tighten Policy, The Economy Would Tank”
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
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Mac Slavo
Financial analysts have opined that the United States is well on the road
to recovery. They cite various data points to make the case that the
multi-trillion dollar bailouts and stimulus have brought us back from the
brink of a collapse so serious that Congressional leaders had been told that
should the bailouts fail, there was a real possibility of martial law being
declared.
We’re doing so well, in fact, that just a couple of years ago President
Obama assured the nation of our progress, claiming that we “reversed... more »
Texans Urged Not To Panic As Army Battles Radiation Leak
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
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Chris Carrington
30 people are undergoing testing for radiation poisoning after a leak was
discovered at Fort Bliss Texas. An above-ground bunker used to store
weaponry has been found to contain both alpha and beta particles and there
is concern that soldiers using the weapons may have been exposed to
low-level radiation.
It has also emerged that when the area was controlled by the Air Force,
contaminated material was buried around the site. A retired worker raised
concerns that a new housing development currently under cons... more »
Social Contract: The Exceptions to the Rule
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
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*individual rights are sacrificed so an elite "vanguard" can take more
power to itself.* ~anon
*The Social Contract*
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Susan Boskey
What do the September 2013 completion of the mega NSA data and surveillance
center in Bluffdale Utah, federalized SWAT teams smashing down homeowners'
front doors, and the July 2013 acceptance of the Obama Administration’s
appeal to retain portions of the NDAA for the indefinite detention of
Americans have in common? For those who are not in denial, these three
facts alone p... more »
UPDATE: Adam Kokesh From Jail
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
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*Adam Kokesh*
As many of you know, Adam Kokesh was arrested on July 9, 2013 at his
residence in Herndon, VA. The US Parks Police, aided by the local Herndon
police force and a coalition of other agencies raided and ransacked Adam’s
home. They provided a warrant only after they had taken Adam into custody
and had completed an extensive search. They also detained and harassed all
the occupants of the house for an extended period and would not provide
reason for the detainment.
Raymond Morrogh is the Commonwealth Attorney for ... more »
Feds vs. Raisins: Small Farmers Stand Up to the USDA
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
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Activist Adam Kokesh will run for President in 2020
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
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*Fox DC*
DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTG
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Euroland news for July 19 , 2013 - Counting down the time until German Election on September 22 , 2013 and the return of reality..... Goldman's take on the ECB collateral shift ...... Spain's Deputy PM Saenz denies she will replace PM Rajoy - so you know the clock is ticking on Rajoy and who is replacement will be !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Two Months Until The German Elections And The Return Of Reality
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/19/2013 08:46 -0400
- default
- European Central Bank
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Portugal
- Real estate
- Reality
- Sovereigns
*Submitted by Mark J. Grant, author of Out of the Box,*
*“For what we regard as reality is conditioned by the theory to which we
subscribe.”*
* -Stephen Hawking*
Europe has denigrated into a strange place where *fantasy replaces reality
as necessitated by their go... more »
Detroit has filed for bankruptcy - keep your eyes on Illinois as Chicago School District has a second round of mass Teacher layoffs and pension reform is now part of the discussion there !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-cps-layoffs-20130719,0,4180625.story
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and Kim Geiger, Chicago Tribune reporters
6:34 a.m. CDT, July 19, 2013
Citing a $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools will lay off
more than 2,000 employees, more than 1,000 of them teachers, the district
said Thursday night.
About half of the 1,036 teachers being let go are tenured. The latest
layoffs, which also include 1,077 school staff members, are in addition to
855 employees — including 420 teachers — who were laid off last month as a
result of the dist... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 4 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Rick Ankiel, 34. Enough to make you a baseball fan.
The good stuff:
1. Nice one from Nate Silver on patterns and presidential elections.
2. More on ACA implementation from Jonathan Cohn.
3. Sarah Posner on Hobby Lobby.
4. And Steve Benen on the GOP-aligned partisan press.
Jimmy Carter: Snowden's Leak 'Useful', 'America Has No Functioning Democracy'
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
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Freda Art *Activist Post*
In an article appearing in the German-language, Spiegel, former President
Jimmy Carter expressed his support for whistleblowers and had sharp
criticisms of the Obama Administration.
Carter called the disclosure by Edward Snowden "useful" and said "the
invasion of privacy" and "government secrecy" has gone too far.
Carter said the leaks are "likely to be useful because they inform the
public."
"America has no functioning democracy," Carter stated.
From Spiegel translated by Google Translate:
The ... more »
What If A Drone Killed YOUR Grandson?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
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Egypt braces for Friday morning protests on July 19 , 2013......Israel and US brace for islamists actions in the Sinai.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Egypt braces for fresh Friday protests
Supporters of deposed president begin to gather at more than a dozen
locations across the capital, Cairo.
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Morsi supporters in Nasr City seem to be digging in for the long haul,
fortifying their sit-in with barricades [Reuters]
Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi have slowly begun to
gather at more than a dozen locations around the capital to demand the
re... more »
What Does The Cordray Confirmation Mean?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Tuesday saw two very important Senate votes. First came Harry Reid's
cloture vote to end the nearly two year-long GOP filibuster of Richard
Cordray's nomination to be Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection. The Republicans and their Wall Street masters don't want
consumers protected from banksters and they oppose the Bureau itself and
have blocked Cordray's appointment for that reason rather than because they
found anything wrong with Cordray himself. Wednesday Lindsey Graham--
mostly preoccupied with grandstanding about boycotting the 2014 Olympics in
Moscow-- a... more »
Afganistan and Karzai thanks the US for its support by taxing and fining the US as the withdrawal proceeds along ! Meanwhile , Taliban and Afghans get ready for the post US and post Karzai world ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/18/afghanistans-thanks-for-us-generosity-harsh-taxes-/
So much for thanks: As the U.S. accelerates its exit from a decadelong,
$100 billion reconstruction effort in Afghanistan, American generosity is
getting an unwelcome penalty in the form of taxes and fees imposed by
President Hamid Karzai’s government on U.S. contractors supporting the
rebuilding effort.
Everything from exiting military equipment and food for troops to new
federal contract dollars are facing levies, customs fees and fines — a wave
of taxation estimated to slice $1 bi... more »
Has Germany and Angela Merkel's government been implicated in participating in NSA's Prism Program ? Bild says Nato was cooperating in Prism back in 2011 - which is a contradiction to the position of the German government which denies knowledge of Prism...Additional news items touching on the now global spying scandal ! .
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://gigaom.com/2013/07/18/are-there-really-two-prisms-or-just-one-prism-with-nato-involvement/
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Is China planning to back its currency with Gold ? In the context of the huge demand for gold from China and its public concerns regarding the state of the West and dollar denominated assets , this is the important story of the day to consider.
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/07/china-reported-planning-to-back-yuan.html
18 JULY 2013
China Reported Planning To Back the Yuan With Gold
This is an interesting article for several reasons, not the least of which
is that it is from a Russian publication and perspective, reflecting on the
possible actions of China in the evolution of the global reserve currency
regime.
As you know Russia is promoting a rethinking of the post Bretton Woods
monetary system through their chairmanship of the G20 this year. There
are other shoes to drop yet from that.
I suspect that C... more »
Monsanto Drops Bid to Advance New GM Crops in Europe
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
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Freda Art *Activist Post*
Monsanto announced today that they are quitting their effort to get more
genetically modified crops approved in Europe.
"We will no longer be pursuing approvals for cultivation of new biotech
crops in Europe," the biotech company said in a statement.
"Instead, we will focus on enabling imports of biotech crops into the EU
and the growth of our current business there," Monsanto added.
Only two genetically modified crops are allowed to be grown in the European
Union (Monsanto's MON 810 maize and BAS... more »
Defense Contractor Quits Over US War Crimes
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
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Former Mexican President: The Drug War Has Been a Total Failure
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
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Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox sits down with HIGH TIMES for an
exclusive interview regarding his global initiative to legalize marijuana.
Alarmed by the Drug War that has been ravaging his country since he left
office in 2006, President Fox has created a broad coalition that includes
American pot activists to focus on a singular goal that will help curb
cartel violence: legalizing pot.
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Greg Rickford, Minister of Science and Technology
Alison at Creekside - 5 hours ago
2011 : MP Greg Rickford - centre - proudly announces funding for fish lab
at Experimental Lakes Area, calling it “Canada’s most innovative freshwater
research centre.” The 58-lake globally renowned research facility in his
Kenora riding was responsible for the research behind the Canada-US acid
rain treaty,
May 2012 : The DFO announces it is dumping ELA to save $2M per year, even
though it will cost $50M to shut it down.
After months of hiding from his constituents and outraged scientists, Rickford
emerged to explain:
"Our mandate has moved to a smaller-scale research that reflec... more »
The Longer He Stays, The More Damage He Does
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 5 hours ago
Lawrence Martin has admitted that the title for his latest book was
inspired by Rick Pearlstein's examination of the Nixon administration.
However, Martin writes, Harperland is not Nixonland -- at least not yet:
Harperland is not in a league with Nixonland, certainly not on the basis of
what we know now. But that doesn’t mean that the abuse of power by this
government is not of an extraordinary nature. It doesn’t mean that there
aren’t shadings of character and behaviour that are similar to Nixon’s.
There’s been a siege mentality at work here that calls to mind those times.
We hav... more »
Chi Federation of Labor to Say NO to ALEC
2old2care at Because I Can - 5 hours ago
*Chicago Federation of Labor*
*Be there Thursday, August 8 to protest outside of the American Legislative
Exchange Council* [ALEC] 40th Anniversary Conference in Chicago August 7-9.
ALEC is bringing state politicians to Chicago to push a dangerous agenda
that rewards greedy CEOs at the expense of middle class families and our
public schools and puts our safety at risk. Forty years of ALEC is nothing
to celebrate.
When greedy corporations are allowed to make the rules, our community
suffers. Good full time jobs are outsourced or replaced by part time jobs
at low wages while CEOs an... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 5 hours ago
*Sequestration Could Curtail 'Hurricane Hunter' Missions ~Scott Neuman, WWNO
*
*It turns out the Corps of Engineers has yet to figure out how to 'armor'
New Orleans' brand new area levees*
*Thibodaux firm lands $29.5 million pump contract in Plaquemines Parish ~Xerxese
Wilson, Daily Comet**~Also~ Nicholls State's Drone Mapping program gets
boost*
*Levee protection methods debated at meeting ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans
Advocate*
*New developments could revitalize upper Canal Street ~Lee Isaacson, WVUE*
*La casino winnings down $8M from June 2012*
Read more here:
http://www.islandpa... more »
The Changing Distribution of Income
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 6 hours ago
Click on graphic to enlarge.
Mark Perry points out: "Yes, the middle class has been disappearing, but
they haven’t fallen into the lower class, they’ve risen into the upper
class."
Greenpeace Tells the FDA: Stop Misleading the Public About GMOs by Christina Sarich
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 7 hours ago
Greenpeace Tells the FDA: Stop Misleading the Public About GMOs
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 18 July 2013
Greenpeace is speaking up for the general public, by telling the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) that they have no right to claim that GMOs are
safe for Americans, or anyone else. Some call Greenpeace a militant
environmentalist group, but with the recent science coming out about how
harmful pesticides are to pollinators, and therefore a large portion of the
food supply, Greenpeace would more appropriately be called sane or
conscientious.
The FDA and Monsanto ha... more »
Antisemitism is the main obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
'... in all too many mosques, schools and television programs across the
Arab and Muslim world, the public is indoctrinated
with the most vile anti-Jewish bigotry. Hatred is idealized to a degree
that the average American, and the average Israeli, cannot comprehend or
imagine.'
I can comprehend this hatred, I see it far too often on Twitter and the
Web.
More here
http://cifwatch.com/2013/07/19/resolved-antisemitism-is-the-main-obstacle-to-israeli-palestinian-peace/
Guest Post - Up-Cycling you’re Recycling
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 7 hours ago
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One of the easiest things to do around the office is recycling: you make a
huge difference, while not requiring people to change their habits or
workload. The reasons behind recycling far outweigh any negatives to the
process. It’s really easy to do, and you can see the difference it makes,
especially when you start buying recycled products as well. Making products
from raw materials costs more than from recycled products, so when
manufacturers can use old objects, a lot of energy is conserved.
Not only does it protect the environment from draining natural ... more »
Union Push Back on Obamacare
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
Germany has had a successful universal health care system since it was put
in place under Bismarck. That is well over a century ago and the system
survived the catastrophe of two world wars including one in which outright
internal devastation was inflicted on the capital stock.
During the interim, special interests have used propaganda and bribes to
prevent a similar system been installed in the USA while not serving a
third of the population and gaming the other two thirds to pay the most
anywhere.
The attempt to convert the current horror into a universal system is ... more »
Evolution of the Throw
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
Skip the pointed stick theory. It is good but long before that it was a
simple throwing stone well aimed. Even our Bigfoot cousin has been observed
using that method. A pointed stick does need to be fire hardened and surely
emerged with the general acceptance of fire. Yet the whole development to
that point needed to be driven by need and accurate stone throwing is
sufficient.
Throw in efficient running and a loss of a fur coat and we are well up to
ourselves.
One of the earliest confirmation of stone throwing was a Saharan waterhole
with curious disc shaped stones that were... more »
Guayusa and Lucid Dreaming
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
The idea of lucid dreaming is a recent addition to our understanding of
mindfulness and this site develops it nicely, while marketing the benefits
of guayusa as an effective dream stimulant.
This appears to be a safe protocol and an assist for those also working on
meditation
Feedback is vital in situations such as this so feel free to tell others of
your experiences. It may well turn out to be modestly effective for most.
Lucid Dreaming
http://www.raisingmyvibrations.com/lucid-dreaming.html
*1. Write your dreams down every morning*
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**This is the most important ... more »
What Do Ants Know That We Don’t?
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
This is a rich comparison between the way ants communicate and organize,
compared to that of our own. Unsurprisingly, they are similar and
naturally suggestive as well. This item suggests that it may even by
possible to learn from this. In the meantime, it is an excellent teaching
analogy for computer science.
Read and enjoy.
*What Do Ants Know That We Don’t?*
*BY DEBORAH GORDON*
*07.06.13*
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http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/07/what-ants-yes-know-that-we-dont-the-future-of-networking/
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*Ever notice how ant colonies so successfully explore and exploit
resou... more »
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal's visit to SFS-Q
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours ago
*Wikipedia:*
"Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (born 23 September 1923) is a leading Egyptian
journalist. For 17 years (1957–1974) he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo
newspaper Al-Ahram and has been a respected commentator on Arab affairs for
more than 50 years."
*Mohamed Hassanein Heikal's visit to SFS-Q. Source: GUQatar. Date
Published: May 22, 2013. Description:*
Renowned journalist and historian, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, met with
Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students, at a discussion roundtable
at their Education City campus.
"Some analysts have noted that Sisi’s coup and ... more »
Major Fighting Between Kurds and Al Qaeda In Syria
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours ago
*Al-Qaeda is the black death.*
Read for background:
*Kurds drive Al-Qaeda fighters out of Ras al-Ain*.
*II.*
*Al-Qaeda is a plague* that was invented by the spin doctors in U.S.,
Pakistan, England, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. It is not a legitimate social,
political, and spiritual movement. Any check that is put on this plague
from whatever army---Kurds, Syrian Arab Army, Hezbollah, Israel, Iran,
etc---is a good and positive thing.
This plague won't go away anytime soon, especially if USrael and their
Sunni slaves in the region have anything to say about it.
I read somewhere t... more »
Congresssional Judiciary Committee Hearing on NSA Wiretaps 7-17-2013
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 8 hours ago
Naturalness and the LHC nightmare
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
Phil Gibbs wrote a nice essay,
Naturally Unnatural,
in which he discusses the annual EPS-HEP conference that just began in
Stockholm and the subdued/nightmare feelings that phenomenologists may have
due to the perfect agreement between the LHC and the Standard Model. He
adds comments about naturalness and the multiverse.
*Unnaturalness is sometimes in the eyes of the beholder.*
Nima is quoted as a defender of a \(100\TeV\) collider. A possible result
could be that nothing new is found which would be considered fascinating by
Nima because that would be a proof of some unnaturalnes... more »
Adrian Dix, Throwing Punches While Laying On The Ground Bleeding/NDP, The Hypocrisy Party
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 8 hours ago
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Updated post/July 18/2013
*Written by Grant G *
Today and this week in question period the opposition NDP tried to make
hay with new revelations into the ethnicgate scandal...
I wrote this post about Dyble`s report, in this post I asserted correctly
that the BC Liberal`s had engaged and employed the ethnic outreach plan, a
plan to use public dollars for party work....I clearly stated that the plot
was not only thought of and contemplated but fully implemented..
I wrote many posts at the time, I highlighted how the Burnaby hospital
scandal was part of ethnicga... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
"A familiar sight to sky enthusiasts with even a small telescope, the Ring
Nebula (M57) is some 2,000 light-years away in the musical constellation
Lyra. The central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkably
deep exposure - a collaborative effort combining data from three different
telescopes - explores the looping filaments of glowing gas extending much
farther from the nebula's central star.
*Click image for larger size.*
Of course, in this well-studied example of a planetary nebula, the glowing
material does not come from planets. Instead, the gaseous shroud re... more »
"Not Much Mental distance..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
“A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing
his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford
to admit — no matter how often he's reminded of it — that every day of his
life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley... Very few toads in
this world are Prince Charmings in disguise. Most are simply toads... and
they are going to stay that way... Toads don't make laws or change any
basic structures, but one or two rooty insights can work powerful changes
in the way they get through life. A toad who believes he got a raw d... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
San Antonio, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Mary Oliver, "I Want"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"Look, I want to love this world
as though it's the last chance I'm ever going to get
to be alive
and know it."
- Mary Oliver
"March To The Sea, And Make Salt"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"March To The Sea, And Make Salt"*
by Dan W
"Satya is the Sanskrit word for “truth”; agraha means "great enthusiasm
and interest". The two words combined may be rendered as "the firmness of
truth.” The term was popularized during the Indian Independence Movement,
and is used in many Indian languages including Hindi. It can also mean"the
force of truth." On March 12, 1930, Gandhi and 78 male satyagrahis set out
on foot for the coastal village of Dandi, Gujarat, 390 kilometres (240 mi)
from their starting point at Sabarmati Ashram. At Aslali, and the other
villages that the ma... more »
"The First Rule of Life"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious
in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If you have a
secret, you have only to whisper it to your dearest friend with the
strictest injunction that it will go no further, and within half a day the
story is all over town, and when you do make what would seem to be a
perfectly sensible remark, you will find it reported in the most grotesque
form, thus incurring no end of criticism to rebound upon you."
- Elizabeth Aston
Chet Raymo, “Mentally Enhanced”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“Mentally Enhanced”*
by Chet Raymo
"Here she is, folks, from a report in the May 14, 2009 issue of Nature, the
oldest known piece of representational art, a 35,000-year-old female
figurine carved from mammoth ivory, from the Hohle Fels cave in southern
Germany. Huge breasts. Explicit vulva. Tiny head. Are we surprised? The
first images our male ancestors looked at were - porn.
But wait. Why do we automatically assume that the artist was male? Maybe
while the guys were out hunting woolly mammoths, the gals were home carving
figurines, magical talismans, meant to enhance the... more »
Another Top PMO Aide Walks the Plank
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
And there wasn't so much as a splash to mark Chris Woodcock's departure
from Stephen Harper's nest of bent vipers, officially known as the PMO or
Prime Minister's Office.
This time it was Harper's Director of Management and Issues or Issues
Management which is a title that suggests nothing so much as a "fixer", the
very role in which ex-con Bruce Carson served Harpo until he was outed in a
scandal.
Woodcock is another senior PMO staffer fingered by the RCMP as having prior
notice of former Chief of Staff Nigel Wright's 90-thousand dollar,
under-the-table cheque to Senator Mike Duff... more »
A CRACK IN THE WALL
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
‘America has no functioning democracy’Former US President Jimmy Carter
lambasted US intelligence methods as undemocratic and described Edward
Snowden’s NSA leak as “beneficial” for the country.
Carter lashed out at the US political system when the issue of the
previously top-secret NSA surveillance program was touched upon at the
Atlantic Bridge meeting on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia.
“*America has no functioning democracy at this moment*,” Carter said,
according to Der Spiegel.
He also believes the spying-scandal is undermining democracy around the
world, as people become increas... more »
A live bull is hung from a tree until it dies for Chinese 'luck' festival
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
' Chinese villagers have defended their tradition of hanging a live bull
from a tree until it dies as part of a ritual to bring them luck and a
bumper harvest.
The 'cow-hanging ceremony' has been carried out by the minority Dong people
of southern China for almost 500 years and now attracts hundreds of
tourists. '
I won't hold my breath waiting for the lefty types who scream about animals
rights in UK and west to protest about this cruelty.
Read more here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2364099/Pictured-Horrifying-moment-live-bull-hung-tree-dies-Chinese-luck-festival.h... more »
Mining 27: Ensuring Responsible Mining from Small and Large Projects
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 10 hours ago
A friend, Arcy Garcia, posted in his facebook wall my recent paper, Mining
26: Presentation at Rotary Club of Taguig Fort Bonifacio, and invited his
friends from the Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) and Philippine Misereor
Partnership, Inc. (PMPI) to comment on it. Only one commented, Mr. Samson
Pedragosa, and I’m glad he did, as Samson has some constructive ideas how
to further encourage responsible mining, not kill it.
Below are our exchanges from July 16-19, 2013 , with permission from Arcy
and Samson that I will use their comments. Thanks Arcy, Samson. This is six
pages long including p... more »
DETROIT - DEAD CITY
Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago
*Detroit*
In recent decades, cars made in Detroit have been generally inferior to
those made in Germany and Japan.
Now, Detroit has become the largest city in U.S. history to file for
bankruptcy - with debts of possibly $20 billion.
Healthcare and other benefits for retired people are likely to be affected.
* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/*
*In March 2013, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted of
taking bribes and rigging contracts.*
The USA is good at producing ignorant, brainwashed people, but not much
else.
*BOEING* Dreamliner fire at Heathrow linked to ANOTHER l... more »
Detroit declares bankruptcy
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago
*...but the distortion of the markets continues...*
Detroit declared bankruptcy according to the Chapter 9 of the federal law.
You may see what it probably means for the city and the bondholders and
others. We are talking about the "city proper" only – with 700,000 people,
it's the 18th largest U.S. city (but the population was 2 million just
decades ago). The metropolitan area hosts about 5 million people and is
largely unaffected.
A century ago or so, Detroit was the leader of innovation in the same way
as Silicon Valley is today (or at least was several years ago) after Henry
... more »
Continuing Conundrum: The New Technologies Replaced Many Jobs With Few, Created New Billionaires Without Principles, and Made Us All Into Commodities To Be Sold to Advertisers - And Almost Everyone Got Poorer (A Metaphor for Our Time)
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 12 hours ago
Rebecca Solnit at Tom's Dispatch has a very perceptive take on what's going
down now and will happen even harder soon. And why. . . . there is massive
upheaval in Egypt and in Brazil, and in recent years there have been
popular rebellions in many parts of the Arab world, Turkey, Iceland,
Greece, Spain, Britain, Chile, and the U.S. itself with Occupy. The globe
is on fire with popular
MEDIA DAY
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
Today is media day for me in Quezon City, Philippines. Veteran Filipino
activist Corazon Fabros took me this morning to a "media forum" which is a
weekly gathering of journalists who discuss a particular topic. Fifty
TV/radio/newspaper journalists came to hear me discuss Obama's "pivot" into
the Asia-Pacific and its implications for their nation. It was great fun
and they really understand things quite well and see grave dangers in the
US military "coming back" into their nation.
Following that I did an interview for a local TV station and next I do a
print media interview over... more »
Marie's "Must Read"
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
Over at *A Puff of Absurdity*, Marie Snyder has written a terrific summary
of the wisdom of Noam Chomsky. It's a "must read" for anyone with
progressivism in their blood. Do check it out.
Japan's Radioactive Mutant fruits
Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 12 hours ago
We asked before where are Japan's mutations...Below we see what some radio
active particles can do to fruits...So we ask again where are the HUMAN
MUTATIONS?
Water melon with extra thick skin
A mushroom
A lettuce
Mutant Egg plant
Seed Newsvine
Guest Post – Dave Kang: "International Relations Theory and East Asian History"
Robert Kelly at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
It’s always a pleasure to guest-post my good friend Dave Kang. Dave teaches
at the University of Southern California and runs their Korean Studies
Institute (the pic). Here are some previous guest posts he’s written (one,
two, three). Here is his encouragement to actually apply international
relations theory to East Asia. I can’t agree more.
Continue reading
Rebels without cause - The Economist Intel Unit analysis of Protest Movements
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 13 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/2ZpLQ5Exy_A - click in picture to start this film!
*The Economist's Intelligence Unit* produced an interesting analysis of
global protest movements.
Here you can find more details. There appears to be a variety of protest
engagement against 'traditional governance', whatever that means across the
world. The Economist IU concludes that "...one striking feature is the rise
of new social movements that defy easy categorisation and reject
conventional modes of political engagement." I would add: "reject the lack
of democracy" in a global society beyond 19th centuri... more »
Temps
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
Kelly Services, a temp agency, is now the second biggest private
employer
in the U.S. Only heavily subsidized, socially-toxic Walmart employs more
people across the country. Last month, Michael Grabell filed this
reportfor Pro Publica on the state of the temporary work in America. The
implications are profound, not just for the individuals involved and for
their families, but for our economic system going forward, for our
democracy and for our society overall.
Grabell paints a picture that sounds like the situation involving day
laborers in third world countries but that isn't what... more »
Boston Police Photographer releases new photos of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - first photo interesting does not real a throat wound.when Tsarneaev surrendered ........
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/18/boston-magazine-fires-back-at-rolling-stone-cover-with-new-photos-of-bloody-tsarnaev/
‘THIS IS THE REAL BOSTON BOMBER’: POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER FIRES BACK AT ROLLING
STONE COVER WITH NEW PHOTOS OF BLOODY TSARNAEV
Jul. 18, 2013 5:55pm Madeleine Morgenstern
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Boston Magazine has responded to Rolling Stone’s controversial new cover giving
accused marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the glam rock star treatment with incredible
new photos of his capture.
This Tsarnaev — bloody and in the fixed beam of ... more »
La Defensa del Agua de la Tribu Yaqui
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
Yaqui defend their water in Sonora, Mexico
Published on Jul 18, 2013
Desde el 29 de mayo de este año, la
Tribu Yaqui y el Movimiento Ciudadano en defensa del agua de Ciudad
Obregón, iniciaron el bloqueo intermitente en la carretera internacional
número 15 México-Nogales a la altura del pueblo de Vícam, primer
cabecera del territorio yaqui. Esta acción se organizó
And Now the Buzzards Descend to Pick the Corpse of Detroit
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago
You might find this surprising but there's a group of mega-rich investors
just waiting to pounce on a parcel of Detroit real estate.
They call their vision the "Commonwealth of Belle Isle" and they have big
plans for the one decent park the people of beleaguered Detroit have
remaining to them. Belle Isle is a 982-acre island in the Detroit River
near where the river meets Lake St. Clair. It's the biggest
municipal-owned, island park in the U.S.
This is what the vultures have in mind for Belle Isle:
Consider it a fortress with a 12-knot moat, the ultimate gated
community/municip... more »
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Doctor Debunks AFP Ad on ObamaCares
2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
Two minutes.
It's great - share it wide
Source: OccupyDemocrats
Gaia Portal: Finalization of Gaia portal connections into fully operational 5-7D planetary grid are in process at this now moment
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago
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* *
* *Finalization of Gaia portal connections into fully operational 5-7D
planetary grid are in process at this now moment*
by ÉirePort
Energetic couplings and finalization of Gaia portal connections into fully
operational 5-7D planetary grid are in process at this now moment.
Such connections and couplings have been designed for New Paradigm
multi-dimensional manifestations and will be experienced by multiple
Light-aware and non-Light-aware beings, across planetary surface, as well
as throughout Inner Gaia realms.
What some might term "mass awakenings" will occur in due time, ... more »
Fordham Institute’s Newsletter: Gadfly or Dung Beetle?
Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
We called them tumble bugs when I was a kid down South. Dung beetles live
in, by, and for manure. They carefully roll it into balls, place it
underground, and lay their eggs in it. This provides a food source for
their larvae, or as the case with Fordham’s busy beetles, for Americans
seeking information […]
ALEC Legislators - Bottom Feeders
2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
ALEC - Pimping for whoever can pay them enough money.
There are a couple of errors in what is said in this - but I don't care. I
love this.
Nine minutes of your time - you don't have to watch it - listen to it.
Funny that Pap mentions the Sagebrush Rebellion
ALEC has an act for that -but it is not what anyone would imagine.
Sagebrush Rebellion Act, it is designed to establish a mechanism for the
transfer of ownership of unappropriated lands from the federal government
to the states.
There doesn't seem to be much of a public outcry.
What?
Let's change that!
Let's say NO! to th... more »
The Secret Government
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 16 hours ago
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As Detroit goes bankrupt, if you see anything the city owns that you like, try offering the "emergency manager" a few bucks
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*See anything you like? Make 'em an offer. (Feel free to low-ball.)*
*"The best analogy I have heard for what is happening in Detroit is that
this is a five-decade Katrina. Now, you either get a voluntary agreement
from people holding long-term debt, or you get bankruptcy."*
*-- Peter Hammer, Wayne State University law professor
and director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights*
*by Ken*
The news is pretty stark. The *Washington Post* (with help from the AP)
reports: "Deroit goes bankrupt, largest municipal filing in U.S. history."
Detroit filed the largest municipal bankru... more »
Congressman Chaka Fattah ( Dem - Pa ) calls for Washington bailout of the City of Detroit ... White House we're monitoring but solve your problems Detroit........
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Congressman Asks Obama For "Immediate Support" With Detroit Bankruptcy
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/18/2013 20:12 -0400
- Detroit
- Michigan
- President Obama
- White House
Four years ago he bailed out the city's automotive industry, and a whole
lot of union votes. Moments ago, Obama was just called in again, this time
to bail out the entire city. "Representative Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a leader
of the Congressional Urban
Caucus, sent a letter to President Obama today calling on the
Administration* to lend a helping hand to Detroit*... more »
Summer Teaching – Why Teach and What Makes It Different
amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 16 hours ago
Recently, I finished teaching a month long summer course on International
Relations to mainly first and second year undergrads at the University of
Missouri. Although I’ve taught summer courses before, this was actually
one of my first experiences with having to –for the love of all things
holy! – do what my public school teaching
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On Writing Letters to Congress about ESEA
Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
I received a very genuine email appeal from a fellow humane human engaged
in the same struggle to create public schools controlled by the public.
Here is part of it: As you know, ESEA will soon come before the house
floor for amendment. Would you be willing to encourage colleagues to call
their representatives and […]
NUEVAS FECHAS PARA LA ESCUELITA, INFORMACIÓN DE VIDEOCONFERENCIAS Y DE OTRAS COSAS.
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 17 hours ago
jueves,
18 de julio de 2013
#EZLN NUEVAS FECHAS PARA LA ESCUELITA, INFORMACIÓN DE VIDEOCONFERENCIAS Y
DE OTRAS COSAS.
NUEVAS FECHAS PARA LA ESCUELITA, INFORMACIÓN DE VIDEOCONFERENCIAS Y DE
OTRAS COSAS.
Julio del 2013.Para: Las compañeras y compañeros de la Sexta y
estudiantes de la Escuelita Zapatista.De: Subcomandante Insurgente
Mohawk Nation News 'Dim Apprentice'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 17 hours ago
DIM
APPRENTICE
Posted on July 18, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. July 17, 2013. Prime Minister Harper’s former economic hit man
within Indian Affairs, Jim Prentice, also known as “The-Dim-Apprentice”,
is warning us, his Indigenous landlords, to turn over our energy and
natural resources to the international bankers real quick, or else!
Harper’s scam-the-Indians-and-get-a-commission right
Martin Buber and Martin Heidegger in Dialogue
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 17 hours ago
*"Martin Buber: A Contemporary Perspective"* edited by Paul R.
Mendes-Flohr (2002).
*Martin Buber and Martin Heidegger in Dialogue. Source: University of
Chicago. Date Published: July 15, 2013. Description*:
Paul Mendes-Flohr's major research interests include modern Jewish
intellectual history, modern Jewish philosophy and religious thought,
philosophy of religion, German intellectual history, and the history and
sociology of intellectuals. He serves as editor-in-chief of the 22-volume
German edition of the collected works of Martin Buber, sponsored by the
Berlin-Brandenburgisc... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: The Earth Moved Under Our Feet Edition
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
Earthquake near Wellington this morning measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale
(and 16 stone on the ordinary household scale*).
*Recent Earthquakes* – GEONET
"Impossible to serve hot, good-quality food" in schools, says Indian state
education minister after 23 kids die.
*In India, Playground Now a Graveyard* – WALL STREET JOURNAL
The Maori population in Australia ("aka “Mozzies”) is growing faster than
it is here, and they’re earning much better too—some evidence, you’d think,
that race-based welfarism here at home is less beneficial than the melting
pot across the Tasman.
*Maori in... more »
Fukushima updates - July 18 , 2013.... Reactor 3 has steam coming up . Tepco says just heated rain ? Recall Reactor 3 is the one with the MOX fuel..... Meanwhile , items of note concerning thyroid cancers in Japan ,US military radiation related medical conditions including cancers and other unusual maladies....Radiation contamination and mutation items of note.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/07/steaming-reactor3-tepco-the-steam-is-the-heated-rain-same-thing-happened-last-year-but-didnt-report-it/
[Steaming
reactor3] Tepco “The steam is the heated rain, same thing
happened last year but didn’t report it”
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Following up this article.. *Tepco to hold an extraordinary press
conference about reactor3 “steam” at the headquarters* [URL]
*The steam is still coming up* at the moment of 16:00 7/18/2013.
In the press ... more »
US Mulls attacking Syria - considering the news dominating the news cycle , why are we not surprised by this ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
With horrible headlines dominating the news cycle such as the
following......
The Economy ?
*DETROIT: Largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history...*
NSA spy capers ?
*ADMIT: NSA SPIES ON FRIENDS' FRIENDS' FRIENDS...*
TSA searching parked cars at airports without notice ?
*TSA SEARCHING PARKED CARS AT AIRPORTS...*
IRS- Gate spreading like cancer ?
*Questions about IRS snooping grow, extend to Biden home state...*
*
**Officials in DC ordered 'special scrutiny'...*
*
**Zimmerman case blowback fueling racial divide and giving opportunities
for opportunists ? *
*
*
*Jesse Jackson: ... more »
Together Index (with updated clip)
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 19 hours ago
A thick blanket of intense focus has wrapped itself around this place.
Heat. The “dog days” of summer are here. Outside now, I witness their
calling card – drooping branches, bleached flowers and burnt leaves. I
wonder about the necessity for extremes. Sunshine and warmth are on one
end required for life here; on the other – deadly.
There is talk of a “heat index”. The temperature reads 96 degrees, while
this index tells me it feels like 106. How does it know? Can an algorithm
really understand what a specific temperature feels like to a human? Are
not we uniq... more »
Detroit files for bankruptcy and Michigan Governor Snyder authorizes the Chapter 9 filings - largest municipal bankruptcy in history.... Massive fight and massive looming haircuts for Detroit's creditors including Pension Funds and pensioners....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-18/when-60-years-lies-clash-reality-michigan-governor-snyder-authorizes-detroits-bankru
When 60 Years Of Lies Clash With Reality: Michigan Governor Snyder
Authorizes Detroit's Bankruptcy
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/18/2013 17:31 -0400
- Bankruptcy Code
- Creditors
- Detroit
- Fresh Start
- Michigan
- Reality
- Unemployment
The full letter from Michigan Governor Richard Snyder to Kevyn Orr, the man
who just filed Detroit's bankruptcy petition.
*Kevyn D. Orr*
*Emergency Manager*... more »
How the Media is Mis-Reporting the DOD’s Drone Casualty Study
Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 19 hours ago
Earlier this week I posted about the classified DOD study showing a high
rate of civilian harm from drone attacks. Not much else can be said about
this finding by analysts until the study is de-classified, so instead let
me discuss at some length the one other thing we do know: that the media has
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Thursday Afternoon Linkage
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 19 hours ago
Before posting some mid-Thursday afternoon linkage, here is a little musing
on not overstating the influence of social media on entertainment and
politics. For a moment this week, the horribleness that was the SyFy
Channel’s Sharknado set off a mini-Twitter storm that resulted in: a bunch
of tweets but still dismal ratings for the made
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AWTT - America's True Hall of Fame
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 20 hours ago
Presented for your inspiration, the web site AWTT, dedicated to Americans
Who Tell the Truth.
AWTT features a gallery of portraits by Robert Shetterly of that rare and
bravest American species, the truth tellers. You'll find the famous and
not-so-famous, from Abraham Lincoln to this guy, Bruce "Utah" Philips:
"*Kids don’t have a little brother working in the coal mine, they don’t
have a little sister coughing her lungs out in the looms of the big mill
towns of the Northeast. Why? Because we organized; we broke the back of the
sweatshops in this country; we have child labor laws. ... more »
The Assassination of JFK Jr.
Paul Coker at News Spike - 20 hours ago
The Assassination of JFK Jr. from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
http://spitfirelist.com/f175
When John F. Kennedy, Jr. died in the crash of a private plane in July of
1999, media pundits ruminated at length about the recklessness of the
Kennedys and "the Kennedy curse". This program explores the striking
contradictions between the official version of JFK, Jr.'s death and the
facts concerning his demise. The available data suggest that JFK, Jr. may
have been the victim of foul play.
The program consists of an interview with veteran journalist John Bryan,
who worked for the San Francisco... more »
Guest Post - A Different Take on Geothermal Energy
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 20 hours ago
When you hear about harvesting geothermal energy, what comes to mind? Do
you imagine an Icelandic setting filled with collections of hot springs and
an industrial size structure billowing heaps of steam, like this?
[image: Harvesting geothermal energy.]
Currently, these geothermal fields sparsely populate the Pacific Northwest,
found as far inland as Northern Montana and Southern New Mexico. The
largest of which is located at *The Geysers* in the Mayacamas Mountains
just above San Francisco. As the world’s largest supplier of geothermal
energy, the United States operates at an estim... more »
Lee Rogers And An Eternal, Shared American Dream
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours ago
Political scuttlebutt in Santa Clarita is that Buck McKeon is busy sucking
up all the benefits of political corruption available and setting himself
up as an armaments lobbyist this session and that he won't run against Lee
Rogers again in 2014. Rogers came closer to beating him last year than
anyone else in McKeon's whole career. And that was without any help from
the DCCC. This year the DCCC is weighing in on Rogers' behalf... and McKeon
is trying to hand the district over to an outsider-- right-wing fanatic
Tony Strickland. Several other local Republicans aren't prepared to see ... more »
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 20 hours ago
The Motor City has gone bust.
*Detroit, the cradle of America’s automobile industry and once the nation’s
fourth-most-populous city, has filed for bankruptcy, an official said
Thursday afternoon, the largest American city ever to take such a course.*
*Ballroom, Lee Plaza Hotel*
**
*Founded more than 300 years ago, the city expanded at a stunning rate in
the first half of the 20th century with the arrival of the automobile
industry, and then shrank away in recent decades at a similarly remarkable
pace. A city of 1.8 million in 1950, it is now home to 700,000 people, as
well as to te... more »
HAARP Gakona: Closed - what about new conspiracies?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 21 hours ago
Who hasn't heard about "Haarp"? If you haven't you've missed little: Haarp,
as many understand it, has closed. Funny then to see a continuous stream of
conspiracy stories and YouTube's where the Gakona (Alaska) Haarp research
facility was closed in the beginning of May 2013.
However, this is only a small part of the truth about Haarp, of which a
dozen or so likewise installations can be found all over the planet. The
real truth is: scientists don't know what might happen when they fiddle
with the ionosphere and electro-jets high above our heads. This explains
their curiosity to find ... more »
Elizabeth Warren (D Massachusetts) gets my vote as the finest U.S. Senator of our time. And Arizona's maveric Republican Senator John McCain has returned to his senses. They both advocate the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act. Find out why, and then sign on!
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 21 hours ago
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Sign on to the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act
http://youtu.be/ONEcoq9pjac
To be a Citizen Co-Sponsor go here (it will take you all of 30 seconds).
Cherchez la Verite
The Language of Power: Obama's "Humanitarian Hawk" & Israel's New Gladiator at the UN
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 21 hours ago
(Photo
Credit: Pete Souza / White House)
In her first appearance before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee,
Samantha Power, Obama's pick for next U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations, made clear that she will spend her time in the role much as her
predecessor Susan Rice did: acting as Israel's consummate defender,
fear-mongering about Iran, and opposing any move to champion Palestinian
"In the present case, the trial judge improperly used the appellant’s right to be present at his trial to discredit his testimony. She erred in doing so."
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 21 hours ago
*R. v. Jorgge*, 2013 ONCA 485 is a very clear statement that a judge may
not consider the possibility that an accused tailored their evidence to
meet evidence already heard. The Court writes:
[12] There is a natural temptation to reason as the trial judge did in this
case. But this reasoning was improper because it subverted the appellant’s
right to be present at his trial. Under s. 650(1) of the Criminal Code,
accused persons have a statutory right, indeed an obligation, to be present
at their trial. Section 650(1) is grounded in an accused’s right to a fair
trial and right to ma... more »
"The War on the Young"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
* *
*"The War on the Young"*
by Bill Bonner
"Another slow day on Wall Street. Stocks up a little. Gold down a little. A
hot summer day. Ain’t nuthin’ goin’ nowhere. Except away. “Bernanke vows no
retreat from easy monetary policy,” says the headline on the Financial
Times this morning. “On to Moscow!” he might have added with flair… echoing
Napoleon or Adolf. Easy money is the headliner today. More comic than
tragic. But it will be, we predict, one of the biggest public policy
disasters of our time.
Here in Paris, talk is of leaving town. Either for the summer vacation… or
forev... more »
The bourgeois perspective of the Times!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 22 hours ago
*THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2013*
*The things we care about:* Again today, we observe a crushing difference
in perspective on opposite sides of the Time op-ed page:
Down the right side of the page, Nicholas Kristof is off in Mali, writing
about blindness and leprosy. Kristof tends to be like that.
On the other side of the page, Gail Collins is wasting everyone’s time
writing about Liz Cheney. Last Thursday, she wasted everyone’s time writing
about Spitzer/Weiner.
Translation: Gail Collins has nothing to say or write about. Then too,
Maureen Dowd is still writing from Paris. Yesterday, she ... more »
What's Round, Three Storeys High and Stuffed With Cash?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours ago
Why it's the Cavendish Cottager, the senator from Kanata, Prince Edward
Island, Mike Duffy.
US/Britian talk of using force in Syria and "refugees beg for a no fly zone"
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 22 hours ago
*UPDATE BELOW: SYRIA'S "REBEL" COMMANDER HEADING TO THE US*
*and news of a report from the "FSA" that Assad transferred chemical
weapons.... (Of course this pack of lies originates in Israeli media. It
does however present a very convenient lie that can be used against Syria,
Lebanon &Iran)*
*scroll down *
The refugees begging is over the top. So, I will save it for last. *(before
updates) *Along with the picture of John Kerry
*TorStar*
“Senator, I am in favour of building a moderate opposition and supporting
it,” Dempsey said. *“The question whether to support it with direct kinet... more »
Der Spiegel: Jimmy Carter Supports Snowden; Admits to Press: "America Has No Functioning Democracy"
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
President Jimmy Carter *This was posted at Brian Kelly's Blog -AK*
*
*
http://briankellysblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/jimmy-carter-supports-snowden-admits-to.html
*Jimmy Carter Supports Snowden; Admits to Press: "America Has No
Functioning Democracy"*
July 18, 2013
Found this in one of Germany's biggest newspapers; Spiegel. Of course we
won't hear about Carter's comments in any American Press. To say "America
has no functioning Democracy," is quite the statement by a former President.
A direct link to that article, using google translate, can be found here.
Ex-President Carter: "The i... more »
ALEC Conference - The Numbers Don't Compute
2old2care at Because I Can - 22 hours ago
Now there is a little bit of a conundrum here.
Consider this from the ALEC webpage:
Hotel Address
The Palmer House Hilton
17 East Monroe St.
Chicago, IL60603
Reservation Deadline
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
After July 17, 2013 every effort will be made to accommodate new
reservations, based on availability and rate
Doesn't matter what the rate is - the corporations are footing the bill -
with their ALEC Scholarships.
BUT note one other thing.
The Palmer is the ONLY HOTEL LISTED for the conference
No other hotel, with ALEC conference rates, is listed.
None, just the Palmer.... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 22 hours ago
*Sediment diversion is important to survival of state’s coast ~Aaron Viles,
The Lens*
*Dennis Persica: Business likes N.O., but state ... not so much ~Advocate*
Maoist TV loses ratings battle!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 22 hours ago
*THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2013*
*We recall the last time they started:* We were intrigued by Bill Carter’s
report about viewership for the Zimmerman verdict.
According to Carter, more than ten million people watched the verdict on
one of the cable news channels. That is a massive number for 10 o’clock
Eastern on a Saturday night.
This is the way the numbers broke down:
*Cable news viewers for Zimmerman verdict:*
*Fox News: *3.68 million
*CNN:* 3.4 million
*HLN:* 2.2 million
*MSNBC:* 1.3 million
You can’t necessarily learn much from a single event of this type. MSNBC’s
audience is probab... more »
Pesticide-Contaminated Lunch Kills 22 Children in India, Protests Spark by Elizabeth Renter
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 23 hours ago
Pesticide-Contaminated Lunch Kills 22 Children in India, Protests Spark
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 17 July 2013
*Twenty-two children are dead so far* in the village of Dharmasati
Gandaman, in India’s Bihar state. The cause is not some communicable
disease or strange virus, but their school lunch. According to the BBC, the
children all ate from the school’s free mid-day meal. *Forty-seven fell ill
and 28 had been taken to area hospitals.*
The free-lunch program is designed to both combat hunger and increase
school attendance in the poverty-stricken village. It’s refe... more »
Musical Interlude: Josh Groban, "Remember When It Rained"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
Josh Groban, "Remember When It Rained"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWnHAhKX6E&html5=1
Documentary Evidence in Civil Matters
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 23 hours ago
Documentary evidence poses a major challenge for the Courts. This is
especially so for civil cases – often trials for these matters are
conducted with a focus on the substantive issues and without a focus on how
things are to be proven. As a result evidentiary issues relating to proof
of documents can be overlooked.
Prior to admission all documents must be authenticated and established as
relevant.
Authentication, that is proving the document is what it purports to be,
seldom poses an issue. A person who made or received the document can say
it is, in fact, for example, a letter ... more »
How the Gates Foundation Is Undergirding the College Caste System
Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
The Chronicle of Higher Ed has an explosive series of articles on the
influence on higher education by vulture philanthropy and corporate
foundations. Taking advantage of recent research by Hall and Thomas, CHE
goes in depth to uncover a sewer of self-serving corruption, arrogant and
ignorant policymaking, anti-democratic social steering, and a U. S.
Department […]
The Allure of Order Previews the Failure of Common Core
John Thompson at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
The chapter that taught me the most in The Allure of Order covers the 1970s
and the story of how state governments grew in importance. I was most
struck, however, by Mehta’s account of Maryland’s accountability-based
reform, Maryland Student Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP), in the
1990s. It was an effort to combine accountability with a […]
It's a new dawn. It's a new day. It's a new life For me. And I'm feeling good
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 23 hours ago
*Carmelle, forwarded us this video below, fits the mood of the day very
well indeed! -AK*
Thursday, 18 July 2013
*This old world is a new world.... how I feel*
*OH Carmelle I sooooo Know how you feel!!! I feel it too!! -D.*
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me
Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel
(refrain:)x2
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom... more »
ReDigitizing
Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
Southern Man has a fairly extensive collection of music; lots of classical,
lots of classic rock and blues, a fair bit of gospel, plenty of
post-hardcore (thanks to Southern Son) and modern pop (favored by both
Southern Daughters), and a scattering of others. It is mostly inaccessible
- LPs boxed up in the barn and CDs scattered everywhere. So in an effort to
(a) gather his music into one accessible place and (b) free himself from
the tyranny of 20th-century rotating storage media, Southern Man is
gathering his CDs and copying them to MP3s for easy playback.
Yes, these too will ev... more »
Multimillionaire New Dem John Delaney Wants To Give Rich Corporations Another Tax Holiday
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Another entitled multimillionaire in Congress undermining the lives of
ordinary Americans
If you caught the post Monday about how the DCCC recruits too many damned
millionaires who have no way of relating to ordinary working families, you
may have noticed that Maryland multimillionaire backbencher John Delaney
spent $2,370,556 last year to buy himself a seat, the third most among the
wealthy Democratic freshmen (all of whom immediately joined the extremely
corrupt, pro-Business/anti-Family New Dems). In the battle over saving
Social Security-- the importance of which these wealthy as... more »
Photo Longest Walk 4 Begins!
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Photo
copyright Brent Casa Azul/Thanks for sharing with Censored News!
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
WASHINGTON DC -- The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz began with a
Sunrise Ceremony in Washington DC on Monday morning, July 15, 2013.
Walkers are now on their way to Pennsylvania, enroute to Alcatraz.
Walkers from the Long Walk 2 northern route include Michael Lane, top
right, who was on
The reach and power of Standard Group Tales!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2013*
*White liberals, please stay in your cars:* Occasionally, a professional
journalist will reject a Standard Group Story.
On Monday, Will Saletan rejected the current Standard Story in a post at
Slate. As he starts, he says he “almost joined the frenzy” about the
Zimmerman verdict:
SALETAN (7/15/13): *I almost joined the frenzy. Yesterday I was going to
write that Zimmerman pursued Martin against police instructions and
illustrated the perils of racial profiling. But I hadn’t followed the case
in detail.* So I sat down and watched the closing arguments: ne... more »
Question for McCainologists
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
My PP post yesterday was about "How Ted Cruz got Richard Cordray confirmed."
It's about Republican overreach in general, but it's also about one
particular possibility: that a big part of what happened had to do with
John McCain getting upset with Ted Cruz.
Which is, in turn, based on the idea -- familiar to McCain watchers -- that
most of his career can be interpreted as basically a series of temper
tantrums. Do note: there's another plausible interpretation, which is that
it's all straightforward opportunism (Left to save his career after the
Keating 5! Still left to occupy vacant... more »
"How It Really Is"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Highly educated and aware, fully and truthfully informed by their
totally trustworthy and ever-honest main stream media and government,
deeply concerned Americans ponder the grave issues confronting their
country...
- CP
"No Bank Deposits Will Be Spared from Confiscation"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* *
*"No Bank Deposits Will Be Spared from Confiscation"*
By Matthias Chang
"I challenge anyone to prove me wrong that confiscation of bank deposits is
legalized daylight robbery. Bank depositors in the UK and USA may think
that their bank deposits would not be confiscated as they are insured and
no government would dare embark on such a drastic action to bail out
insolvent banks. Before I explain why confiscation of bank deposits in the
UK and US is a certainty and absolutely legal, I need all readers of this
article to do the following:
Ask your local police, sheriffs, lawyers,... more »
Benjamin & His Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Lies:Netanyahu Cries 'Wolf'...Again
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day ago
"[An
Iranian nuclear bomb] was a lot further away 15 years ago when I
started talking about it. It was a lot further away 10 years ago. It was
a lot further away five years. It was a lot further away five months
ago. They are getting there, and they are getting very, very close."
- Benjamin Netanyahu, March 7, 2012
"Red line, white line, black line and the like is for children. This is
"The Perils of Obedience"
Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago
The Milgram experiment on obedience to authority figures was a series of
social psychology experiments conducted by Yale University psychologist
Stanley Milgram, which measured the willingness of study participants to
obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that
conflicted with their personal conscience.
The experiments were also controversial, and considered by some scientists
to be unethical and physically or psychologically abusive. Psychologist
Diana Baumrind considered the experiment "harmful because it may cause
permanent psychological damage and cause p... more »
Boston: The Iranian Connection
Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
Washington Talk: Briefing; C.I.A. Secrets
*Published: February 15, 1988*
There is no shortage of memoirs and books by former intelligence officials.
But when Graham Fuller retired from the Central Intelligence Agency,
leaving his post as national intelligence officer for the Near East and
South Asia, his first publication had nothing to do with cloaks, daggers or
nasty deeds in back alleys.
Mr. Fuller's book, titled ''How to Learn a Foreign Language,'' suggests a
practical approach to a topic that has confounded generations of American
high school and college students. Mr. Fuller ... more »
Protests Break Out Again In Iraq Over Lack Of Electricity
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
For the third time in four years, Iraqis have taken to the street to
express their anger with the government for not providing enough
electricity to meet demand. There are on-going protests in Basra and Dhi
Qar provinces, the sight of similar events in 2010 and 2011. In response,
the Electricity Ministry has tried to blame the weather and other
ministries, which was very similar to previous years when it refused to
take responsibility for its own shortcomings. The summers are very hot in
Iraq, and if these protests grow they could pose a serious problem for the
government, which is... more »
The Economy: “The Reason The Fed's Game Will End In Detonation”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* *
*“The Reason The Fed's Game Will End In Detonation”*
by Karl Denninger
“You might not have caught it, but if you didn't you weren't thinking. One
of the last questions and answers given by Bernanke was "what if rates
rise?" His answer? The economy will tank. Did that tell you everything you
needed to know? It should have.
He can't exit. Not now, not ever. Which paradoxically, means he will exit
because if an outcome is inevitable then the longer you wait and the more
distortion you pump in before it happens the worse it is and he cannot
avoid owning the outcome either way. T... more »
DEAD CITIES
Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Venice - a lively place in the 1980s*
"Many houses and apartments are empty for weeks or months at a time...
"And the workers who service this culture invariably commute long
distances..."
*Desert attests to lack of community - FT.com*
This applies to parts of Venice, Paris, London...
Ordinary people are being priced out of some of our cities.
*Paris - too expensive.*
Simon Kuper, in the Financial Times, has written about how "Our great,
global cities are turning into vast gated citadels where the elite
reproduces itself...
"Paris is pricing out even the upper middle-class."
... more »
“Critical Warning No. 17: Dow 5,000, crash of 65%”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* “Critical Warning No. 17: Dow 5,000, crash of 65%”*
by Paul B. Farrell
"Critical warning No. 17? Lost count? Here’s the latest: “The stock market
is about to have a devastating decline; we will see Dow 5,000 before we see
Dow 20,000.” That’s Terry Burnham, former Goldman Sachs trader, biotech
entrepreneur, money manager, author of “Mean Markets and Lizard Brains: How
to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality,” on PBS. A former Harvard
professor of behavioral economics, a guy on par with Nobel economist Daniel
Kahneman; “Black Swan’s” Nassim Nicholas Taleb; and Dan Ariely,... more »
Personalized Shrinky Dink Necklace- Perfect for Grandmas
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
This year for my Mother-in-Law's birthday, my daughter really wanted to
make her present. We spent hours pouring over Pinterest and couldn't find
anything my daughter thought was the right present to make. We pulled out
the Shrinky Dinks to make something else, when she asked if we could make
Grandma a necklace that she drew. It was absolutely perfect. She could draw
pictures of them together and we could easily turn it into jewelry.
You will need:
- Shrinky Dinks
- Markers
- Scissors
- An Oven preheated to 325
- a hole punch
- a necklace chain
I u... more »
Jay D. Jurie : 'Approved Killing' in Florida
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Emmett
Till, left, and Trayvon Martin. Image from Tumblr.
Intimations of Emmett Till:
A 'shocking story of
approved killing' in Florida
Today the pre-1960s explicit racial 'code' has been supplanted by the
implicit code upon which 'profiling' is based.
By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / July 18, 2013The Rag Blog's Jay Jurie
will discuss issues raised in this article with Rag Blog editor
IL Educators to Say NO to ALEC
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
*CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION*
ALEC Exposed Rally in Chicago
07/16/2013
*Be there Thursday, August 8 to protest outside of the American Legislative
Exchange Council *[ALEC] 40th Anniversary Conference in Chicago August 7-9.
ALEC is bringing state politicians here to push a dangerous agenda that
rewards greedy CEOs at the expense of middle class families and our public
schools and puts our safety at risk. Forty years of ALEC is nothing to
celebrate. Can we count on you to be there and push back?
When greedy corporations are allowed to make the rules, our community
suffers. Good full ti... more »
A Little Plain Blog Told-You-So
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Hey, I don't do this very often, but:
Me, in June, on concerns that temporarily losing the New Jersey seat might
prevent Democrats from doing Senate reform:
I don't question [this] reporting -- that is, I'm sure that Democrats are
saying what he reports they're saying -- but I don't really believe it. I
continue to believe it's highly unlikely that the Democrats will act unless
they're very close to being unanimous. One defection, maybe; two, perhaps;
more, and I don't think anything happens.
I made this point multiple times: Harry Reid wasn't going to act with 51,
or if Joe Biden ... more »
Check out our latest episode on #TFA in Minnesota
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Here’s our latest episode of At the Chalk Face with two graduate students
from the University of Minnesota who are resisting their institution’s
potential deal with TFA. I’m still a little annoyed by the end of this
episode. I decided to use Zingaya to run the show instead of Skype, and it
cut us off. […]
5 Reasons Why More Americans Don’t Protest Against The System
GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
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Sigmund Fraud
Having recently celebrated their nation’s independence on July 4th,
Americans were invited to recall the spirit of protest, rebellion, and
revolution that marks the popular myth of the birth of the United States of
America.
The Declaration of Independence still stands as an important example of how
the tolerance of any man can be exceeded by the actions of an overbearing
and intrusive government. Yet, 237 years after the signing of this
document, one has to wonder what has happened to the spirit of fearlessness... more »
SOCIETY DOWN: What happened in Sanford that night?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2013*
*Part 3—How life can become a cartoon:* On Saturday night, the jury reached
its verdict in the Zimmerman trial.
One night earlier, Piers Morgan had conducted his latest discussion of the
high-profile trial. As he started, he boasted about his “stellar panel.”
It included Judge Glenda *and* Judge Alex, the hosts of *two* syndicated
programs!
Morgan is one of the dumbest people on the cable dial. His history in Great
Britain was so noxious that CNN simply *knew* they had to import the chap.
At one point in last Friday’s discussion, a wonderful moment occurr... more »
There may be one way our public schools are failing. #racism
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
I have heard student teachers and veterans wonder why they should teach
about diversity or multicultural values if they and their students are
white. Or, in other instances, appreciation and understanding of cultural
diversity is viewed as an add-on or supplement, rarely the underlying goal
of education. Still, in more instances, educators simply avoid discussions
[…]
The Sound of Sangre: Let's help these guys tell a good story
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 day ago
If you like documentary film, folk music of a very original kind, or Latin
America, *this project* to find a mysterious Honduran band that plays *
narcocorrido* music is worth checking out.
The two U.S. men spearheading the project, Chris Valdes and Ted
Griswold, taught in the Olancho region of Honduras and kept hearing talk of
Los Plebes de Olancho, one of the bands in the country that does the very
tricky work of sitting down with *narcotraficantes* working in the cocaine
industry and documenting their hair-raising, dangerous stories in songs.
The bands keep a pretty low p... more »
Tom Hayden : Is Obama Really in Control?
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
This
plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales was forced to land in
Vienna despite Obama's earlier comment that he "wouldn't scramble jets
against a 29 year old hacker." Photo by Andres Gutierrez / AP.
Refs being 'worked'?
Does Obama control the State?
The executive branch has aided in the unaccountable growth of a
Frankenstein-like Leviathan which now is beyond the control of its own
Is The Safety Of The State Really Worth More Than The Truth?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
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Brandon Smith
It's a strange and terrible tragedy when a culture forgets its own history
and identity. It is even more tragic when that culture becomes deluded
enough to think it can replace its heritage from scratch; that it can
conjure political and social reformations out of thin air, and abandon the
centuries upon centuries of accomplishment and failures of generations
past. To think that one can live without the lessons and principles of
one's ancestors is a disease – a mental disorder of the highest caliber. It
is an i... more »
Michael Hastings Cremated Despite Family Wishes to Have Body
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
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Paul Lawrance
Former *Rolling Stone* journalist Michael Hastings has been cremated and
sent home in a urn despite the fact his family wanted his body.
Hastings died on June 18th after his Mercedes crashed into a tree and had
burst into flames in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, causing
speculation to arise that Hastings, who was working on a major exposé of
the CIA, could have been set up.
Kimberly Dvorak of San Diego 6 who spoke directly with friends of Hastings
family said, “A close family friend did confirm t... more »
When is legislation of quasi-constitutional status?
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
Nunavut (Minister of the Environment) v. WSCC, 2013 NUCJ 11 has a
useful analysis of when a statute is to be given special consideration
as being of quasi-consititutional status:
A. Is the Safety Act "quasi-constitutional" legislation?
[22] Jenkins submits that the purpose and objectives of the Safety Act
are of such importance that the legislation is "quasi-constitutional"
in nature.
[23] Laws may be constitutional, quasi-constitutional, or of general
application. The paramountcy of legislation may be determined by
reference to, amongst other things, its characterization as
... more »
Idiocracy Now: The Sold Out $120 White T-Shirt by Kanye West
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
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Melissa Melton
I’m going to tell you a short story.
Once upon a time, American founding father Benjamin Franklin said “Those
who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety,
deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Over 200 years later in America, it was revealed our government was wholesale
spying on the people. Instead of outrage and promises to immediately shut
down these programs and hold anyone who violated the Constitution under
them responsible, the president’s response to this revelation was, ... more »
Hemp vs Cotton: The Ultimate Showdown
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
Joe Martino
Hemp has been making a lot of noise lately, especially with the growing
awareness surrounding the use of hemp oil for treating cancer. Although the
word ‘hemp’ still often gets confused and lumped into the same definition
as Cannabis, a similar but psychoactive plant, it’s important to realize
hemp can be a major game changer for our world if used to its potential.
As we go through this post, you will be wondering ‘why don’t we use this
stuff all the time...for everything?!’ Simple answer, farming hemp was
banned in the US and other countries in the 1937 because of the ... more »
What the F*ck is Wrong with Police in America?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
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CIA investing in research aimed at modifying the Earth’s climate for unknown reasons
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
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richardcox8592/Flickr Madison Ruppert
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is participating in funding a
$630,000 study on geoengineering for reasons which are not entirely clear
as of yet.
Geoengineering is the practice of using highly experimental techniques to
modify the climate of the Earth in various ways, something which
researchers like Dane Wigington contend is highly dangerous.
This particular 21-month-long study has a final report due in the fall of
2014 and was commissioned in concert with the N... more »
Tragic Mistake Or Deliberate Plan? 30 Million People Injected with Mandatory Vaccination Containing Live SV40 Cancer Virus
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
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Daisy Luther
People like to shake their heads at the eccentricities of those of us who eschew
vaccines for ourselves and our families, but a recent document that was
published (then immediately removed from the website) by the CDC gives even
more credibility to our claims of “You just don’t know what’s in that
stuff.”
A polio vaccine injection that was given to people between 1955-1963
contained a live cancer virus. Here is a cached copy of the CDC document.
*Cancer, Simian Virus 40 (SV40), and Polio Vaccine Fact Sheet*
... more »
The “McDonald’s Budget”: Laughably Unrealistic But Also Deeply Tragic
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
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click to enlarge Michael Snyder
Can you support a family on $2,000 a month? Recently, McDonald's and Visa
teamed up to launch a website that is intended to help employees of
McDonald's manage their money. The aspect of the website that is getting a
tremendous amount of national attention is the "McDonald's Budget" which is
a sample monthly budget designed to help workers plan their spending. You
can see a copy of it for yourself right here. This budget is laughably
unrealistic, but it is also deeply tragic, because there ... more »
Federal Court Throws Out Block On Indefinite Detention Provision of NDAA
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
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*Once again in the US you can be detained by the military indefinitely
without trial.*
image source Paul Lawrance
Wednesday, the US District Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit threw out
an injunction on the indefinite detention provision of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) that had been ordered by a judge through *Hedges
vs. Obama*.
In September 2012 a federal court in New York had issued a permanent
injunction on section 1021(b)(2) of the NDAA. This provision allows for
indefinite detention of citizens and p... more »
Ed Snowden Stuck in Russia: Is This a Political Move by Obama?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
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Chris Carrington
Stranded at a hotel in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, Ed Snowden has been
helped by Russian officials to apply for temporary asylum in the country.
He is effectively trapped in Russia because the US government has cancelled
his passport. He has been offered asylum by a number of Latin American
countries, but without papers further cross-border travel is impossible.
It’s strange that his documents weren’t cancelled immediately when the
government found out he had taken flight. Could it be that his being on
Ru... more »
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