Middle East (Photo credit: rogiro)
Amedia market street, Iraq Republic - Region of Kurdistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
kurdistan kurdi Aqrah, Akre. (Photo credit: Kurdistan Photo كوردستان)Chris Hayes is becoming a showman!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 minutes ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2013*
*Our nation is paying the price:* On June 21, we noted a change in the
on-air demeanor of MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. As a performer, we suggested he
might be undergoing a type of Maddowization.
We also suggested that, in the process, he might be dumbing his program
down. To review that post, click here.
Four days later, at the end of an interview, Hayes discussed the process we
thought we had seen playing out on the air. Speaking with Salon’s David
Daley, he discussed the pressure of hosting a show in prime time as opposed
to on weekend mornings:
HAYES (6/25/... more »
Alan Waldman : ‘Waking the Dead’ is an Excellent Brit Cold-Case Series
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 8 minutes ago
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Cops, a profiler, and a forensic scientist crack old murder cases.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / July 2, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England, Ireland, and Scotland.
Most are available on
A Future Republic of Kurdistan?
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 31 minutes ago
Source: Stansfield, G. (2013). "The unravelling of the post-First World War
state system? The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the transformation of the
Middle East." *International Affairs*, 89(2), 259-282.
The two excerpts below are from pg. 262 -265 & pg. 282. The first excerpt
appears under the headline, "Twenty years ahead: the Republic of Kurdistan."
The author is Gareth Stansfield. "Professor Gareth Stansfield is a Senior
Associate Fellow with special reference to the Middle East and Islamic
world. He is Professor of Middle East Politics and the Al-Qasimi Chair of
Arab Gulf ... more »
The Perfect District For The DCCC-- MI-06-- Has Been Taken Off The Table By Steve Israel
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 33 minutes ago
Fred Upton is one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House. But he's
considered safe by the Beltway Establishment, with another nice free
reelection pass signed by his old crony from the Center Aisle Caucus, Steve
Israel. The Center Aisle Caucus alumni don't try to defeat each other.
Since Pelosi made the colossal mistake of appointing Israel chair of the
DCCC, the corrupt, conservative Long Island Democrat has protected some of
the most obvious seats needed for a Democratic takeover of Congress.
Southwestern Michigan's 6th district is one of the most obvious.
In 2008 Obama... more »
Enduring Cartoon Versions Driving Education Reform
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 hour ago
Writing about the Trayvon Martin murder case, Mychal Denzel Smith captures
the ugly heart of why George Zimmerman’s account rings true even if it
isn’t: Because it’s clear that, whoever instigated the altercation,
Zimmerman followed Trayvon that night. He was instructed not to, but he did
anyway. That Zimmerman fumbled for an answer when the lead investigator […]
Those Radical Democrats
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 hour ago
Proof today that people just don't understand the basic Keynesian ideas
about deficits. At Roll Call, Nathan Gonzales claims that Obama-era
Democrats are "rallying against two of the highest profile accomplishments"
of Bill Clinton's presidency. Timothy Carney:
How extreme have Dems become? GOP adopts 1990s Dem policies, Dems blast
them for it
Well, not really.
On one of the two issues Gonzales raises -- DOMA -- is certainly a large
flip for most Democrats. I wouldn't call it a Clinton "high profile
accomplishment," but no question about it: calling the Democrats "extreme"
on LGBT... more »
Teacher as Journalist – Faces of the Layoffs
freetoteach at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 hour ago
News updates from Philadelphia Ken have been a breath of fresh air while
the biggest news story of the century is being played out in public schools
all across the country, you would never know it if you get your news from
the boob tube. With the latest 24 hour cycle, 7 days a week […]
Glitch, Override and Shutdown (a dystopian trilogy)
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 hour ago
This is a review of the Glitch trilogy by Heather Anastasiu. I received a
copy of the last book, Shutdown, in exchange for this honest review.
Shutdown is available as of today!
The Young Adult literature market is flooded with dystopian literature,
and while it is my favorite subgenere, I often feel like I am wading
through the titles, trying to decide which ones are worth a read and
which ones to skip. Lately, I find myself reading books I wish I had
skipped, and since I had heard so little about the Glitch series, I
figured it would be the same. But I ended up loving it. It is defi... more »
Top Vatican bank managers resign after Monsignor's arrest
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago
*
*
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/01/us-vatican-bank-resign-idUSBRE96011720130701
*Top Vatican bank managers resign after Monsignor's arrest*
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY | Mon Jul 1, 2013 7:18pm EDT
(Reuters) - Two top managers of the scandal-plagued Vatican bank resigned
on Monday following the arrest of a high-ranking cleric with close ties to
the financial institution, in the latest of a string of embarrassments for
the Holy See.
Director Paolo Cipriani and deputy-director Massimo Tulli stepped down
three days after the Vatican was rocked by the arrest of Monsignor ... more »
We Are Still Here: 40 Years of AIM in Photographs
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
.
Photo Dick Bancroft
Listen to the words of Clyde Bellecourt on how women gave the people
hope when AIM was formed in Minneapolis. Bill Means describes how the
movement has come full circle, and the Mayor of Minneapolis makes a
proclamation honoring 45 years of AIM in Minneapolis
Video published on Jun 3, 2013
Journalist and writer Laura Waterman Wittstock and photographer Dick
President Obama waffles on his campaign promise about GMO's
Geezer Power at Home Nature Report - 2 hours ago
Where have all those post-Olympic tourists gone?
paul at Paying attention - 2 hours ago
The mass protests in Brazil are big news down here. In part, Brazilians are
mad that the government is spending billions to host the World Cup and the
Olympics, and don’t buy promises of economic benefit.
B.C.’s post-Olympic tourism stats support the protesters’ skepticism.
The promised increase in visitors didn’t happen. In fact, two years after
the Games British Columbia actually lost ground as a tourist destination.
In 2007, B.C. had 4,837,000 international visitors, 26.9 per cent of the
Canadian total. The numbers plummeted in 2008 and 2009, not surprising
given the global recessio... more »
Corporations Replace BPA with More DNA-Damaging Bisphenols
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Sayer Ji
*Just when you thought it was safe to buy "BPA-free" products,
manufacturers flood the marketplace with an alphabet soup of toxic
bisphenols.*
*Consumer beware.* New research published in the journal Chemosphere confirms
that the hormone-disrupting chemical known as bisphenol A (BPA) is not the
only bisphenol with DNA-damaging effects. In fact, the new cell study found
that "*...bisphenol AP, bisphenol M, or bisphenol P exerted genotoxic
potentials that are greater than that of BPA." *
As consumer and regulatory pressure pushes manufacturers to eliminate BPA
in favor of... more »
Whistleblower debunks claim that the NSA is keeping you safe
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
*Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing case should not be the only one focused
on.*
image source Paul Lawrance
Thomas Drake, a whistleblowing predecessor of Snowden, published a written
testimony in the Guardian news explaining how the information that Snowden
is releasing is exactly what he saw during his time working at the NSA.
In the testimony he goes on to describe his involvement in pre- and
post-9/11 surveillance and how he had begun speaking out from within the
agency.
Unlike Snowden, Drake took up his concerns with the unconstitutionality of
the spying in accordance with the I... more »
Anti-virus software shows Facebook app stole Android users’ phone numbers without their consent
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
image credit:
Robert Scoble/Flickr Madison Ruppert
The mobile anti-virus and anti-malware software produced by Norton
discovered that the Facebook application for Android was secretly
identifying users’ phone numbers and sending them to Facebook’s servers.
This news is especially interesting given Facebook’s role in the recently
revealed National Security Agency (NSA) programs. Indeed, Martin Dempsey,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reportedly met with Facebook
executives to discuss the program.
Facebook also enjoys a cozy relationship with the intelligence community.
The ... more »
Mass Protests Rock Egypt
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
image source Stephen Lendman
Washington engineered Hosni Mubarak's ouster. He fell from grace. He
opposed Obama's regional agenda. It cost him dearly.
He became more liability than asset. Mohammed Morsi replaced him. He's
Washington's man in Egypt. Hard line rule continues.
Morsi's its public face. Egypt's anti-democratic tradition persists. Junta
power rules. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) runs things.
Politicians serve them. Elections don't matter. They provide a veneer of
democratic change. It's illusory. It's fake. It's not real. Wealth, power
and privilege ar... more »
U.S. Hypocrisy: We Claim To Defend Freedom, But We Spy On Our Friends And Intercept All Their Data
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Michael Snyder
Why has the United States been bugging the offices of EU diplomats on both
sides of the Atlantic? European officials are absolutely seething with
anger about reports that the NSA has been using “Cold War methods” to spy
on EU diplomats. Apparently the NSA had planted bugs in EU offices, had
intercepted phone calls and emails from top EU officials, and had even
tapped directly into the computer systems of “our friends”.
EU diplomatic offices in Washington D.C. and the EU’s mission to the United
Nations in New York were two of the primary targets where this type of ... more »
A Rare Anomaly in the Gold Market
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
image source Jeff Clark
*Casey Research*
Gold stock investors have been pummeled, including myself. Worse, we've had
to hear "I told you so" from all the gold haters in the media.
There are a few commentators expressing mild interest in gold at these
levels, but one thing I haven't heard *any* of them talk about is a metric
that gold analysts are rarely able to use, because gold stocks just don't
get this undervalued.
Mainstream analysts sometimes talk about book value, especially when a
stock appears cheap. Book value (BV) is a metric that, in essence, sets the
floor for a stock... more »
Like Pepperidge Farm, Howard Kurtz remembers!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2013*
*Somebody disappears:* Let’s be clear: Howard Kurtz has done some good work
down through the years.
Kurtz is smarter than most major journalists. On some occasions, he has
actually challenged things that needed to be challenged.
In June 1999, Kurtz broke every rule in the book. He wrote a long analysis
piece in the Washington Post in which he described the War Against
Candidate Gore which had already taken shape.
Kurtz didn’t do nearly enough with this journalistic war. But in that
piece, and twice on Reliable Sources that fall, he did more than anyone
els... more »
Americans Don't Know Why We Celebrate the 4th of July
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
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Government is funding biotech while GMO is tainting our food
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
*Admittedly contaminating the food supply and increasingly everywhere —
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are a risky government venture, and
taxpayers are funding their own destruction.*Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
What’s the net effect of countless lobbyists wining and dining federal
government officials to approve genetically modified foods at an alarming
pace and even provide grant money for its creation?
The answer, of course, remains unknown. Maybe hindsight will make it clear.
Perhaps it is already evident in the sharp rise in food allergies, which
now effect some 15 m... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Antis and Warriors'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
ANTIS & WARRIORS
Posted on July 1, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. July 1, 2013. Twenty-three years ago
Akwesasne was mired in controversy supposedly over gambling. The two
sides were dubbed the “Antis” and the “Warriors”. The antis would invite
the press in and stage shootings. They falsely claimed gangs of
marauding youths with
They Will Seize Your Food and Resources: “Hoarding of Just About Anything Can Be Banned”
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Mac Slavo
In March of 2012 President Obama signed an executive order which, among
other things, gives the federal government authority over every resource
and infrastructure element in the United States.
The new order provides specific definitions for each of these essential
infrastructure elements, indicating that all resources, not just those
owned by large farms and businesses, are to be directly controlled by the
government.…
The signing of the National Defense Resources Preparedness executive order
grants the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture, ... more »
The most frequently used words on television
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
*Image* Jon Rappoport
Propaganda is the art of selling people a reality they would never choose
on their own.
One of the profound and simple tricks of propaganda is selling people what
they already have.
However, if they don’t know they already have it, if they don’t realize the
sale is unnecessary, they won’t recognize the sleight-of-hand operation.
And the payoff is, they’ll accept a synthetic substitute for the real thing.
If a person really doesn’t understand he has freedom, he may, for example,
buy the idea that freedom means serving others.
No. Freedom and serving others a... more »
Whistleblower Russell Tice Tells More
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Stephen Lendman
Edward Snowden hopes his revelations embolden others to come forward. Tice
did years earlier.
He's a former Office of Naval Intelligence/Defense Intelligence Agency/NSA
analyst. His career spanned 20 years.
In December 2005, he accused NSA and DIA of unconstitutionally wiretapping
US citizens. He got national attention, saying:
"Everyone at NSA knew what they were doing was illegal, because it’s
drilled into our heads over and over that it’s against NSA policy, that you
do not do that. The choice is to speak out and get fired."
Bush administration officials maint... more »
How The Broadcast Media is Controlled - Part 1
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Mick Meaney
Mick Meaney speaks to veteran investigative journalist Tony Gosling about
how the broadcast media is controlled by the corrupt elite.
*More news and videos can be found at Mick Meaney's site RINF.com appeared.
*
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Evil overlords
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours ago
Of
all the uber-wealthy crackpots who bought out our government, two stand
out from the rest. It couldn't be clearer. The Koch brothers rule our
worldand their apparent mission is to destroy our planet, and civil
society, for
their personal profit.
The House of Representatives voted to slash the EPA budget by 27
percent,
one of the biggest cuts since President Richard Nixon and the Congress
created the agency in 1970. The Senate subsequently modified the
severity
of these cuts, and the budget was ultimately cut by nearly 16 percent.
What
is less known is that more than 100 House mem... more »
New facial analysis software is capable of recognizing emotional states, identifying struggling students
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
image credit:
screenshot from Emotient
promotional video Madison Ruppert
A study recently published by researchers from North Carolina State
University (NCSU) reveals that video cameras outfitted with facial analysis
software can recognize the emotions of students and identify struggling
students.
NCSU researchers have also shown the ability to remotely control cockroaches,
even on autopilot using the Microsoft Kinect.
In this case, the researchers used video cameras to monitor the faces of
college students who were being tutored via computer.
Software capable of matching facial ... more »
AFT’s New Action Strategy: Write a Letter Begging Arne to Help Stop What His Policies Have Created
Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 4 hours ago
This morning my email box had a copy of a letter from AFT employee, Sabrina
Stevens, on behalf of her boss, President Randi Weingarten: Hey, there! I
hope this message finds you well. I think we’ve only met briefly (at the
first SOS March), but I’m getting in touch to make sure you saw/could share
[…]
The Federal Reserve Is Paying Banks NOT To Lend 1.8 Trillion Dollars To The American People
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Michael Snyder
Did you know that U.S. banks have more than 1.8 trillion dollars parked at
the Federal Reserve and that the Fed is actually *paying them* not to lend
that money to us? We were always told that the goal of quantitative easing
was to "help the economy", but the truth is that the vast majority of the
money that the Fed has created through quantitative easing has not even
gotten into the system. Instead, most of it is sitting at the Fed slowly
earning interest for the bankers.
Back in October 2008, just as the last financial crisis was starting,
Federal Reserve Chairm... more »
N.C. Paleo-Diet Blogger Wins a Round in Federal Court
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Sara Burrows
The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals June 27 reversed a trial judge’s
decision to dismiss Charlotte-area “paleo diet” blogger Steve Cooksey’s
free speech case.
In October, a U.S. District Court judge in Charlotte threw out Cooksey’s
lawsuit, which claimed the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition had
violated his freedom of speech by censoring his blog about his Paleolithic
or “caveman” diet.
The board went through 19 pages of Cooksey’s website with a red pen,
marking out what he could and couldn’t say about his diet. Specifically,
the board’s director told C... more »
DHS and Police Uses Violence on Peaceful Pot Smokers
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
The violent police state was on display for all to see at the latest Smoke
Down Prohibition rally in Philadelphia.
Park and city police were joined by Department of Homeland Security thugs
to crack down on pot smokers who gathered for peaceful civil disobedience.
Why is DHS fighting Americans? We were told they are here to fight
terrorism???? I guess they forgot.....
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Ruby Tuesday
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago
*Bidders for World Trade Center site compete for public support*
*Algiers ferry riders say reduced hours to have 'devastating' effect ~WWL*
*"Are you from here?" ~Missy Wilkinson*
*State Police to hold first academy in years ~Michelle Millhollon*
*City marks re-opening of St Roch Park closed since 2005! ~N.O. City
Business*
*Casa Borrega to debut on July 4! ~Ian McNulty, Gambit *
*Summer Festivals - Updated ~WWOZ*
Codex Alimentarius Permits a Wide Range of Dangerous Chemicals in Food
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
image source Brandon Turbeville
In my past few articles, I have discussed the documented adverse health
effects related to pesticide use [1], the difference between general
pesticides and POPs [2] (Persistent Organic Pollutants), and the requirements
that must be met [3] in order for the designation of POP to be applied to a
specific pesticide.
With all of this in mind, one may be surprised that Codex Alimentarius
actually allows for the presence of such dangerous chemicals in food.
Before explaining this position, however, it is important to note some of
the background regardin... more »
UK pushes GMO despite fears of global Monsanto monopoly
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Britain is calling on the EU to ease its tight regulations on genetically
modified food with the country's Environment Secretary saying GM farming is
actually safer than many of the alternatives. Anti-GM activists are raising
the alarm, they warn of side-effects ranging from simple allergies to
devastating immune problems.
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Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 4 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Angel Pagan, 32.
Oh, the good stuff (less than usual this week, since I'm over at Greg's
place):
Jeanne Zaino on the Congressional attacks on political science.
I agree with Scott Lemieux here.
And I hope I get a chance to discuss this more later today, but I took a
shot at Republicans using Philip Klein as an example on Friday, and he
responded yesterday.
Pipe Leak Follow-up Discovers Problem Well
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 4 hours ago
By: Nathan Lamb
A testing program implemented after a gas pipeline spill has discovered a
toxic chemical in public drinking water, according to this story in the
Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.
The Village of Jackson, Wisconsin, shut down one of its five public wells
in May, after the potential carcinogen benzene was discovered in the water.
The village plans to spend up to $20,000 this month to investigate the
cause of the contamination.
The problem was discovered by a monthly testing program that was
implemented after a West Shore fuel pipeline broke and spilled roughly
54... more »
EMILY's List Up It Its Old Tricks Again... Trying To Slip In A Corrupt Conservative Over A Progressive Because They Like The Plumbing's Better
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Except when it's bad women candidates like Michele Bachmann, Colleen
Hanbusa or Katherine Clark
I got into a friendly Twitter argument the other day with a guy who works
for the Victory Fund, an LGBT PAC. He was cheering slimy New Dem Sean
Patrick Maloney, who is the Democratic freshman with the worst-- i.e, most
conservative-- voting record this year. He's corrupt and unworthy of being
reelected, despite the fact that he's gay and married with two adorable
children. His lovely family does not excuse his excruciating bad votes. (Watch
this video, please.) But the Victory Fund guy an... more »
DAZED MEETS CONFUSED: Deceived and misled!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2013*
*Part 2—Williams continues the scam:* Last Thursday, the National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES) released a major report. For part 1 in this
series, click here.
Most news orgs simply ignored this major new report. Truth to tell, this
made some sense. In the main, the new report simply described the
continuation of a long, ongoing trend.
There was nothing much new in this new report, although it included the
newest data. But two major news orgs described the report.
This created a startling contrast:
On NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams described “a g... more »
The Snowden Affair and International Hierarchy
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 4 hours ago
Most of my public comments on Snowden have focused on how to evaluate his
actions as a US citizen and someone entrusted with a high-level security
clearance. Here I want to focus on an analytical concern–that of
international hierarchy. I don’t have a strong sense of the degree that
other scholars associate me with the
Continue reading
‘Lingering Tones,’ by Abiodun Olaku
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
'LINGERING TONES' - Oil on canvas, 36'' x 44'', 2013 — Abiodun Olaku
Hat tip Michael Newberry, who calls Abiodun a “21st Century Vermeer.”
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
The New Normal
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 5 hours ago
For some people, catastrophic climate change has already arrived. For the
rest, it is on the way.
Recent History Is Repeating Itself
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 5 hours ago
StatsCan's latest report on household income gives the lie to the Harper
government's claim that it knows how to manage the nation's economy. The
Huffington Post reports that:
StatsCan’s latest analysis of income trends among families of two or more
people found that 2011 “was the fourth consecutive year without significant
change in after-tax income.”
Over the four years from 2007 to 2011, median income for families grew a
tepid 1.9 per cent, to $68,000 from $66,700. That’s a growth rate of less
than 0.5 per cent per year.
What it means is that consumers -- who the Royal Bank ... more »
Greece back in the Troika crosshairs - given three days or else to bow down to the latest demands ! Spain credit contraction exceeds 6 percent - worst during ongoing crisis - where are the green shoots ? Italy's Coalition showing more cracks as Monti threatens to pull out !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Greece news .....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-02/greece-gets-three-day-ultimatum-europe-fix-itself-or-else
Greece Gets Three-Day Ultimatum From Europe To Fix Itself, Or Else
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/02/2013 07:08 -0400
- Creditors
- European Central Bank
- Eurozone
- Fail
- Greece
- International Monetary Fund
- Italy
- Recession
- Reuters
- Unemployment
Yesterday it was the Egyptian military giving president Morsi a two day
ultimatum before things "deteriorate", now it is the Eurozone giv... more »
The Military Industrial Complex of "psychopaths" from the U.S.A.
Toxic Reverend at Toxic Reverend - Revelations - 6 hours ago
If you live on the planet Earth, this concerns you.
*An International Cyber Weapons Agreement Needed*
*The United States Military Industrial Complex of*
*"psychopaths" are making cyberweapons to attack*
*nuclear power plants. And they refuse to discuss an*
*International Treaty for the same.* O*r even allow *
*such a "Treaty" to be in the "lamestream media".** *
*
* *Four reference article are given below. But first, here*
*is some music to listen to for your reading pleasure*.
The hymn for this "toxic sermon" is
*Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction*
http://youtu.be/ntLsElbW9Xo
*Four... more »
A Tale of Two TED Talks
Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 6 hours ago
In venture capitalist Eric X. Li's freshly released Ted Talk entitled "A
tale of two political systems," he mounts one of the more compelling
defenses of the Chinese government I have ever heard. That's because it's
the only defense of it I have ever heard. He has a point about how
perceptions of China in the West are driven by outdated and oversimplified
narratives that have been propped up by American media and popular culture. Unfortunately,
Li was not challenged on the well documented repression of religious
freedom and political expression in China, which is a shame, because the... more »
Who would you choose to let into the country
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Which of the following two entrants would you choose to let into the UK and
which would you refuse entry to?
Entrant 1:
Entrant 1 has made many public pronouncements on various moral matters,
here's one: 'they have organizations for homosexuals, organizations for
people who marry animals – she marries a dog, a donkey, and so on… The
organizations exist, and strangely enough, they are official. They have
websites, and they publish magazines with pictures.'
Entrant 1 on 14th June called for jihad in Syria "in every way possible"
whilst visiting Cairo.
Entrant 1 has also repeated ... more »
New Language Discovered in Northern Australia
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours ago
This is rather instructive. It shows us that a new language can coalesce
and develop unique aspects form several other sources which pretty well
describes the natural state of preliterate language environment. It even
happened recently as in our lifetimes.
We live today in a world in which the internet is standardizing a short
list of national languages as well as establishing English as the most
common second language and the primary language for internet communication.
That a new language could still emerge is of course unexpected and
surprising.
*New language di... more »
Bed Bugs and Bean Leaves
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours ago
The unpleasant reintroduction of bedbugs is a reminder that our war with
pests is simply ongoing with just the occasional respite. This item reminds
us of another protocol that would at least suppress the bed bug population
and may actually work better than expected. I would simply spread ample
leaves directly under the bed for several days after my weekly cleaning and
expect to snag most of the available pests.
It might not eliminate the problem but it surely could make it manageable
and prevent a total infestation problem. It especially could be used to
protect upholste... more »
How Would American Indians Teach US History?
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours ago
The one theme I would like to see fully introduced into the teaching of
history is that of the alternative voice. While it is clear that we must
teach a doctrine that encompasses the national narrative and inculcates
love of country, it is also true that such doctrines are dangerously
incomplete if ignoring as strongly held interpretations.
We have long proven that a wide range of interpretation can be placed on a
set of facts, not least by convenient omission. The best defense is to
review those interpretations and to discuss why we prefer a different
approach. Imagine st... more »
Gargoyles in South America
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 8 hours ago
This is a bit of data on the Chupacabra from South America from Dale
Drinnon and seems to include the successful capture of a giant bat that
conforms rather well to my expectations of a gargoyle. The other reports
show us a fast reptile that is assumed to be dinosaur. That need not be
true.
Attempts to explain merely confuse and do not help at all. The story hangs
together on its own rather well and plenty of eye witnesses are involved.
We need a BFRO to collect and confirm these reports. Again we have at least
two prospective cryptids here, only one of which is clearly noctur... more »
KENNEDY, SKAKEL, MOXLEY, AMERICARES, HASENFUS...
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
*Bobby Kennedy (top left), Bobby's wife Ethel Skakel (centre) and members
of the Skakel family.*
The family of J F Kennedy reportedly has links to CIA mind control.
(Elizabeth Taylor Slept With JFK.)
*"Bobby" Kennedy, Sr.* was married to *Ethel Skakel*.
There is a suspicion that the Skakel family may have links to CIA mind
control.
In 2002,* Michael Skakel* was convicted of the 1975 murder of *Martha Moxley
*, his 15-year-old neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Robert F Kennedy Jr wrote that *Michael Skakel* was:
*
**"A small sensitive child - the runt of the litter with a harsh... more »
THE KEY to THE TRUTH on THE INTERNET
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 9 hours ago
it was like a DREAM, in fact it may well have been a dream, a hope, a
personal wish I've had for decades...
And it was such an innocent gesture.
I swept my human hand across the Eye of Sauron life-signs detector on my
Vaio laptop and SUDDENLY, without a twitch of transmission lag, I saw
EVERYTHING that the covert world had been hiding from mankind for thousands
and thousands of years. Economic, financial, ethical, military, societal
... all speculation was banished. Their own spy network used against them.
Only THE TRUTH remained.
Any place, any position, any office. I could ente... more »
Fakers and Cons
Alison at Creekside - 9 hours ago
Still adding to the list of Con fakery below, if you have more suggestions.
.
EU Anti-trust Authorities sue 13 Megabanks over Credit Default Swap Collusion to Stymie Exchanges....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/07/eu-antitrust-authorities-sue-13-megabanks-over-credit-default-swaps-collusion-to-stymie-exchanges.html
(
Europe makes the US look bad once again - Gensler vindicated ? )
TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2013
EU Antitrust Authorities Sue 13 MegaBanks Over Credit Default Swaps
Collusion to Stymie Exchanges
Ooh, here we thought bank reform was dead, and an unexpected front opens
up.
As readers may recall, Gary Gensler of the CFTC has been fighting to
implement Dodd Frank rules on derivatives, and not only is Obama pushing
him out on an accelerated schedule, but Eur... more »
film trailer - NOW YOU SEE ME - Eye of Horus inter-dimensional hyper-historical hierarchy
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 10 hours ago
I have no idea if this 'seemingly audacious' tin-foil-hat film NOW YOU SEE
ME (about a group of magicians called The Four horsemen who rob banks and
give the money to their audience) will 'really go' where it promises to
i.e. revealing the *Eye of Horus* inter-dimensional hyper-historical
hierarchy that's been allowed to run riot on Planet Earth for centuries...
...but there's a prominent anti-investigative tagline that states, "The
closer you think you are, the less you'll actually see."
Insidious - I mean, properly mind-fuck-ish. Don't these Hollywood actors
even READ the gormle... more »
Mining 25: Changes in Brazil Mining Taxation
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 10 hours ago
There is a coincidence in mining tax legislation in the Philippines and
Brazil. Two weeks ago, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff launched a mining
bill that proposes to double royalties on mineral wealth from 2% to 4%, to
affect mainly iron ore and gold. The levy will also be on gross revenues
rather than profit.
Brazil is the world’s second-largest iron-ore exporter. It currently allows
mining companies to subtract some royalty calculation costs. This will
change and start charging the levy on companies’ gross revenue. Mining
comprises 4 percent of its GDP and almost a quarter of... more »
India’s Initial navigation satellite Launches Successfully
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 10 hours ago
*A thick bright blueish white light streaked up from the ground as the
PSLVrocket zoomed up and disappeared into chunky dark clouds, on its
voyage to
ferry India's first navigational satellite into its space orbit on
Monday
night. India launches its initial fanatical navigation satellite from
Sriharikota.* The first midnight launch of PSLV rocket from Satish
Dhawan
Space Centre at Sriharikota, some 80 km from Chennai, was confirmed a
success within few minutes by the scientists of ISRO.
India's old warhorse in space, PSLV, was on its most recent mission on
Monday night to control... more »
Death Valley: highest temperature on Earth will survive 100th anniversary
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
Tons of journalists were recently hyping the warm weather that came to
California and other places. Fox News and many others talk about "tied
records" and "baked West".
But the real story which is almost totally overlooked is the comparison of
the absolute temperature record on Earth and the modest temperatures in
recent years that had no chance to match it. This real story is clearly
inconvenient to the climate alarmists, one of the most unhinged and
dishonest cliques of demagogues who have ever walked on the face of Earth,
and journalists many of whom have always been trying to ... more »
JENNI MURRAY: Sharia law: Real courage is being ready to step on a few 'cultural' toes | Mail Online
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
'They call it female circumcision – an inadequate description of the
radical and primitive surgery they're forced to undergo.
Teachers in their schools had wept as they described bright young pupils of
five or six coming back at the end of the holidays in agony and in deep
shock, no longer able to manage the lavatory without crying out.
The local Imam, when I challenged him about such a barbaric practice, which
he justified as a religious and cultural necessity to ensure their purity
at marriage, had steely eyes which bored through me. 'In the not too
distant future,' he intoned, ... more »
Return Of Mothra And Godzilla, Or LNG To Japan From British Columbia, My Money Is On Mothra
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 11 hours ago
*Written by Grant G*
I have more faith in a return of Mothra and Godzilla than that of a
lucrative market in Japan for British Columbia LNG...Nuclear facilities,
all 54 of them that have been shut down will be restarted, there are
several factors involved in reaching this conclusion, the foremost being
economic growth and stability, the second being energy security and the
third of equal importance is short memories and pride.
Let`s start with the third issue, people`s memories of horror doesn`t last,
remember the school shooting in Newtown, dozens of children slaughtered by
a l... more »
White Clay: Oglala President Brewer's call for support
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
Published on Jul 1, 2013
Oglala Sioux tribal President Bryan
Brewer Sr put a call out to the Lakota Nation to come together and
support his efforts in stopping the sales of alcohol right next to our
reservation, he had many support and here in this video he gives us a
few short words.
Eddie checks in . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 12 hours ago
THANKS
TO WIKILEAKS, this latest from Edward Snowden. The man is pissed. To
him, the Oval Office and a toilet have the same shape and function, but
judge for yourself:
Statement from Edward Snowden in MoscowMonday July 1, 21:40 UTCOne week
ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety
were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been
owed to the
US intelligence services are spying on the European Union mission in New York and its embassy in Washington, according to the latest top secret US National Security Agency documents leaked by the whistleblower Edward Snowden.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
------------------------------
New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European allies
Exclusive: Edward Snowden papers reveal 38 targets including EU, France and
Italy
*
**Berlin accuses Washington of cold war tactics*
------------------------------
Ewen MacAskill in Rio de Janeiro and Julian Borger
The Guardian, Sunday 30 June 2013 16.28 EDT
------------------------------
One of the bugging methods mentioned is codenamed Dropmire, which according
to a 2007 document is 'implanted on the Cryptofax at the EU embassy, DC'.
Photograph: Guardian
US intelligence services are spyin... more »
“Evil is, as Evil Does”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
* *
*“Evil is, as Evil Does”*
by Norman Pollock
“Evil is not banal, *pace* Arendt; it is in this case (the US in the early
21st century) the systemization in government policy of an advanced
capitalist society and political economy at the tipping point of
structural-ideological senescence, now seemingly treading water because of
economic dislocations more long- than short-term in nature, but actually
poised—somewhat in desperation—to advance its militarized global expansion
in an effort to maintain its unilateral position of world leadership in an
international framework of multi... more »
The Revolution Will Not Be Standardized
freetoteach at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 12 hours ago
The Revolution Will Not Be Standardized Owen Davis is a writer and educator
who lives in Brooklyn, NY. He currently writes curriculum for IndyKids and
works as an intern at The Nation. The conditions of the testing system are
the conditions of a well-honed oppressive order. The danger of losing their
livelihood turns teachers and administrators into sub-oppressors, […]
"6 Insidious Ways Surveillance Changes the Way We Think and Act"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
* *
*"6 Insidious Ways Surveillance Changes the Way We Think and Act"*
By Lynn Stuart Parramore
"When I moved to a Czech village in 1994 to teach English, I was
fascinated
by the cultural difference between Americans like me and my new
community.
At that time, the oppressive memory of the dreaded Communist secret
police,
the StB, was still fresh. (Check out a haunting series of street
photossnapped by agents in their heyday.) As a brash young ex-pat, born
after the
era of McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover, I understood little of what it felt
like to live under constant surveillance.
T... more »
How Energy Exchange Really Works....
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
This is in Spanish, but you don't need to know Spanish to understand it and
laugh with it. Its actually very good video on how money works to transfer
energy. If anyone wants to volunteer to translate the words and give me
the time marks I'll create subtitles for it....
Prof. Dr. Martin van Bruinessen - Mapping the Gülen Movement
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 13 hours ago
*"Sufism and the 'Modern' in Islam"* edited by Martin Van Bruinessen and
Julia Day Howell. (Published in March 2013).
Related:
*Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement - Ori Soltes, Georgetown
University*.
*The CIA Man Behind The Turkish Throne*.
"Martin van Bruinessen (born 10 July 1946, Schoonhoven) is a Dutch
anthropologist and author, who has published a number of publications on
Kurdish, Indonesian, Turkish, Persian, Zazas subjects, and also on aspects
of Islam as a whole." (Source: *Wikipedia*).
"Martin van Bruinessen is Professor of Islamic Studies at Utrecht
Universi... more »
There's an America where workers are paying more and more of their modest wages just to GET those wages
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
*"Natalie Gunshannon, 27, with her daughter, Anie Popish, 7, said she had
to use a card because her employers would not deposit her pay directly into
her account." (NYT caption)*
Krystal McLemore, 22, makes $7.65 an hour at a Taco Bell in St. Louis. She
said she was told to sign up for a payroll card. (Taco Bell says it "offers
direct deposit and a voluntary option of payroll cards as an added
convenience" for employees.)
But she grew tired of being charged $1.75, in addition to the A.T.M.'s
fees, to withdraw cash. After a tip from a co-worker, Ms. McLemore realized
she could redu... more »
Guest Post - How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Around Your Home
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 13 hours ago
Turning off lights, recycling waste, ensuring you have proper insulation
are all well-known ways of reducing your carbon footprint around your home.
But what if you have already done all this and want to take Eco-proofing
your home one step further?
When it comes to energy efficient homes it is architects who are leading
the way. An increasing number of architects are designing buildings and
homes that have Eco-friendly designs integrated into their plans, so much
so that it is now at the forefront of cutting edge modern building designs.
The good thing is that many of these ideas... more »
Thirty-Three MILLION People. Egypt Rises WITH UPDATES. Morsi Has 48 Hours
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 hours ago
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/01/1220236/-Thirty-Three-MILLION-People
MON JUL 01, 2013 AT 04:00 AM PDT
Thirty-Three MILLION People. Egypt Rises WITH UPDATES. Morsi Has 48 Hours
byzenbassoonFollow
You think they're upset?
That's an unofficial number, of course. But that's the unofficial number
of people who are out protesting against the government of Mohammed Morsi
and the Muslim Brotherhood today. Thirty-three million all over Egypt.
The largest protest in the history of the world.
This is what a pissed off country looks like:
My question is, Why hasn't anyone been cov... more »
Zapatistas Marcos 'Our teachers will not be present' Native people taught the way
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
CLASSMATES IV.
OUR TEACHERS WILL NOT BE PRESENT.
June 2013.
To the adherents of the Sexta in Mexico and in the world:
To the students of the Little Zapatista School:
Compañeros, compañeroas, compañeras:
The truth is that I think you will find, in your classmates at the little school, something of the best of this world.
But you will also miss, once you are in these lands of resistance,
the
The Realist Report with John Friend
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 14 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Clement Pulaski
of *TrueSonsofAbraham.com* to discuss his recent essay, "The American
Spirit and the Future of Our Nation." We will also be discussing American
history and identity.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
War on Teachers and Women is a War on Children
freetoteach at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 14 hours ago
The war on teachers, women and children is in full force — with
sequestration in effect as Republicans keep busy finding ways to curtail
women’s rights, cuts to the most vulnerable children are looming because
apparently there’s just not enough money to go around. Conveniently,
there’s plenty of money for more high stakes testing, Common […]
Wikileaks: Snowden applies for asylum in these countries
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 15 hours ago
Edward Snowden submits asylum applications
Tuesday July 2, 01:30 UTC
On 30th June 2013 WikiLeaks’ legal advisor in the Edward Snowden
matter, Sarah Harrison, submitted by hand a number of requests for
asylum and asylum assistance on behalf of Edward J. Snowden, the NSA
whistleblower.
The requests were delivered to an official at the Russian consulate
at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow late
Tattoos. Got one?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago
First it was just sailors.*
Then it was rock stars.
Then it was everyone who followed a rock star or two.
Then it was baristas and barmaids, hash slingers and hash dealers, and
everyone’s favourite girl and boy next door.
And now … it’s Justin Bieber.
A clear enough sign that tattoos have jumped the shark.
So, if you have a tattoo or two, time to reflect that Bieber has too.
If you don’t have one, it’s too late be so easily cool by simply applying
ink.
As from now, you’ll have to earn it.
* * * * *
* Who got them as a South Seas souvenir from those who really had them
firs... more »
Happy Canada Day From Saskatchewan ....
leftdog at Buckdog - 15 hours ago
*Happy Canada Day to Canadians everywhere. It's a nice warm, sunny July day
here in Regina. Enjoy*!
The Global Warming Scam: Another Article Confirms Again That Carbon Dioxide Is A COOLANT!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours ago
I have watched the news this past week where that criminal who calls
himself President of the United States, Barry Soetoro, had the audacity to
go in front of the US Congress and now push for new taxes on the American
public in the form of "Carbon Legislation". This clown had the nerve to
state that Carbon emissions had to be curbed so as to save the planet from
the scourge of "Global Warming". Even though all evidence shows that the
planet is not warming at all, and is in fact in a state of Global Cooling,
this criminal will attempt to have the American people swallow the Global
... more »
A thought on the NEA blow up. #democracy?
Chris Cerrone at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 16 hours ago
Just a quick thought on the comments about collective bargaining that NEA
President Dennis Van Roekel made to a group of retirees at NEA
Representative Assembly in Atlanta. How do educators chose our national and
state union leaders? Nationally (and at least in my state of New York for
NYSUT) each local elects delegates who […]
Quote of the Day #2: How to teach
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 16 hours ago
"If, in the course of a science curriculum, you cover Galileo’s
incontrovertible evidence for the heliocentric theory and contrast his
method with that of the geocentrists, or if you describe Newton’s
experiments and discovery of properties of light and contrast them with
Descartes’ spinning of theories out of thin air, or if you discuss the
battle between the atomists and the anti-atomists, it is proper to lead
students to the conclusion that Galileo, Newton, and Maxwell were heroes,
that their methods were good, and that their discoveries had a lasting and
profoundly valuable im... more »
Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 16 hours ago
Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow via Wikileaks
Monday July 1, 21:40 UTC
One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my
freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My
continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old,
family, and others who I have never met and probably never will. I
trusted them with my life and they returned
The Real News - Egyptian Army Threatens Coup Against President Morsi
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 16 hours ago
*Fireworks in Egypt (June 30). Photo Source: AP/Amr Nabil.*
Egyptian Army Threatens Coup Against President Morsi. Source: The Real
News. Date Published: July 1, 2013. Description:
As millions take to the street across Egypt calling for President's ouster,
the Army threatens to take action if Morsi fails to reach agreement with
protestors in 48 hours.
"Yesterday was, arguably, the biggest protest in Egyptian history. There
were millions of people on the streets, in Tahrir, in the Presidential
palace, and not just in Cairo but around the country." - Sharif Abdel
Kouddous, journali... more »
Tea Party Civil War
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
We all love watching the Republican civil war between the greed and
selfishness wing and the hate and bigotry wing as it unfolds. In the radio
interview above, Palin declares war, again, on Marco Rubio and Kelly
Ayotte. But how about the civil war that's tearing apart the Tea party
itself... a civil war within a civil war? Those are always the most fun.
Over the weekend Luke Mullins covered an aspect of that for the *
Washingtonian*: Armey In Exile. A month before Romney went down in flames,
Dick Armey had agreed to resign as chairman of FreedomWorks, one of the
big-money Tea Part... more »
Happy Canada Day From The Northerntruthseeker
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 16 hours ago
Yes, it is Canada Day.... On this date, 146 years ago, the Dominion of
Canada was given official recognition by the British Parliament in London
England.
Even though Canada was officially created as a separate "entity" back in
1867, it remained basically part of the British Empire until the British
Commonwealth of nations was created in 1931. With that, the "Empire"
supposedly ended, and the "Commonwealth" began. However, most nations
after 1931 remained under British control until well after the end of the
second World War which cost the United Kingdom dearly with the end of th... more »
Owe Aku 'Red Nations Rising' at Takini, Cheyenne River
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 17 hours ago
Red Nations Rising
Moccasins on the Ground at Takini on the Cheyenne River Reservation
by Owe Aku International Justice Project
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
July 1, 2013 In
our effort to be true to our principal objective to preserve sacred
water and protect Ina Maka for future generations, working within the
protocol of our traditions and
Ditching Mitch McConnell
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago
Let's face it. We're talking about Kentucky. Electing a Democrat to the
Senate won't be easy but Grimes looks up to the challenge.
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes announced Monday she
will challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), giving
Democrats their favored candidate and turning the race into one of the 2014
cycle's marquee contests.
She has a good pitch. Echoing the GOP's intention to use ageism as a weapon
against Hillary, well, it could work both ways.
Lundergan Grimes stressed that she was Kentucky's "only female
constitutional officer... more »
Elizabeth I
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 17 hours ago
*You lawyers are so nice and precise in shifting and scanning every word
and letter that many times you stand more upon form than matter, upon
syllables than the sense of the law.*
Google Reader, off in 3, 2, 1 …
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours ago
If you read NOT PC via RSS on Google Reader, then hopefully you’re already
aware Google’s Reader is going to be defunct any minute now.
Promising alternatives to Google Reader include Netvibes, Yoleo, Digg Readerand
Feedly. ReplaceReader.com lists most of the alternatives, sorted by
popularity.
Most of the alternative readers have tried to make the transition simple.
But don’t forget to make sure NOT PC is in your subscriptions list.
Because I know where you live.
[Hat tip Gus Van Horn]
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (org... more »
Europe getting close to the edge ? Portugals Finance Ministers quits abruptly Monday - Schauble 's apprentice gives up austerity purging for Berlin ? And in Italy , the Vatican Bank cancer spreads as its Director and Deputy quit suddenly - a theme of the day ? Finally , in France , the Opposition calls for a referendum - Marinne Le Pen feeling her oats as the National Front Party becomes France's Syriza ( as far as capturing public opinion and appeal , not political pedigree ) in 2013 !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/07/201371203447668628.html
Portugal finance minister quits
Resignation of Vitor Gaspar comes amid rising social discontent over
austerity measures.
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A strike against austerity measures brought public transportation to a
standstill last week [EPA]
Portuguese Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar, the architect of the country's
reforms under its EU-IMF bailout, has resigned as the ... more »
Iraq’s Kurdish President Delays Elections To Stay In Office Two More Years
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 17 hours ago
In a move that surprised some, but not others, the Kurdish parliament
recently decided to postpone presidential elections in the region, and gave
President Massoud Barzani two more years in office. The official reason was
that the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) draft constitution needed to
be amended. Current Kurdish law states that the president can only serve
two terms, and Barzani’s eight years are now up. The new constitution
however, would allow him to run for office two more times. Barzani does not
want to step down, and with the support of the other ruling party the
... more »
Do not trust the promises of Princes: The Life and Death of Richard the Third Act 4 Scene 2
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 18 hours ago
*KING RICHARD III*
Stand all apart Cousin of Buckingham!
*BUCKINGHAM*
My gracious sovereign?
*KING RICHARD III*
Give me thy hand.
*Here he ascendeth his throne*
Thus high, by thy advice
And thy assistance, is King Richard seated;
But shall we wear these honours for a day?
Or shall they last, and we rejoice in them?
*BUCKINGHAM*
Still live they and for ever may they last!
*KING RICHARD III*
O Buckingham, now do I play the touch,
To try if thou be current gold indeed
Young Edward lives: think now what I would say.
*BUCKINGHAM*
Say on, my loving lord.
*KING RICHARD III*
Why, Buck... more »
Inventor(s) of the day: Canada v Australia
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
As Ms BillyRock pointed out yesterday, other people—wherever they are—give
us benefits even if we never meet them. Even if we don’t even know they
exist. Even if they’re from the other side of the planet—or even (Galt
forbid) from the other side of the Tasman.
It’s all part of the social cooperation of the market, in which we can all
enjoy the many benefits of genius wherever *we* are .
Which is why it’s so much fun to see the nationalistic chest-beating about
inventions. Case in point: Canada v Australia.
Here’s Canada boasting about “50 of Canada’s greatest gifts to the world,”... more »
Scarcity
What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 18 hours ago
For maybe two million years, our ancestors lived relatively sustainably as
hunter-gatherers. Their simple way of life utilized *renewable*natural
resources in a low-impact manner. This worked very well until advances in
weaponry enabled the possibility of megafauna overkill, which pushed many
societies into a dark new direction — *overtool* — an addiction to powerful
technology that forced some ancestors out of balance with the family of
life.
Unfortunately, it’s possible to abuse and diminish renewable natural
resources, and this is not sustainable. About 10,000 years ago, some... more »
Don’t Egyptian protestors know what they want? [updated]
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
Last year after protests against Hosni Mubarak’s military rule, President
Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was installed as leader. And everyone went
home. Now, a year later, anti-Morsi protestors have stormed and ransacked
the Cairo headquarters of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group (while police
and army stood around and watched), they have collected over 22 million
signatures asking for his departure, and they are asking the Egyptian head
of state to resign by 5 p.m. tomorrow.
And the military are ready to take over again.
What’s going on? Don’t Egyptian protestors know what the... more »
The Differences Between Iranian Kurds And Other Kurds
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago
*Read these two articles:*
*Iranian Kurdish Struggle Linked to Turkey, Syria (Al Monitor, June 14)*.
*Iran awaits 'Kurdish Spring' (Al Jazeera, June 29)*.
*Background briefing:*
As part of its divide and conquer strategy to destroy the unity of the
Muslim world, terrorize its inhabitants, and dominate the region for many
decades to come, USrael has frequently and cynically exploited the
suffering of the Kurds in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran in order to gain
strategic and political leverage over these countries and their
populations.
Some Kurdish groups have heroically resisted... more »
"The Myth of a Post-Racial America"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
* *
* "The Myth of a Post-Racial America"*
By John W. Whitehead
“How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can
you thank him for giving you only part of what’s already yours? You haven’t
even made progress, if what’s being given to you, you should have had
already. That’s no progress.” – Malcolm X, 1964
In 1964, the United States was in the throes of racial conflict. Civil
rights activists were leading black Americans and their white allies in a
struggle against institutionalized racism, segregation, and
disenfranchisement. The situation was bleak, act... more »
Penis parity
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 18 hours ago
Not the first time I've seen this happen, but would love it see become a
larger trend. All these old guys obsessed with legislating our lady parts
could use a good dose of their own medicine. So now comes a Cleveland
Democrat with Senate Bill 307.
COLUMBUS [OHIO] -- Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other
erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive
a cardiac stress test and get a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual
partner affirming impotency, if state Sen. Nina Turner has her way.
Via Steve M. who correctly notes the only problem with ... more »
Edward Snowden updates - follow the bouncing asylum ball - will he go to Ecuador , Venezuela or Russia ? My bet is he will be in Russia for quite awhile.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
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Putin enjoying himself.......
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/07/snowden-drops-russia-asylum-bid-as-some.html
TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2013
Snowden Drops Russia Asylum Bid, As Some European Nations Insist He Apply
on Their Soil
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Snowden must stop leaking the
information harmful to the US before his government can consider asylum.
(Huh?)
Germany, Norway, Austria, Poland, Finland and Switzerland say he must make
his request on their soil, according to the latest from AP.
It looks like the Obama administ... more »
Río de la montaña junto a un pequeño pueblo rural
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Quote of the Day: On the fatties
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
“There is nothing more awe inspiring, nothing more poetic, and really
nothing more amusing, than watching a fat man with momentum… The art of
setting fat men on a collision course has been celebrated as far back as
you care to remember. If this vision doesn’t excite you, you are either a
liar, or rugby probably isn’t the sport for you in the first place.”
- Dan Palmer, “Best thing about rugby? The scrum,” THE
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everything else is either public relations or a misattributed quote
laura k at wmtc - 19 hours ago
I saw this:
and thought: that doesn't sound like Orwell.
I have read almost everything Orwell ever published, and will eventually
read everything, including all the published letters. While no one could
remember every line from every essay, this just doesn't sound like our man
Eric Blair to me. Orwell wasn't given to aphorisms or one-liners. It
doesn't fit in the theme of any book or essay. The essay that seems most
relevant, "Politics and the English Language," does not contain this line.
I was skeptical.
I did several internet searches, hoping to find a source that attributed ... more »
Daily Rituals: Benjamin Franklin
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
I’ve been gifted a book by a grateful reader (thank you, Madam) on the
daily rituals of writers, artists, architects and other thinkers and
creators. It’s fascinating. “161 inspired—and inspiring—minds … who
describe how they subtly manoeuvre the many (self-inflicted) obstacles and
(self-imposed?) daily rituals to get done the work they love to do [or *
have* to do], whether by waking early or staying up late; whether by
self-medicating with doughnuts or or bathing, drinking vast quantities of
coffee, or taking long daily walks.”
And then there’s Benjamin Franklin…
[image: image... more »
Rewarding the Awful: When the Financially Countable Replaced School Accountability in Ohio
Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 19 hours ago
Ohio has had some of the nation’s worst charter schools for years, thanks
in large part to to the $3.8 million in state and local political
contributions from corporate welfare kingpin and conservative kingmaker,
David Brennan. Find many stories about Brennan and his exploitation here.
Springfield Sun reporter, Tom Beyerlein, has a terrific piece from […]
Removing the Shackles: Are you Ready? Tonight on The One People's radio show.....
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 19 hours ago
Posted by D. at
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Monday, 1 July 2013
Are you Ready? Tonight on The One People's radio show.....
Are you ready for it!?
The recording of the 1 hour and 26 minute interview that I did today with
Lisa, Bob and Heather will be played tonight on the One Peoples Radio
show!!! ........ regardless of the technical difficulties, lol.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecollectiveimagination/2013/07/02/the-one-people
I have spent the past 7 hours trying to upload the video of the interview
(that I creat... more »
Sharples gets the message
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 hours ago
Well, at least one person’s taken the right message from the Doctor’s post
yesterday.
[image: image]
Doc McGrath called for Parekura Horomia’s seat to be unfilled. The same
arguments apply to Pita Sharples’s.
And then, one at a time, to every other race-based seat.
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Leaders and Legends with General James Cartwright
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 20 hours ago
Leaders and Legends with General James Cartwright. Source:
JHUCareyBusiness. Date Published: October 17, 2012. Description:
General James E. Cartwright, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his
speech, "Leading Organizational Changes to Meet New Challenges."
U.N. Nuclear Chief warns of 'dirty bomb' threat but dead silent on Fukushima
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 20 hours ago
More action is needed to stop militants* (?)* acquiring plutonium or
highly-enriched uranium that could be used for atomic bombs, nuclear
experts and government officials said on Monday.
Analysts say radical groups could theoretically build a crude but deadly
nuclear bomb if they have the money, technical knowledge and the amount of
fissile material needed.
Speaking at a meeting in Vienna, Yukiya Amano, head of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), warned against a "false sense of security"
over the danger of nuclear terrorism.
Amano, holding up a small lead container *s... more »
Howard Kurtz leaves CNN with a bang!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 20 hours ago
*MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013*
*Shows how the pundit corps works:* Yesterday morning, Howard Kurtz hosted
his final edition on CNN’s Reliable Sources, the program “where we turn a
critical lens on the media.”
Or so Kurtz said, once again, as he always does.
Kurtz has hosted this program for the past fifteen years. Each Sunday, he
has asked a group of mainstream pundits to come on TV and pretend to
critique their own guild.
Now, he’s been hired away by Fox. Yesterday, as Kurtz signed off, he
reminisced about four major stories he has covered at Reliable Sources.
We were struck by the stor... more »
Issa Issa, Baby
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours ago
We've been trying to make the case-- so far without any success-- that the
DCCC make an effort, even if it's one that takes more than one cycle, to
defeat Darrell Issa in a purple district Obama won in 2008. Last cycle Issa
beat grassroots candidate Jerry Tetalman 59-41-- primarily because of
Issa's huge margin in the smaller part of the district, the Orange County
part. The biggest part of the district, San Diego County, saw a closer
result, Issa 56% and Tetalman 44%. Issa, who always acts in the interests
of corporate behemoths raised $2,478,710 last cycle. Jerry Tetalman raised ... more »
A look behind the curtain . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 20 hours ago
THANKS
TO ED SNOWDEN, we have a look at the Bush-Cheney paranoia, and it's
scary, a GOP/neo-con attempt to create a fourth Reich with a Stasi on
steroids. William Saletan has an article in SLATE that's a fascinating
read, "The Taming of the Spook", click on the link to check out the
whole thing. According to him, it could have been much worse.
On March 24, 2009, the National Security Agency’s
The Fat Lady's Song
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago
Love is a force. It is the power that created the universe. Power and
force are not in opposition; all is One. Only this reality holds the
perception of separate. As that perception is held, so is its matching
vibratory rate. Do you understand what this means? As you view the world,
the lens you use determines what the world looks like. You’ve been told
things that color your opinions and in turn formulate your life.
If you believe love is something beyond your control, you will become
passive when you feel it. Love is the fuel of the creative force, the
source o... more »
Short on money for public schools? INNOVATE!
Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 20 hours ago
Today is day one. The new beginning. The start. A new day…blah, blah, blah.
So what happened on day one? I got the pleasure of listening to a
“politician” say absolutely nothing meaningful about the future of public
education. I heard “innovative” used at least 10 times during the 16 minute
speech. I heard about […]
Where the Church Street Neighbourhood is Today
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 21 hours ago
I'm posting this for a friend. It's her survey of attitudes towards
Toronto's Gay Village from the GLBTQ community themselves:
"What the Gay Village means today."
Oy, [Headline Writer]
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 21 hours ago
The GOP Can't Win With Eric Cantor as Its Ambassador
OK, here's the deal. Conor Friedersdorf had a perfectly fine column over at
The Atlantic today giving Eric Cantor the business for being a wet sack of
mush, at least in his rhetoric. Friedersdorf listens carefully to Cantor
and hears nothing but the stalest of cliches; no policy, no stirring
language, nothing.
And it's a modest column; Friedersdorf ends with a "to be sure" paragraph
noting that the job of a House Majority Leader can be more inside than
outside, more nuts and bolts than rhetoric, and about the biggest claim he
m... more »
Not one person can reasonably explain to me this @pitbull charter school thing. #NCSC13
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 21 hours ago
I learned about this here from Jersey Jazzman. I’ve been having some fun
with it here. But I’ve also been following the conversation at #NCSC13 on
Twitter as I make my way to Wisconsin for a few days. I have absolutely no
idea what is wrong with these people. I’m not trying to be some […]
BGR evaluates proposals for redeveloping World Trade Center
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 21 hours ago
*BGR evaluates proposals for redeveloping World Trade Center ~Jaquetta
White, Advocate N.O.*~*The watchdog Bureau of Governmental Research on
Monday assessed three proposals for redeveloping the World Trade Center site.
The agency did not issue a recommendation, but did evaluate the project’s
based on the criteria a five-member selection committee will use when it
considers the plans Tuesday. *
The Left and Islamism
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 21 hours ago
Let's get one thing straight. Contrary to the title of James Bloodworth's Why
is the left so blinkered to Islamic extremism?, the left in its totality
are emphatically *not*. If you use the broad definition that stretches from
the front bench to the *Weekly Worker*, as a general rule they are
resolutely opposed to Islamism. Even the revolutionary left, which gets
tarred with every kind of brush, are not all cheerleaders. My former
organisation, the Socialist Party, would not countenance alliances of
convenience with Islamists. And the bulk of the smaller groups, for whom
positionin... more »
'CIA'S CHINESE TERRORISTS' IN CHINA AND SYRIA
Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago
*Working for the CIA to destabilise China and Syria.*
'The CIA's Islamist forces' have been used to destabilise Syria, China,
Russia and host of other countries.
China says that the rebels in Syria (believed to be organised by the CIA)
are training Moslem extremists to destabilise China.
*China state media blames Syria rebels for Xinjiang violence*
On 1 July 2013, Chinese state media "blamed Syrian opposition forces for
training Muslim extremists responsible for the deadliest unrest in four
years in China's Xinjiang region."
*The al Qaeda linked ETIM, 'used by the CIA to destabili... more »
We're Going Down! Has NSA Meta'd UFO's? And Why Not? Paulie the K Has Identified the New IFO's - Low Flying (Thanks, Sweetheart!)
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 21 hours ago
The FBI put the names of Greenpeace members on its federal watch list.
Around the same time, an ExxonMobil-funded lobby got the IRS to audit
Greenpeace. * Fearguth at Bildungblog NSA Applies for 'iWatch' Trademark RJ
sent me an email today (thanks, buddy!) about our favorite economist at the
NYT's latest sighting. And he didn't even need a telescope (or N(A)SA). Is
life too easy for
Taxes cost jobs
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
Amanda BillyRock says so.
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"How Low Can Gold Go?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
* *
*"How Low Can Gold Go?"*
by Bill Bonner
"Yesterday, we took the train from Paris to Zurich, passing through the
valley of the Rhone... past castles... medieval churches... lazy,
picturesque rivers... quaint villages... to Lyon... Basel... and then
skirting the Alps and lakes to Zurich. The scenery was remarkably
beautiful. But the most remarkable thing we saw wasn't outside the train
car; it was in it.
A family of Americans boarded the train in Gare de Lyon in Paris. They took
their seats, parents and two children. Tanned. Dressed in baggy shorts and
polo shirts with little ... more »
BBC Groupthink on Immigration?
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
There's an interesting article in *Standpoint *by Peter Whittle of the New
Culture Forum which you might care to read:
*The BBC’s Groupthink on Immigration Stinks*
Here's a taster:
In its coverage of the economic arguments for and against immigration, the
BBC has devoted far more time to the pro-immigration argument, while at the
same time ignoring many of the social costs. In the 16 years under study,
[Ed] West found only a "tiny handful" of TV, radio and online reports in
which the anti-immigration voices had not been outnumbered.
"Is it possible," asks West, "for a news organis... more »
The Economy: "The Pigs Are Whining For More Slop Already"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
* *
*"The Pigs Are Whining For More Slop Already"*
by Karl Denninger
“Well look what we got here... "Are rising interest rates, care of the
Federal Reserve, really bad for the home mortgage market? Reading the
headlines, you would think the world has ended with a one point move up in
the annual percentage rate or APR on a typical mortgage. But don’t accept
the simple answer when pondering the world of mortgage finance. Today,
getting a mortgage is more a function of politics than of interest rates
and only the best borrowers need apply.
In fact, during the 2000s, let us recall ... more »
CUDDLES AND GOOD FOOD
Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago
Most Used Alkaline Foods
"To maintain health, the diet should consist of 60% alkaline forming foods
and 40% acid forming foods.
"To restore health, the diet should consist of 80% alkaline forming foods
and 20% acid forming foods."
Generally, *alkaline* forming foods include: *most fruits, green
vegetables, spices, herbs and seasonings, and seeds and nuts.*
Generally, *acid *forming foods include: *meat, fish, poultry, eggs, grains
(barley, bran, oats, wheat, rice, bread, corn) and certain legumes (eg
Chick Peas, Kidney Beans).*
*Detailed Listing of Acid / Alkaline Forming Foods ... more »
Deep in the heart of Texas
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 23 hours ago
The Texas legislature opened its second special session this morning and as
the song goes, women rights supporters have a message for the crackpots
trying to ramrod their theocratic wet dream through -- you ain't seen
nothing yet.
Last week we saw hundreds of protesters. Today, an estimated 5000 are
demonstrating for women's rights in Austin.
They're jamming the grounds.
Of course the Big Daddy theocrats pretend it's about protecting children,
but this is all about controlling women and punishing them for having sex.
Which is not only none of their damn business but also cod... more »
China: Xinjiang terrorists (Uyghurs) finding training, support in Syria, Turkey
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 23 hours ago
This news story out of China really caught my eye!
*Xinjiang terrorists finding training, support in Syria, Turkey-* Chinese
media and government are not being the least bit outrageous in making that
claim.
* *
Just the other day I had made this comment about the Ui/yghurs. Not because
I am psychic. Just because I pay attention and so do my savvy readers*-
Read below*
*
*
AnonymousJune 28, 2013 at 6:52 AM
Hong Kong, China, NSA....
China's far west erupts in violence for 2nd time in 3 days; death toll from
1st rises to 35
PennyJune 28, 2013 at 7:54 AM
The Uighurs are part of tha... more »
Oxford Cheiromancy - Career, personality, lifestyle - paid services now live
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 23 hours ago
OXFORD CHEIROMANCY is now offering paid services.
If you want to benefit from this (career, personality, lifestyle) service,
send in clear high-resolution digital shots of both your hands; front and
back i.e. four separate images.
Send your 4 shots, current age and career to the email address on the
business card (image) and I'll email you the paypal address for payment.
Recommendations aplenty came in from those who submitted their handshots
for analysis during the free-reading period.
*"After being somewhat of a skeptic, I was referred to Mike by a friend and
sent photos of my h... more »
The Guardian: The cyber-intelligence complex and its useful idiots
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 23 hours ago
J Edgar Hoover (right, with President Richard Nixon)
ran the FBI's illegal Cointelpro domestic political
surveillance scheme. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/01/cyber-intelligence-complex-useful-idiots
*
* *The cyber-intelligence complex and its useful idiots*
Those who tell us to trust the US's secret, privatised surveillance schemes
should recall the criminality of J Edgar Hoover's FBI
Barrett Brown
guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 July 2013 11.21 EDT
It's a fine thing to see mainstream American media outlets finally sparing
some of their atten... more »
The Trade In Passports to the Wealthy
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*If you had any doubt of the corporate nature of the world's countries, the
trade in passports to the wealthy should be a clue.... I read a book in
the late 1980s about getting extra passports and was surprised to learn
that at that time foreigners could buy themselves a USA passport. I don't
know if that is still true regarding the US but you can buy a US Work Visa.
-AK*
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/business/world-overlooked-countries-second-citizenship/index.html
*World's overlooked countries to buy second citizenship, residency*
By Ramy Inocencio, for CNN
updated 4:01 AM EDT,... more »
Lee Rogers Is Running For The House Seat Currently Occupied By Buck McKeon
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
After the closest call with political mortality of his life in 2012, Santa
Clarita Republican Buck McKeon has told political allies that he won't run
in 2014 if Lee Rogers challenges him again. Today he's getting the bad
news: Rogers-- this time with the solid backing of the DCCC-- is running
for the CA-25 seat. McKeon has promised the seat to Tony Strickland but
Santa Clarita Mayor Bob Kellar, state Sen. Steve Knight, former Assemblyman
Cameron Smythe, State Equalization Board chairman George Runner and
Assemblyman Scott Wilk all agree that the seat isn't McKeon's to give away
an... more »
Accountability? Start at the Top
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
Prompted by Anthony Cody’s “Teachers Want Accountability From the Top,” let
me offer a piece of mine from 2011: Accountability? Start at the Top For
nearly two decades, I taught high school English in rural upstate South
Carolina. During about the last half of that part of my career, I also
served as the soccer […]
CIA DECIDED TO DUMP MORSI
Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Cairo on a busy day.*
In Egypt, on 1 July 2013, the Army said it would step in if the politicians
didn't settle the crisis within two days.
"If the demands of the people are not realised within the defined period,
it will be incumbent upon (the armed forces) ... to announce a *road map*for the future."
Army boss Abdel Fattah *al-Sis*i says that the people have expressed their
will with unprecedented clarity in the mass demonstrations and wasting more
time will only increase the danger of division and violence.
The army says it will oversee any *road map* "with the participation of... more »
EU Furious at NSA Spying
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Edward Snowden (image by AK)
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*
**
*
*
* Europe demands answers about U.S. bugging claims*
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/world/europe/eu-nsa/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
By *Josh Levs *and* Catherine E. Shoichet*, CNN
updated 10:34 AM EDT, Mon July 1, 2013
(CNN) -- The European Commission will sweep its offices for electronic
listening devices and other security breaches following revelations of
alleged U.S. surveillance programs targeting European leaders, a commission
spokeswoman said Monday.
The allegations, reported Sunday by the German news magazine Der Spiegel,
threaten to der... more »
happy canada day, a/k/a national stop harper day
laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
This week, pollster Nik Nanos revealed that 51.5% of Canadian voters would
not consider voting for the Conservative party, compared to 36.4% only
seven months ago.
I don't play the national pastime - election prediction - so I won't
speculate about if or how this poll will translate on the ground. Whether
we'll have to wait until 2015 to get rid of this corrupt, fraudulent,
anti-democracy, anti-human, anti-labour, anti-environment, corporate
government - and whether Canadian voters will be hoodwinked by another
party with almost identical policies but a friendlier face (and famous ... more »
Many of the nearly 48 million Americans now on food stamps work extremely hard but are paid such low wages that they can't make ends meet without them.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
------------------------------
Greg Kaufmann on the Truth About American Poverty
June 28,
2013
Original Here
Greg Kaufmann, poverty correspondent for The Nation, says the poor in
America are stereotyped and demonized in an effort to justify huge cuts in
food stamps and other crucial programs for low-income Americans.
“People are working and they’re not getting paid enough to feed their
families, pay their utilities, pay for their housing, pay for the
healthca... more »
From Snowden Crash to Anathem
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Germany benefits from US signal intelligence. When we consider
the widespread industrial espionage carried out by the Chinese, it is
helpful to remember France’s extensive track record of stealing secrets
from its friends and neighbors.* Israel is a major espionage threat to the
United States. The British collect a lot of intelligence on allies and
adversaries, even if deploying fake rocks in Russia might
Continue reading
A Network Explanation for the Rise of Global Social Issues
Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
I am delighted to report that as of last Friday at 7:02pm I have completed
final revisions on my latest book manuscript. This culminates a project on
issue neglect that started with my observations about children born of war,
emerged as a theory of “agenda-vetting,” and involved a detailed NSF-funded
study of the rise and fall of
Continue reading
Geocaching
Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
Some random photos snapped while geocaching this weekend...
Wild blackberries growing near one of the caches. They were delicious!
Teen Daughter finds one after rock-climbing.
One cache was just off these railroad tracks and commemorated a historic
train that used to run down this line.
Another was just off this wheat field.
Geocaching often takes Southern Man onto roads seldom taken, which is one
of the aspects of 'caching that he really enjoys. He bets Frost would have
enjoyed it too.
Call rewrite!
Left I on the News at Left I on the News - 1 day ago
AP does one of the most amazing jobs of rewriting history I've ever seen:
Israel, which captured Gaza in 1967, withdrew in 2005. Hamas militants
subsequently overran the area.
Rock Climbing
Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
Teen Daughter makes her annual expedition to the indoor rock climbing gymin Southern City.
Gearing up.
"That one is *how* high?"
"Put the camera down and take up the slack!"
Defying gravity.
Free climbing.
Get Your Head Around This | HonestReportingHonestReporting
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
'Israel says it is willing to negotiate without preconditions, but has so
far refused to meet Palestinian demands.'
Only a Guardian or BBC journalist could write this without any thought as
to ridiculousness of statement.
Source here http://honestreporting.com/get-your-head-around-this/
REPORT FROM 'HIGH NORTH' SPACE CONFERENCE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
*Activists from Finland point out drone test range just 30 kilometers from
the Russian border (click on image for larger view)*
*Swedish Peace Council V-P Agneta Norberg and Norwegian journalist Bard
Wormdal point out the locations of the satellite downlink stations at the
two poles where Norway shares images with the US military*
I am writing this from the Frankfurt, Germany airport where I have a
three-hour layover on the way back to Boston. I flew early this morning
from Kiruna to Stockholm.
One of our new Global Network Advisory Board members,
Luis-Gutierrez-Esparza (President ... more »
CMS: \(2.93\sigma\) hint of a second Higgs boson at \(136.5\GeV\)
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
Today's sensation is tomorrow's calibration. Or: Today's discovery is
tomorrow's background. Ladies and Gentlemen, it's my pleasure to tell you
that we are finally living in the tomorrow in the sense of these proverbs.
CMS has finally published a paper that incorporates the \(125\)-\(126\GeV\)
Higgs boson into the background.
Properties of the observed Higgs-like resonance decaying into two photons(CMS PAS HIG-13-016)
ATLAS and CMS are doing a superb precision work. One of the consequences is
that their papers have been found to agree with the Standard Model
immensely well. In fact,... more »
SCOTUS: Its OK if Generics Kill You
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
According to Mike Papantonio - 70% of Americans use some type of
pharmaceutical on a regular basis.
According to the NY Times - 80% of those pharmaceuticals are generics.
According to the Supreme Court - in a decision last week - generic brand
pharmaceutical companies
can maim you
can blind you
can kill you
can cause the skin on your body to disintegrate
can sterilize you or your children
can cause damage to your unborn child
*And there is nothing you can do about it.*
*Nothing! Nada! Zip! *
From the New York Times
*A Damaging Decision on Generic Drugs*
By THE EDIT... more »
The Zimmerman trial continues today!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013*
*Notes on propaganda and tribal disinformation:* The Zimmerman trial
continues today. In her news report in the New York Times, Lizette Alvarez
includes this maddening passage:
ALVAREZ (7/1/13): The prosecution is also expected to call Chris Serino,
the Sanford police officer who was the lead investigator in the case. *Mr.
Serino, who said Mr. Zimmerman had a “little hero complex” and felt his
statements sounded “scripted,” recommended a manslaughter charge.*
But that testimony could get complicated. Mr. Serino later told the F.B.I.
that he had been pressured... more »
Supreme Court: We Must ‘Expressly Invoke’ Our Rights to Have Them Upheld
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
*In order to have your rights upheld in this country, do you now have to
officially announce them out loud?*Melissa Melton
Earlier this month, the same Supreme Court who found thatAmericans can be
strip searched during an arrest for any offense also found that a person’s
silence can, in fact, be used against him if he does not officially
announce that he is invoking his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.
The Atlantic Wire reported:
Basically, if you’re ever in any trouble with police (no, we don’t condone
breaking laws) and want to keep your mouth shut, you will need to announ... more »
Happy Canada Day and Born a White Male Day!
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
The idea came to me last year that celebrating Canada Day would be as
meaningful to me as celebrating having been born a white male. It would be
racist and sexist of me to celebrate having been born a white male. Sure,
there have been some great achievements from white males; Michelangelo,
Isaac Newton, Arthur Schopenhauer. But we've also done a lot of damage too.
The thing is though, for me, it's just something lucky. I'm lucky to have
been born a white male. Even though things haven't entirely panned-out for
me so far as a steady income goes, I've been very fortunate in a lot of
o... more »
Obama Pledges Billions to Boost Africa's Infrastructure
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
More like "AfriCON" Joe Wright
Obama's 100 million dollar trip to Africa is controversial enough, as the
U.S. taxpayer has been further burdened during worsening economic
conditions at home. To add insult to injury, Obama has pledged a minimum of
$7 billion dollars to boost access to electricity across parts of Africa.
As highlighted in the video below, "Power Africa" will add better capacity
to 20 million homes and commercial entities in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,
Liberia, Nigeria and Tanzania over the next 5 years. Naturally this is
being couched in presumed economic benefits for A... more »
He's Got the Whole World In His Ears
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
*Rrrrring, rrrrrring*.
*Barack Obama*: Yeah.
*Angela Merkel*: World War II ended 70 years ago, Herr President. J. Edgar
Hoover is dead. And we find out from *Der Spiegel* you're still bugging us!
At this very moment in time, you are bugging me telling you that you're
bugging me. *Was zeum Teufel*?
*Barack Obama*: Angela, Angela, Angela. Did I ever tell you you're the best
looking German chancellor in the room? Remember when we chatted at the G-8
and I assured you we are not spying on you and that we only collect your
emails and phone calls to keep the World safe from the World? Mea... more »
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