Nicolas Maduro (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Coat of arms of Venezuela (Photo credit: Wikipedia)US and EU apply pressure in another attempt to get Israel and the Palestinian Authority talking - whether or not both sides even agree as to the basis of talks , whether the talks will begin with or without preconditions and what the preconditions might be in any case , that is a different story altogether..... Seems like John Kerry told both sides what they wanted to hear or both parties heard what they wanted to hear ( whether said or not )
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-pa-dropped-preconditions-but-palestinians-claim-kerry-promised-talks-on-basis-of-pre-67-lines/
Amid
conflicting accounts of the basis on which Israel and the Palestinians
are set to renew negotiations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on
Saturday night hailed the resumption of the talks, announced Friday by
Secretary of State John Kerry, as fulfilling Israel’s “vital strategic
interests.”
Israeli ministers said the government had held firm to its insistence on
there being no preconditions for resuming the negotiations, while
Palestinian Auth... more »
Do teachers wonder why @michellerhee …?
Watch video #1 and then video #2. Any connections between the two? Video
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Venezuela announces end to talks with US ( rapprochement negotiations ) ....US perceived meddling in human rights issues in Venezuela by UN Nominee Samantha Power the reason given - commentary on Edward Snowden and the Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman shooting case tossed in for good measure ......... Joe Biden calls Brzail's President Roussef to try to smooth over ruffled brazilian feathers over NSA spying tensions....
http://rt.com/news/venezuela-ends-dialogue-us-relations-352/
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Caracas brought talks with the US to an abrupt end over statements made by
Samantha Power, the nominee for UN ambassador. Venezuela blasted Washington
for backi... more »
TV Watch: In Season 2 of "The Newsroom," the American Taliban take their revenge on Will McEvoy
*Creator-writer-producer Aaron Sorkin talks about Episode 1 of the Season 2
of The Newsroom.*
*"What's more frightening than the perversion of our great history is that
sensible, smart, strong Republicans, the very men and women who should be
standing up to radical fundamentalism, are so frightened of losing primary
battles to religious zealots that they've thrown in the towel on sanity."*
*-- News Night anchor and managing editor Will McEvoy
(Jeff Daniels), in the Season 1 finale of The Newsroom*
*by Ken*
Very Sorkinesque -- how better to describe the way that
creator-writer-produ... more »
A Positive Coup: Egypt Restores Ties With Syria After Morsi's Dismissal
Related:
*Morsi's Decision To Cut Off Relations With Syria Crossed Egyptian
Military's Red Line*.
*Tarpley On Why The Muslim Brotherhood Failed In Egypt - Part II*.
"Egypt's new foreign minister has said that Cairo is re-evaluating
its relationship with Syria following the military's ouster of
President Mohamed Morsi.
In his first public comments since becoming Egypt's top diplomat, Nabil
Fahmy said on Saturday that the country continues to support the
Syrian uprising but that Cairo has no intention of waging jihad, or holy
war, in Syria.
"There is no intention of jihad in Syr... more »
JOIN GANGJEONG MARCH
나는 강정간다... from DH song on Vimeo.
Director Song Dong-Hyo's latest short film "I'm Going to Gangjeong" (Jeju
Island) showing the Grand March for Peace and Life 2012. The march this
year will be from July 29 to August 3.Noted filmmaker Oliver Stone will
meet the march on August 3.
Mohawk Nation News 'Motor City Syndrome'
MOTOR CITY SYNDROME
July 20, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. July 19, 2013. Detroit is on stolen
Rotino’shonni:onwe Indigenous land and is bankrupt. The rulers have no
more use for this pile of polluted steel, glass and cement called a
metropolis. Nothing can be sold without our consent at it is illegally
built on our land.
Glass, steel, cement must be cleaned up.
DISCUSSING THE PIVOT
I did three talks yesterday to just over 50 people in three separate groups
in Manila and Quezon City. They were students, teachers, labor organizers,
and from women’s groups. It about wore me out but I enjoyed the day very
much.
It was so reassuring to find that these folks were interested in hearing
about space issues and my take on the Pentagon “pivot” into the
Asia-Pacific.
At each meeting I handed out information about Keep Space for Peace Week
(October 5-12) and was happy to hear real interest in organizing some
events in Manila during that time.
This morning Corazon tak... more »
FEMA's New Flood Plain Designations Has Errors
From Pro-Publica
This info is important to know - cause flood insurance is REALLY expensive.
*Using Outdated Data, FEMA Is Wrongly Placing Homeowners in Flood Zones*
When Donna Edgar found out that new flood maps from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency would place her house in a high-risk flood zone, she
couldn’t believe it.
“Her house is on a hill,” said Herb Darling, the director of environmental
services for Burnet County, where Edgar lives. “There’s no way it’s going
to flood.”
Homeowners in such areas are often required, and always encouraged, to buy
federal flood insu... more »
Yet another review...
As promised, here's a review into how the BBC covered the Keogh report into
NHS care on Tuesday.
The question, as ever, remains 'Is the BBC biased?'
How can we tell though? How can we guard against seeing the BBC as biased
even if it's actually us, ourselves, who are the ones who are really being
biased (an easy trap to fall into)?
One way might be to look back over last week and list the main talking
points of the Labour Party and the Conservative Party over the story and
try to see if the BBC trod an impartial course between the two sides of the
story. This is for those of us ... more »
Saturday Night...
Saturday night is always followed by Sunday morning, so here are this
week's predictions for stories that will and won't appear on Radio 4's *Sunday
*tomorrow.
I'm still hoping for that chat with Melvyn Bragg, who spoke out last week,
saying that Christianity should be respected for its history and its
contribution to mankind.
The new Catholic Bishop of East Anglia, Alan Hopes, used his installationthis Tuesday to say,
*"Our faith seems under attack; Christian morals and values which have been
the bedrock of western society have been all but rejected and we are often
portrayed at... more »
NSA defense appears to be - NSA spying is in the public interest , constitutional in their opinion and by the way , we are above the law ! Additional items of note on the NSA spy capers......
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/spygate-snooping-standing/
NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say
- BY DAVID KRAVETS
- 07.19.13
- 1:25 PM
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National Security Agency headquarters, Fort Meade, Maryland. Photo:
Wikipedia
The Obama administration for the first time responded to a Spygate lawsuit,
telling a federal judge the wholesale vacuuming up of all phone-call
metadata in the United States is in the “public interest,” does not breach
the constitutional rights of Americans and cannot be challenged in a court
of law.
Thursday’s response mar... more »
Oil Spill Site Off Limits To The Public And Media, By Order of Government
* *Grant G--- Canada is now owned by Oil Companies, Canada`s new legi*
slative* *Government is....CAPP....Canadian Association of Petroleum
Producers.*
http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2013/07/canadas-cold-blank-stare.html
*
**____________ **Nobody understands’ spills at Alberta oil sands operation**
*
*"Oil spills at an oil sands operation in Cold Lake, Alberta have been
going on for weeks with no end in sight, according to a government scientist
** ** *
*Oil spills at a major oil sands operation in Alberta have been ongoing for
at least six weeks and have cast doubts on the sa... more »
'Ni Una Mas' Migrants fast to end brutal US immigration policies
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
TUCSON -- Speaking out against brutal US policies that are destroying
families and lives, a group of community members ended their five-day
fast today with these words: "Not one more deportation, not one more
detention, not one more death on the border."
Speakers said that the act of fasting has amplified the
Edgar Snowden: Traitor or Hero? Ask Judge Andrew Napolitano.
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http://youtu.be/Zr9Iubvv93E
Judge Napolitano: I Still Think Snowden's An American Hero
Cherchez la Verite
Don't allow the center of our country to be irretrievably polluted in order to further enrich the already filty rich.
------------------------------
Please watch this video by Julia Louis-Dreyfus about the dangers of the
Keystone XL pipeline, and then take action to stop it. President Obama has
vowed not to approve this tar sands pipeline if it significantly increases
global warming pollution. Send a message telling him that the Keystone XL
fails his climate test and he needs to keep his promise by rejecting it.
http://youtu.be/DSeurl2vo80
To add your name to the appeal, *go here.*
Cherchez la Verite
Standing Your Ground
July 20, 2013 One thing that bothers me about the so called “stand your
ground” laws, the only person who really has the right to stand his ground
is the guy with the gun. Whether he’s right in his perception that you are
dangerous or not, whether he really is a “creepy cracker” following you […]
How To Work The Defense Bill-- Buck McKeon And Alan Grayson
Thursday we saw how Buck McKeon, the Military Industrial Complex's single
most bribed politician in American history, forced the Pentagon to waste
$2.5 billion on overpriced drones the U.S. military neither needs nor
wants. The manufacturer, Northrup Grumman, gives McKeon immense sums of
money directly and has promised to keep the McKeon family rolling in cash
when ole Buck retires from Congress next year and takes over the armaments
lobbying firm his brother and nephews just started. Boehner appointed
McKeon to be Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, precisely
because ... more »
what i'm reading: two youth novels
There is so much truly excellent youth fiction out these days, and it's not
all vampires and zombies. Here are two wonderful teen novels in two totally
different veins.
*There Is No Dog*, Meg Rossoff, 2011
Like many excellent novels, Meg Rosoff's *There Is No Dog* defies easy
classification. It's a comedy, but it's heartbreaking. It's a fantasy
involving gods and goddesses with power over life and fate, but it pokes
holes in the peculiar fiction known as religion. It's about the mysteries
of falling in love, and also about the mystery of being alive.
*There Is No Dog* imagines God ... more »
Offline
My little laptop finally died. Too complicated to explain why, but I'll
probably be offline for a few days.
(Helen Thomas Lives Forever!) How They Spy On US: U.S., British Intelligence Mining Data from Nine U.S. Internet Companies in Broad Secret Program and (Interview With a Whistleblower)
In honor of the great and glorious Helen Thomas, who passed away this
morning at 92 after a long illness, I would like to help recall her
powerful presence in American journalism by running one of her columns that
even though it was written three years ago is as current today as it was
then. But, first . . . watch her grill Bushy torture spokesbimbo: I met
Bella Abzug once in D.C. when I
Colorado Education Association President Promotes inBloom – without the Facts
Yesterday I read an opinion piece in the Denver Post by Kerrie Dallman,
teacher and president of the Colorado Education Association, the state
affiliate of the NEA. I am a Colorado public school teacher, a parent with
a child in the public schools and finally, I am a member of the NEA. Ms.
Dallman is […]
Ponzi scheme expert ( no - not Bernie Madoff , it's Judge Steven Rhodes ) to oversee Detroit unraveling of its classic ponzi scheme....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-20/ponzi-scheme-expert-oversee-detroit-bankruptcy
No , not Bernie .....
Ponzi-Scheme Expert To Oversee Detroit Bankruptcy
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/20/2013 11:57 -0400
- Chrysler
- Creditors
- Detroit
- General Motors
- Michigan
- New Normal
- None
- Steven Rattner
- University Of Michigan
It's good to see that as more of the US spirals into chaos, someone still
has a sarcastic sense of humo... more »
Doug Noland Friday essay " Inflationphobia " ...... Adam Taggert irrational markets giving investors all that they wish - right up until they don't .....
http://www.prudentbear.com/2013/07/inflationphobia.html
DOUG NOLAND
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Noland
The melt-up continues.
Chairman Bernanke last week buttressed global markets with his “If
financial conditions were to tighten to the extent that they jeopardized
the achievement of our inflation and employment objectives, then we would
have to push back against that” comment. In this week’s Congressional
testimony, he followed up his market-pleasing ways with a notably dovish
spin on the inflation outlook. Bernanke is now signaling t... more »
Rallies for Saint Skittles across the nation..
*Let's meet the new slave masters. Sharpton and Jackson are the present
day equivalent to the black slave traders of the past. They have no qualms
about enslaving their fellow men in order to add to their bank accounts and
power. *
*Let's look at some comments from the Yahoo news article, shall we?*
*Doesn't look like the American people are buying into this witch hunt. *
*"The biggest threat to young black males IS young black males!"*
*
*
*"Report responsibly! Quit using the misleading photos of baby-faced Martin
and scruffy-faced Zimmerman. Even the mainstream media now conced... more »
THE POPE'S FRIEND; RENT BOY; SPOOKS
*Monsignor Battista Ricca and Pope Francis*
Monsignor Battista Ricca is a close friend of Pope Francis.
Monsignor Battista Ricca was recently given the job of cleaning up, or
pretending to clean up, the Mafia-linked Vatican bank.
Monsignor Battista Ricca would appear to be a typical monsignor in that he
has been linked to various gay scandals.
Pope's bank clean-up man 'found stuck in lift with rent boy'
*Pope Francis*
*Reportedly:*
*1.* In 1999, Ricca was working for the Vatican in Uruguay.
In Uruguay, Ricca lived with his lover, Patrick Haari, a Swiss army captain.
*2.* In 199... more »
Mel Smith R.I.P.
"...When I caught Gerald in '68, he was completely wild"
"Wild I was absolutely livid"
Mel Smith you will be much missed...
A couple more sketches, the first from Alas Smith and Jones that is a good
ensemble piece - One too many Nazi Generals?
This one is the famous kissing sketch with Griff Rhys Jones
And of course the Grave Sketch...
Mel Smith R.I.P. you will be missed but your work will live on.
Martin Smith Resigns from the SWP
That's it. He's gone. The "indispensable comrade", Martin Smith has -
according to a slew of internet rumour and gossip - bit the bullet and
resigned from the SWP. His resignation letter is yet to do the rounds, but
you don't need to borrow Ted Grant's science of perspectives to predict
what it's going to say. A lengthy preamble extolling the virtues of the SWP
as the only successor to Lenin's heritage. The wonderful work it has
carried in the anti-fascist movement, the unions and in anti-cuts campaigns
will merit a mention. If he's really cheeky a line or two will celebrate
the SW... more »
BP loses attempt to scuttle Gulf of Mexico compensation payouts.....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/10191739/BP-loses-bid-to-suspend-Gulf-of-Mexico-compensation-payouts.html
By
Katherine Rushton
6:57PM BST 19 Jul 2013
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The British oil giant struck a deal to pay damages to victims of the oil
spill after the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded in 2010, killing
11
men and wreaking billions of dollars worth of damage to fishing and
tourism
businesses along the Louisiana coastline.
However, the deal opened the floodgates to 10,000 compensation claims a
month, costing BP far more than the $7.8... more »
Did Bill Gates KNOW His Polio Vaccination Push Would Paralyze Children?
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*At least he certainly OUGHT to have known that oral polio vaccines were
discontinued in the U.S. due to their known contribution to vaccine-derived
paralysis.*
Aaron Dykes
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation created the GAVI alliance to push
vaccinations on the poorest parts of the developing world in the name of
“saving lives” and stopping disease.
In particular, Bill Gates expects to take credit for wiping out polio
worldwide by making it one of his primary issues. But at what cost?
In April 2012, I reported on a d... more »
The Economy: "Detroit: The Shape Of Things To Come"
* *
*"Detroit: The Shape Of Things To Come"*
by Karl Denninger
"Listen up folks, after you read the bankruptcy filing for Detroit.
*1.* Right now, the City cannot meet its basic obligations to its citizens.*
*
*2.* Right now, the City cannot meet its basic obligations to its creditors.
* *
*3.* The failure of the City to meet its obligations to its citizens is the
primary cause of its inability to meet its obligations to its creditors.* *
*4. *The only feasible path to ensuring the City will be able to meet
obligations in the future is to have a successful restructuring via the
b... more »
“The Shape of Things To Come”
Max Frost And The Troopers, “The Shape of Things To Come”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g17OT7_YzLM
More Answers To Your Noncompete Questions
I'm still getting lots of questions on noncompete agreements. Here are some
of your questions, and my answers:
*Bounced Checks, Unpaid Overtime, and Selling Company*
Hi Donna
I work in jackson Wyoming in decorative concrete work I signed a non
compete with my employer and he has been dropping the ball by bouncing
payroll checks not only to me but to vendors and so on. I just found out he
is trying to sell the company and a lot of his clients are asking me to do
their future jobs what do i do or can i do to be out of this mess. Oh and
he has decided to not pay overtime and bank our ... more »
Dokku Umarov threatens Russia & the Olympics with terror - VIDEO
Recall just the other day, in this post, Irish Infantry to Golan. Israel
everywhere. Samantha Power grovels & more
I stated:
" *Oh and heads up! Russia and the Winter Olympics!*
*Keep that one at the back of your mind..... *"
*As if on cue! *
Dokku Umarov threatens Russia with terror-
Baku – APA. Caucasus Emirate Emir Dokku Abu Usman ceased moratorium on
operations in heartland Russia and urged to prevent Olympic games in Sochi,
APA reports quoting *kavkazcenter.com. *
He pointed out that the peace initiative of the Caucasus Emirate to halt
military operations in heartland Ru... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Well, yes, I do think the Senate showdown mattered quite a bit. To begin
with, just the confirmations that have already happened are a big deal.
Assuming that the NLRB picks also go through (and I'll be very surprised if
it doesn't hold through that point), it's even a bigger deal.
Then, if the deal holds through the 113th Congress, that means plenty of
other exec branch nominations going through.
That Harry Reid was able to line up 53 Senators for a nuclear threat may
also mean that Republicans will be even more selective about blocking
judicial nominations. Note that they haven't ... more »
"7 'Future' Methods of Mind Control"
* *
*"7 'Future' Methods of Mind Control"*
By Nicholas West
"The mission of a small “elite” group to control the masses is nothing new.
It has always been a tool implemented in the form of propaganda used to
alter perception and thus steer the direction of large populations. With
the advent of television, a whole new world was opened up for would-be
controllers, as news media was easily corporatized and made uniform enough
to translate core messages, while encouraging passivity, and also
presenting the illusion of choice. Simultaneously, choice has been reduced
in fundamental are... more »
SOCIETY DOWN: It’s time for Ben Jealous (and Crowley) to go!
*SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2013*
*Interlude—CNN fails to perform:* Geoffrey Canada is a very bright person.
Yesterday, we mentioned a comment he made on CNN about the Zimmerman
verdict. “In my world, everybody saw this as open and shut,” he said,
referring to the case against Zimmerman.
That was a rather strange comment. Plainly, the legal case against George
Zimmerman was *never* open-and-shut. If Canada was right, why did so many
people think otherwise?
Last night, we saw part of the answer. We watched CNN’s State of the Union
program from last Sunday, the morning after the verdict.
Ca... more »
Doubting Thomas
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.)
*thanks for your kind words; think Bush was afraid I would attack in a
final question; probably would have. He is leaving two unnecessary wars,
an economy in the tank and a nation shamed for abuse of prisoners-helent* - Helen
Thomas to the author, January 14, 2009
Helen Thomas could be a sweetheart, provided you weren't the Leader of
the Free World or one of the endless dozens of human countermeasures (aka
press secretaries) sent out as sacrificial lambs to where Helen Thomas sat
in the front row of the White House brie... more »
News from the Jews
*Jewish reaction to Zimmerman acquittal, staging "anti-Semitic" incidents,
& Jewish promotion of transgenderism*
The unhinged, irrational, and extremely dangerous reaction to George
Zimmerman's acquittal on display in the mainstream Jewish owned mass media
is truly astounding. The shooting death of Trayvon Martin was a clear cut
case of self defense on the part of George Zimmerman. Trayvon Martin was
not a "frightened, innocent child" as the mainstream mass media has been
telling you; he was a violent thug who was *likely on drugs* the night he
brutally attacked and assaulted Georg... more »
Gaia Portal: Synchronizing of All Participants on All Dimensional Levels Occurs
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* *Synchronizing of All Participants on All Dimensional Levels Occurs*
by ÉirePort
Synchronizing of all participants on all dimensional levels occurs, as
participant group consciousness has risen sufficiently to support such
synchronization.
Transformational energetics are fully activated for those requiring such in
the next few days of the time domain.
All Hue Beings are currently aligned with Gaia ascension transformation
pathways.
Ready to proceed...
ÉirePort | July 20, 2013 at 04:28
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Boston: This is an obviously fake photo.
This is an obviously fake photo.
It looks nothing like him and was clearly taken in studio on a set.
BOSTON (CBS) – A State Police photographer has released new images of the
arrest of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Sgt. Sean Murphy, a tactical photographer with the State Police, gave the
photos to Boston Magazine on Thursday. Sgt. Murphy says he was furious with
Rolling Stone’s decision to “glamorize” an accused terrorist on its cover,
so he wanted to offer up the new photos as an alternative.
In a statement, a State Police spokesman said, “the dissemina... more »
Bernhard Riemann: an anniversary
Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was born in a village in the Kingdom of
Hanover on September 17th, 1826 and died in Selasca (Verbania), Northern
Italy, on July 20th, 1866, i.e. 147 years ago. As you can see, he was 2
months short of 40 years when he died.
His father was a poor Lutheran pastor and a Napoleonic war veteran. His
mother died when he was a kid. He was the second (oldest) among six
children. Bernhard was shy, timid, afraid of speaking in public, and
suffered from psychological problems and breakdowns. His math skills were
obvious early on. However, he started to study a ... more »
In 1960 Detroit had the highest per capita income in America
And a population of two million.
Now with 700,000, half functionally illiterate, the city is bankrupt.
But the suburbs are fine. Troy is fantastically wealthy and Auburn Hills is
nice.
But if you live in Troy you don't go to Detroit.
What happened was the city died and the donut ring survived.
Now that seems impossible in Canada but is it? Industrial cities like
Hamilton can go downhill while Dundas and Ancaster grow. Even proud Toronto
could (especially if the current municipal politics continues) be overtaken
by Markham and Pickering and Oakville.
Don't think Detroit has n... more »
“US Navy Vet A Real-life Jason Bourne?”
* “US Navy Vet A Real-life Jason Bourne?”*
Wakes Up With No Memory But Speaks Perfect Swedish
by Mike Adams
“The fictional character Jason Bourne is a covert intelligence operative
who survives an intense mind control "reprogramming" process to become a
government assassin. After being shot while on an assassination mission, he
forgets his identity and tries to rediscover his true past. That's the
storyline of the Bourne series of motion pictures.
Last week, a possible real-life Jason Bourne awoke in a motel room. While
his I.D. revealed he was a U.S. Navy veteran named Michael ... more »
Oddly we find Barry Soetoro registered to vote in Dc as of October 15 , 2012 1 is this an election year prank or any indication of electoral hijinks ?
http://dcclothesline.com/2013/07/20/bombshell-barry-soetoro-is-registered-to-vote-in-washington-d-c-and-barack-obama-still-votes-in-illinois/
Did
President Barack Obama find a way to vote twice in the 2012 elections?
I honestly have no idea but we do have some incredible new evidence that
raises serious questions. First let’s start with what we know about
Barack
Obama. Let’s go back to a November 6th article on Slate.com:
President Obama will be able to spend as much time campaigning on
Election
Day as he wants to because he voted in Illinois on Oct. 25. An Explainer
reader points o... more »
Bad Solutions-- Whether Bipartisan Or Not-- Are Still Just Bad Solutions
THE PROBLEM SOLVERS (pretty painting by Attila Richard Lukacs)
Obama pressured Democrats into a putrid deal with Republicans (and through
them, Wall Street) on the student loan debacle. Jenna Johnson reports for
the *Washington Post* that "the deal was brokered by a bipartisan group of
senators who have been negotiating for weeks, with the help of Department
of Education staffers who have been camped out in their offices. On
Tuesday, the senators ventured to the White House to meet with President
Obama, who urged them to make a decision."
Under this new deal, finalized Thursday morn... more »
Krugman Warns of China's Unstable Economy. Will Ottawa Listen?
Maybe Steve Harper picked a bad moment to bind Canada's economic future to
China's. The way Paul Krugman sees it, China has a structural time bombwithin its economy and it's ready to blow:
*China ...seems to invest only to expand its future ability to invest even
more. America, admittedly on the high side, devotes 70 percent of its gross
domestic product to consumption; for China, the number is only half that
high, while almost half of G.D.P. is invested. *
*How is that even possible? What keeps consumption so low, and how have the
Chinese been able to invest so much without (unti... more »
Legendary White House Correspondent, Helen Thomas, Dead at 92
She covered every administration from Kennedy to Obama and ruffled a few
feathers along the way.
*Helen Thomas, whose bottomless curiosity and unquenchable drive made her a
prominent White House reporter at a time when men dominated the profession,
died Saturday at her apartment in Washington. She was 92. *
*Her blunt questions and sharp tone made her a familiar personality not
only in the sometimes parochial universe inside the Beltway but also to
nationwide television audiences. *
*Presidents grew to respect, even to like, Ms. Thomas for her
forthrightness and energy, which sus... more »
The End of Growth
It's not the custom of people my age to go back and re-educate themselves
on economics and I know why - ugh! I thought I understood economics from
three or four Econ courses I did in undergrad (psst, I did really, really
well on them too). I was wrong.
Here's the thing. In universities around the developed world they're
still teaching the same orthodoxy they taught me - and it's wrong. We
didn't see it in my student days but you have to work hard *not* to see the
contradictions, omissions and outright fallacies in classical economics in
the context of today's reality.
Tra... more »
Vindication: A Requirement, Not an Option
*I know that Eric Holder is reviewing what happened down there, but* *I
think it's* *important for people to have some clear expectations here.
Traditionally, these are issues of state and local government, the criminal
code. And law enforcement is traditionally done at the state and local
levels, not at the federal levels. That doesn't mean, though, that as a
nation we can't do some things that I think would be productive. So let me
just give a couple of specifics that I'm still bouncing around with my
staff, so we're not rolling out some five-point plan, but some areas where
I t... more »
Dubai sentences Norwegian woman who reported rape
A woman is raped and yet found found guilty under sharia law. Yet the BBC
don't condemn Dubai except for being 'conservative'.
'Dubai has undergone a rapid transformation in recent years, emerging as a
five-star trade and tourism destination with its tax-free salaries and
year-round sunshine.
It is now one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities with foreign workers
and visitors greatly outnumbering the local population.
But it remains a deeply conservative region, and its strict laws have
caught out foreigners in the past. Public displays of affection and
drunkenness are frowne... more »
GASLAND 2
The original purpose of fracking was to bury radioactive waste. It was
developed by the United States Department of Energy.
Untitled
*Player Focus: Saints Keenan Lewis – Part 1 “On The Field” ~Saints Tailgate*
*New Orleans Saints camp is finally 'just about football' ~NFL.com*
*National Latino advocacy group kicks off conference ~Jaquetta White, New
Orleans Advocate*
*LSU loses appeal in public records lawsuit*
*Work begins on new Mississippi hurricane evacuation route ~WVUE*
Colorado Educators Alert: TURNcoat, Kerrie Dalman, Promotes InBloom Student Data Mining and Storage
Kerrie Dalman is President of the Colorado Education Association, the state
affiliate of the NEA. She’s also head honcho of Southwest TURN, a branch
of the metastasizing cancer eating away at the NEA and AFT. Yesterday,
Kerrie had a guest commentary in the Denver Post, pumping the virtues of
CorpEd’s commercial surveillance and storage of student […]
Explosion hits Beijing International Airport - bomber injured , no other announced injuries.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/20/c_132558616.htm
Explosion hits Beijing International Airport
English.news.cn 2013-07-20 20:08:59
A man watches the closed-circuit television system broadcasting an
explosion in T3 terminal at the Beijing Capital International Airport in
Beijing, capital of China, July 20, 2013. The explosion occurred around
6:24 p.m. on Saturday near the B exit of the terminal. According to
eyewitnesses, a disabled person ignited bombs on himself. The casualty is
unknown yet. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)
*In pictures >> Explosive sound heard... more »
Worldwide Unemployment Crisis: There Are 93 Million Unemployed Workers In G20 Nations
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Michael Snyder
Did you know that the total number of unemployed workers in G20 counties is
now up to 93 million and that it is increasing with each passing day? You
see, the truth is that the United States is not the only one dealing with a
systemic unemployment crisis. This is literally happening all over the
planet. So what is causing this crisis? Is there any hope that it will be
turned around? Well, unfortunately there are several long-term trends that
have been developing for decades that have played a major role in b... more »
Bill Whittle: Sums up the Zimmerman case...
*beautifully - and we thank him.*
US Courts Approve Indefinite Detention and Torture
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Stephen Lendman
America's a police state. It's ruthless. Iron fist authority rules.
International law's quaint and out-of-date. US statute protections aren't
worth the paper they're written on.
Constitutional rights don't matter. They never did for most people. It's
truer now than ever. They're null and void. Executive diktat power rules.
Congress and federal courts go along. They're complicit.
They support sweeping lawlessness. It's unprecedented. It affects domestic
and geopolitical issues. No one's safe anywhere.
Obama h... more »
Did Vaccine Industry-Backed Researchers Hide SV40 Tainted Vaccine Links to Cancer?
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*The truth never sleeps.*
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
That’s why it’s 5 a.m. here at TSM headquarters and we’re still up
researching something that we were originally only going to mention in
passing.
The Organic Prepper.com's Daisy Luther wrote an article about how the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quietly admitted that SV40
— a simian virus — had tainted polio vaccines which the CDC estimates were
administered to between 10 to 30 million Americans between 1955 to 1963.
Luther reported about how thi... more »
War watch - July 20 , 2013 .... Focus on Syria , Egypt , Iraq and Afghanistan ....
Syria ......
Amid War Threats, US Troops Prepare for Seizing Syria’s Chemical ArmsTraining
Continues With an Eye on Invasion
by Jason Ditz, July 19, 2013
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Military training missions are rarely newsworthy. Confirmations yesterday
that the Obama Administration is considering attacking Syria, however,
makes the mission focusing on seizing Syria’s chemical arsenal particularly
important.
The 82nd Airborne is training in North Carolina this week with an explicit
eye on capturing Syrian chemical weapons, and if the US does invade Syria,
that’s going to be a major mi... more »
America's Surveillance Society
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Image Stephen Lendman
It's not new. It's longstanding. State-of-the-art technology makes it easy.
It's more intrusive than ever. It's lawlessly out-of-control.
On July 6, The New York Times Times headlined "In Secret, Court Vastly
Broadens Powers of NSA," saying:
More than a dozen Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)
'classified rulings created a secret body of law giving the (NSA) power to
amass vast collections of data on Americans while (allegedly) pursuing not
only terrorism suspects, but also people possibly... more »
Who Killed Detroit City and Why?
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Dave Hodges
Cities don’t die because of happenstance. The city of Detroit has been
murdered by the same forces that are slowly killing cities all across the
United States.
*Detroit Becomes the Largest US City to Declare Bankruptcy*
On July 18, 2013, Detroit declared Chapter 9 bankruptcy to squelch most of
their $18 billion in debts. The Chapter 9 filing occurred only four months
after the appointment of an emergency financial manager. ‘Let me be blunt:
Detroit’s broke,’ says Michigan’s governor, Rick Snyder. Snyder went on t... more »
Feliz Día del Amigo (20 de Julio) Postales Gratis
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CDC 'Disappears’ Page Linking Polio Vaccines To Cancer-Causing Viruses
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Sayer Ji
The alternative media is justifiably abuzz with a story about the CDC
deleting a page on their website admitting that as many as 98 million
Americans received polio vaccine contaminated with the cancer-linked monkey
virus SV40, with the added twist that although they removed the page
sometime after July 11th, a cached version is still available to view online
.
*Some of the details of the 'disappeared' page read as follows:*
*Cancer, Simian Virus 40 (SV40), and Polio Vaccine Fact Sheet*
- SV40 is a virus found in... more »
The overcriminalization problem: Congressional Research Service can’t even list all federal crimes
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spaceyjessie/Flickr Madison Ruppert
Have you ever thought about the number of acts which the federal government
has defined as criminal? Even if you have, the number is probably larger
than you think.
The federal government’s approach to criminalizing just about everything
reminds me of how that same entity contends that just about everything is
an indicator of potential terrorist activity. Similarly, public schools
have turned typical childhood behavior into a punishable offense.
The problem of overcriminaliz... more »
WE MUST FORCE POWER TO RESPOND
Chris Hedges, whose column is published Mondays on Truthdig, spent nearly
two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East,
Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has
worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas
Morning News and The New York Times, for which he was a foreign
correspondent for 15 years. He has written nine books, including "Empire of
Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle" (2009), "I
Don't Believe in Atheists" (2008) and the best-selling "American Fascists: ... more »
Literal Smart Dust Opens Brain-Computer Pathway to "Spy on Your Brain"
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image source - click to enlarge Nicholas West
Some might have heard about Smart Dust; nanoparticles that can be employed
as sensor networks for a range of security and environmental applications.
Now, however, literal Smart Dust for the brain is being proposed as the
next step toward establishing a brain-computer interface.
The system is officially called "neural dust" and works to "monitor the
brain from the inside." Inventors are attempting to overcome the hurdle of
how to best implant sensors that can remain over the cour... more »
Barrett Brown Prosecution Threatens Right to Link, Could Criminalize Routine Journalism Practices
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image source Hanni Fakhoury and Trevor Timm
*EFF*
Twitter was abuzz yesterday when an unknown person published what were
alleged to be a group of passwords for the email accounts of Congressional
staffers. Multiple journalists, including reporters from the Daily Beast
and Buzzfeed, commented on the list while linking to it.
While one would assume linking to the list is a First Amendment-protected
activity—given the journalists had nothing to do with stealing the
passwords—Barrett Brown is currently under indictment, in part,... more »
GOP Votes To Dismantle The Affordable Care Act For The 38th And 39th Times-- This Time With Help From The New Dems
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) knows he's safe
from a serious challenge in the 2014 midterms, though he doesn't represent
some blood-red Mississippi or Utah congressional district. MI-04, in fact,
went for then-Senator Obama in 2008, 50-49%. But instead of targeting Camp, his
old pal Steve Israel, head of the DCCC, gave him a free reelection pass.
The grassroots Democrat who ran against him last year, Debra Freidell
Wirth, couldn't get the time of day from the DCCC, let alone any kind of
financial support. Camp beat her 196,835 to 104,601 and won every one... more »
The Rise Of The Spectacularly Incompetent
Amid all the talk this week of Stephen Harper's enemies list, a lot of us
missed what is surely another example of how corrupt the Harper government
has become -- the appointment of Harper's former bodyguard as the Canadian
ambassador to Jordan. Gerald Caplan writes that, as ambassador, Bruno
Saccomani is also responsible for relations with Iraq. Mr. Soccomani has no
background in foreign affairs:
Because Mr. Saccomani, a middle-level Mountie, was in charge of the PM’s
personal security, the government brazenly peddles him as an expert in
security, ready to be an ambassador. What ... more »
ACT: Support the Taiwan Policy Act
A reminder: Americans, write your representatives and have them support the Taiwan
Policy Act
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sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores
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I Should Have Told Him To Shut Up
Some people say that my "thwap" persona is too abrasive. You know:
"Internet + anonymity = SHIT-COCK!!!!"
It's also the case that when you work with people, you have to expect
different points of view and different reactions to your ideas other than
awestruck applause.
But when I think about how this pompous old blowhard took my presentation
of my ideas about how to redeem Canadian democracy to yammer on about his
own ideas (we make politics fun for the young people by firing toy cannons
somewhere and we elect a slate of MPs from out of non-entities by saying
they'll only vote "Y... more »
Saturday Math Facts (that Neocons Ignore)
Born rich + no college > born poor + college = inequity Bad educational
reform policies + billions of $$$ > credible education policies + no $$$ =
accountability era in US education Tagged: education, education reform,
inequity
Italy to Ban Monsanto GMO Corn with 80% Public Support by Christina Sarich
Source of picture:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561Italy
to Ban Monsanto GMO Corn with 80% Public Support
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 20 July 2013
First India gives Monsanto a run for their ill-gotten money by refusing
their patent applications, and now Italy, with the help of three Italian
ministries, will try to undo Monsanto. A decree has been signed which will
ban Monsanto’s MON810 maize, one of the two genetically modified crops
currently legally grown in Europe and sold commercially. The decree is not
yet binding as it ha... more »
RUDD CAVES IN TO RACISTS FOR THE SAKE OF POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY
With an election looming, Kevin Rudd has caved in to Australia’s Labor
voters who, like their Liberal counterparts, dream up every conceivable
excuse as to why boatpeople shouldn’t be allowed access to Australia while
trying desperately to avoid being labelled ‘racists’, a characterisation
which they emphatically deny.
Most of those who were dead-set against allowing boatpeople into Australia
seem to now applaud Rudds latest plan – at least from the point of view of
no more boatpeople coming to Australia. But now, one has to ask, where are
the excuses that the racists used to argue... more »
PARIS JACKSON, URI GELLER AND MIND CONTROL
*Paris Jackson (right) in 'Satanic' red and black.*
*Paris Jackson*, who is now aged 15, would appear to be the victim of
CIA-Mossad mind-control.
*Uri Geller*, who is close to the Jackson family, *has now admitted that he
worked with NASA and was a spy for the CIA*
*One of Paris Jackson's recent drawings, with mind control imagery.* *Michael
Jackson.* *"A hexagram with all-seeing eyes and a bloody knife. 666 in the
pool of blood."*
NASA ran a mind control program involving gifted children called 'Space
Kids.'
Uri Geller was reportedly involved with a group of NASA Space Kids cal... more »
Senior Taiwan-related Teaching post at SOAS
*That's one way to dry peanuts.*
Dr. Fell of SOAS sent this around:
*++++++++++++++*
Applications are now open for the Senior Teaching Fellow in Taiwan Studies
at SOAS. I've attached the details, pasted the ad below and this is the
link to the SOAS Vacancies page:
http://jobs.soas.ac.uk/fe/tpl_soasnet01.asp?newms=srs
Senior Teaching Fellow in Taiwan Studies
Vacancy Number 000550
Location London
Campus Russell Square
Post Class Teaching and Scholarship
Department / Centre Centre of Taiwan Studies
Contract Type Fixed Term
Closing date for applications 15 August 2013
One Year Fixe... more »
PTV Looking for Touching Foreign Tales
PTV sent this to me, so I am sharing it with you. Positive stories strongly
welcomed.
*+++++++++++++++++*
Seek touching stories of foreigners in Taiwan!
-Where I can watch?
Now is paper work, will shooting from September 2014
The first season will show on PTV in 2015
http://eng.pts.org.tw/
-Is this a talk show or variety program?
No, this is a series feature stories, kind of documentary, each episode is
30 mins and only explore one protagonist's story
[click on READ MORE for the rest]
-Explore? Story? What you wanna know?
Our documentary wanna explore foreigners' life in Taiwan. ... more »
Henry Geiger - Symbol And Myth (1974)
*Wikipedia:*
Henry Geiger (1908?-15 February 1989) was the editor, publisher, and chief
writer of MANAS Journal which published from 1948-1988. Abraham Maslow
called him “the only small ‘p’ philosopher America has produced in this
century.”
*Wikipedia:*
MANAS was an eight-page philosophical weekly written, edited, and published
by Henry Geiger from 1948 until December 1988. Each issue typically
contained several short essays that reflected on the human condition,
examining in particular environmental and ethical concerns from a global
perspective. E. F. Schumacher's influential... more »
Storm-Delayed Friday Nerd Blogging
Friday nerd blogging was delayed due to a powerful thunderstorm that
disrupted power in the SW part of Ottawa. Anyhow, most of us nerdish folks
would prefer to be at Comic-Con this week. Alas, most of us have day jobs.
So, here is a video presented at Comic-Con that marks the death toll of the
Continue reading
Reports On The Growing Conflict In Sinai, Gains By Kurds In Syria, And Post-Coup Developments In Egypt
*I. The Growing Conflict In Sinai.*
*1. An excerpt from, "Concerns over Sinai becoming new terrorist base," by
Andreas Gorzewski, Deutsche Welle, July 19, 2013:*
If the security situation is tense in Cairo and Alexandria, it's a disaster
on the Sinai Peninsula. Since President Mohamed Morsi was toppled two weeks
ago, militant groups have been killing members of the police, soldiers and
civilians on a daily basis there. In the early hours of Thursday
(18.07.2013) alone, three policemen were shot dead in separate attacks in
Sinai.
*2. An excerpt from, "Ten jihadists killed in North ... more »
There Is No Moderation In War: The Myth of Moderate "Rebels" In Syria
*The last two defeated Democratic and Republican candidates are the
loudest voices calling for the arming of Jihadist terrorists in Syria.
Apparently, electoral failure translates to political influence in
Washington. Humanity's message to Kerry and McCain: retire, die, or check
into a mental institution; the world has no place for dinosaurs, sorry.*
"Please believe us: we're not al-Qaeda; we're the good guys. Those
al-Qaeda, they cannot control even who's a jihadi in Iraq and who's a
jihadi in Syria; they think it's two separate things. Here in Syria there
are so many jihadis fr... more »
Friday Baseball Post
Did you all happen to read Abby Rapoport's essay on fantasy sports over at
the Prospect this week? It was about the differences between being a
regular sports fan -- a fan of a team -- and a fantasy player. And mostly,
it was very nice. In particular, I think she's great on the differences
between a team fan and a fantasy fan.
Still...
For one thing, I think she doesn't sufficiently appreciate how much roto
and fantasy sports has brought baseball fans. Bill James, and the success
of the Abstracts, basically preceded roto, but basically the explosion of
information, as much as it wa... more »
Obama's Finest Moment
This is the face of leadership. Barack Obama delivers an unscheduled
address on Trayvon Martin to the White House press corps.
BOY RAISED BY CHILD ABUSERS
BentCopUse60cGangLaw (homocopvictim) on Twitter
Land taxes and Dapu Demolitions
*Awesome cyclist Nathan Miller rides the side roads of the side roads up
Yangmingshan.*
At the Far Eastern Sweet Potato, J Michael provides an excellent
description of the police protests and the Dapu Demolition protests:
We all knew it was going to happen eventually, that efforts over three
years by residents and their supporters, lawyers, journalists and academics
to prevent a local government thug from destroying their homes would likely
fail, but when the outrage was actually perpetrated on Thursday, the cold,
hard reality hit home. On that day, as hundreds of people protested ... more »
12 fotos de animales by National Geographic I
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Photo Long Walk 4 in Pennsylvania!
Photo courtesy of Damaris. At Lois and Dan’s retreat. Shipensberg, PA
Back row: Kyle, Emilio, Mereana, Michael Lane, Ty
Front Row: Darrin, Craig, Mark, Supa (dog), Damaris, Lisa.
Longest Walk 4 Needs Help!
Updated:
Post from the Walkers
Posted: July 20, 2013 by returntoalcatraz
“Today we walked to Breezewood, Pennsylvania, covering 24 miles. It was
made difficult
Sunday Classics preview: This is no happy wanderer Schubert presents to us
*SCHUBERT: "Der Wanderer" ("The Wanderer"), D. 493*
*Poem by Georg Philipp Schmidt von Lübeck*
I come down from the mountains.
The valley streams;
the sea roars,
I wander, silent and joyless,
and my sighs always ask, "Where?"
Always "Where?"
[1:56-2:57]
*The sun seems so cold to me here,
the flowers faded and life old,
and what they say is empty sound.
I am a stranger everywhere.*
Where are you? Where are you, my beloved land?
Sought for, dreamed of, but never known!
The land, the land, so green with hope,
the land where my roses bloom,
where my friends go wandering
where my dead ris... more »
Cashing in on Kids Report Exposes ALEC
The Center for Media and Democracy has a new report out on ALEC (Good beach
reading) Despite widespread public opposition to the education
privatization agenda, at least 139 bills or state budget provisions
reflecting American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) education bills
have been introduced in 43 states and the District of Columbia in just the
[…]
ALEC's First Agenda Item - "Hide the Legislation's Author"
*We will start tonight's festivities with*
*The Legislator Auction*
Pick a legislator - any legislator
Pick the legislator to introduce your corporate legislation.
*You don't have to know them.*
*You don't even have to like them.*
*Pick short*
*Pick tall*
*Their expertise in the matter*
*Doesn't matter at all*
*Just tell them what they should do and need to know*
*And our ALEC legislators will put on a "really good show".*
*
**They will introduce your legislation to the task force for you*
*They've been doing it for years in their statehouses, so this is not new.
*
*We, here at ALEC, ... more »
Emperor Schauble and Queen Merkel visit the Greek colony ...... After the Germans leave , the plebes get back to the work of destroying their country....
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Schäuble’s high security visit provokes Greek anger
Greeks should stop lobbying for more debt relief, Wolfgang Schäuble said on
his visit to Athens yesterday that forced a lockdown of the city centre and
a ban on protests,Reuters reports. "I would like to ask all of you not to
continue at this time this discussion on a new haircut,” he said at an
event with the Greek Chamber of Commerce. "It is not in your interest."
Official lenders like the euro zone and IMF now hold more than 90% of
Greece's debt. That means the burden of any further debt relief - which
Athens hopes will ensue... more »
So the Common Core created top-notch lessons?
I see today AFT president Randi Weingarten was promoting the Common Core
via an interview with an Ohio NPR station back in May. Once again the
Common Core cheerleaders falsely imply that these new standards have
invented critical thinking and in-depth lessons. I would expect this type
of propaganda from the corporate reformers not from […]
Beck ( OH-ALEC) - Indicted on 16 Felony Charges
H/T to Dkos Diary
*Ohio Rep. Peter Beck of Mason indicted in investment fraudcase*
Posted: 07/19/2013
By: Kareem Elgazzar, WCPO Digital
CINCINNATI - Ohio Rep. Peter Beck (R-Mason) was indicted on 16 felony
charges in an investment fraud case Friday afternoon and faces a maximum
102 years in prison if convicted.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters
announced the indictments at a news conference Friday afternoon.
“John Fussner and Peter Beck knew CTech was insolvent and yet they did not
disclose this to investors," DeWine said. "They knew the tr... more »
Zapatistas: New Little School Dates, Information, a few other things July 2013
New
Little School Dates, Information about the Videoconferences and a few
other things
New Little School Dates, Information about the Videoconferences and a
few other things.
July 2013
http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2013/07/19/new-little-school-dates-information-about-the-videoconferences-and-a-few-other-things/
For:
The compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth and the Zapatista
OUR CHOICE: EXPAND WAR MACHINE OR DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
Denis Doherty (Australia) and I were on a commercial station TV show last
night for a 45 minute interview about the Obama "pivot" into Asia-Pacific.
The award-winning show reaches a regional audience in the Luzon area.
We had to drive about an hour to reach the studio through city traffic and
then the major highway connecting Manila and the Subic Bay region. Along
the way we passed miles of rice fields. There is great poverty in many
parts of Manila as people live in make shift cardboard shacks with tin
roofs. Just across the street from one such place was a golf course
surrou... more »
It's not too late (is it?) to give gifts to the family of VA Gov. "Slick Bob" McConnell
*There's undoubtedly a wisecrack to be cracked about the spectacle of a
grinning Maureen and Bob McDonnell pawing checks, but I don't have the
heart to crack it.*
*"[U]nder Virginia law, elected officials do not have to notify the state
about gifts to immediate family members. The officials have to annually
disclose any gifts to themselves worth more than $50."*
*-- from "Investigators looking into whether Va. first lady
got free dental work, 2 people say" by the *Washington
Post*'s Laura Vozzella and Rosalind S. Helderman*
*by Ken*
Let's say that you're the governor of a state. (H... more »
Michael Hasting death - a witness challenges the official story - body not burned beyond recognition ( and you have to wonder why Hastings body was cremated without family permission ? )
Eye Witness to Michael Hastings Murder Says Body Not Charred Beyond
Recognition
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Facebook][image: Infowars store]
*Kurt Nimmo*
Infowars.com
July 19, 2013
Description of accident scene at odds with story provided by officialdom.
A witness to the aftermath of the Michael Hastings accident on June 18 in
Hancock Park in Los Angeles, California told Infowars Nightly News that the
journalist’s body was not badly charred as reported by the Los ... more »
Dzhokar Tsarnaev did NOT have a throat wound as alleged when captured alive - so , how did he get such a wound or is this another government falsehood ? No wonder the Boston Police Force went apeshitte at the PD photographer who unwittingly released proof of the false claims regarding the so called throat wound ! So , what else is wrong or just flat out lies folks ?
So , just how long before the media notices the fact that there was no
throat would on the Tsarnaev brother that didn't die ?
As note last night , my view of the Boston Magazine photos critically
failed to reveal a throat wound on the surrendering youth.....
http://fredw-catharsisours.blogspot.com/2013/07/boston-police-photographer-releases-new.html
Now another blog has picked on this......
http://www.infowars.com/dzhokar-tsarnaevs-throat-wound-another-government-lie-bites-the-dust/
Dzhokar Tsarnaev’s Throat Wound: Another Government Lie Bites the Dust
- [image: The Alex Jon... more »
President Obama's bad week.......Detroit gone bust ( so much for saving Detroit and what was that about the economy ) ......Affordable Healthcare weekly debacles...... Zimmerman case opens scabs on racial wounds always festering somewhere , with someone.......
Obama under pressure ..... apart from Detroit going bust , here are
other
political headaches !
Affordable Healthcare unilateral delay of Employer Mandate issue by
President Obama .....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-the-health-care-mandate-obama-reaches-beyond-the-law/2013/07/18/d442aefc-efb4-11e2-a1f9-ea873b7e0424_story.html
*Ronald
D. Rotunda is a professor of jurisprudence at Chapman University
and co-author of a six-volume treatise on constitutional law. He was
assistant majority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee from April
1973 to July 1974.*
Old-time mon... more »
know your rights, rental edition
After a week of looking at houses for rent, we found something we love and
put down a deposit. My dread of moving has been mostly replaced with a
mixture of resignation and excitement, as this will be a definite upgrade
in our standard of living. Life is full of the unexpected. We're very
fortunate in many ways - it could be way worse - and I don't want to lose
that perspective.
This experience continues to be educational! In addition to the rental
scams I saw on Craigslist, the basement disaster and our impending move
have provided a refresher course (as if I needed one!) in knowin... more »
Checks & Balances are DEAD; What Other Agencies are the Administration Abusing?
"Failure to Supervise" is the charge in the civil action being leveled by
the SEC against legendary hedge fund manager Steve Cohen. This story has
been running ad nauseum on CNBC since Friday afternoon. There is little
information to go on but my conjecture is that this is another agency being
directly used and abused by the Obama Administration to accomplish greater
control over anything financial.
Based up the well established pattern, his finger prints can be found
anywhere intimidation is being exerted by government agencies. The default
assumption with this President should ... more »
OKC / 2/26 : Terry the Farmer
Oklahoma City & "al-Qaeda": Terry Nichols & Ramsey Yousef (Summer 2001)from Paul
Coker on Vimeo.
Terry Nichols Wants To Reveal FBI Informant Role In The Oklahoma City
Bombing from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*Late 1992-Early 1993 and Late 1994:
Future Oklahoma City Bomber Said to Meet with Ramzi Yousef in Philippines*
Terry Nichols makes a number of trips to the Phillippines, apparently to
meet with al-Qaeda bomber Ramzi Yousef and other radical Islamists. Nichols
will later help plan and execute the Oklahoma City bombing
Nichols’s wife is a mail-order bride from Cebu City; Nichols... more »
Edward Snowden ayslum sage - thinking through how US - Russia relations move forward , how serious is the US in taking any serious actions against Russia , does Putin give a hot damn about what Obama says anyway ?
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/CEN-01-190713.html
*Snowden: Moment of truth for Russia, US*
By M K Bhadrakumar
When the Group of Eight summit took place in Northern Ireland last month,
Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the diplomatic grapevine,
wanted to use the gym at the Enniskillen resort, but his American
counterpart Barack Obama had already booked it.
Neither would want to share the facility and Putin settled for a swim in
the frigid Lough Erne, which was beyond Obama's physical stamina. All this
might be idle gossip, but it helps capture the awkward nat... more »
Huffington Post: Facial Recognition Systems Turn Your Face Into Your Credit Card, PIN, Password
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* *Thanks to Pilar for this article! Is "Uniqul" pronounced "UNEQUAL" by
any chance? Hmmm... *
* -AK*
Facial Recognition Systems Turn Your Face Into Your Credit Card, PIN,
Password
The Huffington Post | By Betsy Isaacson
Posted: 07/19/2013 4:41 pm EDT | Updated: 07/19/2013 5:26 pm EDT
Earlier this week, Finnish startup Uniqul released a YouTube videoadvertising its pay-by-face authentication system.
In Uniqul's imagined future, faces will act like credit cards. At the
checkout counter, you'll give a "meaningful nod" to the scanner, which will
use your biometric informati... more »
Morsi's Decision To Cut Off Relations With Syria Crossed Egyptian Military's Red Line
*Source of photo.*
Related: * *
*Mohamed Hassanein Heikal's visit to SFS-Q*.
*Tarpley On Why The Muslim Brotherhood Failed In Egypt - Part II*.
Renowned Egyptian journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal on Morsi's
irresponsible decision to cut off relations with Syria in a speech in June,
the need for a permanent diplomatic relationship between Egypt and Syria,
and the popular revolt against the Muslim Brotherhood in Turkey:
"A day that I felt was one of the days that had the most crises was when he
gave the speech where he cut off relations with Syria, which is the great
disas... more »
Michigan Judge halts Detroit bankruptcy as violative of Michigan and US Constitution - looks like Judge Aquilina is hoping President Obama bails out Detroit like he did GM and Chrysler ! Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr's Eulogy on Detroit..... President Obama's Eulogy on Detroit ( you're on your own folks ! )
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/19/michigan-judge-halts-detroit-bankruptcy-because-it-dishonors-obama/
Michigan judge halts Detroit bankruptcy because it dishonors Obama
POSTED AT 5:11 PM ON JULY 19, 2013 BY ALLAHPUNDIT
Angela Corey should have tried this argument with Judge Nelson. 50/50 shot,
no?
Alternate headline: “Government in Detroit somehow worse than thought.”
Aquilina, who granted the restraining order, clearly was irked.
Prior to her ruling on Friday, she criticized the Snyder administration and
Attorney General’s Office for what appeared to be hasty action to outflan... more »
Louisiana sinkhole updates - July 19 , 2013 ( h/t Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle and Energy News blogs for reliably following this story ! )
Lake FUBAR Feeling Nauseated + New Vid
JULY 19, 2013
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From David H. -
*And the beat goes on…*
*We have positive movement commencing just prior to 05:00 am CDT
registering on…*
*LA 10 bottom*
*LA 12*
*LA 14*
*LA 17 185m*
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli_temp/
*It looks like Lake Fubar is getting ready to dance again, and this time I
think she really means business.*
LINK - http://youtu.be/73QZ7oL37ls
03:25 PM EST on July 19th, 2013 | 10 comments
Hydrogeologist: I’m not kidding, we honestly don’t know what’s going on in
cavern below giant sinkhole — “Nobody’s ever encountered an... more »
Harumph! Kids These Days! On Changing Our Tone About Young People
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in
which it treats its children.” - Nelson Mandela A lot has been said in the
media lately about the degeneration of our youth and their seeming lack of
moral character, their resulting destructive behavior, and their defiance.
I, personally, was involved […]
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Clint
Richardson of *REALITY BLOG*. Clint and I will be discussing his
documentary *The Corporation Nation* and American law.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are links to some of Clint's videos:
- *The Corporation Nation*
- *The Corporation Nation 3: Ron Paul and The Federal Reserve*
- *CAFR SCHOOL: School Districts And The Lottery *
- *CAFR School: What Is Wall Street?*
Phil Space
My tuppence for the debate going on over at the IS about employing someone
to do some temporary admin work. It wasn't added to the main body of
documents to save space... that's what I was told anyway. Maybe I'm being
oppressed by a bureaucrat, who knows? Anyway, no sense in letting it go to
waste when there's space to fill:
The first thing to say is I am surprised at the vehemence of this argument.
Perhaps I should not be. We have, after all, just come out of the SWP.
Full-time, employed members (even the part-time ones) were seen as a
fundamental driver to the SWP’s current predica... more »
Double Dutch Radio "Viewpoint in the Now" Interviews American Kabuki (Excerpted)
I created an excerpt the Double Dutch Radio radio show with the interview
of me, for those of you who don't want to listen to the whole show which is
quite long.
The full show is in a post prior to this one. -AK
August 8th 1969: Motive #2,776 - Sharon Tate, Enemy of the State
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*Maoism vs. Manson*
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*Who killed Sharon Tate, and why?*
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I can't begin to imagine...
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Sofia Jannok: Our Rights To The Earth And To Our Freedom
*Uploaded on Feb 23, 2012 *
As a child of the indigenous Sami people, Sofia has been strongly
influenced by the powerful landscapes that surround her and the deep
connection that her ancestors
have fostered through their traditional livelihoods which bond them to
their land.
As a singer/songwriter, she has toured around the world performing her
unique blend of jazz and pop, fused with the Sami musical tradition of Yoik
.
Concerned over the destructive impact of industry on the Northern lands
Sofia is a founding member of the Arvas Foundation- a group that seeks to
re... more »
Who's The Real Cancer On The Ass of The Republican Party These Days?
Neo-fascist Denver oil heir/billionaire Philip Anschutz owns 2 far right
propaganda sheets in DC, the *Weekly Standard* and the *Washington
Examiner*(which failed as a newspaper as of June 14 and is currently
just a bizarre
right-wing blog). Anschutz, who is being sued for his role in the death
of
Michael Jackson, is obsessed with homosexuality and pours countless
millions of dollars into destroying the lives of gay men and women.
Anschutz and his front groups have also poured hundreds of thousands of
dollars into electoral campaigns on behalf of far right extremists like
Mike Coff... more »
Open Letter to Congress on ESEA Reauthorization
Updated 7:50 a.m . July 20 To Members of the 113th Congress: I write to
express my concerns regarding the various versions of the new ESEA now
circulating in Washington, all of which appear to have enough in common to
be combined, perhaps, under a more fitting title–something like The
Corporate Foundation and Education Industry […]
The Economy: “Larry Summers' Bad Bet”
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*“Larry Summers' Bad Bet”*
by Bill Bonner
“We interrupt our regular programming to speak out in favor of Larry
Summers; he is the perfect candidate to replace Ben Bernanke. Poor Larry…
The critics are on his case. One called him a “high IQ moron.” No one likes
to kick a man when he’s down. Unless the man on the ground is Larry
Summers… More on that in a minute…
First, a quick look at the markets. As expected, the Fed is fully,
squarely, 1,000% committed to EZ money. Why? Because huge public policy
disasters do not stop until they’ve gone all the way to the end. Like a
real b... more »
In Forest They Smiled
"A human population approaching 7 billion can be maintained only by
desolating the Earth. If wild habitat is given over to human cultivation
and habitation, if rainforests can be turned into green deserts, if genetic
engineering enables ever-higher yields to be extorted from the thinning
soils—then humans will have created for themselves a new geological era,
the Eremozoic, the Era of Solitude, in which little remains on the Earth
but themselves and the prosthetic environment that keeps them alive."
~ John Gray
SourceSometimes it seems like just about everyone in the world has gone
... more »
Obama's Identity Crisis
It seems that Barry is getting jealous of Trayvon Martin. Sick though it
is, it is typical dictators with messianic complexes to become envious
when someone steals the headlines from them. Obama couldn't resist and had
to take back the attention apparently by saying that "Trayvon could have
been me 35 years ago."
I don't know about that but he certainly is a dead-ringer for Frank
Marshall Davis.
Emmy's snub the Walking Dead
Some people call it genre elitism.
It seems pretty accurate when you consider the #1 TV on television is The
Walking Dead - which is technically a drama, and not so much an action show
as some people might think - has been snubbed by the Emmy's again.
Emmy nominations this year gave more attention to Netflix and a lot of
female dramas - but it has completely ignored the AMC's smash drama hit The
Walking Dead which hasn't received a single nomination despite being the
best show on television in the key 18 to 49-year-old demographic.
Less quality programs like Scandal and Nashville ... more »
It's That Time of the Month Again
Or what passes for it at our age.
It's currently 98 degrees in Massachusetts, about 10 degrees higher
than Mrs. JP's old stomping grounds of Vero Beach, Florida, if you can
believe that. Cheapskate that I am, yours truly couldn't hold out any
longer and recently set up the trusty little 3700 BTU AC in the bedroom
window. But even that's going to drive up our electric bill since we have
to run it at least 12 hours a day. And that's not going to help with the
rent due in less than two weeks.
So any assistance you guys can offer between now and then will be
greatly appre... more »
Obama shoots off his mouth...
*again!*
He's probably upset there's not more rioting so he had to interject himself
into the stalking of Zimmerman and managed to make it all about himself.* *
*President Obama: 'Trayvon Martin Could've Been Me 35 Years Ago'*
I'm usually more interested in the comments on a story so I also took a
peek at the one on Yahoo and popped into Huff and Puff. Nearly 100% of the
comments are negative (even at Huff and Puff.) How's that working out for
you, Odumbo?
Federal government at fault for Lac-Megantic train wreck
July 19th 2013 - According to investigators a complete lax of safety
protocols in recent years is at fault for the Lac-Megantic train wreck in
Quebec. At which point investigators looked to see who is at fault for the
lowering of safety standards.
Turns out it is the Federal Ministry of Transport, aka Transport Canada.
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has recommended federal regulators
urgently review railway safety procedures in the wake of the runaway train
that killed 50 people in Lac-Mégantic, Que., earlier this month.
The TSB announced today that it has issued two urge... more »
Teenager madness!
*FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013*
*In search of what made Dzhokhar tick:* Why did Dzhokhar Tsarnaev do the
things he apparently did?
We can’t tell you that. But we were surprised by the lack of imagination
from Digby. She posted a set of speculations by Michael Shaw.
The list of speculations strikes us as weirdly limited:
SHAW (7/18/13): Rather than write off these people as evil and “other,”
what distinguishes us as a civilized society is the attempt to understand
who and why...*I mean, why did someone as personable as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
go over to the dark side?* Is it such an act of humani... more »
Double Dutch Radio Show Episode 4 07-19-2013
*There's a brief interview with AK within this show..... *
*Thanks Peter and Lucas!*
Ohana
As our concept of family changes, questions are initiated. Does a new
soul family negate the importance of the one we’ve always known? What will
happen to the relations we share right now, our parents, spouses, children
and numerous extended family members? Many of us relate to the feeling of
isolation and lack of understanding in our light/life’s work. Does this
soul family “calling of the clan” mean it’s time to move on? To leave
those we love?
Yes and no. Yes, it is time for movement. No, leaving anyone you love is
not necessary or preferable. This is the age of u... more »
Dr David Kelly - 7/7 bombings - patsy syndicate culture
THIS JUST IN, FROM DAVID ICKE on the Isle of Wight:
Crime syndicates can only function by employing criminals and others who
are terrified of the consequences of defying the orders of the criminals.
The State is just the same. Crime syndicates survive by destroying the
opposition and killing anyone with the knowledge and inclination to bring
them down. The State is just the same.
The great advantage that State organised crime has over the other variety
is that while crime syndicates can have insiders on the payroll within the
police here and there the State owns the police, the mi... more »
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