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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).
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.
Traditional econ... 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 »
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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 »
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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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
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 »
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
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 »
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Photo courtesy of Damaris. At Lois and Dan’s retreat. Shipensberg, PA
Back row: Kyle, Emilio, Mereana, Michael Lane, Ty
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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 »
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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*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 »
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
5
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 »
August 8th 1969: Motive #2,776 - Sharon Tate, Enemy of the State
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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 »
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 »
Navajo Council votes to continue dirty coal power plant
Navajo Council vote for Navajo Generating Station July 18, 2013
Frankly, this is Rich again!
*FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013*
*Fake facts never die:* In mid-March 2012, the story of Trayvon Martin’s
death went national.
A large array of fake facts were quickly invented and spread. And, as we’ve
often told you, false facts never die!
Yesterday, Frank Rich proved this point in his weekly Q-and-A at New York
magazine. Even by Rich’s ridiculous standards, this is a towering howler:
QUESTION (7/18/13): George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the killing of Trayvon
Martin enraged more than it surprised, prompting a lot of commentary on
racial profiling and the elusiveness of equality in America... more »
Catch of the Day
I like this Dave Weigel post on how entirely ineffective Ted Cruz has been
in the Senate. OK, I would have liked it better if he had linked to my Post
item on how Cruz got Cordray confirmed, but I like it anyway.*
One point to add. Cruz is campaigning in Iowa and, as Robert Costa reports
(via Weigel), saying that his price for getting a CR (and therefore not
shutting down the government) is fully defunding the ACA. Which is, you
know, charming. I mean -- never mind either the ethics or the efficacy of
holding the normal functioning of the government hostage to one's
preferences, but... more »
A hot day for democracy
The Honduran *Congreso Nacional* came to town yesterday, part of a
mobile-meeting plan for the legislative branch of government that gets the
politicians out of the capital once in a while to hear from "the people."
Apparently President Porfirio Lobo was here, too, but all I know of that is
I heard a helicopter coming in for a landing around 2 p.m., such a rare
event in Copan Ruinas that it had to mean something big.
Congress met in the municipal hall near Parque Central, so I wandered
down to the park yesterday morning to see what I could see. Not much, as it
turns out. The... more »
Why NCTQ Wants to Get Rid of Schools of Education
A social studies lesson on the business of education from Alan Singer,
Hofstra Uniersity: They think they found the solution to fix American
schools and it is really very simple: get rid of schools of education
because they fail to adequately train teachers. The NCTQ posted a list of
the advisory committee for its study on […]
Harper's Auto-Generated Enemies Lists
If you're Stephen Harper you can assume that what you consider "enemies"
would include pretty much the entire membership of organizations such as
the Council of Canadians. So why would you waste time amassing enemies
lists when you can force these organizations to do it for you?
This e-mail I received from the CoC neatly explains the situation:
*A new federal Not-for-Profit Corporation Act (NFP Act) came into effect in
2009. Every federally incorporated not-for-profit, including the Council
and all other social justice and environmental organizations, must amend
their by-laws to c... more »
Kent Hawkins Comments on Nuclear Power
MasterResource, in general, and Kent Hawkins, in particular, have not given
a great deal of attention to nuclear power in the past. MasterResource has
its' origin in the fossil fuel industry and indeed from within one of the
more notorious fossil fuel businesses, ENRON. Hawkins is by no means
anti-nuke. He recognizes that in the near future global society faces major
changes in energy technology, but until quite recently has not focused on
nuclear power as offering a potential for energy change, however in a
recent post http://www.masterresource.org/2013/01/sound-energy-policy-ii/Haw... more »
Agenda 21 Chapter 8 – The Final Coup
Julie Beal
If you think the economy is simply going to collapse, think again. The
bankers, the corporations, and the United Nations have got *ecosystem
accounting* ready to rock and roll, and it’s set to change everything….
… the plan is brilliant. You reduce the number from 7+ billion by at least
33% without firing one shot. You simply privatize all natural resources and
then price access so that the bottom third of the globe’s population cannot
afford it. And so, they die; it will be the biggest die-off of the
Anthropocene epoch. From Papua New Guinea to Croatia, from Bolivia to ... more »
Who better to comment on Detroit than Dewey From Detroit...
*and we thank him.*
*The Motor City: Broken and Out of Warranty*
I'm predicting a federal bailout in 3,2,1... more »
Revenge of the Blackfish
A documentary, *Blackfish*, opening today at the Toronto International Film
Festival focuses on what marine "parks" around the world, like the GTA's *MarineLand,
*are inflicting on their captive orcas and how, after years of basically
being left in a bathtub, some orcas take their revenge.
Sorry but I'm with the orca on this one. Leave them in the ocean with
their pods where they belong. It's disgraceful that the people and
government of Ontario allow these creatures to be incarcerated for an
abbreviated life in horrible conditions.
Not So "Incompetent" After All, Eh Rupe?
*Some pictures are worth a thousand words*
Now that recordings have emerged trashing Rupert Murdoch's claims that he
knew nothing of his newspapers' phone hacking and police corruption, Ol'
Rupe is backpeddling.
At first he denounced the police investigation as "totally incompetent."
Now that the recording has surfaced, Murdoch has written to say that he had
"*used the wrong adjectives*".
*Home Affairs Select Committee chairman Keith Vaz wrote to Murdoch asking
him to comment on the secret recording.*
* **In a reply released on Thursday, Murdoch said: "I accept that I used
the w... more »
Snowden: Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
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Stephen Lendman
Swedish Sociology Professor Stefan Svallfors nominated him. He praised his
"heroic effort at great personal cost."
He revealed NSA's lawless global spying. He told millions worldwide what
they need to know. He did so at great risk.
He deserves high praise, not persecution. He showed "individuals can stand
up for fundamental rights and freedoms," said Svallfors.
His nominating letter states:
"Best committee members!
I suggest that the 2013 Peace Prize (be) awarded to the American citizen
Edward Snowden.
... more »
39 Fantastic Prepping Tips
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Gaye Levy
People often ask where my ideas and where my knowledge comes from. When
that happens, I chuckle a bit to myself because just like the person
asking, my knowledge comes from a variety of sources: first hand
experience, books, online forums and of course, Backdoor Survival readers.
So you see, it is not that I am smarter or more clever than everyone else
but rather that I have taken my passion for preparedness and made it an
active part of my life.
That leads me to the topic for today’s article. Following my own art... more »
The Dismal Plight of Bradley Manning
*The Guardian's *Steve Bell captures what America's military justice system
holds in store for Bradley Manning:
*In a preliminary ruling on the multiple charges Mr Manning faces, military
judge Colonel Denise Lind threw out a defence motion that the prosecution
had failed to produce evidence to sustain a charge that Manning had 'aided
the enemy.'*
*...But in insisting on the 'aiding' charge and 11 others, the Obama
administration is holding out for another 154 years jail time – with no
parole option.*
*Claiming to be 'extraordinarily disappointed' by the decision, Colonel
Morris... more »
Cooper’s abject refusal to speak!
*FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013*
*Flatly false, also ugly:* Does Anderson Cooper like his job? His job as a
national *journalist?*
On Tuesday night’s show, he failed to challenge a guest when he plainly
should have. The guest in question made a false statement—a statement he
knew was false.
Elsewhere, Cooper has corrected this misstatement. Tuesday night, with high
feeling all around, he simply gave it a pass.
The guest in question was Barbara Arnwine, president of The Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Arnwine made this statement about the
juror Cooper interviewed one night be... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
Is it 1953 or 2013? 2013 Aspen Security Forum is currently meeting in
Aspen Meadows, CO. Here’s the list of speakers — scroll through and see if
anything strikes you. HT: Tamara Cofman Wittes. An excellent piece by
Naunihal Singh that concludes for all the talk of a unique people’s
revolution, the Egyptian coup
Continue reading
Why Not Just Waterboard Them?
One of the dirty little tricks American interrogator/torturers adopted
during the War on Terror has made it to the homeland. It is subjecting the
prisoner to the prolonged stress of intense cold. That, according to
lawyers, is a method being used against hunger-striking prisoners by
California prison guards.
*Prison guards are trying to break a hunger strike involving thousands of
prisoners in California by blasting cells with cold air, confiscating legal
documents and, in one case, banning lawyers, according to legal
representatives and relatives.*
*Authorities have taken the... more »
Kent Hawkins Offers Reasonable Doubt About Wind's Carbon Mitigation Effectiveness (updated repost)
Nuclear Green Revolution had its' origin in a debate which I had with
GRIST'S David Roberts. Roberts argued that investments in nuclear power
would be a mistake. When confronted with the need for post carbon power
sources, Roberts claimed that renewables could provide all the power we
need at a lower cost than nuclear power. I did not have a source that
provided a strong contradiction, so I set out setting up a preliminary
source from scratch. My source looked at what renewables cost and what we
got for our money and what else it would take a renewable post carbon
system to work. M... more »
BBC News - Government borrowing fell in 2012-13, revised figures show
Can you hear the gritted teeth at the Labour supporting BBC as they have to
admit that:
'Nonetheless, three months into the fiscal year, the government remains on
course to reduce the budget deficit in line with its forecasts.'
Ooh that must have hurt. Just wondering what Ed Balls will have to say?
More gritted teeth comments here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23372309
It Worked for Capone, Now Let's Use It on Multi-Nationals
Tax evasion is a crime. Multi-national corporations are criminals. In
fact, the G20 is warning that advanced countries are facing "global tax
chaos" as multi-nationals evade taxes by laundering their revenues through
low-tax or no-tax havens.
The buggers really do think they're above the law, a clear impression
they've received from our politicians for thirty years or more.
*On Friday, the [British] chancellor, George Osborne, will hail a two-year
action plan drawn up by the OECD thinktank to clamp down on questionable
international corporate tax practices.*
*The long-awaited r... more »
Untitled
*State looking into piping problem in cavern near Bayou Corne sinkhole ~David
J. Mitchell, Advocate*
*Crazy Saints Fans Update: West Nile, The Dirty Bird Killa ~Saints Tailgate*
Criminal Enterprise Operations of the Police
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Dave Hodges
After moving to the border state of Arizona, I learned quickly that it
isn’t prudent to drive a car into Mexico because the Federal Police like to
pull over “American-looking” tourists and shake them down for cash (yes,
Virginia, the Mexican national police force does profile).
The practice of Mexican police harassing traveling Americans for their cash
is so prevalent, most insurance companies require a special rider on one’s
insurance policy before covering a car trip into Mexico.
I used to think that this abus... more »
Jay Inslee (WA) Likes ALEC - According to ALECer
ALEC supporters are really drawing at straws right now to justify the
extremist policies of the ALEC - making misleading public statements.
Twisting the facts, making broad misleading statements to prove that the
American Legislative Exchange Council is nonpartisan - lying, really.
They are publishing all kinds of crap.
Take this case in point
Jay Inslee –Governor,
State of Washington
(the state that passed legalized marijuana and marriage equality into
law in December 2012)
*From Daily Kos on Jay Inslee*
... he hasn't voted a straight line progressive caucus agen... more »
Complicity in international criminal law
Ezokola *v.* Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) 2013 SCC 40 deals with
complicity in a criminal organization for international criminal law
purposes:
[68] In sum, while the various modes of commission
recognized in international criminal law articulate a broad concept of
complicity, individuals will not be held liable for crimes committed by a
group simply because they are associated with that group, or because they
passively acquiesced to the group's criminal purpose. At a minimum,
complicity under international criminal law requires an individual to
... more »
SOCIETY DOWN: Is Anderson Cooper a journalist?
*FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013*
*Interlude—Journalistic star fails to perform:* Last night, Anderson Cooper
refused to do his job.
It would have been painful to do his job, but Cooper is well compensated.
He represents himself as a broadcast journalist.
There are certain unpleasant tasks such folk are supposed to take on.
Last night, through most of an hour-long program, Cooper kept walking away
from those journalistic tasks. In particular, he kept refusing to challenge
guests who were offering questionable accounts of a high-profile event.
What happened in Sanford on the night when Trayvo... more »
Hymenoplasty operations women virgins again increased NHS costs
Because the NHS has a bottomless pit of money to spend! Hymenoplasty and
breast enlargement are generally not necessary medical procedures, but are
for religious, cultural or personal pride reasons.
I don't want to pay for others to have this sort of operation, especially
when people are dieing because the NHS won't fund life saving cancer
treatment. Priorities, priorities...
More here
http://www.closeronline.co.uk/2012/06/rise-in-ops-to-make-women-virgins-again
16 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True
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Michael Snyder
Are you a conspiracy theorist? If not, perhaps you should be. Yes, there
have certainly been a lot of “conspiracy theories” over the years that have
turned out not to be accurate. However, the truth is that a large number
of very prominent conspiracy theories have turned out to actually be true.
So the next time that you run into some “tin foil hat wearing lunatics”,
you might want to actually listen to what they have to say. They may
actually know some things that you do not. In fact, one recent study fo... more »
The U.S. Government Will Borrow Close To 4 Trillion Dollars This Year
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Michael Snyder
When you add maturing debt to the new debt that the federal government is
accumulating, the total is quite eye catching. You see, the truth is that
the U.S. government must not only borrow enough money to fund government
spending for this year, it must also "roll over" existing debt that has
reached maturity. Of course the government never actually pays off any of
that debt. Instead, it essentially takes out new debts to cover the old
ones. So the U.S. government is actually borrowing far more money each yea... more »
5 Examples of When You Might Not Know What You Are Eating
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*When we buy food at the grocery store, many of us expect to get what we
think we’re paying for.*
Melissa Melton
But, as it turns out, our food isn’t always what we think it is. From the horse
meat scandal that is currently rocking the United Kingdom — to the
widespread realization that the ground beef sold in many U.S. markets is
actually a mix of bits of meat, fat, sinew, bloody effluvia, and ammonia
dubbed “pink slime” — consumers are continually shown just how at the mercy
of industrial food conglomerates we truly are wh... more »
European Parliament may call on Snowden, NSA chief and Glenn Greenwald to testify about NSA spying
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Jon and Mel Kots/Flickr Madison Ruppert
With the European Parliament getting prepared to launch an investigation
into the massive National Security Agency surveillance programs,
whistleblower Edward Snowden, NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander and journalist Glenn
Greenwald may be called to testify.
The series of hearings on the recently revealed NSA surveillance programs is
slated to begin in September, which was established after the agency’s
global spying efforts were revealed in June.
The fallout in Europe has ... more »
Soon The Only Person Left In The PMO Will Be The Guy Who SHOULD Have Resigned In The First Place.
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*-Senior staffer who allegedly knew of Duffy payment leaves PMO (Chris
Woodcock) *
*-Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, resigns *
*-Benjamin Perrin: ‘I was not consulted on, and did not participate in,
Nigel Wright’s decision’*
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.19.13"
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.19.13"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"Fed Chief Ben Bernanke testified in front of the House and Senate this
week about the economy and money printing. The headline in USA Today says
it all, “Fed Help Won’t Fade.” Remember, this is $85 billion in bond buying
each and every month. That’s $45 billion in Treasury bonds and $40 billion
in sour mortgage debt. I call it the fraud and mistakes of big banks. Why
doesn’t anyone in Congress ask which banks are getting $40 billion each and
every month? This is a half-trillion bucks a year, and nobody in Congress ... more »
Everything Is Fine, But…
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Michael Snyder
Everything is going to be just great. Haven't you heard? The stock market
is at an all-time high, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says that
inflation is incredibly low, and the official unemployment rate has been
steadily declining since early in Barack Obama's first term. Of course I
am being facetious, but this is the kind of talk about the economy that you
will hear if you tune in to the mainstream media. They would have us
believe that those running things know exactly what they are doing and that... more »
Anonymous Operation NSA - Exposing Dianne Feinstein
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*Youtube*
Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein has taken over $698,000 in bribes from
the surveillance-industrial complex since PRISM has been in place. She
votes in favor of them and against your rights. She violates the U.S.
Constitution.
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TSA: Keeping Travelers Safe by Inspecting Cars Left in Valet Parking
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Kimberly Paxton
Now not only does the TSA thoroughly inspect your person and your carry-on
bags – they can order an inspection of the car you left behind also.
A New York woman was shocked to return home from a trip to find a notice on
her car informing her that it had been searched after her departure from
Greater Rochester International Airport.
Apparently, only cars that are valet parked are subject to this treatment.
Valet attendants are under orders of the TSA to search the vehicles that
are left with them. (Valet atten... more »
Bernanke Confirms: “If We Were To Tighten Policy, The Economy Would Tank”
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Mac Slavo
Financial analysts have opined that the United States is well on the road
to recovery. They cite various data points to make the case that the
multi-trillion dollar bailouts and stimulus have brought us back from the
brink of a collapse so serious that Congressional leaders had been told that
should the bailouts fail, there was a real possibility of martial law being
declared.
We’re doing so well, in fact, that just a couple of years ago President
Obama assured the nation of our progress, claiming that we “reversed... more »
Texans Urged Not To Panic As Army Battles Radiation Leak
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Chris Carrington
30 people are undergoing testing for radiation poisoning after a leak was
discovered at Fort Bliss Texas. An above-ground bunker used to store
weaponry has been found to contain both alpha and beta particles and there
is concern that soldiers using the weapons may have been exposed to
low-level radiation.
It has also emerged that when the area was controlled by the Air Force,
contaminated material was buried around the site. A retired worker raised
concerns that a new housing development currently under cons... more »
Social Contract: The Exceptions to the Rule
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*individual rights are sacrificed so an elite "vanguard" can take more
power to itself.* ~anon
*The Social Contract*
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Susan Boskey
What do the September 2013 completion of the mega NSA data and surveillance
center in Bluffdale Utah, federalized SWAT teams smashing down homeowners'
front doors, and the July 2013 acceptance of the Obama Administration’s
appeal to retain portions of the NDAA for the indefinite detention of
Americans have in common? For those who are not in denial, these three
facts alone p... more »
UPDATE: Adam Kokesh From Jail
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*Adam Kokesh*
As many of you know, Adam Kokesh was arrested on July 9, 2013 at his
residence in Herndon, VA. The US Parks Police, aided by the local Herndon
police force and a coalition of other agencies raided and ransacked Adam’s
home. They provided a warrant only after they had taken Adam into custody
and had completed an extensive search. They also detained and harassed all
the occupants of the house for an extended period and would not provide
reason for the detainment.
Raymond Morrogh is the Commonwealth Attorney for ... more »
Feds vs. Raisins: Small Farmers Stand Up to the USDA
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Euroland news for July 19 , 2013 - Counting down the time until German Election on September 22 , 2013 and the return of reality..... Goldman's take on the ECB collateral shift ...... Spain's Deputy PM Saenz denies she will replace PM Rajoy - so you know the clock is ticking on Rajoy and who is replacement will be !
Two Months Until The German Elections And The Return Of Reality
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/19/2013 08:46 -0400
- default
- European Central Bank
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Portugal
- Real estate
- Reality
- Sovereigns
*Submitted by Mark J. Grant, author of Out of the Box,*
*“For what we regard as reality is conditioned by the theory to which we
subscribe.”*
* -Stephen Hawking*
Europe has denigrated into a strange place where *fantasy replaces reality
as necessitated by their go... more »
Detroit has filed for bankruptcy - keep your eyes on Illinois as Chicago School District has a second round of mass Teacher layoffs and pension reform is now part of the discussion there !
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-cps-layoffs-20130719,0,4180625.story
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and Kim Geiger, Chicago Tribune reporters
6:34 a.m. CDT, July 19, 2013
Citing a $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools will lay off
more than 2,000 employees, more than 1,000 of them teachers, the district
said Thursday night.
About half of the 1,036 teachers being let go are tenured. The latest
layoffs, which also include 1,077 school staff members, are in addition to
855 employees — including 420 teachers — who were laid off last month as a
result of the dist... more »
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The good stuff:
1. Nice one from Nate Silver on patterns and presidential elections.
2. More on ACA implementation from Jonathan Cohn.
3. Sarah Posner on Hobby Lobby.
4. And Steve Benen on the GOP-aligned partisan press.
Jimmy Carter: Snowden's Leak 'Useful', 'America Has No Functioning Democracy'
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Freda Art *Activist Post*
In an article appearing in the German-language, Spiegel, former President
Jimmy Carter expressed his support for whistleblowers and had sharp
criticisms of the Obama Administration.
Carter called the disclosure by Edward Snowden "useful" and said "the
invasion of privacy" and "government secrecy" has gone too far.
Carter said the leaks are "likely to be useful because they inform the
public."
"America has no functioning democracy," Carter stated.
From Spiegel translated by Google Translate:
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