Looking south from my hotel room at the New Yorker toward southern Manhattan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Jon-Marc McDonald at Marriage Equality Rally in New York City Union Square 2009-12-03 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cruise ship - Holland America Amsterdam (Photo credit: blmiers2)
English: Bird's eye panorama of Manhattan & New York City in 1873 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Andrew Cuomo, 11th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and 64th New York State Attorney General as a candidate for Governor of New York, outside of City Hall, little American flags on his tie. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - I Thought I Knew Mama
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to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
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of environment... more » If you didn't send Bob Mankoff your favorite "New Yorker" cartoon, you won't find it among the 74 he's put in his slide show
*One of the 74 New Yorker cartoons that appear in cartoon editor Bob
Mankoff's slide-show response to his call for readers to name their
all-time favorite cartoon.*
*by Ken*
We eavesdropped a couple of weeks ago when *New Yorker* cartoon editor Bob
Mankoff named his 11 favorite *New Yorker* cartoons. At the same time, Bob
issued a call to readers to e-mail him their favorites, offering up the
resources of The Cartoon Bank to enable readers to search out that favorite
cartoon. He promised to make a slide show of the submissions, and this week he
posted it.
Bob specifies that the 7... more »
America's Imaginary Lavish Social Welfare Safety Net That Exists Only in GOP's Mind
*By MARC McDONALD*
In America, we hate the poor. We really, really hate the poor. We are
indoctrinated from birth to hate the poor. Jesus may have said, *"Blessed
are you who are poor."* But America has no time for that Jesus. Our motto
is "Screw the poor."
As a result, America has never been big on social welfare programs for the
poor. Even during the peak years of U.S. social program spending (during
LBJ's "Great Society" years), America had a skimpy social safety net,
compared to other industrialized nations.
Compared to generous European social safety nets, America these days m... more »
please answer one question about housing costs
Will you take a moment to answer one question? I may use it for something I
write.
*Click here to take the survey.*
Please use net (take-home) income, and housing costs only, not utilities.
(These questions were asked on Facebook.)
Thanks in advance.
nyc action alert: join striking fast-food workers on monday, july 29
If you live in New York City, you have an opportunity to stand beside
working people in their struggle for a better life and healthier
communities.
84% of New York fast food workers reported experiencing wage theft at some
point in the past year and the New York Attorney General and New York City
Council have taken note of the rampant wage theft in the industry.
McDonald’s workers, forced to work in a hot kitchen without air
conditioning in the middle of a heat wave, walked off the job until their
safety was ensured.
And on top of all of this, living on $7.25 in New York City isn... more »
what i'm reading: the fault in our stars, a truly great novel for youth and not-youth
I am in the middle of reading *The Fault In Our Stars* by John Green, a
book almost too painful to read but impossible to put down. It's achingly
funny, profoundly insightful, and utterly heartbreaking, all at the same
time. *The Fault In Our Stars* is supposedly a youth novel, but please
don't let that stop you from reading it. It is simply a wonderful book.
Hazel has cancer, and her life expectancy is short. Augustus is a cancer
survivor, and has the prosthetic leg to prove it. Hazel and Augustus, two
smart, funny, and otherwise ordinary teenagers, fall in love.
How do you cope wi... more »
“Free at last!”
Stephen Spielberg’s recent film on *Lincoln* dramatised the famous passing
of his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation—justifiably famous for freeing of
around 4 million slaves in North America, and beginning the removal of the
stain of slavery from American law.
This was in the culmination of an anti-slavery movement that swept the
west in the nineteenth century, following on the heels of the movement for
individual rights that swept the west in the eighteenth century. This was a
necessary righting of a wrong that the gradual recognition of individual
rights had made imperative.
Abol... more »
"The Champ"
* *
*"The Champ"*
by CoyotePrime
Ding, ding, ding... you hear the bell for the start of the fight, hear the
crowd, noisy, excited to see this rematch between you and Life. You’re
here, and still the Champ, right? Fought this guy many times before, always
beat him, too, though you took many a beating yourself in the process, each
fight a little tougher, taking a little more out of you each time. You meet
in the center of the ring... damn, has this guy grown somehow? He looks
bigger, more muscled, and has a real confident look in his eye. So what?
You’re the Champ, still standin... more »
Meghan's Bday!
This weekend was fun!
Meghan's 12th bday was celebrating on Saturday night at Ron's house. It
was a really fun night. Kurt could not make it until 1130 PM though as
after we worked on Saturday, he had to take Vito to London, Ontario,to a
vet who does MRIs on dogs. Their machines are better than what vets in the
USA have, so our surgeon wanted Vito taken there. They want to treat him
without another surgery, but need a better MRI to determine what is going
on. So, Kurt took him there. Long day for Kurt.
Today was great. I had a massage scheduled, with a gift card the office... more »
NSA OPS IN NEW ZEALAND
Kim Dotcom speaks at the GCSB Rally in Auckland to a crowd of several
thousand citizens in Aotea Square. The people are NOT happy about the
government's spying and want it STOPPED!
Protests were held all over New Zealand in recent days about their nation's
role in facilitating NSA surveillance.
STUDY WAR NO MORE
On Saturday at the protest in downtown Sydney, Australia.
How to help kiri campbell
*As a response to the request of some readers, an easy to use petition on
behalf of kiri campbell has been placed here: *
* It can be sent BCC to all listed email addresses, and must include your
name (lower case) and address to have the desired effect.
kiri’s scheduled court appearance is Tuesday, July 30, 2013 so these need
to be sent immediately.
This is a moment of clarity and self definition. This is no longer about a
separate being in a far away country; this concerns a vital component for
each of us; our value as sovereign beings.
As you send these petitions as well... more »
A Parents Worst Nightmare: 6 Young Teens Die In Saskatchewan Car Crash
*Who amongst us did not cram a whole bunch of our friends into a car when
we were teenagers ... just having fun ... laughing and going for a drive?
Sometimes the absolute worst happens .. *
*
**"The names of the six teens who died in a crash with a semi-tanker at a
rural Saskatchewan intersection early Saturday morning have now been
released by RCMP.*
*Three males and three females died following a crash about six kilometres
southeast of Lloydminster, a city on the Saskatchewan/Alberta border.*
***Police have identified the victims as:*
- *Aimie Hurley, 14, from Lloydminster*
... more »
Sunday Classics: Fleshing out our sound picture of Leon Fleisher
*RAVEL: Sonatine
i. Modéré
ii. Mouvement de menuet
iii. Animé*
*Leon Fleisher, piano. Epic-Sony, recorded July 14-16, 1958*
*by Ken*
In Friday night's "Leon Fleisher postscript" -- a "postscript," that is, to
the previous week's post on "Schubert's mighty *Wanderer* Fantasy," in
which Fleisher had been featured -- we heard a bit of perhaps unexpected
repertory from Fleisher, Debussy's "*Clair de lune*," from a 1958
Debussy-Ravel LP. I suggested we might hear the complete *Suite bergamasque*,
from which "*Clair de lune*" derives, but I thought instead we'd hear
Ravel's *Sonatine*.
... more »
The essence of liberalism is an attempt to secure a social order not based on irrational dogma, and insuring stability without involving more restraints than are necessary for the preservation of the community.
- Bertrand Russell, in *A History of Western Philosophy* (1945),
Introductory, p. xxiii
In ignored Iraq and Forgotten Libya - death dealing continues despite the mainstream Western media having moved on .........
Breaking news: massive explosion outside Benghazi courthouse
*By Ahmed Elumami.*
The scene outside the courthouse tonight, after the explosion
*Benghazi, 28 July 2013*:
There has been a massive explosion this evening in central Benghazi,
outside the city’s north courthouse.
The blast occurred immediately after sunset prayers while people were
preparing for Iftar, the breaking of the Ramadan fast. The explosion could
be heard across the city.
The incident took place in a cul-de-sac between the Maydan
Al-Tahrir courthouse and the former internal security building of the old
regime, spok... more »
Central Bank watch ECB , PBOC and the Fed in focus.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-28/europe-passes-inflection-point-or-why-ltro3-inevitable
Europe Passes The Inflection Point (Or Why LTRO3 Is Inevitable)
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/28/2013 18:05 -0400
- Counterparties
- CRAP
- European Central Bank
- Excess Reserves
- LTRO
- Market Conditions
- Repo Market
- Unemployment
- Volatility
One year on from the "whatever it takes" speech and all appearances suggest
Draghi's all-in move with the imaginary OMT 'worked. European sovereign
spreads have compres... more »
Patrick Byrne , CEO of Overstock enjoys vindication over the criminal indictment of SAC Capital and civil prosecution of the Sith Lord aka Steven Cohen....
vindication........
http://www.businessinsider.com/overstockcom-ceo-explains-anti-sac-ad-2013-7
* * *
Meanwhile, since 2005 Byrne has been saying that powerful market actors
have been working to destroy his company. In 2010 he identified them as
Michael Milken and SAC's Steven Cohen.
Two years later, emails accidentally leaked by lawyers representing a
number of Wall Street banks described how the banks were allegedly naked
short-selling Overstock.com stock and advising their hedge fund clients on
how to do the same.
SAC Capital, as you know, is one massive hedge fund client.
"Eigh... more »
Fat, Sick And Nearly Dead Documentary - Free Viewing Only Available In The States
*Here is an uplifting movie about a man who decides to radically change his
dietary and lifestyle choices in an effort to deal with his declining
health and increasing waistline. Overweight, taking a daily cocktail of
drugs and having been told that there was nothing more conventional
medicine could do for him, Australian Joe Cross decided to tackle his
problems in his own way. He chose to use nutrition, physical activity and
his mental and emotional state to do what our bodies are programmed to do –
and that’s to self-heal.*
I will give you the reader, two links for more infor... more »
Towering economic separation erodes the effectiveness of public opinion activism
By
Denis Rancourt
A good street demonstration is not what it use to be, in terms of its
impact. Likewise, petitions and letters to politicians just don't cut it
any more. A YouTube video can, in rare cases, get a cop investigated
and put on paid leave, but that is a about as far as it goes. Don't
think about systemic changes.
There is tremendous opinion opposition to injustices of all kinds
Declare Detroit a Free City
* Guest post by Patrick Barron*
Detroit is bankrupt, and its problems appear to be unsolvable. Its
population peaked in 1950 at 1,850,000 only to fall to 706,000 in 2011,
surely representative of people voting with their feet. As British
politician Daniel Hannan has written, the Detroit disease may be well
advanced in the rest of American cities and perhaps in all of America as
well. Before the disease can kill the rest of America we have the
opportunity to give free market reforms a chance in a fairly controlled
setting — the bankrupt and dysfunctional city of Detroit.
The decad... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, July 28th, 2013
Sunday... And again time for my usual rant about what I perceive is truly
wrong and sometimes right in this world..
First, for those who have been wondering... My friend, Whitewraithe, is
alive and well... She has not posted any new material in a while over at
her Pragmatic Witness website (www.pragmaticwitnessii.wordpress.com)
because she told me honestly that writing has not been on her mind over the
last while... Getting some employment has been her #1 goal for quite
sometime, and now I can let everyone know that she finally landed a decent
job!... She says that once she gets som... more »
Festival of Faiths - Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Civilization
*"Unending Crisis: National Security Policy after 9/11"* by Thomas Graham
Jr. (2012).
*Wikipedia:*
Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. is one of the world's leading experts in
nuclear non-proliferation. He is a senior U.S. diplomat involved in the
negotiation of every single international arms control and
non-proliferation agreement from 1970 to 1997. This includes the Strategic
Arms Limitation Talks (SALT Treaties), the Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaties (START Treaties), the Anti-ballistic missile (ABM) Treaty,
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) Treaty, Treaty on the
No... more »
If The GOP Gives Up It's "Get Off My Lawn" Attitude, Will It Still Be The GOP?
Republican
There's a mirror image in the GOP to the ConservaDems who embrace Choice
and equality and other social issues but are nearly as conservative and
anti-working family as Republicans. We've talked a lot lately, for example,
about gay Democrats who get into Congress and are great on LGBT issues but
vote with the GOP on their destructive economic agenda. New Dem freshmen
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) are both gay and each has
a breathtakingly horrible voting record on issues important to ordinary
working families. They're among the most consistent supporter... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
One year from today:
How is "Obamacare" polling?
How do experts believe ACA implementation is going?
How is health care playing in competitive 2014 elections?
The Department of Homeland Security says its illegal to freely play music the United States
*
* *I am not sure the context of this, but perhaps Homeland Security has
confused its mandate with that of ASCAP? If anyone else knows what this is
about let me know... -AK*
July 20, 2013
Posted by Michael Martin
http://eightentertainmentgroup.com/the-depa
rtment-of-homeland-security-says-it-is-illegal-to-freely-play-music-in-the-united-states/
The Department of Homeland Security (An agency enacted through the Patriot
Act) is now demanding through enforcement from The State Fire Marshalls
that ALL LIVE MUSIC PLAYED IN THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE A PERMIT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HO... more »
Six Wall Street Banks Made $23 Billion in Three Months - Thank A Bankster for a Job Well Done (What? You Already Did!)
Money Rules – But in Congress, People Are Supposed to Rule By Leo Gerard
Wall Street held itself a big fat profit party last week. The nation’s six
largest banks reported $23 billion in profits. That’s for one quarter –
three months. Pop the Champagne. Buy another Lamborghini. Well, if you’re a
Wall Street banker, that is. Not if you’re a college student looking for a
loan. ‘Cause bankers
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Chris Christie: solid conservative for the most part, and certainly an
acceptable presidential nominee -- or really just another Eastern
Establishment moderate?
MANUEL DIAZ HERNANDEZ
In Mexico, 10-year-old Manuel planned to spend the summer selling goods on
the street.
Manuel, a 10-year-old Indian boy, wanted to save money for school.
But, Manuel was humiliated by 'a city inspector'.
The inspector, Juan Diego Lopez, caught Manuel Diaz Hernandez illegally
selling cigarettes, sweets and snacks from his wooden basket.
In a video made by a passer-by, the inspector is seen grabbing the basket
and making the boy throw out all the sweets.
The inspector then grabbed the cigarettes for himself.
Read more: *http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ */ *Mexicans outraged by
humil... more »
Filling space - killing time - tapping out shit on a keyboard
With revolutionary socialism the treasure of decades of insight and
inspiration often comes combined with the burden of dogma. In the SWP one
of the things you learn is to not be a programme polisher but be active,
the needs of the movement (such as you might define it) will provide the
programme.
You might want to argue just how much of the SWP’s activity is
non-programmatic. You might also want to debate just how much of the SWP’s
notional, unwritten programme is actually understood by its cadre. SWP
members are subjectively revolutionary. Yet it is becoming clear from
various d... more »
Life gets complicated . . .
REMEMBER
WHEN the DA in Perry Mason just had to worry about who cut the brake
lines? Well, according to AutoWeek's article, “Hackers compromise Prius,
seize control of wheel, brakes and more” hackers can really do a number
on a Prius — at highway speeds, that could ruin your day. Drive-by-wire
has its potential risks.
Injustice, The ‘For Profit’ Court System
The fifth version of the Injustice Society.
Art by Joe Bennett. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) *Injustice, the ‘for profit’
court system*
*Posted at: *
http://veneratedivineyou.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/injustice-the-for-profit-court-system/
Look familiar? Look closely, the characters should remind you of recent
Hollywood theatrics.
Apparently it matters little what country or jurisdiction the injustice
stems. It is pervasive.
It is the paradigm of a broken system and the catalyst for change.
The alphabet soup trolls trashed the momentum of change like The Occupy
movement, Egypt, Arab S... more »
Cro-Magnon
Once upon a time, long, long ago, musicians Stephen Stills and Judy Collins
enjoyed a romance. Then, Judy sailed away and broke his heart. Stephen
wrote *Suite: Judy Blue Eyes*, which I recently heard again. One line made
my head spin: “Don’t let the past remind us of what we are not now.” Why
not? Remembering the past sounds like an excellent idea. What we are not
now is wild and free human beings — normal & authentic.
I just finished Brian Fagan’s book, *Cro-Magnon*, which describes an
important segment of my family history. The happy news is that there have
been three stud... more »
Are Muslims being demonised?
Watching *Sunday Morning Live *in full, with my impartiality-bound '*Is the
BBC Biased?'* hat on, *did* the programme demonstrate BBC bias as regards
the 'Muslim question'?
Well, presenter Samira Ahmed's initial framing of the question *'Are
Muslims being demonised?' *certainly gave a fair wind to one particular
side of the argument:
Bombs are being placed in mosques and a major Islamic organisation says
British Muslims are living in fear. Is that because of an unfair portrayal
of Muslims in the media? Are Muslims being demonised?
Still, in contrast to that, the programme's gues... more »
"Luminarium"
*"Luminarium" *
by Anniina Jokinen
“This site combines several sites first created in 1996 to provide a
starting point for students and enthusiasts of English Literature. Nothing
replaces a quality library, but hopefully this site will help fill the
needs of those who have not access to one. Many works from Medieval,
Renaissance, Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries can be found here.
The site started in early 1996. I remember looking for essays to spark an
idea for a survey class I was taking at the time. It seemed that finding
study materials online was prohibitively difficul... more »
“A LeTTeR FRoM THe ATToRNeY GeNeRaL”
*“A LeTTeR FRoM THe ATToRNeY GeNeRaL”*
by William K. Black
“The idea that the Attorney General of the United States of America would
send such a letter to the representative of a foreign government,
particularly Russia under the leadership of a former KGB official, was so
preposterous that I thought the first news report I read about Attorney
General Holder’s letter concerning Edward Snowden was satire. The joke,
however, was on me. The Obama and Bush administrations have so disgraced
the reputation of the United States’ criminal justice system that we are
forced to promise KGB al... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Horton, Michigan, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
From 9-11 through the present time ..... Just who are we supposedly fighting and why ? Who is Al Qaeda and more important - who are the Al Qaeda affiliates the US Government refuse to identify ?
9/11 Firefighters Reveal Bombs Destroyed WTC lobbyJuly 28, 2013
Print Version
*Source:* Top Info Post
Newly obtained video that was reluctantly released by NIST after a lawsuit
by the International Center for 9/11 Studies shows two firefighters on 9/11
discussing how secondary explosions occurred immediately before the
collapse of the twin towers, providing damning new evidence that explosive
devices were used to bring down the buildings. Firemen discuss how bombs
were going off in the lobby of WTC1 as they were staging to move up the
building. They explain how the building had al... more »
"Luminarium"
*"Luminarium" *
by Anniina Jokinen
“This site combines several sites first created in 1996 to provide a
starting point for students and enthusiasts of English Literature. Nothing
replaces a quality library, but hopefully this site will help fill the
needs of those who have not access to one. Many works from Medieval,
Renaissance, Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries can be found here.
The site started in early 1996. I remember looking for essays to spark an
idea for a survey class I was taking at the time. It seemed that finding
study materials online was prohibitively difficul... more »
"The Object Of Life"
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority,
but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
- Marcus Aurelius
●
Good luck ;-)
- CP
“The US Empire Prepares For War On China”
* “The US Empire Prepares For War On China”*
By Paul Craig Roberts
“Amitai Etzioni has raised an important question: “Who authorized
preparations for war with China?” Etzioni says that the war plan is not the
sort of contingency plan that might be on hand for an improbable event.
Etzioni also reports that the Pentagon’s war plan was not ordered by, and
has not been reviewed by, US civilian authorities. We are confronted with a
neoconized US military out of control endangering Americans and the rest of
the world.
Etzioni is correct that this is a momentous decision made by a neo... more »
Removing the Shackles:Update July 28 - The RV and "New" financial system: Clearing the air
*AK Note: I received some information that indicates the Chinese are now in
control of the SWIFT funds transfer network. There have been some
anomalies in funds movement, whether that is covertly (through Hauwei
network routers?) or through overt means is unknown... *
Sunday, 28 July 2013
*Update July 28- The RV and "New" financial system: Clearing the air*
Posted by D.
Well, it would seem that I've pissed off even more people this week than
usual. While many many people have been waking up to some of the things
I've been talking about for the past 8 months with regards to the... more »
Does the Solution to Climate Change Rest On Economic Reform?
What follows began as a comment I attempted to leave at *A Puff of Absurdity
* in reponse to a post by Marie Snyder that you really should read. In
it, Marie questions whether, as a civilization, we have become "*too stupid
to live*."
*Hi Marie. I have been wrestling with the question of how we can
decarbonize our civilization for quite a while without success. It's a
problem that has a frustrating number of dimensions. Solving one can
create another or worsen others.
I'm beginning to think we need to decouple our political and economic
apparatus from neo-classical "political"... more »
“It Is Happening Again: 18 Similarities Between The Last Financial Crisis And Today”
* *
*“It Is Happening Again: *
*18 Similarities Between The Last Financial Crisis And Today”*
By Michael Snyder
“If our leaders could have recognized the signs ahead of time, do you think
that they could have prevented the financial crisis of 2008? That is a
very timely question, because so many of the warning signs that we saw just
before and during the last financial crisis are popping up again. Many of
the things that are happening right now in the stock market, the bond
market, the real estate market and in the overall economic data are eerily
similar to what we witnessed b... more »
Cyprus and Troika now agree to steal 47.5 percent of deposits over 100,000 euros in Bank of Cyprus !
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyprus-lenders-set-bank-cyprus-104408907.html
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus and its international lenders have agreed to
convert 47.5 percent of deposits exceeding 100,000 euros in Bank of Cyprus
to equity to recapitalize it, banking sources said on Sunday.
Under a programme agreed between Cyprus and lenders in March, large
depositors in Bank of Cyprus were earmarked to pay for the recapitalisation
of the bank. Authorities initially converted 37.5 percent of deposits
exceeding 100,000 euros into equity, and held an additional 22.5 percent as
a buffer in the ev... more »
ALEC - The Deadly Virus of Local Democracy
This read, this morning is pretty scary stuff.
Important to remember that North Carolina is under attack by ALEC
legislators.
Important to remember what happens in one state - by ALEC legislators -
soon spreads like a deadly virus to other states.
Important to remember that North Carolina is testing an ALEC model that
destroys cities.
After you read the thole article - which I strongly suggest - would you
like to see American be the "reborn south" - Plantation owners sitting on
the front porch while the rest of us work for no wages, living in a
windowless shanty with 12 people to a... more »
ALEC - pernicious and immoral
If you are interested in all things legal when it comes to the Trayvon
Martin case -
this
*>>>>HERE<<<<*
web blog entry is pretty intense with the Florida legal part of the story.
But the closing paragraph caught my attention and I couldn't agree with
them more.
Again this returns us to Stand Your Ground Laws and the part played in
their passage by ALEC. They even want to restrict what a doctor can tell
his patients about gun violence. Their influence in our society is not
productive. It is pernicious and immoral. They must not be allowed to
continue to dictate the course of our nat... more »
Syria Updates - July 28 , 2013 ... UN reaches accord with Government of Syria regarding chemical weapons investigation.... War updates as Rebels and Government make various claims regarding battle successes , atrocities.....
UN says accord reached on Syria chemical arms
Agreement to probe use of chemical weapons reached after UN envoys hold
talks with officials in Damascus.
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Angela Kane, UN high representative for disarmament, visited Damascus on
Wednesday for talks [Reuters]
The United Nations said it had reached an agreement with Syria on an
inquiry into the use of chemical weapons, but did not say UN inspectors
would be allowed in... more »
Who Cares About Dogs And Cats?
We wouldn't have endorsed state Senator Daylin Leach for the open
congressional seat in Northeast Philadelphia and Montgomery County (PA-13)
if he *wasn't* pro-choice and pro-environment and pro-equality. The fact
that he's been a leader in the state legislature on these matters made it
all the easier. But, in the end, we decided to back Daylin because he has
been such a strong and effective fighter on behalf of economic justice.
He's a Blue America candidate because he stands up for ordinary working
families and because he doesn't sell out to the special interests that have
bough... more »
Chicago next to follow Detroit ? Chicago sees its cash balance falls to 33 million , debt triples , ratings plummet........
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-28/chicago-next-windy-city-cash-balance-plummets-only-33-million-debt-triples
Chicago Next? Windy City Cash Balance Plummets To Only $33 Million As Debt
Triples
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/28/2013 11:06 -0400
- Bond
- Capital Markets
- Detroit
- Ford
- New Normal
- Pension Crisis
- Rahm Emanuel
While everyone's attention is focused on the Detroit bankruptcy, and just
what assets the city will sell in lieu of raising a DIP loan, perhaps it is
time to refocus attention to the cit... more »
The Great Aztec Debate on Paracast
Well, the great Aztec debate is over and the winner is… Yeah, you’d think
that but it was probably Scott Ramsey. After all, he had immersed himself
in the case for twenty years and was able to divert the conversation into
other arenas without doing much damage to his own point of view. You can
listen to the show here:
NOW PLAYING! July 28, 2013 — Scott Ramsey and Kevin D. Randle
Take, for example, this investigation that was apparently launched by the
Air Force Office of Special Investigation into a claim that someone had
offered for sale pictures of the Aztec flying saucer in lat... more »
Untitled
*Hurricane Isaac: the rest of the story, Part 3 ~Fix the Pumps *
FAKERY IN EGYPT
Someone is trying to start a civil war in Egypt.
"Rumours, fabricated images and fake accounts have emerged on Facebook and
Twitter..."
Altered Images: Egypt's disinformation war
Da Begad?
*Morsi supporters "used one image of a group carrying a cross to claim
Christians had led protests against the Islamist president. *
"The photograph dated from 2012, it later emerged.
"It has been claimed that photographs of dead children were presented by
pro-Morsi supporters as evidence of killings by the Egyptian Army, with the
military saying the images had originated from the conflict in... more »
true
Just
because
you
believe
something
doesn't
make
it
true.
Turkey Prime Minister Erdogan slams UN and EU as he compares criticism of Turkey's handling of its protesters with treatment of Egypt's protesters by Egypt's military ....
http://rt.com/news/erdogan-slams-eu-reaction-egypt-695/
Erdogan lashes out at EU, UN over Egypt v Turkey unrest reaction
Published time: July 28, 2013 11:23
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[image: Demonstrators for and against ousted president Mohamed Morsi hurl
stones at each other as they clash near Egypt's landmark Tahrir square on
July 5, 2013 in Cairo. (L) Protestors clash with riot police between Taksim
and Besiktas in Istanbul, on June 1, 2013, during a demonstration against
the demolition of the park. (R) (AFP Photo)]
Demonstrators for and against ousted president Mohamed Morsi hurl stones at ... more »
Edward Snowden and NSA blowback updates - July 28 , 2013......Snowden still in the airport transit zone , can stay there for an unlimited amount of time , not leaving anytime soon ...
http://rbth.ru/news/2013/07/27/snowden_may_stay_at_airport_transit_zone_unlimited_amount_of_time_-_just_28431.html
Snowden may stay at airport transit zone unlimited amount of time - Justice
Ministry
16:28 July 27, 2013 Interfax
Russian laws do not limit the time for which former CIA employee Edward
Snowden may stay at the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, and
he bears no liability for the absence of documents, the Russian Justice
Ministry said.
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Full story: Edward Snowden
"Russian law does not stipulate the du... more »
Did Ulysses arrive in the same ship he left in?
Is identity the continuity of substance or essence?
AS the Performing Enhancing Drug Suspensions loom this week - does A- Rod take a deal or insist or fighting out a losing case ? Reading between the lines , it seems the hammer on the PED suspensions and A- Rod's fate should be known as quickly as August 1......
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-team/deal-a-rod-faces-historic-ban-article-1.1411133
If Alex Rodriguez refuses deal from MLB, Bud Selig is expected to pursue
lifetime suspension According to a source, if A-Rod accepted a settlement
that would call for him to be suspended for the rest of this year and the
entire 2014 season without pay, he would still have a chance to collect the
$60 million the Yankees would owe him from 2015 to 2017.
Armed with voluminous evidence they believe would warrant lifetime
banishment, Major League Baseball officials hope to know by Monday if Alex
R... more »
10 Fun Ways to Paint With Kids and Project Link-Up
This week we have been trying out different ways to paint, here are some of
our favorites.
Kool-Aid Painting with The Chocolate Muffin Tree.
Corn Syrup Painting with Eighteen25.
Balloon Painting from Irresistible ideas.
Marble Maze Painting with Housing a Forest.
Cookie Cutter Painting with The Masked Mommy.
Painting with Candy from Growing a Jeweled Rose.
Pom-Pom painting with Mum of One.
Rainbow Q-Tip Painting from Makes and Takes.
Elastic Band Painting from Fun Learning at Alison's FDC.
Colored Puffy Paint with Crafting with Bug.
Now to this week's Creative Showca... more »
Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up, if resolution is passed
Just when you thought that the Saudi Arabian government's oppression of
women couldn't get any more extreme...
'Women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up under Saudi
Arabia's latest repressive measure, it was reported yesterday.
The ultra-conservative Islamic state has said it has the right to
stop women revealing 'tempting' eyes in public.
...
Women in Saudi Arabia already have to wear a long black cloak, called an
abaya, cover their hair and, in some regions, conceal their faces while in
public.
If they do not, they face punishments including fines and public... more »
Capitalist Scum-bags
The tragedy at Lac Megantic was the result of ruthless cost-cutting. Cut
costs - increase profits. Increase profits to "invest" in financial
flim-flam and conspicuous consumption.
These guys just want to cut everything to the bone and then they rely on
government bail-outs whenever anything goes wrong. And, of course, to
ensure that things go wrong, get some scum-bag politicians like Dick Cheney
or stephen harper (ego-inflated, anti-democratic errand boys) to
"de-regulate" everything to save you as many pennies as they can. And so
offshore oil-rigs and freight-trains full of toxic... more »
Fubar- Fukushima updates - July 28 , 2013.....TEPCO has no clue of what trenches are involved here , where they might be , how many there - this is due to various upgrades over the years with the blueprints inaccessible .....meanwhile extremely radioactive materials is leaching into the groundwater and then into the ocean.... ......
SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013
#Fukushima I Nuke Plant Groundwater Contamination: No One Fully Knows
Exactly Where Trenches and Ducts Are Located, How They Are Connected
Tokyo Shinbun has a pictorial showing the locations of the known trenches
along the seawall. I think it is more helpful than TEPCO's pictorial, which
does not show the embankment which is clearly created artificially. It also
nicely summarizes the entire article.
It shows the possibility of seawater and groundwater mixing beneath the sea
level. If the highly contaminated water in the trenches from the turbine
buildings to t... more »
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*Sportswriters think Rob Ryan has something to prove ~Ted Lewis, Saints
Advocate*
*Accountability back for Saints with Payton's return ~WWLTV*
*Rabalais: Unconventional Rob Ryan seems like right fit ~BlackandGold.com*
*Landrieu family property abuts in zone targeted for investment ~Jaquetta
White*
*Iberville demolition marks end of an era*
*BRPD arresting citizens under invalid sodomy law *
*Satchmo Festival this week!*
Holey Toledo - Two Dangerous Sinkholes in One Month
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Amanda Warren
Something strange is befalling Toledo, Ohio. Actually, people are literally
falling into Toledo.
In early July, on the 3rd, Pamela Knox age 60 was driving on Detroit Ave.
and Bancroft in downtown Toledo when she noticed the road before her caving
in. The car in front of her just barely made it over the growing chasm but
there was no time for her before she found herself 10 feet below the road
in a 15ft wide hole. Parts of the road fell onto her car, water spewed out
from a broken line.
You may be familiar wi... more »
Drone Spotting App (Humor)
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'Bitcoin steals power from both banks & gangsters'
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Digital currency Bitcoin is gaining popularity around the globe as people
become more and more dissatisfied with the conventional banking system.
Instant, safe and nearly anonymous, is what Bitcoin claims to be. It takes
no commission for transactions and can be used internationally wherever you
have internet access. Is it the currency of the future?
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Under New Proposed Internet Laws, We Will All Be Felons
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Their word could soon become law Dave Hodges
Did you know it is a misdemeanor to use your work computer to email your
friends? If you check the score of the ballgame from work, it is also a
misdemeanor. If you make reservations for dinner from your work computer
you have also committed a crime. If you check your Facebook account on your
lunch break from your work computer, you could be fined and could go to
jail.
The law which criminalizes such behaviors is called the 1986 Computer Fraud
and Abuse Act; and if the Department... more »
Employee Bonus: Teens Working For Monsanto Sprayed by Crop Duster
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Daisy Luther
Remember when farm work was a wholesome summer job for kids looking for a
little extra pocket money?
Back in the day, teens could work outside, learn about farming, and do some
healthy physical labor without major health risks. Working on a farm built
physical strength, skills, and character.
Now, with the advent of toxic agricultural practices, farm work can be
deadly because of exposure to glyphosate and other deadly chemicals.
Nearly 80 teenagers working for Team Corn, a Princeton, Ill.-based company
that co... more »
I Knew It Was A Safe Bet Pelosi Wouldn't Do Anything To Make Me Eat My Hat
The day before the big vote on the Amash-Conyers Amendment to protect the
4th Amendment from encroachments by the NSA, someone on a discussion group
I participate in asked how the Democratic leaders would vote. I pointed out
that Hoyer already had his national security puppet, Dutch Ruppersberger,
yell and scream about it in terms of Bush era terrorist scare tactics,
signaling that Hoyer would oppose the amendment and that conservative
shills Steve Israel and Debbie Wasserman Schultz would follow. As for
Pelosi, I said that I couldn't imagine her going up against Obama on
somethin... more »
The Speech You'll Never Hear
The evidence keeps piling up. When Hurricane Sandy tore up the Jersey Shore
and flooded New York City, Americans started talking about climate change.
But when Calgary was inundated last month, Jason Kenny called it a "once in
a century event," claiming that everybody cleaned up and went about their
business the last time Calgary was flooded, in 1892. When Toronto's subway
stations were under water last month, you would think that Stephen Harper
-- whose *real* home town is Toronto -- would have taken note.
Edward Greenspan writes, in the *Toronto Star*, that the event should have... more »
Update July 28- The RV and "New" financial system: Clearing the air
Well, it would seem that I've pissed off even more people this week than
usual. While many many people have been waking up to some of the things
I've been talking about for the past 8 months with regards to the "RV",
"NESARA" etc, many have also been seriously ticked off. Pissed off to
the
point that I'm basically persona non grata in the intel community-
apparently I have the intel "cooties". I'll get back to my cooties
issue
in a moment....
Last weekend John from the Nesara web site posted an article that
reflectedsome of my opinions about the RV etc, that I've discussed
ove... more »
Dr Who and Women
Hat tip to @catherinebuca for pointing me in the direction of the STFU
Moffat tumblr about the vexatious relationship between *Dr Who* and women.
Or, rather, that that exists for the show's lead writer, Steven Moffat.
Basically, long-time readers who liked these pieces will very much enjoy
what's on offer.
Below, for example, is typical of the crap that is take on and challenged.
This from 'Gustaff', a guest writer at Doctor Who TV website on whether the
next Doctor should be a woman:
“I can’t imagine this change happening to the Doctor any time soon as it
would cause all sorts of ... more »
13 year old Canadian Victoria Grant on Corrupt Banking, Governments & Corporations
*From the mouth of babes.*
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*Bravo, Victoria. *
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Source: https://www.facebook.com/RepresentDotUs
Ma and China in the News
*My son practices for the driver's license exam.*
*But they were shut out, listening at a door to words not meant for them:
ill-mannered children or stupid servants overhearing the elusive discourse
of their elders, and wondering how it would affect their lot. Of loftier
mould these two were made: reverend and wise. It was inevitable that they
should make alliance.*
Lots of stuff on the 1992 consensus, One China, and Ma Ying-jeou this week.
China congratulated Ma on his victory in the KMT chairmanship election --
it was a proper CCP/KMT election, with only one candidate. Taipei Tim... more »
Terrorists
Hmm, I suspect many of you will *not* be surprised that *Sunday Morning Live
* is discussing the question '*Are Muslims being demonised?*', prompted by
a letter from the Muslim Council of Britain to the Home Secretary last week
urging the government to act on the issue.
The programme is framing the discussion in this way:
Does the way Muslims are portrayed by media and elsewhere play a role in
creating an environment where Muslims are made to feel alienated – or are
these the actions of a small minority of criminals, who have paid no
attention to constant efforts from politicians an... more »
Gay Edgar Hoover
One medical expert told Summers that Hoover was of "strongly predominant
homosexual orientation", while another medical expert categorized him as a
"bisexual with failed heterosexuality".
Hoover was a devoted Freemason, being raised a Master Mason on November 9,
1920, in Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC, just two months before his
26th birthday. During his 52 years with the Masons, he received many
medals, awards and decorations.
Eventually in 1955, he was coroneted a Thirty-Third Degree Inspector
General Honorary in the Southern Scottish Rite Jurisdiction. He was also
awarde... more »
Sunday, Flipping Sunday
This week's* Sunday*, as predicted, discussed the pay day loans issue. It
pitted a left-wing campaigner against such companies against another critic
of such companies (from the Anglican Church) - though "pitted" isn't really
the right word given that they both agreed with each other.
There was, also as predicted, discussion of the Catholic Church - and its
coverage (as you'll see below) tallied well with my expectations of it (as
outlined in the last-but-one post).
Here's a summary of how the programme unfolded.
7.10 *Introduction*, by William Crawley
7.11 *Unrest in Egypt*. I... more »
A PERFECT BIRTH
*Alison Jackson/Rex/Rex USA.** www.alisonjackson.com*
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"The precise sequence of events in the delivery room will always remain a
closely guarded secret for those present...
*"They have refused all requests for interview."*
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**a perfect birth*
*
*
"But the family of neonatologist* Dr Sunit Godambe*... have told of their
pride that their treasured son helped deliver a future King."
Dr Godambe studied paediatrics in India.
According to the Mail on Sunday, Kate "sailed through a textbook delivery."
*11 hours labour and all natural - a perfect birth*
"The Duchess of Cambridge gave ... more »
Some amazing technological advances
I am getting lots of similar news and sometimes I collide with some of them
in the media. Sometimes they sound amazing.
First, MIT has developed a perfect mirror – a material that reflects
electromagnetic waves without any losses.
Now, Tesla Motors and Colorado's company SpaceX believe that they can build
an amazingly fast superhighway of evacuated tubes where you can drive from
California to NYC in an hour.
A combination of magnetic levitation, vacuum would allow minivan-sized
capsules to travel up to 6,000 kph and the replacement for the
EastCoast-WestCoast air ticket would c... more »
Call Him the Breeze (JJ Cale Is Gone)
JJ Cale is gone. He got the green light. He's moving out of here. Singer,
songwriter, producer, artist extraordinaire, he influenced just about every
performing artist that I've ever admired. He was a joy to listen to and
watch perform. His little smile at the end of a song was always a treasure.
So sad to hear this. Seems like the best are making tracks. He will be
missed. "They Call Me
Commentary On Egypt
*"It was all good just a week ago"*
*Commentary On Egypt*
*An excerpt from, "History rhymes in Egypt" by Colonel Patrick Lang (July
27):*
The forces of political Islam are now pitted against pretty much the rest
of Egypt in the same sort of existential struggle. They all know that.
Saudi Arabia is backing the military backed government because it detests
the MB version of Islamism. The United States, having aligned itself with
the MB, has zero leverage with General Sisi because the US backs people who
would kill him if they could. There are other sources of military supply i... more »
Something Fishy About Fish Oil? Probably Not
I take a lot of supplements. I'm cutting back drastically. But I still take
something like 30 a day. In the essential oils category, I've been taking,
a the recommendation of my doctor, two different kinds. I take 3 omega
fatty acid softgels-- Udo's 3-6-9 Blend-- made from flax, sesame,
sunflower, coconut, & evening primrose. And I've been taking two EPA-DHA
720 softgells made by Metagenics and made from sardine, anchovy and
mackerel oil. My doctor says it's the best on the market. Then a few days
ago, in the *NY Times* I read that this kind of fish oil may cause prostate
cancer. ... more »
After Assassinations In Arab Spring Nations, Protesters Express Their Anger At The Muslim Brotherhood
*Libya*
An excerpt from, *"Musmari killing sparks protests against Muslim
Brotherhood"* by Maha Ellawati (Libya Herald, July 27):
The killing of popular Libyan political activist, Abdulsalam Musmari, in
Benghazi has sparked country-wide protests against the Muslim Brotherhood.
*Hundreds of men and women in Benghazi took to the streets last night in
fury at the assassination of Musmari, one in a string of recent killings.
Two military officials were also assassinated last night in Benghazi, one
shot in the back while he was praying.*
*Convinced that members of the Muslim Brotherhoo... more »
ON THE STREETS OF SYDNEY
Yesterday morning Victoria and I joined a protest by the Australian
Anti-Bases Campaign in Sydney. We met at a park where people dressed
themselves in white with white masks and carried signs calling themselves
the Invisibles since the Australian corporate media refuses to cover their
protests against the growing militarization of their country.
As we walked in single file through the busy Saturday morning streets
leaflets were handed to people, cars honked, a bus driver flashed us the
peace sign, and we got a nice reaction from the public. We ended up at city
hall and a sound sys... more »
"sharecroppers on wheels": port truckers are organizing, and they are winning
When is an employee not an employee? The answer to this riddle is rapidly
becoming the true face of employment in the North America today.
In her brilliant investigative book *Bait and Switch*, Barbara Ehrenreich
writes about "jobs" that require scare quotes. These "jobs" provide no
salary, no benefits, and no workplace. In most cases, the "employee"
finances the most basic tools of the trade out of their own pockets. Real
estate agents, insurance salespeople, and cosmetic salespeople often fall
under this category. You might be surprised to learn that many truckers do,
too.
From Ch... more »
a teenager's courage reveals the brutality of anti-choicers: "please stop calling me a whore"
This articulate and courageous 14-year-old girl says she wants to be a
science teacher when she grows up. I hope she will also be a writer,
because this is one of the best personal essays I have read.
I'm a 14-year-old girl who has lived in Austin, Texas, my whole life. I
like art, music and talking on the phone with my friends. When I grow up,
I'd like to become a science teacher.
I also believe in the right to choose and the separation of church and
state. Or to put it another way -- to put it the way I wrote it when I was
protesting at the Capitol last week:
*"Jesus isn't a dic... more »
Population Control 18: Billions of RH Services Even Without an RH law
This poster has been circulating in some friends’ facebook wall, like new
but good friend, Butch Cabanban. I made this comment on Butch’s wall,
*Ako naman Butch, Ethell, anti-RH but for zero religious reason, pure econ
and pol philosophy lang. No one prohibits people from donating their own
resources to distribute condoms, pills, etc. for free to the poor. Gawad
Kalinga (GK) or Books for the Barrios (BftB) or Rotary Homes, etc. did not
say that they needed a GK bill or BftB bill to become a law first before
they will build a single house or distribute books to the poor. If people
h... more »
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*Levee board’s suit could be landmark case ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans
Advocate*
YouTube Watch: From Paraguay with love -- "Watch the First 54 Seconds. That's All I Ask. You'll Be Hooked" (Adam Albright-Hanna)
*by Ken*
This video (which, given its wide-screen format, you might want to watch on
YouTube directly) came to me as a pass-along, from an upworthy.com post by
Adam Albright-Hanna whose full title is:
*"Watch the First 54 Seconds. That's All I Ask. You'll Be Hooked After
That, I Swear" (Adam Albright-Hanna)"*
It's at about 0:51 that the boy who has just described how his "cello" was
constructed -- out of discarded scrap materials, starting with an oil can
for the body of the instrument -- begins to play the opening Prelude of the
Bach First Cello Suite. And sure enough, I was hoo... more »
Fear for the future . . .
WIRED
has a frightening report by John Bohannon, “Why Are Some People So
Smart? The Answer Could Spawn a Generation of Superbabies”. Really, just
sooner than I was expecting. After sixty years of DNA research and
computer development, serious effort is being made by non-dogmatic
people taking advantage of today's super-computers to get the crunching
done. The article is worth contemplating if
Six Nations of the Grand River
The Grand River 'Champion of Champions' Powwow Committee is a group of
highly motivated, community spirited volunteers who have for the past three
decades, staged and organized, on behalf of the Six Nations of the Grand
River, a Aboriginal Multicultural event, annually the fourth weekend of
July; so as to promote our rich arts heritage by showcasing our 'pride' in
music, dance, arts and crafts.
1200 prisoners break out of Benghazi prison ? Only 18 captured so far , meaning 1,182 on the run ! Benghazi Congresswoman quits citing deteriorating security across the Libya... Forgotten Libya reveals decline in state of affairs has gotten sharper......
http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/07/27/massive-jailbreak-near-benghazi-1200-convicts-on-the-run/
Massive jailbreak near Benghazi – 1,182 convicts on the run
*By Ahmed Elumami*.
Kuayfia prison, the scene of a major jailbreak in the early hours of this
morning
*Benghazi, 27 July 2013*:
More than a thousand prisoners are on the run in the east of Libya,
following a major jailbreak during a riot at Kuayfia Prison near Benghazi.
A total of 1,200 convicted criminals escaped from the government facility,
which is some ten kilometres to the east of Benghazi, at 4.30 this morning.
They made the... more »
Spain and humor in the crisis. Artistic but razor-sharp political parodies as social lightning rods.
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link: http://youtu.be/l3mteHWav1o - click in picture to start this film!
*Humour is a gift of the gods*. In particular in times of a crisis. Spain
is in a crisis as never before. President Mariano Rajoy and his team of
ministers is desperately trying to lift their beautiful country and
generally light-hearted, positive people out of a structural mess that
hardly took 12 years to grow out of control. Enough is told about that. How
do people survive?
It's hardly possible! Social structures within Spain weren't prepared to
deal with long-lasting high unemployment, too little action was... more »
Gaia Portal: Collapsing Shadow Forms Seek Retrieval of Energies via Reverse Vortex Rotation
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* *Collapsing Shadow Forms Seek Retrieval of Energies via Reverse Vortex
Rotation*
by ÉirePort
Collapsing shadow forms ("dark" entities) seek retrieval of energies via
reverse vortex rotation at local and individual levels.
Disruptions in "standard" 3D-4D surface Earth operations and services may
result, depending largely upon status of individual and group consciousness
levels at those locations.
Resistance of such reverse vortexes only strengthens the intensity of such,
whereas rising above such disempowers them.
Such situations are temporary only and persist only as long... more »
Gaia Portal: Alignment and attunement with Gaia Central is called for at this now moment
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* *Alignment and attunement with Gaia Central is called for at this now
moment*
by ÉirePort
Alignment and attunement with Gaia Central is called for at this now
moment. Inner Enlightened Earth calls for alignment and attunement, in
particular, with dissolution of non-Gaia-serving "protocols" and
"paradigms", and formation of Higher Gaia protocols and paradigms.
Alignment and attunement with Essence is essential.
ÉirePort | July 27, 2013 at 17:29
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-ne
Twenty questions the sheeple mainstream media won't touch with the proverbial ten foot pole.......
http://intellihub.com/2013/07/25/20-controversial-questions-the-mainstream-media-wont-touch-with-a-ten-foot-pole/
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Today, the average American watches 153 hours of television a month. That
is a staggering amount of information that is being pumped into our brains,
and they don’t call it “programming” for no reason.
Unfortunately, even though Americans are so “plugged in”, there are many
important things that they never get to hear about. The following are 20
questions that the mainstream media won’t touch with a ten foot pole right
now…
*#1* Was foul play involved in the he... more »
Considering the imprisonment of Abdulelah Haider Shaye for three years in Yemen for reporting on drone deaths caused by US drones , in light of the strange death of Michael Hastings in his exploding Mercedes that went out of control - and then the hasty and unapproved ( by his family ) cremation , which of course makes investigation in his death extremely difficult , I would be careful if I was Glenn Greenwald ( wisely testifying remotely from Brazil ) as unfortunate things to reporters who aren't following the pre-approved scripts......
Abdulelah Haider Shaye ‘put in prison because he had the audacity to
expose’ deadly US drone strike
By *Jacob Chamberlain*
*Common Dreams*
July 26,2013
The White House is “concerned and disappointed” over the news that Yemeni
Journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye, who was kept in a Yemeni jail for three
years per the request of the Obama administration after he exposed a deadly
U.S. drone strike, was released Tuesday.
Following news of Shaye’s release, journalist Jeremy Scahill, who has
written extensively about Shaye’s story, contacted the White House for a
comment.
The White House’s re... more »
'1984 is now!': Germans Protest Berlin's Role in NSA Spying on Snowden Day, 27 July 2013
*Published on Jul 27, 2013*
* *
Privacy rights activists have demonstrated across Germany against U.S.
worldwide surveillance - and Berlin's role in it. The revelations by Edward
Snowden, have ignited public anger among Germans who say that their
government let them down - as RT's Peter Oliver reports.
BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 27: Activists protest against the electronic
surveillance tactics of the NSA on July 27, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The
NSA scandal has been especially contentious in Germany after media reports
claimed the NSA had conducted wide scale gathering of el... more »
Urging the One People to come together
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*“A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more
intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the
work of art nearest to life itself. It may be translated into every
language, and not only be read but actually breathed from all human lips;
-- not be represented on canvas or in marble only, but be carved out of the
breath of life itself.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
This is an urgent call to the one people. WE ARE ONE. WE ARE ONE. WE ARE
ONE.
A PART OF US HAS STOOD UP FOR ALL OF US. SHE IS CURRENTLY B... more »
In high summer
We think of late July as high summer. It's a bit more droughty this year
than even last year, as we did expect, and we are having to pay a great
deal of attention to the mulch and water.
The potatoes should be lifted soon, as they have attracted the attention of
gophers. Tomatoes and beans have set fruit but are not ready to pick. The
corn is tasseling out and the pumpkins are greenly growing on the vines.
Risa has been cutting up excess vegetation from around the place and adding
it to the compost heaps. She's moving irrigation and deepening mulch. She's
also hiding a lot. There h... more »
Summers Love? NC Guv. Pat McCrory - Not As Astute As He Thought - Doesn't Know Or Care What's In Vote-Denying-But-Art-Pope-OK'd Bill and Conscience Laundering (Buffett's Son's Apologia)
Newsflash! Looks Like Larry Summers Will Be Named New FED Chairman by
ObamaWhat does this deep Love of Summers tell us about the White House and
today’s Democratic Party?Ezra Klein, whose White House sourcing is
eminently reliable, has provided the launching pad for most of the Summers
trial balloons. Klein and co-writer Evan Soltas stated
unequivocally Thursday that “President Obama wants
The poison spreads . . .
THE
TORONTO STAR has a frightening report by Emma Pullman and Martin
Lukacs: ‘Nobody understands’ spills at Alberta oil sands operation.
There's been a bitumen blow-out — and they don't know how to stop it.
This apparently originated from a government scientist. The question is,
how long has the Stevie government known about this, and what are they
doing about it?
Obamacare lowering insurance rates
In a mad rush to beat the clock on reality, Republicans are still trying to
figure out how to destroy Obummercare. It appears they're going to lose
that race, as the good news on Obamacare keeps rolling in.
Health premiums in Maryland’s exchanges will be “among the lowest of the 12
states that have available proposed or approved rates for comparison,” the
state’s exchange — Maryland Health Connection — announced Friday. The news
comes just as New York,Oregon, Montana, California, and Louisiana are also
reporting lower than expected premiums.
How did this happen, you ask? Well in Ma... more »
Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy
1977 was a great year for many reasons. *Star Wars*. My entering the world.
And this:
On Au
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *NY Times*.
The topic is whether you should invest in gold as part of your portfolio.
After you read the column, you might find the following problem of
interest. It is based on roughly plausible assumptions.
Imagine that you start off with a portfolio of 60 percent stocks and 40
percent bonds. The returns on stocks, bonds, and gold are uncorrelated.
Stocks earn a higher expected return than bonds. Bonds and gold earn the
same lower expected return, but gold returns are three times as volatile as
bond returns, as measured by the standar... more »
What Should We Do About Obamacare?
Obamacare was a flawed, compromised "solution" from day one, based on a
mediocre conservative set of ideas that were meant to prevent the passage
of a single payer system (Medicare for All) by progressives. At best,
people see the benefits, overlook the flaws and are coming to accept it,
despite partisan GOP hysteria. I hope you read Norm Ornstein's report for *The
Atlantic* about the unprecedented, contemptible GOP quest to sabotage
Obamacare. "What the Republicans are doing now," he assets-- and proves--
"goes beyond mere hardball politics-- and could hurt millions of Americans ... more »
Lambeth
BANNED BOOK JAN 2013!!! - UK GOVT - WHISTLEBLOWER - BOOK BANNED!!! from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
http://lambethchildabuseandcoverup.com/
Due to two Court Orders made by Mr Justice Tugendhat at the Royal Courts of
Justice in London on 1 February 2013 (at which the Publisher nor either
author was present), this website has been suspended until further notice.
Please note that the book FROM HILLSBOROUGH TO LAMBETH is also the subject
of the Court Orders and therefore is not presently for sale or distribution.
The Court Orders are to be the subject of an Appeal.
Any comments can be sent ... more »
This Doesn't Look Quite Right
A knife-wielding man on a TTC streetcar last night wound up on the
receiving end of a barrage of police gunfire. A horde of cops had the
streetcar surrounded when one officer opened fire. First three shots.
Then another four shots and then another and finally one last shot.
Nine shots? The cop firing was obviously a good distance from the
suspect. Plenty of other officers were just casually milling around,
apparently not in any fear for their safety.
We can't see what the suspect was doing before the officer opened fire or
to the point where the firing finally stopped. Pe... more »
INTERNET FILTER
*The Chinese firm Huawei controls the internet filter praised by the UK
Prime Minister David Cameron*
*
**Anonymous comments:*
The artificial debates between Capitalism and Communism, "*nationalised*"
central banks and *private* ownership, *democracy* and dictatorships are *
deceptions*.
Obviously it does not matter who owns a corporation:
Who *secret*ly *control*s it rules.
"Huawei strongly denies having close ties with the Chinese government,
pointing out it is 98.6% owned by its employees - with the remaining amount
held by Mr Ren"
"Huawei's founder Ren Zhengfei, a former o... more »
“FEMA Mobilizing For Collapse – 2nd American Revolution?”
*“FEMA Mobilizing For Collapse – 2nd American Revolution?”*
By Live Free or Die
According to financial experts in this excellent video, a compilation of
MSM news reports just released today by Jason A, there is nothing that can
stop the forthcoming collapse in America. To quote Jeff Berwick in this
report, founder and chief editor of The Dollar Vigilante, “…there is no
chance of recovery, we are in the last days of this financial system in the
US, this is Zimbabwe. When it starts to collapse, it’s going to happen very
fast. If people don’t wake up to what is going on, they’re going... more »
Jon Leyne 1958-2013
A familiar face (and voice) to those of us who blog about the BBC and are
interested in matters Middle Eastern, Jon Leyne, one of the corporation's
most experienced reporter, has died of a brain tumour. He was taken ill
whilst reporting from Cairo, some time ago.
You may remember that he also used to report from Tehran - until the regime
there threw him out.
Fran Unsworth, acting BBC Director of News, has said:
"Jon was a brave and courageous journalist in the best traditions of the
BBC. He had an insatiable curiosity and told complex stories in an engaging
and accessible way."
Robin Roberts and ABC News!
*SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2013*
*Incompetent, morally feckless:* ABC News must be the purest distillation
of overpaid moral fecklessness.
Also of incompetence! Consider the high-profile segment it broadcast on
Thursday evening’s Nightline.
The segment featured excerpts of Robin Roberts’ interview with Juror B29,
one of the jurors in the George Zimmerman trial. Because various jurors
have gone into hiding, this juror only revealed her first name: Maddy.
How incompetent is ABC News? The Nightline segment ran just 1700 words.
Midway through, this exchange occurred:
ROBERTS (7/25/13): What ... more »
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