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Egypt: Agents Provocateurs
From 2011, but very current.
Really? You think so?
Look again.
Look at people's feet.
Are those Army Converse standard regulation issue?
What about the market stall camo pants...?
This man is an Israeli Sayanim or Muslim Brotherhood provocatuer in a
stolen tactical helmet - the two soliders pulling her away from him by her
arms are rescuing her from him.
It turns out they actually still do this in Egypt....
Wow.
Moonwalking Over a Man's Grave
"Don't you remember what happened to Martin Luther King Jr.....?"
The American Martyr so nice, they killed him twice.
It's an American tradition to never tire or exhaust a Blood Libel once the
accused becomes the deceased.
Indeed, that's the ideal time to take things up a notch and replace brute
force character attacks with something altogether more sophisticated and
insidious.
In American Society, this grand old tradition would seem to apply doubley
so in the case of a so-called Negro as the mark.
In 2011, Black Historians, Negro Historians and distinguished research
fellows of... more »
Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) - Threat To National Sovereignty
by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar
*Editor’s Note*: *The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement
represents the economic arm of the US pivot to the Asia-Pacific region, and
threatens to undermine the sovereignty of participating countries.
Washington lacks a fundamental economic vision, and as its influence in the
world continues to wane, the TPP is an attempt to harness the growth and
dynamism of South East Asia’s tiger cub economies as a counterweight to
China’s influence in the region. The trade deal imposes familiar neoliberal
policies written by and for the benefit of US multina... more »
The One People's Show 7-8-13 and Ginger's Notes
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Hosts: Lisa Harrison, Bob Wright, Chris Hales and Brian Kelly
This show was essentially about . . . preparing for when Heather in Morocco
will release the next documents we will use at the banks . . . all while
Helen in Australia is laying down the banking path, based upon her recent
banking adventures . . . as well as banking updates from dedicated Aussies,
Uwe Schaf... more »
USA BEHIND MASSACRE IN EGYPT?
*Ayman al-Zawahiri. *
Provocateurs are at work in Egypt.
*A Cairo doctor, a Morsi supporter, relates:*
"I saw four to six motorcycles coming from the direction of the *Rabaa
intersection* to the Republican Guard barracks...
*"The men on the motorcycles were all masked.*
*
*
*"And it was hard to see them through the dark and the tear-gas smoke, but
they seemed to be shooting.*
*"They were coming from behind the protesters, so they were shooting toward
the protesters and the Army. *
"Then the Army started firing. And the protestors were firing. I saw firing
from both sides."
An Ar... more »
Your moment of Zen
Bristol, Tennessee. [Andrew Hunt photo]
So, where do emotions come from?
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A new study suggesting some people’s brains are “hard-wired” for panic and
anxiety is the dead end of mainstream psychology’s dismissal of the mind, says
psychologist Dr Michael Hurd.
[The] new University of Wisconsin-Madison imaging study shows the brains of
people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have weaker connections
between a brain structure that controls emotional response, and the
amygdala, which plays a key role in the processing of emotions. The study
suggests that the brain's "panic button" may stay “on” due to lack of
regulation.
Not so fast... more »
Chad and Jeremy: A Summer Song...
*1964...*
Lyrics? Just okay. The music? The construction in terms of chords and
melody were ahead of its time and very well though out.
*and now? Looking pretty damn good!!!*
Papers on the ER-EPR correspondence
This new, standardized, elegant enough name of the Maldacena-Susskind
proposal that I used in the title already exceeds the price of this blog
entry that you had to pay. ;-)
Yesterday, there was a one-page critical paper by Hrvoje Nikolić of Zagreb,
Croatia, EU trying to criticize the ER-EPR correspondence. When I am
looking at similar articles, I am often ashamed to be a European: Nikolić
attacking MS reminds me of an angry and hungry dog attacking Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven except that in those good old
times, the composers were European and the dogs were Ame... more »
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VIDEO: Hired Guns/Mercenaries in the Penokee Mountains
Corporate America's response to "activists"
A new level of disgrace in the USA.
These aren't hired guns
These are mercenaries - with automatic weapons - and their finger on the
trigger.
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What are you reacting to?
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EZLN, National Indigenous Congress, support Yaqui water rights blockade
Yaqui
blockade highway near Vicam Pueblo, Sonora
Censored News
The Zapatistas' EZLN and National Indigenous Congress of Mexico are
standing in solidarity with Yaqui who have blockaded a main highway in
Sonora, to protest the theft of their water from Rio Yaqui, by way of
the Independence Aqueduct.
"We
demand the immediate cancellation of the arrest warrants and fabricated
charges
Social Media Can Help Old People Stave Off Senility
Although it appears to not be working out for Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a new
study published last week by the American Academy of Neurology-- Life-span
cognitive activity, neuropathologic burden, and cognitive aging-- indicates
that brain-stimulating activities helps preserve memory as we age. Late
last month we tried shedding light on the fallacies around the pop culture
conventional wisdom about digital dementia. The implications of this studygo even further. Blogging can save your mind.
The study involved 294 people who were tested for memory and thinking every
year for six years ... more »
In My Perfect Green World
Have you ever imagined what a perfect green world would look like?
[image: Perfect Green World]
In my perfect green world, protecting the environment is a high priority
... right alongside family, religion, success and life itself. Every
decision is tempered by it's impact on the earth ... every choice made only
after considering the consequences.
Parents teach children to respect the environment, just as they learn to
respect adults. Schools teach organic gardening and how to cook whole
foods. Society values degrees in Aquatic Biology, Atmospheric Sciences,
Environmental Engineerin... more »
Top Ten Best/Worst Movie Adaptations of Books
It seems like some of the best and worst films of all time have been
adapted from books. Sometimes they hit the book spot on and the movie is
excellent. Sometimes the change the book around and I still love and
sometimes they miss the mark completely. Here are some of each. Linking up
with The Broke and the Bookish.
Worst:
- Eat, Pray, Love- I honestly really liked the book, but I can't even
tell you where the movie went wrong. It still one of the only movies I
turned off before the end, because I couldn't take one more second.
- Three Musketeers- Did the film make... more »
ALEC Meetings - Just send a grunt.
Many
ALECers in a high position stay their distance from the extremist
American Legsilative Exchagne Council - they just send a grunt.
It maybe a very expensive grunt - but they send them instead so that
they
won't be seen at the ALEC meeting.
Take this ALEC scumbag:
Who didn't want to be seen at an ALEC meeting so - he sent
Jacob Jason Eige is the Counselor and Senior policy advisor to the
Governor.He added a flight/trip worth $2,107 to the American Legislative
Exchange
Council. He told the Richmond Times Dispatch, "Out of an abundance of
caution, after reviewing my report again, I ... more »
ALEC Preschool -Federalism for Dummies
Will your legislator be there?
Hour one:
Learning how to say
fed-rahl-ism
Who we are: Federalism in Action is a project of the State Policy Network
and State Budget Solutions, a 501(c)(3) non-partisan, non-profit
organization, committed to changing how state and local government does
business.
Federalism in Action Legislator Summit
Join fellow state lawmakers and policy leaders for an exciting *one-day
workshop prior to ALEC's Annual Meeting*. You won't want to miss this
one-day event, which will include success stories from state leaders,
workshops to learn tools and solution... more »
Ezra Levant Accuses Environmentalist/Eco Terrorists For Quebec Petroleum Tragedy
Take a look at the face of an asshole, Ezra Levant, the biggest
loser/asshole polluting the airwaves..
I don`t often watch the Sun News channel, here I was flipping through
channels at 6:52 pm, July 8th/2013....I stopped on Sun News petroleum
pimping channel and caught the last few minutes of Ezra Levant`s show..The
Source..
And what I heard blew my mind, there was a tragic accident in Quebec over
the weekend as you all know, the death toll is up to 5 confirmed dead and
50 more people unaccounted for, and since the fires are out, most likely
these 50 lost souls have perished, my ... more »
Illinois illegally seizes Bees Resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills remaining Queens
*Illinois illegally seizes Bees Resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills
remaining Queens*
By Global Research News
Global Research, May 24, 2013
The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned
naturalist, Terrence Ingram, without providing him with a search warrant
and before the court hearing on the matter, reports Prairie Advocate News.
Behind the obvious violations of his Constitutional rights is Monsanto.
Ingram was researching Roundup’s effects on bees, which he’s raised for 58
years. “They ruined 15 years of my research,” he told Prairie Advocate,... more »
NYT: In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A.
In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A.
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Published: July 6, 2013 864 Comments
WASHINGTON — In more than a dozen classified rulings, the nation’s
surveillance court has created a secret body of law giving the National
Security Agency the power to amass vast collections of data on Americans
while pursuing not only terrorism suspects, but also people possibly
involved in nuclear proliferation, espionage and cyberattacks, officials
say.
The rulings, some nearly 100 pages long, reveal that the court has taken on
a much more expansive role by regularly asse... more »
Venezuelan Asylum Achieved, Snowden reveals UFO Documents
The Internet Chronicle
*Venezuelan Asylum Achieved, Snowden reveals UFO Documents*
BY KILGOAR, ON JULY 5TH, 2013
Mantle Convection 300x157 Venezuelan Asylum Achieved, Snowden reveals UFO
Documents
According to bombshell documents leaked by Snowden, the government has long
known UFOs to be a species more advanced than mankind.
CARACAS, Venezuela – Edward Snowden, the leaker of NSA surveillance
documents, was granted asylum in Venezuela on Friday. With safe harbors in
sight, Snowden was willing to share shocking and world-shattering exclusive
secret government documents with The ... more »
Just present your I-am-a-child-of-Creator ticket and climb on board.
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* *
* *Just present your I-am-a-child-of-Creator ticket and climb on board.*
channeled by Ron Head
July 7, 2013 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages
Michael
What wonderfully complex creatures you are, able to say that things are not
progressing as rapidly as you would like, and yet thinking that you have no
time to finish everything. No wonder you amuse even yourselves at times.
Let us look at things from another perspective, shall we?
There are changes occurring in every particle of creation at this time.
There is no being, micro, macro, or cosmic, from your point of view,... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Time Stands Still”
2002, “Time Stands Still”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQoETb06INI&html5=1
Guest entry from @tedcohen1 on turnaround schools in NJ. FYI
Turnaround Children Inc.’s transparency claim transparentThe top school
official in a major American city as part of an education-reform initiative
is bringing in yet another private foundation, yet as little is known about
Turnaround for Children Inc. as is known about how it fits into Supt. Cami
Anderson’s plan to modernize Newark, New Jersey’s schools. […]
Ayn Rand on the Man Ban [updated]
Since the “Man Ban” was first issued by Labour—i.e., their proposal for a
special quota to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in the Labour
caucus—it’s been widely dismissed*. *But only by derision, not by pointing
out why such quotas are *wrong*.
It only takes some slight paraphrasing from the original to explain why:
The notion of sexual quotas is so obviously an expression of sexism that no
lengthy discussion is necessary. If a young man is barred from a school or
a job because the quota for his particular sex has been filled, he is
barred by reason of his sex. Telling... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“The universe is filled with galaxies. But to see them astronomers must
look out beyond the stars of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. This colorful
Hubble Space Telescopic portrait features spiral galaxy NGC 6384, about 80
million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus.
At that distance, NGC 6384 spans an estimated 150,000 light-years, while
the Hubble close-up of the galaxy's central region is about 70,000
light-years wide.
* Click image for larger size.*
The sharp image shows details in the distant galaxy's blue star clusters
and dust lanes along magn... more »
This is what we’ve been talking about re: the @aftunion “survey” on #commoncore @rweingarten
We covered this. Diane Ravitch covered this. Mercedes Schneider dealt with
this. We had Mercedes on our show to talk about the dubious AFT common core
survey. But this, this is what we’ve all been talking about, and knew this
would happen. From a teacher’s Facebook posting: In case you still can’t
read it: Teachers, […]
The Daily "Near You?"
Vernon Hills, Illinois, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"The Chief Obstacle..."
"The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race."
- Don Marquis
"I love humanity, but I hate people."
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Chet Raymo“November Paradise”
* **
“November Paradise”
*
by Chet Raymo
"A few lines from a poem, "Ode to Entropy", by John Updike:
"Death exists nowhere in nature, not
in the minds of birds or the consciousness of flowers,
not even in the numb brain of the wildebeest calf
gone under to the grinning crocodile, nowhere
in the mesh of woods or the tons of the sea, only
in our forebodings..."
As far as we know, no other creature, animal or plant, has an awareness of
self-mortality. Only in human consciousness is death anticipated, as a dark
foreboding, or promise of release. So much is c... more »
With the stirring message that he's not Weiner, former NYS Gov. Eliot Spitzer presses his bid to become the new Mario Procaccino
*The former governor certainly attracted a media mob on his first day back
on the campaign trail.*
*"At one point, an older woman in a straw hat leaned in to the scrum around
Mr. Spitzer and declared: "His wife and his daughters understand. Why
shouldn't we?" But a few feet away, a man in a blue polo shirt loudly
castigated Mr. Spitzer, saying, "You slept with hookers, and you lied and
cheated on your family."*
*-- from "As Spitzer Campaigns, Candidates and
Voters Weigh In," today on NYTimes.com*
*by Ken*
Okay, now this is getting plain silly. Slept with hookers. Lied. Cheated on
... more »
Defining Prosperity Down and Exactly How Far Does Rothschild Influence (and Money) Go? (And What Are They After Now?)
Talk about defining prosperity down. How do the people with fracked water
cope? Can they define their lives down enough? Could be a lesson here for
US: Defining Prosperity Down July 7, 2013 By Paul KrugmanFriday’s
employment report wasn’t bad. But given how depressed our economy remains,
we really should be adding more than 300,000 jobs a month, not fewer than
200,000. As the Economic
Congress halts US weapons to Syria plan by White House.... things going from bad to worse for the Rebels ?
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/08/resistance-u-s-weapons-to-syrian-rebels-frozen-as-house-senate-intel-committees-object-to-obamas-plan/
Resistance:
U.S. weapons to Syrian rebels frozen as House, Senate intel
committees object to Obama’s plan
POSTED AT 8:01 PM ON JULY 8, 2013 BY ALLAHPUNDIT
The House and Senate committees are, of course, controlled by different
parties, so this isbipartisan pushback.
Honestly, after Congress rolled over for O when he violated the War
Powers
Act to intervene in Libya, I didn’t think they had this in ‘em.
Congressional committees are holding up a... more »
WARNING: Contains busybodies
[image: _Gaweth]You don’t like swearing?
Well, do you like it less than New Zealand’s richest communist taking time
out from a busy day telling the country what to put on their dinner plateto tell us we
should all effectively have the state as our landlord.
Gareth Morgan: fuck you, *and* the dipshit ideas you rode in on.
You might have fooled the country’s worst performing bank into taking your
badly-performing donkey off your hands, but home-owners will be less
forgiving.
Home-owners, be wary of a Gareth bearing recipes for new taxes on your
house; you have nothing to lose but... more »
GERMANY BEHAVING LIKE A US CLIENT STATE
US fugitive Edward Snowden has accused Germany and the US of partnering in
spy intelligence operations, revealing that cooperation between the
countries is closer than German indignation would indicate, Der Spiegel
magazine reported. Journalist Manuel Ochsenreiter says German politicians
are furious - but about being exposed, not by being spied upon.
Longest Walk 4 Begins July 15, 2013
Schedule and info (English/French/Dutch) http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/06/schedule-longest-walk-4-return-to.html
Why The Muslim Brotherhood Was Overthrown: Cults And Democracies Don't Mix
Many in the Western media are portraying the popular rejection of the
Muslim Brotherhood's reign of deceit in Egypt as a defeat for democracy.
But nothing could be further from the truth. Morsi and the Muslim
Brotherhood came to power because of Washington's diplomatic and covert
support for them. Morsi was subverting democracy, not defending it.
As Thierry Meyssan wrote on July 8 in, *"Does Morsi’s fate foreshadow that
of the Muslim Brotherhood?"*:
It was not the street, but the United States that drove out Zine el-Abidine
Ben Ali and General Hosni Mubarak. And it is still the Uni... more »
51 killed in clashes on Monday in Egypt ! Divergence in accounts regarding the cause of the clashes - however , the prospects for ongoing conflict just went up considerably..... White House decides to ignore US law regarding cutting off foreign aid when a democratically elected government is subjected to a coup and toppled - not in the best interst of the Us to follow the law ?
UPDATE 7: Death toll rises to 51 in Monday clashes between Egypt army and
pro-Morsi protesters
Brotherhood says army opened fire on peaceful protesters, army says
'terrorist group' tried to storm Rep. Guard HQ; health ministry confirms 51
dead; one officer dead; Salafist Nour quits political process, NSF condemn
killings
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#SurveillanceState: New Edward Snowden interview
GUARDIAN: 'The US government will say I aided our enemies' – video interview:
In the second part of an exclusive interview with Glenn Greenwald and Laura
Poitras, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden contemplates the reaction
from the US government to his revelations of top-secret documents regarding
its spying operations on domestic and foreign internet traffic, email and
phone use. This interview was recorded in Hong Kong on 6 June 2013.
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“In Islam theological rebuttal of violence does not exist”
If you’re wondering why Jihad Watch blogger Robert Spencer was barred from
entering Britain by government bureaucrats, it’s because he says things
like this:
… there is no theological system in Islam, there is no sect, there is no
group within Islam that has formulated a comeback, an understanding, a
construction of Islamic theology based on the Koran that makes a case to
reject violence and supremacism and the subjugation of unbelievers. It
doesn’t exist.
Search the Koran all you like—what you will find there expounded is not the
framework for a religion of peace.
Content is cop... more »
So, take a bucket of rusty water …
Energy raises the power of human labour to incalculable levels.
“Our standard of living depends on the fact that we have augmented our
modest human muscle power with ever-greater amounts of manmade horsepower,
in the form of engines, motors, and generators, powered by fossil fuels and
nuclear energy.”1
Reliable, powerful energy sources allow the production of more goods for
any given quantity of labour. And for years we’ve heard about new and
supposedly better ways to produce energy, some supposedly “renewable",”
some high-tech and still far-off into the future (fuel cells anyo... more »
Why Americans are so ill informed
A new Gallup survey tells us television is still America's primary news
source for current events (55%), leading the Internet, at 21%. Even worse,
Fox News and CNN are the market leaders both in viewers and click-bait
sensationalism. Accuracy in reporting has never been part of the Fox
business model and at this point it's little more than a quaint relic of
the past at CNN.
On a related note, MoJo runs the numbers to find just how large a goldmine
Citizens United spending has been for BigMedia. Which is leading to new
rounds of consolidation.
And it's not just CBS that's riding... more »
Vaughn Palmer, Keith Baldrey and Bill Good, Lying Stooges To The End, BC Hydro Edition
Let me start by saying, besides Vaughn Palmer, Bill Good and Keith Baldrey
there are many more stooges, Sean Leslie, The Vancouver Sun, Michael Smyth,
The Province and CTV and Global news, they are all stooges, not only did
these news outlets fail to report the glaring now arriving consequences of
corrupt Government decisions and directives accurately they actually failed
to report anything at all..I`m talking about the bankrupting of BC Hydro
and coming ratepayer shock..
I am talking about how Gordon Campbell, now Christy Clark and the BC
Liberals used BC Hydro and public ratepay... more »
After the Fourth
Almost the entire family gathered this week, to spend the Fourth of July
together and to carry out my parents' last wish, which was to have their
ashes placed within view of the western side of a certain great mountain.
The chosen site required a three hour drive and two-mile hike-in. The
granddaughters, bless them, were up to this. Middle son carried my mom and
dad; we ambled through dark woods along the north slope of a saddle and
broke out into sun and view in the heat of the day ...
I have to admit I cried buckets on the way back, and oldest son stopped
twice to give me long ... more »
Adding a structure
The day comes when you can't do it all by yourself, or as well as you used
to. Beloved wanted to add storage space to be able to sort and repair stock
equipment without aggrandizing the potting shed (which certainly sounded
good to me) so I began to make suggestions: "I could ... " "No." "Well, I
could ... "Nope, not that either." Alas.
What I could do was Google to find out who does these things that's close
by. Kevin's Mini Barns is an operation run by a couple out of their home,
less than a mile away. So we contracted with them. They set up their
compressor in the chicken shed an... more »
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Fish out of water
No idea if this photo of Paul Ryan is real or shopped but it clearly needs
to be archived for posterity.
What do you call the resignation of Conservative Cabinet Minister Vic Toews? ......
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*A damn good beginning! *
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*This overly authoritarian Conservative thug came within a hairs breath of
putting every Canadian who uses a computer under police surveillance. His
resignation is welcome and is the beginning of the end for Stephen Harper's
corrupt administration!*
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**The Star*
*#tellviceverything*
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Letter to the Editor
I submitted the following 200-word Letter to the Editor in response to an *editorial
published* in the *San Diego Union-Tribune* on the 4th of July. When I
lived in Omaha, Nebraska, I would regularly submit Letters to the Editor
and they would often be published. It's an easy way to get involved and
have your voice heard in your local community, and I'd encourage everyone
to make it a habit of submitting a Letter to the Editor to let the
political and media establishment in your community know how you feel about
important and controversial matters.
*________________________*
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**I... more »
Facts, facts, facts
If there's one area of the BBC's domestic news coverage which strikes me as
needing a Prebble Review all to itself it's the corporation's coverage of
education matters.
Today's announcement by Michael Gove of a new national curriculum which
seeks to challenge children from an earlier age and to re-emphasize
traditional science, grammar, punctuation, dates in history, times tables
and fractions, etc, as well as boosting modern skills like computing, has
provoked a lot of opposition from the usual suspects - educationalists,
teaching unions, the *Guardian*, etc.
I wondered what the... more »
Unintended consequences
Who could have predicted insurers wouldn't want to issue policies for
schools that allow any local yahoo with a gun to wander around the
building?
The EMC Insurance Cos. insures 85 percent to 90 percent of all Kansas
school districts and has refused to renew coverage for schools that permit
teachers and custodians to carry concealed firearms on their campuses under
the new law, which took effect July 1. It's not a political decision, but a
financial one based on the riskier climate it estimates would be created,
the insurer said.
"We've been writing school business for almost 40 ... more »
How Much Harm Will The Kochs Do Society Before We Have A Leader Brave Enough To Defend Us Effectively?
No human being is perfect-- and that includes politicians. Even FDR made
some mighty big mistakes. I think all Americans with their heads screwed on
properly will agree that Roosevelt made a gigantic, historically-tragic
error by not having the plotters involved in the 1933 Wall Street plot
against America tried and hung. If J.P. Morgan, Irénée du Pont, Grayson
Murphy, Precott Bush and the plutocrats from Remington, Heinz, Birds Eye,
Goodyear, and Maxwell House been dragged before the courts and firing
squads in 1934, would the Koch brothers be trying to subvert American
democracy... more »
Rick Perry, President?
Rick Perry is not running for yet another term as Texas governor;speculation is that he's in for another presidential run.
Is he a viable candidate?
Sure. Why not? He has conventional qualifications, and is certainly in the
mainstream of his party on public policy.
That said...Jamelle Bouie has been making the case that he's a strong
candidate (at least on twitter; I don't think he's written it up
elsewhere), and I'm not quite as impressed as he is. Mind you -- I was very
bullish on Perry throughout the 2012 cycle, considering him a live longshot
before he got in admitted he was run... more »
Desolation Acres
Last week I had a long chat, while strolling along the Willamette, with an
American woman who resides in Europe. She adores being in wild nature, and
Europeans have done an impressive job of reducing wild nature to a few tiny
dots. Most Europeans have never experienced healthy wildness. This is sad.
She wants to come home.
Yesterday, the good pastor Clark dropped by my tent in Facebookland with a
bottle of gin and a George Monbiot essay, Ghost Psyche. The essay was an
excerpt from his new book, Feral, which explores the notion of rewilding. Monbiot
lives in Wales, a land wher... more »
Random Photos
A few photos from the long holiday weekend...
Teen Daughter mugs for the camera. That's Adopted Cousin and Southern
Sister in the background.
Ride 'em...mermaid?
Southern Father checks the ph and chlorine levels. "For what I spend on
this pool," he said, "we could buy YMCA family memberships in three
cities."
Geocaching at a local wildlife refuge.
Why, yes, this is what a geocache looks like. Sometimes.
Sunday lunch at Flat Tire Burgers. This is the price of living in the
country; The Hyundai was washed only a few days earlier.
Southern Man attempts some close-up nature ph... more »
TOO LOW AND TOO SLOW / SF COMMERCIAL PLANE CRASH
*As a former Navy carrier pilot, I am acutely aware of the importance of
the thrust, power and drag curve when landing. It appears, as the enclosed
videos indicate, that the pilots realized too late that the commercial
aircraft was too low and too slow to add power and gain altitude before the
recent tragic crash at SF International airport: Allen L Roland *
Having landed commercially at SF Airport countless times over the years,
there is a few minute approach to the airport over water before landing
which always reminds me of landing on the carrier as a Navy intercep... more »
Independence Day 2013
Celebrating the birthday of the greatest nation the world has ever seen, in
good old American fashion - with good friends and good food and good times.
Our Hosts at the grill.
Chef Paul grills ribs.
Southern Man and The Girls. He takes pics like this to prove that he has a
social life, sort of.
"Don't you dare put that on Facebook!"
A tense game of "washers" which is sort of like horseshoes but different.
Southern Son makes his throw.
Watching the city fireworks display, launched from a park about a mile
away. That's Jacob and Southern Son at the right.
Sparklers.
Cons pay manufacturers to move to China
From Blacklocks, via The Jurist, a tale of taxpayer-funded
government-facilitated corporate welfare off-shoring :
"Cabinet paid millions of dollars in grants to Canadian manufacturers
to move production and jobs overseas in the name of foreign aid.
Newly-released accounts show the program paid cash grants totalling
$3,852,927 to manufacturers to move production out of Canada, including
$450,000 paid to one applicant that told Fantino’s department it had to
“establish ourselves in Mexico so we can offer lower costs.” "
But most went to factories in China - automotive parts, rugs, ... more »
The Economy: "The End of Low Interest Rates"
* *
*"The End of Low Interest Rates"*
by Bill Bonner
"The Fed's EZ money policies will either succeed or fail. Either way, it
will be a disaster. If they succeed, interest rates will rise... and
America's debt-addicted economy will get the shakes. If they fail, the Fed
will double down with further acts of reckless improvisation – including
bigger doses of credit – until the whole thing blows up.
On Friday, it looked as though the disaster might come from success. Gold
took another solid right to the jaw – down $39 per ounce. The Dow rose
another 147 points. The proximate cause w... more »
European Yawn
A bit late for the Tory party's EU hate fest in parliament last Friday, but
a useful little graph nonetheless.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Struggle for Influence in Syria
*Saudi
Arabia, Qatar and the Struggle for Influence in Syria*
By Eric Draitser
StopImperialism.com
This week’s resignationof Ghassan Hitto, the so-called “Prime Minister
in
waiting” of the Syrian Opposition Coalition, coupled with the July
6thelection of Ahmed Assi al-Jarba to head the umbrella coalition of
US-supported proxy groups attempting to topple the Assad government, has
revealed further cracks in the edifice of the imperialist assault on
Syria.
*Qatar's Man in the Middle *
*
*
Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian expatriate and technocrat from Texas, was seen
by
most informed observer... more »
CHILD SEX AND TOP AMERICANS
*Ralph Boyce, former US ambassador.*
Allegedly, Ralph 'Skip' Boyce "conspired with pedophiles and traffickers in
women and children to traffic prostitutes and children to Europe and the
United States."
*Diplomats in Pedophile Scandal*
Ralph Boyce was the US ambassador to Indonesia at the time of the Bali
Bombing, which some believe was the work of the US government.
"After the 2002 terrorist car bombings in Bali, orphaned children fell prey
to foreign pedophiles." pedophile cases et alia
Boyce was United States Ambassador to Thailand from 2004 to 2007.
In 2008, Boyce became Pr... more »
THIS Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Wonder how we Canadians continue to elect arrogant, classless imbeciles?
Most people don't give a damn.
Only 10 per cent of respondents to the Samara survey had volunteered,
donated to or joined a political party in the previous five years. Just 17
per cent said they had taken part in political discussions on social media
such as Twitter or Facebook over the past year. The same percentage said
they had written a letter to the editor about a political issue in the past
12 months.
Full, depressing report that our elected morons will be merrily jacking off
to.
The fine line between culture and stagnation
Where is the line between cultural differences and bad practices? That
question has weighed on me the most in my time in Honduras.
A foreigner rightly needs to come into a new country prepared to
respect the culture of the place. The world doesn’t need any more people
who show up dragging all their developed-world baggage behind them and
expecting everything to be just like it is back home.
But just because something is part of the culture doesn’t automatically
mean it’s good. We’ve all worked in places – or perhaps grown up in
families – where the culture was a problem a... more »
What liberals are told about rising NAEP scores!
*MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013*
*Ravitch does it again:* In one policy area after another, our public
discourse turns on two kinds of facts—bogus and withheld.
Inaccurate facts are widely asserted. Accurate facts get withheld.
When it comes to the public schools, very few people have ever heard about
the very large score gains in reading and math on the National Assessment
of Educational Progress (the NAEP), the widely-praised “gold standard” of
educational testing.
Recently, new data from the 2012 NAEP showed a continuing rise in test
scores. We thought you might want to see what some libe... more »
Extradition hypocrisy on the part of the U.S.: whistleblowers yes, terrorists no
Edward Snowden, who recently disclosed the massive nature of NSA spying on
not only Americans but on every single person in the world who uses
electronic communications of any kind, is currently a fugitive from
"justice" in the United States. Although he is currently in a Russian
airport, he has been offered political asylum by Venezuela, as well as by
Nicaragua and Bolivia.
Although Snowden isn't yet in Venezuela, the U.S. government has already
requested his extradition from that country. The irony of this request
abounds. For eight years now, since June 15, 2005, the U.S. has re... more »
Catch of the Day
Please read this excellent item by Neil Irwin about the reporting about the
next Fed Chair choice.
Okay, I'm not sure whether "catch" is right, but it's extremely informative
and well-done.
I'm going to strongly encourage you to read the whole thing, but it's
basically about how to read the stories about who Barack Obama will pick
for the Fed. But it's useful for lots of similar topics. The most famous is
probably the VP selection -- although SCOTUS picks are good, too. But it
comes up in other cases as well -- it's relevant to reading stories about
Senate filibusters and choices of... more »
Pro-Morsi Wahhabis Throw Egyptian Teens Off Roof
The video below proves once again that the U.S./British/Saudi backed Muslim
Brotherhood is a savage cult with nasty foot soldiers, not a respectable
political party that belongs in the public square.
Pro-Morsi Wahhabis Throw Egyptian Teens Off Roof (Alex begins speaking
about Egypt at the 5:55 mark).
crime:muslims brotherhood killing egyptian by pushing them above buildings
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Via @cityslikr: #Fordfest, integrity, and the slow but steady fouling of the public sphere | #TOpoli
Another week, another stinking turd left floating in the pool of public
conversation by Team Ford.
This time, it's the gathering of slack-jawed rubes best referred to as Ford
Asspimple and the cynical hustlers lining up to herd them at Mayor Stupid
and Brother Dumbfuck's annual fuck-the-rules shindig. Only difference this
time is that it was in Scarborough.
I doubt anyone has the patience to go through the details, yet again, about
it being an illegitimate early campaign event or a misuse of public
resources. The Twin Morons obviously don't give a shit, and they've gotten
away w... more »
With or without #edtech, same goals are possible
Fantastic image. Great point. Seems like #edtech is being sold as the end
and not a means to an end, with or without technology. The problem with the
push for edtech in some regard is the gobs of money to be made of selling
these tools, which is exclusive from their pedagogical value. Tagged:
edtech, […]
Justices of the Peace have authority to try summary conviction matters
As many have asked where this comes from here it is: *R. v. Montgomery*,
2010 ONCA 243:
[2] The charges were prosecuted as summary conviction offences and their
trial was conducted by Her Worship Justice of the Peace Diane L. Jackson.
They were convicted of the offence under s. 35(1) of the Act. They
challenged the jurisdiction of the Justice of the Peace by means of a
prohibition application before the Superior Court of Justice. Gunsolus J.
dismissed that application and they now appeal to this court.
[3] We see no error in the reasoning or result below. The trial proceeded
as a ... more »
EGYPTIAN CIVIL WAR? ISRAELI CONSPIRACY?
Civil war in egypt 1
Israel wants civil war in Egypt?
According to Israel's *Yinon Plan*, Egypt is to be broken up.
Civil wars require weapons.
*Egyptian military officials fear that 10,000 of its weapons have gone
missing since 2011.*
*Egypt Military Fears 10,000 Unaccounted for Weapons Since 2011* / Egypt’s
Al-Ahram newspaper
Major General L. Hamid believes:
*1. Arms can enter via porous borders with Libya, Sudan and Gaza.*
*
*
*2. Profiteers can descend on Egypt to capitalize on arms trading. *
Caches of large arms held by Egypt’s neighbors could end up within the
country, th... more »
Rebranding the Arab Spring to Reorder the Middle East/Africa
**Product:* Something produced by human effort, mechanical effort or by a
natural process.
A direct result; a consequence
**Branding*- A process involved in creating a unique name, image, term,
symbol, designation for any product in a consumers' mind, mainly through
media campaigns.
**Rebranding-* A process in which a new name, term, symbol, design, or
combination thereof is created for an established brand with the intention
of developing a new, differentiated identity in the minds of consumers.
Particularly useful when the goal is to distance itself from negative
connotations ... more »
Why Is The Jobs Market Growing So Slowly?
A few nights ago, Ken explained-- via economist Dean Baker-- how "politicians
are using old superstitions and deliberate lies to scare people away from
the sort of fiscal stimulus that would get the economy back on track." And
that, more than anything, is the bottom line of the slow recovery in the
real economy.
Roland just got back from Maine-- a trip that included a lot of driving and
a lot of talk radio. He just informed me that talk radio is pushing a GOP
talking point big time: the slow growth economy is the fault of Obamacare
because prudent small businessmen aren't hiring ... more »
“Treason”
* *
*“Treason”*
by Rob Urie
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
- Sir John Harington
“U.S. military adventures have historically combined imperial ambition-
the acquisition of territory and colonies, limiting the reach of competing
empires and ‘acquiring’ economic resources- ‘natural’ resources, existing
economic infrastructure and labor, under advantageous terms. The U.S.
orchestrated coup in Honduras was for United Fruit, in Chile for ITT,
Kennecott and Anaconda Copper and the CIA’s ‘war of attrition’ against
Nicar... more »
Laura Lark and Otis Ike : Pictures at an Execution
Demonstrators
protest the death penalty at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas,
Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Kimberly McCarthy was put to death, the 500th
execution by the State of Texas. Photo by Otis Ike / The Rag Blog.
Pictures at an execution:
Texas hits the 500 mark
I felt like a player without a team, an interloper, an uninvited party
guest. Nothing felt portentous or grave, just
A Decent Interval
The Taliban know it. Kabul knows it. So does Islamabad. What U.S.
negotiators want from the Talibs is "a decent interval." We want to leave
Afghanistan without losing face, without appearing to have been run out of
Dodge with our tails between our legs. We're prepared to accept defeat so
long as we can proclaim it Peace with Honour - just like Richard Nixon
did. Here are Gwynne Dyer's thoughts:
*In his briefing notes for a secret 1971 meeting in Beijing with Chinese
government officials, Henry Kissinger, national security adviser to
then–U.S. president Richard Nixon, wrot... more »
The Minister of Family Values Quits
No one exemplifies the mean-spirited, in your face nature of the Harper
regime than Vic Toews. That's about to change. The Serial Diddler is
taking his Wild West moustache and heading back to Provencher, Manitoba.
Goodbye, you worthless piece of shit.
"‘Zombie Capitalism’ A Prequel To New ‘World War Z’"
* *
*"‘Zombie Capitalism’ A Prequel To New ‘World War Z’"*
By Paul B. Farrell
"Yes, the prequel to Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” is already playing live, at
a theater near you, today. And the prequel, “Zombie Capitalism,” is raging
out-of-control, an app in full 3-D Technicolor. Yes, it went into
production decades ago, at the Wall Street Studios. Jeremy Grantham, the
brilliant mind behind the $110 billion GMO money management team, touches
on it in “The Race of Our Lives,” his seventh special report, where he
warns: "Our civilization is “in a race for our lives, as our global
econo... more »
"Sir Meliodas And The Great Red Dragon"
* "Sir Meliodas And The Great Red Dragon"*
A cautionary fable for our modern world.
by Mike Adams
“Sir Meliodas, a knight of great legend, returned from the Neverlands with
stories of vast chasms, mesmerizing forests, and tales of strange creatures
large and small. But he saved the greatest story for the night the
townspeople gathered at the pub, huddled around the room to hear the "big
news" of what Sir Meliodas had witnessed.
"There is a great red dragon," he began slowly, as the candlelight
flickered across the faces of all those in attendance. "And I overhead it
planning to... more »
800-Million Indians to Receive Government Food Aid
The Indian government has signed into law a scheme to make subsidized food
available to two out of three Indians. From *The Sydney Morning Herald:*
*Every eligible person will be entitled to five kilograms of rice for three
Rupees (5.4 cents), five kilograms of wheat for two Rupees (3.6 cents), and
five kilograms of millet for one Rupee (1.8 cents).*
* *
*The ambitious plan - its critics argue it will be corrupted and misused
like so many previous programs to feed the poor - will push the amount the
government spends feeding its population beyond $21 billion a year.*
* *
* *
* **Cri... more »
The “Israel Lobby” and the Nixon Administration
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Eric Grynaviski, who is an Assistant
Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. When
Mearsheimer and Walt wrote the Israel Lobby, I was skeptical. I bought the
argument that supporters of Israel influenced US policy, but because I am
not a realist, I did not buy
Continue reading
Navajo whistleblowers expose corruption: Navajo water department, dirty coal industry
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Whistleblowers within the Navajo Nation government have exposed
corruption in the takeover of the Navajo Water Code Administration. The
Resources and Development Committee is holding a meeting on Tuesday,
July 9, 2013, at 10 am in regards to the following memo. Grassroots
Dine' are encouraged to attend.
Dine' told Censored News that the memo is
To Close the “Opportunity Gap,” We Must Return to Roads Once Attempted
America has always had a love-hate relationship with community values. We
have always exhibited a tension between American individualism and the more
cooperative side of our culture. At the same time, our pragmatism has
often trumped both. When faced with a problem, such as improving our
schools, Americans frequently find a way to readjust our […]
“Keep Moving Forward”
*“Keep Moving Forward”*
by Carl Herman
“’Meet the Robinsons’ is Disney’s 2007 animated film about a young
visionary scientist/realist with the motto, “Keep moving forward.” This
motivation comes from a combination of enthusiasm for truth with confidence
from empirical knowledge of being on the right path. This is Rob Thomas’
3-minute music video to communicate this spirit of trusting Life as we keep
moving forward as best we can imagine in good-faith effort. If it helps, do
you want the alternative of “Stop moving forward,” to surrender in the face
of “emperor has no clothes” obvi... more »
Anne Lewis : Texas Women Who Misbehave
Texas
Sen. Wendy Davis speaks to a crowd of thousands at the Texas State
Capitol, Austin, Texas, July 1, 2013. Photo by Phillip Martin / The
Frisky.
Deep in the heart of Texas:
Women who misbehave
While pro-life sentiment is used to cut funding for women’s health,
sanctity of life has not affected the State’s number one status in
executions.
By Anne Lewis /
The Rag Blog / July 8, 2013
“
Listen to our most recent episode with Katie Osgood on #TFA
Here’s the link. What improved the discussion was an opposing view from a
caller named Josh, an admitted TFA alum. He should be applauded for
participating in debate, and for sticking it out in the profession for six
years, perhaps twice the normal lifespan of his peers. I will say, however,
that I have come […]
THE SACRED HOME
Viewed from space our Mother Earth has no border lines - no boundaries
between nations and the people. From space the people are all Earthlings.
But down here on terra firma it's another story. We are divided by
nation-state borders, by language, by religion and ethnicity - even by
corporate brands. Some people think they are better than others. We kill
one another. We are destroying our tiny satellite home.
The question of loyalty comes to mind.....who should we be loyal to?
Country (an artificial construct) or a president or a region? Should we be
loyal to a religion or a ... more »
@dianeravitch posts the Declaration by @unitedoptout
A brief share here. Read, share, and read aloud for your friends. Tagged:
opt out, standardized testing, united opt out
What Do Canadians Stand For?
Democracy? Not so much. For the most part, Canadians hold their democracy
in contempt and have no desire to fight to improve it. It's a-okay for most
Canadians (or at least an indifferent matter) if the government of the day
lies to them about the costs of the multi-billion dollar policies and
outright refuses to show the people's representatives the facts about their
true costs.
So, you can throw fiscal responsibility out the window as well.
Canadians might pretend to care about fiscal responsibility and
transparency and what-not, for partisan reasons, but they don't really care
a... more »
Smuggling drugs into jail an especially heinous form of trafficking
*R v Gargas*, 2013 ABCA 245 involved in a scheme to smuggle drugs into the
Edmonton Remand Centre. An envelope containing 1 gram of morphine, 3 grams
of alprazolam, and 4.4 grams of methamphetamine was intercepted. The drugs
were secreted in documents purporting to be from a lawyer to an inmate. The
Court holds:
[7] The sentencing judge was correct to treat the smuggling of drugs into
a correctional institution as being aggravating. As commented in S.
Armstrong, A. Sabbadini, A. Boni, S. Coroza, Sentencing Drug Offenders,
2012 Thomas Reuters Canada Limited, smuggling and distributi... more »
The Heat Turns Up on The Land Down Under
To most Canadians, Australia is synonymous with "hot." Well it's going to
get hotter a lot more often for the Aussies.
A University of Melbourne study predicts that Australia's devastating heat
waves will increase about five times and they're blaming global warming for
causing much of it.
*Sophie Lewis and David Karoly report in Geophysical Research Letters, a
journal of the American Geophysical Union, that they used climate
observations and more than 90 climate model simulations to deliver their
verdict, and to highlight the unexpected nature of the events of the first
months o... more »
A remarkable letter to the Times!
*MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013*
*Concerning the ridiculous cost of American health care:* This morning, the
New York Times has published a striking letter.
First, a bit of background, including an observation about the puppies who
haven’t barked.
On Sunday, June 2, the New York Times began a series of front-page reports
which ought to be important. In these reports, Elisabeth Rosenthal is going
to explore the ridiculous cost of health care in this country.
For our original post, click here.
For many years, the mainstream press corps has worked like dogs to *avoid*exploring this topic. Given... more »
GLOBAL POWER PROJECT, PART 4: BANKING ON INFLUENCE WITH JPMORGAN CHASE
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By: Andrew Gavin Marshall
*The following was originally posted at Occupy.com*
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In May, JPMorgan Chase was listed as the largest bank in the world with
assets at roughly $4 trillion — some $1.53 trillion of it in derivatives.
This was reported a month after the announcement that the bank had posted a
record first-quarter profit of $6.5 billion.
Jamie Dimon, the bank’s CEO and Chairman, has faced a host of scandals in
relation to his management of the megabank, including the loss of roughly
$6 bil... more »
Robbins Redux
Bird-cherry Ermine moth caterpillarsReporter Jim Robbins has written another
lament for trees, this time for the UK Guardian - moaning about beetles and
fungus and temperatures - without making clear that the worst threat to
their survival is air pollution. This is especially ironic because in it,
he refers to David Milarch, and his program to propagate new trees from old
champion stock. As I wrote last December in "No One Knows Where This Will
Lead", Mr. Milarch left his nursery in Michigan and went to California
seeking trees that were more resistant to tropospheric ozone, becaus... more »
CAN WE TALK: Can we function as a people?
*MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013*
*Part 1—(Unfortunate) signs of the Times:* As a people, are we able to
conduct a national discourse?
As a people, are we able to have a serious discussion about any topic at
all?
It isn’t clear that we can! Part of the problem lies with our “press
corps.” Part of it lies with us.
Alas! In one subject area after another, we conduct imitation discussions.
Quite routinely, quite persistently, our pseudo-discussions are driven
along by blatantly bogus facts and by novelized tribal narratives.
(For the record, our pseudo-discussions are routinely driven by a sec... more »
Objections on monitor may be closer than they appear
I get really pissed off at the Big Daddy Theocrats for their vagina control
obsession on the one hand.
[Nick Anderson cartoon]
On the other hand I want to believe their overreach is going to generate a
backlash among women voters of every ideology come 2014 that will surprise
all the pundits. So there's that... more »
Edward Snowden Excoriated by "American" Traitors
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Globalist, Zbigniew Brzezinski and fellow "American" traitors appear on
CNN to excoriate Edward Snowden for revealing the truth to the world.
Truth is Treason in an empire of lies.
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Bill Moyers: Journalist as Teacher
It’s a good thing Bill Moyers decided to come out of retirement. Anyone
interested in understanding who, what, when, where and why public education
and the 99% are intricately connected, should take the time to watch this
episode Surviving the New American Economy.
http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-surviving-the-new-american-economy/
Tagged: bill moyers
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Jeffrey Tambor, 69. I'm the only one who watched Welcome
to the Captain, right?
There is some good stuff:
1. Media effects: Dan Hopkins on how Fox News helped Republicans.
Interesting -- but don't overinterpret the findings. There appears to have
been a real but small direct effect; my guess is that the real effects of
the partisan press are found in internal party politics and incentives, not
in general election voting.
2. Steve Benen reminds us that people can hear us talking. All of us.
3. And a nice Brad Plumer post on "wasting billions."
Day 150: Gitmo hunger strike continues amidst world's outrage
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Neil Young Contest
The first time I spoke with Pennsylvania state Senator Daylin Leach, I was
astounded. I asked him if he knows Alan Grayson. At the time they hadn't
met. I was asking because I'm always looking for candidates who are
something like Alan. No one is more like Alan-- and in so many profound and
wonderful ways-- than Daylin. Both are what we would have called in my
Brooklyn neighborhood "stand up guys"-- courageous, smart and dedicated to
taking on the tough jobs and seeing them through. And, lucky for us, both
men are utterly committed to a progressive agenda for our country and our
p... more »
Mystery break in at the law firm of a State Department whistle blower ? Didn't we have " plumbers " during Watergate conducting that infamous break in at the Democratic Campaign Headquarters ? Three computers stolen - but silver bars , video equipment and other valuables left behind .....
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/07/cameras_catch_mystery_break_in_at_whistleblowers_law_firm
( Another case of " plumbers " ? )
The offices of a Dallas law firm representing a high-profile State
Department whistleblower were broken into last weekend. Burglars stole
three computers and broke into the firm's file cabinets. But silver bars,
video equipment and other valuables were left untouched, according to local
Fox affiliate KDFW, which aired security camera footage of the suspected
burglars entering and leaving the offices around the time of the incident.
The firm ... more »
It's Here: The Stealth Collapse of the American Economy
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Daisy Luther
The Economic Collapse…people envision bank runs, life WROL (without rule of
law), piles of worthless currency, rampant homelessness, and breathless
news reports on CNN and the network channels (if you happen to still have
access to a television, that is). They imagine a grim, gray world, devoid
of entertainment, with unwashed citizens digging desperately through the
trash.
Because of this apocalyptic image, the idea of an economic collapse seems
pretty far-fetched to most people. After all, we still see cars in e... more »
From Today's Toronto Star: A Modest Proposal for Speedier Justice
What do you tell victims of crime when they find out that because of delays
in the justice system they will not get their day in court? What do you
tell a child temporarily removed from her home when she asks when she can
go back and the answer is "when we can find a judge to decide"? These
questions are just a few of many in a debate about access to justice in
Ontario and Canada.
Access to justice is a real issue affecting all Canadians from victims of
crime to accused persons, children and families, the elderly, and the
innocent. And, while we strive to improve access to justice, ... more »
Healthcare Is Next
In today's *Toronto Star*, Natalie Mehra and Michael McBane warn that the
Harper government is taking aim at Medicare. For the system to work, the
prime minister needs to meet with his provincial counterparts. However,
This summer’s gathering of the premiers marks the final Council of the
Federation meeting before 2014, when the National Health Accord expires.
Penned in 2004, the 10-year health accord set priorities to improve access
to health care and established a new funding formula.
The meetings do not include the federal government and Prime Minister
Stephen Harper will not b... more »
‘Our Hold on the Planet,’ by Robert Frost
We asked for rain. It didn't flash and roar.
It didn't lose its temper at our demand
And blow a gale. It didn't misunderstand
And give us more than our spokesman bargained for;
And just because we owned to a wish for rain,
Send us a flood and bid us be damned and drown.
It gently threw us a glittering shower down.
And when we had taken that into the roots of grain,
It threw us another and then another still,
Till the spongy soil again was natal wet.
We may doubt the just proportion of good to ill.
There is much in nature against us. But we forget;
Take nature altogether since ... more »
Get your religion out of my vagina
This is a blog that I have been following for years.
And if you are looking for a smile this morning –
I strongly recommend reading the whole entry
*>>>HERE<<<*
*SNIPS From Margaret and Helen:*
Margaret, if my vagina could shoot bullets it would have fewer regulations
on it.
Rick Perry, bless his heart, doesn’t have the good sense God gave a goose –
otherwise known as a C minus average at Texas A&M University. That boy
hasn’t had a light on in the attic since someone in kindergarten told him
he had nice hair. Perry says that A&M shaped him into the person he is
today. What ... more »
EXTENSIVE CHILD ABUSE - JILLINGS REPORT PUBLISHED
*Bryn Estyn Children's home - reportedly used as a boy brothel by MI5, the
UK security service.*
*The Jillings report confirms 'extensive' child abuse at UK children's
homes in north Wales*
The Jillings Report was written 17 years ago, in 1996, but it was hushed up.
It looked into child abuse at children's homes in north Wales, including
Bryn Estyn in Wales.
*The report has now finally been published, and it identifies long-term
"extensive" abuse at children's homes in north Wales, during the 1970s
through to the 1990s.*
*The report still fails to mention the names of the top peo... more »
Greece set to receive portion of latest tranche , kept on life support until after Germany's elections in September.....
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/10167268/Greek-gets-4.8bn-in-staggered-bailout-payments.html
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*[image: Bruno Waterfield]*
*By Bruno Waterfield, in Brussels*
*7:38PM BST 08 Jul 2013*
*[image: Comments]2 Comments*
*Last night's meeting of eurozone finance ministers agreed to pay the
scheduled third quarter bailout instalment of €4.8bn (£4.1bn) but broke it
down into three "disbursements" linked to reforms.*
*The first payment of €2.5bn from the eurozone will be paid after July 19
on condition that of "full implementation of the prior actions", including
legisl... more »
Healthier Popcorn made with Coconut Oil and a Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil Giveaway!
[image: Healthy Popcorn]
*(I was provided Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions in exchange for an
honest review. All opinions and recipe are 100% my own)*
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I am a popcorn junkie. Seriously. I can be found watching old X-File
reruns with a huge bowl of popcorn in my lap at least a couple of times a
week. A few years ago, I started to shy away from microwave popcorn because
I didn't want all of the extra stuff in my body. I switched completely to
air popped popcorn. Over time, I started to add more and more butter and
eventually I realized my air popped popcorn was no longer a ... more »
Syria war swing Assad's direction as syrian government wearing down rebel forces.... losses in battle adding to split between islamist forces and secular forces among the rebel camp ....After watching Morsi fall in Egypt , will syrian islamists disavow democracy ?
Desperate Measures: Syrian Rebels Vow Suicide Bombings Amid Losses in HomsRebels
Demand US Arms in Long-Contested City
by Jason Ditz, July 07, 2013
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Syrian government troops are advancing apace in the city of Homs, looking
to break a lengthy stalemate in a city which has been contested off and on
for over a year, and advancing into some neighborhoods that have been
dominated by the rebels for that whole period.
The increasingly rebels are reporting that they are running out of arms and
supplies, which is par for the course, and are demanding an immediate
influx... more »
Egypt's political crisis just went red hot as 42 Morsi supporters massacred by the Army Monday morning.....
http://rt.com/news/egypt-morsi-islamist-rally-cairo-766/
Early on Monday soldiers and police resorted to guns and tear gas to
disperse Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi outside the
Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo, according to eyewitnesses.
Follow RT's LIVE UPDATES.
42 protesters have been killed, including children in the overnight
clashes, Egypt’s state TV reported. A spokesperson of the Muslim
Brotherhood said at least 37 of its members have been killed, with as many
as 500 injured.
Egypt’s Health Ministry confirmed that women and children were among the... more »
Arne Duncan in Philadelphia “Fascinated” about His Mentor Vallas in CT
Arne Duncan had a great chance to do something for Philadelphia in 2010
when their application for $100 million in RTTT money was turned down.
Instead, Philly got $6 million over four years, which was designated by
Arne to develop a teacher eval scheme based on VAM test scores. Meanwhile,
Duncan was shoveling tax money […]
Untitled
*Tropical Storm Chantal forms in Atlantic*
*~MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD THE LESSER ANTILLES*
SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...10.6N 50.6W
ABOUT 630 MI...1010 KM ESE OF BARBADOS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 26 MPH...43 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BARBADOS
* DOMINICA
* SAINT LUCI... more »
A Message To Moms Across America From Dr. Vandana Shiva
*Published on Jul 3, 2013*
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Please listen to this message from Vandana Shiva to Moms Across America.
Mothers around the world must hear her message! Thank you so much for
standing up with us for labeling. We have the RIGHT TO KNOW what is in our
food. Please get out there and help to spread the word! We need to protect
our families and our population from pesticide laden foods. This movement
is an international movement and we are marching across the US, with
international support, to have GMOs labeled.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Hallal and Zen Honeycutt
Moms Across America
http://w... more »
Summers on the Corporate Tax
On the issue of corporate tax reform, Larry Summers tries to forge a
compromise:
The United States should eliminate the distinction between repatriated and
unrepatriated foreign corporate profits for U.S. companies and tax all
foreign income (after allowances for taxes paid to other governments) at a
fixed rate well below its current corporate rate, perhaps in the range of
15 percent.
simon says, grumpy bird, and an evil witch: summer reading club begins
Summer is the busiest time of year in the Central Children's Library.
Actually, we are wildly busy any time school is out; the summer is just the
most sustained period of busy-ness. Many of my colleagues have been
preparing for summer programming since the end of March Break.
All through July and August, in libraries throughout Canada, kids will be
participating in Summer Reading Club. The program uses incentives,
activities, and fun programs to keep kids reading over the summer, which
has been shown to improve their performance in school. It's fun, and it's
free.
All Canadian lib... more »
Caroline With Morgellon's Disease Tells Her Story
*Published on Jun 26, 2013*
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On our Moms Across America Cross Country trip, in a Colorado Zuma Health
Food store, this darling woman saw my button and started sharing with me
about having Morgellon's disease and how going GMO Free has made a huge
difference to her.
Fascinating!
Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgNHsLxX8jk
Source of this video and many other intersting videos::
*Zen Honeycutt Channel*
"Be yourself; everyone else is taken": probably not Oscar Wilde
This is a nice line and commonly attributed to Oscar Wilde.
But... it does not appear in any of his published work and seems different
from his more commonly expressed views... such as:
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions,
their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
~ Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, 1905
My sense is that the line was attributed to Wilde to give it more weight.
Wilde is one of the five notables (Churchill, Lincoln, Shaw, Twain, and
Wilde) that have endless anonymous comments randomly attributed to them.
And once an attributio... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Good morning ducks… Here’s your linkage… The Jerusalem Post reviews World
War Z. Is this the most pro-Israeli film ever made? … Probably not – even
the trailer shows the wall being breached. A Majinot mentality can’t work
in a film whose motto is: “movement is life.” The terrorist attack on
Sunday in Bodh Gaya
Continue reading
Self-Inflicted Suffering
'Arab terrorists don't need excuses to kill Jews. They kill them only
because they are Jews. And they don't hate Israel because of its policies,
but because of its very existence.'
So true... And as I have commented before.
More here http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-self-inflicted-suffering/
Don't try it on with me re ethnic cleansing in the Middle East and North Africa (update)
Further to my post back in January about the real ethnic cleansing in the
Middle East and North Africa, I recently received the following comment (in
French):
'Je m'excuse de n'a pas poster en anglais mais comme j'ai cru comprendre
que l'auteur maîtrisé cette langue, donc je me permet de le faire en
français.
Tout d'abord il ne faut pas se voiler la face, l'antisémitisme existe au
Maghreb (même si les arabes sont aussi sémites) vis à vis des juifs bien
que ces dernières années on tend à faire la différence entre israélites et
sionistes. Ce type de sentiment est clairement affich... more »
The results of real ethnic cleansing in the Middle East
Just don't expect the anti Israel BBC to ever mention such historical
facts.
the strange case of the bright yellow-bodied and red-nosed UFO being tractor-beamed into the airport
artist's impressionit was a dream I had in the middle of the night and made
myself remember this detail, so don't think E.T. Disclosure has happened or
something...
It was a very strange looking UFO for a mainstream audience brought up on
shimmering chrome discs or sparkling coloured orbs or just plain black
triangle shapes which Free Planet cheerfully contends are ALL MILITARY
AIRCRAFT of some covert off-budget nature or other.
So, it was with some intrigue and much curiosity that I had a distinct
dream of a mostly YELLOW ufo last night, it was box shaped tapering up at
the back, ... more »
Pol. Ideology 45: Left Intellectualism Means Abandonment of Socialism
Last July 1-2, 2013, I butted in the fb posting of a friend – fellow UP
Diliman and UP Sapul alumni, also a fellow Rotarian – Raffy Aquino, a
lawyer. Our exchanges below. Posting with permission from him and Louie,
thanks guys.
Meanwhile, photos below, some of the known student activists in UP Diliman
in the early to mid-80s (the late Ferdinand Marcos was still the President)
that I can remember. top to borrom, left to right:
Raffy Aquino and Lean Alejandro; Fidel Nemenzo, David Celdran and Sarge
Colambo; Noe Pangilinan and Malou Mangahas. The last two were former editor
in chief o... more »
Villaraigosa: The Myth of The Progressive Mayor (teaser)
“The alliance, formed between the mayor, the school board, and Los Angeles’
corporate elite to design the idea of ‘public school choice,’ is another
example of how neoliberal economic policies have influenced educational
policies.” — Professor Theresa Montaño Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speaking
at a school privatization event. Photo by Robert D. Skeels I finally
finished […]
Rule of Law 21: Fake Stem Cell Therapy and Fake Drugs
* This is my article today in thelobbyist.biz.
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The recent stem cell scandal in the Philippines is another proof that many
government agencies are getting busy with so many functions and
expectations, spreading their resources thinly, and become distracted if
not blinded in implementing what should be their primary mandate.
The Department of Health (DOH) and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA)
are busy with various concerns including those that are better left to the
private sector and civil society. And that is how fake – or at least
unlicensed and unregistered -- h... more »
solidaridad: The 99 Cents Store School… brought to you by the lucrative charter school industry
First published on solidaridad on July 7, 2013 Lalo Alcaraz’s La Cucaracha
strip often features pro-public education items, which are also typically
sensitive to ongoing attacks on the teaching profession and the
difficulties of teaching. This particular strip is a favorite of mine,
highlighting both the institutional racism and profit motive behind the
neoliberal school […]
House Teabaggers Don't Fear McCain's Pending Attack... Not Even A Little
No one in the House Republican caucus thinks the man who befriended Muammar
Qaddafi and lolled away his evenings at the Qaddafi family ranch, is any
kind of threat to their political careers.
Beltway Republicans expect McCain to blow any minute now-- and that the
target of his wrath will be the far right of the House Republican caucus
this time-- teabaggers, Know Nothings and the blatantly racist end of the
party. But they're laughing at the 2008 presidential candidate. His
opposition-- the louder and more vitriolic, the better-- makes them
stronger with an electoral base that ... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Kristina @ The Greening Of Westford
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
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rules:*
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of environment... more » Pure Monty Python: Figures Show Full-Time Employment Decline (To Be MSM-Ignored Massively) and Fascism Rules U.S.: In Secret, Supreme Courters Vastly Broaden N.S.A. Power
. . . 110,000 more than May reported that they had taken part time work
voluntarily, bringing their total to 19,044,000 and hence the total number
of part time jobs in the economy to 27,270,000, an all time high . . . note
that the establishment survey does not distinguish between full and part
time job creation . . . What Did These Idiots Think Would Happen If We
Hired Contractors To
Inventor of the Day: Not your average 15 year old
Among the many great benefits of living in society is the enormous boon we
all enjoy in a free society from the Division of Labour: the multiplication
of knowledge in a division-of-labour society; the benefits from genius; the
ability to specialise; the productive machinery and the economies of
learning and motion that emerge from that specialisation—all part of what
economist George Reisman describes as “the general gain from the existence
of others.”
The benefits from genius is a rarely celebrated aspect of the division of
labour in a free society—in which we can *all *benefit f... more »
A Very Wise Egyptian Boy!
Since I became a father in 1994, I have found great hope in what I see in
this generation of children. They are wise beyond the years.
The people of Egypt have been through much, I hope people listen to the
wisdom of this young boy.
ZAP REPORT 7-7-13
*This is the latest ZAP REPORT, it appears the dragons are ready to move. I
am still a skeptic on the REVAL as I have heard that for almost a decade
with both Poof and Casper. Its all interesting timing given Heather's
about the release the absolute value finance documents. But perhaps they
both go? You might want to also read D's latest article on the RV and
where Heather's at on the UV INchange documents HERE. I don't own Dong or
Dinar, mostly because I thought it was all a scam. The Dinar RV being based
on an illegal war in Iraq for one thing. And I didn't have the contacts... more »
Secret History of the Quake
The Secret History of the Haitian Earthquake | Boston Review
http://t.co/G03v1zAy4m
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) July 7, 2013
Message From EGYPT to the World... Revolution Not a COUP
Message From EGYPT to the World... Revolution Not a COUP. Source: YouTube
Channel MisterMemoTV. Date Published: July 7, 2013. Description:
Almedan | الميدان
Story Of a Nation inspired The World
And Used To Change The Face Of The History
Message To The World
The Power is People
Justin Carter - Justice Gone WRONG
Another stupid story about the over-reach of our law enforcment.
They need a new name - definitely not law enforcement - more like
gestapos.
*When defending the liberty of unsavory characters, I usually write of my
native England.*Not this week, alas. In the state of Texas, a 19-year-old
man named Justin Carter sits in prison, ruthlessly stripped of his freedom
for making an offensive joke. After a Facebook friend with whom he played
video games described him as “crazy” and “messed up in the head,” Carter
replied — sarcastically, one imagines — “Oh yeah, I’m real messed up in ... more »
First Nation Terrance Nelson: Warrior Societies are Prepared
By Terrance Nelson
Oka
Roseau River Anishinabe
Censored News
Jason Bowman (Special Assistant)Ka-nyen-geh-ha-kah of Grand River
Jason,
Thanks for your email.
Back in 1990 after the "Oka" Crisis, Mark Maracle and other Mohawks
met with us in Roseau River to discuss how we reacted to the crisis. We
agreed that we were not as organized as we needed to be, that Warrior
"Israeli racism has a new and original justification: The people love it" (Gideon Levy in Haaretz)
*Haaretz caption:* *Beitar Jerusalem fans holding the flag of the outlawed
racist Kach party at Teddy Stadium*
*by Ken*
Probably there will be a lot of Americans who bristle at the idea that
Israelis have broken new ground with the discovery that bigotry is good for
business. Certainly Chick-fil-A CEO doesn't need any lessons from around
the world in making bigotry pay -- although he does seem to have some
killjoy traitors in his organization who leaned on him to delete the tweet
he sent out decrying the Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage.
Israel has its killjoys too, am... more »
Detroit and Chicago looking to dump expensive retirees healthcare insurance on the taxpayer by way of ObamaCare ! Of course , these two are just singing canaries in the colamine as Employers , Cities and State get with the dump on Sam program......On the subject of Detroit , Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr is leading bankers on a be glad you don't live this dump tour ......
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/07/oh-good-broke-cities-looking-to-unload-expensive-retirees-on-obamacare-i-e-taxpayers/
Oh, good: Broke cities looking to unload expensive retirees on ObamaCare,
i.e. taxpayers
POSTED AT 6:31 PM ON JULY 7, 2013 BY ERIKA JOHNSEN
The Obama administration’s short-term panicked desperation to avoid
ObamaCare-related consequences in the 2014 midterms is only matched by
their relatively longer-term panicked desperation to convince young and
healthy Americans to get with the program en masse. They’re going to need a
heck of a lot of people with relativ... more »
July 5, 2013 Harvey Organ and July 6 , 2013 Gold and Silver Reports - data from Friday , selected news and views for not just the precious metals but global news as well.....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-06/jp-morgan-vault-gold-drops-new-record-low-brinks-gold-plunges-24-one-day
( ZH also observes the continuing evaporation of physical and wonders where
it might be going.... )
JP Morgan Vault Gold Drops To New Record Low; Brinks Gold Plunges By 24% In
One Day
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/06/2013 19:46 -0400
- Commitment of Traders
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Lehman
Last week we defined the golden sentiment ruleas "anything that isn't off
the chart soon will be." This will happen in ... more »
"The Emperor Strikes Back"
* "The Emperor Strikes Back"*
by Andrew Levine
"Governments abhor transparency, and governments lie. To keep them
(comparatively) honest, an engaged and informed citizenry is indispensable.
That requires media that are aggressive and probing, and that are not
afraid to speak the truth. We have precious little of that in the United
States today. Government media policy, bought and paid for by corporate
interests, has done the cause of transparency incalculable harm. The
Internet driven decline of print media hasn’t helped either. Investigative
reporting is now on the ropes, along... more »
Van Gosse : What Would an American Left Look Like?
Radical reconstruction: root and branch. Image from en.academic.ru.
Begin the walk:
What would an American Left look like?
I propose that a consequential Left can only proceed as a project for reconstructing American democracy, root and branch.
By Van Gosse / The Rag Blog / July 7, 2013
Begin with what could be, ask what has been, and finish with what should be done now, to move forward.
"Oligarchs of the New Feudal Order Have Big Plans for You"
*"Oligarchs of the New Feudal Order Have Big Plans for You: *
*Buy the Pavement and Charge You to Walk"*
By Michael Hudson
The Federal Reserve’s QE3 has flooded the stock and bond markets with
low-interest liquidity that makes it profitable for speculators to borrow
cheap and make arbitrage gains buying stocks and bonds yielding higher
dividends or interest. In principle, one could borrow at 0.15 percent (one
sixth of one percent) and buy up stocks, bonds and real estate throughout
the world, collecting the yield differential as arbitrage. Nearly all the
$800 billion of QE2 wen... more »
The White Wolf Returns
*Some eye candy for you: a hot guy in tight biking shorts.*
I posted on Asian Correspondent.com on Chang An-le. Storied Gang Leader The
White Wolf Returns.
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How I killed newspapers, Part Three: The bad news
Newspapers will find a way out of these bleak times, some journalists
maintain.
Here’s hoping. But the situation is grim and there’s no clear path to a
viable future.
I like newspapers and believe they’re important on many levels.
But they are in big trouble.
Two years ago, RBC Capital Markets started “following” Postmedia, Canada’s
largest newspaper company, and issuing reports for investors.
RBC’s first report set a target share price of $14. That valued the company
at $635 million, much less than the $1.1 billion Postmedia paid a year
earlier for the newspapers from Canwest, then... more »
Quotes of the Day: On Bureaucracy
And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the
world.
*--* Honoré de Balzac*, Les Employés [The Government Clerks]*
The public is hedged about by so many goddam bookkeepers that no time is
left in which to produce. More time is spent in carrying out garbage than
in carrying in food.
-- Martin H. Fischer
If we can ever make red tape nutritional, we can feed the world.
-- Robert Schaeberle
Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense,
you may one day find yourself the victim of it.
― Laurence Gonzales, *Everyday Survival: Why ... more »
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