English: A collage for MENA protests. Clockwise from top left: 2011 Egyptian revolution, Tunisian revolution, 2011 Yemeni uprising, 2011 Bahraini uprising, 2011 Libyan civil war, 2011 Syrian uprising. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Bath Iron Works (BIW), a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine (USA). BIW was purchased in 1995 by General Dynamics and is one of the largest private employers in Maine. Visible are three Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers being fitted out. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)TV Watch: "Frdiay Night Lights" provides reason to celebrate the existence of DVDs
*At the center of it all: Eric and Tami Taylor
(Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton)*
*by Ken*
With the cancellation of today's Municipal Art Society walking tour to
Willet's Point, Queens (I sure hope that leg comes around soon, Jack
Eichenbaum!), I found myself with an unexpected day of leisure. Oh, there
were thousands of things I could have plunked onto the schedule, but
instead I took advaantage to pursue my current video craze and finish the
race through Season 3 of *Friday Night Lights*. And tonight I am a big fan
of the whole DVD thing.
First, because it would be a terrible s... more »
Historian Webster G. Tarpley: "Egypt Is Asserting National Independence For The First Time In Decades"
Excerpts from*,* *"Gen. Sisi Quells Armed Wing of Moslem Brotherhood as
Egypt Defies Obama and Kerry"* [Webster G. Tarpley, Tarpley.net, August 17]:
*On The Arab Spring As A Massive Destabilization Operation:*
"The Arab Spring, of course, a destabilization against all the Arab, North
African, Middle East, and Islamic countries broadly. The Arab Spring was
designed to destabilize all those countries and destroy them, to reduce
them to mini states, micro states, failed states, rump states, warlords,
civil wars, secessions, and so forth. And you see that the countries where
the militar... more »
LOCAL PAPER OPPOSES MORE CORPORATE WELFARE FOR BIW
*Protesting outside a "Christening" of an Aegis destroyer at BIW some years
ago.*
Our local newspaper, the Times Record, wrote a brave and forward thinking
editorial in their weekend edition on August, 16, 2013 opposing another tax
break for Bath Iron Works (BIW). In the same edition another Bath resident
had an Op-Ed also opposing BIW's request for more corporate welfare. There
seems to be some rumblings in the community. Just maybe people have had
enough.
Bath needs tax dollars kept here
8-16-13
*Times Record Editorial*
We know the importance of national defense, and we know w... more »
Ecuador Commits Foreign Policy Error, Sides With Tyrannical MB Over The Will of The Egyptian People
*Save your condemnation, socialists. Egypt is at war with CIA-backed
Islamic terrorists who burn churches and torture innocents. Ecuador should
mind its own business, leave the Muslim world alone, focus on the problems
of its own hemisphere, and just stick with its anti-Washington rhetoric. *
"Ecuador recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultations on Wednesday
after Egyptian security forces crushed the protest camps of supporters of
the deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and shot nearly 200 of them
dead.
In a brief statement, Ecuador's Foreign Ministry said the Egyptian... more »
MB Supporters Torture Innocent Egyptians In The Name of Allah; World Media Stays Silent
Read this very important article called, *"Reports of Rape, Murder, Torture
Inside MB Protest Camps" *by Raymond Ibrahim [Clarion Project, August 15].
An excerpt:
Now that the Egyptian military has finally begun to neutralize Muslim
Brotherhood terrorist bases, the so-called mainstream media are doing what
they do best—twist reality to the Islamists’ benefit by casting them as
innocent victims merely “holding vigil” only to be slaughtered, while
calling for the prosecution of the military for “human rights abuses.”
They essentially follow the pro-Brotherhood Al Jazeera’s lead of p... more »
New information that Princess Diana may have been murdered by a member of the British military ! Scotland Yard looking into this but not calling this a new investigation - not yet !
http://news.sky.com/story/1129902/dianas-death-police-passed-new-information
Diana's Death: Police Passed New
Information
Scotland Yard is assessing new information on the death of Princess Diana
to determine whether it is credible.
8:20pm UK, Saturday 17 August 2013
[image: Princess Diana at a ceremony for the return of the Royal Hampshire
Regiment from the Gulf War in 1991]
Princess Diana died in a car accident in Paris in 1997
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New information that alleges Princess Diana was murdered has been passed to
Scotland Yard through military sources, acc... more »
MB & Al-Qaeda In Egypt Desecrate Churches, But Obama Administration Directs World's Ire At People-Backed Army
*Photo Source.*
*An excerpt from, "Al Qaeda Flag Flies High Above Christian Churches" by
Raymond Ibrahim [Gatestone Institute, August 7]:*
Days ago, al-Qaeda’s Egyptian leader, Ayman Zawahiri, portrayed the
overthrow of Muhammad Morsi and the Brotherhood as a “Crusader” campaign
led by Coptic Pope Tawadros II who, according to Zawahiri and other
terrorists, is trying to create a Coptic state in Egypt.
Since then, not only are Egypt’s Christians and churches now being attacked
in ways unprecedented in the modern era, but new reports indicate that
al-Qaeda’s black flag has been r... more »
The FISA court, our supposed guardian against abuse of national-security surveillance, sez "Who, us?"
*Judge Walton says*: "*The FISC is forced to rely upon the accuracy of the
information that is provided to the Court. The FISC does not have the
capacity to investigate issues of noncompliance.*"
*by Ken*
You want a good laugh?
You know the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the one created by
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to issue surveillance warrants in
cases too secret to go through normal court channels? The one that rules on
all the government requests for warrants more or less authorized by the
Patriot Act and its assorted derivatives? The court that, we o... more »
The Monsters in the Basement
[365 Toy Project: 050/365] The Humans Are Dead (Photo credit: nhussein)
[Reposted from: The Conflicted Doomer]
August 17, 2013
This week, in Egypt, the Military turned against a segment of the Egyptian
populace and killed or wounded hundreds of people in the name of protecting
democracy.
Last February, Senator Lindsey Graham said, the US drone program had killed
4,700 people across the various MENA countries in the name of our war on
terrorism.
In the last two years of civil war in Syria and what increasingly looks
like civil war in Iraq, thousands of Sunni and Shia Muslims h... more »
America's Top Diplomats Are Psychopaths
*The minute this maniac stepped foot in Cairo he should have been pelted
with shoes and eggs by Egyptian patriots like this other warmongering
psychopath. *
Enbridge And BP, Environmental Criminals, Not In Our Backyard
Enbridge will never be permitted to build their proposed northern gateway
pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, there will be war in the woods.
Enbridge are liars, environmental criminals, a company driven by greed, I
can`t fight all the fights, TransCanada has a proposed west to east
pipeline, it will carry 1.3 million barrels per day, and once built it will
soon thereafter be twinned to carry double hat capacity..
I have waited until now to say anything about that pipeline proposal, my
initial thoughts on the west to east pipeline proposal was of acceptance,
as you know, and as writ... more »
“Cognitive Dissonance? Or Mass Dissassociative Disorder?”
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*“Cognitive Dissonance? *
*Or Mass Dissassociative Disorder?”*
by Zen Gardner
"Sounds like a false choice, I know, but it’s not. Unconscious humanity is
in a real pickle. A little term defining first since these concepts may
seem confusing.
Cognitive dissonance, which most people are familiar with, is a
psychological phenomenon that takes place in less than conscious human
thinking, and a favorite tool for manipulation by social engineers. It pits
the experiencer between what they’re being told and the fact that what
they’re witnessing is nothing of the sort. The subject the... more »
An Economist Gets Pregnant
Emily Oster looks at the evidence.
Psychology: “Study: Facebook Boosts Connections, Not Happiness”
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*“Study: Facebook Boosts Connections, Not Happiness”*
by Rob Lever
"People who use Facebook may feel more connected, but less happy. A study
of young adults has concluded that the more people used Facebook, the worse
they subsequently felt. "On the surface, Facebook provides an invaluable
resource for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection," said
University of Michigan social psychologist Ethan Kross, lead author of the
study. "But rather than enhance well-being, we found that Facebook use
predicts the opposite result- it undermines it."
The researchers recruit... more »
Archaeology: “Nevada Petroglyphs The Oldest in North America”
*“Nevada Petroglyphs The Oldest in North America”*
by Scott Sonner
Ancient rock etchings along a dried-up lake bed in Nevada have been
confirmed to be the oldest recorded petroglyphs in North America, dating
back at least 10,000 years. The petroglyphs found on limestone boulders
near Pyramid Lake in northern Nevada's high desert are similar in design to
etchings found at a lake in Oregon that are believed to be at least 7,600
years old. Unlike later drawings that sometimes depict a spear or antelope,
the carvings are abstract with tightly clustered geometric designs — some
are dia... more »
ancient's BIBLE
I've been having some fun learning to use a free, open source 3D Animation
program called Blender to make this test-gif animation. I find tutorials on
Youtube related to the projects i have in mind and presto...
This book does not follow ANY religions, but instead leads all Spiritual
Evolution and Understanding.
America Has No Diplomats With Which To Pressure Egypt
*A man who poses with terrorists and arms them is not a diplomat; He is a
1) terrorist, 2) cheat, 3) bully, 4) fraud, 5) piece of shit.*
Below is an excerpt from, *"How American Hopes for a Deal in Egypt Were
Undercut"* [The New York Times, August 17]:
The Americans heightened the pressure. Two senators visiting Cairo, John
McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, met with Gen.
Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, the officer who ousted Mr. Morsi and appointed the
new government, and the interim prime minister, Hazem el-Beblawi, and
pushed for the release of the two prisoners. ... more »
The Monsters in the Basement
August 17, 2013 This week, in Egypt, the Military turned against a segment
of the Egyptian populace and killed or wounded hundreds of people in the
name of protecting democracy. Last February, Senator Lindsey Graham said,
the US drone program had killed 4,700 people across the various MENA
countries in the name of our war […]
The Dark Side of God: Theology And Terrorism In The Modern World From The Hostage Crisis To The Arab Spring
*Some see Messiahs, I see Devils. The divine task of Ayatollah Khomeini
and Barack Obama: Hypnotize the people while the predatory elite fleeces
them and then destroys them.*
*Related:*
1.* **A Rigged Revolution: How The Shadow CIA-MI6 Network Put Khomeini And
Militant Islamists in Power.** *
2.* **An Epic Deception: America's Overthrow of The Shah And The Secret
Quest For A One World Government.*
3. *The British And U.S. Governments Installed Khomeini Into Power In 1979*
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4. *Hostage To False Flag Terror: The Link Between The October Surprise
And The September Surprise*.
... more »
Princess Diana
Can any forensic mathematician Explain how in the world a car that was
driven and crashed at 63 MPH cause this much damage...
This writer believes that the Auto was tampered with...*The car's computers
were infected with a virus that caused it to accelerate out of control...*
The black type S280 Mercedes was being driven through the Pont de l'Alma
tunnel in Paris at around 61 to 63mph
In the mind of this writer, Here is what happened. A well connected agent/
assassin mechanic, Opened the car and accessed the computer diagnostic
plug, but instead of reading what was wrong with t... more »
Latest Work From John Kaminski: Stampeding Toward Anarchy
Readers of this blog know that I fully support those writers whom I find
speak the truth about the criminal Jewish elite and their insidious plans
for world domination... One such writer is of course, John Kaminski...
I want to present John's latest work, which comes from the website, The
Rebel, at www.therebel.org/kaminski . It is entitled "Stampeding Toward
Anarchy", and I have it right here for everyone to view for themselves... I
do have my usual thoughts and comments to follow:
*Stampeding toward anarchy*
Created on 17 August 2013Written by John Kaminski
Olympic boycott ... more »
"Greetings, NSA Ashburn!"
*Click image for larger size.*
Twice a day, like clockwork, these fine Patriots make sure
there are no scary terrorists here posting naughtiness on this blog...
I feel so much safer, don't you?
- CP
U.S. TAKES THE LOW ROAD ONCE MORE.....
The United States was reportedly able to target an alleged al-Qaeda
operative named Adnan al-Qadhi for a drone strike after U.S. allies in
Yemen convinced an eight-year-old boy to place a tracking chip in the
pocket of the man he considered to be his surrogate father. Shortly after
the child planted the device, a U.S. drone tracked and killed al-Qadhi with
a missile. He was killed last November, less than 24 hours after President
Barack Obama’s re-election. Gregory Johnsen writes about the case in his
new article "Did an 8-Year-Old Spy for America?" published in The Atlantic.
"The Problem With the NSA's Illegal Data Collection"
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*"The Problem With the NSA's Illegal Data Collection"*
by Karl Denninger
"Let me relate a (true) story while taking the severe risk of burying the
lede, which I try very hard not to do around here. Many years ago I worked
for a company that you probably have never heard of. It was called
VideOcart, and was a spin-off from IRI that then went public. My job was to
design and implement a national IP-based network to deliver advertising and
control data to what, at its full deployment, would have been roughly 1
million shopping carts in grocery stores- with near-perfect reliabilit... more »
"FEMA Preparing For The Worst In Region 3- Why?"
*"FEMA Preparing For The Worst In Region 3- Why?" *
By Susan Duclos
"Well, this is pretty creepy. According to a notice sent by Senator Sheldon
R. Songstad, Ret. of South Dakota State and published, with a video, which
will be shown below, titled “Emergency Fema Region 3 Alert!!!,” the
government obviously believes something big is coming. Region three
includes, DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV.
The copied email alert, in full, below:
Emergency Fema Region 3 Alert!
FEMA Region III: DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 6:43 AM
Subject: National update from Sheldon: Sen... more »
A TRIBUTE TO THE DREAM 9
Dreams, Courage and FootstepsSaturday, 17 August 2013 09:35By Roberto
Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout | Op-Ed
How do you begin when there appears to be no beginning? My own memory goes
back 7,000 years, symbolically and metaphorically, to the origins - to the
creation - of maiz. But even that was not the beginning, although it is
helpful in understanding the following stories.
Yet, how do you understand that which is often incomprehensible - the
meaning of life, freedom, sovereignty, memory or dreams?
In March of 2006, Hopi runners went into Mexico from northern Arizona and
ran all t... more »
Israel Wants Amended Deal on American Arms
Israel and the U.S. are renegotiating their 30-billion dollar weapons
(military aid) deal. Israel wants a clause in the amended deal that
commits the U.S. to maintaining Israel's QME or "qualitative military edge."
They won't come out and say it in so many words but Israeli officials want
America to ensure that Israel gets the latest and greatest U.S. weaponry,
not its Arab neighbours.
'The Everlasting Gospel' by William Blake
*William Blake - The Everlasting Gospel (Text)*. The speaker in the video
below starts reading at "Was Jesus humble? or did He Give any proofs of
humility?"
Title: 'The Everlasting Gospel' by William Blake. Source: Blake Society.
Date Published: February 5, 2013. Description:
This recording is part of the Blake Voice project of the Blake Society.
This and many more Blake recordings can be downloaded for free at
http://www.blakesociety.org/voice/.
If you would like find out more about being involved in this project and
making a recording please contact voice@blakesociety.org.
Egypt aftermath - examining the situation after the Wednesday massacre..... Did Egypt Junta Chief General El - Sisi refuse to take President Obama's phone call at the height of Wednesday's violence ? Debka says that is the case....Very recent updates in the exceedingly fluid situation as Friday protests from competing sides ( Pro Morsiand vs Tamarod camps ) loom and the potential for more bloodshed is quite high.... worldwide criticism , outrage and reactions , UN consultations , official death toll close to 700 from Wednesday's massacre , relatively lame US response panned , Turkey taking a firmer stand than the US in consistently criticizing the Military response to the ongoing Pro Morsi protest , marveling at how impotent the US appears - Saudi and Qatar financial aid to Egyptian military has trumped any fear General El- Sisi had of President Obama , Congress or US disapproval of their actions - US looks quite impotent regarding Egypt ! Coupled with impotence , US policies are a worst of all possible worlds set of policies as no one is happy with the US right now ! .
Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/egypt-milllions-protest-morsi-458/
Scores are dead as Egypt descends into chaos following a brutal crackdown
on massive sit-ins in support of deposed President Mohamed Morsi. Morsi
supporters have been rallying since July 3 demanding his reinstatement.
*22:28 GMT:* The Muslim Brotherhood has called for "a Friday of Anger" in
towns and villages across Egypt, after the deadly crackdown on pro-Morsi
sit-ins on Wednesday.
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"After the blows and arrests and killings that we are facing, emotions are
too high to be guided by anyone,"* said Brotherhood spokesman Gehad
El... more »
Republicans May Be Vulnerable... But They Know They Can Count On Steve Israel's Incompetence To Hold The House For Them
Not even factoring in Pelosi saddling the DCCC with the most incompetent
loser in the organization's inglorious history, the midterms are all set up
for a Republican triumph. Conventional wisdom will point out that the
president's party "always" loses the midterm following a second term
victory and that Obama's popularity is sinking fast-- among Democrats as
well as others. And, of course, the Republican state legislatures have
gerrymandered districts all over the country-- particularly in North
Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, Georgia and
Wisconsin-- to mak... more »
The Unintended Lessons from Florida: Class Grades, pt. 2 | the becoming radical
The Unintended Lessons from Florida: Class Grades, pt. 2 | the becoming
radical.
Solon.com: Your mortgage documents are fake!
MONDAY, AUG 12, 2013 04:58 AM PDT
*Your mortgage documents are fake!*
Prepare to be outraged. Newly obtained filings from this Florida woman's
lawsuit uncover horrifying scheme (Update)
BY DAVID DAYEN
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/12/your_mortgage_documents_are_fake/
Your mortgage documents are fake!
Lynn Szymoniak (Credit: CBS News/60 MInutes)
If you know about foreclosure fraud, the mass fabrication of mortgage
documents in state courts by banks attempting to foreclose on homeowners,
you may have one nagging question: Why did banks have to resort to this
illegal scheme? Was it ju... more »
"Shocking: 100 Years in Prison for Posting a Link?"
*"Shocking: 100 Years in Prison for Posting a Link?"*
by Abby Martin
"Abby Martin talks in depth about the curious case of Barrett Brown, the
hacktivist/journalist who is facing 105 years in prison for posting a link.
We live in a crazy world where they will send you to jail for posting a
link but not lying to the public, stealing their private property and
keeping the poor, poor! What is the logica behind “100 Years in Prison for
Posting a Link?”
- http://beforeitsnews.com/
A Retired Marine Colonel Warns of America's Covert Domestic Army
Homeland Security is pre-staging a massive para-military force, a domestic
army being assembled because the government fears the people.
“Hey History Guy, What the Heck is Up with Egypt?!”
My favourite online historian, Scott Powell, reckons history is desperately
needed to understand how Egypt’s crisis has unfolded, and where it is
headed …
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
As “scary” as it gets, a blank parent report. #optout
See how easy this is? No consequences, just a blank report. That’s all. So,
parents, what are you waiting for? An invitation? Tagged: data, optout,
refusal, report, testing
What's Missing from The Star's Latest on Ford's Felonious Friends?
The first sentence from The Star's latest story on Rob Fucking Ford and his
criminal associates:
Toronto police are investigating attempts by associates of Mayor Rob Ford
to retrieve the crack cocaine video.
Notice anything missing there?
No?
Compare to this poll being run by NewsTalk 1010 at the moment, which, by
the way is running 84% 'yes'.
The Toronto Star reports that police are looking into Rob Ford's buddies'
attempts to get their hands on an alleged video of the mayor smoking from a
crack pipe. Do you believe the footage exists?
The Star has abandoned the use of the word... more »
Our Corrupt Conservative Gov't Is In Breach Of Canadian Code of Advertising Standards For Promoting A Program That Doesn't Exist
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[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*What a corrupt and morally bankrupt Federal Conservative government we
Canadians are saddled with at the moment. You would think that there
might
be at least a few ethical individuals in the Conservative Party of
Canadawith the guts and decency to speak up about what their disgraceful
Leader
is doing!*
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**"OTTAWA — A federal government television commercial touting a not yet
existent Canada Job Grant was misleading and a breach of the Canadian
Code
of Advertising Standards, Canada’s advertising watchdog has ruled.*
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**In a letter to James Gilbert... more »
Reprise: Corporatism, KIPP, and Cultural Eugenics
Title: Corporatism, KIPP, and Cultural Eugenics (2011) Author: Jim Horn
Corporatism is about crushing the capacity for moral choice. Chris Hedges
In a 2009 report entitled Parsing the Achievement Gap II, researchers
(Barton and Coley 2009) recalibrated the achievement gaps[i] that Barton
had first documented in Parsing the Achievement Gap: Baselines for Tracking
Progress (Barton […]
Long Walk 4 Photos Indiana by Susan Suhar
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Photos by Susan Suhar, thanks for sharing with Censored News!
Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz in Richmond, Indiana this week.
Susan Suhar: "The photos were taken in Richmond, after
the meet of the walkers at the courthouse last Sunday. When they came
into town there was a drum and dance and feed at the Townsend Fellowship
Center there." The walkers arrived in
Your moment of Zen
An allium in the garden. [photo via The Garden Oracle]
Think again, Fran
On that think tank-based study by the centre-right Centre for Policy
Studies, a senior BBC editor has seen fit to post a riposte on the BBC's
own 'About the BBC' blog....
This week the Centre for Policy Studies published a report claiming to have
found a left of centre bias in the BBC’s online reporting of think tanks.
They also claim right of centre think tanks are more likely to receive
health warnings than their left of centre counterparts.
The CPS itself is hardly impartial on the BBC – it argues for a smaller BBC
and campaigns against the licence fee.
Leaving this aside ther... more »
Defeating the propaganda
Where I come from we call it lying, but as President Obama points out, it's
perfectly clear the GOPers are trying to confuse the public about the
benefits of Obamacare. Of course, they wouldn't have had so much success in
doing so if our "liberal media" was willing to point out the inaccuracies
(if they need a polite word) instead of simply acting as stenographers for
the GOP's false claims. Our insider media is perfectly willing to analyze
the political implications (and subsequent benefits of lying) but only
Obama is willing to point out the obvious adverse consequences of the GOP'... more »
Our interview with @henryrollins on education coming up this Tuesday
Yes, reader, some of you might be wondering, “Why Henry Rollins?” Still
others, “Who IS Henry Rollins?” I’ve never made it a secret that I am a
huge punk rock fan. In fact, I can’t seem to get out of the late 70s, early
80s, musically. I’m “discovering” new bands everyday from that era of […]
Turkey Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul not only sharply criticize Egypt's military coup and the follow on security crack downs resulting in massive loss of life , but also military exercises with Egypt have been cancelled , as well as Ambassadors recalled ! Apart from Egypt , Syria conflicts continue to edge Turkey further into the ongoing Regional War ....
Erdogan - the voice of courage in the Arab world regarding Egypt's coup ?
Egypt committing state terrorism, al-Sisi and al-Assad are same: Turkish PM
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[image: The Turkish prime minister speaks during the the launching ceremony
of an urban renovation project in Bursa, Aug. 17. Erdoğan saluted several
times the crowd with the 'Rabaa' sign made by raising four fingers, which
has become the symbol of the massacre in Egypt and at the Rabaa al-Adawiya
Square where the supporters of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi have
... more »
Video Long Walk 4: Indianapolis press conference!
Michael Lane speaking at a press conference for the Longest Walk 4: Return to Alcatraz in Indianapolis Indiana 8/16/2013
Route and schedule: www.returntoalcatraz.com
White Buffalo Calf Woman Society: Protect women and children from Keystone XL 'man camps'
Faith Spotted Eagle/Photo Melissa Merrick
Photo: Native Women's Society of Great Plains
Photo Melissa Merrick
Statement by the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc.
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Photos by Melissa Merrick, via phone, thank you for sharing with Censored News! August 16 and 17, 2013
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PICKSTOWN, South Dakota -- The White Buffalo Calf
Let's Not Be Too Quick to Do Harper's Bidding - Again
Stephen Harper's overarching goal since he signed up with the Reform Party
has been to shift Canada's political centre far and permanently to the
right. With the collaboration of the Liberals, now Conservative-Lites, and
the NDP, now Latter Day Liberals, Harper has succeeded handsomely.
A secondary goal was to change Canada's Senate. Either an elected Senate
with new rules for distribution or outright abolition. It seems we're all
lining up to hand him that win too.
It's not easy to hold much regard for the Senate any longer. That in large
part results from how Harper has stacke... more »
Is News International at risk of being charging as a corporate suspect - is the entire company at risk of receiving what would amount to a death sentence ?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/exclusive-met-investigating-rupert-murdoch-firm-news-international-as-corporate-suspect-over-hacking-and-bribing-offences-8771560.html
Scotland
Yard is investigating News International as a “corporate suspect”
over hacking and bribing offences, it can be revealed.
*The Independent* has learnt the Metropolitan Police has opened an
“active
investigation” into the corporate liabilities of the UK newspaper group –
recently rebranded News UK – which could have serious implications for
the
ability of its parent company News Corp to operate in the ... more »
So Maybe harper Implodes On His Own and Nothing Really Changes
harper should have gone down at the hands of an enraged, democratic
citizenry. I had a plan, but no resources to carry it through. And the
geniuses had no time to even hear me out. I don't think it's because they
were too busy with their own plans, because there's been deafening silence
from them in that regard.
What nonsense.
JP Morgan's previously announced plan to massively slash headcount ( by approximately 15,000 ) in its mortgage banking unit , with most cuts hitting loan servicing and foreclosure depts - anyone wonder how their mortgage originations units will fare in a rising rate environment ?
JP Morgan cutting a lot in August......
http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/tag/layoffs/
( announced 8/8 )
JP Morgan Chase is laying off 475 mortgage-related employees in North Texas
as fewer customers need help with troubled loans, the bank said today.
The local job cuts are part of a previously-announced companywide workforce
reduction in mortgage banking. In February, JP Morgan said it would cut
13,000 to 15,000 workers over the next year.
The bank has 14,500 workers in North Texas, one of the largest work forces
outside of the company’s headquarters in New York.
The staff redu... more »
Bolivia's economic advances
In *El Diario/La Prensa*, [9 August 2013, p.15] there was an article about
Evo Morales' speech on the state of the economy. A basic translation from
the Spanish is that at a CAF banking development conference in Sucre,
Morales told the listeners that the economic growth gets democratised and
the economy comes back. With the gross internal product rate growing well
at a rate of 6.5% in the first part of the year, Bolivia is ranked as the
third most powerful economy for the region; Morales listed the economic
expansion as due to growth in the hydrocarbon, financial services,
transport... more »
MONTANA: Moccasins on the Ground Tour of Resistance: Stop KXL Pipeline
Moccasins
on the Ground Tour of Resistance in Montana To Stop the KXL Pipeline
By the Lakota Media Project of Owe Aku, Bring Back the Way
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Tarsands Protest: Debra White Plume arrested at White House
WHITE HALL, Montana -- Moccasins on the Ground Tour of Resistance opens
the nonviolent direct action training at 5pm on Friday, August 23, 2013
at White Hall, Montana and continues
What Mattered This Week?
I'll go with Egypt.
What didn't matter? I guess I can plug my Salon column here: it doesn't
matter a whole lot whether GOP presidential debates are on CNN or Fox or
whatever.
But I'm sure there's more out there. What have you got? What do you think
mattered this week?
The New World Disorder or How the West Must Learn to Live With Planet Chaos
It seems that not a day passes without news of some bombing in Iraq or
massacre in Afghanistan, atrocities in Syria and Sudan and Somalia. Now
we watch Egypt transform into the latest charnel house of brutal misery and
despair. And these are just the nations that still make our papers,
sometimes.
It's interesting how we treat these countries and their woes. There seems
to be one category where we act, a second category where we toss around the
idea of intervention but hold back, and a third category, the largest,
where we just shrug our shoulders and say "meh!"
When you look... more »
A Republican Could Never Defeat Mike Honda-- So A Democrat With A Republican Economic Perspective Is Primarying Him
Mike
Writing at BlueTheNation, Jonathan Nathan makes the point that "One of the
most important races of the 2014 election cycle is one you’re not likely to
hear an awful lot about, at least not from the sort of pop-politics talking
heads one finds on the news networks and cable channels and major blogs.
That’s because it’s an intra-party race between two Democrats. Seven-term
incumbent Mike Honda is being challenged by Ro Khanna, a techie, a
professor, and a former member of the Obama Administration." Here at *DWT*,
of course, we've been covering this race carefully, primarily becaus... more »
NSA spying updates - August 17 , 2013.....Revelations of privacy breaches just the tip of the iceberg ? Stated another way ,just how deep does the spying rabbit hole go - is this like digging the proverbial hole to China deep ?
just the tip of the iceberg ????
NSA revelations of privacy breaches ‘the tip of the iceberg’ – Senate duoAugust
17, 2013
Print Version
*Source: London Guardian*
Two US senators on the intelligence committee said on Friday that thousands
of annual violations by the National Security Agency on its own
restrictions were “the tip of the iceberg.”
“The executive branch has now confirmed that the rules, regulations and
court-imposed standards for protecting the privacy of Americans’ have been
violated thousands of times each year,” said senators Ron Wyden and Mark
Udall, two leading cr... more »
Talk Like an Egyptian
Today's *Dateline London *(minus Gavin Esler) was an unusually feisty and
rewarding affair.
Much of it was taken up with a discussion of this week's violent events in
Egypt and it began with an impassioned contribution from the programme's* *regular
Egyptian contributor, Abdallah Homouda.
This came across as something of a cry of frustration at the way in which
the events have been covered by Western media organisations, and Mr Homouda
gave me the impression of being distinctly nervous about presenting his own
point of view on the BBC today - given the BBC's own recent reporting... more »
Doug Noland's August 17 , 2013 missive " Introducing Government Finance Quasi - Capitalism " .......As Doug notes , the bailout really began in 1994 , when the FHLBs and GSE's bailed out traders / banks caught off side in the great bond debacle of 1994..... Since 1994 , we basically have staggered from one episodic bailout to the next episodic bailout - different epicenters , different markets , different bailout mechanisms or schemes - but bailouts nonetheless. .....regarding the global government finance bubble , this has ben a subject of discussion at the Prudent Bear since 2009 - and considering the bubble then and now is fascinating and horrific at the same time .......In an allegedly " non crisis " world , we see full tilt QE from The Fed , the BOJ and ECB alleged committal to open ended bond buying - what happens when the next crisis actually manifests itself ? Government Finance Quasi Capitalism = endgame ? What bails out the Governments when this ponzi scheme hits the inevitable wall ?
http://www.prudentbear.com/2013/08/introducing-government-finance-quasi.html
( h/t to Kev for pointing out this week's missive from Doug ! )
Introducing "Government Finance Quasi-Capitalism"August 17, 2013 posted by Doug
Noland
Bond yields shoot to two-year highs and equities take notice
This week’s CBB evolved from notes prepared for a presentation I was to
give. Instead, a lively Q&A session developed and I never got to my notes.
So, I’ll take this opportunity to share analysis that introduces
“Government Finance Quasi-Capitalism.”
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Jam... more »
Obama Champions Your Right to Pay
Let President Obama be perfectly clear. In the richest country on earth,
you don't have the same right to health and wellness and treatment for
disease as they do in other advanced countries. But you absolutely,
positively have the right to *shop* for your own private health insurance
(which if you are lucky, might pay some percentage of your actual care.) As
your president, he will defend your *purchasing* power to the death, with
all the weasel words at his disposal, against the machinations of the
Republicans. Because it's not about him, altruistic fellow that he is. It's
about ... more »
Fukushima endgame and apocalyse looming - how Japan destroys the world - Tepco and Japan , if left to their own devices ( based on the track record for Fukushima ) , will botch fuel rod removal , set off the next major calamity and destroy most of Japan , by extent a large part of Asia and by further extension the planet ...... the question is - does the world plan to sit idly by while Japan screws this up royally ?
From Energy News........ Focus on Japan
06:55 AM EST on August 17th, 2013 | 11 comments
Asahi: Japan in official “state of nuclear emergency” still — Clearly shows
Fukushima disaster on going — Crisis far from over… gov’t far too late,
commitment far too weak
02:27 PM EST on August 16th, 2013 | 133 comments
CNBC: “Cow terrorism” from government’s push to restart reactors — Nuclear
power is unwelcome, Japan public fearful and resentful (VIDEO)
01:10 PM EST on August 16th, 2013 | 30 comments
Japan TV reveals cover-up of radioactive ‘black rain’ data — Doctor: “This
is really surprising... more »
The Politics of Genocide
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*In this important interview from 2011, internationally acclaimed activist
and documentary filmmaker Keith Harmon Snow explains what he calls "the
politics of genocide." Tracing the historical progression of the concept
of genocide and its politicization, he illustrates the power relations at
work in the construction of genocide narratives, pointing out the hypocrisy
of what he calls "the genocide industry." Attacking everything from the
nonprofit-industrial complex to poverty-pimping celebrities and colonialist
exploiters, Keith Harmon Snow illuminates some of the darker co... more »
Philadelphia School District financial Foibles - is there a unspoken 28 million hole baked into the funding cake ( which would be projections for additional tax collections ) ? Mayor Nutter rejects City Council property tax plan , will stick with his plan to borrow 50 million to allow Schools to open on time... City Council approval still needed for Mayor nutter plan to go into effect , so let's see what happens ! Budge reductions and school conditions - from the perspectives of school teachers and parents - grim stuff !
squeezing blood from stones it would appear......
http://thenotebook.org/blog/136315/squeezing-school-funding-tax-delinquents-28-million-in-balance
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*by Patrick Kerkstra for the Notebook and PlanPhilly*
As bad as the School District’s projections for this fiscal year already
are, the actual bottom line could turn out even worse if the City of
Philadelphia fails to deliver on its promise to squeeze an additional $28
million out of tax del... more »
In our view, Krugman goes over the line!
*SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013*
*Press corps gets airbrushed away:* Has our political system “been so
degraded by misinformation and disinformation that it can no longer
function?”
That’s the question with which Paul Krugman started yesterday’s column.
Plainly, we’d say the answer is yes.
We'd say our system has been disabled that way for a rather long time.
In our view, misinformation and disinformation were thoroughly clogging the
system at least by the start of the Clinton-Gore years. By the end of those
years, the disinformation drowned us. In that sense, Krugman was raising a
ve... more »
MOVING EVENING AT THE PEACE PAGODA
*Vanessa has become one heck of an activist*
I am sitting in a bakery in Bennington, Vermont due to the fact that
Highway 9 is closed because of a major accident. Police said the road
would be closed for at least 90 minutes as they clear the two-lane country
highway that runs east-west. I am heading east. Or I was heading east.
Early yesterday I took my scooter from Bath to nearby Brunswick and rented
a car to make the six-hour drive to Grafton, New York for the 20th
anniversary Hiroshima observance at the Nipponzan Myohoji Peace Pagoda. I
arrived early enough to be greeted by B... more »
Pirate Bay decade: Fighting censorship, copyright monopolies bit by bit
Rick Falkvinge
Russia Today
The phenomenon of sharing culture and knowledge seems to swing in cycles
between centralized and decentralized. The Pirate Bay appeared with little
fanfare in the fall of 2003. At the time, BitTorrent was not the preferred
sharing technology at all, and a Swedish think-tank named The Pirate Bureau
wanted to try out the technology, as it showed promise by being
decentralized.
While we would think that sharing activity would need to be decentralized
by its nature, it turns out that this is rarely the case. When we were
sharing culture and knowledge in our... more »
No shit Sherlock - Top Gear in new controversy over faked hovercraft scenes on River Avon - News - TV & Radio - The Independent
' BBC motoring show Top Gear is embroiled in controversy over faked
scenes
after it emerged that actors had been hired to appear in a segment where
a
home-made hovercraft soaks diners at a riverside restaurant.'
Top Gear fake scenes? No shit Sherlock
Story here
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/top-gear-in-new-controversy-over-faked-hovercraft-scenes-on-river-avon-8735570.html
Academic Conferences: From “Networking” to Forming and Nurturing Social Ties
I don’t care much for APSA. Indeed, this year I am continuing my recent
tradition of skipping it entirely. But it always occasions discussion in
the political-science blogsphere. This year the focus of that discussion,
at least as it pertains to conferencing as an activity, appears to be on
“networking.” Steve recently echoed the substantive
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Class Grades | the becoming radical
Class Grades | the becoming radical.
Tea Party's Reign Of Terror Just May Save The Incompetent Democrats Next Year
Danton
et Farenthold
The French Revolution spawned many important things aside from the motto
*"Liberté,
égalité, fraternité."* Before the French Revolution, for example, a
debauched and unaccountable monarchy and aristocracy ruled mankind with
impunity and conspired with the Established religions to give that the
imprimatur of ruling by "Divine Right." Things really did change because
of
the monumental revolution, even if they've slipped back in the
*ancien*direction-- substitute plutocracy and oligarchy for
aristocracy-- in recent
years. The whole "left"/"right" dichotomy of looking... more »
BBC News - Mortgages at 'most affordable level' for 14 years
Another housing bubble being inflated?
More here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23736707
Oh, What A Tangled Web
Things are starting to get interesting -- and potentially nasty. John
Ivison reports in *The National Post* that Mike Duffy is unhappy:
Mr. Duffy’s lawyers have barred him from speaking to the press but he has
told friends that he feels he has been thrown under the bus and that the
Conservative PR machine is out to destroy him.
Sources close to the now-Independent senator at the centre of the expenses
scandal said Mr. Duffy was recruited to present a “kinder, softer” face to
the Conservative Party in the run-up to the 2011 election. Friends say he
was told that political appearanc... more »
95 percent confidence: in HEP vs IPCC
When I saw some reports about the IPCC's 95 percent "certainty" that the
global warming is mostly man-made, I couldn't avoid thinking about the huge
difference between hard sciences (such as particle physics) and soft
sciences (such as the contemporary climatology).
Reuters saw documents saying something like that:
Drafts seen by Reuters of the study by the U.N. panel of experts, due to be
published next month, say it is at least 95 percent likely that human
activities - chiefly the burning of fossil fuels - are the main cause of
warming since the 1950s.
That is up from at least 90... more »
EdWeek and the Gates Love Affair that Just Won’t Go Away
In the Digital Education blog at Education Week, Q&A: Bill Gates on
Teaching, Ed Tech, and Philanthropy provides Gates with yet another
platform to (this time) continue his re-messaging campaign. Yep, he uses
words like “magical” (did you get goose bumps?), but if you read carefully,
as Jersey Jazzman did, Gates has simply learned to soften his […]
US Middle East policies in Iraq and Syria - how can the US have a coherent foreign policy when the US : supports Iraq Prime Minister Maliki and opposes Al Qaeda in Iraq ; at the same time , the US opposes Syria' Assad but helps arm Al Qaeda in Syria ; concurrently , Syria and Iraq are allies fighting Al Qaeda - how can that work ? Meanwhile , Lebanon and Hezbollah increasing drawn into the Syria War - what reactive measure will Hezbollah take against the syria rebels after the deadly attack inside Lebanon - essentially at Hezbollah's doorstep ? Yemen appears to have gone back to its prior state of irrelevance - 12 drone attacks , at least 49 killed , if there was a real terror threat from Yemen - it was not prevented by what appears to be wanton and reckless bombing of mostly civilians that will in fact create many more enemies for the US ........ Cynically looking at US's aid to Egypt - this is is just a form of US corporate welfare and US bribery to the military of Egypt ( which the GCC has blown away by pledging 12 billion to Egypt )
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/08/16/us-officials-syria-war-fueling-al-qaeda-in-iraq-resurgence/
US Officials: Syria War Fueling al-Qaeda in Iraq ResurgenceIraqi Govt Seeks
US Surveillance Drones Amid Growing Threat
by Jason Ditz, August 16, 2013
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July was the deadliest month for Iraq in years, and August looks to be no
better. Iraq’s central government is desperate to get support from anywhere
they can on security, and apparently having no better ideas has sought EU
support as well as floating the idea of US surveillance drones.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has always ... more »
My name is...
The Scary Door has been opened in Egypt. Out of it has come all the old
horror. This photo, I am reliably told, shows a young Egyptian writing
their name on their arm, in case they are killed by the army/police. What
bravery in the face of horror.
A chart is worth a Million Words
Removing The Shackles - 19 hours ago
With huge thanx to the research team.... who are having an absolute blast
asking "What do I know?" and then clicking on a link and discovering all
sorts of fun stuff!!! I dont' even know if it's possible to formulate an
article around all that they have dug up and discovered and dragged out
from under the carpet. I might just have to post an article that is
entirely made up of links and say "Have fun with this!!".
A picture may be worth a thousand words.... but a chart is worth a
million!!!
This first set of charts is from here:
http://fairwhistleblower.ca/content/revolving-door... more »
Missing Money
Missing Money
I really love it when people put together these visual messages- nothing
gets the point across like a picture
...It's like going to the grocery store and by the time you get home, 8 of
the 9 bags of groceries you've bought have disappeared and all you have
left is one bag that contains a box of saltine crackers, some no name corn
flakes and a bottle of ketchup.
http://www.masters-in-accounting.org/missing-money/
[image: Missing Money]
Image compliments of Masters in Accounting Degrees
Thus Spake Zarathustra
"Mmmm....*Sunday*, with Ed Stourton"
My attempts at predicting what's going to up for discussion on *Sunday *have
been thwarted once more, as the programme has again published its 'table of
contents' a day early.
To be covered...an interview with the Archbishop of Lima about the two
British women arrested in Peru over suspected drug trafficking; the second
half of that 'following in the footsteps of St.Paul' report; an interview
with Lord Karan Bilimoria, the first Zoroastrian Parsi to sit in the House
of Lords, about Zoroastrianism; a report from Australia about an Anglican
ar... more »
EGYPT BATTLES AL QAEDA
*Mysterious agents provocateurs shoot at police in Cairo*
*On 16 August 2013 in Cairo:*
"As pro-Morsi protesters marched to Ramses Square ... heavy gunfire rang
out when residents tried to prevent the marchers from gathering.
*"Masked men in plain clothes were photographed shooting into the throng in
the square from the October 6th overpass...*
*"The security forces claim the Brotherhood burned the Rabaa al-Adawiya
mosque, the makeshift hospital located there and the bodies therein. *
*
**Masked men seen shooting protesters* - *Irish Times*
*Muslim Brotherhood Played With Fire An... more »
Jon Donnison - suppository of bias
A few days ago we did a piece about how the BBC's biases were already
making themselves evident during the corporation's initial coverage of the
Australian federal election.
Among the points made was that stories about 'gaffes' by right-wing
politicians are standard fare when it comes to the BBC's foreign coverage -
as the BBC seems to love such stories. 'Gaffes' by left-wing politicians,
in contrast, barely get a mention. That opening week's coverage went
overboard on one such right-wing 'gaffe' story (concerning a minor
candidate from a minor party). "More of the same should p... more »
More thoughts for the Brain...
Some
rather minor thoughts re the Laurie Penny article everyone is sharing-
while it's perfectly correct to argue that sexism, or any other
organised
prejudice, is a system and, therefore, it takes more than simple
goodwill
on any individual's part (Alex Callinicos, I understand, calls it
political
morality) to overcome it, the headline (and I'm aware authors don't
usually
write headlines) uses the word "benefit". If you take that strictly
literally it's very hard to avoid the implication that despite the
history
of politics and political parties, the actual objective basis of
politic... more »
"Hot Century Ahead: Study Finds Onslaught of Heat Waves Now Inevitable"
* "Hot Century Ahead: *
*Study Finds Onslaught of Heat Waves Now Inevitable"*
by Sarah Lazare
"A new study dishes out some very bad news about the global warming crisis.
It is too late to stop a "several folds" increase of deadly heat waves
caused by greenhouse gases—and the floods, fires, and storms they bring.
The report comes as a record heat wave hits North Asia, killing dozens and
sickening far more, flooding hospitals with heatstroke victims amid power
shortages that are cutting off air conditioning in some areas.
Published Thursday in the "Environmental Research Letters"... more »
CHILD ABUSE - JAPAN
*Child abuse increasing in Japan*
In Japan, child abuse cases reached a record high in 2012.
Enjo-kōsai is "a form of child prostitution whereby participating girls
sell their bodies in exchange for designer goods or money."
"In a 1998 survey by the Asian Women's Fund, researchers found that more
than 20 percent of all high school girls engage in enjo-kōsai and over 90
percent of the girls interviewed attested to feeling uncomfortable with the
exchange or purchase of sexual services for money.[4]"
"Teachers, monks, government officials, company executives, and others of
high soc... more »
Forced marriages: women hide spoon in underwear to flee parents at airport security | Mail Online
How a spoon in their knickers could save young women from a life of slavery
in Pakistan and elsewhere.
Read here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2395478/Forced-marriages-women-hide-spoon-underwear-flee-parents-airport-security.html
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This beautiful cosmic cloud is a popular stop on telescopic tours of the
constellation Sagittarius. Eighteenth century cosmic tourist Charles
Messier cataloged the bright nebula as M8. Modern day astronomers recognize
the Lagoon Nebula as an active stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years
distant, in the direction of the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
*Click image for larger size.*
Hot stars in the embedded open star cluster NGC 6530 power the nebular
glow. Remarkable features can be traced through this sharp picture, showing
off the Lagoon's filaments of glowing gas and dar... more »
Manipulation, Lies, Guile And The Real Nuclear Story
*Written by Grant G *
Manipulation, deceit, guile, those words plant different imagery and have
quite diverse meanings to the individual, however, for me they have one
specific goal....and that is control, control the image, control the
message, control the mind and yes, you will now control the masses..
Examples are everywhere, here in British Columbia alone, we were told, no
we were lied to that we needed run of river private power, Gordon Campbell
was an habitual liar, he blathered about how short of power we were, our
illustrious local media donned blinders, they allowed thos... more »
Turkey's Erdoğan Talks Nonsense About Egypt, Plus Some Comments And A Video
"Those who resisted against the military coup in Egypt, did not resort to
violence, did not use weapons [...] The Egyptian people will gain their
rights sooner or later. One day those pharaohs will face a Moses who will
end the tyranny." [Source: *"Turkey’s Erdoğan Blasts EU For Egypt, Syria
Massacres,"* EurActiv, August 17].
Those are the words of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He is
talking absolute nonsense. Four points:* *
*1)* Muslim Brotherhood supporters have used violence against Egyptian
security forces and civilians, especially Egypt's Christian minority. ... more »
Muslim Brotherhood Played With Fire And Got Burned (Video Of Their Weapons Stockpile)
"The conflict is between Egyptians and a terrorist group that peddles
religion and manipulates the piety of the uneducated, the poor and the
gullible," writes Dr. Ashraf Ezzat in his article, *"Ending the Muslim
Brotherhood’s "Occupy Egypt" (The unreported story)."* Read the entire
article, he has many other great quotes. Here's some more:
The protesters you used to watch, on TV news bulletins, occupying the Rabaa
and Nahdaa squares are not politically motivated, as a matter of fact most
of them are illiterate, politically and literally speaking. Those
protesters were shepherded in... more »
Asia Shocks West By Demanding Their Gold Be Sent Home
*
* *
* *Asia Shocks West By Demanding Their Gold Be Sent Home*
After an initial $20 plunge, the price of gold turned violently higher and
closed near the highs in
After an initial $20 plunge, the price of gold turned violently higher and
closed near the highs in what turned out to be almost a $50 trading range.
In the aftermath of this turbulent trading, today one of the legends in
the business shocked King World News when he said the reason for the wild
trading action was that Asian central banks were demanding their gold, some
of which is being stored in Western vaults, be sen... more »
US files appeal to block Bernanke from testifying in AIG case
*
* *
* *US files appeal to block Bernanke from testifying in AIG case*
Published: Friday, 16 Aug 2013 | 5:39 PM ET
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked an appeals court to reverse a
judge's ruling last month that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke must
testify in a lawsuit about American International Group's 2008 bailout.
Bernanke cannot be forced to sit for a deposition because high-ranking U.S.
government officials are generally protected from getting drawn into
time-consuming civil litigation, the Justice Department said in its
petition.
The petition was filed in th... more »
Branding Snowden: Chinese tech firm wants to trademark NSA leaker
*Branding Snowden: Chinese tech firm wants to trademark NSA leaker*
Published time: August 16, 2013 14:53
http://rt.com/business/china-tech-snowden-trademark-570/
A woman holds a portrait of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward
Snowden in front of her face as she stands in front of the U.S. embassy
during a protest in Berlin.(Reuters / Thomas Peter)
A Beijing-based electric car technology company wants to use NSA-leaker
Edward Snowden’s name as a brand for their new ‘secret technology’.
Electric car technology firm Hong Yuan Lan Xiang (HYLX) submitted an
application to the Chi... more »
IS THE ‘BATTALIONS OF AYESHA’ ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY ISRAEL TO SET UP A FAKE ‘AL QAEDA’ GROUP?
The responsibility for the recent bombing attack in Beirut clearly designed
to target Hezbollah, has been claimed by a hitherto unheard of group
calling itself the ‘Battalions of Ayesha’.
The usually reliable news organisation UPI reported that Hezbollah leader
Hassan Nasrallah had blamed Israel for the attack on the basis that it was
in retaliation for last weeks explosions that injured four Israeli soldiers
that had sneaked into Lebanon on a reconnaissance patrol. However, the BBC
has reported that Nasrallah had blamed ‘Sunni Muslim militants’ for the
blast seemingly contradictin... more »
Essential Grids Now in Place and Energized for Rectification of All Requisite Hue-Manity Up-Steps
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* *
* *Essential Grids Now in Place and Energized for Rectification of All
Requisite Hue-Manity Up-Steps*
by ÉirePort
Essential grids are now in place and energized for rectification of all
requisite Hue-manity up-steps. Cosmic stream assistance comes forthwith, at
appropriate moment.
Spiraling energies from Gaia Portals which are required for these up-steps
will be embraced by sufficient numbers of Hue-Beings to allow Cosmic
Upshift in frequencies.
Manifestations likely will include instantaneous multi-body (physical,
mental, and emotional) healings as well as resolutions of ... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Working back from the "Mikado" and "Yeomen of the Guard" Overtures to "The Gondoliers"
*GILBERT and SULLIVAN: The Mikado (1885): Overture*
*GILBERT and SULLIVAN: The Yeomen of the Guard (1888): Overture*
*Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, cond. Philips,
recorded February 1992*
*by Ken*
If you haven't been around Sunday Classics much, you may not be aware that
I take my Gilbert and Sullivan right seriously. (See, for starters, the
June 2010 post "The Mikado says, 'It's an unjust world, and virtue is
triumphant only in theatrical performances.'") I don't think of their run
of comic masterpieces, from *Trial by Jury* (1875) through *The Gondol... more »
The Flight of the Lapwing
*The East Coast is now being overbuilt with loud, kitschy hotels. Hurry up
and visit before it is destroyed.*
I was trawling through the Theological Commons (run by the Princeton
Theological Seminary), which has more than 70,000 texts from the 19th and
early 20th century on theology and religion in PDF format (including many
scholarly works), and found this treasure, The Flight of the Lapwing. The
book is subtitled *A Naval Officer's Jottings in China, Formosa, and Japan*.
An apt description. Click on READ MORE.....
Published in 1881, the book presents tales from three years of voy... more »
Elvis: August 16, 1977...
* RIP*
*January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) *
*You are missed!*
The Daily "Near You?"
Wales, Wisconsin, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Torture by Design: Saying No to the Architecture of Solitary Confinement and Cruelty --An interview with Raphael Sperry
*Torture by Design: Saying No to the Architecture of Solitary
Confinement
and Cruelty
--An interview with Raphael Sperry *
*By Angola 3 News*
Friday, August 16 marked the 40th consecutive day of a multi-ethnic
statewide prisoner hunger strike initiated from inside the Security
Housing
Unit (SHU) of California's Pelican Bay State Prison. When the strike
first
began on July 8, the 'California Department of Corrections and Reform'
(CDCR) reported 30,000 participants statewide, which the Los Angeles
Timeswrote "could be the largest prison protest in state history." In
response,
the hu... more »
‘Bloodbath that is not a bloodbath': Why Egypt is doomed
Pepe Escobar
Russia Today
Egypt's ‘bloodbath that is not a bloodbath’ has shown that the forces of
hardcore suppression and corruption reign supreme, while foreign interests
- the House of Saud, Israel and the Pentagon - support the military's
merciless strategy.
Stop. Look at the photos. Linger on dozens of bodies lined up in a
makeshift morgue. How can the appalling bloodbath in Egypt be justified?
Take your pick. Either it’s Egypt’s remix of Tiananmen Square, or it’s the
bloodbath that is not a bloodbath, conducted by the leaders of the coup
that is not a coup, with the aim of ... more »
Chet Raymo, "What Is Your Environmental Ethic?"
* *
*"What Is Your Environmental Ethic?"*
by Chet Raymo
"A student from Professor Mooney's environmental ethics class came up to
me in the College Commons the other day and asked me, "What is your
environmental ethic?" Most environmental thinking begins with a distinction
between natural and artificial. Natural is the non-human world. Artificial
is anything that is the work of human contrivance. The two are seen in
opposition. Natural is good. Artificial is bad. The bad is driving out the
good. Hence our environmental dilemma. Here again, it seems to me, we are
hung up on a fa... more »
"Are We Humans Dumber Than Chimps?"
* *
* "Are We Humans Dumber Than Chimps?"*
by The Daily Mail
"Could you be dumber than a chimp? That's not as daft a question as it
once was. After all, science has proved that chimpanzees share 99 per cent
of our DNA. They can learn sign language. They can solve puzzles and even
make tools. And this week came the most startling discovery of all.
Researchers in Japan have pitted human adults against five-year-old
chimpanzees in a test of mental agility and memory - and the chimps won. In
a test of short-term memory involving numbers flashed on a computer screen,
the apes comfor... more »
Christians Should Stop Whining About Persecution
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, thinks some Christians
living in foreign lands need to "grow up" and stop hyping tales of how
they're persecuted.
*“When you’ve had any contact with real persecuted minorities you learn to
use the word very chastely,” The Guardian reports him saying. “Persecution
is not being made to feel mildly uncomfortable. ‘For goodness sake, grow
up,’ I want to say.”*
* *
*True persecution involves “systematic brutality and often murderous
hostility that means that every morning you wonder if you and your children
are going to live through th... more »
Senate Residence Requirements Are Not a Frivolous Formality
Canadian senators are appointed to represent their home province. Although
some, like the barnstorming Cavendish Cottager, may appear to represent
their party, not the country and not their province, that isn't the obvious
intent of the residency requirement.
Senators are supposed to spend most of their time in their home province to
make themselves accessible to the people of their province, to hear their
concerns, so that they can take those thoughts and interests back and
represent them in the Senate.
A senator from Prince Edward Island fundraising in northern Alberta is
doin... more »
Is it really a great idea for the GOP to have presidential debates moderated by a guy who's sworn to keep one candidate from getting their nod?
*What? You think right-wing hate talker Mark Levin shouldn't moderate GOP
presidential debates just 'cause he's said, "I will do everything I can, in
my little way, to make sure [Chris Christie] is not the nominee"?*
*by Ken*
So let's pretend that you're a large-ish political party and you
occasionally like to run candidates for high political office, possibly
including president of the United States. And let's say that your party
tends to attract candidates who struggle to balance teh stupid and teh
crazy. This isn't in and of itself a problem, because the people you are
hoping w... more »
Just remember as you read this blog the NSA is noting you reading
There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any
given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in
on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they
watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your
wire whenever they wanted to.
From "1984"
Mistake in contract
Lee v. 1435375 Ontario Ltd., 2013 ONCA 516:
[37] The formation of a legally binding contract requires a meeting
of the minds –*consensus ad idem*. When the meeting of the minds is based
on a common error as to some fundamental fact, the parties' agreement,
viewed objectively, is "robbed of all efficacy": *Ron Ghitter Property
Consultants*, at para. 13, referring to M.P. Furnston, *Cheshire, Fifoot
and Furnston's Law of Contract,* 14th ed. (London: Butterworths, 2001).
[38] The motion judge accepted the test set out by Lord Atkin in the
famous decision of the House of L... more »
" The selective enforcement of law negates the very purpose of social order. How can there be a universally recognized limits to mankind’s behavior if a minority are permitted to disregard governing laws? The result is a contradiction – either the law applies everywhere or it does not . " ----- These are basic truths in a democratic society , right ? Now ask if these basic truths are fact based today ? So , what type of society are we in again ?
Instead of reality shows , why are there no surreality shows ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-16/it%E2%80%99s-law
"It’s The Law"
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/16/2013 15:06 -0400
- Great Depression
- Ludwig von Mises
- Market Crash
- Mises Institute
- New York Times
- Tax Revenue
*Submitted by James Miller of The Ludwig von Mises Institute Of Canada*
*It’s The Law*
[image: law]There is much casual talk about law and order among all classes
of people. It is not considered awkward when discussing the peculiarities
o... more »
Forgotten Libya Updates - August 16 , 2013.......Prime Minister threatens force to end oil industry production blockades which have essentially shutdown exports for several weeks - note that apart from blockades , are seeing unauthorized oil shipments by the Regional Commander of the Petroleum Facilities Guard ? Libya unable to guarantee supplies ? ? Additional news of note from forgotten Libya....
Zeidan threatens force to end oil industry disruption
*By Hadi Fornaji*
*Tripoli, 16 August 2013:*
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan today launched a fierce attack on protestors
disrupting Libyan oil production and sales at four export terminals, which
the government says have cost the country $1.6 billion in the last three
weeks, as output tumbled below 400,000 b/d. June production had reportedly
been nearer 1.3 million b/d.
Zeidan said that force would be used to end refinery blockades at Zueitina,
Brega, Ras Lanuf and Sidra. Moreover, he vowed that any tanker approaching
an export termin... more »
From the White House to America ( the attitude projected seems to be ) : If you were dumb enough to buy what was sold during the campaign - eat your peas ! If you don't like what I'm doing - on Affordable Healthcare " Bait and switches " , NSA spying on Americans , Terror - Rama / Osama Bin Laden fake theaters - kiss my butt because you're stuck with me until 2016 , Fools !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.michellesmirror.com/2013/08/insane-clown-posse-award.html
Which is the offensive cowboy clown ? I can't tell......
* [image: obama-rodeo-clown-mask-600][image: obama-cowboy]*
Back to exile for the former body man ?
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/love-obama-played-cards-during-osama-raid-i-can-t-watch-entire-thing-obama-said_748413.html
Love: Obama Played Cards During Osama Raid; 'I Can’t Watch This Entire
Thing,' Obama Said
2:00 PM, AUG 14, 2013 • BY DANIEL HALPER
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The Canadian Senate - OPEN THE BOOKS ... AND JAIL THE CROOKS!!
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*Canada's Conservative and Liberal parties have used and abused the
Canadian Senate for their own partisan and personal reasons for decades.
The New Democratic Party of Canada has long advocated for dissolution of
this unelected, undemocratic, untouchable disgrace of an institution. We've
always been right about this! **Abolish the damn thing!*
*
**And at the same time, perhaps show the nation what Canada's old line
Liberal's and Conservative's have been up to! **
*
*"The Senate's internal economy committee has accepted a plan by the
federal auditor ... more »
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