A very important beginning day: USS Iowa (BB-61) display for the LA Harbor Commission meeting to get a museum ship approved! (Photo credit: Konabish ~ Greg Bishop)Untitled
*State moves to fill 3 East Bank levee authority seats, including posts
held by president, vice president*
Iraq’s Unemployment Rate Much Worse Than Officials Say
Iraq’s unemployment rate has seen a slow and steady decline. Baghdad likes
to claim that its policies are the cause for this drop since it provides
thousands of public sector jobs each year. People have always criticized
the official statistics however, and now a new study by Booz & Company has
found that the reason for the decrease is not the creation of new
employment opportunities, but rather large numbers of Iraqis giving up
looking for work. That affects the young the most, which is the largest and
fastest growing group within the population. That could cause severe
problems d... more »
Personalized Scrabble Pencil Boxes
I can't believe that summer has come and gone. We have one more week in
this house until school starts, but in essence it is over. We have been
school shopping and bought new clothes, shoes and school supplies. As sad
as every child is that summer is over, that is how excited I am for school
to start. I have always loved getting my all of my school supplies together
and of course, new clothes. I did it every year up until I graduated
college. The first fall that I didn't go back to school, even though I was
happy to be done with school, I still missed getting ready for school. Now... more »
The Gay Agenda And The War Against God
.
The Independent reports today that schools in the UK are practicing
homophobic policy that was outlawed under Tony Blair. A columnist in the
same paper refers to the relevant (and detested) 'Section 28' saying "...it did
lasting damage to adolescents trying to come to terms with their sexuality,
because *responsible adults were inhibited from telling them that
homosexuality is a natural occurrence.*"
This statement brings us close to the heart of the matter. The idea that
the LGBT/Judeo-Masonic lobby want to force on our children is that
homosexuals are born not made, that homos... more »
No, Really, You Can't Skip Iowa (First 2016 Edition)
Yes, it's time to roll this one out already:
The first question Team Christie will have to confront will be whether they
play in Iowa at all. (Christie adviser Mike DuHaime declined to engage
questions for this story.)
The last two GOP victors of the caucuses — Rick Santorum in 2012 and Mike
Huckabee in 2008 — were ardent social conservatives, backed by gritty
grassroots networks of evangelicals, pastors and home-schoolers and
bolstered by a relentless retail repertoire. At first glance, the Hawkeye
State does not look like hospitable turf for the bawdy, biting Christie who
has c... more »
"Magical" DNA- quantum fields and communication
*I've put together a smorgasbord of articles that we have been reading,
re-reading and discussing over the past month or so. Suddenly more and
more of these topics are coming out into the lime light of the almost main
stream and main stream media. Our DNA holds the key to the universe.
Literally.*
*
**I've posted excerpts of several articles below, with their corresponding
links. Take a wander through the information and ask yourself "What do I
know?" then sit back and enjoy the information over load.*
*
**Homework: Look up Melanin - with special attention to neuro melanin- and
... more »
PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
- I taped the latest edition of my public access TV show yesterday. My
guest was Shenna Bellows, the Executive Director of the ACLU in Maine. We
talked about our work together on a drone bill in our state legislature
last spring. It passed but with an exception to allow for weaponized drone
testing in northern Maine. Interestingly enough our right-wing Gov. LePage
demanded that exception then vetoed the bill anyway. We parted ways with
the ACLU once they agreed to the weaponized drone exception - ACLU felt it
important to give on that issue in order to... more »
Caption Contest
No matter how much coffee he drinks, poor Chuck Schumer still can't
get the taste of Wall Street executive semen out of his mouth.
What else is going on in these great United States aside from Ted Cruz
going birther on himself?
LIVE COVERAGE OF 9 11
WHO CONTROLS YOUR MEDIA EXPOSED! - YouTube
Not Too Big to Jail: Why Eliot Spitzer Is Wall Street’s Worst Nightmare
BBC removes musician’s anti-Israeli comments from performance
Fake Al Qaeda Actors EXPOSED! Adam Gadahn & Yousef al-Khattab... more »
RODEO CLOWNS: No trains lead to Finland!
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013*
*Part 2—The information vanishes:* Did you happen to watch The Lady
Vanishes on PBS Sunday night?
We happened to do that! That morning, we’d chuckled at the synopsis shown
below, which appeared in the Washington Post.
Its author refers to several characters in the famous old tale:
CUTLER (8/18/13): *Soon, Miss Froy simply vanishes from the moving train.*
*Many people definitely saw her, though they deny it.*People have their own
reasons for lying. Iris is made out to be mad or—as is more favored for
1931—a hysterical young woman in need of supervision.
... more »
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*Eric Draitser appears on Press TV (August 16th, 2013) to discuss the
latest developments in the ongoing political crisis in Egypt. He explains
the growing conflict between Saudi Arabia and Qatar as it relates to Egypt
and the region more generally. Additionally, he examines the nature of the
Egyptian ruling establishment and the role of the United States in this
developing crisis.*
Some Wise Words From John Lennon
*You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are
what you are!*
**
**
*I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I
believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that
what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's
just that the translations have gone wrong.*
**
*Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.*
Are Weapons Inspections about Information or Inconvenience?
Editor’s note: this is a guest post by William Spaniel, a doctoral
candidate at the University of Rochester. See this previous Duck post
describing some of his work, and this post at his own blog providing more
information about the research discussed here. Spurred by a new
International Organization article by Alexandre Debs and Nuno
Continue reading
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to KRS-One, 48.
Good stuff:
1. Hey, academics: you'll want to read "How Not To Publicize Your Research"
from Seth Masket.
2. Amy Fried:
Maine is the whitest state in the country (96.9% white) and Vermont is the
second most white (96.7% white). Obama won both, convincingly. Twice. In
2012, Obama won 56.3% of the vote in Maine and 66.6% in Vermont. In 2008,
Obama won 57.7% of the vote in Maine and 67.5% in Vermont.
And how did LePage do in Maine in 2010? Not anywhere near Obama’s total —
just 38%.
3. And I'll lump the baseball ones together: Joe Sheehan on
Dempst... more »
Yes, criminal charges ought not be driven by public pressure -- but this is the the Federal Government's current policy -- so it's hardly surprising it applies to the Sammy Yatim case...
But appeasing the families of victims, however terrific they may be;
quieting the howling mob, however loud their cries; playing to the changing
favourites of the public gallery, however much that may suit the agenda of
government or agency, such things aren’t conducive to good decision-making.
Worse, the only justice they have anything to do with is the sort preferred
by the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. “No! No!” she cried. “Sentence first —
verdict afterwards.”
Story
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: 11 Facts About The ONGOING Fukushima Nuclear Holocaust That Are Almost Too Horrifying To Believe
The Fukushima nuclear disaster is turning into what will probably go down
in history to be the greatest environmental disaster that this planet has
ever seen. The situation, in spite of what the liars in the media
continue to promote as somehow being "under control" is very much totally
out of control, with no hope in the near future of any solution possible.
The fact is that nobody can even get close enough to the failed reactor
cores to even try to clean up this mess, because to do so would mean a
painful death from radiation sickness.....
I came across a very disturbing articl... more »
Today Musharraf Was Formally Indicted For Murdering Benzir Bhutto
Tuesday, there were three charges against Pakistan's former military
dictator, Pervez Musharraf: murder, conspiracy to murder and facilitation
of murder, shocking in a country which has had an unwritten rule that top
military men are NEVER held accountable for their crimes, no matter how
serious the offenses. (There has also been a lot of speculation that he's
always been a CIA operative, which complicates everything.)
Musharraf, who's been under house arrest in his palatial digs in Rawalpindi denies
everything.
Musharraf was indicted during a short hearing at a court in the cit... more »
Beware of ALEC Legislators "Copy/Paste" Press Releases
On August 8 - ALEC released this press release on their webpage:
State Legislators, Business Leaders Meet in Chicago
American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual Meeting
Promotes Collaboration, Participation in Policy Research
On August 19th Del Norman - from who cares where released this press
release:
Del. Norman Attends American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual
Meeting in Chicago
*August 19, 2013*By Dagger News Service Leave a Comment
From Del. Wayne Norman:
*From Del. Wayne Norman*
*Well - - - NOT REALLY*
ALEC PRESS RELEASE – 8/7/13
Chicago, Ill. (*August 7, 2... more »
Quick note on PD in #k12
A quick thought. When consultants do training on products, why do they feel
the need to immediately disclaim that they don’t do sales or receive
commissions? I know the materials are paid for, but what is this besides
sales conference? Tagged: education, k12, professional development
Greece will need another ( third for those keeping score ) bailout , says German finance Minister Schaeuble ! And the Germna view is what matters , not the humorous declarations from Greece Prime Minister Samaras on how" reforms are on track " or Troika rep Asmussen discussing run ups to the next review.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-20/schaeuble-admits-greece-will-need-another-bailout
Schaeuble Admits Greece Will Need Another Bailout
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/20/2013 08:33 -0400
- European Central Bank
- fixed
- Germany
- Greece
- Reuters
In the biggest non-news of the day, Germany's Finance Minister Wolfy
Schaeuble finally admitted, officially for the first time, what everyone
knows: Greece will need a third bailout. His exact words, as cited by
Reuters,*"There will have to be another programme in Greece," *Wolf... more »
LinkedIn profiles for Children
*LinkedIn is reducing its minimum age for connection from 18 to 13. *Children's
profiles will have default settings making less of their personal
information publicly perceptible, with more important links to safety
information. Support requests from teen members will also be dealt with
individually. The conclusion comes the day after the social-networking site
for professionals launched University Pages, allowing higher education
institutions to set up profiles.
Dr Bernie Hogan, of the Oxford Internet Institute, supposed the growth,
which takes effect on 12 September, would assi... more »
Check Out Time
Stephen Harper confirmed yesterday that he intends to run for re-election
in 2015. Michael Harris at *ipolitics *gives ten reasons why Harper should
retire. Consider three of Harris' reasons:
First, Harper is tempermentaly unsuited for the job. He is a politician who
doesn't like people:
And as strange as this may seem, he doesn’t much like politics either. At
least not the part most of us would associate with the world’s second
oldest profession — meeting people, experiencing the world, trying to make
things better for the people whose affairs you temporarily hold in trust.
As P... more »
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*Noise ordinance divides musicians, neighbors ~Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans
Advocate*
*Sounding Board: Public Weighs in on Noise Ordinance ~William Dilella, NOLA
DEFENDER*
*The League Better Beware Brees’ Reloaded Gun ~Saints Tailgate*
*Trying to wash us away ~Clancy DuBos, Gambit*
*MAP: Global Flood Damage Could Exceed $1 Trillion Annually by 2050 ~Mother
Jones*
*Hens rescued from cockfighting raid find new homes*
* *
*~Cockfighting fairly prevalent, warns LA/SPCA*
“Honesty is such a lonely word…”: Jeb Bush Lacks Credibility (Again)
It is becoming a disturbing refrain in my head whenever I visit Twitter:
Where’s the media? Jeb Bush offers a string of claims, no relevant
evidence, and the all-too-usual glossing over of real educational problems
in “Toward a Better Education System: A set of bold, proven reforms is the
key to raising student achievement.” This commentary […]
Overnight summary ( h/t Zero Hedge ) - Asia and europe see equities slammed and bond markets crumbling in emerging markets as well ! Convenient timing for the US ten bond - hit 2.90 yesterday but catching a nice bid this morning - yield s down about 10 bps today ! News , data and views on the global markets markets ......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-20/overnight-10-year-buying-offsets-usd-weakness-keep-futures-rangebound
Overnight Safety Bid For 10 Year TSYs Offsets USD Weakness, Keeps Futures
Rangebound
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/20/2013 07:01 -0400
- Activist Shareholder
- Apple
- Barack Obama
- Best Buy
- Bond
- Borrowing Costs
- Brazil
- British Pound
- Budget Deficit
- CDS
- China
- Copper
- CPI
- Crude
- Danske Bank
- Department of Justice
- Eurozone
- Greece
- Gr... more »
An American Rant-A Moral Imperative
Rufus Blaq and I Love The YO
"This is on my mind in the wee hours of my morning Facebook.
I have changed my profile pic to MLK on the anniversary of his historic "I
Have a Dream" speech and to those brave souls in my hometown, Youngstown,
Ohio who yearn for a better life than gangs and violence.
We are still so far from realizing MLK's dream as a society. In fact we
have "lost it". We have become fragmented, stiffled, oppressed, again.
America is decompensating.
We have an angry divided government that has become dangerous.
We have begun to live in a new Dark Ages in America sinc... more »
free bradley manning, and all war resisters
My thoughts on the Bradley Manning verdict at Socialist.ca: here.
Some Wisdom Of Buddha
*Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind
on the present moment.*
*To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring
peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a
man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all
wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.*
**
*It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the
victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons,
heaven or hell.*
"Something You Already Know"
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine
and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to
your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody
is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how
hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and
keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what
you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be
willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where
... more »
The Poet: Wendell Berry, "The Peace of Wild Things"
* *
*"The Peace of Wild Things"*
"When despair grows in me
and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting for their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free."
- Wendell Berry
I am Ray Fair
Or at least we agree on most things, according to this website, which
identifies which economist on the IGM Forum your opinions are most similar
to.
The top 10 jokes from the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe
1. *Rob Auton* - "I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an
oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa."
2. *Alex Horne* - "I used to work in a shoe-recycling shop. It was
sole-destroying."
3. *Alfie Moore* - "I'm in a same-sex marriage... the sex is always the
same."
4. *Tim Vine* - "My friend told me he was going to a fancy dress party
as an Italian island. I said to him 'Don't be Sicily'."
5. *Gary Delaney* - "I can give you the cause of anaphylactic shock in a
nutshell."
6. *Phil Wang* - "The Pope is a lot like Doctor Who. He never... more »
Three insightful BH information papers
*...I mean papers on entanglement in quantum gravity theories...*
Yesterday I discussed a paper on the black hole interior that I considered
bad but today there's some better news, namely three papers that are
interesting and not self-evidently wrong. Let me begin with
Black Holes or Firewalls: A Theory of Horizons
by Nomura, Varela, and Weinberg, three physicists who were previously
pointing out that the black hole firewall arguments were flawed because
they didn't treat the superpositions of macroscopically distinct states of
black holes correctly, among related "interpretational"... more »
US TRYING TO WRECK EGYPT
*Islamist militants slaughter 25 Egyptian policemen *
Israel and the USA put Morsi into power, to weaken Egypt.
"And even after the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood, *US ambassador
Patterson refused to give up on her bet, and convinced the leaders of
the
Muslim Brotherhood to try and mobilize their loyalists and stir up
violence*to convince the west that Egypt is on the brink of a civil
war...
"A few months after Morsi took office, he swiftly and regularly released
all the Islamist prisoners, who got convicted over terrorist operations,
including the murder of the late president Sada... more »
"A Flight Through The Heavens"
"This animated flight through the universe was made by Miguel Aragon of
Johns Hopkins University with Mark Subbarao of the Adler Planetarium and
Alex Szalay of Johns Hopkins. There are close to 400,000 galaxies in the
animation, with images of the actual galaxies in these positions (or in
some cases their near cousins in type) derived from the Sloan Digital Sky
Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7. And this is “only” about 400,000 galaxies in
their actual positions, or just 0.0003% of the galaxies in the Universe, at
most.
Vast as this slice of the universe seems, its most distant reac... more »
Would Western Democracies Have Opposed A Coup Against Democratically Elected Hitler?
"One would never know from reading The New York Times editorials and a good
deal of its coverage – along with that of other leading news organizations
– *that the Egyptian armed forces had moved against a political movement
attempting to impose an authoritarian regime on the country.*" - Egyptian
professor Abdullah Schleifer, *"Media at odds with military in Egypt
coverage"** *[Al Arabiya, August 13].
*"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 tho... more »
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Are Agents Provocateurs From The Coup Regime Behind The Attacks On The Coptic Churches?
The leaders of Egypt's military coup has a very savvy propaganda operation,
which I would bet anything is directed from what we used to call "Madison
Avenue." The drum they were beating over the weekend was about biased
western reporting. "Biased," from their point of view, means covering
events independently of the lies the coup leaders are demanding is the
story. It drives them crazy when western media-- like the *Times of Oman*--
runs dispatches like Sisi cannot get away murdering Egyptians.
Egypt is getting soaked in blood virtually every day. Within a trifle over
48 hours of... more »
Flower Tower Power...
*in case you're sick of all the crapola going on in the world, I thought
you might want to see something pretty.*
I decided to make a flower tower for my front deck and I wanted it BIG -
mainly because I didn't want to cut my fencing in half. *Waaaay *too much
work. So my flower tower measures 4 1/2 feet tall from the deck to the top.
Here's what I started with back in May:
And here they are now:
(Notice also that the disgustingly ugly metal mini-blinds are gone. We
bought 2 1/2 inch Norman faux wood blinds from Blinds.com and couldn't be
more pleased. Great service and super... more »
Annual goose egg blowout
*Re-re-re-post, I think.*
Every year I have to learn all over again -- the margin of error, with the
high-speed grinder and the basketball pump, is relatively small. I'm sure
there are better ways to go about this, but this is what we do:
We gather up containers for the freezer, and a Sharpie for writing on the
container, spread out some newspaper, find a round toothpick, an
old-fashioned milk bottle or a glass carafe, the basketball pump, the
high-speed Dremel-style tool (ours is a Craftsman), and a bowl of soapy,
salty water.
With the little cone-shaped grindstone, we zip off a b... more »
Paulo Coelho, "Killing Our Dreams"
"Killing Our Dreams"
by Paulo Coelho
"The first symptom of the process of our killing our dreams is the lack of
time. The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to
do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention
to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain
constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to
fight the Good Fight.
The second symptom of the death of our dreams lies in our certainties.
Because we don’t want to see life as a grand adventure, we begin to think
of ourselves ... more »
It's Here - Earth Overshoot Day, This Year 20 August, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, marks Earth Overshoot Day for 2013. This is not a
record to celebrate. It tells us that, in under eight months, mankind
exhausts an entire annual supply of renewable resources. After that, we're
eating our seed corn. Another way of looking at it is that, at current
rates of biomass consumption we need 1.5 planet Earths.
Now you might be asking yourself how mankind could possibly be using up
more renewable resources than the Earth can provide? The answer is we're
very good at it or very bad at it.
Biomass provides us the stuff we consume. It also absorbs ... more »
Kahlil Gibran, "The Madman"
* "The Madman"*
by Kahlil Gibran
"It was in the garden of a madhouse that I met a youth with a face pale
and lovely and full of wonder. And I sat beside him upon the bench, and I
said, “Why are you here?”
And he looked at me in astonishment, and he said, “It is an unseemly
question, yet I will answer you. My father would make of me a reproduction
of himself; so also would my uncle. My mother would have me the image of
her seafaring husband as the perfect example for me to follow. My brother
thinks I should be like him, a fine athlete. And my teachers also, the
doctor of phi... more »
UK destroys The Guardian's "Snowden" hard drives
Just as we are absorbing yesterday's news that Glenn Greenwald's domestic
partner was detained at London's Heathrow Airport for 9 hours under
Schedule 7 of the UK's Terrorism Act while they asked him all about
Greenwald and whistleblower Edward Snowden ?!?! ... comes this column today
from the Guardian's Editor-in-Chief, Alan Rusbridge :
*David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face*
In it he describes how two months of visits from "senior government
officials" demanding he hand over the Edward Snowden material culminated in
an ultimatum a month ago :
"..ha... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Wakefield, Kansas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Personal trivia
My friend and former employer gets invited to the occasional White House
function but this encounter on the Vineyard happened by chance. Tom has
spent every August there for many years.
Boston Globe tells me:
One diner who kept his distance was Northampton attorney and Obama
fund-raiser Tom Lesser, who happened to be at the restaurant with his wife,
Maggie Spiegel, and their daughters Grace and Elisabeth. Obama stopped to
say hello and, before leaving, took a quick selfie with the girls. Patrons
applauded as the president and first lady departed.
I watched those girls grow up. ... more »
“Fukushima Apocalypse"
* *
*“Fukushima Apocalypse: *
*Years of ‘Duct Tape Fixes’ Could Result in ‘Millions of Deaths’”*
by RT
"Even the tiniest mistake during an operation to extract over 1,300 fuel
rods at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan could lead to a
series of cascading failures with an apocalyptic outcome, fallout
researcher Christina Consolo told RT. Fukushima operator TEPCO wants to
extract 400 tons worth of spent fuel rods stored in a pool at the plant’s
damaged Reactor No. 4. The removal would have to be done manually from the
top store of the damaged building in the radiat... more »
Philadelphia School District Financial Drama- Rama - Week of August 19, 2013 .. Monday opens with the news budgeting by the School District and SRc will NOT include money pledged from State ( with concessions from the PTF tied to release of any funds - as best one can tell , the negotiations are far , far from being concluded ) .....
Countdown, Day 21: Mayor says kids, not teachers, being asked to do
heaviest liftby Dale Mezzacappa on Aug 19 2013 Posted in Countdown to
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Superintendent William Hite and the School Reform Commission continue their
commitment not to budget a penny that they are not sure of getting as
schools struggle to prepare for opening under unprecedented conditions.
They have decided that the $50 million from the city is gettable, despite
the tug-of-war between Mayor Nutter and Council President Darrell Clarke over
how to raise it.
So they have put th... more »
JP Morgan to launch sale of its commodities assets in early September ( moving rather quickly .. ) Maybe the fact that the DOJ is investigating JP Morgan's Energy market manipulations is adding a sense of " urgency " ? Does the investigations by FERC and DOJ regarding Enron - like energy manipulations mean some day we have someone examine JP Morgans actions regarding gold and silver - or it that too much to ask ?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323608504579022852576701892.html
J.P. Morgan Chase JPM -2.74% & Co. has told potential buyers of its
commodities assets that it expects to kick off sale efforts in early
September.
The bank plans at that time to circulate a memo that details the balance
sheets and profitability of its physical-commodity assets, according to
people familiar with the sale process.
J.P. Morgan said in July it was pursuing strategic alternatives for these
assets, which range from metal warehouses to pipeline leases and power
plants, including a possible sal... more »
Marx and Dialectics
If you're not a lefty geek you probably don't know a vast literature has
grown up around scattered remarks by Marx on the 'D' word - dialectics.
There, I said it. Listen carefully and you might hear half the audience
clicking their mouse button to navigate away. And who can blame them?
Dialectics have a terrible reputation on the left not least because they
are abused to bolster a bit of dirge with some clever-sounding terminology,
provide a posse of get out clauses should otherwise cast-iron prophecies
not come to pass, or to position oneself as an adroit thinker and masterful
int... more »
Gold and Silver news , data and views - BTW , Germany recognizes Bitcoin as a legal currency August 19 , 2013 .... Good posts from Jesse Crossroads cafe , Harvey Organ snippets , Gata items of note.....
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/08/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_19.html
19 AUGUST 2013
Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Goldman Was Buying Gold While They
Were Saying 'Sell?'
Gold and silver had quiet pullbacks today as the markets digested some of
their recent gains.
Overall trading is very quiet as many traders are on their summer vacations.
Registered inventory bounced back up a little bit last week, but remains
rather thin and indicative of an intermediate trend change.
A reader informs us that:
"For those with a bloomberg terminal, type up the comma... more »
Compound interest appropriate for breach of trust damages
Bronson v. Hewitt, 2013 BCCA 367:
At para. 17 of his supplementary endorsement, the motion judge explained
why he awarded compound interest:
Courts of equity have always exercised the power to award compound interest
whenever a wrongdoer deprives a company of money which it uses in its
business. On general principles it should be presumed that had the business
not been deprived of the money, it would have made the most beneficial use
of it available to it. Alternatively, it should be presumed that the
wrongdoer made the most beneficial use of it. [Internal citations omitted.]
I a... more »
At the Foreign Correspondants' Club of Japan, Oliver Stone speaks on the U.S. government's violations of the the 4th and 5th Amendments and its tacit abolition of the Magna Carta. He sees Edward Snowden as an American hero and Obama ...as a snake.
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Oliver Stone criticizes massive US government surveillance as a violation
of basic democratic rights and praises Edward Snowden as a hero who give up
his own well-being for the benefit of all citizens.
Cherchez la Verite
I wonder if this is still true?
If any of you have ever looked at your FBI file, you discover that
intelligence agencies in general are extremely incompetent. That's one of
the reasons why there are so many intelligence failures. They just never
get anything straight, for all kinds of reasons. Part of it is because of
the information they get. The information they get comes from ideological
fanatics, typically, who always misunderstand things in their own crazy
way. If you look at an FBI file, say, about yourself, where you know what
the facts are, you'll see that the information has some kind of relation to
the f... more »
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*Barry: Lawsuit opposition based oil & gas politics ~New Orleans Advocate*
*Water gates: Bob Marshall of The Lens on what it takes to activate New
Orleans' flood protection system if tropical weather approaches*
Fukushima contamination updates - August 19 , 2013...... " Water World 2013 " - Fukushima Bay Tritium measurments hit highest ever as Tepco admits to 40 Trillion Becquerels have spilled ( who knows what the true numbers might be ? ) As the reality that Fukushima is the world worst nuclear disaster admitted to so far , Rube Goldberg schemes to keep things together for a day / week / month longer falling to the wayside.....Grim reality that Tepco flying / lying in the dark slowly utterd out loud ( that's when you know there's no hope really - the truth is slowly being vocalized ) ......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-19/tritium-measurement-fukushima-bay-highest-ever-tepco-admits-40-trillion-becquerels-h
Tritium Measurement In Fukushima Bay Highest Ever As TEPCO Admits 40
Trillion Becquerels Have Spilled Into Pacific
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/19/2013 17:22 -0400
- Newspaper
- Nikkei
- Reality
Over the weekend we posted an in-depth narrative of what may happen in a *
theoretical*worst case scenario in Fukushima, one in which the government *
continues *to do nothing and pretends all is well, and where the en... more »
Simply so predictable
Glenn Greenwald says this is a misquote:
"I will be far more aggressive in my reporting from now. I am going to
publish many more documents. I am going to publish things on England too. I
have many documents on England's spy system. I think they will be sorry for
what they did," Greenwald, speaking in Portuguese, told reporters at Rio's
airport where he met Miranda upon his return to Brazil.
He's right. It wasn't an exact quote. Nonetheless, having read Glenn's
version, I think Reuters captured the general sense of Glenn's statement.
Even in his own words, it reads like a not so su... more »
#SurveillanceState: “But he’s such a *nice* man…” [update 4]
*[I]n Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella "Traps," which involves a seemingly
innocent man put
on trial by a group of retired lawyers in a mock-trial game, the man
inquires what his crime
shall be. "An altogether minor matter," replies the prosecutor. "A crime
can always be found."*
- Daniel J. Solove, “Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'”
Instead of protecting our private communications, the state plans to invade
them.
There are people about, loads of them,who are okay with that.
In a veritable swamp of stupidity that I had to confront around me
yesterday, I thin... more »
Clean and Pretty Darn Funny and a Giveaway
Have you heard of Pretty Darn Funny? It is a comedy web series produced by
Desert Book, that is back starting today with its second season. It focuses
on Gracie Moore, a mom to three and a member of an all women comedy troop.
Watch the Mom Footloose Parody, a hilarious take on parents embarrassing
their children. My child doesn't usually need me to stop dancing in public,
just singing and all sorts of other embarrassing things.
The first episode of Pretty Darn Funny, embedded in this post, came out
today is about "Movie Cheating," or seeing a movie without your spouse. It
is fun, ... more »
What is Bill Keller talking about!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013*
*Persistently, the New York Times simply defies belief:* Bill Keller’s
column didn’t appear in today’s hard-copy New York Times. For that reason,
we hadn’t seen it until we saw Paul Krugman’s link.
We clicked the link and started reading. In paragraph 5, we hit this:
KELLER (8/19/13): [The Common Core] is an ambitious undertaking, and there
is plenty of room for debate about precisely how these standards are
translated into classrooms. But the Common Core was created with a broad,
nonpartisan consensus of educators, convinced that *after decades of
embarra... more »
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And The Purge Is On-- Fascist GOP Thought Police Will Not Tolerate Pro-Gay Members
I guess if Troy King is still in the closet, he can be on the Alabama GOP
steering committee. BINGO!
You may have read last week that top RNC leaders voted unanimously on a
resolution stating that the national party "will not partner with the
networks nor sanction any primary debates" if they they plan to sponsor and
broadcast a documentary on Hillary Clinton. They're talking about excluding
CNN and NBC (including Spanish labguage networks CNN en Espanol and
Telemundo) from the Republican debate season, meaning Rachel Maddow and
Chris Hayes fans will have to look elsewhere in order ... more »
Christie, Strategic Politicians, and the 2012 Cycle
John Sides makes the point today that Chris Christie's choice to pass on WH
2012 was consistent with the pretty good chance that Barack Obama would be
re-elected. Strategic politicians, John says, consider the chances of
winning in their decisions about running, and that
a strategic candidate might have looked at the landscape in 2011 and said,
“You know what, I’ll have a better shot in 2016.” And we aren’t suggesting
that there aren’t idiosyncratic factors at work either. It’s just to say
that Christie’s decision was nicely in line with what political science
says.
Put that way... more »
ISRAEL PRETENDS TO BEFRIEND EGYPT'S MILITARY
*Israel wants the Sinai.*
In the Israeli newspaper *Haaretz*, Anshel Pfeffer points to four reasons
'Israel would miss Morsi':
1. Morsi did not support Hamas.
2. Morsi operated decisively against the Gaza smuggling tunnels.
3. Morsi did not get close to Iran.
4. Morsi supported the peace treaty with Israel, and justified it to the
Egyptian people.
Mixed opinions of the Egyptian revolution in Israel - +972 Magazine
*Al-Sisi is being courted by Israel.*
Now that Morsi has been toppled, Israel fears that Egypt could become more
friendly with Russia, and less friendly with Israe... more »
"How It Really Is"
"Between the acting of a dreadful thing,
And the first motion,
all the interim is
Like a phantasma or a hideous dream."
- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
“First They Came”
*“First They Came”*
Biting Our Tongues Doesn’t Keep Us Safe,
It Only INCREASES Danger In the Long Run
by WashingtonsBlog
“Preface: German pastor Martin Niemöller initially supported Hitler. But he
later opposed him, and was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp for
years. Niemöller learned the hard way that keep your head down doesn’t keep
one out of trouble, in the long run, it increases the danger to all of us.
Niemöller wrote a brilliant poem – “First They Came” – about the manner in
which Germans allowed Nazi abuses by failing to protest the abuse of
“others”, first... more »
Cryptozoology: Follow Up - "A Strange and Enormous" Four Meter Fish Washes Up on a Beach in Villaricos
Source: Ideal.es (Spain - Almeria Edition)
Date: 08.17.13
Cryptozoology: Follow Up - "A Strange and Enormous" Four Meter Fish Washes
Up on a Beach in Villaricos
The photo uploaded to Facebook by a beachgoer captured half the world's
attention; the nature of the "critter" is still not known.
The photo of a strange creature uploaded by a beachgoer in Villaricos "went
around the world" by means of the Facebook network, garnering a
multiplicity of comments as it did so. The fact of the matter is that what
is believed to be an enormous fish was found by a woman on Luis Siret beach
in Vi... more »
Photos: On the Road with Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz
Photos
by Mexicanos de Rostro Desconocido.
Thank you for sharing with Censored News!
The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz began with a Sunrise Ceremony in
DC on July 15, 2013. The walkers are currently in Indiana, nearing the
Illinois border.
Update from Long Walkers:
Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013: We would like to thank the American Indian
Movement Indiana-Kentucky for their
Your moment of Zen
Morning in the Meadows, Northampton, MA. [George Lenker photo]
The Life Of Nouri al-Maliki, An Interview With Journalist Ned Parker
Nouri al-Maliki has been the prime minister of Iraq since 2006. His reign
has been marked by increasing controversy as he has reneged on promises,
and taken on his rivals using the security forces and corruption charges.
His approach to government can in part be explained by his past. He joined
Iraq’s first Shiite Islamist organization the Dawa Party in the 1960s,
which was then an underground movement. He was eventually forced into exile
in 1979, because of his activities, and became a leader in the armed
struggle against Saddam Hussein in both Iran and Syria. After the 2003
inva... more »
Norman Tebbit: "no evidence the EDL are far-right"
Yep, that's what he said. Normo Tebbs, finally reversing the Taxi Driver
Argument. It seems you can't prove anything with facts. That said, Norman
Tebbit is worried gay marriage will lead to a lesbian queen, so I don't
really think he knows what he's talking about.
The Guardian: Glenn Greenwald: detaining my partner was a failed attempt at intimidation
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intimidation*
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* *The detention of my partner, David Miranda, by UK authorities will have
the opposite effect of the one intended*
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/18/david-miranda-detained-uk-nsaGlenn
Greenwald
The Guardian, Sunday 18 August 2013
At 6:30 am this morning my time - 5:30 am on the East Coast of the US - I
received a telephone call from someone who identified himself as a
"security official at Heathrow airport." He told me that my partner, David
Miranda, had been "detained" at... more »
The bedroom tax, multicultural Manchester, and the BBC
My local BBC news programme *North West Tonight *was in full-blown
campaigning mode this evening, leading on the issue of the bedroom tax.
The programme's introduction used the phrase 'bedroom tax' without
qualification or implied inverted commas [saying, *"A housing association
promises that no one will be made homeless by the bedroom tax"*,
accompanied by images of placards reading 'Axe the tax'], even though the
government is adamant that it's not a tax and has complained about the BBC
using its opponents' terminology without qualification. [So that showed 'em
then!]
Ah, but ... more »
This song has been running through my head for two days now, no idea why but I thought I'd spread the joy!
Monty Python's I bet you they won't play this song on the radio.
Maureen Dowd dreams of the Lincoln Bedroom!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013*
*It’s time to tell Ahab to stop:* In yesterday morning’s New York Times,
two of the newspaper’s columnists were killing time in the future.
Despite the fact that it’s 2013, Frank Bruni was pondering Jeb Bush’s
degree of interest in the 2016 White House race. And needless to say,
Maureen Dowd was beating the meat concerning Hillary Clinton and her vile
husband and daughter.
Dowd’s column was so awful that it cries for a great deal of treatment. In
our view, it’s inane to be writing about the 2016 campaign at this point.
We will suggest that, when columnists... more »
Hey, Political Scientists!
Next week it looks like I'm going to mostly be over at Greg's place, while
he and most of the political world is on vacation. I'm already looking
forward to scrounging for posts for Plum Line, but I'd also like to keep
something going over here. So if you happen to have an APSA paper you've
written that should get some publicity, or if you encounter someone else's
paper that deserves a bit more visibility over the next couple of weeks,
please let me know! Can't promise anything, but I'm very likely to be
looking for items even more now than usual.
Of course, this also applies to new... more »
The curse of the Sinai?
Karin: I concur completely the whole Egyptian meltdown has more twists and
turns then a mountain road.
Including the treacherous conditions!
*UPDATED BELOW *
This was starting to look like a case of needing more background. Myself, I
am coming away with the idea that the military bloodbath and all that has
ensued is serving as some sort of distraction from the Sinai region on one
level. On any other levels? I am just not sure. Syria, Cyprus, Lebanon,
Sudan. It's all there.
I have been rolling the Egyptian scenario ‘round in my head. Thinking
perhaps I need to understand the area ... more »
Oregon GOP Ups the TinFoil Hat Ante
The Oregon Republican Party has elected a new chairman and they got
themselves a guy with a PhD and everything. He's Art Robinson and he's an
idea man, big ideas - weird ideas.
*On nuclear waste: "All we need do with nuclear waste is dilute it to a low
radiation level and sprinkle it over the ocean—or even over America after
hormesis is better understood and verified with respect to more diseases."
And: "If we could use it to enhance our own drinking water here in Oregon,
where background radiation is low, it would hormetically enhance our
resistance to degenerative diseases. Ala... more »
How Germany Made a Killing on the Euro-Crisis
Europe's fiscal crisis has hammered much of the E.U. from Ireland to
Britain, Spain, Portugal, France and Greece. Germany, however, has made
out like a bandit.
The collapse of every nation around it made German debt much, much more
attractive to investors looking for security. So much more attractive that
Germany saved 41-billion Euros in interest charges. Sure, Germany put a
lot of money into bailouts for countries like Greece but that totalled
599-million Euros to date.
0.6 billion they put out, 41-billion they saved. That sounds pretty good,
doesn't it?
Mafia's Rep In Congress-- Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm-- Is Still Not In Prison
Ken used to be an opera critic for the *NY Times* but, that aside,
neither
of us get many calls from ace *Times* reporters working on explosive
investigative pieces about criminal congressmen. A couple years ago,
though, several *Times* reporters called me because, it turns out,
*DWT*was the first to report anything at all about a rogue FBI agent
named
"Mikey Suits" who went over to the Dark Side-- first to the Mob and then
to
the GOP for the Mob. It was 2005 and there was a frantic scramble to
coverup
a $400,000 payoff from Tom Kontogiannis to George W. Bush via
bribe-happy
San Di... more »
What Gave Him Away?
It only took them two decades to track him down, but Indian authorities
claim to have captured the mastermind responsible for more than 40-bomb
attacks in India.
No word yet on how Indian authorities spotted him. Maybe it was the white
hat. Oh wait, I know, he's missing his left arm from a bomb-making mishap
decades ago.
What an Exodus Looks Like, Or Does It?
This image, published in the Sydney Morning Herald, is said to show an
exodus of Syrian Kurds, escaping the brutal civil war to take refuge in the
autonomous Kurdish territory in Iraq.
Is it real? I'm not sure. There's one fellow with a small travel bag but
none of the others seem to be carrying even backpacks. Usually refugees
don't leave their most valuable items behind and they usually wear as much
clothing as possible. Also missing from this image is any sign of the
usual family groups we associate with fleeing refugees - the kids, the
parents, somebody helping grandma. It... more »
What We Know Now (and How It Doesn’t Matter) | the becoming radical
What We Know Now (and How It Doesn’t Matter) | the becoming radical.
Egypt's Security Forces Stand Back As Islamic Extremists Attack Coptic Churches In A Province South of Cairo
"The caretaker at the Church of the Archangel Saint Michael in Gizeh shows
the extent of the damage, several days after the church was attacked by a
crowd of pro-Morsi supporters. Mehdi Chebil/France 24." *[Source: "In
pictures: The ruins of a burnt-out Coptic church," France 24, August 19,
2013].*
Below is an excerpt from the article, *"Egypt: Islamists hit Christian
churches"* published by AP on Sunday, August 18:
After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the
streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge.
Two other women w... more »
Egyptian Professor Abdullah Schleifer Says The Media Has Misunderstood Developments In Egypt
Below is an excerpt from the article, *"Media at odds with military in
Egypt coverage"* by Abdullah Schleifer, published by Al Arabiya on Tuesday,
August 13:
I have been shocked by the shallow way the Western media has covered the
political situation in Cairo since the coup against former President Mursi.
One would never know from reading The New York Times editorials and a good
deal of its coverage – along with that of other leading news organizations
– that *the Egyptian armed forces had moved against a political movement
attempting to impose an authoritarian regime on the country... more »
Coastal Flooding - A Trillion Dollar a Year Problem by 2050
People who inhabit coastal areas don't waste much breath muttering about
hoaxes or myths of climate change. They leave that nonsense to
petro-heads and other drylanders.
A new report warns that coastal cities could suffer flood damages of a trillion
dollars a year by 2050. And the news is particularly bad for the United
States.
*More than 40% of these prodigious costs could fall upon just four cities –
New Orleans, Miami and New York in the US and Guangzhou in China.*
*Stephane Hallegatte of the World Bank in Washington and colleagues looked
at the risks of future flood losse... more »
“The NSA: ‘The Abyss from Which There Is No Return’”
*“The NSA: ‘The Abyss from Which There Is No Return’”*
By John W. Whitehead
“The National Security Agency’s capability at any time could be turned
around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left,
such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations,
telegrams, it doesn’t matter. There would be no place to hide. If a
dictator ever took over, the N.S.A. could enable it to impose total
tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.”—Senator Frank Church
(1975)
“We now find ourselves operating in a strange paradigm where the governmen... more »
Autism is NOT the new "orange".
This hateful diatribe was surreptiously left by a pathetic creature. She
claims to be a mother. From the vile tone of her letter, one might also
suspect she's a "pro-life" zealot, one who wants government to police
women's uterus as though they were public property, but doesn't want her
taxes supporting pre-natal health care, or anything in support of
children's well-being once they're born and dependent upon adults' care.
Since the letter's writer suggests that the child she calls a hindrance
should be euthanized and "whatever non retarded body parts he possesses" be
donated to s... more »
How regular people behave at the circus!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013*
*Mark Twain challenges Lawrence:* It’s one of our favorite passages from
literature, little of which we have actually read.
In Chapter 22 of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain describes the way an Arkansas
crowd behaves at a low-grade circus. Being a live performer himself, Twain
had seen people laugh:
TWAIN: *It was a real bully circus. It was the splendidest sight that ever
was when they all come riding in, two and two, a gentleman and lady, side
by side, the men just in their drawers and undershirts, and no shoes nor
stirrups, and resting their hands on their... more »
The Free State Solution (Mini-Documentary)
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Is Japan's Prime Minister's Mansion Actually Haunted?
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe won't set foot in the place. In 2007,
during a previous term in office, Abe left the prime minister's mansion
and, despite being re-elected seven months ago, he shows no signs of
wanting to go back.
*Rather than move into the presidential home, Abe has preferred to make the
15-minute commute from his family's house to the office and has shown no
indication that he is preparing to move into the art deco mansion in the
heart of Nagatacho, the capital's political district, where he lived during
his previous stint as prime minister in 2006-07.*
*Wh... more »
9/11 Revisited: Live Mainstream Media Coverage Conflicted with Official Story
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*As the anniversary is shortly upon us, we decided to revisit footage
captured from live local media broadcasts on the morning of September 11,
2001.*
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
TV news stations always have slogans like “news you can count on,” but when
a major traumatic event happens, what percentage of the live mainstream
media reports that you are watching are even really *happening*?
On September 11, the nation watched in horror live as the second plane
slammed into the World Trade Center, then later both towers ... more »
RODEO CLOWNS: And cable news hosts!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013*
*Part 1—Escape from the Klan:* Tuffy Gessling is, or was, a rodeo clown.
Let’s make sure we understand what we mean by that statement.
We don’t mean that Tuffy Gessling is *like* a rodeo clown. We aren’t using
the term metaphorically, as a type of insult, the way it’s often employed.
At some point, “rodeo clown” became a generic insult, a rude suggestion
that some person isn’t enormously bright. When used in this insulting way,
the term functions like “itinerant carnival worker,” or perhaps like “cable
news host.”
One example:
In 2007, John Mellencamp in... more »
Albert Ortiz Photos: Long Walk 4 with AIM in Indiana
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Photos by Albert Ortiz
Censored News
Walkers of the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz continue through
Indiana as they approach Illinois. Thank you to Albert Ortiz for sharing
photos with Censored News from the events in Indiana.
Albert Ortiz said, "One of our members , Mary Horn, set everything up in
Richmond Indiana which was their first stop. Then we hosted them
Spain: A High-Strangeness CE-3 in Huelva (1977)
*Spain: A High-Strangeness CE-3 in Huelva (1977)*
*Report by J. Mateos, A. Moya and M. Filpo - Grupo GERENA*
*Location: Village of La Escalada, Almonaster la Real.*
Ceferina Vargas Martín, 20, single, was on her way to visit her grandmother
– who lived in a nearby village – following a trail along the edge of a
stream. Suddenly, she felt a flash in her eyes from the stream, leading her
to think it might be a piece of glass or a mirror in the water. She felt an
instinctual urge to walk faster, yet something appeared to be slowing her
down. After walking another 20 meters, she felt ano... more »
Terrance Nelson 'Why Indians stay in jail'
Canada
continues systematic genocide with the incarceration of First Nations
and failure to honor Treaties
By Terrance Nelson
First Nation Roseau River Anishinabe
Vice Chairman American Indian Movement
Censored News
Dear Gord Hannon
You represented the Attorney General of Manitoba at the recent CN V
Terrance Nelson court case. The court found for CN and further decided
that I have
You Know It's a Coup When
When you're an Egyptian, you know your uprising has actually been a
military coup when the authorities release Hosni Mubarak.
*It was unclear how Egyptians — particularly those who have welcomed the
military action against Mr. Morsi — would respond to the release of a
despised autocrat whose downfall united Mr. Mubarak’s secular and Islamist
foes. News of the legal maneuvers came at a time of sustained bloodletting.*
*Just in the past 24 hours, the Egyptian government has acknowledged that
its security forces had killed 36 Islamists in its custody, while suspected
militants we... more »
Yatim's Killer Charged With Murder
*The Execution of Sammy Yatim*
Toronto constable James Forcillo has been charged with second degree murder
in the execution of Sammy Yatim in a Toronto streetcar on July 27th.
Over a span of 13 seconds, Forcillo fired nine rounds from his sidearm at
the young man who stood alone in the empty streetcar.
Within the first two seconds Forcillo fired three rounds sending Yatim to
the floor from which he never rose.
Then followed a break of almost five seconds before Forcillo fired another
four rounds then a pause and the eighth round, another pause, and the ninth
round.
It was that... more »
Tweeting and Elections
I have a TAP column out today in which I'm not very kind to the
sociologists who got a ton of publicity last week from a claim that "tweet
share" could predict elections. I only had access when I was writing to an
early version of the paper, and I wasn't impressed...but the bulk of my
item was really about what polling and survey research is good for, based
on one of the authors unimpressive op-ed which made implausible claims
about the technique.
Blog posts here go up, usually, as soon as I write them (although every
once in a while I'll write in advance and hold it, or sometimes d... more »
Monday Linkage
Rosa Brooks compares our drone wars to Egypt’s crackdown. Context by Fred
Kaplan on the drone era. Lovely Umayam on the perils of crowdsourcing.
Podcast: NPR’s Ian Masters and Columbia University’s David Philips on the
Syrian refugee crisis. Area 51 documents have finally been declassified.
The documents suggesting that there was never anything there but a secret
spy plane program.
Continue reading
Debunking the Defund Obamacare Myths...(video)
*providing answers to the questions.*
The SAS Did Diana
Britain's SAS (Special Air Services) trained the Khmer Rouge.
The British Special Air Services (SAS) firm Keenie Meenie Services
reportedly trained the Tamil Tigers.
(Southern India, Sri Lanka terrorist groups)
The SAS trained bin Laden's Mujahedin fighters in Scotland
In the early 1970s Rafael Eitan, head of the Mossad hit-squad known as the
'Kidon', toured Northern Ireland and the Special Air Services (SAS) base in
Hereford, England.
Shortly after his visit there were big changes in UK security policy,
including the setting up of what was to become the Force Reconnaissance
U... more »
Spain: UFO and Entity Sketches from Grupo Gerena
A collection of sketches of UFOs and entities compiled by Spain's Grupo
GERENA, formed by *Joaquín Mateos Nogales, Manuel Filpo* and *Antonio Moya*.
The sketches are the work fo Antonio Moya and formed part of the vast
wealth of case files concerning the intense UFO activity that overwhelmed
Spain's Andalucía region in the past. The information was painstakingly
digitized by José Manuel García Bautista and Rafael Cabello in the early
2000s.
Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain,
Latin America and the Caribbean
Spain: Policeman Reports UFO Phenomenon Along the Road to Gerena (1990)
*Spain: Policeman Reports UFO Phenomenon Along the Road to Gerena (1990)*
Mr. Antonio Márquez, a resident of Gerena, member of the National Police on
duty at a commissariat in Seville, kindly visited ufologist Joaquín Mateos
Nogales to report the following:
“While travelling in my car to Seville from this community of Gerena to
join the ranks, I witnessed something unusual at Kilometer 9 of the Gerena
Road, at the crossing with the road to Extremadura. The time was 20:45
hours on the night of 6 February 1990. A brilliant, triangular-shaped
OBJECT was some 40 meters to the right of th... more »
“The key to school performance is diversity of socioeconomic classes.”
The quote above is from Richard Kahlenberg’s latest study for Little Rock
schools. Here is a clip from the Arkansas Times blog about the study.
Here’s the full report: . . . .Kahlenberg concludes that the magnet
schools and transfer program have been successful in producing both racial
and socio-economic integration. But he said that […]
Diana : A Manifestation of Zionism vs. Judaism
*And did those feet in ancient time.*
*Walk upon Englands mountains green:*
*And was the holy Lamb of God,*
*On Englands pleasant pastures seen!*
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*And did the Countenance Divine,*
*Shine forth upon our clouded hills?*
*And was Jerusalem builded here,*
*Among these dark Satanic Mills?*
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*Bring me my Bow of burning gold;*
*Bring me my Arrows of desire:*
*Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!*
*Bring me my Chariot of fire!*
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*I will not cease from Mental Fight,*
*Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:*
*Till we have built Jerusalem,*
*In Englands green & pleasant Land*
Okay, here's... more »
The Wisdom Of Lao Tzu
Source: http://www.poetseers.org/the-poetseers/lao-tzu
*Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not
good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are
honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is
attained.*
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*Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates
profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.*
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*Silence is a source of great strength.*
You've Been Warned
David Miranda was never even given the British version of his Miranda
Rights.
As a matter of fact, the legal term "Mirandized" may have just gotten
a whole new meaning. Thanks to the Heathrow Airport arrest and detention
yesterday of David Miranda, domestic partner of Glenn Greenwald, we now
have irrefutable proof that our civil rights have eroded even faster than
we thought. The whole world is a police state, and we are all deemed
terrorists unless and until they decide otherwise.
The familiar Miranda Warning, the one we see on TV cop shows, says "You
have the right to remain ... more »
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