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Miley Cyrus MTV MVA-2013
Long-time readers of this site know about my utter fascination for the
cultural enigma that is Miley Cyrus. Well, all I could say about the Pop
Princess's performance at this year's Music Video Awards is said here at
The Onion:
So, as managing editor of CNN.com, I want our readers to know this: All you
are to us, and all you will ever be to us, are eyeballs. The more eyeballs
on our content, the more cash we can ask for. Period. And if we’re able to
get more eyeballs, that means I’ve done my job, which gets me
congratulations from my bosses, which encourages me to put up even more
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GAS ROCKETS FIRED FROM REBEL AREA OF DAMASCUS
*Top journalist Pepe Escobar, of Asia Times, reports:*
pepe.escobar.77377/posts/10151840247251678 / via brian
"Khalil Harb, of Lebanese paper As-Safir, confirmed a few minutes ago to my
great friend Claudio Gallo an article published in Arabic two days ago,
quoting a Russian source.
*"According to the source, Russia's ambassador in the UN Security Council,
Vitaly Churkin, presented conclusive evidence - based on documents and
Russian satellite images - of two rockets carrying toxic chemicals, fired
from Douma, controlled by the Syrian "rebels", and landing on East Ghouta. *
"Hund... more »
What was Miley Cyrus thinking?
I'd initially missed the fuss over Miley Cyrus's 'performance' with Robin
Thicke at the MTV Awards. 'Twerking' was the phrase I've seen mentioned the
most, I'd stick with embarrassing. Watching the first part of the video I
was wondering what Miley Cyrus was wearing under her bear themed romper
suit, she seems a little young to suffer from incontinence after all. The
strip at 3:03 explained that. The 'twerking' at 3:53 raises other question,
but more importantly what is up with Miley Cyrus's tongue, can't she keep
it in her mouth?
Here's some stills...
Miley Cyrus in her odd bea... more »
It Must Suck To Be Lindsey Graham
Those blue counties all went for Obama last year
Lindsey's dream job probably would have been Secretary of State for
President John McCain. But, no, that was never to be. And now he has to
spend his time upcountry, groveling to a bunch of racist teabaggers and
morons in Greenville and in remote redneck bastions of Hate Talk Radio
conventional wisdom like backward Oconee, Pickens and Cherokee counties.
The South Carolina Republican primary is a bitch if you're not Strom
Thurmond.
Conservatives in South Carolina are eager to oust Mr. Graham, who has
enraged the far right for, among o... more »
Syrian strikes sooner rather then later: Israeli intel lights the way. Iran?
I have been thinking about Syria in terms of the the situation with Iran
especially the attack that Israel so urgently wants to make against Iran.
Of course, this is also on the minds of Israeli leaders.
Would Israel take the opportunity, under cover of the strikes from the
US/UK etc, to strike at Iran? I kind of doubt it myself, but, it is worth
considering.
So will Israel strike Iran? We have talked that subject on a number of
occasions.
*For Israel, US response on Syria may be harbinger for Iran*
In Jerusalem, Washington’s resolve in Syria is seen as a crucial litm... more »
He's Got To Be Kidding
Peter MacKay has accused Justin Trudeau of committing a criminal offence by
smoking pot. But, as Althia Raj, of *The Huffington Post,* writes:
While it is illegal to grow, traffic or possess marijuana, smoking weed is
not a criminal offence.
University of Ottawa professor Amir Attaran has written to the Nova Scotia
Barristers' Society asking that they investigate MacKay, a former
provincial Crown prosecutor and, as the current Attorney General of Canada,
the person charged with enforcing the rules of the land, for unprofessional
conduct as a lawyer.
It's an important distincti... more »
Ed Milliband = Neil Kinnock
Apparently the Conservatives are to launch a campaign comparing the current
Labour leader Ed 'in the unions pocket' Miliband with Neil 'snout firmly
and deeply in the trough' Kinnock.
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Jim Thome, 43.
Right to the good stuff:
1. Dahlia Lithwick on Ginsburg and Scalia.
2. Good catch on Ted Cruz, from Juliet Lapidos.
3. I sort of wonder if we'll hit the point of some Republican Member of
Congress refusing his or her salary -- and trying to get away with refusing
staff salaries. Until then, we have this. Brian Beutler reports.
Ed Balls - economic genius?
Only a few months ago, Ed Balls was attacking the Conservative lead
Coalition government's economic record.
'Your experiment with austerity economics has failed on living standards,
jobs and growth and on deficit reduction too – and the British people are
paying the price for this failure.'
Today I note that that left wing economic commentator Paul Mason in The
Guardian writes:
'The argument that fiscal austerity would lead to deep recession or
permanent stagnation has proved false. In part, this is because the
austerity is back-loaded, with the heaviest cuts starting now. But the ... more »
Majestic thievery Auto 5 leak sparks Sony apology to Rockstar
*Sony has issued a confession to developer Rockstar after audio from
forthcoming title Grand Theft Auto 5 was leaked online.* Customers who had
pre-ordered the excitedly awaited game were allowed to download a locked
version ahead of the game's release. However some people were able to take
out audio from the game - details of which were posted on forums.
Unluckily some people who downloaded the digital pre-order of Grand Theft
Auto 5 through the PlayStation Store in Europe were able to access certain
GTA5 possessions leading to leaked information and media from the game
appear... more »
A Moment Of Liberation - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
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*Let not the outside*
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*Distract you *
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*No more*
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*Rather*
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*Feel that joy within*
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*Which bubbles up*
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*From an undefined*
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*Source*
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*Bubbles up naturally*
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*As a spring from*
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*Deep within the Earth*
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*Yet*
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*This joy is not just of this Earth*
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*But*
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*A joy*
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*That comes from a place *
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*Deep within yourself*
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*A place unguarded*
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*Fully accessable*
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*The watchman has left*
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*Due to the billance*
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*Of a Light*
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*Now*
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*The cells of the human body*
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*Sing with joy*
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*The heart awakens*
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*And*
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*Is enlivened*
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*Peace is at h... more »
Questions about Syria
The US and UK are apparently preparing for air strikes against the Syrian
Assad regime, claiming there is little doubt that it is responsible for
horrific chemical weapons attacks. Syria has allegedly crossed President
Obama’s ‘red line.’ Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague claims that
“We can not in the twenty first century allow the idea
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Thiel-Kasparov debates
If you have 52 minutes, you may want to watch this video full of
intelligent enough debates between the renowned chess player Garry Kasparov
(a chronic world ex-champion and a sort of a political activist in Russia)
and the renowned venture capitalist Peter Thiel (the founder of PayPal, the
first major Facebook investor, a libertarian, and the supporter of
world-changing projects, especially by college dropouts):
*Video posted via Kasparov's YouTube channel*
The topics include Google and its vision for the world, the replacement of
humans by machines, the bad consequences of any l... more »
Larry Summers set to get the nod as Federal Reserve Chief ? So says John Harwood .....Emerging market rout overnight , Asian and europe following suit last night and today ... currencies , PMs , non US debt being hit today ...... War concerns start to weigh as US indicates some type of military actions loom against Syria...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-27/futures-tumble-pre-war-jitters-emerging-market-rout
Futures Tumble On Pre-War Jitters, Emerging Market Rout, More Summers Rumors
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- Barclays
- Bond
- British Pound
- China
- Consumer Confidence
- Copper
- Crude
- Dubai
- Germany
- Gilts
- Greece
- Gross Domestic Product
- India
- International Monetary Fund
- Larry Summers
- Mexico
- Middle East
- Nikkei
- RANSquawk
- RBS ... more »
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*Open houses on controversial flood maps continue Tuesday *
*Many JP residents in newly drawn flood zones according to FEMA *
*La. community is 'a ghost town' a year after Isaac *
*Before and after pictures dramatize rapid loss of Louisiana island*
*Pontchartrain Express ferry project fading*
*A renewed call to place breach sites on register*
Read more here:
http://www.adn.com/2013/08/27/3044493/a-renewed-call-to-place-breach.html#storylink=cpy
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*Tujague’s historic French Quarter restaurant reopens ~Ian McNulty, New
Orleans Advocate*
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*Video of Letten and O'Keef shows hostile encounter ~Gordon Russell, New
Orleans Advocate*
The Mask of Wotan
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy
Jung's influence has been keenly felt among screenwriters, novelists, and
'literati' who often speak of a "character's shadow", one of several
"archetypes", a mirror image of what writers call the "higher self".
Related to Jung is the work of Russian folk tale expert, Vladimir Propp,
who thought of "archetypes" as "masks" deliberately worn by "characters".
Masks are worn in both stories and in life for one of two purposes or both:
to reveal and/or to hide.
In most cases a benign public mask is worn to hide facets of the
personality with which ... more »
Rim fire - 4 times the size of San Francisco ! Governor Brown declares state of emergency for San Francisco ! The Rim fire is about 200 square acres large and still basically not contained.....The city has cut off two of three existing hydroelectric power stations , water supplies could be at risk ( not affected so far ) ..... note funds to fight forest fires running low as the battle to combat forest fires covers 55 burning currently nationwide !
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/26/california-rim-fire-tuluomne-city-defend
Firefighters rush to defend town from California's raging Rim fire
Though firefighters have made progress in taming the blaze, Tuolumne City
could still become the next major battlefront
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Western logic on Syria: ‘We need to bomb it to save it’
Nile Bowie
Russia Today
The military buildup in the Mediterranean indicates that Assad’s opponents
intend to militarily intervene in Syria under cover of ‘humanitarian
intervention’, a disingenuous narrative that could not be further from the
truth. Pictures and videos that have surfaced following the alleged use of
chemical agents in the eastern suburbs of Damascus are profoundly
disturbing and a thorough and substantial investigation into what took
place there is absolutely essential. However, it is conversely disturbing
that those Western governments who have staunchly supported... more »
Are England cricketers taking the piss?
First Monty Panesar was fined by police last week for urinating on club
bouncers after he was thrown out of a nightclub. Now I hear that rumours
abound that some England players urinated on the pitch at the Oval after
sealing their Ashes win on Sunday.
Are England cricketers taking the piss?
LUNCH WITH THE FT - SAINT PETER
We received an e-mail from Saint Peter telling us that, some time ago, he
encountered some dead Palestinian children at the gates of Heaven.
According to Saint Peter, photos of these dead Palestinian children are now
being presented as dead Syrian children, and are being used in the videos
which claim that there was a gas attack in Syria.
"The video makers are also using photos of dead children from Yemen," wrote
Saint Peter.
majorityrights.com
Simon Peter was a fisherman who became one of the Twelve Apostles.
Peter is said to be the "keeper of the keys of the kingdom of heaven"... more »
THE BOOK OF MORMON
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*Willi Munzenburg*
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**PREAMBLE: Extracts from CPS website:*
Parliament has passed legislation aimed at outlawing crime where the
offender is motivated by hostility or hatred towards the victim's race or
religious beliefs (actual or perceived).
"A racial group means a group of persons defined by reference to race,
colour, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origins."
"A religious group means a group of persons defined by reference to
religious belief or lack of religious belief. This inc... more »
(CIA Helped Saddam Gas Iran in 1988) The Banksters May Be Guilty of the Most Heinous of Crimes: But Wake US Up When They Go To Jail (Hard To Believe 9/11 Story When You Know Who Bernard Kerik Is (& Bush Brother & Kin Involvement With Kuwaitis))
Newsflash! Monday, Aug 26, 2013 01:58 PM EST CIA Helped Saddam Gas Iran in
’88Files now reveal that U.S. intelligence gave key location data to Iraq
during war with Iran By Natasha LennardSaddam HusseinAs Foreign Policy
revealed Monday, recently declassified documents show that in 1988, the
U.S. gave key intelligence to Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi military, which
enabled the gassing with
China, Canada sign military co-operation initiative
If you aren't in the habit of reading the China People's Daily, you
probably missed the news that Canada signed a military co-operation
agreement with China this summer - because certainly our own media haven't
seen fit to mention it.
When DefMin Airshow MacKay met his counterpart General Chang Wanquan in
Beijing in June, CBC only reported on how MacKay "laid down clear markers" on
"cyberattacks originating in China", comparing hacking to terrorism.
The People's Daily had a slightly different take on the same meeting :
*China, Canada sign initiative on military co-operation*.
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Suadis Offer Russia Control of Global Oil Markets
*The Sydney Morning Herald* is reporting a blockbuster, back room
dealbeing offered by the Saudis to the Russians that could hand Moscow
control
of global oil markets.
*Saudi Arabia has secretly offered Russia a sweeping deal to control the
global oil market and safeguard Russia’s gas contracts, if the Kremlin
backs away from the Assad regime in Syria.*
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*The revelations come amid high tension in the Middle East, with US,
British, and French warships poised for missile strikes against Syria,
and
Iran threatening to retaliate. The strategic jitters pushed Brent crude
prices to a ... more »
Importing Democracy to Canada, a Timely Notion.
A Toronto lawyer is trying to raise funds to bring a copy of *Magna Carta*and the companion
*Carta de Foresta* or Charter of the Forest to Canada.
The four original charters dating to 1215 never leave England but a copy
from 1225 might be allowed to make a four city tour of Canada.
*Magna Carta* is considered to have set the west on the road to democracy
by providing that "no one is above the law," a body blow to the divine
right of kings. *Carta Foresta* which was enacted a few years later set
out a bill of rights for freemen that, again, restricted the control of the
monarch. ... more »
Warplanes Massing in Cyprus
Jet fighters and military transport aircraft have been reported massing at
RAF Akrotiri, a British military airbase on Cyprus just a hundred miles
distant from Syria.
There's still no clear indication of what targets western warplanes would
seek to hit or what they would hope to achieve. In other words this is
already shaping up to be another one of those wars where we have no idea
going in what victory would look like or how to get out either.
9 11, SYRIA, PIE
*Syria is about pipelines* - *Translate this page*
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*Americans Neither Believe Their Own Government Nor Support Its Violent
Intentions*
*U.N. Official And Syrian Kurdish Leader: Assad Did Not Use Chemical Weapons
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*P.I.E. The Paedophile Information Exchange Exposed | cigpapers*
*aangirfan: 'USA ORGANISED GAS PLOT IN SYRIA'*
*USA Organised Gas Plot In Syria - Dark Politricks*
*syria news - #Syria aangirfan: 'USA ORGANISED GAS PLOT IN ...*
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'USA ORGANISED GAS PLOT IN SYRIA' | Alternative News Network*
U.N. Official And Syrian Kurdish Leader: Assad Did Not Use Chemical Weapons
*Who is more deaf to global public opinion - Obama or Assad? Answer:
Obama. Sources of photos: AP and Reuters.*
First, the U.N. official. Her name is* *Carla del Ponte, the "former Chief
Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals" (*
Wikipedia*). She's an attorney general from Switzerland, so you know she's
neutral.
Read the excerpt below from the article, *"Syrian rebels used Sarin nerve
gas, not Assad’s regime: U.N. official"* by Shaun Waterman, published in
The Washington Times on Monday, May 6, 2013:
*Testimony from victims strongly suggests it w... more »
In Ontario, as a general proposition, a vendor is, apart from express contract, under no general duty to disclose defects relating to title or to quality
Outaouais Synergest Inc. v. Lang Michener LLP, 2013 ONCA 526:
[76] The trial judge found, at paras. 106-107, that the cost recovery
clause could be said to be a defect relating to the quality of the lands to
be conveyed and a defect relating to title – the two types of title defect
to which *caveat emptor*relates.[2] He noted that, aside from prohibiting
active concealment or a failure to disclose a latent defect rendering
premises dangerous, a vendor is under no duty to disparage his property and
may remain silent. This is because, in Ontario, as a general proposition, a
ve... more »
Popular Culture Can Crowd Out International Relations
Daniel Drezner writes that Meghan McCain’s proposition that attention paid
to Miley Cyrus can crowd out attention paid to Syria is bunk. With all due
regard to Drezner, let me debunk the bunk claim—or, at least, show that the
“Twerking Kills” hypothesis is plausible: This paper studies the influence
of mass media on U. S.
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Netw…. Um, maybe not.
Sent by a friend, who would rather we blog more on Syria. Or WMD. Or
development. Or disease. Or, well, just about anything but…..
Obama Looking For Evidence of Assad Using Chemical Weapons
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Barack! *
Colonel Patrick Lang On The Dubious Claims Made About Syria's Use of Chemical Weapons
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*Obama throwing money at Syria. Make it rain, bitchez!*
*An excerpt from "Drinking More Koolaid - Where is the proof in Syria?" by
Colonel Patrick Lang (August 26):*
I wrote "Drinking the Koolaid." It was published in "Middle East Policy" in
2004. The article is analysis of the deliberate deception employed by yhe
Bush Administration in lying the United States into war with Iraq.
The same methods are being used now to drag the American people into
another Middle Eastern war. The corporate, self-servng media are leading
the effort to "brainwash" Americans into ... more »
The hopeless messes in Egypt and Syria recall a lesson drawn by Adam Gopnik in trying to make sense of Edmund Burke
*What in tarnation does Edmund Burke have to do with the price of eggs in
Egypt and Syria? More than you might think, I think.*
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*"We are no better, or worse, at understanding Iraq from instant video than
the Brits were at understanding America from salty, soggy mail. Whatever
the speed of the news, the speed of understanding never seems to change,
perhaps because understanding is shaped not by our ability to get the news
but by our ability to digest it."*
*-- Adam Gopnik, in "The Right Man: Who Owns
Edmund Burke?," in the July 29* New Yorker*
(only an abstract is available to non... more »
Most Memorable Secondary Characters From Books
Sometimes in a book, even when you love the main characters, they aren't
who you remember the most. Sometimes a secondary character takes over and
makes the whole book or series what it is. Here are some of my favorites.
Linking up with The Broke and the Bookish.
1. Adrian from the Vampire Academy Series - Adrian seriously steals the
show in this series. He is funny and engaging. As much as I loved the other
characters, at time Adrian took over the story. He is just that fun to read
about. I was thrilled that he is in the Bloodlines series as well.
2. Magnus Bane from The Mortal... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Zan Overall,
also known as *The Wise Old Man*. Zan will be giving us some updates on his
recent activism.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
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everyone who has supported me in the past! Your support and encouragement
is very much appreciated.
Why Does John Kerry Make Me Think of This Guy?
Obama's secretary of state John Kerry says there exists "undeniable"
evidence of a recent chemical weapons attack in Syria. Of course he's not
actually saying it was the Assad government behind the attack. There are
plenty of Bad Actors afoot in Syria who might have been willing to do some
pretty horrific things to drag the West in against Assad. So, when it
comes to establishing *casus belli*, undeniable isn't quite the same as
conclusive.
And then there's this guy who also came forward with proof positive of
weapons of mass destruction. Oh yeah, he was a secretary of state... more »
Pedagogical query
Happy first day of Fall classes, at least at my university. A question for
discussion: Is there any value whatsoever to a live lecture delivered in
front of large numbers of students, given that podcasting is now
sufficiently easy and ubiquitous that anyone with a laptop or a smartphone
(or a digital voice recorder or
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U.N. INSPECTORS TOLD ONLY TO CONFIRM GAS ATTACK: NOT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
United Nations spokesman Martin Nesirky has been reported as saying that
the mandate of the UN inspectors in Damascus investigating last weeks gas
attacks is only to determine if chemical weapons were used; not who used
them. Clearly, chemical weapons have been used and few doubt it but, while
it is important that the evidence of such use is collected and examined,
surely it would be equally important for the inspectors to gather evidence
that might determine who had used these weapons. Apart from anything else,
such evidence would be essential when prosecuting those responsible when... more »
BATS and Direct Edge to Merge, Taking On Older Rivals - NYTimes.com
BATS and Direct Edge to Merge, Taking On Older Rivals - NYTimes.com:
"Several weeks ago, William O’Brien, the chief executive of the trading
platform Direct Edge, and several of his senior managers flew discreetly to
Kansas City, Mo. Waiting for them at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown
Airport there were Joe Ratterman, head of the rival BATS Global Markets,
and his team."
'via Blog this'
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VoteThemOut2014.net Has A Scorecard
Vote Them Out is decidedly nonpartisan. They claim to have only one goal:
"to vote Congress out in 2014. Hold both sides accountable," they write,
"and let's get this country back on course." They offer a voting record
that emphasizes half a dozen House votes, although two of those votes were
in 2008 before many current members of Congress had been elected. Those are
their 6 votes and their description of each:
*•* Amash-Conyers Amendment- end funding for NSA to monitor and store phone
calls of U.S. citizens (2013)
*•* To gradually increase minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016... more »
Europe seems to be in a death race to see whether it blows up before Syria War gets into high gear...... Read it and weep regarding Greece ( debt rising at fastest race since March 2010 ) , Italy ( political Coalition at risk - for real this time ) , Portugal ( economy failing epically ) and Spain Bad loans getting worse ) ..... ( focus on the GIPS ) .......
Despite "Austerity" Greek Debt Is Rising At Its Fastest Rate Since March
2010
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- European Union
- Greece
- Gross Domestic Product
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The total amount of *Greek government debt outstanding has grown so much
over the last 15 months that it has retraced over 60% of the
'haircut'-based reduction and has jumped a stunning 14.5% in that period*.
AsKeepTalkingGreece notes, this is despite three years of strict austerity
measures, incredible taxes and a debt haircut of 53% (~100billio... more »
PROOF: Syrian Rebels Used NATO's Chemical Weapons to Provoke World War
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Did the Saudis ( and or Qatar ) plan , fund , engineer massive jailbreaks seen recently in Iraq , Libya , Pakistan and Saudi Arabia - as a way of supplying fresh foot soldiers for islamic fighting forces in Syria ? Meanwhile , the Middle East is a ball of confusion , anger , fears , sectarian strife - and the Syria campaign hasn't even kicked into the next gear yet !
Apart from supplying weapons , did a Persian Gulf country engineer " prison
breaks " to supply foot soldiers for Al Qaeda / Al Nusra in Syria ? And
as almost none have been reportedly captured , did this nation provide
transport to Syria ? Recall many allegations , numerous incidents of
guards disappearing or assisting the break outs - one can surmise which
specific Persian Gulf nation might be involved in such a caper.....
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/08/26/320637/persian-gulf-state-behind-alqaeda-agents-escape/
A Persian Gulf state behind al-Qaeda agents jailbreaks: ... more »
Ed Steer's Saturday Report - key price action and data - including COMEX data through for gold and silver for Friday , important news and views..... Doug Noland's weekly missive at the news and views section ( must read ) , best financial , political financial , geopolitical items of note ( non redundant ) .... Additional item from Jesse's Crossroads Cafe reflecting continued declines at COMEX for Warehouse and Registered or Dealer Gold - which is interesting in light of JP Morgan continued efforts to buy / obtain physical gold in August !
Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/mike-maloney-hidden-secrets-of-money...the-seven-stages-of-empire
Mike Maloney: Hidden Secrets of Money…The Seven Stages of Empire
Aug
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- Yesterday in Gold and Silver
- Critical Reads
- The Funnies
- The Wrap
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"I was astonished and very happy with what I saw when I turned on my
computer yesterday morning."
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
Gold did virtually nothing price wise until minutes before the London a.m.
gold fix. At that point the price started to move sharply higher, and once
the "fix was in" the gold price ... more »
“Hey, Idiot!”
* “Hey, Idiot!”*
By Elliot Sperber
"It is interesting to observe that the word idiot derives from the Greek
idiotes, which refers to a "private person" - as distinct from a public
person, or one who is involved in determining public life. That is, an
idiot follows the rules and laws that others draft and sign - irrespective
of whether or not it is in the idiot's interest. Some people in society
determine how society will be organized - how its economic surpluses are
distributed, how its resources are employed, how its energies are directed,
how its cities are designed, its trans... more »
Ron Jacobs : Autumn in America, 1973
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at New York City gas station, 1973. AP photo. Image from SeattlePI.
Fall 1973:
Autumn in America
Tempers were heating up. The nightly news on WABC usually featured at
least one story per broadcast of a fight or sometimes a shooting at a
gas station.
By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / August 26, 2013
Autumn 1973 was quite the autumn. Personally, I had just moved to New
York City to attend
Syria chemical fog of war - August 24 , 2013 - " No proof , but Western Officials convinced od Syria chemical attack " sums up the state of play . Mad rush to gin up cruise missile attack schemes before either the use of chemical weapons is established , let alone whom might be the culprit , summons up the ghosts of Iraq WMD lies ! What truly is startling is the blithe refusal to acknlowledge the syrian rebels ( especially the foreign mercenaries / Al Qaeda / al - Nusra forces ) , have extreme motivation to stage an alleged WMD assault with UN inspectors on the ground and have shown the willingness to engage in savage acts ( executions / prior chemical weapons usage / organ eating of syrian soldier ) in the past ! Why wouldn't these rabid islamic mercs / Al Qaeda / Al Nusra forces kill syrian civilians , especially if the fighting forces are from countries other than Syria ?
Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
Saturday update - first the link to the prior post from Fri as a lead in to
where things stand....
http://fredw-catharsisours.blogspot.com/2013/08/syria-chemical-attack-update-august-23.html
Now the news of the day .....
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Putin Responds To Syria Escalation: May "Reinforce Naval Grouping In
Mediterranean" Following US BuildupSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 08/24/2013
- 13:08
Interfax News (IFAX) @*IFAXnews*
Russia may reinforce naval grouping in Mediterranean in response to U.S.
buildup - expert http://bit.ly/18aZtMy #*Russia* #*interfax* #*news*
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Review - Cybersexism by Laurie Penny
Misogyny. No other word can capture the avalanche of abuse that was heaped
upon Caroline Criado-Perez, Stella Creasy, Mary Beard and other women just
under a month ago. It was frightening and disturbing. Misogyny, after all,
is one of those things official society thought was dealt with in the dim
and distant. If women marched and protested in the 1970s, then the Spice
Girls and Girl Power in the 1990s signalled women's integration into
society as equals. It was done. Women were happy working, raising families,
and shopping. Just like men. The rape threats and violent language direc... more »
"Some Filthy Facts about the Rich"
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*"Some Filthy Facts about the Rich"*
by Paul Buchheit
"First of all, who are they? Mostly the 1%. But the top 2-5% have also done
quite well, increasing their inflation-adjusted wealth by 75 percent from
1983 to 2009 while average wealth went down for 80 percent of American
households. The rest of the top 20% have been prosperous, realizing a 32
percent gain in inflation-adjusted wealth since 1983. The facts to follow
are primarily about the richest 1%, with occasional dips into the groups
scrambling to make it to the top.
*1. Accumulating almost all the wealth:* As evide... more »
Syria? Or bust?
“The whole of the Middle East is intimately related. Beneath the smooth
surface of British rule and the slender garrisons which normally sustain it
are
smouldering the antagonisms of centuries. There are always feuds and
animosities.
There are always scores to be settled and fanatical thirsts to be slaked.”
- Winston Churchill, 1929
American sabre rattling has started over Syria. Will President Obama now
send troops, tanks and planes to intervene? As commentator Robert Tracinski
wonders, “Maybe he will, maybe he won't, maybe it's already too late. Maybe
he'll wait for the French... more »
THESE WORDS STIR MY BLOOD
Bill Moyers says the parody and satire of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
pay Washington the disrespect it deserves, but in the end it’s the city’s
predatory mercenaries who have the last laugh.
Them there is fighting words for sure...... who has any fight left in
them? Enough of being nice and polite, we are in big trouble folks.
See the deeper story about bi-partisan greed and corruption in the Moyers
interview with Mark Leibovich of *The New York Times. He *has written
about the city’s bipartisan lust for power, cash and notoriety in a book
that everyone who’s anyone in the n... more »
Hot Shots . . .
—
Just like Peter —
iPOLITICS has a post by Michael Harris, “MacKay’s credibility gap: pot,
meet kettle” that is a delight. A cheerful read, also with a possible
complication for Petey, thanks to a prof at the U of Ottawa.
I began to suspect that Peter MacKay was not Reach for the Top material
in 2011.
That’s when he told former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
that California and
A Civilization of Lies: The Media's Hollow Rhetoric About Syria Should Fool No One
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*Obama is a carnival act. This pretty much says it all. *
"Threatening to attack Syria, and moving ships into position to do it, are
significant, and illegal, and immoral actions. The president can claim not
to have decided to push the button, but he can’t pretend that all the
preparations to do so just happen like the weather. Or he couldn’t if
newspapers reported news." - *Washington's Blog, "Lying About Syria, and
the Lying Liars Who Lie About the Lying" Sunday, August 25, 2013.*
"Given the substantial doubt among experts regarding the claims that the
Syr... more »
Russel Norman still wants you to be poorer
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He said in June he’d backed down on his plan to print money, but Russel
Norman is still a limbless man in a pile of paper dollars. Only now he
wants to cheapen your money not by printing millions of paper dollars, but
by having them borrowed into existence at an ever greater rate by having
the Reserve Bank Governor slash the “official” interest rate.
“By keeping the Official Cash Rate higher than it needed to be to manage
actual inflation, the Reserve Bank Governor has kept the dollar higher
hurting exporters and export-led growth,” the Ginger Whinger said this
mo... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Sociologist Todd Gitlin on the State of American Mass Media
Todd
Gitlin. Image from Pew Forum.
Rag Radio podcast:
Sociologist and author Todd Gitlin on
the state of mass media in America
We discuss the so-called 'Golden Age' of journalism highlighted by the
distinguished coverage of the Watergate scandal, as well as American
journalism's more recent major failures.
By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / August 26, 2013
Noted sociologist, author, and mass
Fukushima debacle updates - August 24 , 2013 - we now have cause for immediate termination of Tepco and frankly Japan itself as being the lead principal in charge of cleanup / remediation and cessation of the ongoing nuclear Category 21 Event ......Criminal negligence as to Tepco , Crimes against humanity by Japan.. Removal from authority at once- if by force if required , or humanity is at risk ! This should be debated at the UN Security Council immediately , the hell with Syria and those dubious chemical weapons charges !
Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/08/base-concrete-of-the-tanks-has-no-reinforcing-bars/
Base concrete of the tanks has no reinforcing bars
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Following up this article..*[Breaking] (Tank leakage) Tepco reused the
tanks that went through land subsidence since 2011* [URL]
In the extraordinary press conference, Tepco’s spokesman commented in the
tank area that had the land subsidence, the base concrete (20cm thickness)
has no reinforcing bars.
There w... more »
The left right awakening!
There have been a few pieces written about the coming together of the left
and the right, liberals and conservatives, teapartiers and progressives
over the shared disdain for the Common Core. In fact, assuming that I am a
progressive, I had my first meeting with some tea-partier libertarians last
week. It was great. We met. […]
President Puppy says...
I smell a meme. Oh, wait, forget it. I'm not cool enough to start
memes. I'm only good enough to steal from without attribution.
To the two or three people who actually give a shit what I have to say
about political matters various and sundry- Sorry I haven't been around
much to update this virtual ghost town (and this especially goes out to you
who've been kindly kicking in to the kittie and getting virtually nothing
back in return but the rapidly diminishing warm glow of satisfaction in a
random kind deed well done). I was lying fallow for a few weeks there last
month to... more »
The Big Cod Says, "Keep Verizon Out."
Safely
retired ex-general Rick Hillier has a new gig as chairman of Telus
Atlantic Canada Community Board. In that capacity he wrote an
op-edurging the government not to let foreigners in to play in Canada's
miserable cellular market.
As I read Hillier's bit of tripe I kept thinking that this was from the
guy
who talked Paul Martin into approving Canada's combat mission to
Kandahar
and who assured the Canadian people that his miniscule, 2,500-soldier
force
would only have to contend with a "*few dozen ...scumbags*."
I knew all I would ever need to know about Hillier's credibility w... more »
Busy Busy Busy
What a hectic two weeks it has been...*way* too busy to blog. Way to busy
to take care of matters out at The Land, for that matter - the mower broke
three weeks ago and Southern Man hasn't even had time to unbox the new one.
But Teen Daughter was here for the weekend and she dug the camera out so
thanks to here there are actually photos to post.
Southern Man met up with Southern Ex at Pops, the iconic restaurant on Old
Route 66 northeast of Southern City, for the transfer.
Why, yes, there is a geocache hidden at the base of the big soda bottle
sculpture. Photo from Flickr.
We th... more »
The Real Risk at JPMorgan Isn’t Its Legal Mess
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* Thanks to Les! -Bill*
*The Real Risk at JPMorgan Isn’t Its Legal Mess*
*By SUZANNE MCGEE, The Fiscal Times*
August 20, 2013
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2013/08/20/The-Real-Risk-at-JPMorgan-Chase.aspx
Remember that scene in Casablanca when Claude Rains, playing Captain
Renault in the World War II-era city of the title, closing down Rick’s
casino with the immortal words, “I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling
is going on in here,” even as he gratefully pockets his own winnings?
Well, welcome to the Wall Street circa 2013. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)
seems to be ... more »
Deutsche Boerse says Eurex trading again after outage
*
Thanks to Phil for pointing this one out! It wasn't on the US media that I
saw... -Bill*
*Deutsche Boerse says Eurex trading again after outage *
FRANKFURT | Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:43am BST
(Reuters) - Exchange operator Deutsche Boerse said trading on its
derivatives platform Eurex had been halted for over an hour on Monday,
without giving an immediate explanation for the failure.
Deutsche Boerse said in a statement on its website that trading resumed at
0922 Central European Time, with a company spokesman declining to comment
further.
The market impact of the trading glitch ... more »
#WhatEveritTakes
I must confess I never knew Everit myself, but whatever Everit took was
clearly sufficient inspiration for the coaches and administration of the
modern-day Essendon Football Club that they took it for their motto:
*#WhatEveritTakes*
Not only have they been taking whatever they think Everit might be taking
himself, they’ve boasted about taking whatever it takes all over their
signage and advertising. After disappearing for part of the year, you can
see it below in one of the Essendon Football Club coach’s many press
conferences about what Everit took, or didn’t take:
[image: Ja... more »
Syrian Information Minister: The Entire Middle East Will Burn If Syria Is Attacked by the US [Source: MEMRI TV]
Couldn't the Syrian government find another public spokesman to deliver
this very sane and reasonable message? This cross-eyed four-eyes makes the
viewer dizzy just by looking at him. They should do what the Americans do,
have a hot babe deliver government messages, or at least someone who is not
cross-eyed, because it deflects from the main message.
Syrian Information Minister: The Entire Middle East Will Burn If Syria Is
Attacked by the US. Source: MEMRI TV
La Bestia's victims and the desperate quest to reach North America
I’ve written about how desperate Hondurans are to make it to North America,
about the risks they take, including riding La Bestia, a freight line
through Mexico.
Early yesterday morning, the train derailed. The stories are still
developing, but people died, were maimed and are missing. The papers say
about 250 Hondurans among the hundreds riding on top and between the
freight cars. One man quoted said the people who died had tied themselves
to the train for safety, and couldn’t jump during the slow-motion wreck.
None of this will slow the hundreds of Hondurans who leave every day to ... more »
Greenland Dreams
I recently took a mental voyage to Greenland, which began when I read Knud
Rasmussen’s book, The People of the Polar North, published in 1908. Rasmussen
(1879–1933) was born and raised in Greenland, the son of a Danish minister
and his Danish-Eskimo wife. Most of Knud’s buddies were Eskimos (Inuit),
and he fluently spoke both languages. The family moved to Denmark when
Knud was 14, and he soon realized that the wild frontier was far more
healthy and alive than the noisy crazy crowds of civilization.
At the age of 23, he eagerly returned to Greenland. His mission was to
document... more »
Mac Harb Resigns
Liberal senator Mac Harb has resigned effective immediately and repaid a
total of $231,000 for disputed housing allowances he received plus interest.
Harb said there are plenty of senators in the same boat that he was in.
DCCC Still Refusing To Go Up Against Vulnerble Republicans In Michigan-- Wasting Time Trying To Take Out Benishek Again... This Time WIth The Former Head Of Guantánamo
The DCCC has recruited a candidate to run in Michigan's first congressional
district. Who knows where ex-Kalkaska County Sheriff (1987) and retired
Army Major General, commander of the Joint Detention Operations Group
at Guantánamo Bay gulag, Jerry Cannon, stands on any issues? He has a protypical
DCCC-style website with absolutely no information about any policies or
political stands. He doesn't even indicate he's a Democrat. There's been
plenty of coverage of the recruitment in Michigan but none of the newspaper
articles indicates where he stands on a single issue, just that he ... more »
IN RE Clinton foundation, the Post gets it right!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013*
*Especially compared to the Times:* Two weeks ago, the New York Times
published a giant front-page report about the Clinton foundation.
The report ran 2961 words. It was accompanied by a large and pointless Venn
diagram, helping you limn the tedium of the overlap between all the org’s
key players.
This report itself was a nothing-burger, stuffed with plenty of hamburger
helper. As the Times tends to do in such matters, the report tended to give
the impression that something was rotten in the Denmark of the Clintons’
deeply troubling charity org.
(Four ye... more »
Turkey: We Will Invade Syria With Or Without A U.N. Resolution
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*The Army of Evil From Left To Right: France, England, Germany, America,
Turkey, Saudi Arabia/Al-Qaeda, And Israel.*
Below is an excerpt from, *"Coalition in making for Syria intervention"*published in Hürriyet Daily News on Monday, August 26:
“If a coalition is formed against Syria in this process, Turkey will take
part in it,” Davutoğlu told daily Milliyet, adding that Ankara was awaiting
the results of a U.N. inspection of a suspected chemical attack on
civilians.
*“After the inspection, the U.N. Security Council needs to make a decision
on sanction... more »
The types of facts you will and won’t hear!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013*
*The two Australian miracles:* There are certain facts you hear all the
time. Other facts which are very basic will get disappeared.
In an op-ed column in Sunday’s Washington Post, we read a familiar set of
facts concerning Australia, an island nation located near New Zealand.
Julia Baird wrote about the country’s famous gun buyback and gun
regulations.
We highlight the key statistics:
BAIRD (8/25/13): In 1996, after a gunman killed 35 people and wounded 18
others in Port Arthur, a former penal colony turned tourist attraction,
Australians collectively de... more »
Syrian Chemical Weapons False Flag Attack: Liar John Kohn (Kerry) Lying In Front Of The American Nation!
Today, I am truly sickened by what I am watching happen in the Middle
East..... The United States on behalf of their psychotic masters in Israel
is rapidly wanting to rush to war against the innocent nation of Syria.
And this is happening even with ALL and I do mean ALL OF THE EVIDENCE now
shows clearly that the Syrian government was absolutely NOT behind the so
called chemical weapons attack near Damascus.
But now I came across the Youtube video of John Kohn (Kerry) standing in
front of the American nation to make a prepared statement about the
position of the United States with r... more »
More Monday Cranky Blogging
Well, actually, it's over at Plum Line: I get cranky when people say that
the Iowa Caucuses are going away. They will not.
But I'll toss in a good point that Ed Kilgore made:
You really need to dig into the details to understand Iowa, and that’s the
real hold the state has over political junkies and candidates alike: the
time you have to invest in the place tends to reinforce its importance.
To put it in a more positive way...
The point of primaries and caucuses isn't so much to contest the
nomination; it's to generate information for party actors. Well, it also
technically does de... more »
You Inner Bad Ass
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Embrace your inner bad ass. Forget the inner child. That was when you
needed taking care of. You can take care of yourself. Twenty or seventy,
your age has nothing to do with this. Midwife or firefighter, your
occupation doesn’t matter. This is about that fearless you that sings in
the shower, grins at strangers and does whatever the hell she wants,
anything he wants.
You are needed. Those that have been in control until now don’t know how
to say goodbye.
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They need you to help them. It is way past ove... more »
We can sing a rainbow
I'm in that giddy state that comes after something you've been dreading is
over, and it turned out not nearly as bad as you'd thought. In this case
the anxiety-inducing event was a devotional I did this morning for my
co-workers on gay tolerance - a subject that is rarely talked about here,
and most definitely not in the context of the weekly prayer meeting at our
office.
But for a while now I've been thinking that my co-workers are splendid,
loving people, and that perhaps they really just needed a gentle push to
reconsider some of the kneejerk prejudices against homosexuali... more »
Why Does the American South Embrace Climate Change Denialism?
Even as climate change whipsaws the American south, states such as Florida
and Texas remain hotbeds of global warming denialism.
The outgoing governor of Texas, who is expected to seek the GOP nomination
in 2016, Rick Perry maintains that climate change is "a theory that has not
been proven." Of course this is the same jackass who claimed that, with
enough prayer, Jeebus would deliver the Lone Star State from its ongoing
megadrought. Now there's a theory that has not been proven.
From the *Environmental Defense Fund:*
*NOAA’s comprehensive [State of the Climate report] stands as ... more »
MELANIE PHILLIPS: An unholy war in the Girl Guides and why we must ALL fight secular bigots
Melanie Phillips right on the money.
'... Indeed, this is why 'political correctness' is not remotely liberal at
all, but viciously oppressive. It is simply a mechanism for re-ordering the
world according to a particular dogma — and thus inescapably stifles all
dissent.
Innately hostile to traditional morality, it paves the way for a secular
Inquisition in which today's Torquemadas are the ideologues of such group
rights — and it is Christians and other religious believers who are the
heretics to be silenced by force.'
Read more
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2401899/... more »
happiness
when we expect
we allow others
to determine the
hour of our happiness
Reply to Karen
Karen provided a thoughtful comment yesterday:
Okay. I have been out showing the Rocky Mountains and some of my favourite
BC places to my New Brunswick family for the last while, and, frankly,
ignoring the situation.
I spent the last few years with a great group of people trying to keep the
Enbridge Northern Gateway from happening. It's exhausting. There came
points when I felt like I was living in an echo chamber, and I got tired of
everyone else rolling their eyes when I mention it. I felt one dimensional.
I've engaged in some activism in the past; but never for as sustained a
... more »
Gates’s Cannibalistic Culture: Coming to a School Near You! | the becoming radical
Bill Gates has adopted education as a billionaire’s hobby for many
years—once supporting small schools projects, but more recently focusing on
teacher quality. Little attention, however, has been paid in the mainstream
media to Gates’s struggles in business (Microsoft) or his complete lack of
expertise, experience, or success as an educational entrepreneur.
Until this expose by Vanity Fair addressing […]
German Activists Plant Cannabis to Protest Drug War
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*Youtube*
In one German town, growing cannabis has become the new method of civil
disobedience. A group of students has been sowing the plant throughout the
town. Forcing local police to hunt around in hedgerows for the seeds of
their protest.
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Nanotech Food Test May Help Expose Chemtrail Poisoning
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Quantum Dots Rady Ananda
Last week, the University of Missouri announced a new method to detect
silver nanoparticles in fresh produce and other food products.
Though not mentioned by researchers, it’s conceivable that the protocol
could be modified to test for chemtrail dispersants, as well.
Over 200 agricultural pesticides contain nanosilver, which studies have
shown to be toxic to humans and the environment. Over 1,600 consumer
products are known to contain nanoparticles, ranging from clothes to
cleaning agents, to food, ... more »
NEAR AND AFTER DEATH PHENOMENON EXPLAINED
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*The center of convergence in a near-death experience*
*Recent scientific experiments have shown that a person clinically dying
may experience a surge of electrical activity in the brain which could be
explained as a surge in consciousness as we slip away from left brain ego
consciousness into the super awareness of right brain soul consciousness
and thus the near and after death experience: Allen L Roland *
On August 12, 2013 ~ Rebecca Morelle, Science reporter, BBC World Service,
wrote on BBC News, Science and Environment that *"Scientists report that **a
surge ... more »
Baby Panda: Nap time
*SMALL AND SOFT: A giant panda cub named Yuan Zai slept at the Taipei Zoo
in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday. The female cub was born July 6 to mother Yuan
Yuan and father Tuan Tuan. (Taipei Zoo/Xinhua/Zuma Press)*
Debunking another blunder by Dowd!
*MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013*
*The Truman Library speaks:* Maureen Dowd’s “week that was” was really
quite a week!
Last Sunday, she wrote a ludicrous column about the vile Clintons, the
three millionth such column in her ongoing decade-long series. Three days
later, she wrote a column so grossly bungled that even some journalists
noticed!
Yesterday, she pandered to us liberals in the same way she did the last
time she got into trouble. She wrote a fawning, GOP-bashing column in which
she played a race card!
That seems to be what Dowd does when she gets in trouble. She seems to know
t... more »
The New Teabagger Line In The Sand: Are You Man Enough To Impeach The Kenyan Interloper?
Once upon a time over in GOPWorld, you were a chicken if you weren't
willing to vote to shut down the government the way the crackpots and
nihilist Hate Talk Radio-inspired zombies who pass for the Republican base
were demanding. But that is *sooooo* the day before yesterday... which is
when we did our most recent post of crazy teabagger, Kerry Bentivolio, a random
piece of gutter trash who managed to grab a House seat because Steve Israel
wouldn't help the *Muslim* Democratic candidate.
Times move fast these days if you want to keep up with Ted Cruz and his
psychotic father, and ... more »
Use of Force against Syria just days away? It looks that way.
*There are several updates at the bottom-scroll down! *
Two news stories are causing me a great deal of consternation.
US will make legal case for striking Syria without UN approval
*Sources tell 'Post' the United States is preparing justification for use
of force against Syria with allies, which will circumvent Russia, China
vows to block military intervention; military action possible in coming
days.*
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WASHINGTON -- The United States is preparing legal justification for the
use of force agai... more »
Why PRISM Matters
*The Guardian* has done an excellent and vital job digesting the U.S.
National Security Agency *PRISM* data leaked by Edward Snowden. A good
deal of it had come out, in part, in dribs and drabs but it was the British
newspaper that put it all together in chilling context.
It's partly a warning about our governments spying on us and why. It's
also a warning of what they might have in mind for us in the future.
They foresee unrest and potential upheaval in the future from climate
change impacts. Theirs is a world in which today's environmental activists
are viewed as tomorrow'... more »
The Search for the Wrath of the Conquest of the Planet of the Bride of the Son of the Return of Cranky Blogging
Oy, Fournier.
There's just about no way to get a "generational" analysis of anything
right. People aren't really grouped, naturally, into generations -- Baby
Boomer mythology notwithstanding.
So when Ron Fournier went to look for how the "Millennials" are going to
change US politics, the odds of a train wreck were high. And, yeah, it's
Really That Bad.
We learn, for example, that students at the Kennedy School aren't planning
to run for office. Is that news? I have no idea! I don't know how many
similar students thirty or fifty years ago wound up running for office, or
what their ... more »
Saskatchewan's Deadly Highway 39 Needs Brad Wall's Attention NOW!
*"Of the 61 total fatal collisions in the last 25 years, 34 were head-on
crashes."*
*Regina Leader-Post*
*Anyone who has driven across Saskatchewan's portion of the Trans-Canada
Highway, knows that it's pretty flat and open out here.*
*
**Just south of Regina, Highway #39 (and merging #6) contains one of the
most open highway stretches anywhere in Canada. It is a single lane section
and it is extremely dangerous. The statistics prove this beyond any doubt.*
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**In winter, the wind polishes the surface to something resembling glass.
In summer, strong prairie winds put increased force... more »
Too Dumb to Live
Sean, the IT guy, is no more. The 26-year old Australian was at a
birthday party at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat when he thought he'd
swim across the croc-infested river. The crocs thought otherwise. Sean 0,
Crocs 1.
EPISTEMIC ENCLOSURES: What holds us back?
*MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2013*
*Part 1—David Gregory’s search:* Fifty years after the March on Washington,
what is America like?
The question may seem large in scope. But yesterday morning, David Gregory
said we’d be exploring that question on a special Meet the Press.
Fifty years ago this Wednesday, Dr. King gave a world-famous speech. How
does America measure up now? Gregory wanted to know:
GREGORY (8/25/13): *This Sunday, a special Meet the Press: The American
Dream. *
*Fifty years ago this week, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., change history
with his "I Have a Dream" speech.* He had a... more »
Studying Non-Governmental Organizations: What International Relations and Public Management Bring to the Table
In my grad class every semester, I always ask the students if IR is really
the best field for studying human security. Undoubtedly, I get some
students who respond that political science is the best discipline and IR
is the best field – or even the only field – to really study human
security. However,
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Newest Syrian Chemical Weapons False Flag Attack: UN Chemical Weapons Inspectors Shot At By Snipers! (Now WHO Would Do That?)
Continuing with my reports about the chemical weapons assault in Syria by
the US/Israeli bought and paid for mercenary rebels, I have been appalled
by this sudden onrush to war by the criminals in the US government. As I
am typing this latest article, the United States, and now the United
Kingdom as well, have begun to move more forces around the innocent nation
of Syria, in full preparation for an attack that will happen most probably
later this week.... It will be genocide and a definite war crime based on
lies and inunendos!
I have long said that this chemical weapons attack was... more »
A Hungry Black Hole: Mysteries of Nature
Interesting facts about a Black Hole.
*The black hole at the center of our galaxy has been on a near-starvation
diet for *
*almost a million years—but now it’s time for a snack.*
The above video will give you some idea about the diet of a Black Hole.
"But We Should Trust The Cops!"
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*"But We Should Trust The Cops!"*
by Karl Denninger
"Uh huh. "Law enforcement officials in the area were suspicious of the man
and regularly sent undercover officers to do surveillance on his store.
During one trip, an officer is caught in plain view of store cameras
pulling out a small bit of crack cocaine and putting it on the counter when
no one was looking. “He comes in, places the crack on the counter. Crack,
which under federal sentencing guidelines, would get him 4 years in jail.
Under New York State law would get him 2 to 7 years in jail,” attorney
Kevin Luibrand said... more »
The fashion show
Now this is called fashion. Beat this U.S and Canada.
*ORNATE: A model showed off an outfit at the Jember Fashion Carnival in
Jember, Indonesia, Sunday. (A. Rochman/Xinhua/Zuma Press)*
Are US Interests At Stake in Egypt and Syria?
Steve Walt asked a great question the other day: Are U.S. Interests Really
at Stake in Egypt, Syria, etc…? In posing the question, he cited a recent
comment from Brendan Green, a visiting professor at the LBJ School at the
University of Texas-Austin: “Pre-2011, if you said that Mubarak would fall,
that Egypt would experience
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Photos: Apache elders protest Resolution Copper, defend sacred Oak Flat
Tribal
Elders protest passing of H.R. 687 in Globe and Superior
Claims of cultural and NEPA violations made to Congresswoman Ann
Kirkpatrick
Article and photos by Sandra Rambler
Censored News
Chi’Chil’Ba’Goteel, AZ – On the morning of Aug. 20, tribal elders from
the San Carlos Apache Reservation prepared for a trip to the Gila
Community College and the
DRONE CRASHES IN CROWD
An aerial drone crashed into the grandstand at Virginia Motorsports Park
during Saturday’s Great Bull Run in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
Iraq’s Moqtada al-Sadr Trying To Rally His Supporters With “Retirement”
In August 2013, Iraq’s mercurial Moqtada al-Sadr said that he was quitting
politics. His movement at first claimed that this was a distortion by the
media, and that their leader was simply taking a break after Ramadan. That
story quickly changed as hundreds of his followers and militiamen pledged
their allegiance, and begged that he return. This appears to just be a ploy
by Sadr to rally his forces, and deal with factions that might have been
considering breaking away.
Letter to Sadr signed by his militia commanders pledging their support with
their bloody thumbprints (*Al-Mada*)... more »
The Economy: “Bogle’s ‘Battle for the Soul of Capitalism’ Rages”
* “Bogle’s ‘Battle for the Soul of Capitalism’ Rages”*
by Paul B. Farrell
“Doomsday Capitalism?” Yes, Jack Bogle’s classic, “The Battle for the Soul
of Capitalism” hit the stands in 2005. The first assault ended four years
later. “They” won. In 2009 we suggested a sequel: “Capitalism Died a Lost
Soul.” We lost more than the American dream. What Bogle diagnosed as
“mutant capitalism” is killing America’s “soul.” Still, “they” won’t stop
fighting. Their greed is all-consuming. More is never enough. “They” want
absolute power. “Mutant capitalism” has morphed into “doomsday capitalis... more »
The UN has a new member: the NSA
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Jon Rappoport
The NSA joined the UN in 2012. But they didn’t go through the usual
process. Instead, they hacked in and began bugging UN teleconferences at
its New York headquarters.
Der Spiegel, based on another Snowden leak, reports, quoting an NSA
document: “The data traffic gives us internal video conferencing of the
United Nations (yay!)”
We’re not just talking about General Assembly meetings. NSA had to crack
code to get in. Presumably, these were smaller, more private sessions.
Der Speigel also mentions that NSA has b... more »
The Dark Tower
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*"Minas Maril"*
Or
"Barad-Marîl"
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*"In letters to Rayner Unwin Tolkien considered naming the two as Orthanc
and Barad-dûr, Minas Tirith and Barad-dûr, or Orthanc and the Tower of
Cirith Ungol.*
*
*
*However, a month later he wrote a note published at the end of The
Fellowship of the Ring and later drew a cover illustration which both
identified the pair as Minas Morgul and Orthanc."*
U.S healthcare and desperation
A 50 year old man holds up a bank and robs it for $1 and then waits for
police. He did so to get medical treatment as prisons do provide such
treatment at taxpayers' cost.
*50-year-old Tim Alsip allegedly robbed an *
*Oregon bank of $1 then sat down to *
*wait for police to arrest him.*
*"The suspect got the dollar and his wish; police arrived and arrested him
on robbery charges."*
**
This man is not alone. There are many such cases in U.S where people commit
crimes in order to get medical treatment.
Then there are Repug congressmen and women who want to block Obama's
healthcare ref... more »
U. S. : Forest fires and flooding
U.S. South-west has uncontrollable fires because of lack of rain and dry
forests - millions of people are displaced. In the North-east there is too
much rain and cities and towns are flooded, millions displaced and some
deaths as well. I don't know if U.S ever faced this kind of severe
situation before. Below is a picture of a fire near Yosemite National Park
in California.
*UP IN FLAMES: A photograph released by the U.S. Forest Service shows the
Rim Fire burning near Yosemite National Park in California. (AFP/Getty
Images)*
Update: Another picture of the fire near Yosemite Nationa... more »
Britain's Middle East Spy Station
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image source Stephen Lendman
It doesn't surprise. Washington operates the same way. It's longstanding
imperial policy. It relates to waging war on freedom.
On August 23, The Independent headlined "Exclusive: UK's secret Mid-East
internet surveillance is revealed in Edward Snowden leaks."
Did Snowden provide information to The Independent? He categorically denies
doing so. Perhaps its "exclusive" stopped short of telling all. More on
that below.
"Data gathering is part of a ($1.5 billion) web project still being
assembled b... more »
15 Signs That Obama Has Already Made The Decision To Go To War With Syria
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Mr. Nobel Peace Prize Michael Snyder
The Obama administration seems absolutely determined to help radical
Islamic jihadists that have beheaded Christians, that have massacred entire
Christian villages, and that have pledged loyalty to al-Qaeda topple the
Assad regime and take over Syria.
Yes, the Assad regime is horrible, but if these jihadist lunatics take
control it will destabilize the entire region, make the prospect of a major
regional war much more probable, and plunge the entire nation of Syria into
a complete and ut... more »
Matt Damon: Snowden Did a Great Thing
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Misleading the State of Education: Zais Plays Partisan with School Praise
Superintendents of education in states across the U.S. are necessarily
political positions, either political appointments or elected offices.
Should, then, a superintendent of education visit public school districts
to praise excellence—especially in districts and schools struggling under
the weight of poverty? Of course. But in the current accountability era
that persists in pursuing education policy […]
Lindzen's talk at DDP meeting
*Alarming Global Warming: What Happens to Science in the Public Square*
Willie Soon sent us the newly posted video at the bottom, a 56-minute-long
talk by Richard Lindzen at the (July) 2012 DDP meeting (Long Island Hotel
And Conference Center). DDP stands for "Doctors for Disaster Preparedness"
that sounds silly, the talk is 1 year old, and there has already been a 2013
DDP meeting.
But the talk still looked interesting enough to me which is why I thought
it was a good idea to increase the video's visibility and you may watch it
here, too.
So here we go. From the YouTube vide... more »
Spokane police arrest second suspect, Kenan Adams-Kinard, in the beating death of WWII veteran Delbert Belton...
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Police have arrested 16-year-old Kenan Adams-Kinard less
than a week after the alleged beating death of World War II veteran Delbert
Belton.
Adams-Kinard is the second suspect along with 16-year-old Demetrius Glenn
accused of killing 88-year-old Belton. Police arrested him on First Degree
Robbery and First Degree Murder warrants.
Authorities said Adams-Kinard was arrested just after 3:00 a.m. Monday
morning in a basement apartment on West Montgomery Avenue and North Stevens
Street without incident.
Police credited good investigative work and follow-up on dozens ... more »
Bloomberg:Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows: David Reilly
Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows: David Reilly
By David Reilly - Jan 28, 2010 6:00 PM
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-01-28/secret-banking-cabal-emerges-from-aig-shadows-david-reilly.html
The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global
economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile ammo, bottled
water and peanut butter. After this week’s congressional hearing into the
bailout of American International Group Inc., you have to wonder if those
folks are crazy after all.
Wednesday’s hearing described a secretive group deploying bi... more »
Bashar Assad Interview with Izvestia- Must Read!!
I just had to get this up!
Bashar Assad did an extensive interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia.
*Yes, it is the translate version.* And, yes it has it's shortcomings.
But, it is clear enough to understand fully what he is saying, particularly
about* Israeli involvement*. Israeli involvement has been a reality in the
destabilization of Syria. From day one I had made the case Israel was
involved. And, through dozens and dozens of posts Israeli
involvement/collusion with the terrorists in Syria was crystal clear.
Despite all the lying claims to the otherwise made via the msm.
... more »
Untitled
*St Charles Assessor revalues some properties downward ~Richard Thompson,
New Orleans Advocate*
*Plaquemines looks at Terrebonne model for storm protection ~Carolyn
Scofield, WVUE*
*Floating Islands: Jefferson Parish Installs Living Shorelines by Bucktown ~Summer
Moore, NOLA DEFENDER*
*Letter to Director of George Bush Museum*
*Fighter training stepping up in Belle Chasse*
Krugman’s (Probably) Wrong about Apple and Network Externalities
Paul Krugman has an op-ed in today’s New York Times in which he likens the
rise and decline of technology companies to Ibn Khaldun’s account of the
rise and decline of dynasties: success breeds complacency and soon the
barbarians are running the show. This happened, he argues, to Microsoft,
which once upon a time dominated the
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Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Chris Pine, 33. He's okay as Kirk, I suppose; not bad
enough to keep the first movie from being quite entertaining, but certainly
not even remotely good enough to rescue the disaster of the second movie.
You know what? I definitely at this point hate Star Trek Into Darkness a
lot more than I dislike Phantom Menace. And it's not because I'm going soft
on Phantom Menace.
Okay, enough of that: much better to think about the good stuff:
1. Joshua Foust on Glenn Greenwald.
2. Are national security types entering electoral politics? Dan Drezner
goes with the "three make... more »
When Governing Elites View Students Not As Investments In The Country's Future Prosperity, But As... Easy Pickings
Trump caught fleecing students
Obama, the Republican Party and Democratic congressional leaders put their
heads together to work out a "compromise" that would steal nearly a billion
dollars from college students and their parents over the next decade. We
covered the vote on that shameless rip-off in the Senate in late July and
we looked at the House vote at the beginning of August. Every day is a
shameful day to be a congressional Republican but those days were shameful
days to be congressional Democrats as well. Senate Democrats joined the GOP
to reject amendments that would lessen ... more »
Quiet Enjoyment is not limited to breaches of title or possession but it must be a breach made by the lessor or of those lawfully claiming under the lessor
In Kenny v Preen [1963] 1 QB 499, Pearson LJ in the Court of Appeal said
(at 511):
The implied covenant for quiet enjoyment is not an absolute covenant
protecting a tenant against eviction or interference by anybody, but is a
qualified covenant protecting the tenant against interference with the
tenant’s quiet and peaceful possession and enjoyment of the premises by the
landlord or persons claiming through or under the landlord. The basis of it
is that the landlord, by letting the premises, confers on the tenant the
right of possession during the term and impliedly promises not to ... more »
No Economic Geniuses
Scott Clark and Peter Devries write that the stated focus of Jim Flaherty's
seventh annual "national policy retreat" was job creation and economic
growth. The Harper government likes to repeat that those two objectives are
-- and always have been -- its reasons for being.
But all that talk has not yielded much of either:
The economy has been in a growth decline since 2010 — job creation has been
dismal. In 2009, real GDP declined by 2.9 per cent and then bounced back in
2010 to 3.3 percent. Since then, growth as been decelerating: to 2.4 per
cent in 2011, to 1.7 per cent in 2012 ... more »
7 Tips for Back to School Shopping
“This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate
Media Group™ and KuKee, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #KuKeeapp
http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO.”
Back to School shopping can be frustrating and expensive, but it can also
be a lot of fun. Follow these 7 tips to less headaches and more smiles for
the beginning of this school year!
1. Shop the sales. You can imagine my delight when I found this darling
line of Hello Kitty clothes for 30% off at Macy's. We were able to stretch
our money twice as far.
2. Prioritize- My mom always let us pick on... more »
A Choice To Be Made - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
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*You are the one*
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*The one whom chooses*
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*To follow*
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*The banner of fear*
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*Or*
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*The one that leads*
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*The way *
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*To liberation*
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*To freedom*
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*Of self*
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*And*
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*Others*
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*A choice to be made*
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*A life to be chosen*
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*To join the forces of freedom*
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*Or*
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*To join with those who enslave*
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*A choice to be made*
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*Yes*
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*Simply*
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*A choice to be made*
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M.N. Hopkins
*Note: *This poem was written on August 23, 2013 and first published here
on my blog today.
Russia offers help to Tepco to clean up Fukushima - will the Abe Administration accept the offer or turn it down ( as the Kan and Noda Administrations did ) ? Tepco needs help , Russia has experience , maybe this might help Japan come up with answers other than " We don't know " )
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/08/russia-offers-help-to-tepco-to-clean-up.html
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2013
Russia Offers Help to TEPCO to Clean Up #Fukushima I Nuke Plant
I remember Russia invited fishermen in Fukushima to relocate to Russian
Siberia right after the start of the nuclear accident in March 2011 and to
fish there, instead of trying (in vain) to make a living off the water
being contaminated with radioactive materials from the plant. I don't think
anyone took up the offer.
According to Bloomberg News article, Russia reiterated the offer to help,
just as they had been read... more »
Diana : Global Media Blackout
1 week ago, this story broke:
That the story broke on Associated Press and prompted a (terse) official
statement by MPS (the Metropolitan Police Service) obliges the BBC to cover
and report the story as news under its Charter.
It's *ROYAL* Charter.
The Corporation was obliged to give minimal, appropriate coverage to the
story - the presentation of which, every hour, on the hour, on 24 hr
rolling news channel News24 being probably best likened to the careful
behaviour of someone who had recently swallowed a bottle and expects,
presently, to very soon be shitting glass.
Not... more »
Saudi Arabia sentences widow, 75, to 40 lashes after she allows two men into her home to bring her bread via Mail Online
Saudi Arabia's sharia law reveals itself again.
' A Saudi Arabian widow aged 75 has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four
months in prison for mingling with two young men who were reportedly
bringing her bread.
Khamisa Sawadi, a Syrian who was married to a Saudi, breached rules barring
women from meeting with male non-relatives, a court ruled.
The two men, including Sawadi's late husband's nephew Fahd al-Anzi, were
also found guilty and sentenced to prison terms and lashes.'
Read more here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160871/Saudi-Arabia-sentences-widow-75-40-lashes-al... more »
SYRIA AND WORLD WAR
*Anti-Assad forces "injecting substances into the bodies of victims to
prepare false evidence against the authorities in Damascus." **TERRORIST
CHEMICAL ATTACK*
*In the Daily Mail, PETER MCKAY writes that: *
*As the West considers action against the ruling Assad regime in Syria, we
must take note of a chilling warning from 1914*
*Peter McKay writes:*
'As the centenary of the 1914-1918 Great War approaches, historian
Christopher Clark points out that conflict's eerie, modern relevance...
'"Behind the outrage at Sarajevo was *an ... organisation ...
extra-territorial, secretive, sc... more »
DRONES, SURVEILLANCE, AND CENSORSHIP
This latest edition of *This Issue* features Shenna Bellows from the Maine
ACLU. She talks with me about the drone surveillance bill that passed the
Maine legislature this spring but was vetoed by Gov. LePage. The bill
would have required the police to obtain warrants before using drones for
surveillance. The bill also would have allowed for "weaponized" drone
testing in the state. Shenna also speaks about the NSA surveillance
program and the recent revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
I learned just last night that the public access TV channel in Brunswick,
where my s... more »
Monday early morning linkage
Syria agrees to allow a UN team of experts access to the site of last
week’s alleged chemical weapons attacks. US government officials says it’s
too little, too late. The Tunisian opposition is back in the streets and is
again calling for the government’s resignation. FP’s James Traub remains
optimistic. Saturday was the 50th anniversary of
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3rd time’s a charm: CiF Watch prompts correction to Telegraph “correction” on refugees | CiF Watch
Cifwatch show it is possible to get a newspaper, in this case The Telegraph
to correct a glaring mistake.
http://cifwatch.com/2013/08/26/3rd-times-a-charm-cif-watch-prompts-correction-to-telegraph-correction-on-refugees/
RSS: a negative temperature trend in 16.67 years
Before you open this blog entry, you should make sure that all the nuclear
power plants in your country are operational. You may need them because the
text below contains a really long table (with 415 lines or so) which will
be processed as \(\rm\LaTeX\) using MathJax. ;-)
About two years ago, Kevin Trenberth and others promoted a paper (Ben
Santer and 16 co-authors, 2011) that claimed that one needs 17 years – what
a precision – to determine the existence of a global warming trend. The
purpose of the paper was to inject some patience to the minds of the
alarmists and the undecided ... more »
Hot News - Volcanic geyser appears near Rome's 'Fiumicino' airport
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link: http://youtu.be/9MPyyz8UlUM
The region from Italy's Naples until Rome is geophysically active, i.e.
counts earthquakes and is volcanic active. It's not only the well-known Mount
Vesuvius with its history of explosions, but also the mega-volcano
underneath the Campi Fleigri ('burning fields') north from Naples that are
sources of concern. Now suddenly a *mud-geyser* appeared at a very short
distance from one of the runways of Rome's international airport 'Fiumicino'
(also called: 'Leonardo da Vinci International Airport', LIRF/FCO for
experts) which reminds us how delicate the... more »
"hide my ass" is far superior for vpn and wireless vpn
My adventures with VPNs, wireless VPNs, and other fun IP-address changes
just keep getting better all the time. My new favourite addition is called
HideMyAss - a stupid name, but a terrific service.
When I last updated you on our awesome wireless VPN + Roku experience, we
were using two separate routers - one for wireless VPN, and one for
everything else. This was necessary because MLB.TV - through which we watch
baseball on our TV, via Roku - didn't get along with the wireless VPN
router. The feed would continually stop for buffering, making it impossible
to follow a game. To watch... more »
“Syria: What's Really Going On?”
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*“Syria: What's Really Going On?”*
by Karl Denninger
“Let's take a rather-jaundiced but honest look at Syria, shall we? First,
why does Syria matter? That's pretty simple - they're a rather interesting
energy conduit from a strategic point of view. Syria also "owns" the Golan
Heights, which is under Israeli occupation (Ed: yes, I know Israel
considers it to have been "annexed" - the rest of the world sees it
differently.) Having part of your land occupied by a foreign power is
always good for your general civic mood, you see.
In addition Syria is an ally of both Iran and ... more »
Eliot Spitzer May Matter
Yes, maybe he is. There is no plausible reason that the architects of the
2008 collapse are not in jail and been hounded for all their money to the
ends of the earth except an utterly supine regulatory cadre who need to
join their friends in jail. Elliot is certainly able to make it work as he
recovers from the effects of his own hubris.
He even has something to prove. At some rating level, failure must mean
treason. That has to be felt out there or we will have another round of
all this in about another decade. I was never quite a fan of his, but that
was when a ... more »
How Does Hydrogen Metallize?
The truth is that we do not know at all and are still trying. That is
good enough though as it certainly generates upper limits. Those following
this blog know that we can expect to eventually model the content of such
an atom and then possibly massage it with external fields. Then who knows
what we will end up with?
We are also pushing fundamental limits I am sure so our theory that we are
working against may simply be wrong.
All good stuff.
*How does hydrogen metallize?*
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by Staff Writers*
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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 01, 2013*
*This image shows the predicte... more »
Hyperlooop ?
I held off posting on this until I saw some sober second thought. Here we
get a dose of all that.
Quite seriously, high speed rail links for these distances are excellent
solutions using the technology already deployed globally with serious
success. By that I mean reaching 200 miles per hour. At the same time
delivering 100 miles per hour also works well. Both systems demand modern
trackage and an active suspension making the customer experience excellent.
As important, such a system needs to be linked into the urban train system
that shifts people around. Thus a tr... more »
Turning Deserts Into Carbon Sucking Tree Plantations.
We have discussed this at length here in this blog and I am completely
convinced that all the deserts can be nicely vegetated with a range of
water producing strategies and technologies. On the other hand, I am no
fan of conventional seawater desalination simply because it is not
particularly sustainable. It only make engineers happy.
The perimeter grow out needs to be wet and the easiest way to make that
all happen is with artificial reefs and mangrove swamps that then fill the
atmosphere with humid air. Then the rest is well planned hydraulics and
nature doing what i... more »
World Trade Centre - nuclear demolition - final final final update from Dmitri Khalezov
right: Dmitri Khalezov. left: *Mike Harari*?in a final final final
update/release of his book 911thology, ex-Russian nuclear specialist Dmitri
Khalezov claims that HE KNEW who did the 9/11 event. He claims they were
good friends.
*Moreover, I was so close to him that he did not invite anyone else but me
alone to his early breakfast on the 12th of September 2001 (in Bangkok,
while in the United States it was still the 11th of September) and there he
shared a bottle from his collection of wines with me to celebrate the 9/11
event.*
*The man who planned 9/11, his name is Mike Harari... more »
Promising class of heterotic \(\ZZ_8\) orbifolds
Edward Witten is 62 today, congratulations!
After many twists and turns and the birth of roughly five competing classes
of stringy compactifications, I still consider the heterotic strings to be
the most realistic category of the stringy vacua we know. Heterosis is a
powerful tool.
Most of the time we mention the heterotic strings, we usually think of a
compactification on a smooth Calabi-Yau manifold. The world may be
described by one of the 10,000 or so known topologies of
six-real-dimensional Calabi-Yau three-folds (each of which has several
continuous parameters, the moduli... more »
The most prolific goal scorers in the Premiership
This is a list of the most prolific goal scorers in the Premiership (as of
this morning). This season Frank Lampard should overtake Thierry Henry,
Wayne Rooney hould overtake Robbie Fowler, Frank Lampard and thus Thierry
Henry. Robin Van Persie should easily get into the top 10 by overtaking
Robbie Keane and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and probably Teddy Sheringham, Les
Ferdinand and Michael Owen. Jermain Defore might also get into the top 10
if he's given a run of games, as might Nicolas Anelka should he do
likewise. Stephen Gerrard and Dimitar Berbatov will also make progress this
sea... more »
U.S AND ISRAEL DESPERATE FOR WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Despite the Syrian government acceding to UN demands to allow their
inspectors into the areas affected by last weeks gas attack on civilians,
the US has declared that it is ‘too little, too late’ saying that it may
now be “too late to gather useful scientific results”.
Given the seriousness of the accusations, the inspectors should at least be
given the opportunity of making some kind of assessment about who was
responsible before the US and their NATO allies escalate the war to levels
which may have much wider consequences.
The language being used indicates that the US and their a... more »
New book by Lindsay Perigo: ‘The One Tenor’
*Before the Three Tenors, there was just one. Lindsay Perigo tells the* *story
of the overpoweringly charismatic singer of screen and record whom today’s
singers still revere, and who has somewhat eluded biographers hitherto. From
the new book’s Amazon description….*
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*The One Tenor* is a labour of love for life-long Mario Lanza devotee, New
Zealand radio and television broadcaster Lindsay Perigo.
It is the bringing together of his best Lanza-related essays, critiques and
interviews over the years, with significant new material exclusive to this
book, inclu... more »
NAKED STEPHANIE - THE PRIME MINISTER'S DAUGHTER
*John Key, and his son Max*
Stephanie Key has been posing naked with an octopus and Big Macs.
Stephanie is the daughter of John Key, the Jewish prime minister of New
Zealand.
*Daughter of New Zealand Prime Minister*
*Stephanie Key*
New Zealand has had three Jewish prime ministers: Julius Vogel and Francis
Bell and John Key.
One might think that Israel insists on controlling New Zealand.
*Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, whom Mossad reportedly
tried to assassinate.*
In 2004, Mossad's Zev Barkan's reportedly tried to to assassinate New
Zealand Prime Minister Hele... more »
Contamination caution app for swimmers and surfers launched
*An app that gives bathers and surfers real-time warnings about
contamination incidents on beaches has been launched.* The free service
sends alerts or text messages about discharges of manure and storm water at
nearly 250 beaches in England and Wales. It was formed in response to
concerns about a rise in sewage spills, which can cause illnesses for
beach-goers. The service works by sending out alerts to users when
contamination reaches unsafe levels and the information is posted online.
It was developed by the charitable trust Surfers against Sewage (SAS) and
funded by the Envir... more »
Underhanded Heart (Not A Mixed Metaphor) of Global Financial Catastrophe Exposed! (ArmsTwisted/Blackmailed Internationally - Thus The Secret Goldman Sachs/JP Morgan/Citi Payoff) Wag the Dog? (Syria Style)
Newsflash! Women in Engineering Earn 25% Less Than Men Not really a
surprise is it? I always love to get the "new" news. But . . . back to the
old news . . . no surprise here either . . . after all, why would the
Bilderberg groupies have it any other way? (But why would they take the
risk? El Greedo - and its pal - el Stupido - strike again (h/t to "The Big
Chill"). And the populace doesn't
Philippines:‘Million people march’ set at Luneta against pork barrel scam
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* *‘Million people march’ set at Luneta against pork barrel scam*
By Gang Badoy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
6:48 pm | Monday, August 19th, 2013
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SERIOUS CALL A page from the diary of Peachy Rallonza-Bretaña. CONTRIBUTED
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MANILA, Philippines–Since the controversy surrounding the alleged
P10-billion pork barrel scam broke out, there has been a torrent of
articles and photos that have linked the now fugitive Janet Lim-Napoles to
several legislators. Most of the articles—which first came out in the
Philippine Daily Inquirer—allege that Napoles put up a number of ... more »
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