English: F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter arrives at Edwards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Original F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The Department of Defense's first U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter (JSF) aircraft soars over Destin, Fla., before landing at its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, July 14, 2011. Its pilot, Lt. Col. Eric Smith of the 58th Fighter Squadron, is the first Air Force qualified JSF pilot. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)dream - Cressida Dick did not look like Stanley Kubrick's wife was not Philip K Dick's wife
*not Cressida Dick*what the hell was THAT dream all about?
I was lost, in the same 'urban village' of Old London I always get lost in,
when trying to find 'the railway station' or 'avoiding riots in the
street'. I passed my friend Mitch out in Town with his two grown-up kids.
Then went down a winding back alley to where I ended up being invited into
this old person's house 'for water' or 'directions'.
There was a soft white female black 'n' white Border Collie or 'sheep dog'
in the pantry that eventually was affectionate or at least accepted
petting, seemed to need love.
Then (here... more »
Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Helicopter, Harbors Al-Qaeda, Looks To Play Spoiler (Videos)
While President Obama and President Putin are busy making responsible deals
and coming to an adult agreement about Syria, at least for now, Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is doing everything in his power to
increase tensions along Turkey's border with Syria and jump-start a larger
war.
"Turkey scrambled its F-16 fighter jets on Monday to shoot down Syria’s
Russian-built Mi-17 helicopter, claiming that it was forced to take the
decision after the helicopter intruded two km inside Turkish airspace,"
reports Atul Aneja for *The Hindu*.
The blog "friday-lunch-club" *says* ... more »
The Upcoming War On Syria (Momentarily Delayed): Speaking Of Chemical Weapons - What About Israel's Arsenal?
Yes, it does appear that an outright attack by the United States against
the innocent nation of Syria has been delayed for the time being... But
what is not being told is that in spite of direct military intervention by
the cirminals in the United States, their government has now been pouring
in massive amounts of supplies to their insurgent criminal mercenaries,
also known as the "rebels". This battle for Syria is not over by a long
shot...
With the Syrians agreeing to put their chemical weapons arsenal under
international control, there have been many people that have said tha... more »
Gen. Dr. Engineer Salim Idriss
The Face of The FSA. lol. He's not exactly the charismatic-conqueror type.
"You know how Salim Idriss of the Fee Syrian Army signs his decrees? Like
this: Gen. Dr. Engineer Salim Idriss. I am not making this up. This is
exactly how his name appears in all of his decrees. I think that he should
add lawyer to the mix." - *The Angry Arab*.
Gates Money and Common Core– Part IV
This post is a continuation of a series I am writing on Bill Gates’ funding
specifically for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS). In my first post, I examined the Gates bankroll of the CCSS
foundation organizations and to both national teachers’ unions and other
influential groups. In the second post, I […]
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Is This Thing A Lemon?
Some time ago, someone asked me to take a look at the new US Lockheed
Martin designed and built Joint Strike Fighter, the F35, that many in the
criminal US Government have haled as being the fighter plane of the future,
and have decided to replace almost the entire existing inventory of US
fighter planes with. I periodically have read the reports in major online
publications, and have looked at the aeronautics of this so called "fighter
plane" and I am not impressed... In fact, I am deeply concerned that the
American public has been forced to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on... more »
Misogynist Rites Activists Alberta Style Part the Second
Well, we knew it was coming after the show earlier in the year.
When Canadian "GirlWritesWhat", Edmonton member of American misogyny
group/aggregate blog and fun group "A Voice for Men" (google it, I'm not
linking), fronted to the media for the group after a slut-shaming poster
campaign that went up around the Uof Alberta, American Paul Elam, head of
AVfM, crowed about how much mileage they were going to get out of people
being outraged by their speaking truthiness to Power in a country where
they could be bold Spartacus in lumberjack shirts, throwing off the
shackles of feminarchy... more »
Far Right Extremist Koch Brothers Are Pouring Hundreds of Millions Into A Silent Coup Against Democracy
North Carolina neo-fascist Art Pope bought his state's Republican Party at
bargain basement rates. The Koch brothers, also of a distinctly fascist/John
Bircher bent, paid a lot more to buy the national Republican Party. In
fact, they're paying a lot more than anyone could have proven until just
recently. The most corporately-oriented and extreme right Supreme Court
since the Civil War has allowed Big Business and wealthy special interests
like the Kochs to coverup the legalistic bribes they give politicians. But
the diligence of OpenSecrets keeps foiling much of the skullduggery.
... more »
Standard of review
R v Yorston, 2013 ABCA 309 :
[6] Triers of fact have considerable leeway in assessing the
evidence and in drawing inferences from that evidence: *R v Biniaris*, 2000
SCC 15 (CanLII), 2000 SCC 15, [2000] 1 SCR 381 at paras 24, 37. While
appellate courts accord great deference to findings of fact by a trial
judge, they will intervene when they are unreasonable: *R v Wolbeck*, 2010
ABCA 65 (CanLII), 2010 ABCA 65, 474 AR 331 at para 9.
Proud to be a bleeding heart liberal
Been a long day dealing with real life. Best thing I've seen on the
internets tonight, via Doug J, is this political ad. Reminds me of me and
my Dad.
Federal Judge approves US seizure of Mid- Town Manhattan Tower owned by Iran ( by way of Alavi Foundation and Assa Corporation ) - Piaget building seized due to building owners alleged violation of federal money laundering laws and Iran sanctions ....
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130917-707310.html
A U.S. district judge found that the U.S. government can seize a 36-story
midtown Manhattan office building that it says is secretly owned and
controlled by the government of Iran.
The judgment paves the way for the "largest-ever terrorism-related
forfeiture" and sale and would provide a means for compensating victims of
Iranian-backed terrorism, the U.S. Justice Department said.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest granted summary
judgment in favor of the U.S. government's claims for the forfeiture of 650
F... more »
S&P turns negative on Chicago's outlook ! Will Chicago follow Detroit as its fiscal plight worsens ?
S&P turns negative on Chicago's outlook
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Chicago became the latest U.S. city to see its financial prospects dragged
down by its pension obligations when Standard & Poor’s changed its outlook
to negative from stable, while affirming its A-plus bond rating.
"The outlook change reflects our view of the risks involved in how the city
will address its upcoming, large pension payments," Standard & Poor's
credit analyst Helen Samuelson, said in a statement.
Whil... more »
Alan Waldman: ‘Are You Being Served?’ Was Hit Sitcom in Britain and Around the World
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
It -- and sequel ‘Grace and Favour’ -- aired 81 classic episodes, which
repeated and repeated on many PBS stations.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada
Congressmen (not) on BBC America
According to the right-wing website Trending Central the BBC has been
caught out over its "pro-Obama bias".
The evidence? A report from the Pew Research Center think tank comparing
the coverage of the Syrian Crisis by Al Jazeera America, BBC America, CNN,
Fox and MSNBC.
One of the sections in the Pew report examines the use of sources cited by
each media organisation.
Trending Central notes that all the media outlets relied heavily on Obama
administration officials as sources but adds that "the BBC failed to
balance its reporting by consulting many representatives of the U.S. ... more »
Harry Targ : Revisiting 'American Exceptionalism'
Beacon
to the world? Image from Wikimedia Commons.
Was Putin right?
Revisiting 'American exceptionalism'
A better future and the survival of the human race require us to
realize, as Paul Robeson suggested, that what is precious about humanity
is not our differences but our commonalities.
By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 17, 2013
Continued study and research into the origins of the
Worry: There's no escape
Long, slow drives to distant communities are opportunities for interesting
conversations with my co-workers, as there’s often just me and one of the
guys in the truck. We've talked about workers’ rights, Canadian salaries,
time management, trades training, attitudes toward homosexuality – you name
it.
“Why do so many people in Canada and the U.S. use drugs?” asked a
co-worker last week during one such conversation. Hoo-boy, I thought to
myself. Tough question.
Making a living in the illegal-drug business is something a significant
number of Hondurans are intimately famil... more »
Lion Rock 7: Reading Club Salon 2013, Hong Kong
The Lion Rock Institute (LRI), Hong Kong's first and only free market think
tank, will hold its second annual round table discussion on some
theoretical concepts, billed as "Reading Club Salon 2013". The first event,
"Reading Club Salon 2012" was held in early November 2012, two days before
the Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia conference which was held in
another hotel in Hong Kong. I attended both events. Below, our group photo
at the conclusion of the 1 1/2 days LRI event.
The Reading Salon is unique because (1) there are no primary or resource
speakers, every participant is... more »
New Democrats DEMAND To Know (as should MOST Canadians), Why Conservative Party Lawyer Sat In On Elections Canada Investigatie Interviews On Robocalls Scandal!!
*OTTAWA – The NDP wants the Commissioner of Elections Canada to publicly
answer questions about why Conservative Party lawyer Arthur Hamilton
attended robocalls interviews.*
*In a letter sent to Commissioner Yves Cote Tuesday, NDP MP Craig Scott
asks Cote to answer six specific questions about Hamilton’s presence in
interviews with witnesses, all of them Conservative staffers. “It just
jumps off the page that there’s a potential ethical problem here,” Scott,
critic for democratic and Parliamentary reform, said in an interview. “What
is (Hamilton) doing in the interview when he’s ... more »
Why is this man smiling? Jeffrey Toobin walks us through the ongoing conservative capture of our state courts
*The clown justice gets the last laugh.*
*by Ken*
We've heard and read a lot about the heavy investments made by the
billionaires of the Right in the decade before the 2010 census and ensuing
reapportionment to gain control of as many governorships and state
legislative houses as possible, and we've head and read a lot about the
direct effect on legislative agendas -- spearheaded by such luminaries of
the rich and reactionary as Wisconsin's Scott Walker, Ohio's John Kasich,
Michigan's Rick Snyder, and Florida's Rick Scott -- and also about the even
longer-term impact of the right-... more »
Ron Paul Wants to Abolish Public Schools
While progressives are busy reading (or not reading) Diane Ravitch’s Reign
of Error, Ron Paul’s anti-progressive, right wing Tea Party folks and
followers are reading The School Revolution. I came across a review of
this book in The New Republic. What concerns me are the recent discussions
and blog posts here and elsewhere about finding common […]
BEYOND AMBITION
*My father, Kenneth Gagnon (front center), with his family around 1926*
A dear friend once told me that her parents thought I had no ambition. But
that wasn’t quite the case; it is more complicated than that. The real
issue, summed up in my long-lost father’s worn letters to my mom (kept
secret until I finally got to read them at 23 years old) written soon after
their separation around 1954, was that “I couldn’t imagine making money off
other people’s misery.” My mother (Gaetana Ruth Amelia DiCapua), the
product of a social climbing Italian immigrant family, had asked him in a
pr... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “The Dreaming Tree”
2002, “The Dreaming Tree”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hOphl_fsg&html5=1
Dutch Trim F-35 Order
At the outset the Netherlands was expected to buy 85 of Lockheed's light
attack stealth bomber, the F-35. For a nation not much larger in area
than Vancouver Island that seemed like a hefty purchase.
Now the Dutch have announced they'll settle for just 37 of the overpriced,
overdue and underperforming warplanes. That seems to make the F-35
something of a niche buy for the Netherlands. Not particularly
inspirational but it still gives Lockheed something to crow about as the
company tries to strongarm South Korea into rethinking their decision to go
for an updated F-15 buy inst... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“From Sagittarius to Carina, the Milky Way Galaxy shines in this dark
night sky above planet Earth's lush island paradise of Mangaia. Familiar to
denizens of the southern hemisphere, the gorgeous skyscape includes the
bulging galactic center at the upper left and bright stars Alpha and Beta
Centauri just right of center.
*Click image for larger size.*
About 10 kilometers wide, volcanic Mangaia is the southernmost of the Cook
Islands. Geologists estimate that at 18 million years old it is the oldest
island in the Pacific Ocean. Of course, the Milky Way is somewhat older,
with the... more »
"A Look to the Heavens
“Is this what our own Milky Way Galaxy looks like from far away? Similar
in size and grand design to our home Galaxy (although without the central
bar), spiral galaxy NGC 3370 lies about 100 million light-years away toward
the constellation of the Lion (Leo). Recorded below in exquisite detail by
the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, the big,
beautiful face-on spiral is not only photogenic, but has proven sharp
enough to study individual stars known as Cepheids.
*Click image for larger size.*
These pulsating stars have been used to accurately determine NG... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Is this what our own Milky Way Galaxy looks like from far away? Similar
in size and grand design to our home Galaxy (although without the central
bar), spiral galaxy NGC 3370 lies about 100 million light-years away toward
the constellation of the Lion (Leo). Recorded below in exquisite detail by
the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, the big,
beautiful face-on spiral is not only photogenic, but has proven sharp
enough to study individual stars known as Cepheids.
*Click image for larger size.*
These pulsating stars have been used to accurately determine NGC ... more »
Carlos Castaneda, "The Predator of Man"
*"The Predator of Man"*
by Carlos Castaneda
․
“’Predators Mind.’ This is the Castaneda term for that which aligns man
with the thought center of service to self. In “Active Side of Infinity,”
Don Juan tells Castaneda of the Earth being invaded in the mists of time by
creatures of condensed darkness, the so-called Flyers which use man as
food. The key idea as that these cosmic predators gave man their own mind.
This is reasonable in light of much other material. At the human level, a
system based on exploitation and consuming and control is seen to shape
people in its own image... more »
"True, But Partial..."
"The real intent of my writing is not to say, you must think in this way.
The real intent is: here are some of the many important facets of this
extraordinary Kosmos; have you thought about including them in your own
worldview? My work is an attempt to make room in the Kosmos for all of the
dimensions, levels, domains, waves, memes, modes, individuals, cultures,
and so on ad infinitum. I have one major rule: Everybody is right. More
specifically, everybody — including me — has some important pieces of
truth, and all of those pieces need to be honored, cherished, and included
in ... more »
Michael James : Heart of Illinois in the Summer of '64
Boys
in a pickup truck in front of the Fulton Democrat in Lewistown,
Illinois, in the summer of 1964. Photos by Michael James from his
forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
Heart of Illinois in the Summer of '64
Hanging with this band of old dudes I learned to roll smokes. I played
guitar and sang with them, and in the process
Chet Raymo, "A Walk In The Woods"
*"A Walk In The Woods"*
by Chet Raymo
"Awhile ago I went for a walk in the deep woods west of Boston with sons
Tom and Dan and spouses. The highlight of the day was coming across this
beaver dam.
We were bowled over by the size and engineering sophistication of the dam,
as impressive in its own way as Hoover Dam on the Colorado. Constructed by
rats. OK, not rats, but rodents. A huge undertaking of felled trees, rocks
and mud, ingeniously placed at the perfect spot along a tiny stream, as if
planned by a human engineer. "OK," the engineer might have said to the
assembled be... more »
"The True Dream..."
“Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that
reality is better. We convince ourselves it’s better that we never dream at
all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined of us, holds on to the
dream or we find ourselves faced with a fresh dream we never considered. We
wake to find ourselves, against all odds, feeling hopeful. And, if we’re
lucky, we realize in the face of everything, in the face of life the true
dream is being able to dream at all.”
- Dr. Meredith Grey, "Grey's Anatomy"
My 8 year old cries foul on testing.
At last week’s school board meeting in my rural Western New York community
an excellent discussion on testing occurred, focusing on the use of
progress monitoring assessments. Several families, including mine, have
made the decision to boycott all assessment that is mandated by federal or
state policy. Our district uses a Pearson product called AIMSweb […]
One of the Greatest Truths Seldom Told. Are you up to hearing it?
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*PAKISTANI NATIONAL TV REVEALS THAT OBAMA’S CLAIM TO HAVE KILLED OSAMA BIN
LADEN IS “AN AMERICAN HOAX.” — Paul Craig Roberts*
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PAKISTANI NATIONAL TV REVEALS THAT OBAMA’S CLAIM TO HAVE KILLED OSAMA BIN
LADEN IS “AN AMERICAN HOAX.”
By readers’ request, this is a reposting of a translation of a Pakistani
National TV interview with an eyewitness to the alleged SEAL Team Six
attack that a... more »
“A Self-Created State: Worry”
*“A Self-Created State: Worry”*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
“Worry is an extension of fear and can also set you up for attracting that
which you don’t want in your life. We have all had the experience of
worrying about something at some point in our lives. Some of us have a
habitual tendency to worry, and all of us have known someone who is a
chronic worrier. Worry is an extension of fear and can be a very draining
experience. In order for worry to exist, we have to imagine that something
bad might happen. What we are worrying about has not happened yet, however,
so this ba... more »
Ravitch Seeks Broad Reforms to End Reign of Error
Reblogged from InterACT: Just in time for its official release tomorrow,
I've finished reading an advance copy of Diane Ravitch's new book, Reign of
Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's
Public Schools. For people who have been following education policy debates
long enough and already know that they tend to […]
Cunliffe v Key: Two sides of a Muldoon
In his first day in the House yesterday, in the only chance he will have in
four weeks to demonstrate he has what it takes to back up his windy
rhetoric about “having John Key’s number” and showing the PM with his pants
around his ankles, David Cunliffe did at least choose a real target on his
first chance to defenestrate his opponent, which is John Key’s prevalence
when “supporting business” to take that line too literally by supporting
the shareholders of *particular *businesses.
He could have chosen anyone from Fletcher Building to Sky City to Rio
Tinto. Instead, Cunliffe chose... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
“I Am Become Death”
*“I Am Become Death”*
by factoids
“Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the laboratory in Los Alamos, New
Mexico, and the scientific director of the Manhattan project. Since so many
talents were involved it's somewhat misleading to call him "the father of
the nuclear bomb", but he undeniably made one of the major individual
contributions. In an interview from 1965, Oppenheimer describes the initial
reactions as the fruit of their labors, the very first nuclear bomb (the
Hiroshima bomb was the second one), detonated early in the morning of July
16, 1945:
“We knew the wor... more »
The Rock Begat the Club Begat the F-35
The first guy, the one who wielded a rock, was all but invincible until the
second guy figured out how to tie a stick to a rock and turn it into a
club. That guy thought he was the cat's ass until he ran into a guy with a
longer stick with a pointy rock on the end. The lesson is, when it comes
to finding ways to kill each other, breakthrough begets breakthrough.
So remind me why we're looking to spend 70-billion dollars on breakthrough
technology purpose built to defeat older technology that's already obsolete
and being superseded? Why are we buying a supposedly "fifth generation"... more »
P.S. Henson D.D. On Public Opinion
P.S. Henson D.D. - Public Opinion. Source: *The Treasury: A Magazine of
Religious and Current Thought for Pastor and People*. Edited by Joseph
Sanderson, D.D., LL.D. Volume 7. May 1889 - April 1890. Pg. 429.
"There should always be a proper deference shown to the opinion of our
fellows. There is a general desire to be thought well of by those with whom
we are associated. Every baby will coo and crow when its mother smiles upon
it. There are people who are deaf to public opinion, but they are the baser
man. There is not a man with a spark of generous manhood in his nature, be
he pre... more »
ALEC Legislators Should be Canned!
Well, folks - we gotta real problem and unless you get vocal - like
everything associated with ALEC - this issue- will spread from state to
state to state to state.
The Center for Media and democracy has requested ALEC documents from
multiple ALEC legislators across the US and in two states - *WI* and *TX *-
the attorney general in those states is saying that the documents that ALEC
legislators receive from ALEC are private and privileged.
*Problem folks - big problem here - HUGE!*
ALEC is really putting on the secretive - hiding - mentality here.
If that doesn't tell you that ALEC i... more »
"Sneak Peek: Eric Schlosser's Terrifying New Book on Nuclear Weapons"
*"Sneak Peek: **Eric Schlosser's *
*Terrifying New Book **on **Nuclear Weapons"*
By Michael Mechanic
"On January 23, 1961, a B-52 packing a pair of Mark 39 hydrogen bombs
suffered a refueling snafu and went into an uncontrolled spin over North
Carolina. In the cockpit of the rapidly disintegrating bomber (only one
crew member bailed out safely) was a lanyard attached to the bomb-release
mechanism. Intense G-forces tugged hard at it and unleashed the nukes,
which, at four megatons, were 250 times more powerful than the weapon that
leveled Hiroshima. One of them "failed safe" an... more »
Banking made simple - what's wrong with fractional banking? Khan Academy explains it in a simple way...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/3mUi9IZb4T4 Link: http://youtu.be/1HYSMxu-Dns Link:
http://youtu.be/ZyyaE3DIxhc
Khan Academy is a not-for-profit educational system with the goal of
changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education
for anyone anywhere. Everybody can go there to learn something at their own
pace. I fell back on 'Khan' to explain something that is going to be of
utmost interest *the next coming weeks*: the huge survival problems of
banks and with them entangled governments. The banking system is in
complete disarray. It's falling apart in a sort of '... more »
The Coming LibDem/Tory War
Believe it or not, there is one time of the year the political
commentariat
are more insufferable than the nonsense of the silly season. And that's
when it's Liberal Democrat conference. And it is painful, I mean,
*really
painful*. Let's look at the exhibits.
Underneath the demand-destroying cuts and general *laissez-faire*
attitude
to economics, Vince Cable has been hinting that he's a bit of a
lefty(again). There are "red lines" he tells us. Matters of principle
that would
have him up sticks from the cabinet should the government do especially
appalling things. I wonder what they... more »
Quote of the day, on the Washington Navy Yard killings: “This is gun control”
“Gun control advocates wasted no time in demanding new restrictions on the
means of self-defence … But the unhappy truth is that the scene of the
crime, the Washington Navy Yard, is subject to many of the restrictions
that gun control advocates favour. And the perpetrator …had passed a
background check for a security clearance. Unfortunately, laws and
databases don't create magic force-fields against criminal intent … That
makes military bases much like other ‘gun-free zones.’ They're only as well
protected as the willingness of would-be perpetrators to follow rules
allows…
“... more »
The Wall Street Dems-- Rising Or Falling?
Barney Frank is no longer a Member of Congress and his influence on the
House Democrats' fiscal agenda has been largely supplanted by that of
former Wall Street executive Jim Himes (New Dem-CT). As we saw last week,
the New Dems have been boasting that a quarter of all House Democrats are
now Members of their caucus. 53 Democrats, including DNC head Debbie
Wasserman Schultz, have joined the New Dems, a caucus dedicated to-- above
anything else-- sucking legalistic bribes from Wall Street and corporate
America by backing their toxic economic agenda. And, unlike the Blue Dog
Caucus... more »
The so called debate
There is a private members bill facing parliament that proposes to ban the
muslim face-veil. There has also been the recent case of a crown court
judge demanding a muslim woman remove her niqab when giving evidence. A
Birmingham college banned and then unbanned all face coverings. The Sun has
boldly leaped into this 'debate' demanding 'vital' reforms. Now, let's be
honest, what will happen if these 'vital' reforms are not put into place?
I'm no clairvoyant but I'm fairly certain everything will go on as before,
fine and dandy, more or less. These are not vital reforms.
The fact of t... more »
Petro-Statehood and Flooding Are a Bad Mix
Saudi Arabia doesn't flood. Ditto for Kuwait, Iraq or Iran. No
floods. Alberta floods and we should consider what that means.
Fortunately Colorado is giving us the answers we need. From *Grist:*
*Heavy rains returned to Colorado on Sunday and hampered rescue efforts
after last week’s flash floods. The confirmed death toll has risen to
seven, and hundreds are still unaccounted for. An estimated 1,500 homes are
destroyed. Some 1,000 people in Larimer County, north of Boulder, were
awaiting airlifts that never came on Sunday — they were called off because
of the foul weather.*
... more »
The Hitler Pictures Hitler Wanted Destroyed
After his release from prison, Adolf Hitler practised the gestures that
would become a feature of his public speeches. A helper photographed them
for Hitler to study. The Fuhrer thought the negatives were destroyed.
Apparently not. See more snaps here. They are pretty creepy.
Photos Long Walkers talk with students in Kansas
Walkers
on Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz talked with students in Kansas
today! Thanks to Bad Bear for the photos for Censored News!
www.returntoalcatraz.com
South Florida Doctor Uses New Technology To “Re-Grow” Man’s Finger
A doctor used cutting edge technology to re-grow a man's finger. Source:
Dr. Eugenio Rodriguez)
*South Florida Doctor Uses New Technology To “Re-Grow” Man’s Finger*
September 16, 2013 6:21 PM
Healthwatch On CBSMiami
DELRAY BEACH (CBSMiami) — It’s being called a medical marvel. A south
Florida doctor used a unique procedure to actually grow back a man’s finger
that a horse bit off.
According to Dr. Eugenio Rodriguez, Paul Halpern, 33, arrived in Delray
Beach with his finger in a zip lock bag. The insurance company wanted the
rest of the finger amputated. However, a doctor want... more »
Catch of the Day
I really like Kevin Drum's deflating post on Syria hype: "This is no Iraq
and it's no Vietnam. Hell, it's not even a Suez crisis." That's only one of
a number of excellent points he makes. Good stuff.
Why did Syria get so hyped? I've been wondering about this (and blamed
everyone for getting it wrong in my weekend Salon column). It's worth going
through:
* Conservatives: at first, they were split, which may have pushed those who
supported the president against hyping Syria (because they might not have
wanted to play up something that found them on his side); once they
eventually go... more »
Untitled
*City In Louisiana Makes ‘Twerking’ Illegal; 30 Days In Jail For First
Offense*
Moon of Alabama - Syria: Who Really Wants Assad To Go?
*Syria:
Who Really Wants Assad To Go?*
*By 'b'*
*Moon of Alabama*
*September 17, 2013 *
Michael Oren, the outgoing Israeli ambassador to the United States,
*wants*to lift any doubt about who really wants Assad to go:
“The initial message about the Syrian issue was that we always wanted
[President] Bashar Assad to go, we always preferred the bad guys who
weren’t backed by Iran to the bad guys who were backed by Iran,” he
said.
This was the case, he said, even if the other “bad guys” were
affiliated
to al-Qaida.
“We understand that they are pretty bad guys,” he said, adding that... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Giacomo "Jack"
Vallone, founder and director of the *European Knights Project*.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Thoughts for the Brain
The recent massacre in America has made me wonder, what is the function of
gun culture in the USA? Endemic violence is a terrible burden for any
country but especially one that has managed without a civil war for 150-odd
years. Of course there is firearms industry, but it surely can’t be so
powerful as to subordinate the whole of society to its needs. And there are
countries that pay a higher price in terms of homicides. But the question
remains why.
USgun culture is based around the 2nd amendment to the constitution. Thanks
to Supreme Court judgments it is now understood that the g... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Award-Winning Novelist and Screenwriter Stephen Harrigan
Noted
Texas writer Stephen Harrigan in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin,
Texas, Friday, September 6, 2013. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Award-winning novelist, screenwriter,
and journalist Stephen Harrigan
The author of the New York Times bestseller, The Gates of the Alamo,
Harrigan has been selected to write the initial title and centerpiece
work in an ambitious
“The Most Depressing Discovery About the Brain, Ever”
*“The Most Depressing Discovery About the Brain, Ever”*
Say goodnight to the dream that education, journalism, scientific
evidence,
or reason can provide the tools that people need in order to make good
decisions.
By Marty Kaplan
"Yale law school professor Dan Kahan’s new research paper is called
“Motivated Numeracy and Enlightened Self-Government,” but for me a better
title is the headline on science writer Chris Mooney’s piece about it in
Grist: “Science Confirms: Politics Wrecks Your Ability to Do Math.”
Kahan conducted some ingenious experiments about the impact of p... more »
Perteguhan- Indonesia: Fury of the Nature
*"A volcano in western Indonesia erupted for the second time this week,
forcing some villagers who were just returning home to flee Mount Sinabung
again, according to the Associated Press."*
*A mother holds her child in the village of Perteguhan as Mount Sinabung
spews ash and hot lava. (Roni Bintang/Reuters)WSJ*
Nancy Pelosi and Bashar Al-Assad Entente (video)
*Originally I did this post in June, 2010. How circumstances change! In
Iraq, Saddam Hussein was a friend of the U.S. in the 1980s and then he was
hanged later on after the 2003 U.S. Invasion. Bashar Al-Assad of Syria was
a friend of the U.S. in 2007 and now the U.S. will like to hang him it
seems.* *Moral of the story:** It is dangerous to be a friend of the U.S.*
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Nancy Pelosi did visit Syria in April 2007 and had congenial meeting with
Bashar Al-Assad of Syria. Original post here. Al-Assad sings Habibi to
Pelosi. ;)
I googled Habibi and it means “baby or m... more »
Stephen Harper's Gas Problem
Harper flip-flopped and he was cornered.
His role on 'Corner Gas'.
What the Freedom Riders thought about Bull Connor!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013*
*Should the Riders have thought that:* In 1961, Bull Connor was the
arch-segregationist police chief of Birmingham, Alabama.
He became famous in 1963 for his use of fire hoses and attack dogs during
the demonstrations known as the “children’s crusade.” In his book Parting
the Waters, Taylor Branch relates an incident involving Connor and a group
of Freedom Riders from 1961.
According to Branch, a group of seven Freedom Riders thought they spied
“sparks of humanity even in Connor” during a long, peculiar car ride in
which he removed them, or tried to re... more »
"How It Really Is"
•
“A Guide to Mass Shootings in America”
- http://www.motherjones.com/
Dog Whistling to Wall Street: Anniversary Edition
Barack Obama might have lost the battle to appoint one of Wall Street's own
to control the Fed and run the world, but the Class War of the rich versus
the rest shall continue. For, cynically hidden within his self-serving,
platitude-ridden retrospective of the collapse, in which he ascribed
virtually no blame to the criminal financial cartel which continues to
terrorize and prey upon us, was yet another presidential dog whistle of
reassurance to the Malefactors of Great Wealth.
The occasion for this week's presidential speechifying
(besides another un-shocking mass shooting rampag... more »
Tax, Lies and Videotape
So after all the hype, how did *Panorama*'s Tax, Lies and Videotape pan
out?
Well, yes, Richard Brooks of *Private Eye **was* a key figure in the
programme, but the programme wasn't by any means an out-and-out piece of
campaigning journalism.
Its central argument was that there's an uneasy tension between the
government stated desire that everyone should pay their fair share of tax
and the government's hope for Britain to remain an attractive place for
large businesses to invest in. Do UK taxpayers lose out if foreign
companies avoid paying their 'fair share' of tax?
The progra... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Cowards with Power!'
COWARDS WITH POWER!
Mohawk Nation News
Posted on September 17, 2013
MNN. Sept. 17, 2013. Prime Minister Harper proroguing – setting aside – Parliament is fascism. It comes from the
Latin word fasces [or feces!], referring to a centralized autocratic
regime headed by a dictator. The image is individual sticks tied
together into a bundle, representing the citizens. The bundle
The Return of the McMansion
Back in the late 80s I fled my old Arbutus Ridge neighbourhood in
Vancouver's west side. It had been a community of small but really neat
little bungalows with single car garages accessed by lanes that separated
the lots at the back. They were older houses, built in the 40s, on what
were 50 foot, or "lot and a half" parcels, and most had been nicely
upgraded over the years.
Then the newcomers from Hong Kong began moving in, paying really high
prices for houses in my neighbourhood and others. They never lived in
those neat little houses but tore them down and replaced them with
M... more »
Just cause a factual issue
Dziecielski v. Lighting Dimensions Inc., 2013 ONCA 565:
[1] The determination of just cause is essentially factual. Here
the trial judge found that the employee's conduct in these circumstances,
amounted to serious misconduct despite his unblemished employment record to
that point. We see no error, let alone a palpable and overriding error
which must be demonstrated on appeal in order to interfere with the trial
judge's finding.
Tony Abbott's Ongoing Woman Problem
That's "woman", singular. As in the only woman - the one and only -
appointed by Tony Abbott to his 19-person (oh, to hell with it, 19-man)
cabinet. When you add in Tony, that's one in twenty, five percent which, I
suppose, must represent the female demographic in Australia.
Oh dear.
Sorry, Tony, but you'll have to do more than prance about in a marble bag
to keep the Australian women's vote.
Meanwhile, on the sane side of the world, Austrian officials have decided
how to design a city for women following a transit survey that revealed how
differently women use a city than men ... more »
Boris Slams Wind Farm "Disease"
London mayor and presumptive future Tory leader, Boris Johnson, loves nukes
and fracked gas but decidedly does not love wind power.
*The senior Tory said turning to a new generation of nuclear plants and
fracking would cut energy bills and boost the economy.*
* *
*Writing in The Sun on Sunday he said he was shocked by the number of wind
turbines he saw on a recent drive to Scotland.*
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*"It is a good 20 years since I last drove all the way to Scotland, and in
the interim something unbelievable has been done – in our name – to our
green, pleasant and precious countryside," he... more »
Unplugged... For Carl Sciortino
We've been talking about the race in MA-05 to replace Ed Markey for some
time now. It's just a month away and there are 7 Democrats running. Six of
them are garden variety Dems and one, state Rep. Carl Sciortino, is a
proven, dedicated progressive *leader*, which is why we endorsed him-- and
why progressive organizations from People for the American Way, Progressive
Mass and Mass Equality to the Human Rights Campaign and Grey2kUSA have also
endorsed him. This week-- starting today-- we're launching a fundraising
drive to help Carl pay to run his amazing TV ad (up top). We're being... more »
The Economy: “Racing Toward the Zombie Apocalypse”
*“Racing Toward the Zombie Apocalypse”*
by Bill Bonner
“Another good day for US stocks… and a rare decent day for gold. But the
big economic news yesterday was that Larry Summers has withdrawn from the
race to be the next Fed chief. If only Janet Yellen, Don Kohn and Alan
Blinder would do the same! Then who would be left in front of us in line
for the post? Only about 50,000 economists – every one of whom is smarter,
better educated, better connected, with better social skills and a better
haircut…
From the start, our campaign to become the next Fed chief has faced long
odd... more »
Speaking of chemical weapons.... What about Israel's arsenal?
This is a perfect intro to a bunch of stuff I had saved to use over this
past weekend, but, didn't get it put up
No better time then the present!
*Syria deal shines light on Israel's chemical arsenal*
Israel signed the landmark international treaty banning the production or
use of chemical weapons two decades ago, *but it is among a handful of
nations that have never ratified the deal. *While foreign experts widely
believe that Israel likely possesses a stockpile of chemical and biological
weapons, Israeli officials refuse to confirm or deny the existence of any
such arsenal.
Defen... more »
Rethinking Academic Rankings
Peter Campbell and Michael Desch write in Foreign Affairs that the National
Research Council’s rankings of political science departments are
systematically biased against international relations scholarship and
against policy-relevant scholarship: The NRC’s methodology biased its
rankings against two kinds of scholarship: international relations
scholarship, which is often book-oriented; and policy-relevant scholarship,
which often appears in
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Constitution Day
Today we celebrate the greatest governing document in the history of the
world: the United States Constitution...
...and those who defend it.
The USS *Gunston Hall*, on which Southern Daughter proudly serves.
Celebrate the constitution by asserting your rights today!
Nothing to See Here. Just Another Crazy Guy With an Arsenal of Guns
*Yes, Many of Them Being Held by Crazy People*
He heard voices in his head. He was receiving treatment through the
Veterans Administration for mental problems. Police officials were aware
of him through two shooting incidents.
Hmm - we've got a crazy guy with grievances, with a demonstrated penchant
for gunplay and armed to the teeth - what could possibly go wrong? I can
think of a dozen people who might give you a clear answer except that
they're dead, felled by the crazy guy with grievances and guns yesterday in
Washington's Navy Yard facility.
It's people just like Aaron Al... more »
Brace Yourself. The Next Bout of Denialism Is Already Showing Up
A neat refresher piece on the* Five Stages of Denialism* is available from *The
Guardian*. They're all being dragged out again - all of them - in advance
of the release of the next IPCC report. Here they are in a nutshell: 1.
Deny the Problem Exists; 2. Deny We're the Cause and Deny the clear
Scientific Consensus; 3. Deny It's a Problem; 4. Deny We Can Solve It;
and, 5. Claim It's Too Late for Anything but Adaptation.
Meanwhile a new science group, *Earth League, *has fired an opening salvo
of their own. Earth League is made up of representatives of some of the
most prominent... more »
The Big Difference Between 1995 and Now
One more point about Speaker Boehner and the Republicans as we approach a
possible shutdown: this is very different than 1995-1996. Newt Gingrich,
unlike Boehner now, really did believe that Bill Clinton was going to fold;
his entire strategy for the year was to play chicken with Clinton, who he
mistakenly saw as a weakling.
Newt, too, really was coming off of a stunning electoral victory. Bill
Clinton's approval ratings were fairly similar to where Barack Obama is
now, but where we sit in the electoral cycle is totally different, since
the most recent election was an Obama-reelecti... more »
Untitled
*Federal judge overturns Danziger convictions*
*Light Sweet Deal For Big Oil In LA ~Lamar Parmentel, The Daily Kingfish*
Owe Aku Report to United Nations on US Human Rights Violations 2013
Ancient
Traditional Governments, Indigenous Sovereignty and Treaty Rights
By Kent Lebsock
Owe Aku International Justice Project
Censored News
Brothers, Sisters, Allies and Relatives:
On Friday, September 13, 2013, Owe Aku International Justice Project, on
behalf of the Oyuhpa Tiyospaye of the Oglala Lakota Oyate, a band of
the Lakota Nation within the Oceti Sakowin (the Seven Council Fires
Will Britain Succumb?
At first it was seen mainly as a North American contagion. Then it took
hold in Australia and now it has spread to Britain.
The Anglo-Saxon tradition of enlightenment has collapsed. We have, as *The
Guardian's* George Monbiot, describes it, yielded to a "*flat-Earth love in.
*"
*A "flat Earth love-in". That's how one MP described the debate he
witnessed in parliament last week. The politics with which citizens of the
United States, Canada and Australia are now wearily familiar, in which
elected representatives denounce both scientific evidence and the
researchers who produce it, h... more »
Books Without Price Points
Most retail products have price points. These are either know price points
which the consumers expects; can of beans, pint of milk, loaf of bread, or
are more industry accepted price points which the consumer doesn’t always
know. When at B&Q we had some 50,000 plus SKUs (stocked units), we
discovered only a couple of hundred had consumer know price points and it
was only these you often had to focus on in a price war.
Book publishing has always enjoyed price point freedom, where the RRP
(Recommended Retail Price) is often anybody’s guess and some would suggest
as fictitious as som... more »
You Can't Take Him At His Word
Stephen Harper was in British Columbia over the weekend, "negotiating" with
British Columbia's native peoples on the Northern Gateway file. Michael
Harris writes that Mr. Harper has a constitutional duty to consult with
first nations. But Harper doesn't negotiate:
*That* approach would violate the Harper government’s preferred tactic when
dealing with opponents: blunt declarations of how it’s going to be,
followed by a rabbit punch or two. Think of Jim Flaherty’s negotiating
technique with provincial health ministers in Victoria. Not a lot of
back-and-forth, right?
If the prime ... more »
"Break the Fever" Is Futile -- Especially For Boehner
I said this over at Greg's place yesterday (and just now another version of
it on twitter), but I sort of buried it in the post, and so I want to
highlight it properly:
[T]he key thing to know about a shutdown is that it will end. Maybe after a
day; maybe after a month. It will end, and it will end with something that
both Boehner (and mainstream conservatives) and Obama (and mainstream
liberals) can live with. And at that point, there is nothing more certain
in this world than that radical “conservatives” will believe that if only
Boehner and Congressional Republicans had held out... more »
A Time Of Recognition - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
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*Language*
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*Is words created*
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*To describe a Reality*
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*That is indescribable*
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*A Reality*
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*That does not fit into*
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*The framework of images*
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*Created by man*
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*Created to cloud*
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*To confuse*
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*To lead us astray*
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*From what we *
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*Really are*
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*And*
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*Why we came to exist*
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*How we came to exist*
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*Here upon this world*
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*We call*
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*The earth*
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*It has other names*
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*And*
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*For now*
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*Earth*
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*Will it be called*
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*Language is a device*
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*Created to mask*
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*The voice of ones heart*
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*The voice of Creation*
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*The direct exper... more »
Exposing The MYTH Of The "Seal Team 6" Killing Of Osama Bin Laden: Pakistani National Television Reveals That Obama's Claim To Killing Bin Laden To Be A HOAX!
Osama bin Laden, also known as American CIA operative Tim Osman, died of
complications due to failing kidneys sometime around December13th, 2001.
THAT, readers, is absolute fact.... Therefore all of the BS perpetrated by
the criminals in the American government that they "killed" Bin Laden in a
"raid" on a compound in Pakistan on May 2nd, 2011 is absolutely,
positively, pure fantasy! I still shake my head and sometimes laugh at
the gullibility of the American people that they swallowed that BS "raid"
crap, and the subsequent tossing of bin Laden's body into the Indian Ocean
bull... more »
US Military Raids Within the District of Columbia and Why They Trouble Me....
Predictive Programming - Olympus Has Fallen from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Serious students of the events of September 11, 2001 are aware of the
process by which the memes or elements of that tragic day were carefully
introduced, accredited, and developed in the public mind, especially
through a series of Hollywood movies.
An example is the final scene of the movie The Fight Club, which shows the
collapse of a number of skyscrapers in a manner eerily prophetic of the
fate of the New York Twin Towers.
Hollywood is, after all, not far away from Santa Monica, the home of that
leading s... more »
Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part IV, Sheikh Wissam Abdul Ibrahim Hardan
Sheikh Abdul Abu Risha and Sheikh Wissam Abdul Ibrahim Hardan were the
brains behind the Anbar Awakening. The two met in 2006, and decided to
organize the major tribes in the province against the insurgents. The
problem was that many of the sheikhs were reluctant at first to join in Abu
Risha and Hardan’s scheme. The Awakening also had to convince the Americans
of their sincerity, and deal with the Iraqi Islamic Party that controlled
Anbar. Once they overcame these difficulties, and were successful in
expelling the militants however, the Awakening began breaking up. Those
division... more »
Crowd-sourcing an Award
Voting is open for the *Economist Educators Best in Class Teaching Award*,
but only for this week. If you teach economics, you may want to review the
finalists and vote. Click here to learn more.
Not Aufklärers but Dilettantes: Reading Michael C. Williams’s “In the Beginning…”
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Daniel J. Levine. It is the
24th installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for
the special issue of the European Journal of International
Relations. SAGE has temporarily ungated all of the articles in that
issue. This post refers to Michael C. Williams‘ article (PDF). His post
appeared earlier today. tl;dr notice: ~1730 words. Other entries in the
symposium–when
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“Are The Police More Dangerous Than Criminals?”
*“Are The Police More Dangerous Than Criminals?”*
by Paul Craig Roberts
“The goon thug psychopaths no longer only brutalize minorities–it is open
season on all of us –the latest victim is a petite young white mother of
two small children. The worse threat every American faces comes from
his/her own government.
At the federal level the threat is a seventh war (Syria) in 12 years,
leading on to the eighth and ninth (Iran and Lebanon) and then on to
nuclear war with Russia and China. The criminal psychopaths in Washington
have squandered trillions of dollars on their wars, kil... more »
Global Temperature Trends and the IPCC
As the excitement builds about the release forthcoming IPCC report (snore),
debate is underway on how to interpret previous IPCC predictions for the
evolution of global surface temperature trends. The debate has been
super-charged by a recent article in The Daily Mail by David Rose, leading
the usual suspects to say the usual things. Such debates involve exegeses
of generally inscrutable IPCC statements filtered through the imperfect
process of media (social and mainstream) reporting, colored by agendas.
In this post I pass on the exegeses and have a look at the actual numbers
to ... more »
Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto, , having fun
He is a 'jolly-good' fellow. Enjoy. ;)
The Relentless Bully Politics Continues in SC
Superintendent of Education Mick Zais can’t help himself. He is so enamored
with his misinformation-as-talking-points that he is willing to visit and
shame a high-poverty elementary school. This is the other side of the coin
for Zais who has previously visited a so-called high-flying school in order
to shame all the other schools. In both cases, […]
DIVISION AND CONQUEST: 13 people dead!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013*
*Part 2—The wars of the 1990s:* At present count, thirteen people died
yesterday in the Washington shootings.
Everyone knows the role this event will play in the public discourse. For
starters, the incident will harden sides in the public debate about guns.
Beyond that, some on “the right” will offer quips in which Barack Obama
says, “If I had a son, he would look like” the killer. Some on the
left—perhaps on the self-reinventing, newly-left left—will encourage anger
about such comments, while saying such things as this:
“Obviously I'm not trying to ... more »
Iran offers to close Fordow if sanctions end .... Israel balks but what does the US think of this offer ? When will the next round of Iran nuclear talks occur ? At some point , threats need to give way to serious discussions by all sides regarding Iran.....
Report: Iran Would Shut Enrichment Plant for End to SanctionsIsrael
Expected to Oppose Deal as 'Ploy'
by Jason Ditz, September 16, 2013
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According to German newspaper Der Spiegel, Iranian President Hassan Rohani
is prepared to offer a deal wherein he would shutter the Fordow uranium
enrichment facility in return for the international community ending
sanctions against them.
Fordow, the second Iranian enrichment site after Natanz, is considered more
irksome to the international community because it is underground and
difficult to bomb.
Israeli officials are expe... more »
CATCHING UP
- The Washington DC Navy Yard shooting yesterday appears to have been
done by a man who had been discharged from the Navy active reserves after
several years service. The Navy Yard is home to the Naval Sea Systems
Command and home to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command that oversees
support, integration and acquisition of the U.S. Aegis "missile defense"
systems deployed throughout the Navy and around the world. It is also home
to the Chief of Naval Operations for the US Navy.
- I need to make a correction from our recent Global Network
newslette... more »
School District Pays to Monitor Students' Social Media
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The International Relations Enlightenment and the Ends of International Relations Theory
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Michael C. Williams. It is the
23rd installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for
the special issue of the European Journal of International
Relations. SAGE has temporarily ungated all of the articles in that
issue. This post refers to Williams’ article (PDF). A response, authored
by Daniel J. Levine, will appear at 10am Eastern. Other entries in the
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Gardasil Vaccine Destroys Ovaries of 16-yr. Old Girl, Causes Infertility by Elizabeth Renter
Gardasil Vaccine Destroys Ovaries of 16-yr. Old Girl, Causes Infertility
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 16 September 2013
Gardasil is the vaccine created by Merck & Co. to stop human papillomavirus
(HPV) in young women and men. Unfortunately, to say the vaccine is
controversial would be a gross understatement – even a lead developer of
the vaccine *points out its undeniable dangers* and how even how the
vaccine is of little use. One recent case study published in the *British
Medical Journal* *found that the Gardasil vaccine destroyed the ovaries in
a young girl of 16 ye... more »
Sept 26: Comedy Night, On Tap
Too busy to blog. But some of my friends are performing at On Tap next
week. Yes, it's true. I have friends.
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Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Orlando Cepeda, 76
We do need some good stuff, don't we:
1. Dan Drezner on credibility. I don't keep up on what's happening in IR at
all (well, not beyond the bloggers, I suppose), but I'll add that most
Americanists think less of the importance of "personal credibility...inside
the corridors of power" than Neustadt did. On the other hand, if
politicians think it's a big deal, then it is, even if it doesn't actually
buy them anything in negotiations. And as long as the value in negotiations
is positive, even if it's small? Well, rather have it than not, no?
2. I r... more »
Survey: 1 in 3 Americans believe conflict in Syria is a sign of biblical end times
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A new survey by LifeWay Research found that one-third of Americans surveyed
believe that the Syrian conflict is a sign of biblical “end times” events,
though only one-fifth believe the world will end in their lifetime.
The survey also found that one-fourth of those surveyed believe a U.S.
military strike could lead to the battle of Armageddon. However, some believe
such a strike is now out of the question thanks to the U.S.-Russia chemical
weapons deal.
A military operation is cle... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver report - September 17 , 2013 - Data , News and views touching on the precious metals !
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/gold-repatriation-movement-arises-in-finland
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
The gold price spiked up at the New York open on Sunday night/Monday
morning in the Far East, and that was the high for the day. There was big
volume up until noon Hong Kong time, so it was obvious from that, that
someone was throwing a lot of paper contracts at the market to keep the
price from moving high, or maybe it was just the high-frequency traders
doing their thing. I suspect the latter.
Then the gold price got sold down into the Comex open in New York, rallied... more »
Club For Growth-- More Of A Cudgel For Far Right Extremism
Last night we looked, once again, at how the Koch brothers are polluting
American politics with the millions of dollars they inherited from their
dangerously psychotic, anti-democracy father. Sunday, the *Washington Post*published an opus on
how the Club for Growth fits into this nefarious anti-democracy web. Early
in the morning, Club fuehrer, Chris Chocola, was gloating and bragging
about it on Twitter. Is any special interest group strong enough to get
behind shipping millions of jobs overseas and win? You bet! Congressmen are
fearful whores. If you have a stick and a bone, you ... more »
Ambassador Oren: Israel has wanted Assad ousted since BEFORE Syria war began
*I cannot express to you all the level of vindication I feel in reading
this news, today.*
For two and a half years I have talked plainly and clearly about the
involvement of Israel in the take down of Syria. I talked about it because
it was so obvious despite the media spin and talking head lies!
I spoke about the involvement of Israel in the ruin of Syria for the most
obvious reason: Cui Bono.
Who benefits?
Israel had the most to gain, the most benefit, in the Middle East. Beyond
the pipeline aspect. And onto the water aspect. The land grab. The mineral
rights. The maintenance o... more »
Syria updates - September 17 , 2013 - Obama Administration waives provisions of federal law prohibiting supplying weapons and funds to terrorists ( ends justify means ) .... UN releases it's report on chemical weapons ( lost in the shuffle of the DC shooter rampage Monday ) , Russia continues to guide global foreign policy on Syria......Syrian war crimes split rebel forces - no wonder we see terrible crimes committed by the rebel forces ( Saudis release 1200 death row inmates to fight in Syria - freedom for killers , stipends for their families ) ........ 75 percent of rebel fighters are islamist oriented ( ranging from hardcore Al Qaeda to alleged moderate islamists ) , none of this 75 percent are friends of the US !
http://www.debka.com/article/23285/The-Syrian-helicopter-flight-over-Turkey-fabricated-first-Assad-obstacle-to-chemical-weapons-handover-
Syrian
Prime Minister Waal al-Khalqi knew what he was talking about when he
said Monday, Sept. 16 that the Assad regime had plenty more assets up
its
sleeve for harming Israel and achieving strategic balance - even after
surrendering its chemical weapons to international control. The Russian
ships already on their way to Syria loaded with munitions for Bashar
Assad’s army demonstrate the justice of his words.
Indeed the Syrian ruler would not have ... more »
Police State USA updates - September 14 , 2013.....
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-14/guest-post-7-choices-left-military-industrial-complex
Guest Post: The 7 Choices Left To The Military-Industrial Complex
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*Leaders dispute report on unspent Katrina aid ~Mississippi Business Journal
*
*Blood tests show elevated health risks for Gulf spill cleanup workers ~Fuel
Fix*
*Man accused of defacing 9/11 memorial in Lafayette makes bail (Video) ~Billy
Gun, The Advocate*
*The newest land in Louisiana pours out of a pipe ~John Snell*
*Streetcar repair project hurting Riverbend businesses, shop owners say ~Scott
Satchfield*
*New Orleans Burlesque Festival ~Will Coviello, Gambit*
Rule of Law 21: Violating Simple Parking Rules
This photo was shared more than a thousand times in facebook as of today. I
posted this in my fb wall, it was shared by at least five friends already.
Plate number SKE 131. I think this is a Taguig police car.
Another government vehicle whose driver does not know how to respect simple
parking rules. Plate number SFT 558
This one is a private vehicle, Hyundai Tucson, RDX 360. This was shared
many times in facebook too.The joke is that since the driver parked at two
slots of Parking for Disabled passengers, he may be mentally disabled.
A good reminder for the driver of RDX 360.
B... more »
Operation Black Vote
Steve Cokely - The Murder of Dr Martin Luther King, feat. William F. Pepper
from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*"My brotha - I appreciate that you say on the tape that I am the Jackson
who will always speak with you and talk with you freely and without
hesitation.*
*
*
*As regards the allegations concerning The Reverend....
...he will have to defend himself."
- Jesse Jackson Jr., Congressional Black Caucus, 2001.*
on the 2000 Dept. of Justice report commissioned in the wake of the Guilty
verdict in King Family vs. Jowers et al. (1999)., for the purpose of
clearing "SCLC Minister" and... more »
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*N.O. Florida Ave. canal collapses, sending sewage into it ~WWLTV*
Keiser Report #498 - James Clapper on NSA Economic Espionage on BRICS - WORLD WAR MONEY
I haven't checked out RT's Keiser Report for a while but Stacey and Max are
still banging out their radical opinions on the WAR WORLD we all inhabit, *for
PROFIT*.
This time they discuss Economic Espionage and, perhaps, Sabotage by the NSA
against the corporations and innovators of competitor (BRICS) nations.
Which kinda ties in with the Bank of England attempt to cap house price
appreciation to 5% putting the breaks on the amount you can lend. What *free
market*?
In the second half, Max interviews author, journalist and filmmaker, Greg
Palast of GregPalast.com, about the Larry Sum... more »
@BigDunc123 update
As an update to this post of yesterday 'Big' Dunc has been at it again...
Looks like 'Big' Dunc might have been reading the Protocols of the Elders
of Zion and more worryingly believing it.
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There were 5 shooters at Columbine, 2 shooters at the Dark Knight Shooting,
2 shooters at Dunblane, 3 shooters in Norway on Ütoya, 3 Shooters at Sandy
Hoax and 5 Boston "Bombers".
This was a military raid.
And as soon as they transferred the investigation the FBI, they pin it all
on a dead black man.
*"Defence Contractor Aaron Alexis was Acting Alone"*
*Image cropped to NOT show his military uniform.*
The Shooters were all US Military.
Shut the fuck up.
This was a military raid on whatever was housed on the 4th floor.
As soon as the FBI took the lead on the investigation, t... more »
5 Lies Invented to Spin UN Report on Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
*September 17, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - As predicted days before the UN's
Syrian chemical weapons report was made public, the West has begun spinning
the findings to bolster their faltering narrative regarding alleged
chemical weapon attacks on August 21, 2013 in eastern Damascus, Syria. The
goal of course, is to continue demonizing the Syrian government while
simultaneously sabotaging a recent Syrian-Russian deal to have Syria's
chemical weapon stockpiles verified and disarmed by independent observers.
*Image: 107mm rocket shells frequently used by terrorists operating within
and ... more »
String theory is a complete theory of quantum gravity
I've been aware of the unmatched internal consistency, richness, and
predictive power of string/M-theory for something like two decades even
though my understanding of the theory's unique features was growing pretty
much every year since then.
*Bohemian [not Czech] Gravity [not Rhapsody]. A Queen-based musical video
edition of Joe Polchinski's string theory textbook (1,000+ pages compressed
to 8 minutes).*
But as recently as a decade ago, I was also immensely impressed (and,
later, proud about) the intellectual strength of the string theory
community. What I mean is that I wasn't... more »
“An Open Letter to the Person Who Left This Sweet Dog at the Kill Shelter”
*“An Open Letter to the Person Who Left *
*This Sweet Dog at the Kill Shelter” *
by Jamie White
“You don't know me, and for your sake, you'd best hope and pray that you
never have the misfortune to meet me. How do I know who you are? Because
the people at Animal Control gave me Cocoa's intake sheet. You know, the
one you filled out. The one that said Cocoa was 12 years old and you'd had
her all those years. The one that said you were moving to a pet-free
apartment and couldn't take your faithful companion of 12 years. You know,
the one that you said was a "sweet old girl- a wo... more »
The Poet: D.H. Lawrence, "Escape"
*"Escape"*
"When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego,
and when we escape
like squirrels in the cage of our personality
and get into the forest again, we shall shiver
with cold and fright.
But things will happen to us
so that we don't know ourselves.
Cool, unlying life will rush in,
and passion will make our
bodies taut with power.
We shall laugh, and
institutions will curl up
like burnt paper."
- D.H. Lawrence
NAVY YARD - WRONG DATE?
Police, FBI: Shooter reported in military building at Washington Navy Yard;
multiple victims
SUNDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2013 23:31 ERIC TUCKER AND BRETT ZONGKER, THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
[image: Print] [image: PDF]
Police work the scene on M Street S.E. in Washington, where a gunman was
reported in a military building at the Washington Navy Yard Monday, Sept.
16, 2013. Shots have been fired and employees directed to a shelter. Police
and federal agents from multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the
scene and streets in the area were closed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
WASHINGTON - Seve... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this
cosmic galaxy portrait. In fact, NGC 4945 is almost the size of our own
Milky Way Galaxy. Its own dusty disk, young blue star clusters, and pink
star forming regions standout in the sharp, colorful telescopic image.
*Click image for larger size.*
About 13 million light-years distant toward the expansive southern
constellation Centaurus, NGC 4945 is only about six times farther away than
Andromeda, the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. Though the
galaxy's central region is largely hidden from view... more »
HITLER - JUST ANOTHER FRIEND OF THE BANKERS
www.funnyjunk.com
Usury is lending money at high interest rates.
"There is the widespread notion that Hitler was fighting the Money Power
and that he was a problem for the Bankers because he created a Usury free
economy.
"But there was no Usury free Third Reich economy.
"The German taxpayer continued to pay interest over the substantial
national debt and commercial banking received interest for its fractional
reserve banking based loans, which to a large extent financed the war."
*Hitler's Finances and the Myth of Nazi Anti-Usury Activism *
*
*
*Schacht served in Hitler's governm... more »
“On The Beach”
*“On The Beach” (1959) Part 1 of 2*
“Set in 1964, in the months following World War III. The conflict has
devastated the northern hemisphere, polluting the atmosphere with nuclear
fallout and killing all life. While the bombs were confined to the northern
hemisphere, air currents are slowly carrying the fallout south. The only
areas still habitable are in the far southern hemisphere, like
Australia. The Australian government arranges for its citizens to receive
suicide pills and injections, so that they end things quickly before there
is prolonged suffering from the coming radiati... more »
Obama's 14th-Dimensional Chess Moves Questioned by Events/Testimony
It's been a pretty big day for news. Less so for comprehension. Those
rebels shown in a New York Times video executing Syrian soldiers after
torturing them – those were FSA "moderates." And remember the Syrian rebel
cannibal who filmed himself eating the heart – or was it a liver? – of a
captive soldier? "With the guy who was eating a heart, he was part of a
moderate faction," says
Here's Why We Endorsed Daylin Leach
I used to be the president of my university's Young Democrats. That didn't
even last a full semester. I soon discovered that there was a sharp, sharp
difference between a progressive and a Democrat. These days there aren't
any Republicans who are progressive. There are barely any Republicans left
who are even conservative. They've moved *so far* right-- from conservative
to reactionary-- that they left plenty of room for the Republican wing of
the Democratic party to feel comfortable donning conservative mantles.
Those aren't the kinds of Democrats Blue America backs. In fact, tho... more »
A #CTWW Sneak Peek - Get Ready!
[image: National Ceiling Fan Day by Fanimation]
My Top Ten Books to Read
I always have a long list of books I want to read. Between my list of holds
at the library and my book buying problem, I often get stacks of books
waiting to be read. Here are some of the ones I am looking forward to in
the next little while. Linking up with The Broke and the Bookish.
Allegiant by Veronica Roth- Who is NOT waiting for the conclusion of this
trilogy?
The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson- This last book in The Girl of Fire and
Thorns trilogy just came out at the end of August. I can't wait to find out
what happens to some of my favorite characters of all time. If my hold... more »
Wings Wanted
Here is a story of facing your fear and letting go. The ending isn’t
completely written yet, maybe you can help.
This is written by my son, and, although he’s at the other end of the
planet right now, it sounds like he’s working on the same things mentioned
the other day (Note to Self). Enjoy.
*(Link to original article: The curious catalyst.)*
*Thursday, September 12, 2013*
*i done fucked up *
*this post may sound a bit rough - that's how i feel at the moment. i'm
sitting with the resonances of a pretty massive learning, and it's still
digesting. i want to put m... more »
Jean Trounstine : Education in Prison Works
Image
from audaciousideas.org.
So are we listening?
Study proves education in prison works
The largest ever meta-analysis of prison education and its overwhelming
positive effect on recidivism was released in August, so what are we
going to do about it?
By Jean Trounstine / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2013
It was barely six months ago when I first wrote about the battle to
bring back Pell
My testimony to the UN commission on Dag Hammarskjold's plane crash is mentioned in their report
I
was one of three Americans to testify to a new commission that has been
reinvestigating the death of Dag Hammarskjold for the last year. I'm
named in the report that is now out. Please see my summary of the report
over at Consortium News here:
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/09/16/the-mysterious-death-of-a-un-hero/
There are two worlds - one in which covert operations are well known,
and one in
Ravitch’s Reign of Error: My Review
In considering my review of education historian Diane Ravitch’s latest
book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger
to America’s Public Schools, I decided to write with traditional public
school teachers in mind as my audience. For one, I am a genuine public
school teacher, the kind that makes a career of classroom teaching […]
"We Shall Endure..."
“We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced
to live.
We shall endure.”
- Cesar Chavez
“Despair means hopelessness. When you don't see any ray of hope, all doors
seem closed to you, you experience despair. Despair kills all hope inside a
human being. To kill the feeling of despair, one needs to move on and
accept the reality. Action is the antidote or remedy to kill the feeling of
despair and nip it in the bud. In the words of William Cowper, “Absence
from whom we love is worse than death; and frustrates hope severer than
despair.” Failure, heart... more »
Chet Raymo, “Eureka!”
*“Eureka!”*
by Chet Raymo
“I mentioned before that Tom and I like to tease each other with views
from Google Earth: Where is this? Here's a view I sent him a few days ago.
It didn't take him long to respond, not with the place name, but with a
Latin phrase: "Noli turbare circulos meos!"
Yep. Syracuse. Tom knows his history of science. When the Roman general
Marcus Claudius Marcellus conquered the Greek colony of Syracuse in Sicily
in 212 B.C., he ordered that the brilliant
mathematician/astronomer/engineer Archimedes be spared. Soldiers entered
Archimedes' house where they... more »
Our 'Scaredy Cat' Prime Minister Won't Convene The House Of Commons But New Democrats Are Going To Ask Question Regardless ...
*Stephen Harper is afraid of democratic process. He won't recall the House
of Commons. Never the less, Canada's Official Oppostion New Democrats are
going to hold a 'Virtual' Question Period today ...*
NDP's 'virtual' question period
Postmedia's Attempted Rehabilitation Of Stephen Harper's Crappy Image ....
[image: Progressive Bloggers] * *
*Stephen Harper's image and popularity has taken a bit of a nose dive
lately. Senate scandals, arrogant government and other assorted Tory sins
have left Mr. Harper facing the prospect that the nation is getting ready
to dump him.*
*
**To the rescue ..... Canada's corporate media! Image rehabilitation is in
full swing!*
*
**
**How Canada's corporate media is trying to rehab Harper's image with the
nation *
snowden, greenwald, miranda, and the creeping police state: one month later, we should still be disturbed
One month ago, something happened that should trouble us gravely.
Something happened that people who believe in democracy and free speech and
an independent media and civil liberties and human rights should find
appalling and unacceptable.
It's old news by now; anything that occurs one month ago is ancient
history. I wasn't able to blog about it at the time, and in a way that is
good. Events of great significance occur - our rights continue to shrink,
governmental powers continue to expand, fascism and police states continue
to be normalized - and we rarely have a moment to process ... more »
Kate Braun : During Fall Equinox Give Thanks for Earth's Bounty
Honor
Mother Earth on Fall Equinox. Image from Seeds of Good Fortune.
Fall Equinox:
A time to seek balance in all things
By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2013
“Come, ye thankful people comeRaise the song of harvest home...”
Sunday, September 22, 2013 is the Fall Equinox, aka Mabon, Harvest Home,
Second Harvest, or Cornucopia. Hours of day and night are equal on
this day. As
Musical Interlude: Alan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue”
Alan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM-eGUiK4bU&html5=1
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*Bobby Jindal to axe officials who took on Big Oil ~John Upton, Grist *
The horror in D.C.
*Here's video from this morning.*
*by Ken*
At the moment, the day's confusion in and around the Washington Naval Yard
is still a long way from being sorted out. The last I heard, from
washingtonpost.com's Rachel Weiner at 8:22pm ET:
Fourteen people were wounded in today's shooting, according to the latest
count from the Navy. Along with the 13 killed, including the gunman, that
makes 27 casualties. All were civilians, Vice Adm. William French
told reporters at a press conference just now.
At 7:49pm Carol Leonnig posted ("Alexis had security clearance):
Aaron Alexis had been worki... more »
Q Day 8: A Baseball Question
What happened to the Giants this year? Is there hope of them turning it
around next year?
Fine; I'll do a baseball one to close out, and then I'll try to go back to
comments on the original post to do short hits on a few.
What happened to the Giants? That's easy. As of today, they have 47 starts
from pitchers with ERA+ higher than 80, and 103 starts from pitchers with
ERA+ under 80. That's not the whole story, but it's most of it. I'm not
going to look it up, but I'd say that if you get over 100 starts from
terrible starting pitchers, you're not going to win very often.
Can they ... more »
"Nothing..."
“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we
must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes
complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be
saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone;
therefore we must be saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous
from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint.
Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.”
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Fukushima: "No Comment..."
No comment... what could I possibly say?
- CP
Crackpot cons make their own reality
Apparently they believe their own crackpottery. In the world according to
the vandals of the Crackpot Caucus in John Boehner's House of Dysfunction,
you can shut down the federal government for the sole purpose of abolishing
a duly enacted law of the land outside the normal process of governance and
simply pin the blame on President Obama.
They are urging Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric
Cantor (R-Va.) to gamble that Obama and Senate Democrats will take the
blame if they reject legislation that keeps the government running but
stops ObamaCare.
At least 43 co... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Mark Baird, a
leading advocate for the state of Jefferson. Please visit *
http://jeffersondeclaration.net/* for more information about the state of
Jefferson.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Shanghai Cooperative Organization's meeting on September 13 , 2013 - could you imagine a more triumphant setting for both Russia and China after the success to date in diplomatically halting ( with eloquence ) the mad rush to start another War by the West and GCC Countries ? With a shooting entre into War by the US and its so called willing Coalition , the eyes of China and Russia turn to the Iran situation ....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Shanghai Cooperative Organization September 13 , 2013 meeting and
strategies - items of note....
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/14/report-putin-to-travel-to-iran-for-nuclear-strategy-talks/
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Iran’s invitation to visit
Tehran to work out a strategy for the Islamic regime’s nuclear program, Fars
News Agency reported Saturday. The West believes the Iranian program is a
front for developing nuclear weapons.
Putin, seen by Iran’s clerical establishment as a strong opponent to
America and the West — especially after his successful political p... more »
“Fukushima Reactor Cores May Have Had “Melt Through to China Syndrome”
*“Fukushima Reactor Cores May Have Had*
* “Melt Through to China Syndrome”*
by Dr. Helen Caldicott, MD
“It is becoming apparent that the three molten cores, each weighing 120 to
130 tons have not only melted their way through 6 inches of steel in the
reactor vessels, but they now either sit on concrete floors of the severely
cracked containment buildings or they have melted ("burning at 5,600
degrees F- CP) their way into the earth itself– this, in nuclear parlance,
is called ‘A Melt Through to China Syndrome’. Each reactor core contains
500lbs of plutonium, but Reactor 3 cont... more »
Q Day 7: Evaluating Presidents?
Dan asks:
When evaluating presidents, what weight do you give to the actual policies
they pass or support? Can someone be a "good" president while supporting
policies that are morally awful?
It's a hard question to answer. I try to evaluate them based on policy
"success" in which success means that it worked...but what works and what
doesn't is, admittedly, not always an objective call. I mean, sometimes is
it: losing a war is generally objectively less successful than winning a
war -- or avoiding a war. And it's at least somewhat possible to
objectively characterize winning and lo... more »
NASA's Voyager 1 is sending spooky noises
Are these noises from aliens? Not yet.;) Stay tuned.
HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People's History of Egypt, Part 9, 1924-1930
Mural
shows Saad Zaghlul, first Egyptian prime minister, giving the finger to
the military council. Image from Egypt 2011 and Beyond.
A people's history:
The movement to democratize Egypt
Part 9: 1924-1930 period --The Wafd government and the repression of
communists.
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2013
[With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "
Pope’s meets with the father of liberation theology; Vatican media praises the Peruvian priest
Dominican priest Gustavo Gutierrez suffered
years of criticism over the liberation theology *
* *
* *This is a radical departure from the previous Popes! I can hardly
believe my eyes! -Bill*
http://en.mercopress.com/2013/09/15/pope-s-meets-with-the-father-of-liberation-theology-vatican-media-praises-the-peruvian-priest
Sunday,
September 15th 2013 - 20:16 UTC
*Pope’s meets with the father of liberation theology; Vatican media
praises
the Peruvian priest*
Pope Francis' September 11 meeting with Dominican Father Gustavo
Gutierrez
was an informal one, held in the in the pope's reside... more »
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*Vacuum system alleviates methane buildup ~David J. Mitchell, The Advocate*
Please Join Us at Albert Woodfox's Court Hearing on Sept. 17
Although our hearts and minds are all preoccupied with Herman right now, in
late August, the A3 civil case legal team filed a TRO to stop the now
routine strip searches Albert has had to endure since March (view the legal
filing here).
Judge Brady has set a set of evidentiary hearings on the issue for this on*Tuesday, September 17th
*at *8:00am *and *9:30am *in *Baton Rouge*.
The cruel and rather perplexing irony of all this is that it was Albert who
sued the State in 1978 and successfully put an end to this practice, and it
is still that precedent that holds these searches as ille... more »
Leland Grass 'Navajo Nation reverses position on Horse Slaughter'
Navajo
Nation Reverses Position and Now is Against Horse Slaughtering
Leland Grass
By Leland Grass, Sacred Legacy
Censored News
BLACK MESA, Ariz. -- (September 16, 2013) – The Nohooká Dine’, Elders
and Medicine People of the Dine’, unanimously approved a Resolution
opposing any and all action that leads to the slaughter of horses. The
Horse is sacred to the Dine’ and is a central part
Differences
Sometime tomorrow this will be a half-way interesting post but right now it
is Southern Man trying to get blogger to accept an HTML table.
Column 1Column 2Entry 1Entry 1Entry 2Entry 2Entry 3Entry 3
So far so good...
"Greatness..."
"To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The
greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how to keep within proper
bounds. So far from greatness consisting in going beyond its limits, it
really consists in keeping within it."
- Blaise Pascal
Native American Long Walkers harassed by Kansas police
Photo by Bad Bear
The sweet smell of sage and racism in Kansas
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
English and Dutch
Photo by Bad Bear
KANSAS -- Native Americans on the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz said, "Day 64-nothing like a little racism."
Long Walkers said that after five straight days of walking they were "racially harassed" near Kansas City in Kansas.
"Some ding dong called the
Washed out in Colorado
I know everybody has been preoccupied with Syria and then the Navy Yard
shooting today, but I'm genuinely surprised at how little internet chatter
there's been about this. This is huge. The devastation from the floods in
Colorado is stunning.
Twitter tells me the GOP fought against funding dam maintenance there. Many
dams failed in the epic rain. Yeah for deficit reduction... [More photos at
the link.]
Kerry Was Wrong
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* *
* *Kerry Was Wrong*
*Turkish police raids al-Nusra safe house in Adana.*
*Turkish prosecutor indicts six jihadists for alleged attempts to acquire
chemicals with intent to produce sarin*
-
The Turkish Republican Prosecutor in Adana has issued a 132-page
indictment, alleging that six members of the al-Qaeda-aligned al-Nusra
Front and Ahrar ash-Sham – one Syrian and five Turks – tried to acquire
chemicals with the intent to produce the chemical weapon sarin.
The Turkish newspaper Radikal reports that the suspects were under
surveillance by Turkish police after they received inf... more »
LEAP/E2020: GEAB N°77: 3 Sparks And A Powder Keg”
*LEAP/E2020: GEAB N°77: "3 Sparks And A Powder Keg” *
Finance, The Economy, Politics And The World Situation At The End of 2013
by LEAP/E2020
"The 2013 summer sun, far from having brought the lull for which some
hoped, has continued to heat finance, the economy, and especially global
geopolitics white hot. The Syrian apple of discord has shown the extent to
which the international community was no longer one; the economic news,
despite all the tricks possible, stubbornly refuses to announce a long
awaited recovery; currency wars have flared up again, hitting the emerging
coun... more »
Q Day 6: Predicting Good Presidenting Skills?
Yet another anonymous commenter asks:
Does Hillary Clinton display any skills at 'Presidenting' that set her
apart from Biden, Cuomo, Warren, and company? How much of this can we
determine from past achievements?
If I had an answer for that question...
Here's, I guess, what I would say:
1. Experience is better than lack of experience. Broader experience is
better than narrow: Clinton's particular strength is that she's been
involved in state government, she's been, if not quite White House staff,
pretty close to it; she's been in Congress (don't forget that she's been
House commi... more »
“The Untrustables”
*“The Untrustables”*
by Merrill Matthews
“I have come to the point that I cannot believe a thing President Obama
says. That’s not quite the same as saying I don’t believe anything he says.
When he speaks he may be telling the truth, he may not be, or he may be
parsing his words to mislead. But it’s impossible to know which is
which? It has been his pattern since, well, forever, as John Heilemann and
Mark Halperin demonstrate in their excellent book on the 2008 presidential
election, "Game Change."
One revealing passage recounts Obama’s decision to run for president. The
aut... more »
Pretty Darn Funny- Fitness Challenge and a Giveaway!
Something I loved about my husband when we met? He hated exercise as much
as I do. Seriously there is pretty much nothing in the world I loathe more
than putting on spandex and running. A little over a year ago, my husband
found an exercise routine he loves and has since abandoned me to sitting on
the couch by myself. Now don't get me wrong. I exercise. I run and I curse
every second in my head. I finally found something that describes how I
feel in Pretty Darn Funny Season 2, episode 5. Check it out for a good
laugh. Even if you love to exercise!
To celebrate this week's episode ... more »
Féria de Baza - where I was last week
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link:
http://youtu.be/LkTJyfYk96k
The "Féria de Baza", the Baza Fair, has got its reputation as an
important
(inter)national tourist attraction. Held about September 6th and lasting
a
week it comprises the famous "Cascamorras" tradition, an absolute *Must
See*for people who want a thrill of the super-extraordinary kind. Yes,
as a
visitor you may expect a lick of black grease when watching that
mega-event, as evidence you were really there! Apart from that the cosy
and
noisy fair itself is breath-taking. With lots of fine dining tents,
chiringuitos (small shops for small products, loc... more »
Orwell Updated-- In An Infiniti Q50 TV Ad?
Or maybe it was Aldous Huxley's 1931 dystopian novel, Brave New World that
the creators of Infinity's new television ad for the Q50 ("Factory of
Life") based the new ad on. The blue chip advertising company,
TBWA\CHIAT\DAY (part of the edgy and "disruptive" Omnicom marketing group)
was also responsible for Apple's classic "1984" campaign for the newly
introduced Macintosh (below) thirty years ago! That ad was conceived of by
Steve Hayden, Brent Thomas and Lee Clow at Chiat/Day, in Venice, California
and directed by Ridley Scott, who had just directed Blade Runner, based on Do
And... more »
Quote of the day: On Syria … and Obama
*“It is hard to say whether Obama won or lost in the showdown over
Syria, because we don't really have any idea what he was trying to do.”
*- Robert Tracinski, “The Assad Regime's Long Con”
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Q Day 5: 51st State?
Bart asks:
What will be the 51st state? DC? Puerto Rico? A handful of conservative
counties in Colorado? A wildcard?
I continue to think that the failure of the Democrats to push DC statehood
in 2009 (and, for that matter, 1993) was odd, at best, and inexplicably
foolish, at worst. The District certainly has the best case for statehood
(and, yes, there's also a legitimate case for just returning it to
Maryland). But Democrats seem mostly uninterested in pushing something
which most of them agree with on the merits, not to mention something which
would get them two safe Senate seats... more »
Just WHO does the NSA work for? Who does it protect?
By American Kabuki (Bill)
The more this NSA thing unravels the more remarkable it becomes. Its name
"National Security Agency" seems lately a bit like the other misnamed
organization the Federal Reserve System, which is neither Federal nor a
Reserve. The agency is unique in that it refers to those who get its data
as "customers". We know the NSA turns over information to private
corporations like Boeing, in the case of the intercepts they did when
Airbus paid bribes for a sale of planes to a Saudi Prince. Bill Clinton
used that information to make a direct sales pitch to King ... more »
An Idle Bully Pulpit
I knew about the Stand Up for Science rallies today and had planned to
attend the local one (until rent-paying activities intervened), but this
hadn't occurred to me until I saw Canadian Cynic's tweets.
Can someone please tell me where in the hell is Cmdr Chris Hadfield, and
why he isn't leading the charge for science in this country?
— CC (@canadiancynic) September 16, 2013
Because as much as he's so gosh-darned adorable with his zero-gee guitar
playing, his country sort of needs him right around now.
— CC (@canadiancynic) September 16, 2013
Yeah. So where is our Tweeting Super ... more »
Red Ice Radio: William Engdahl - War in Syria & Manufactured Conflicts
"All the evidence points to the fact that the so-called rebels, the
al-Qaeda and other terrorists inside Syria, were provided chemical weapons
by most likely the Saudis in order to create what's called in the
intelligence business a false flag incident that would trigger the red line
that Obama foolishly declared a year ago as a casus belli dared not be
crossed by Bashar al-Assad's government, namely, the use of chemical
weapons in the conflict." - F. William Engdahl.
Red Ice Radio: William Engdahl - War in Syria & Manufactured Conflicts.
Source: YouTube Channel Sundrumify.
This Clown Can't Even Get The Words Out
Ban Ki-Moon is the war criminal, not Assad. Ban Ki-Moon is violating
international law, not Syria.
Yaqui maintain highway blockade, call for international support
Yaqui
Highway Barricade
Yaqui maintained their highway blockade as the Indigenous National
Congress met over the weekend
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News Exclusive
Sept. 16, 2013
Ofelia Rivas/Vicam Photo Brenda Norrell
VICAM PUEBLO, Sonora, Mexico -- Yoeme (Yaqui) in Vicam Pueblo maintained
their highway barricade in defense of their water in the Rio Yaqui, as
representatives of the
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