English: UK Independence Party offices in Tunbridge Wells On Lower Green Road. Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells has an office in Rusthall. Also a place for Belgian people to send complaint letters to!! See http://www.neurope.eu/articles/Farage-To-Belgium-/99439.php about Nigel Farage UK Independence MEP problems. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Nigel Farage and that Hitler moustache: Coincidence or conspiracy?
Who's that, dressed up as a Nazi at university?
It's shadow chancellor Ed Balls, of course.
Is he embarrassed by the photo?
“Of course I’m not embarrassed by it. If I had the choice again, would I do
it? No. Is there a difference between being 20 and being 40? Yes.
"I went along with it for a laugh. In retrospect I wouldn’t do it again.”
Now, I'll admit I'm not a fan of Ed Balls, but one thing's for sure - he's
not a Nazi.
And nor is Nigel Farage.
*Newsnight'*s former Tory-Basher-in-Chief, Michael Crick, now at *Channel 4
News*, has obtained a letter [via whom, and for what u... more »
The Hermetic Universe
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* *
* *The Hermetic Universe*
September 19, 2013
By WakingTimes
Michael Hayes, New Dawn
Ever since my formative years, when I first began to think in concepts, I
have always been confounded by the mystery of human existence. By and large
we all tend to take this consciousness of ours for granted, but for me it
has always been a source of wonder. Equally perplexing is that ultimate
question in life: death – that future happening looming over the horizon of
all of our lives like some conceptual black hole. What, one wonders, is the
purpose in the unending cycle of the genesis and ... more »
"Enemy Action" of FEMA?
I don't usually post articles like this any more, but this FEMA shit really
pisses me off!
I had friends who were midwives and medics who were first boots on the
ground in Haiti. I was involved with several groups that shipped food and
medical supplies (at their own expense) to Haiti. I knew a group that were
boots on the ground in New Orleans within a few hours of Katrina. I
followed the volunteer efforts after hurricane Sandy hit New York and New
Jersey very closely, and watched the facebook page that the Occupy Wall
Street group set up to keep everyone updated on the volunteer ... more »
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*Politicos peddling the paper — the latest wrinkle in New Orleans'
newspaper wars ~Kevin Allman, Gambit *
David Ignatius breaks major guild rule!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013*
*Rebel pundit names the names of three colleagues:* The Washington Post’s
David Ignatius just keeps breaking the rules.
Last year, he published the text of the “talking points” Susan Rice was
given concerning Benghazi. In doing so, he established a key premise: Rice
had simply presented the CIA’s best understanding, at that time, of what
had occurred.
Yesterday, Ignatius did it again. He wrote a column which suggested that
Obama shouldn’t be getting hammered so hard about recent events in Syria.
At the start of his piece, he outlined his case—and he sh... more »
“How to 'Fed Proof' Your Wealth”
* *
*“How to 'Fed Proof' Your Wealth”*
by Bill Bonner
“Stocks settled down yesterday. The Dow dropped 40 points. Either the
market had already priced in “QE forever”… or investors are starting to
wonder. Maybe an economy with falling household incomes is not a good place
to own stocks. Maybe an economy that is barely growing doesn’t justify the
highest stock prices of all time. And maybe the Fed’s $85 billion a month
bond-buying spree doesn’t work…
Economists, analysts and advisors have been trying to figure out exactly
what QE does. The Fed is adding more than $1 trillion to the... more »
The Global Warming Fraud: Climate Scientists Told To "Cover Up" The Fact That Earth's Temperature Hasn't Risen For The Last 15 Years!
I have been extremely busy over the last while, concentrating more on
finishing this course that I have been taking for enhancing my work
skills.... Therefore many subjects such as the fraud of man caused "Global
Warming" have fallen by the wayside.... I figure that with some extra time
today, I would delve into that subject of "Global Warming" for a change of
pace and away from all the news still coming out about the push for war on
Syria.
I came across the following article from the Mail online news service, out
of the United Kingdom today (www.dailymail.co.uk), and I knew right a... more »
Former Canadian Diplomat Ken Taylor: "Argo was entertaining. . .but it had nothing to do with reality"
*Related:* * *
*The Shadow CIA Was Instrumental In The Taking of American Hostages In Iran
*.
*Hostage To False Flag Terror: The Link Between The October Surprise And
The September Surprise*.
*Dave Emory's Interview With Fara Mansoor About The Truth About The
Iranian Hostage Crisis (January 1993)*.
*Wikipedia:*
Kenneth Douglas "Ken" Taylor, OC (born October 5, 1934) is a Canadian
diplomat, educator and businessman, best known for his role in the 1979
covert operation called the "Canadian Caper" when he was the Canadian
ambassador to Iran. With the cooperation of the Americ... more »
Ayumi Hamasaki - M (Above & Beyond Cyber Trance Remix)
No time for a proper post this evening as I'll be heading to that most
august monthly occasion: the Stoke-on-Trent Central Labour Party meeting.
But thanks to Ed's entirely welcome announcement of Labour's intention to
scrap the bedroom tax, the assembled comrades may be a little less cynical.
While it is ridiculous that the leadership have prevaricated over the
bedroom tax for so long, a return to something resembling principled
opposition deserves marking. And this blog being this blog, the proper way
is to inflict a superb trance classic on you readers. This time it's the
Above &... more »
Merrow Vs. Schneider on New Orleans and Rhee
I don’t blame Merrow for wanting more support and for suggesting that folks
reach out to the many media people he mentions. I do blame him for: 1)
doing it in such a mewling tone – he’d be more effective to suggest not
complain with that “Why aren’t people . . . ” intro that […]
Brassia orchid in watercolour
Watercolour of a spider (Brassia) orchid.
Re-billed Toucan
Red-billed Toucan, also known as the White-throated Toucan *Ramphastos
tucanus.*
In League With the Devil. How the NSA is Giving Organized Crime a Cyber-Leg Up
It was all done in the name of national security and who can argue with
that? Certainly not organized crime. From *The Economist:*
*Many cryptographic systems in use on the internet, it seems, are not
"properly implemented", but have been weakened by flaws deliberately
introduced by the NSA as part of a decade-long programme to ensure it can
read encrypted traffic.*
*The extent and nature of the programme is still unclear, but it appears to
involve getting software companies and internet service providers to insert
secret vulnerabilities, or backdoors, into apparently secure sy... more »
Sponsored: #FABsmile Membership Giveaway
I was given an opportunity to review this service, in exchange for hosting
this giveaway. My Reason to Smile.
We all know that we are supposed to replace our toothbrushes every three
months. How often they actually get replaced in our house would make my
dentist brother cringe. I usually just don't think about replacing my
toothbrush until I start brushing my teeth and then I forget by the time I
am at the store. Floss and Brush has come up with a system that will make
sure your teeth get the new tooth brushes they deserve. For $1 per family
member per month, they will ship ... more »
Told you it was underground erosion didn't we?
This was what we wrote on JUNE 18, 2013.
http://our-manmade-disasters.blogspot.com/2013/06/where-part-truth-does-not-equal-to_18.html
Far from being solely an “impact crater” as implied by Clifford Tan and The
Star; the 6m deep crater which Lim's car had “sunk” into was a cave-in
(collapsed) crater, a consequence of both deep impact and existing
underground weaknesses like erosion voids beneath the road foundation. The
volume of upheaval mass did not equal the volume of the observed crater.
There are significant differences. An impact crater on solid ground would
have the typical b... more »
Mohawk John Kane 'Rule of Law or Rule of Lawyers?'
Rule
of Law or Rule of Lawyers?
By John Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
We often hear from the righteous voices of the U.S. and Canada when
looking at countries and peoples they view as inferior, that “rule of
law” must prevail in these “developing” nations. “Developing”…? Excuse
me! Forget the fact the U.S. and Canada have no culture or even a
language of their own and barely a
SYRIA, LIBYA AND A QUIZ
The Mossad faction within the CIA and MI6 appears to be fighting the
non-Mossad faction within the CIA and MI6.
*Now fighting each other *
(the author at the Telegraph is close to MI6)
*[image: Maltese Bar]*
*1.**
*
Brian comments:
*International law expert: Francis Boyle* critiqued the UN report.
He says:
(1) The UN inspectors “admit they were under the control of the opposition.”
(2) *“None of the 3 hair samples tested positive for sarin.”*
(3) There were very few bodies.
According to Boyle:
“Of 36 samples, the 2 labs together could not confirm even ONE use of
chemical wea... more »
Legends of the Fall
Happy First Day of Fall, Y'all!
The seasons may change for most of us, but the periodic manufactured
fiscal crises dreamed up by our leaders for the sole purpose of scaring us
and screwing us out of our dwindling resources always seem to remain the
same. Our political system, ruled as it is by the moneyed interests, has
all the seasonality of Antarctica: forever frozen in phony
bipartisan gridlock, the better to attract the campaign and lobbyist cash
while they pretend to fight over war, citizen surveillance, immigration
reform and gun control.
Or, (as long as I'm stuck in seasona... more »
PETRAEUS GETS HIS REVENGE
Six CUNY Students Violently Arrested Protesting Ex-General David Petraeus
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*News Release *
Six students were arrested Tuesday evening in an unprovoked police attack
against a peaceful protest lead by City University of New York (CUNY)
students and faculty decrying the University’s appointment of former CIA
chief and ex-General, David Petraeus as an adjunct professor to the Honors
College. Students were punched, pushed against parked vehicles and thrown
to the pavement by police captains and officers after the NYPD forced them
off the sidewalk and into the street. Tuesday’s demon... more »
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The Boston Bombing Is An Inside Job -- Evidence!
Friday, April 19, 2013
The Boston marathon bombing has the signature of the shadow government
written all over it!
"Boston marathon bombing happened on same day as 'controlled explosion'
drill by Boston bomb squad", Mike Adams reports for Natural News.
"What's not yet being reported by the mainstream media is that a
'controlled explosion' was under way on the same day as the marathon
explosion.
As the Boston Globe tweeted today, 'Officials: There will be a controlled
explosion opposite the library within one minute as part of bomb... more »
Double-take
Here's a comment about the BBC, and BBC bias, which may have many of you
shaking your heads - perhaps because you're nodding along in agreement but
also perhaps because you can't quite believe you're agreeing with the man
who said it:
“The pay of senior executives is a scandal. They are all of a type too,
Oxbridge, glorified civil servants. They go in after university and they
stay there for life. It’s incestuous, it’s cushy, it’s well-paid and it’s
unchallenging. And they replicate themselves, the Clives and Samanthas. The
argument used to be advanced that they had to pay these hu... more »
House Passes Bill To Kill ObamaCare/Cuts $40B from Food Stamps (Because They're Lazy!), DeLay Delay Delayed, and International Efforts Solidify Against US Small-Minded Policy Re: NSA Illegalities
House Passes Bill To Kill Obamacare, Avert Government ShutdownHouse Votes
To Cut $4B A Year from Food Stamps Talk about a shit-eating grin. Even if
this picture isn't that current, it's certainly character driven. Tom DeLay
Conviction Overturned by Texas Court Talk about terrorism against the
helpless. The U.S. is making a reputation today that will take decades to
put aright once the
“11.6 Billion and Counting: Voyager 1 Makes Interstellar History”
*“11.6 Billion and Counting: *
*Voyager 1 Makes Interstellar History”*
by Patrick Copeland
“I didn’t meet Capt. Janeway until I was in my 20s, but I felt as though
I’d known her all my life. In fact, being the unapologetic geek that I am,
I’ve always looked up to the brave leaders of those star-faring ships that
took me places I had never imagined before… And it looks like Voyager is at
it again.
After what scientists estimate to be about a year of traveling through a
sea of plasma and ionized gas, NASA’s spacecraft Voyager 1 has finally
become the first man-made object to tr... more »
Throwing Down the Gauntlet - "Rational" People Will Be Convinced By the Science - IPCC
There are encouraging signs that, this time, climate scientists are coming
prepared for a fight against the forces of denialism.
You can tell the Fossil Fuelers and the rest of their supporting cast in
the denialist community have their knickers in a bunch over the pending
release of the next IPCC report on climate change.
Their worry over the report's findings has sent them into a tizzy rehashing
the "*5 Stages of Denialism*" - 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. Cla... more »
The Greed of Big Pharma + Total Compliance Reformer Schools = More Child Doping
From Alternet, a clip from an excerpt of this book:
Prices of ADHD meds at the middle dose for ninety pills on Drugstore.com in
2011 were Concerta, $540; Vyvanse, $532; Intuniv, $500; Adderall, $278; and
Ritalin, $191. The price of the most common antidepressants, like Prozac,
Celexa, Lexapro, Zoloft, Cymbalta, and Wellbutrin, for ninety pills, was
around $380. Two of the drugs prescribed to Rebecca Riley by Dr. Kifuji
happen to be quite pricey. Drugstore.com rates in 2011 for 180 500 mg
tablets of Seroquel were $1,048 and for Depakote, $708.
Among drug reps, it is common knowledg... more »
Longest Walk 4: Walking into Lawrence, Kansas
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Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz walking into Lawrence, Kansas, on
Friday, Sept. 20, 2013
Photos by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, thank you from Censored News! Bad
Bear said today, "All the walkers left looking for other walkers to go
all the way with us."
Bad Bear said at Haskell Indian University, "We circled up and said a
prayer, then sang the AIM song. We have 26 miles to
House Republicans Celebrate War On Poverty By Gutting The Food Stamps Program
Thursday afternoon, all but 15 Republicans voted to take $40 billion out of
the food stamps program. It will never pass the Senate or be signed by the
President, but it was a way for Republicans to reassure their crazy Tea
Party base that they're as greedy, selfish and filled with hatred as the
people who vote for them are. Progressive Caucus co-chairs Raúl Grijalva
(D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) and CPC Whip Barbara Lee (D-CA), like every
Democrat in the House, voted NO. Grijalva: "Some of my Republican
colleagues want to cut food assistance for needy families instead of
closin... more »
Walsh wasn’t willing to tell you the truth!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013*
*This is how tribes get dumb:* It took a lot of work to make The Other
Tribe as dumb and crazy as it often is at this point.
Sean and Rush have been at it for decades. In this morning’s column, Paul
Krugman recalls a few highights:
KRUGMAN (9/20/13): Some pundits insist, even now, that this is somehow Mr.
Obama’s fault. Why can’t he sit down with Mr. Boehner the way Ronald Reagan
used to sit down with Tip O’Neill? But O’Neill didn’t lead a party whose
base demanded that he shut down the government unless Reagan revoked his
tax cuts, and O’Neill didn’t f... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Not Final!'
NOT
FINAL!
Posted on September 19, 2013
MNN. Sep. 19, 2013. This program to systematically murder us was carried
out when the European invaders arrived on our shores. Over 100 million
of our people were massacred. It continues to this day. In 1920 Duncan
Campbell Scott formally put the “Final Solution” of the Indian Problem
into policy. “I want to get rid of the Indian problem…. Our
Is it true that Bill Clinton said that 'Hillary had eaten more pussy than he had'?
Weasel Zippers reports the story that was in, out and then back in the Daily
Mail.
Gennifer said: ‘I don’t know Huma or the Weiners. I just know what Bill
told me and that was that he was aware that Hillary was bisexual and he
didn’t care. He should know.
‘He said Hillary had eaten more p***y than he had.’
Innovation? No Thank You
There is a problem with really successful people: They tend to believe they
are incredibly capable in every field, and that most other people are not.
Success is a deluding experience, and if there is anything that innovators
are, it is delusional—delusional that being innovative is greater than
having field experience or expertise.
In education reform, delusion is rampant. And the key source of all that
delusional innovation is that innovators are often keen on pushing their
innovations in fields in which they have no experience or expertise (see
above).
And thus, good people with ... more »
Love without Boundaries
In my opinion the following article is one of the best that Bill has ever
written on American Kabuki. (He seemingly channeled George Carlin for a
few sections, lol)
"*When you can remove the boundary on your love, you remove the limit on
your BEING and DOING. * Its really as simple as that. *ALL THE UNIVERSE
MOVES ASIDE FOR LOVE. FOR IT IS ALL MADE FROM LOVE. * *Densities,
dimensions, realms, are all constructs of beliefs and consensus of those
that chose to play in the experimental playground of the illusion of
separation."*
Love without limits.
This is one of the most di... more »
"The World’s Most Evil Corporation Issues A Dire Warning"
* *
*"The World’s Most Evil Corporation Issues A Dire Warning"*
by Dave Hodges
“The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest.
That would seriously interfere with business.”
- Clarence S. Darrow
"Goldman Sachs is the epitome of the word “evil.” If one wants to know
what the evil central bankers are up to, one only needs to pay attention to
the actions of Goldman Sachs. The power elite residing inside of this
country does not begin and end with the Federal Reserve, that privilege is
reserved for the interrelationship between Goldman Sachs, the Federal
Reser... more »
Innovation? No Thank You
There is a problem with really successful people: They tend to believe they
are incredibly capable in every field, and that most other people are not.
Success is a deluding experience, and if there is anything that innovators
are, it is delusional—delusional that being innovative is greater than
having field experience or expertise. In education […]
Hitler Youth
No, this isn't Hitler Youth but it's pretty darn close.
Why didn't the news cover this ?
The federal government calls them FEMA Corps,
but they resemble the Hitler Youth of Nazi Germany.
On September 13, 2012 the DPS graduated it's first class of
"FEMA Corps" aka "Obama Youth" first responders.
Mexico: Flood devastation continues
In Acapulco the tourist-heaven has turned into a hell.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
*"In the Pacific resort of Acapulco, roads have become raging torrents,
stranding some 40,000 tourists, including hundreds of Americans. ***
*Mexican authorities scrambled to launch an air lift to evacuate tens of
thousands of tourists stranded amid floods in the resort of Acapulco and
deliver relief supplies following a pair of deadly storms. *** **
*Looters have added to the misery, wading through waist-deep water to raid
abandoned stores, even as the f... more »
And on that note…
It seems altogether appropriate to me that my last Duck post should be a
post about pedagogy. The more years I spend in this business, the more
convinced I am that our area of greatest impact, and the place where our
academic vocations are most clearly on display, is the classroom. Whether
in-person or virtual,
Continue reading
Stephen Mehler - Egypt's Cataclysm - 12,000 years ago
Modern Egyptology says the Pyramids are a few thousand years old i.e. from
the time of the Pharaohs whose embalmed corpses they housed. Not so, says Stephen
Mehler.
Along with others who claim signs of WATER DAMAGE on the Sphinx in front of
the Great Pyramids, Stephen Mehler suggests that the pyramids themselves
hail from a much earlier age. A much more technologically advanced age,
too. Mehler's suggestion is that this ancient global scientific race was
WIPED OUT by a natural (*worldwide*) cataclysm that all aboriginal people
talk about *e.g. flood or solar events or pyramid energy... more »
Finally someone treats human irritant Michael Crick with the respect that he deserves
UKIP's Geoffrey Bloom takes on Channel 4's Michael Crick
Revisiting Democratic Mistakes: Debt Limit
You know what the "Gephardt rule" was? Majority House Democrats back in the
1970s automatically linked the debt limit to the deficit that Congress
passed, so that there didn't need to be a separate vote. Then when
Republicans took control of the House in 1995, they scrapped it.
And then when Democrats regained control in 2007, and had unified
government with (briefly) 60 Senators in 2009, they...well, they didn't do
anything at all. They didn't even pass a debt limit increase that would
have at least meant that it wasn't an issue in 2011-2012 leading up to the
presidential election.... more »
DIVISION AND CONQUEST: Those People are crazy, Maddow says!
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013*
*Part 3—The liberal world’s version of Sean:* From a liberal or progressive
standpoint, red and blue voters share some major interests.
Red and blue voters may not agree on abortion rights. But from a liberal or
progressive standpoint, everyone in The Lower 99 Percent has been getting
hosed over the past several decades.
Wages are stagnant (or worse). All the economic gains have been going to
those at the very top of the pile.
From a liberal or progressive standpoint, how do you get conservative
voters to see this as a problem? How do you get those vot... more »
COINTELPRO: Marcus Garvey and The Uncle Tom J. Edgar Hoover
*A Bureau of Investigations internal memo dating back to the period of the
US and Allied Invasion of the Soviet Union.*
October 11, 1919.
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. RIDGELY.
I am transmitting herewith a communication which has come to my attention
from the Panama Canal, Washington office, relative to the activities of
MARCUS GARVEY. Garvey is a West-Indian negro and in addition to his
activities in endeavoring to establish the Black Star Line Steamship
Corporation he has also been particularly active among the radical elements
in New York City in agitating the negro movement.
Unfortu... more »
The United States of Satan Vs. The Satanic Republic of Iran: Where To Go From Here?
*Faces of change? More like faces of tyranny. *
Related: * *
*End of The Great Satan Narrative: Why An American-Iranian Truce Is Not So
Far-Fetched.*
*Iran's Soft Power Strategy: Why Iran Does Not Want A Nuclear Weapon. *
*The British And U.S. Governments Installed Khomeini Into Power In 1979. *
*A Rigged Revolution: How The Shadow CIA-MI6 Network Put Khomeini And
Militant Islamists in Power.*
The United States of Satan Vs. The Satanic Republic of Iran: Where To Go
From Here?
Just as President Barack Hussein Obama represented cosmetic change for the
United States government... more »
FOOD STAMPS OR MORE WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION? CUT CORPORATE WELFARE FOR ONCE!
- I am sitting in the train station in Boston with time on my hands.
It's a three-hour wait for my train to New York City where I speak tonight
at the Mary House. This is the Catholic Worker house created by Dorothy
Day many years ago. It's been a long tradition there to hold an event
every Friday night that they call "Clarification of Thought" where they
host various folks to speak on a particular subject. I was invited to talk
tonight about the militarization of space, its costs, and the Global
Network's upcoming Keep Space for Peace Week on October 5... more »
In the context of a purchase and sale of a business, a restrictive covenant is lawful unless it can be established on a balance of probabilities that its scope is unreasonable
*Payette v. Guay inc.,* 2013 SCC 45 is an important commercial decision.
Generally restrictive covenants (non‑competition and non‑solicitation
agreements) are unenforceable unless shown reasonable. However, here the
Supreme Court holds:
[58] Whether non‑competition and non‑solicitation
clauses in a contract for the sale of assets are reasonable must be
determined on the basis of the rules that govern freedom of trade so as to
favour the application of such restrictive covenants: *Burnac Corp. v. Les
Entreprises Ludco Ltée*, [1991] R.D.I. 304 (Que. C... more »
Why Didn't School "Reformers" Respect Dunbar High School's History?
Alison Stewart’s *First Class *begins with her mother, Carol Stewart, as
she watches the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Carol, a retired
biology teacher, marvels, “What a magnificent display of what Homo Sapiens
is capable of in his most civilized state?” That evening, when asked about
Washington D.C.’s Dunbar High School marching band, Carol comments, “I
can’t believe those girls were switchin’ their behinds … That is not what
young ladies should do!”
In a , I contrasted the disciplinary excellence that was required at the
Dunbar of 1954 with the chronic disorder and frequ... more »
Playing Syrian Poker
*Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT's CrossTalk to debate
the current situation in Syria. Draitser explains that the strategic and
political interests of the US and its regional clients are driving
developments on the ground and diplomatically. He argues that "regime
change" has always been the objective and that the US is using humanitarian
concerns as political cover. In addition, Draitser examines the critical
geopolitical background against which the war in Syria is being fought.*
Festival on Mount Wugongshan in China's Jiangxi province
*Thousands of people are taking part in the 2013 International Camping
Festival on Mount Wugongshan in China's Jiangxi province.*
*The event, which began on September 14, has attracted more than 15,000
campers from all over the world, according to Xinhua News Agency.*
*Reuters*
**
I like pictures. An interesting festival.
Researchers: Tart Cherries Have ‘Highest Anti-Inflammatory Content of any Food’ by Elizabeth Renter
Source of poster: http://www.choosecherries.com/health/main.aspx
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 19 September 2013
Fruits and vegetables don’t only hold the key to better health overall,
they can be used to treat and prevent very specific ailments. For example,
using ginger to fight an upset stomach or cranberries to prevent urinary
tract infections are two well-known plant-healing remedies. *Another
notable example is with tart cherries, and how the tiny red fruit can
effectively fight inflammation and prevent arthritis.*
**
*According to researchers with Oregon Health &... more »
Non-Muslim teachers ‘forced to wear veil’ at faith school - Telegraph
'Female teachers at a state funded Muslim school have been ordered to cover
their heads with Islamic scarves during school hours even if they are not
Muslim, it has been claimed.
Staff at Al-Madinah School, in Derbyshire, say that they have been told to
sign new contracts agreeing to wear hijabs and make girls sit at the back
of classes.'
More here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/education/educationnews/10322872/Non-Muslim-teachers-forced-to-wear-veil-at-faith-school.html
Still we'll be told by Islamists and their left wing associates that
there's no compulsion to wear the hijab.... more »
Satire: “McCain Dares Putin to Tear Down Berlin Wall”
* *
*“McCain Dares Putin to Tear Down Berlin Wall”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In a sharply critical op-ed piece for
the Russian Web site Pravda, Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) called Russian
President Vladimir Putin “a brutal, freedom-hating tyrant” and challenged
Mr. Putin to tear down the Berlin Wall. “The Wall stands as a symbol of
your failed, repressive system,” Sen. McCain said. “Until you tear it down,
the world will see you and your Soviet goons for what you are: relics
destined for the dustbin of history.” “Mr. Putin, tear down that wall,”
Sen. Mc... more »
Tony Cartalucci: In Syria, There are no Moderates
*In Syria, There are no Moderates*
*By Tony Cartalucci*
*Land Destroyer*
*September 20, 2013*
Stopped short of direct military intervention by Syrian-Russian
geopolitical maneuvering, the West has attempted to retrench their agenda
of subverting Syria in a variety of ways. It was reported that the US is
now officially arming terrorists inside of Syria after years of
semi-covertly passing them thousands of tons of weapons at a time and
billions in cash directly and indirectly through Saudi Arabia, Turkey,
Jordan, and Qatar. The goal, in part, is to sabotage any attempted UN
incursion... more »
Iran’s ‘Constructive Engagement’ Undermines Israeli Propaganda
I’m
committed to fulfilling my promises to my ppl, incl my pledge to engage
in #constructive interaction with world. http://t.co/7cTzRutT0B
— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) September 19, 2013
In anticipation of his first trip to the United Nations General Assembly
as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Rouhani is making
it increasingly difficult for American and Israeli
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*St. Bernard Parish releases water quality reports ~WVUE*
*Stephanie Grace: Despite abuses, facts of Danziger Bridge case intact ~Stephanie
Grace, New Orleans Advocate *
*Boom And Blight In Mid-City ~Karen Gadbois, WWNO*
* Love NOLA: When music is just noise ... healing noise ~Brett Will Taylor,
NolaVie*
*New Orleans religious leaders, LGBT community react to pope's message of
love for all ~WDSU*
*Away in a Manger: Mother, daughters sought for theft from Plaquemines
Animal Shelter ~WWLTV*
*In Mississippi, America's most revolutionary mayor ~Siddhartha Mitter, Al
Jezerra*
*How Lo... more »
Part 3: What about Israel's Chemical Arsenal?
Continuing on:
*Part 1:* *Speaking of chemical weapons.... What about Israel's arsenal?*
*Part 2: What about Israel's chemical weapons? *
*Israel* :
Be sure to check out the little interactive map!
Excerpts below-
*Premise*:
Analysts believe that Israel likely initiated a chemical warfare (CW)
program at some point between the mid-1950s and the mid-1970s. [1]
Intelligence sources have also suggested that Israel has previously
developed, tested, produced, and possibly even deployed CW munitions.
*Capabilities:*
Israel maintains advanced national scientific-technical CW research an... more »
Pt.2: What about Israel's chemical weapon arsenal?
Tuesday September 17/13 Part 1: *Speaking of chemical weapons.... What
about Israel's arsenal?*
*Israel has never acknowledged possessing either chemical or nuclear
weapons.*
Not acknowledging is not the same as not possessing. From where I am
sitting, *it looks 100 percent certain that Israel has a substantial
chemical arsenal*
An article this month in Foreign Policy revealed a 1983 CIA intelligence
estimate that *Israel was likely developing a nerve agent at the Dimona
Sensitive Storage Area in the Negev Desert. *
*Does Israel have chemical weapons too?*
It is almost universa... more »
US drone wars on Yemen in August clearly had no impact on bad Al Qaeda ( that would be non syrian , non libyan Al Qaeda ) as 50 killed on military base by Al Qaeda attack...
Last Update: Friday, 20 September 2013 KSA 12:02 - GMT 09:02
Qaeda attacks on military base kill at least 50 in southern Yemen
Friday, 20 September 2013
A file shows Yemeni military forces capturing al-Qaeda controlled areas in
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Fresh attacks attributed to al-Qaeda militants in Yemen killed at least 50
policemen and soldiers early Friday, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported.
Car bombs targeted two military sites at Yemen’s southern governorate of
Shabwa. Around 20 died when two car bombs exploded at a military camp in
a... more »
DC Follies - Fed version - playing with the taper .....
Market Unhappy After Bullard Suggests Possible OctaperSubmitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/20/2013 - 08:25
It seems just as a plethora of Fed heads had to walk back Bernanke's last
press conference hawkishness, that the uber-dovishness interpreted by the
market from Wednesday's FOMC is now being tapered back. Speaking on
Bloomberg TV, Fed's Bullard warns an October Taper is on the cards:
- **BULLARD SAYS ECONOMY ISN'T THAT FRAGILE*
- *BULLARD SAYS $10 BILLION TAPER VERSUS NO TAPER NOT `BIG THING'
- *BULLARD SAYS NO TAPER, SMALL TAPER WAS A `BORDERLINE' CALL
- **BULLARD SAYS `SM... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Jim Cullum, Jr., 72.
On to the good stuff:
1. I missed this one a while back, but it's very good: Jack Shafer on real
media bias and how it explains coverage of Syria and Iraq.
2. Robert Costa continues to do great reporting on Republicans, this time
on Ted Cruz and his Republican critics.
3. Important from Andrew Sprung: why are Democrats getting distracted by
the ACA/GOP infighting circus and failing to fight on spending levels in
the CR?
4. Sarah Kliff has another batch of exchange TV ads.
5. And Brendan Nyhan reminds everyone about second terms. I'm not tot... more »
DC Follies - Budget Brinksmanship is back .....House vote to continue funding government set for Friday - key cut to Obamacare part of House Bill , then of course the Senate will have its say !
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
Budget Brinksmanship is Baaack!
Here we go again. Washington, and to a lesser degree, Mr. Market are all a
twitter over the display of macho in the latest round of the Team Dem
versus Team Republican professional wrestling bout budget battle.
In case you’ve managed to tune it out thus far, the Treasury will run into
debt ceiling limits around mid-October, so Something Must Be Done. And the
current version of attempted Republican hostage-taking is to insist
Obamacare be delayed a year or weakened in other respects. This Washington
Post piece describes how th... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
The Assad regime says the Syrian conflict is at a stalemate. Meanwhile a
cease-fire between Free Syrian Army and Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
forces in Azaz. Roy Gutman from McClatchy reports on some of the dynamics
between FSA and radical Islamists. Battling it out in public — McCain in
Pravda responding to Putin; Rouhani
Continue reading
How Much Of A Role Do Right-Wing Snake Oil Salesmen And Greed-Driven Hucksters Have In The GOP Effort To Shut Down The Government?
Disasters are good for the media. Disasters drive up ratings and allow
increases in ad rates. And in the world of professional fundraisers...
there's gold in them thar hills-- lots of it. Yesterday one wag tweeted
that a GOP House leadership aide, presumably someone from Cantor's office,
accused unhinged Texas Senator Ted Cruz of being the head of a left-wing
cabal to destroy the Republican Party from within. Karl Rove may be
thinking along the same lines! From his Thursday morning OpEd in the *Wall
Street Journal*. He started with a tutorial about how the base alone won't
win el... more »
Reserve Bank of India hikes India's repurchase rate by 25 bps due to inflation concerns - first time since 2011 ! While hiking its repurchase rate , the Central Bank also took steps to inject more liquidity into markets ( reducing marginal standing facility rate by 75 bps , relaxing rules on capital reserves ratio ) ...... like the Fed in the US , India seems to be confusing market participants !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-20/schizophrenic-bank-india-stuns-world-inflation-fighting-rate-hike-while-pursuing-mor
Schizophrenic Bank Of India Stuns World With Inflation-Fighting Rate Hike,
While Pursuing More Liquidity Boosting Policies
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Global central bankers really need to work on their "clear" communication
skills: first, the Fed shocked everyone by *not *tapering on Wednesday, and
now, in his first decision since t... more »
Guest Post: Will Your Employer Miss The October 1 Deadline For Obamacare Notice?
By Ryan Price, Associate Attorney, Donna M. Ballman, P.A., Employee
Advocacy Attorneys
October 1, 2013 is the first day employees can officially sign up for the
Affordable Care Act, a/k/a “Obamacare.” Although you can sign up for
Obamacare starting on this date, no one will actually get coverage until
January 1, 2014. The gap between enrollment and enactment provides the
government and insurance companies time to ease into the new program and
make any necessary adjustments for a smoother transition. Open enrollment
in the program does not end until late March 2014.
Your employer ... more »
Harper's Achilles Heel
I wrote yesterday that, when it comes to the economy, Stephen Harper takes
his cue from the 19th century. And that perspective, Lawrence Martin writes,
should make the economy Mr. Harper's Achilles heel. Ralph Goodale certainly
thinks so:
A more partisan view came this week from Ralph Goodale, Paul Martin’s
former finance minister, who with charts and graphs argued that Stephen
Harper “has the poorest economic growth record since R.B. Bennett.” That
may be partisan — it’s also quite an indictment, since Bennett was in
office during the deepest trough of the Great Depression.
[An... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - September 20 , 2013 - Attempts to hold down gold and silver price rises on full display after Federal Reserve decisions on Wednesday ...
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/gold-traders-most-bullish-in-three-weeks-after-fed-surprise
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
The gold price did very little on Thursday just about everywhere on Planet
Earth. However, you can tell by the saw-tooth pattern that every rally
attempt, no matter how tiny, got sold down before it could get very far,
especially in New York. The low tick of the day came at the London p.m.
gold fix.
Gold closed at $1,365.10 spot yesterday, down 20 cents from Wednesday's
close. Volume was huge, around 184,000 contracts. Virtually all of it was
of the H... more »
Israel Matzav: 'Moderate' Rohani a Holocaust denier?
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/moderate-rohani-holocaust-denier.html
Afghanistan and Iraq Wars to cost 6 trillion total ....Taliban makes military gains , also gains Afghan Governor Qazi Abdul Hai ( Brigadier General during Afghan civil war of 1992 ) who defects to their side as US drawdown continues.....
Afghan Governor Defects to TalibanHighest Ranking Civilian Defector of the
War
by Jason Ditz, September 19, 2013
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Qazi Abdul Hai, governor in the Sar-e Pol Province and former Afghan
Senator, has defected to the Taliban, marking the highest ranking civilian
official to switch sides so far in the war.
Hai appeared in a video released by the Taliban announcing his defection,
saying that he came to see the “corrupt face of the government” during his
term in the Senate and had grown increasingly disillusioned.
Hai was an active anti-Soviet fighter and a Brigadier Ge... more »
WHO IS HUNGRY?
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) decided to make an unconventional pitch on the
House of Representatives floor Thursday to defend food stamps. Speier used
a cooked steak, a bottle of vodka, and a can of caviar to point out members
of Congress who had large numbers of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) recipients in their districts but opposed the program. The
congresswoman pointed out many of the same members of Congress took trips
around the world with large stipends for food and lodging.
Thee House of Un-Representatives voted last night by a margin of 217-210 to
cut $39 b... more »
Syria updates - September 20 , 2013 - Syria calls for ceasefire with Rebels ... Al Qaeda overtaking " Moderate " Rebel forces .....real losers are the syrian people forced to flee fighting - tons of money for Rebels , not so much for refugees .....
Do Syrian Rebels Have Sarin?
September 15, 2013
*Exclusive:* A U.S.-Russian agreement calls for the Syrian government to
disclose and dispose of its chemical weapons, but that doesn’t resolve the
mystery of who was behind the Aug. 21 attack outside Damascus – or the
question of whether Syrian rebels have their own stores of CW, reports
Robert Parry.
By Robert Parry
As the Syrian government agrees to relinquish its chemical weapons,
questions remain about whether some elements of the fractious Syrian rebel
forces have obtained their own CW. There have been scattered news reports
to ... more »
Politicians, nations argue, cry over spilled, cooled milk
*Politicians' manipulation with this scientific research reaches comical
proportions*
I had to laugh when I was reading Tamara Cohen's comments about a political
IPCC document leaked to the Associated Press. (See also related stories in The
Telegraph, Boston Globe/AP, Forbes, others. Fox News calls it Climategate
II: scientists pushed to hide data.)
Next Friday, the 31-page Summary for Policymakers of the WG1 (first working
group, physical basis of the climate hysteria) will be officially released
although many of you already have it at home. It seems that during the next
week, min... more »
Bolivian President to sue US Government for crimes against humanity , Venezuelan President President denied travel through US Airspace - winning hearts in mind in South America ?
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Bolivian President Evo Morales will file a lawsuit against the US
government for crimes against humanity. He has decried the US for its
intimidation tactics and fear-mongering after the Venezuel... more »
The Indignant Teacher Reviews “Reign of Error”
The “nation’s children are on a train that is headed for a cliff“. This
sentence, unobtrusively embedded in the middle of the first chapter
of Reign of Error, effectively identifies the main idea of
Diane Ravitch’s newest book. Like it’s prequel from 2010, The Death and
Life of the Great American School System, Reign of Error serves to warn
America […]
The one hundred and sixty second weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award
This week's award goes to the Dail Mail for this insight:
'During Tony Blair's tenure as Prime Minister, spin, deceit and downright
lying became everyday facts of political life.'
No shit, Sherlock
Pub Quiz - Answer
The answer to yesterday's question: Which four European countries are not
members of the EU but use the Euro as their currency is Andorra, Monaco,
San Marino and Vatican City
C.G.P. Grey explains this and more here...
Untitled
*Corps of Engineers will armor more levees with fabric mat, grass combo ~Mark
Schleifstein*
Budding Trees - A Music Video by Nahko and Medicine For The People
*Published on Aug 7, 2013*
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Nahko and Medicine for the People - Budding Trees
From the album "Dark As Night" available now!
Purchase: iTunes - http://bit.ly/DANiTunes
A film by Grototote and Mari Kari.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed!
*Get a free download of Budding Trees at **http://www.nahko.com*
*http://www.facebook.com/nahkoandmedic...*
*http://www.twitter.com/nahkobear*
*http://www.soundcloud.com/nahko*
Rev. Jerimiah Wright
Hospital Corpsman Third Class Jerimiah Wright operates to save the life of
President Lyndon B. Johnson.
*And then...*
Windy, Soggy, Gigantic Usagi to smack Taiwan...
Now upgraded to the year's biggest typhoon. Oh boy. The South is going to
get slammed.
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[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its
sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores
of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!
Guitarra española - Latin music by Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra with Jon Gagan (bass)
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 10 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/WqmC4ZTV-o0
Ottmar Liebert, a German guitarist, made fame in the USA for his latin
style, plain guitar music. Accompanied by his band 'Luna Negra' with Jon
Gagan, bass, his music was many times awarded and could be found on hit
parades. Enjoy this finest concert and have a good weekend,
John
The Unmeasurable, Untestable You
I think you will agree that the following absolutely negates the "value" of
the findings of any "standardized" testing in schools (and anywhere else
for that matter)...*or rather, it encourages us to understand the value of
testing as producing outcomes that benefit those implementing the testing. * That
is to say, testing does not serve to illuminate intrinsic "failures" or
"successes" in thinking or a "failure" in instructional practice. Of
course, it is true enough to say that these may be factors that can effect
a person's intelligence or development or social status, etc., and ... more »
In Syria, There are no Moderates
Latest Western fabrication attempts to portray "moderate rebels" locked in
combat with hordes of Al Qaeda militants as ploy to justify further arming
of terrorists and even direct intervention along Syria's borders.
*September 20, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - Stopped short of direct military
intervention by Syrian-Russian geopolitical maneuvering, the West has
attempted to retrench their agenda of subverting Syria in a variety of
ways. It was reported that the US is now officially arming terrorists
inside of Syria after years of semi-covertly passing them thousands of tons
of weapons ... more »
New Jersey Subsidies Get Even Worse
As
if New Jersey's subsidies weren't bad enough already, Leigh McIlvaine
at Good
Jobs First reports that the state has just passed new legislation that
expands the state's investment incentives even further. On
Thursday(September 18), Governor Chris Christie signed the New Jersey
Economic
Opportunity Act of 2013, which reduces the number of state subsidy
programs
but unleashes the two remaining ones to give even more money than ever.
Not
only that, the new law reduces job quality provisions and guts
geographic
targeting of subsidies to the poorest areas of the state. The bill
easily
... more »
Taiwan Communique 143 Out
Found this in my inbox:
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We are pleased to let you know that the new issue of Taiwan Communiqué is
hot off the press (attached). This issue starts with a summary and analysis
of the recent developments under the heading Taiwan’s Watergate, focusing
on President Ma’s attempt to oust Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng.
Then we have a section titled Long Hot Summer, with an overview of the
developments during July and August 2013, in particular the mass protest
against the KMT government’s handling of the death of a conscript in
military custody, which led to the resignation... more »
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Globe and Mail, 1982
A friend sent this around, in case you were wondering what the official US
stance on Taiwan is....
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
July 19, 1982 Monday
AROUND THE WORLD China warns Shultz
BYLINE: GAM
LENGTH: 82 words
DATELINE: Peking CHINA
PEKING - China told U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz yesterday that
the Reagan Administration would sabotage Sino-U.S. relations if it bowed to
pressure from Washington's Taiwan lobby. The official People's Daily
newspaper accused Mr. Shultz of contradicting himself during his Senate
confirmation hearings last week, quoting him as saying that th... more »
Updated: LOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES...
*Updated 9/20/13 Forgot my reply to Wendell... what can I saw it was late
at night. I also fixed some spelling errors... -Bill*
By American Kabuki (Bill)
This summer has been an odd time. Amazing new insights, and the impatience
with with what we still have to endure in this world. People suffer.
Bills aren't getting paid. That can't be denied. Can't we get this over
with already? What the fuck...another chemtrail?...another war?...another
"deranged" killer shooting random people? False flags, black flags, pirate
flags, fringe flags and parade flags. Maybe we should jus... more »
"The Greatest Challenge..."
"Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy, than sane and un-happy. But
it is the best of all to be sane and happy. Whether our descendants can
achieve that goal will be the greatest challenge of the future. Indeed, it
may well decide whether we have any future."
- Arthur C. Clarke
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New Google look?
Apparently, I got randomly selected to test the Google homepage's new look.
Here it is if you're not seeing it. Like everyone I used a mix of search,
bookmarks, etc to find stuff I need. But I had the Google homepage set up
as my home page because it had links to stuff like MAPS and GMAIL in text
right on top where you could find them easily (and in text, not using those
empty-headed, inscrutable hieroglyphics called icons). Now they are moved
to that 9-square thingy on the side, meaning extra clicks and scrolling
(see pic below of that). But the need for extra clicks just signals t... more »
Colorado: More floods
*WATER DAMAGE: Water flowed past a damaged home in Salina, Colo., Tuesday,
after heavy flooding in the state. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera/Associated
Press)*
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: Iran has no plans to build nuclear weapons
Ann Curry of NBC interviewed Hassan Rouhani.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
*“We have never pursued or sought a nuclear bomb, and we are not going to
do so,” he said. “We solely are looking for peaceful nuclear technology.”* *
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*Asked whether he thought Obama looked weak when he backed off the
air-strike threat, Rouhani replied, “We consider war a weakness. Any
government or administration that decides to wage a war, we consider a
weakness. And any government that decides on peace, we look on it with
respect to peace.”*** * *
... more »
“The Greatest Debt Crisis The World Has Ever Seen Is Coming”
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*“The Greatest Debt Crisis The World Has Ever Seen Is Coming”*
by Michael Snyder
The largest mountain of debt in the history of the world just continues to
grow even larger, and everyone knows that this colossal debt spiral is not
going to end well. But we all keep playing along because nobody wants the
party to end. Right now, there is an unprecedented ocean of red ink
covering the planet. Globally, governments have never been in so much debt,
corporations have never been in so much debt and consumers have never been
in so much debt. But every time someone suggests that thi... more »
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 9.20.13”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 9.20.13”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“To taper or not to taper–that is the question, and we have an answer. The
Fed is going to keep on printing $85 billion each and every month. All the
speculation the Federal Reserve was going to cut back on the money printing
went “poof.” The stock market spiked to new highs, but this is really just
a “sugar high.” The Fed is showing it has no exit plan, and if it did cut
back on bond buying, interest rates would have spiked even more than they
already have. This is an ominous sign that the Fed has lost control of th... more »
Ma-Wang notes -- 2016?
*Tea farms on Alishan*
Some random thoughts on the Ma-Wang disaster for the KMT. Frozen Garlic
wrote....
....*The judges have been around a little longer and are less idealistic
and more political. This is probably a selection effect, with the
politically reliable ones getting promoted. * The higher up the court
system you go, the more political the court supposedly is. So it isn’t
surprising that Ma lost in the lower court. Experience tells us that the
higher courts will be more sympathetic to his arguments. *Today, right on
cue, High Court judges were randomly assigned to the ca... more »
Israel, Jewish lobby demand more U.S. taxpayer dollars
According to Alison Weir's informative website *If Americans Knew*, the
United States federal government currently gives the usurping Jewish state
occupying Palestine $8.5 million in military aid each day, totally over $3
billion annually.
The criminal terrorist state of Israel not only receives billions of
dollars of U.S. taxpayer money, it's agents and partisans largely control
the United States Congress, White House, and Supreme Court, not to mention
the foreign policy making establishment, mass media, Hollywood, and other
aspects of American society and culture, including academ... more »
DANIEL PELKA; COLIN GREEN; ANDREW RENNISON
*Daniel, who died in March 2012.*
Over a four year period, the authorities were alerted to the fact that
4-year-old Daniel Pelka was being badly mistreated - he had injuries to his
body and was seriously thin and malnourished.
But, the authorities failed to stop Daniel being tortured and starved to
death by his mother and stepfather.
There is a suspicion that Daniel's parents were being protected by 'the
powers-that-be.'
Daniel Pelka's mother Magdalena Luczak was a prostitute.
The 'powers-that-be' may have links to a *West Midlands Police brothel*.
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*Colin Green*
Colin Green ... more »
CSEC presents Hackfest
Nope, not a photoshop this time. It's CSEC, the Canadian government's
version of the NSA, presenting a hacker conference for computer security
enthusiasts this November in Quebec. [h/t Lux ex Umbra]
Events scheduled for *Hackfest Strikes Back* include :
- Hide yo Apache, hide yo SSH cause they backdoorin’ everybody out there
- Bypassing Security Controls with Mobile Devices
- Bypassing whitelisting/blacklisting, anti-virus, and other
preventative technologies
- Bypassing Security Defenses – Secret Penetration Testing Techniques -
$995.
And a panel discussion : "Ho... more »
Making clickable picture in a post
One may want to make a picture, for example, a book cover, to be clickable
(hyperlink) to link to, for example, an Amazon webpage. This will require
you to use the HTML mode of the Blogger post editor.
First, save a copy of the book cover (or any picture) in your computer.
Then, open the post editor in the HTML mode and upload the picture. You
will get a bunch of codes like below:
<a href="
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_R7oEYt6GpDEPPFm9ts3ku3Ide0fJnB5ngzqPw-h5ZDI2_Pyeo49Ft2r2gbFsOzhHSuXl1nq3Cy8fRGv3NQJfPzbgjcBIa2kM4KXhpYkhNoxxkTRuIqp7Ok0f_H2STcRfxrL/s1600/book+google+blogger+for+dummies.jpg
" imageanchor="1"...
Talk Like a Pirate Day 2013
As
is traditional for Talk Like a Pirate Day, I'll be using a
English-to-Pirate translator on a scurvy dog bent on pillaging
Americans. This year, it's hardcore Randian uber-douche Harry
Binswanger at Forbes for his sneering, taunting piece "Give Back? Yes,
It's Time For The 99% To Give Back To The 1%." It's
glibertarian/conservative linkbait, so I'll link some of the pieces
mocking and
UHC 20: Health Equality Will Never Happen
In most discussions about universal health care (UHC) in the Philippines
and abroad, focus is on having health equality among people, to be provided
by the government. While it is a noble goal, I think it is an unrealistic
one and will result only in more public disappointment, even public anger.
There is transportation inequality, some drive a sports car, others drive
an ordinary sedan, others drive a motorcycle while others do not even have
a bicycle. There is education inequality, housing inequality, food
inequality, labor inequality, businessmen inequality, and so on. Inequality... more »
Mathematical Impressions: Making Music With a Möbius Strip
*What fascinates me about this article and video is the relationship of
music and chords to the mobius strip (an abstraction of the surface of a
torus) and music notes to the torus. I'm not the hottest in math (I have to
work at - perhaps because I had so few good teachers in it) but it reminds
of the relationship in Calculus of the derivative to the integral. I've had
many discussions with GW Hardin about relationship of tones to the Rodin
coil, Solfeggio frequencies and the apparent musical nature of the
structure of the universe. This seems to also support that insight a... more »
Eco-Friendly Tips For Autumn
Have you noticed the slight chill to the air lately? Autumn is upon us. The
days are getting shorter, leaves are beginning to fall and summer produce
has all but ended.
[image: Autumn leaves]
Before settling in for the season, let's look around our homes and ensure
that everything is ready for the colder months ahead.
Here are this year's Eco-friendly tips for Autumn:
Inside Our Homes
- Clean and test the furnace. Did you know that your furnace needs
cleaning? Yep ... it collects all kinds of dust and debris which not only
affects it's performance but could cause a ... more »
Frank Wolf (R-VA)-- Nothing Like John Quincy Adams
Most Congress observers aren't aware that Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf is a
raving lunatic and one of the worst religionist fanatics on Capitol Hill.
Most people just think of him as a run-of-the-mill conservative-- for
better or worse-- who was elected back when the most popular shows on TV
were *The Dukes of Hazzard*, *Mork & Mindy* and *Hill Street Blues*. But he
has also served as Dobson's cat's paw in Congress and helped him pester
other Members of Congress to join his cult. A virulent misogynist and
homophobic maniac, Wolf is the co-chair of the House Human Rights Caucus.
He has... more »
It's only a harvest moon
Real life took up my whole day again. On the bright side I was so lucky to
be in the exact right spot to see the harvest moon rise over the horizon
tonight. It was so huge and so beautiful, I almost wept. So this is the
night for Neil Young's Harvest Moon.
And of course, the whole Harvest Moon album.
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What's lighting up the Cigar Galaxy? M82, as this irregular galaxy is
also known, was stirred up by a recent pass near large spiral galaxy M81.
This doesn't fully explain the source of the red-glowing outwardly
expanding gas, however. Recent evidence indicates that this gas is being
driven out by the combined emerging particle winds of many stars, together
creating a galactic superwind.
*Click image for larger size.*
The above photographic mosaic highlights a specific color of red light
strongly emitted by ionized hydrogen gas, showing detailed filaments of
this gas. The fil... more »
Chet Raymo, "What Has Been So Long Composed"
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*"What Has Been So Long Composed" *
by Chet Raymo
"We have a sea horizon to the east. The sun comes up like a blaze of
molten gold, a river of gold that flows across the sea to the surf at my
feet. First a sliver, then a blister, then a bubble floating free. We
arrived on this tropic isle in mid-December when the sun was at its
southernmost extremity. Day by day it has been creeping northward, each
sunrise edging, it seems, our way. The planet leans into its curve, tilting
its northern hemisphere toward its star, grazing on the solar warmth. On
Sunday, March 20, the sun wi... more »
America's Main Middle East Client Regimes, Turkey And Saudi Arabia, Are Using Al-Qaeda To Suppress Kurdish Rights In Syria
America is not interested in Syria because it wants to defend the rights of
minorities, remove chemical weapons from the battlefield, and help
transition the country to a democracy. These are not its objectives, as
President Obama has falsely claimed them to be in his speeches and
statements.
Obama is a liar. His administration's covert support for Al-Qaeda has
caused the deaths of tens of thousands in Syria. His administration is
backing Jihadist terrorism in Syria not just to topple Assad's regime, but
to suppress Kurdish rights as well as the rights of religious minorities
such ... more »
FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: The “many a slip twixt cup and lip” edition
*"It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never."*
-- Victor Davis Hanson
It’s the politician versus the economist versus the philosopher. Greens’s
Russel Norman denies taxation is a burden—reckons it is “the price we pay
for civilisation.” Economist Eric Crampton reckons “burden” has a specific
economic meaning. Philosopher Tibor Machan reckons taxation should simply
be recognised as what it is--a most uncivilized way of obtaining funds,
given that it boils down to nothing less than extortion.”
*Russel Norman thinks tax is not a burden!* – KIWIBLOG
*Ladies and Gentlemen... more »
What if Iran Did Get the Bomb?
Casual observation suggests that the two most common answers to the
question above are: 1) there’s a very good chance that they’d start a
nuclear war with Israel; and 2) there’s no real reason to think any other
state would be impacted in any significant way. I find both unpersuasive
for reasons I’ll discuss below.
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Blogger post editor - HTML and COMPOSE modes
Whenever you click the pencil icon or the NEW POST button, you will open
the post editor which can be either in the HTML mode or the Compose mode
(WYSIWYG or What You See Is What You Get mode) selectable by clicking the
relevant tabs [image: Blogger Compose and HTML tabs] at the top left of the
post editor.
The number of tool icons available in the tool bar of the 2 different modes
are different, less in the case of HTML mode and more with the COMPOSE mode:
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"For the foreseeable future," says Dana Milbank, "gun control is dead," but as Adam Gopnik says, this is "no time to despair"
*"There are no more grounds for despair about gun control than there were
grounds for despair about the persistence of lynching in the face of the
fight against that horror. The truth is known, obvious and inarguable. It
cannot be said too clearly, and it cannot be said too often: guns make gun
violence happen, gun-control laws make it stop. Anyone who says that this
is 'dubious' or 'uncertain' or 'as yet undecided' or 'up for argument' is a
liar or a fool or -- well, the third possibility is that he is a true
'American exceptionalist'; that is, someone who believes that Americans ... more »
"Poor Vampire"
* "Poor Vampire"*
by Paulo Coelho
"What is a vampire? It is someone who at a certain moment in their
existence becomes immortal. In other words, after that moment their body
will no longer follow the normal course of nature; they will become forever
young, and they can live as long as they like without having to deal with
problems caused by growing old. The vampire’s only diet is a little blood
every day, and their only care with their skin is to avoid sunlight – but
after all, this is a very small price to pay to enjoy all the possibilities
of eternal life. Except for one thin... more »
Abdullah Senussi charged in Tripoli court; Saif still in Zintan ...... Libya Milita rule on full display ! Oil blockade seems to be lifting for now ...
Abdullah Senussi charged in Tripoli court; Saif still in Zintan
*By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab and Ahmed Elumami.*
[image: Abdullah Senussi being taken into court]
Abdullah Senussi being taken into court today
*Tripoli, 19 September 2013*:
Abdullah Senussi, Qaddafi’s intelligence chief and brother-in-law, made his
first appearance in court in Tripoli today to face charges of murder,
conspiracy to murder and human rights crimes during the revolution, along
with 36 other former regime defendants.
Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi, however, did not join Senussi in the court despite
an announcement yesterday ... more »
A Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics
Artist’s rendering of the amplituhedron, a newly discovered mathematical
object resembling a multifaceted jewel in higher dimensions. Encoded in its
volume are the most basic features of reality that can be calculated — the
probabilities of outcomes of particle interactions. Illustration by Andy
Gilmore
*
* *THEORETICAL PHYSICS*
*A Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics* By: Natalie Wolchover
September 17, 2013
Physicists have discovered a jewel-like geometric object that dramatically
simplifies calculations of particle interactions and challenges the notion
that space and time ar... more »
What Does Santorum Think Of The Pope Now?
I'm generally repulsed by religion but I'm a huge fan of Jesus Christ and
his message and I've got a very good feeling about this new Catholic Pope
Francis I and have since the day he was chosen to replace the Nazi Pope
someone seems to have made resign. I asked Ken, who's the resident expert
on all things Popish, is he wanted to do a post about the latest Francis
pronouncement but he punted it back to me. We can't let it go by unremarked
that the Pope told his followers that he's not a right-winger.
Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old papacy,
sai... more »
Time to communicate . . .
CALL
YOUR MP or write or e-mail, or do all three. According to Mike Hudema
of Greenpeace Canada who has a post on TSS, aka TAR SANDS SOLUTIONS
NETWORK you should check out, then get hold of your worthy MP. “Tar
Sands spills – Over 1.5 million litres and still spilling!!” shows the
callous inertia of the Alberta government and the Stevie chimps,
especially as the Stevie chimps are doing
Satire: “Scalia Forms Search Committee for New Pope”
*“Scalia Forms Search Committee for New Pope”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Saying he was “sorry it had to come to
this,” Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said today that he was forming
an “independent search committee” to select a new Pope. The visibly upset
jurist appeared at a press conference with the sole other member of the
newly formed search committee, Justice Clarence Thomas.
Justice Scalia said he had “no other alternative” but to pick a new Pope
himself after reading what he called a “disturbing” interview with Pope
Francis today: “The Pope ... more »
Podcasting Killed the Lecturing Star
The first video ever played on MTV, back when MTV played music videos most
of the time, was the one-hit wonder “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The
Buggles. A lament about how new technology ended the career of a singer who
was well-adapted to the production standards and genre constraints of an
earlier era,
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Dave's Dilemmas
"What the hell can the Tories do about UKIP?" asks Iain Martin in this
afternoon's *Telegraph*. What indeed? Their poll ratings have calmed down
since Farage-mania gripped the media back in May, but their consistent
score of between 10-12% has them ahead of the hapless LibDems. And,
unfortunately for the Tories, UKIP voters will not flock to their banner in
2015. Enough will stick with the purples to lay open very many marginal
seats. That is, unless, the Tories can pull a bunny out of the hat and win
over voters who are presently looking elsewhere.
I just don't think they can do i... more »
HEARING FROM ASSAD
Fox News interviews Assad in Syria. Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich and a
regular Fox News reporter do the interviewing.
Kucinich needs to look for another job - he is a lousy interviewer and
missed an opportunity to really provide the American people with a clearer
view of Assad and Syria. The regular Fox News reporter was even worse.
Assad saved the interview by telling the truth about US, British, French,
and Saudi intervention in the internal affairs of Syria by funding the
"rebels" who are largely Al-Quida terrorists.
There are many citizen critics inside Syria and they should ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Melita, Malta. Thanks for stopping by.
"Always..."
“Focus on your priorities, but take things in stride. Make decisions, not
excuses. Live one moment at a time. Count your blessings, not your
troubles. Let the wrong things go. Look for lessons in unforeseen
obstacles. Ask for help. Give as much as you take. Make time for those who
matter. Laugh when you can. Cry when you need to. And always stay true to
your values.”
- Melchor Lim
“7 Totally Crazy Statements by Right-Wing Lunatics From This Week”
* *
*“7 Totally Crazy Statements by Right-Wing Lunatics From This Week”*
By Janet Allon
“*1. Ted Cruz: We need 100 more like Jesse Helms in the Senate.* Ted Cruz
gave a huge shout-out to North Carolina’s late unrepentant racist senator,
Jesse Helms. Granted, it was at the Heritage Foundation’s annual Helms
lecture, so he wasn’t the only person in the room who worshipped Helms. But
he did give a somewhat strange reason for being so fond of the bigot, and
wishing there were “100 more” like him in the U.S. Senate.
Apparently the actor John Wayne had praised Helms for being willing t... more »
TMoE Excerpt
Posted some days ago @thechalkface:
Part of the story we tell in *TMoE* focuses on how value-added modeling
(VAM) grew up out of the backwoods of Tennessee to become an essential
component of the national Common Core testing delivery engine that now
appears to be running on fumes way short of its destination.
Had anyone at the Gates Foundation or ED cared enough about how VAM has
affected learning in Tennessee over the past 20 years to do some of the
basic research that we did, they would have found little to recommend the
scaling up of VAM to its current level. Sadly, other prio... more »
Gaia Pummels Arctic Alarmists | Real Science
'Arctic ice area the highest since 2006, and average ice area for the year
to date is higher than 2006.'
More here
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/gaia-pummels-arctic-alarmists/
I expect the BBC news website will be covering this news any moment....
Pub Quiz time
Which four European countries are not in the EU but use the Euro as their
currency?
Answer and rather good explanatory video tomorrow at noon...
Property Rights 6: IPRI 2013 Report
The International Property Rights Index (IPRI) 2013 Report was released
last week. Our think tank here in Manila, Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc. is
the Philippine partner of the Property Rights Alliance (PRA, USA) in
producing the annual IPRI.
There are many annual studies and reports measuring economic freedom,
economic competitiveness and related concepts of countries, and ranking
them. IPRI incorporates many of those factors and indicators, but it is
focused on studying property rights and their protection worldwide.
IPRI is composed of three main indicators, which themselves... more »
For no raisin
99.97% of all the energy on Earth comes from solar radiation. This
photosynthesis. It is the only process in nature that can fix sunlight into
a useful form. Photosynthesis evolved once. That's it. All plants fix
sunlight in exactly the same way as their common ancestor.
"A Life That Matters..."
“Always choose to heal, not to hurt, to forgive not to despise, to
persevere not to quit, to smile not to frown, and to love not to hate! At
the end of life, what really matters is not what we bought, but what we
built, not what we got, but what we shared, not our competence but our
character, and not our success but our significance. Live a life that
matters. Live a life that cares...”
- Ritu Ghatourey
What's the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain, England and the British Isles?
C.G.P. Grey explains and such as @Rulesthewaves would do well to watch and
learn.
I know I've posted this video before but it's damned interesting!
Some Republicans Are So Anti-Hispanic, They Even Want To Sabotage The Organization Of American States!
Some Republicans just want to say NO to everything... even when there's no
reason to. Many of them are dangerous anti-government nihilists. Several
have unresolved struggles with heavy drugs like Paul Broun (GA) and
domestic terrorism suspect Steve Stockman (TX).
Tuesday the House, just back from a long summer vacation, took up Bob
Menendez's bill-- which was cosponsored by Bob Corker (R-TN), Marco Rubio
(R-FL) and Tom Udall (D-NM) and passed the Senate without controversy and
without even obstructionists like Cruz, Lee, Sessions and the nuts in that
chamber objecting-- to tidy up... more »
"How It Really Is"
“How many times do you have to get hit over the
head before you figure out who's hitting you?”
- Harry S. Truman
“Danger! Exploding Wealth Gap!”
* *
*“Danger! Exploding Wealth Gap!”*
by Egon von Greyerz
“How can the Fed taper when the real U.S. economy is in a terrible state?
Add to that the massive problems in the eurozone. And Japan, the world’s
third-largest economy, is a guaranteed basket case.
In the U.S., the job participation rate is the lowest since the 1970s, real
unemployment (calculated on a consistent basis) is *23%*, workers’ real
wages have not gone up for decades, 50 million people are on food stamps,
government deficit runs at $1 trillion per year and government debt
including unfunded liabilities is $220 ... more »
Evidence of extrinsic misconduct
R. v. Samuels, 2013 ONCA 551:
[42] Evidence may be admissible for one purpose but inadmissible for
another. Where the evidence relates to conduct that is extrinsic to the
charges before the court, it may be irrelevant and inadmissible if used for
one purpose, but relevant and admissible if used for another. The trial
judge is required, as he did here, to weigh and balance the evidence to
determine if the prejudicial effect related to the forbidden purpose
outweighs its probative value for the proper purpose*.*
[43] The courts have observed in cases such as *R. v. D. (L... more »
The Birthing
You are ready for this. We are partners in this next dance, with all
sorts of accompanying music! Let’s listen to some of it…
A conversation with “Cosmic Awareness” as interpreted by Will Berlinghof,
from Rainbow-Phoenix.
Click here.
A conversation between Inelia Benz, Lucia Rene and Victoria More,
co-founders of A.W.A.K.E.N. Academy.
Click here.
And finally, a song:
“Happy” is oozing through the air today. This is new, and not because of
any external event in this 3D life being lived, quite the contrary. There
are people whom I love... more »
Pope Franky Spanks the Vatican
Pope Francis continues to rock the Vatican.
*Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old
papacy, said that the Roman Catholic Church had grown “obsessed” with
preaching about abortion, gay marriage and contraception, and that he has
chosen not to speak of those issues despite recriminations from some
critics. *
*In remarkably blunt language, Francis sought to set a new tone for the
church, saying it should be a “home for all” and not a “small chapel”
focused on doctrine, orthodoxy and a limited agenda of moral teachings. *
*“It is not necessary to talk ab... more »
How Fantasy Becomes Fact
*UPDATE 9/20: Aslak Grinsted has a nice post up which runs rainfall and
flood return periods for Boulder, showing similar information to that
reported in this post.*
The flooding in Colorado has wreaked tremendous devastation, by one
estimate the costs will total about $2 billion. Some people remain
unaccounted for and it will be many months if not longer before the Front
Range recovers. If you'd like to contribute to the recovery, please see this
page with resources.
As is often the case in the aftermath of extreme events and disasters,
people look for some way to put them into ... more »
If Syria has a dictatorship, then what is your government, really?
Recall the helicopter shot down? I mentioned this incident the other day.
Here.
"The helicopter strayed 2 kilometers into Turkish airspace, but crashed
inside Syria after being hit by missiles fired from the jet"
So, the Syrian helicopter had turned back into Syrian territory and the
Turks shot it down with a fighter jet.
* "rebel fighters captured one of the pilots, while the fate of the
other one was unclear"*
NATO fighters captured the one living pilot and given the track record of
the NATO mercs, I expect this guy will wish he died in the crash.
After my brief tirade we a... more »
Talk Like A Pirate
Arr, it be International Talk Like A Pirate Day. So talk like a pirate, ya
scurvy dog!
Those Obamacare Rape Ads Are a Scam on Conservatives, and That's Not the Worst Part
I suppose I have to talk about the creepy anti-Obamacare ads that everyone,
or at least all the liberal bloggers, are talking about today.
Look, folks: this is a very obvious scam.
This is not about stopping the ACA.
This is about money.
Oh, for the donors, it's presumably about stopping Obamacare.
But for the people putting together the ads, unless they are incredibly
stupid and naive, it's almost certainly about raising money from those
donors. And, perhaps, making a name for themselves (or a bigger name -- I'm
not looking to see who is responsible) within the conservative moveme... more »
Kurdish Sunni Muslim Women: FSA and Al Nusra mercenaries are not Muslims!
America, Israel, Turkey, Qatar, France, England, and Saudi Arabia unleashed
the plague Al-Qaeda on Syria and on the different religious groups and
ethnicities inside that country. The blood of Kurds is on their hands. They
let loose these heartless monsters and racist cannibals who chop up humans
like cow meat.
These criminal states and countries will ultimately pay the price for these
crimes, in one form or another, whether physically or spiritually,
economically or strategically, whether in the arena of global public
opinion or on the battlefields of the Middle East, whether tomor... more »
John Cusack Wants To Know (We ALL Do)
You just gotta love this guy's integrity and determination to speak out on
issues important to us all. (As most celebrities are happy to just nitpick
a little and then slide back into the money (h/t to Fitzgerald).) I know I
do. I think I feel a crowd growing. At least I hope so. (Emphasis marks
have been added - Ed.) Will Eric Holder Guarantee NSA Reporters' First
Amendment Rights? By
Are We Medicating Ourselves to Death?
A report from the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) wades into the tens
of thousands of lives claimed in America each year from overuse of
antibiotics.
*Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected
with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people
die each year as a direct result of these infections. Many more people die
from other conditions that were complicated by an antibiotic-resistant
infection. *
* *
*Antibiotic-resistant infections can happen anywhere. Data show that most
happen in the general community; however, mo... more »
Talk Like A Pirate Day Cupcakes
We are over the top in this house. We eat a completely green meal on St.
Patrick's Day and heart attack our own house on Valentine's Day. My mom
always had fun things for us to do on each holiday, but I get my over the
top-ness from my older sister. My sister is a party planner, cake maker
extraordinaire. She makes and sells cakes in South Carolina, and she is
pretty much amazing. I'm not just saying that either, check out her
Facebook page, Creative Cakes by Jana for proof.
One of the things I have learned from my sister is that any reason can be a
reason to celebrate. Today is I... more »
Democrats Still Love Obama-- When He Sticks To His Knitting
When Obama sticks to Democratic Party values and grassroots principles, he
engenders tremendous affection and support from the huge coalition that
elected him twice. When he strays off into corporate Republican territory--
whether in regard to Austerity (like Chained CPI), atrocious anti-worker
trade policies, or bombing Syria-- his support drops. That simple. But his
fiercest opponents within the Democratic Party-- whether Raul Grijalva on
Chained CPI or Alan Grayson on blowing shit up in small nasty countries--
are also his fiercest supporters when he's doing what the American pe... more »
On the road ...
I'm in transit today. Doing a lot of errands that have no money attached.
Hope it's not as stressful as this:
Happy trails to me.
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*Brees Hits Out at Goldson for Going After Saints ~Steven Babcock, NOLA
DEFENDER*
*House Money ~moosedenied*
~Well, shit. So much for Sean Payton's Revenge Tour.
The Saints are off to a second consecutive 0-2 start and it sure doesn't
look like these guys have it in 'em to climb out of the early hole they've
dug for themselves. Just our luck, right? The defensive retooling has so
far exceeded even our most wildly optimistic expectations, but right on
cue, our formerly historically-great offense has suddenly turned to
complete dogshit. Because, of course. Drew Brees and Sean Payton ... more »
What Is Policy Relevance, and (How) Should We Reward International Relations Scholars for It?
The subfield of international relations seems to suffer from an inferiority
complex. While most subfields of political science do their research and
trust that the results are relevant to policy for a good reason, many an
international relations scholar complains that the subfield is not relevant
enough. The latest example is Campbell and Desch, who
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Ottawa: Doubledecker bus and train collision
*TRANSIT ACCIDENT: An official photographed the scene of an accident
involving a bus and a train in Ottawa Wednesday. Six people died and at
least 11 others were critically injured after a VIA Rail passenger train
and an Ottawa city transit bus collided, local authorities said. (Chris
Wattie/Reuters)*
There are allegations that the driver of the bus was careless. Very sad. It
made international news. Media tends to pick up the tragic stories like
these quite fast. It was reported on CNN and NBC.
Tony Abbott's Australia Will Have Nothing to Do With Climate Commission
Australia has just come through its hottest twelve months on record in time
to sweep into power Tony Abbott's wonky coalition government. And, true
to form, Tony's been busy doing a little sweeping of his own. After
manfully wrestling with the issue of how he would find space for a woman in
his 19-man cabinet, he decisively moved on to scrap Australia's independent
Climate Commission.
*The commission, which was established in 2011, has compiled 27 reports on
various aspects of climate change. Its most recent major report, The
Critical Decade, warned that the world must "virtua... more »
Whenever I See the Gathering Clouds of Nihilism, It's Strangelove For Me.
At times it can seem that, as a species, we're backsliding. Egalitarianism
seems to be in rout. The drive for equality has stalled and is quietly
reversing. We now focus on the short term, the relatively trivial stuff
and pursue means and goals that are outdated, even discredited, while we
give a pass to the long term issues and challenges that confront us. Why
does it feel like we're getting back to this mentality?
Government Shutdown: “Dumb And Dumber”
* “Dumb And Dumber”*
By CAP Action War Room
“The federal government is hurtling toward two critical deadlines where a
failure to act will be extraordinarily damaging to the US economy. But
Republicans think it’s okay to play political games even if it means
sabotaging our economy.
*Deadline 1:* To avoid government shutdown, Congress needs to pass a
spending bill to fund the federal government by September 30. Republicans
have been engaged in a civil war for weeks over how best to use this
deadline to manufacture a crisis. Those on the far right, led by Senators
Marco Rubio and ... more »
No right to serve foreign prison sentence in Canada
Divito v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2013 SCC 47: [45] The
ability of prisoners to serve their sentence in Canada is therefore a
creation of legislation. Independent of the*ITOA*, there is no right to
serve a foreign prison sentence in Canada. In my view, although the *ITOA *contemplates
a mechanism by which a citizen may return to Canada in the limited context
of continuing incarceration for the purpose of serving their foreign
sentence, s. 6(1) does not confer a right on Canadian citizens to serve
their foreign sentences in Canada.
Nepal: Colourful religious rituals
*GIRLS’ WORSHIP: Nepalese girls wore traditional attire as they waited for
a worship ceremony for girls meant to offer protection from evil and good
luck in the future in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday. (Narendra Shrestha/European
Pressphoto Agency*
Achievement Gap? Nope, parts 1 and 2
The term “achievement gap” is misleading and thus one of the problems with
the education reform debate.
Please see the following posts addressing why:
Achievement Gap Misnomer for Equity Gap, pt. 1
Achievement Gap Misnomer for Equity Gap, pt. 2
New Report on Race to the Top Finds Many Wrecks in the Ditch or Over the Cliff
EPI and The Broader, Bolder Approach have an important important report on
how things are going with Race to the Top (RTTT), or as it may be more
aptly known, HUAP (Hurry Up and Privatize). In examining what the states
have done to get some of Arne's 3.4 billion bucks, the authors find
confusion, conflict, corruptionism, confoundedness, and cautious dread
(that's as optimistic as it gets in RTTT land these days).
In looking at the how bonus bribe points for RTTT grant applicants were
stated, I have responded (after each below) to what this has meant in the
RTTT golden state of Tenn... more »
‘My ELF Weapon’: More Proof Navy Yard Shooter Targeted with Mind Control Weapons
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*Discussion that would have instantly caused anyone involved to be labeled
a ‘crazy conspiracy theorist’ even a few weeks ago has now made its way
into the mainstream media.*
Melissa Melton
Following reports that suspected Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis had called
police just weeks before the mass shooting in D.C. to claim he was the
victim of gang stalking and a target of microwave energy weapons that left
him hearing voices and unable to sleep, now reports are surfacing that the
military contractor had carved “My ELF Weapo... more »
“A Letter to Nancy Pelosi”
* *
*“A Letter to Nancy Pelosi”*
by Bill Bonner
“As expected, Ben Bernanke is not going to taper in the final months of his
term. Too risky. Instead, *laissez les bons temps roulez...!* The Dow
jumped 144 points yesterday. And look at gold. It soared $56 an ounce
yesterday.
The newspapers are full of retrospectives on the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy
and what it meant. We have an observation of our own: Five years after the
financial crisis hit the headlines it’s amazing how so much fantasy,
delusion and conceit have built up around the event.
According to Nancy Pelosi – then Spea... more »
Business 360 11: Avoiding Middle Income Trap
* This article was published twice. First in Business 360 magazine in
Kathmandu, Nepal, September 2013 issue; then in the Economic Freedom
Network (EFN) Asia website today.
-------------
Many Asian economies are now among the “engine of growth” for some
countries within and outside the continent due to their huge contribution
to international trade as big exporters/producers and big
importers/consumers, as well as big recipients of foreign remittances.
Such opportunity has allowed many Asian economies to move from low income
to middle-income levels, and for the lucky and more techn... more »
New Baghdad Administration Finds Millions Stolen In Corrupt Construction Deals
In 2013, most of Iraq’s provinces received new governments following
elections. One of the first things many of the new administrations did was
announce that the previous governorate councils walked away with millions
of dollars in corrupt development deals. Over 200 of such cases were just
discovered in Baghdad. The new governor blamed the theft for the lack of
services in the province. The problem is the new officials are likely to be
just as crooked as the old ones as stealing government funds is considered
a privilege of holding office in Iraq.
In September, new Baghdad Gove... more »
Alison Stewart's Great History of D.C.'s Dunbar High School
Alison Stewart's *First Class *brings us full circle. Actually, Stewart
guides us through a variety of recurring social, moral, and educational
cycles that undoubtedly will continue to repeat themselves in one way or
another. Her history of the rise and fall of Washington D.C.'s elite Dunbar
High School tells a story that cannot be ignored if we really believe that
education can be the civil rights movement of the 21st century.
Stewart begins with her mother, Carol Stewart, as she watches the
inauguration of President Barack Obama. Carol, a retired biology teacher,
marvels, "What a ... more »
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EPI and The Broader, Bolder Approach have an important important report on
how things are going with Race to the Top (RTTT), or as it may be more
aptly known, HUAP (Hurry Up and Privatize). In examining what the states
have done to get some of Arne's 3.4 billion bucks, the authors find
confusion, conflict, corruptionism, confoundedness, and cautious dread
(that's as optimistic as it gets in RTTT land these days).
In looking at the how bonus bribe points for RTTT grant applicants were
stated, I have responded (after each below) to what this has meant in the
RTTT golden state of Tenn... more »
Coups, MI5 and the British Labour Movement
24 Hours - Yesterday's Men (16 June 1971) from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Straight-dealing is one of the principles of BBC programme making, but it
has not always been followed. The BBC enraged Harold Wilson and his
outgoing government after they lost the 1970 General Election. They were
effectively tricked into taking part in a programme that would ridicule
them.
Had Wilson and his front-benchers known, for example, that the programme
would take as its title a soundbite from their own campaign against the
Conservatives (they called the Tories "yesterday's men"), they would not
have ag... more »
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*Canal Street ferry to be pedestrians-only starting Monday**~Jackson Avenue
Ferry Terminal to be auctioned off Thursday*
*Knight Foundation awards The Lens $50,000 to create "local government
contracts" database ~Steve Meyers*
*The Giant Big Oil Lawsuit That Bobby Jindal Wants to Make Disappear ~Tim
Murphy, Mother Jones*
*FEMA: Only Congress can keep flood insurance rates down ~Jordan Blum*
*Mid-Barataria project could be first of 10 in state aimed at reinforcing
eroding coast ~Amy Wold, Advocate*
*New fun at City Park! New Boats! New Bikes!*
6 Things Hawaii can Teach Us About Health and Happiness by Elizabeth Renter
6 Things Hawaii can Teach Us About Health and Happiness
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 18 September 2013
*Hawaiians are generally happier** than their landlocked countrymen, and
there are several reasons why.* At first blush, it’s tempting to say, “Who
wouldn’t be happier?—living in a place as beautiful as Hawaii, spending
time on the beach with an umbrella in your glass.” But, Hawaiians aren’t on
a permanent vacation. They work just like we do, pay bills, and deal with
life stressors. Through it all, however, they manage to stay happier and
even live longer. *So, what ca... more »
Mexico: Severe weather is an international phenomanon in 2013
Floods in Mexico have established new records.
*"Zipline rescues from Mexico floods*
*Hundreds of local and foreign tourists have arrived in Mexico City, after
the country's military sent a plane to transport them out of the resort
city of Acapulco where they were stranded after some of the most damaging
storms in decades. ITV’s Lewis Vaughan Jones reports."*
A one-day mission of national import!
*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013*
*Plus, Salon interviews Ravitch:* If this is Thursday, we're off on a
mission of national import involving the professional development of a
superlative group of managers within several departments in the federal
government.
We'll return to our sprawling campus tomorrow. For those who are interested
in public school issues, we'll recommend Salon's interview with Diane
Ravitch, which we will review in detail at some point.
Can we talk? When we read interviews with Ravitch, we sometimes get the
feeling that she doesn't know a gigantic amount about the i... more »
Judges presumed to know and apply the law
*R. v. Burns *(l994) 89 C.C.C. (3d) l93 at l99 to 200, states the following:
Failure to indicate expressly that all relevant considerations have been
taken into account in arriving at a verdict is not a basis for allowing an
appeal under s. 686(l)(a). This accords with the general rule that a trial
judge does not err merely because he or she does not give reasons for
deciding one way or the other on problematic points ... The judge is not
required to demonstrate that he or she knows the law and has considered all
aspects of the evidence. Nor is the judge required to explain why h... more »
We Are Beings Of Light - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
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*We are beings of Light*
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*Surrounded by images of darkness*
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*Darkness directed*
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*By those of dark determination*
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*Who are weak of mind*
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*And will*
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*Separated from Spirit*
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*Easily influenced*
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*And *
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*Corrupted*
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*Dimming their vision*
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*As they dim ours*
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*Distracting our thoughts*
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*Our emotions*
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*Away from*
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*Self-reliance*
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*Self-determination*
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*Self-direction*
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*Self control*
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*Until the day of illumination*
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*When Light is unleached*
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*Projected outward again*
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*Pushing the darkness further away*
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*Then*
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*Once again*
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*W... more »
If John Boehner Really Had Chutzpah...
...what he'd do today is convince over 100 Members of his conference who
have been griping about Ted Cruz and the Crazy Caucus to stand with him
while he makes the following statement:
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Over the last several months, I was convinced by enthusiastic Tea Party
conservatives that their defund Obamacare idea really had a chance to work.
I admit I was against it at first. But they convinced me that I was trapped
in politics-as-usual Washington thinking, and that what we had here was a
one-time opportunity to turn the tables on Barack Obama and the Democrat
Party. They were right. A Hou... more »
FORGET LIMBAUGH! Work to Restore The Fairness Doctrine/Communications Act of 1934
*By Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
FORGET LIMBAUGH Limbaugh is just a symptom. He's the ugly pimple that
refuses 'off-the-shelf' remedies. It's time to drain the boil, pop the
pimple. The REMEDY --the only remedy that will work and had worked until
the election of Ronald Reagan. That is --RESTORE THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE.
The Fairness Doctrine dates to the Communications Act of 1934. The 'Act'
limited the concentration of media into very few hands. Radio and TV
station owners were required to provide equal time to opposing views.
Individual broadcasters who operated electronic e... more »
Achievement Gap? Nope, parts 1 and 2
The term “achievement gap” is misleading and thus one of the problems with
the education reform debate. Please see the following posts addressing why:
Achievement Gap Misnomer for Equity Gap, pt. 1 Achievement Gap Misnomer for
Equity Gap, pt. 2 Tagged: achievement gap
Alison Stewart's History of Dunbar H.S. Is a Must Read
Alison Stewart's *First Class *brings us full circle. Actually, Stewart
guides us through a variety of recurring social, moral, and educational
cycles that undoubtedly will continue to repeat themselves in one way or
another. Her history of the rise and fall of Washington D.C.'s elite Dunbar
High School tells a story that cannot be ignored if we really believe that
education can be the civil rights movement of the 21st century. Stewart
begins with her mother, Carol Stewart, as she watches the inauguration of
President Barack Obama. Carol, a retired biology teacher, marvels, "What a
... more »
Did Kerry And His Clique Plot An End Run Around Obama On Syria?
Susan Rice is as much a hawk and a creature of the Military-Industrial
Complex as John Kerry ever was. But McCain and Lindsey Graham, America's
two most preeminent warmongers, sandbagged and sabotaged Rice and demanded
that Obama appoint Kerry Secretary of State. Policy-wise there is no
difference between Rice and Kerry and today she serves as National Security
Advisor and he serves, thanks to McCain and Graham, as Secretary of State.
The difference is that her loyalty is unquestionably to Obama. Kerry
doesn't give a crap about Obama.
In fact, impeccable Beltway sources have told ... more »
Latest Mass Shooting in the U.S.
*Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT hours after the latest
mass shooting in the US. Draitser provides perspective on the incident,
discussing the nature of “private military contractors” and the connection
between US militarism and violence at home. He also examines the critical
role that private mercenaries play in US “black ops” and what that tells us
about the types of individuals who might work for them. Also, Draitser
reminds viewers of the uncertainty surrounding the early details in this
story and the need to maintain a critical perspective.*
Two busy links:
I am bogged down with a crapload of work that seems unlikely to clear for a
couple more days, so you should be reading...
Frozen Garlic: The Courts are Run by the KMT:
When the Taipei District Court handed down its ruling last Friday, Ma’s
lawyer made an interesting comment to the press. In his disappointment with
the news, he turned to the reporters and said something to the effect of,
“I hope no one ever says the courts are run by the KMT again.” This was a
reference to an infamous statement from about 20 years ago. Hsu Li-teh 徐立德,
who was then Vice-Premier, Hsu Shui-teh 許水德, wh... more »
Stephen Harper: Love affair with America
He should do the right thing and move to U.S. Maybe George W. will provide
him accommodation. And they both can have fun at Dubya's ranch.
After all he called Canada in 1997: *"Welfare state in the worst sense."
Stephen Harper *
Greece updates - September 19 , 2013 ... Aftermath of Pavlos Fyssas murder continues to roil Greece ... Will there be further austerity - depends on whether you listen to Troika representatives or PM Samaras .....Quarterly unemployment drops for the first time in four years - down to 27.1 percent....
*Samaras pleads for calm and unity in wake of Fyssas murder*
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Thursday that his government would
not allow the “successors of the Nazis” to destabilize Greece in the wake
of the murder of antifascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas by a Golden Dawn member.
“Democracy is much stronger than its enemies realize,” said the New
Democracy leader in a brief televised statement.
Samaras pleaded with the public and his political colleagues not to allow
further violence.
“Violence is a downhill slide that destroys any chance of Greece achieving
what it deserves, in ot... more »
Back To Where We've Been
The Harper government has repeated the same mantra for seven years: We know
best how to manage the Canadian economy. But, Edward Greenspon writes, the
truth is opposed to the mantra:
With exceptions such as the drive to rebalance the budget, ours is a
government that dabbles in economic policy, often with little consistency,
coherence or conviction. Telecom is just a recent manifestation. Policy has
been predicated on a simple — and simplistic — proposition: introduce a
fourth player in the market and prices will plummet. The government has
been at it since greasing the wheels for... more »
Syria updates for September 19 , 2013 - US and France backs dow from Use of Force Provision in UN Resolution... Chemical Weapon Convention delayed - first of many ... Al Qaeda turns up heat on " moderate " rebels as in fighting continues ... US training of Al Qaeda rebels proposed , will join CIA in joining jihadists !
In Syria, It Is Now A Rebel-Eat-Rebel World
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/19/2013 18:57 -0400
- Iraq
inShare3
Just when you thought the situation in Syria was stabilizing (despite
dueling op-eds), last week saw a new battle begin - dubbed "Expunging
Filth". In spite of the catchy name, as the WSJ reports, an al-Qaeda
spinoff (a jihadist group known as ISIS) is seizing territory across Syria
from the US-backed Free Syrian Army and the Government.
*"It's a three-front war,"* a U.S. official said of the FSA rebels' fight:
They face the Assad r... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Kim Richards, 49. Not only was she Tia (and the kid who
played Tony really couldn't act at all), but was also a regular on "James
at 16", which is a huge big deal for many people my age...it was sort of a
1970s Degrassi, but less Canadian. And she was on "Hello, Larry."
Gut yontif to all those observing the holiday -- you really can't knock a
holiday that basically just celebrates happiness for a week, can you?
Meanwhile, some good stuff:
1. Sarah Binder on the politics of the Fed.
2. House Republicans have a "replace" plan for ACA, after all. Austin Frakt
and A... more »
Zionism in the Third Reich
From the front page of *The People*, 17th October 1943:
Following World War I, King Faisal's conquest of Damascus and the glorious
victory of the British Empire at Battle of Meggido (in the Valley of
Jezreel, NOT witnessed by a man named Bügenhäagen, the possessor of 12
ceremonial daggers - at least as far as I know), the Ottoman Province of
Palestine was partitioned amongst the Great Powers by League of Nations
mandate.
Britain retained control of Egypt, the Sinai and the lucrative Sinai Canal
Zone (built with Anglo-French Capital), the French obtained control of
Syria, th... more »
TPP IS LIQUDATION OF EVERYTHING WE'VE BUILT
In this parody of Star Wars, episode 4, a new hope- It is a period of class
war. The DIDACTIC EMPIRE, striking from a hidden base, have won a major
victory against the OPEN ALLIANCE with the passage of NAFTA (North American
Free Trade Agreement). During the battle to fast track the TPP
(Trans-Pacific Partnership), Luke Whistleblower managed to steal secret
plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, which has enough
power to make nations subservient to corporations. Pursued by Emperor
Pipeline and Dark Banker with their captive Barack Obama, Princess Laidoff
is able to ... more »
Alison Stewart's Great History of D.C.'s Dunbar High School
Alison Stewart’s *First Class *brings us full circle. Actually, Stewart
guides us through a variety of recurring social, moral, and educational
cycles that undoubtedly will continue to repeat themselves in one way or
another. Her history of the rise and fall of Washington D.C.’s elite Dunbar
High School tells a story that cannot be ignored if we really believe that
education can be the civil rights movement of the 21st century. Stewart
begins with her mother, Carol Stewart, as she watches the inauguration of
President Barack Obama. Carol, a retired biology teacher, marvels, “What a
... more »
HILARY CLINTON, COREY HAIM, SULTANA BEGUM, CHARLOTTE COLQUHOUN, PRINCE OSMAN, MICHAEL ROCKEFELLER
front.moveon.org
A family can be up one one minute and down the next.
*"Bill Clinton appearing on CBS's '60 Minutes' in January 1992 with Hillary
looking on as he denies any affair with Gennifer Flowers." *www.dailymail.
Gennifer said: ‘What Bill told me ... was that he was aware that Hillary
was bisexual and he didn’t care. He should know.
'He said Hillary had eaten more p***y than he had.’
*www.dailymail.*
Teen idol Corey Haim was ‘broke and destitute’ when he died at age 38 in
2010.
*Sultana Begum. **dailymail*.
Sultana Begum is a descendant of India's last emperor.
Sul... more »
Alison Stewart's First Class is a Must Read
Alison Stewart’s *First Class *brings us full circle. Actually, Stewart
guides us through a variety of recurring social, moral, and educational
cycles that undoubtedly will continue to repeat themselves in one way or
another. Her history of the rise and fall of Washington D.C.’s elite Dunbar
High School tells a story that cannot be ignored if we really believe that
education can be the civil rights movement of the 21st century. Stewart
begins with her mother, Carol Stewart, as she watches the inauguration of
President Barack Obama. Carol, a retired biology teacher, marvels, “What a
... more »
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