Eggelin Tomb Tower in Palmyra (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
What We Wanted to Tell You About Iran (Photo credit: jai Mansson's photography.)
'Engel' Albert Cuyp Amsterdam (Photo credit: FaceMePLS)The myth of deregulation, part #124
Courtesy of AmResolution.Com, here are 12 things you could do in 1975 that
you can’t do now…
1. You could buy an airline ticket and fly without ever showing an ID
2. You could buy cough syrup without showing an ID
3. You could buy and sell gold coins without showing an ID
4. You could discipline your children
5. Your children could buy you sherry from the bottle store
6. You could build your own house
7. Your children could build a tree house without a permit
8. You could pull as much cash out of your bank account as you liked
without the bank filing a... more »
Myles Dyer - SYRIA: 10 Thoughts On The Crisis
*SYRIA: 10 Thoughts On The Crisis. Source: Myles Dyer. Date Published:
September 3, 2013. Description:*
Syria is a bloody mess, and the US government is eager for military
intervention. Here are my 10 thoughts on the crisis.
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RESOURCES:
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2) U.S. Depleted Uranium as ... more »
@AACTE: Really? VAM’s for teacher education?
In case you missed it. The American Association of Colleges of Teacher
Education “applauded” the Council for the Accreditation of Educator
Preparation (CAEP) for “adopting” new standards that will hold teacher
education programs accountable for the invalid high stakes test score gains
or losses of children even though these scores are really a measure of a
child’s […]
Israel Pulling The Strings?
Obviously, that's Engel in the middle
AIPAC managed to get its most subservient congressman, New Dem Eliot Engel, elected
Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. If you want to hear
what the extreme right parties in Israel are behind, just pay attention to what
Engel says. He's their spokesperson. He doesn't care what his constituents
in Westchester and the northern Bronx say; he's the Likud's man on the
scene first and foremost. If Assemblymembers Jeffrey Dinowitz or Amy Paulin
are as smart as they appear, they're starting to think about a primary
challenge to Engel. ... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Zero Waste Week
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
Is your money safe in the bank?...
*probably not.*
Understand this: When you put your money in a bank *it is no longer yours.*
Did you know that? Until about a year ago, I didn't know that either.
Put some of your money in tangibles.
We just invested in some freeze dried food. A mere $300.00 gave us almost
a years worth of beef and vegetables. I spent untold hours searching out
the best deals. *Costco won.*
MSNBC War Cheerleaders Get OWNED by Hillary Mann Leverett - September 1, 2013
Read,
*"Hillary Mann Leverett Takes on America’s Liberal Hawks over Syria"*by
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett. An excerpt:
It is not surprising, but still disappointing, how much the mainstream
media are uncritically falling into line for the Obama administration’s
highly questionable case for yet another illegal American war of
aggression
in the Middle East. It is, of course, to be expected that unrepentant
neoconservatives who have learned nothing from the enormous damage that
their foreign policy project in the Middle East has done to America’s
international position (n... more »
Top 10 Diversions John McCain Found During Syria Hearing
Yesterday during a three hour-long hearing about Syria, Sen. John
McCain (R-AZ) was caught by a photographer playing Poker on his iPhone.
Senator McCain was unapologetic on Twitter, sarcastically calling the
disclosure a "Scandal!" (Last November, Sen. McCain had held a press
conference castigating President Obama for not holding meetings with
Congressional leaders about Benghazi *during* a classified Benghazi briefing).
But Poker was not the only thing the senior Senator from Arizona was caught
doing during the hearing. What were his other diversions?
10) Trying to find all te... more »
Use of Electronic Devices in the Courtroom
*Unless the presiding judge orders otherwise, *the use of electronic
devices in silent mode and in a discreet and unobtrusive manner is *
permitted* in the courtroom by,
- counsel;
- paralegals who are licensed by the Law Society of Upper Canada;
- law students and law clerks assisting counsel during the proceeding;
- self-represented parties; and,
- media or journalists
subject to the following restrictions:
a. The electronic device cannot interfere with courtroom decorum or
otherwise interfere with the proper administration of justice.
b. The electronic device cannot... more »
I never cease urging peace, which, however unfair, is better than the justest war in the world
*Equidem ad paceni hortari non desino; quae vel iniusta utilior est quam
iustissimum bellum cum civibus.*
*
*
*Cicero, **Epistulae ad Atticum* Bk 7 Ltr 14
My Little Town Makes the News
We had a wild time last night, for a while at least. It began when Mother
Nature made her presence known around 8 p.m. with a barrage of thunder.
And then the storm hit - all at once. Now I should mention that we're used
to high winds and heavy rains out here. We get beat up pretty regularly in
the winter months by storms raging out of the Bering Sea. Not too distant
is the port town of Ucluelet, near where they've had 420 mm. of rain in 24
hours. Average rainfall on the coast varies from 2,500 to over 4 metres
per year.
The intensity of last night's storm was wicked - both i... more »
“Republicans Offer Syria Strategy: ‘We Must Defund Obamacare’”
* *
*“Republicans Offer Syria Strategy: ‘We Must Defund Obamacare’”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “As the debate over Syria moves to the
United States Congress, a leading Senate Republican said today that the
only way to resolve the crisis in the war-torn Middle Eastern country is by
“defunding Obamacare at once.” Appearing on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Ted
Cruz (R-Texas) told host Sean Hannity, “If we’re trying to send a strong
message to [Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad, I can think of no better way
to do that than by defunding Obamacare.” Elaborating on... more »
“Syria and the Perpetual War Economy”
* *
*“Syria and the Perpetual War Economy”*
by Chris Mayer
"Whether you agree or not that the U.S. ought to strike Syria, there is one
reason it will: Because it has to. Perpetual war is one of the pillars of
the US economy. According to the Mercatus Center, the U.S. spends more on
its military than the next fourteen biggest spenders combined and six times
more than the #2, China. All by itself, America makes up 45% of all
military spending on the planet. The U.S. guarantees the security of 28
nations and has over 600 overseas bases around the world. It is an Empire.
And Empires ... more »
Untitled
*Expert says Louisiana officials “in denial” over radium risk at Bayou
Corne sinkhole ~Stuart Smith*
Update: Expert says Louisiana officials “in denial” over radium risk at
sinkhole - See more at:
http://www.stuarthsmith.com/update-expert-says-louisiana-officials-in-denial-over-radium-risk-at-sinkhole/#sthash.OHMjkAKO.dpuf
Update: Expert says Louisiana officials “in denial” over radium risk at
sinkhole - See more at:
http://www.stuarthsmith.com/update-expert-says-louisiana-officials-in-denial-over-radium-risk-at-sinkhole/#sthash.OHMjkAKO.dpuf
Update: Expert says Louisiana officials “in... more »
Transportation Alternative(s) invites you to register for "New York City's greatest adventure," this year's NYC Century Bike Tour
*But could I just pick a bit at the org name?*
*Online registration closes Friday for the 24th Annual NYC Century Bike
Tour on Sunday.*
*by Ken*
I think it was a couple of years ago on a Jane's Walk walking tour on
Staten Island that I met a bright, committed person affiliated with
Transportation Alternatives, which I'd never heard of. But the name sounded
interesting, and the young lady gave us all cute little TA buttons, and all
you have to do to get me to log onto a website is to give me a button. So I
signed up for the e-mail list, and among the e-mails I've received since
the... more »
Michael James : Muddy Waters and James Cotton at the Fat Black Pussycat, 1963
Muddy
Waters and James Cotton at the Fat Black Pussycat in Chicago, 1963.
Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James'
Pictures from the Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
Muddy Waters and James Cotton
at the Fat Black Pussycat, 1963
Music has always been big in my life... In the 1950’s I was all in when
Rock and Roll swept the scene, its fans, its makers,
From Peggy Robertson, I just need to share this. Sorry, kiddo.
Saw this posted, needed to quote it: Hold on to your seats…I think I may
win the award for the Greatest Testing Absurdity of the Night!!!!
Nashville, TN 7th grade parents were informed that the 7th graders must be
able to type 60 WPM in order to finish the new common core tests. And…no
worries […]
Belated Tuesday Linkage
Syria Boehner is backing Obama after this briefing. via CIVIC, the
unclassified version of the USG’s assessment of the Ghouta attack. Drezner
on IR theory in practice. Academica The politics of academic salaries. Via.
Rising star Dara Kay Cohen is featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education
for her pathbreaking work as a scholar/public intellectual of wartime sexual
Continue reading
Global Economic Model of War::: Understanding Syria and more
War
museum, Ottawa, Canada
By Denis G. Rancourt
Following a quick survey of macro-economic indicators which are readily
available on the web, from such public sites as the CIA, WTO, and so on,
one can readily posit a clear and predictive model of war. (All numbers
in this article are expressed in trillions of US dollars, such as 1.0T
for one trillion US dollars, as an amount, or as a
Don't F**k With Russia.
No, no, no....
Don't do *that....*
*The way a Shark looks at a Bream....*
A diplomatic report about the “stormy meeting” in July between Russian
President Vladimir Putin and Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin
Sultan concluded that the region stretching from North Africa to Chechnya
and from Iran to Syria — in other words, the entire Middle East — has come
under the influence of an open US-Russian face-off and that “it is not
unlikely that things [will] take a dramatic turn in Lebanon, in both the
political and security senses, in light of the major Saudi dec... more »
Al-Qaeda Demands Congress Pass Obama's Syrian War Resolution
Related:
*Al-Qaeda Presents The Moral Case For U.S. Intervention In Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Is Disappointed In British Parliament, Calls On British PM To
Attack Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Applauds Secretary of State John Kerry's Latest Remarks On Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Approves of Barack Obama's Glorious Declaration of War Against
Syria On August 31st*.
*Al-Qaeda Praises Obama Reaching Out To Friends McCain And Graham*.
*Below is a statement by Jamal Ahmed al-Tahiri, the spokesman for Al-Qaeda
in Damascus (AQD), demanding that Congress pass President Obama's Syrian
War Resolution. *
In the Name of Alla... more »
The myth of deregulation, part #123
Every uninformed member of the Church of the Commentariat feels obliged
at
some stage in their career to get up on their hind legs to denounce the
“deregulation” of New Zealand. Such denunciation, it seems, is a
prerequisite for elevation through the Church hierarchy.
The most recent application for elevation was lodged by Colin Bloody
Espinerwho, if you recall, denounced “the dangerous free-market hole”
into which
New Zealand has fallen courtesy of “the buzzwords "deregulation",
followed
by "light-handed regulation" and its kissing cousin "self-regulation."”
But look what Nanny d... more »
Syria updates - August 31 , 2013 - Russia Putin rubbishes as utter nonsense claims that Syria's government used chemical weapons in a War they were already winning , challenges the US to present its " so called evidence " to the UN Security Council , calls out any unilateral use of force without UN authorization as violative of International law !
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Coalition of the Missing in Action.....
http://rt.com/news/syria-crisis-live-updates-047/
( Now you say why the President mentioned time is not of the essence , the
attack could occur in a day , week or MONTH ! )
Saturday, August 31
*22:25 GMT:* Ahead of the congressional debate on a possible Syrian strike,
US Secretary of State John Kerry will try to win the hearts of Americans by
arguing the administration’s case on five major US talk shows, politico
reported citing a White House source. Kerry is planning to appear on NBC's *"Meet
the Press,"* ABC's *"This Week,"* CBS's *"Face ... more »
Hackers find ways to hijack car computers and take control
*
* *
* *Sloppy security by car makers or deliberate backdoors exploited thru
OnStar and Bluetooth wireless ports? Remember all those Toyota's suddenly
accelerating on California freeways? They always blame individual hackers
for this but its the individual hackers that uncover this kind of crap and
negligence... Its defective software and circuit design and should be
treated as such. Car control systems should be subject to same scrutiny
given to life support systems. -Bill*
*
* *Hackers find ways to hijack car computers and take control*
Tom Krisher, Associated Press | 13/09/03 ... more »
Microsoft buys Nokia mobile business for $7.2 billion
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* *Microsoft buys Nokia mobile business for $7.2 billion*
Published time: September 03, 2013 09:38
http://rt.com/business/microsoft-nokia-mobile-business-341/
Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop (left) welcomes Microsoft chief
executive Steve Ballmer (file photo) (Reuters / Luke MacGregor)Nokia chief
executive Stephen Elop (left) welcomes Microsoft chief executive Steve
Ballmer (file photo) (Reuters / Luke MacGregor)
Microsoft is buying Nokia's smartphone business and a portfolio of patents
and services in an attempt to improve its position in the mobile market and
compete wit... more »
ISRAEL & US RAMP UP MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN REGION
If the US does attack Syria I'd bet my life that Israel will be involved in
some substantial way. And if that happens all hell is likely to break open
- which is what the US and Israel really want. They are both itching to
have a reason to expand this war into Iran. The potential to draw Russia
into a shooting match is also very high.
Leave it to the Democrats to lead us into such an escalation - they talk
peace, demobilize the peace movement, and expand our wars. LBJ did the
same thing with Vietnam.
Don't buy the war talk from the magician and his team.
Ronald Coase, 1910-2013
*"In my youth it was said that what was too silly to be said may be
sung. In modern economics it may be put into mathematics."*
- Ronald Coase, 1988
The oldest living Nobel Prize winner died last night at 102.
Ronald Coase won his Nobel Prize for ideas in economics he developed when
he was an undergraduate in the 1930s at the London School of Economics,
studying under Arnold Plant and a young Friedrich Hayek. And he got it for
essays that were short, concise, and eminently readable—ideas that hit the
calcifying economics profession with all the intellectual power of a hand
gren... more »
Poison Gas Origins From USA? (CIA-Connected Syria Outsiders Outed) Obama Gets Bipartisan Support From Connected (And Suborned?) Insiders (DontAttackSyria.Com)
Thanks, Tom! (He's so not funny.) Obama Has Bipartisan Support for Syria
Strike D.C. Kabuki Theater (Just In Time) Alden Pyle was Graham Greene's
Quiet American, who was employed by a US economic venture that masqueraded
for the OSS/CIA's intelligence penetration around 1952 in US-sponsored
pre-Thieu/Gen. Ky Vietnam. (In every important scene in the movie, there is
an ominous figure
The Guns of August
*President Kennedy seeks counsel from General Douglas A. MacArthur*
*First hand witness to the folly of the Guns of August, 1914*
*August, 1962*
*
*
*"MacArthur believes it would be a mistake to fight in Laos. It would
suit the Chinese Communists whom he feels we should have destroyed at the
time of the Korean War. He thinks we should fight a rear-guard action in
the southeast of Asia. He does not feel we should interviene at this time
in Cuba because it does not represent a military danger to us although the
time may come when we may have to do so. He thinks our line should be
Jap... more »
The Syria Sea Change - Geneva Business Insider [The Corbett Report]
Title: The Syria Sea Change - Geneva Business Insider. Source: The Corbett
Report. Date Published: September 2, 2013. Description:
David L. Smith of the Geneva Business Insider blog joins for our monthly
conversation on world events. This week we dissect the Syrian chemical
weapons attack and its geopolitical fallout. We also talk about the sea
change that is taking place in public opinion as the people rise up to stop
these endless illegal wars of aggression.
Rep. Alan Grayson's Petition. Tell Congress: Don't Attack Syria
*By MARC McDONALD*
As the corporate media's drumbeat for war gets louder and louder, it's
reassuring to know that there is still a member of Congress who speaks the
truth (and who is willing to confront the Military Industrial Complex and
the "defense" contractor corporations that feed at the trough of our tax
dollars).
Please add your voice to Rep. Alan Grayson's online petition to tell
Congress: *Don't Attack Syria*.
As the petition states:
*"The Administration is considering intervening in the Syrian civil war. We
oppose this. There's no vital national security involved. We are... more »
Really, John? Kerry Says "World Wants to Know If U.S. Can Make a Difference."
John, calm down. We know the U.S. can make a difference. We all know
that. We know the U.S. makes a difference to just about anything that
gets its attention. But just because you can make a difference doesn't
mean that's a good thing.
Case in point. You made a difference in Iraq. You got rid of Saddam and
gave the country a new government. It's a really crappy government,
largely beholden to Iran, and the country remains poised on the brink of
civil war that's already claiming anywhere from 800 to 1,000 lives a
month. So, yeah, you made a difference.
You made a diffe... more »
Microsoft, Google sue US for right to reveal nature of surveillance requests
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* *
* *Microsoft, Google sue US for right to reveal nature of surveillance
requests*
Published time: August 31, 2013 02:20
http://rt.com/usa/microsoft-google-lawsuit-surveillance-241/
Microsoft and Google announced Friday they are going forward with a lawsuit
against the US government for the right to reveal more information about
official requests for customer data by American intelligence.
The companies originally filed suits in June following revelations provided
by Edward Snowden of their relationship with the National Security Agency
and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillanc... more »
The Power of Faith Trumps The Power of Bombs
The Obama administration and its allies, the Saudi despots and hawkish
Israelis, have already lost the illegal and aggressive war against Syria.
The verdict of history has already been handed down.
Syria is in the right. It has not attacked America, and it did not use
chemical weapons on civilians. Washington has no rightful claim to
intervene in Syria. Obama and Kerry are throwing their country into a fire
that will consume them to no end. They are up against a people, a region,
and a religion that cannot be destroyed with bombs. They will never submit
to America's dictates. They w... more »
Transition: Pedro Ferriz Santacruz (1921-2012)
We have received word from our friends and colleagues at Mexico's
C.I.F.E.E.E.A.C research organization that *Pedro Ferriz
Santacruz*(1921-2012), the "Father of Mexican Ufology", has passed away
at age 92.
Known throughout the Spanish-speaking world for his UFO television
program*"Un Mundo Nos Vigila"
* (A World is Watching)in the 1960s and 1970s, Ferriz approached the
mystery of UFOs with a sense of awe and respect, although with an
undeniable sense of humor that came across in his written work: "The
enormity of the universe, and the infinity of time, constitute
challenges
to the br... more »
Dad`s Boat
I apologize that no new articles have been posted in some time and I will
try and write one in the next couple of days....
Up here in Garden Bay the boat the Wyndover III is well-known..And lately
the old girl is feeling little rundown, that is about to change..
What started as routine maintenance has turned into a complete engine
rebuild, anyone familiar with boats knows there is little room to work
with, this boat has twin 350 chevy motors with all the extra added marine
devices, such as heat exchangers...
It was running rough, checked carb..checked plugs and distributer, fin... more »
Hanna Rosin corrects an inaccurate claim!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2013*
*We liberals decide to fight back:* Last Friday, Hanna Rosen corrected an
inaccurate claim—an inaccurate claim that is frequently made.
Especially in this tribal era, news orgs should be doing this sort of
script-checking on a regular basis. For ourselves, we were struck by some
of the reactions to Rosin.
What claim was Rosin correcting? It was a bit of a Labor Day special. She
defined the inaccurate claim right in her opening paragraph:
ROSIN (8/31/13): *How many times have you heard that “women are paid 77
cents on the dollar for doing the same work a... more »
Photos Long Walk 4 through St Louis by April Rhodes
.
Thank you April Rhodes for sharing your photos of Longest Walk 4 Return
to Alcatraz through St Louis with Censored News! Click on image to
enlarge.
April said she asked walkers what they needed that people could donate:
Another tent; air mattresses; lighting for camp; and laptop to plan
route.
Update: Western Shoshone long walker Carl 'Bad
BRICS agree on $50bn IMF rival bank, ‘difficult’ details remain
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* *BRICS agree on $50bn IMF rival bank, ‘difficult’ details remain *
03 Sep 2013
http://special-events.rt.com/summit-g20/news/brics-bank-g20-petersburg/
The ‘big five’ of the developing world, the BRICS nations, will meet on the
sidelines of the G20 to further iron out the details of their proposed
development bank, which will pool foreign reserves from the five nations to
create a fund of up to $100bn.
Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa will meet in
St. Petersburg to discuss the progress of the bank to rival the dominance
of the World Bank and the IMF... more »
Brother of Murdered Syrian Actor: "Syrians are only afraid of God, not the US"
"The brother of Mohammed Raffea, a well-known Syrian actor said to be
killed by the Syrian opposition gunmen in late 2012, spoke about his
brother death on Tuesday. He also said that he smiles when he hears "about
an American attack," on Syria because "Syrians are only afraid of God, we
are not afraid of the US."" *[Source: RuptlyTV, Syria: Late Syrian actor's
brother says "Syrians are only afraid of God, not the US," September 3,
2013]*.
Children Aren't Learning
My pal Roland was back at school last week. He seemed really happy with his
students this year, at least in terms of behavior. As far as their ability
to learn the basic stuff from the syllabus... he usually says the kids in
his inner city elementary school don't learn because of their situations at
home. My parents encouraged me to do my homework and status was awarded in
my house based, at least to some extent, on achievement in school. Many of
his kids' have very different situations at home, including parents on
drugs or in prison. according to a *Businessweek* report last wee... more »
The Plot to Kill Mitt Romney
Benghazi: Rupert Murdoch Tries to Run Gen. Petraeus as his Own Personal
Presidential Candidate (Audio) from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*Roger Ailles was going to quit Fox News to be Petreaus' Campaign Manager
and Rupert Murdoch made a personal commitment to finance Petreaus' ENTIRE
Presidential Campaign.*
*You can't make this stuff up..*
* Why the US media ignored Murdoch's brazen bid to hijack the presidency.
Did the Washington Post and others underplay the story through fear of the
News Corp chairman, or simply tin-eared judgment?
Carl Bernstein
The Guardian, Thursday 20 December 201... more »
Nobody Talks. Leave No Witnesses. Harper Covers His Tracks.
Nothing says coverup in government louder than the total absence of any
paper trail.
When the CBC's Greg Weston went fishing for documents of the Senate expense
scandal he came back empty-handed. The Prime Minister's Office, even the
Justice Department, reported zero documents on this broad scandal. "*Not
an e-mail, a memo, or even a sticky note.*" It's as though those two
bureaucracies had never heard mention of it.
*These responses came after requests from reporters and others using the
Access to Information Act to obtain all documents relating to the Senate
fiasco in the po... more »
Untitled
*Amount of BP fines to fund Louisiana’s coastal restoration still a
promise, not a certainty ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*
Wars and Refugee Crisis -Syria, Somalia...
*Al Zaatri, Jordan (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)*
*Hosts about 122,723 Syrian refugees. Almost 5,000 citizens a day on
average are flowing out of Syria, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
António Guterres said Tuesday.*
*Dadaab, Kenya (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)*
*A complex of five camps hosts 402,361 people, mostly from neighboring
Somalia. Here, boys fetched water from a puddle at the camp in 2011.*
And this will be the water for drinking and cooking etc. Very sad.
“Fukushima: Radiation Leaks Far Worse Than Reported”
* *
*“Fukushima: Radiation Leaks Far Worse Than Reported” *
TEPCO admits deliberately using radiation detectors that give deceptively
low readings.
by Mike Adams
"At the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant, radiation isn't the only
thing leaking out. Each week, it seems there's another small leak of the
truth that has been deliberately hidden from the public. Yesterday, TEPCO
finally admitted it has been downplaying the ongoing radiation release
levels by a factor of almost twenty. But the real story here is exactly how
TEPCO arrived at the deceptively small numbers it has... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Musician/Author Bobby Bridger & 'Lost Gonzo' Guitarist John Inmon
Musician
and author Bobby Bridger with guitarist John Inmon at the KOOP studios
in Austin, Texas, August 24, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Singer-songwriter and author Bobby Bridger
with 'Lost Gonzo' guitarist John Inmon
Houston-based musician Bobby Bridger, also a chronicler of the old west
and American indigenous culture, was joined by signature Austin
Pro-choice violence: The evidence
Update on the 'pro-choice violence' anti-choice shit-disturbing at the
Imperial Pub.
If this is their evidence, no wonder the cops weren't interested.
And isn't it interesting that there are two young black men in the chalking
group? Were the fetus fetishists offering a 'choice' between race and
gender on which they were planning their complaint?
I'm betting this isn't the first time the Imperial Pub has been targetted.
Look how close the Pub (first map) is to Campaign Lie's office (second map).
Musical Interlude: Outlaws, “Green Grass and High Tides”
Outlaws, “Green Grass and High Tides”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk&html5=1
Easing back into things after the weekend, enjoy...
Turn it up! lol
1974 Ehrlich and Holdren Senate Testimony
Motivated by my recent reading of *The Bet*, by Yale University's Paul Sabin,
I tracked down the complete 1974 Senate testimony of Paul Ehrlich and John
Holdren in hearings on the "Domestic Supply Information Act" held by the
Committee on Commerce and Committee on Government Operations (Serial No.
93-107).
The testimony provides an eye-opening look into the depths of Malthusian
froth of the time and also provides a great case study for thinking about
the role of experts in policy making. I plan on using the testimony in
future courses, so I am making it available here as a PDF.
B... more »
US: The Indispensable (Bombing) Nation
Pepe Escobar
Asia Times Online
Yes We Scan. Yes We Drone. And Yes We Bomb. The White House's propaganda
blitzkrieg to sell the Tomahawking of Syria to the US Congress is already
reaching pre-bombing maximum spin - gleefully reproduced by US corporate
media.
And yes, all parallels to Iraq 2.0 duly came to fruition when US Secretary
of State John Kerry pontificated that Bashar al-Assad "now joins the list
of Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein" as an evil monster. Why is Cambodia's
Pol Pot never mentioned? Oh yes, because the US supported him.
Every single tumbleweed in the Nevada deser... more »
Steve Israel Is Serving Up Some Very Unappetizing Mystery Meat
Wikipedia defines "mystery meat" as "a disparaging term for meat products,
typically ground or otherwise processed, such as chicken nuggets, Spam,
Salisbury steaks, sausages, or hot dogs, that have an unidentifiable
source. Most often the term is used in reference to food served in
institutional cafeterias, such as prison food or an American public school
lunch." They suggest also looking up Pink Slime. I'd suggest also looking
up Steve Israel, the congressman from Princesses: Long Island, who,
unfortunately for the Democrats, was reappointed chairman of the DCCC by
Nancy Pelosi a... more »
Gaia Portal: Primary Gaia Ascension Constructs [are] Fully in Place
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* *Primary Gaia Ascension Constructs [are] Fully in Place*
by ÉirePort
Primary Gaia Ascension constructs [are] fully in place. Awaiting final
signal for next movement.
Appropriate next movement of Hue-manity is perceived and accepted.
Secrecy grids dissolved, all planetary intentions are visible to all.
Spontaneous Higher Light "explosions" follow rapidly and eliminate all
shadow spaces.
Being "in the Light" or "in the shadows" matters not.
The Higher Light has prevailed.
ÉirePort | September 3, 2013 at 16:30
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-nW
Lamar W. Hankins : The Tyranny of the Manning Trial
Pfc.
Bradley Manning. Graphic by DonkeyHotey / Flickr.
A failure of the justice system: The tyranny of the Manning trial
Pfc. Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in a military prison for
embarrassing the government in a trial that grossly violated the
constitutional guarantee of due process.
By Lamar W. Hankins /
The Rag Blog / September 3, 2013
The right to due process is the bedrock of
Catch of the Day
To Scott Lemieux, who has gathered up some of the worst Munich analogiesbeing bandied about with regard to Syria:
Here’s the thing: for this to be a “Munich moment,” Assad would have to,
you know, have both the desire and capacity to conquer most of the region.
Since in fact it’s far from obvious that Assad will even be able to
maintain power in his own country — let alone have the ability to overrun
the Middle East — Assad isn’t a new Hitler and whatever he does Obama won’t
be Chamberlain. And in this particular case the analogy goes beyond
stupidity to being self-refuting — if Assa... more »
Key Lime Pie replaced by KitKat
I hear that Android 4.4 will not in fact be called Key Lime Pie as everyone
had been lead to believe by Google, but will instead be called KitKat. It
is being claimed that no money has changed hands between Google and Nestle,
how odd.
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Can you figure out from this what he did wrong...? Other than support Obama
as his campaign manager and out his father...?
Jr and his wife are both serving 14 years in the Illinois Penal System
under Rahm Emanuel....
(The Rev. absolutely threw Jesse Junior under the bus, by the way -
absolutely shameless.)
Ronald McDonald gets his booed in Bolivia
(NaturalNews) McDonald's happy image and its golden arches aren't the
gateway to bliss in Bolivia. This South American country isn't falling for
the barrage of advertising and fast food cooking methods that so easily
engulf countries like the United States. Bolivians simply don't trust food
prepared in such little time. The quick and easy, mass production method of
fast food actually turns Bolivians off altogether. Sixty percent of
Bolivians are an indigenous population who generally don't find it worth
their health or money to step foot in a McDonald's. Despite its
economically f... more »
Yossef Bodansky: Did the White House Help Plan the Syrian Chemical Attack?...
*it makes sense.*
I've never thought Assad had anything to do with the chemical attacks. He
had absolutely nothing to gain. In contrast, the Free Syrian Army really
had nothing to gain by attacking civilians - *unless* you consider the
following article:
*via Rush Limbaugh who is simply saying it's a very possible scenario:*
* *
*Did the White House Help Plan the Syrian Chemical Attack?*
There is a growing volume of new evidence from numerous sources in the
Middle East — mostly affiliated with the Syrian opposition and its sponsors
and supporters — which makes a very strong case,... more »
The Geopolitics of Syria
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*Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on Press TV on Sunday
September 1st, 2013. Draitser discusses the larger geopolitical context of
the war in Syria. He explains the motivations for the United States and
its regional partners in attacking Syria, both in terms of economic and
strategic interests. Draitser examines how the US drive to maintain
hegemony in the Middle East is at the heart of the proxy war in Syria.*
Lev Pontryagin: 105th anniversary
Lev Semenovič Pontryagin was born in Moscow, Russian Empire, on September
3th, 1908, i.e. 105 years ago, and died in May 80 years later, about 25+
years ago.
Interestingly and sadly enough, a primus stove explosion made him legally
blind at the age of 14. That didn't prevent him from becoming a top
mathematician.
On the other hand, it didn't stop him from being a jerk of a sort, either.
In 1936, he warned the Soviet officials that the mathematics community was
full of counter-revolutionaries in the so-called Luzin affair. People were
losing jobs. He was not only an aggressive comm... more »
Your moment of Zen
Hobsyllwin, the white dragon in Patagonia. Close to the city of Gaiman
(South America). [photo via The Pagan Poppet]
Argentina: Possible Anomalous Object Over Colón (Entre Rios)
UFO researcher* Daniel Ubaldo Padilla* posted this image to his Facebook
feed with the following caption: "The Visitor" - Along with other
onlookers, a qualified local witness saw an object in the skies over Colón,
photographing it in three separate intervals during a football match in the
Las Achiras district.
*Inexplicata* readers are cordially invited to check out his podcast (in
Spanish) at http://www.fminolvidablecolon.com/
Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain,
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina: UFOs in Victoria – There’s Something Going On (1998)
*Argentina: UFOs in Victoria – There’s Something Going On (1998)*
[From Carlos A. Iurchuk’s “El Fuego del Dragon”, No.1, Vol.1]
*By Andrea and Silvia Pérez Simondini – VISION OVNI*
Throughout the year 1991, a story dominated the first pages of the
country’s major newspapers: UFOs were invading the small and little-known
locality of Victoria, located in Entre Rios, in the Republic of Argentina.
Witnesses everywhere discussed the lights they would see flying over Laguna
del Pescado, in single units, twos and threes, in an incredible itinerary
that made it a show not to be missed by anyo... more »
What was in John Lewis’ speech!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2013*
*Taylor Branch reporting:* Last week, we reviewed a series of reports about
John Lewis’ now-famous speech—the speech he gave, at age 23, at the March
of Washington.
There was much discussion of the fact that Lewis agreed to change some
parts of the original speech. But every time we turned around, we seemed to
get a different account of what the speech had originally said!
The analysts still weren’t satisfied! So last Friday, we took Taylor Branch
to happy hour over at Penn Station. Rather, we took his book, Parting the
Waters: America in the King Years... more »
From SNAFU to FUBAR
(For translations of the above military acronyms, please see the end of
this post. I didn't want to begin with the F word right off the bat. But to
paraphrase, let's just say that ever-declining 21st century America has
gone from merely crazy to batshit insane.)
Syria. I can't keep up with the developments. Nobody can. But maybe that's
the whole idea. When it comes to domestic programs like passing a pallid
background check for gun purchases, gridlock rules so that the NRA dollars
may flow and the campaign coffers grow. When it comes to war, the speed is
lightning fast, because only... more »
No comment from Ed Balls?
The BBC report very quietly that:
The OECD economic agency has sharply increased its growth forecast for the
UK economy this year to 1.5% from an earlier estimate of 0.8%.
It said UK growth had gained momentum through the first half of the year.
The forecast came as a survey indicated that activity in the UK
construction sector grew at its fastest pace for nearly six years in August.
On Monday, a similar survey had shown strong growth in the manufacturing
sector.
Recent data and surveys have pointed to an acceleration in the UK's
economic recovery.
'Impressive' performance
The OEC... more »
MSNBC Host Tries Everything to Get Alan Grayson to Support a Strike on Syria
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Nice but dim
The BBC has presented Middle Eastern issues from a predominantly Arabist
perspective for several decades, but when people observe the religiously
fuelled turmoil that's erupting throughout the Arab world, the idea that
the troubles behind the “Israel Palestine conflict” may somehow be related must
*surely* occur to them sooner or later.
The appointment of Raffi Berg as Tarik Kafala’s replacement as head of the
BBC News website’s Middle East desk set off a reflexive response from the
usual pro-Palestinian organisations. Events have shown that ‘pro
Palestinian’ advocacy is actually ... more »
Amazon Matchbox: Wet Matches or Real Fire?
If you buy a print book and get an ebook thrown in you would call it a
bundle. It’s like the old ‘buy 1 get 1 free’ offer. You may pay a little
extra at the time you buy it, but you may want to read the hardcopy at home
and the digital in the version on the train. You may just be a hoarder and
intent on owning everything, in every media.
But is physical and digital book bundling mere hype dreamt up by the
digital advisors, or a new marketing ‘must have’ and is there a real
consumer demand that needs to be fulfilled, or are we merely striking
matches in the dark?
Well Amazon have ... more »
Coalition Deaths Still Declining in Afghanistan
As war talk continues about Syria, it's still the case that the US is at
war in Afghanistan -- remember that one? And odds are that the US will
still suffer more casualties in Afghanistan than anywhere else over the
next several months.
Still, it's worth noting that coalition casualties continue to decline
sharply.
There were 13 coalition fatalities in Afghanistan in August, following on
14 in July. That compares with 52 in August 2012 and 46 in July 2012; it's
the lowest combined total for July and August since 2005 (and the lowest
August since 2004). For the year, the total is 1... more »
The Strategic Signaling Dynamics of Assistant Professor Office Decorating Decisions
Having all read the canonical signaling literature within International
Relations, new faculty members in IR are faced with a crucial and
excruciating dilemma: how best to decorate their academic office. The
following blog post examines this dilemma in detail and is intended to
create an inter-university dialogue and research agenda on the issue.
While
Continue reading
DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS: The Kenneth Chang Challenge!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2013*
*Part 2—The refusal to report:* Way back in 1960, Sam Cooke released
Wonderful World, which went to number 12 on the charts. He’s credited with
the familiar lyrics, along with Adler and Alpert:
Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the French I took...
Cooke, who was already 29, said he didn’t know much about the subjects he
studied in high school. But he knew what a wonderful world this would be if
his girl friend loved him too.
The song, and the lyrics, have stuck. To hear the r... more »
Demonstration i Stockholm den 4 september.
Nej (No to) till Big Brother Obama
Stockholm, Sweden
September 4, 2013
Protest Event
I morgon, 4:e september, 5:00 em
Medborgarplatsen, 611 35 Stockholm, Sweden
Detta är en demonstration som arrangeras i samband med att USA:s president
Barack Obama kommer till Stockholm den 4 september.
Vi kommer att demonstrera mot: Massövervakning, USA:s krigspolitik och
Nato-samarbete.
Alla som kan samlas under dessa tre teman är varmt välkomna att deltaga.
Målet är att lyckas samla en så bred massa som möjligt och använda detta
ypperliga tillfälle åt att ifrågasätta USA:s politiska prioriter... more »
I Stopped Vaccinations Because___________________? - Fill In The Blank
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561
*If you would Be so kind ,please fill in the blank in the comment section
below.*
Diane Ravitch’s Message to Boston Voters via The Indignant Teacher
Dear Indignant Teacher: Friends in Boston have told me that my message to
you has been widely read, which is good, but also widely misinterpreted. I
am writing now to be clear what it means to support public education. It
means that public schools should be subject to democratic control. Mayoral
control is a very […]
Syrian Crisis and Stephen Harper's role
Stephen Harper does not want Parliament or the public to know that he will
covertly participate in any Syrian attack by the U.S.
Please read my earlier post on this subject matter here.
Upcoming War On Syria: Have The US And Israel Just Attempted A False Flag Missile Attack?
The criminals in the US and Israel are absolutely desperate to have their
nice little blood thirsty war against the innocent nation of Syria off and
running..... They have already attempted the ridiculous "chemical weapons"
attack on Assad's people that they thought they could sell to the public as
being launched by Assad himself...Luckily, everyone on this entire planet
has not bought into their lies..... So now they have been forced back to
the "drawing board" so to speak in a new sinister plan to somehow justify
an attack on Syria...
Well, it seems that just this morning, these ... more »
Syrian civil war
Barack Obama drew a redline after the Syrian government allegedly used
chemical weapons. Now he does not know what to do about the red line.
.
It Sounds Like a Japanese Sci-Fi Movie - An "Ice Wall" to Sequester Fukushima
The Japanese government claims it will build a wall of frozen soil to
surround the Fukushima nuclear plant and, it's hoped, prevent radioactive
cooling water from leaking.
Shafts will be drilled into the ice wall to a depth of 27 metres through
which coolant will be circulated to freeze the soil.
Ronald Coase has died
Here is the news from the University of Chicago.
In breach of trust cases, restitution is proper even if repayment unlikely
*R. v. Castro* 2010 ONCA 718 holds:
28 Insofar as the nature of the offence is concerned, in cases
involving breach of trust, the paramount consideration is the claims of the
victims: Fitzgibbon at pp. 1014-15. Ability to pay is not the predominant
factor. Indeed, where the circumstances of the offence are particularly
egregious, such as where a breach of trust is involved, a restitution order
may be made even where there does not appear to be any likelihood of
repayment: R. v. Yates (2002), 169 C.C.C. (3d) 506 (B.C. C.A.), at paras.
12 and 17.
Untitled
*Friends of slain 11-year-old speak out against N.O. violence ~WVUE*
*Sinkhole fears spur La. 70 realignment plans *
*Saints linebackers ready to answer questions ~Ramon Antonio Vargas*
*Steve Gleason Legally Entitled To Concussion Lawsuit Money ~Saints Tailgate
*
*French Quarter Battles Habana Outpost Restaurant Proposal ~Eileen
Flemming, WWNO*
Did Ed Miliband Save The World?
This morning I happened to hear a Southern drawl coming out of the TV in my
bedroom when I was washing up in the bathroom. The drawl was making a lot
of good sense on Syria, which surprised me. It walked over to see who it
was: Lloyd Doggett, a progressive from the Austin area. Figures! He talked
about how his constituents are adamantly opposed to an attack on Syria,
particularly if it's just the U.S. alone holding Assad accountable. Thank
you, Ed Miliband!
The UK's imperialist establishment has the knives out for Miliband, the
leader of Britain's Labor Party-- even more than usu... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Pauline Collins, 73. We just finished the second season
of Upstairs Downstairs with the youngest daughter...Collins is so, so, good
in it.
Good stuff for a very short week:
1. Jack Goldsmith on what an authorization for use of force can look like.
2. Andrew Rudalevige on what this all means for war powers, and for the War
Powers Act.
3. And Who Writes for the NYT?
Libya updates - september 3 , 2013 - Turmoil in the oil industry sector mirro turmoil in provision of security in the country !
Oil strike items......
Oil production at “virtual standstill” says Energy Committee
*By Ahmed Elumami*.
The GNC Energy Committee met yesterday to discuss the country’s plummeting
oil production (*Photo: Energy Committee Facebook Page*)
*Tripoli, 3 September 2013*:
Armed strikes at Libya’s oil fields and export terminals have brought crude
oil production in the country to a virtual standstill, according to the
Energy Committee of the General National Congress (GNC).
The committee confirmed, in an official statement released after a meeting
yesterday, that the decline in production c... more »
Syria Mashup: Missiles fired in Med & Saudi/Israeli/US bedfellows
*US/Israeli missile launches *
**
-- The Israeli Defense Ministry and U.S. Defense Departments conducted
joint tests of their missile operations in the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli
officials told the Associated Press Tuesday. The tests, which were detected
by Russian radar, come as the United States considers military action in
Syria
*Hague is a war monger*
UK to keep pushing on Syria - Hague
William Hague William Hague says the UK is increasing humanitarian aid
The UK will continue to push for a "strong international response to the
use of chemical weapons in Syria", William Hague ... more »
Egypt crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood continues... Cairo Court takes Al Jazeera Egypt , Ahrar 25 and two other televisions off the air. Egypt judges recommend legal dissolution of Muslim Brotherhood .... Syria war run up leads to tensions for shippers after Vessel attacked in the Suez Canal !
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/09/03/COURT-ORDERS-AL-JAZEERA-EGYPT-BROTHERHOOD-TV
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A Cairo court Tuesday ordered the closure of four television channels,
including Al-Jazeera Egypt and Ahrar 25, a network belonging to the
Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.
The Associated Press reports the court claims the stations had been
operating illegally and were a threat to the nation for spre... more »
Buyer's Remorse
Even as Stephen Harper repeats his mantra that he knows best how to manage
the economy, the ground is shifting under his feet. *The Hill Times* reportsthat:
The Conservatives are bleeding support from older voters, Ontarians and
ethnic Canadians who helped the party win a majority government in 2011,
say pollsters, noting Liberals are the ones gaining.
“The Liberals, no matter what the poll is, are still leading among older
voters. The Conservatives have banked on these older voters, where law and
order and economic stability are the most important issues, but in recent
polls we’v... more »
Marginal Tax Rates under Obamacare
Back in 2009, I pointed out in a *NY Times* column that President
Obama's healthcare reform would involve substantial increases in implicit
marginal tax rates. I am delighted that Casey Mulligan is now giving the
issue some serious attention in two new NBER working papers (here and here). He
reports:
This paper calculates the ACA’s impact on the average reward to working
among nonelderly household heads and spouses. The law increases marginal
tax rates by an average of five percentage points (of employee
compensation), on top of the marginal tax rates that were already present
be... more »
Domestic spying updates - September 2 , 2013 - AT&T caught saving decades of call records for the DEA - and concealing the existence of the vey project ? No we are learning just how long the spying on everyone schemes have been underway ! Spying cutting across all facets of life - not just a goal of stopping international terorists who could harm americans , but comprehensively spying domestically - through phone carriers , affordable healthcare program , the federal education system , for industrial espionage purposes abroad .....we now have an espionage empire completely unshackled , with a black budget of multiple billions , pursuing missions we won't be told about unless they are stumbled upon ! !
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=224043
Oh, It's Not Just The NSA (Boycott AT&T)
Well well, look what we have here!
The Hemisphere Project, a partnership between federal and local drug
officials and AT&T that has not previously been reported, involves an
extremely close association between the government and the
telecommunications giant.
The government pays AT&T to place its employees in drug-fighting units
around the country. Those employees sit alongside Drug Enforcement
Administration agents and local detectives and supply them with the phone
data from as far back as 19... more »
Slow motion planetary suicide
Call me crazy, but this non-stop radiation leak at Fukushima seems like a
bigger threat to our national security than any terrorist could hope to be.
I mean, let's check the map.
Radiation levels around Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant are 18 times higher
than previously thought, Japanese authorities have warned. Last week the
plant's operator reported radioactive water had leaked from a storage tank
into the ground. It now says readings taken near the leaking tank on
Saturday showed radiation was high enough to prove lethal within four hours
of exposure.
And then there's the pure... more »
War Watch - September 2 , 2013 - Afghan Police death soaring ( 1,792 killed in just the past six months ) as Taliban spring offensive takes its toll ! Afghan military not faring much better - is Nato willing to sign up for endless support to prop up the present Karzai regime and whomever replaces Karzai ? Taliban ( after twelve years ) , still cutting off supply routes with ease - as the US withdrawal picks up pace , the destruction of supply vehicles will have an even more pronounced effect ! Iraq death dealing continues
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/09/02/afghan-police-deaths-soaring-officials-admit/
Afghan Police Deaths Soaring, Officials AdmitGen. Dunford: Death Tolls
'Unsustainable' for Afghan Forces
by Jason Ditz, September 02, 2013
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The Afghan government doesn’t release official troop death tolls anymore –
the figures are just too depressing and officials said they didn’t want to
damage morale. Today, however, newly appointed Interior Minister Umer Daudzai
revealed that 1,792 Afghan national police have been killed in the last six
months.
Though the exact scope of the tren... more »
16 out of half a billion: elite Calabi-Yau manifolds with a fundamental group
*Heterotic phenomenology seems to converge to an excitingly sparse
shortlist of candidates*
Heterotic compactifications represent a convincing – if not the most
convincing – class of superstring vacua that seem to pass the "first great
exam" for producing a theory of everything. A week ago, I discussed \(\ZZ_8\)
orbifolds but now we return to smooth Calabi-Yau manifolds, the nice
creatures you know from the popular books and from the girl who has a 3D
printer.
The reason is a new hep-th paper by He, Lee, Lukas, and Sun (of China,
Korea, and Oxford):
Heterotic Model Building: 16 ... more »
While the White House gears up to engage syria - is anyone paying attention to the military revolt against the planned attack on Syria ?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/09/03/COURT-ORDERS-AL-JAZEERA-EGYPT-BROTHERHOOD-TV
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A Cairo court Tuesday ordered the closure of four television channels,
including Al-Jazeera Egypt and Ahrar 25, a network belonging to the
Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.
The Associated Press reports the court claims the stations had been
operating illegally and were a threat to the nation f... more »
BREAKING NEWS: US-Based Agency PATH Violated Law During HPV Vaccine Trials in India by Christina England
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BREAKING NEWS: US-Based Agency PATH Violated Law During HPV Vaccine Trials
in India
by Christina England
Green Med Info, 2 September 2012
*Indian Parliament Writes Scathing Report Concerning The Conduct of PATH
During HPV Vaccine Trials.*
On 30th August 2013, *The* *Mail India* *Online,* reported that the Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had allegedly played hand in glove with
the US NGO, PATH, to promote the commercial interests of both cervical
cancer vaccine manufacturers, which they say were linked to the deaths of
several young Indian girls.
*The Mail* stated t... more »
Getting An Audience for Your Blog
Some pearls of wisdom from @catherinebuca on building an audience for your
blog.
"If you build it they will come" - that's only partly true. Ensuring you
have regular content updates is important, otherwise there's no reason for
anyone, once they have read one of your posts, to ever come back again. But
until you get to the point where other people are sharing links to your
content between themselves, you're going to have to do the donkey work of
self-promotion if you want to increase your readership. It feels crass, it
is crass, but it's what you have to do if you want to build up... more »
Longest Walk 4 Crosses the Mississippi River
Monks
Mound Photo Mark Swain
By Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz
Censored News
Sept. 2, 2013
English/Dutch
ST LOUIS -- The Longest Walk 4:Return to Alcatraz crossed the
Mississippi River and had a brief Ceremony under the Arch, continuing on
to Brentwood. During out time in this area, we held a prayer vigil on
top of the largest mound at Cahokia Mounds. Recognition of the issues
relating to
Guess where I'm going today... To see 'The Leader of the Plaque'
Steve Martin is 'The Dentist' in Little Shop of Horrors
JOHN KERRY IS A FAKE
Kerry's paternal grandparents, who had been born Jewish, as "Fritz Kohn"
and "Ida Löwe", in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, changed their names to
"Frederick and Ida Kerry" in 1900.
At Yale, Kerry became a member of the 'satanic' Skull and Bones Society.
Kerry said on October 9, 2002; "I will be voting to give the President of
the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm
Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass
destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
During the Libyan civil war, Kerry was one of t... more »
The 50 to 1 project
Topher (*1982) is the commercial brand of an Australian host and filmmaker
who had 6 siblings, was educated at home, and decided that movies – and
later movies about political issues etc. – were his real passion. Using
some "amateurish" money, including some funds from Lord Monckton – as I
understand it – he shot a series of interviews with skeptics called
The 50 to 1 Project
Thanks to Anthony W. and Honza U. for leading me to watch some of the
videos. The ideas, graphics, and especially the content look very good. The
videos include a 10-minute introductory video and interviews wi... more »
Henry Geiger - The Meaning Of War (1988)
*"The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle" by J. Glenn Gray.
Introduction by Hannah Arendt. "All human beings should read this book." -
Henry Geiger. *
*Related: *
* Henry Geiger - Symbol And Myth (1974).*
*Henry Geiger - The Present And The Long View (1979)*.
*Henry Geiger - Moonshine And Sunlight (1984).*
* * * Henry Geiger - The Uses of Make Believe (1983).*
*Henry Geiger - Signs of A New Civilization (1980).*
* * *Henry Geiger - We See What We Are (1980).* * *
* ** Henry Geiger - An Ancient Question (1986).*
* Henry Geiger - The Chains Of Prometheus (1959).*
* Henry... more »
POLL IN FAVOUR OF INDEPENDENCE
Amanda Slater
"The Scottish National party has declared it 'game on' for next year’s
referendum on independence from the UK after a poll it commissioned found *support
for a ‘Yes’ vote outnumbering that for ‘No’ by 1 percentage point.*
*
*"The result of the Panelbase poll, which found 44 per cent favouring
independence to 43 per cent against, contrasted sharply with a number of
other surveys in recent months that have suggested a clear lead for the
‘No’ campaign."
SNP buoyed by poll in favour of independence
A YouGov survey unveiled at the weekend suggested 59 per cent of Scottish... more »
Labor Day 2013
Happy
Labor Day! I've run this video before; the YouTube poster
explains, "This was a PSA that the voice-over person decided to
record an "alternate" version of for fun."
It's NSFW:
More seriously, my most in-depth post for Labor Day was this 2011 post.
Over at Lawyers, Guns & Money, Erik Loomis has written multiple
posts for Labor Day, starting with this one.
Digby rounds up some great
Microsoft Capture Nokia On Transfer Deadline Day
Yesterday was the day of the big spenders. Gareth Bale became the world’s
most expensive footballer and joined Real Madrid for £85 million, Vodaphone
announced the selling off of its huge stake in Verizon for a mere £84bn and
Microsoft has agreed a deal to buy Nokia's mobile-phone business for 5.4bn
euro ($7.2bn; £4.6bn).
Tottenham have already spent the cash and replaced Bale with half a team of
international talent. Vodaphone are planning on giving their shareholders a
huge dividend of some £54bn to sweeten the windfall and true to their
nature will avoid paying any tax on the d... more »
Be Prepared- Emergency Food Giveaway
Welcome to the Be Prepared Giveaway sponsored by Rayven Perkins with Jerky
Direct, and Sandra Girouard with Shelf Reliance. Here's your chance to
stock your pantry with some excellent food storage items! Are you prepared
for a natural disaster? Most families aren't. And yet it doesn't take too
much effort to put a plan into place to make sure you are. Read this page
on how to budget for emergency food preparation. Get prepared with this
fantastic prize package worth more than $250! The winner will receive:
- (12) months of Jerky Direct "Jerky of the Month", two bags of je... more »
Muslim Brotherhood, Blair, Obama, Sinai Peninsula, Hamas, Israel, Arab Spring, 7/7, 9/11, Al Qaeda.
For some years, it seems that Western Governments have been SPREAD BETTING
among the global terror groups, trying to foment this civil unrest and that
country/regions destabilisation. And it's nothing new, what do you think
Lawrence Of Arabia was all about, ffs? A noble fight? A just insurrection?
Come on.
Anyway, here's the 'news' (with documentary evidence, they say) from THE
WESTERN CENTRE FOR JOURNALISM - let's see how long this association lasts
making bold news statements like this one:
*GLEN GREENWALD, EDWARD SNOWDEN, CRYPTOME UPDATE:* Unfortunately, this
constant spread-... more »
Senior Citizens Discount 5: Supreme Court Flip-Flopping on the Law
A fried from Mercury Drugstore, Atty. Edsel Manuel, gave a long reply to
the complaint of Mr. James Auste, head of the Cancer Warriors Foundation,
why his demand to get a 3-months supply of his medicines from Mercury was
denied. The email exchange was posted in our DOH Advisory Council for RA
9502 (Cheaper Medicines Law of 2008) email loop. Atty. Manuel's long reply
covered several topics, from the law on mandatory discounts to persons with
disabilities (PWDs) or RA 9442, to the expanded mandatory discounts to
senior citizens or RA 9527 (enacted February 2004) and RA 9994 (enacted
J... more »
When You Look At It This Way, Digging Dead Things Out of the Ground Only to Kill Live Things Above the Ground is Madness.
We have become a world obsessed with digging carbon out of the ground and
transporting it into our atmosphere just as fast as possible. We say
we're not, but the collieries, the refineries, the pipelines and
supertankers say otherwise. We take carbon from places and states where
it's harmless to us and then transform and transfer it into states and
places where it's devastating to us.
Welcome to my world, as it then was.
*The moon would appear six and a half feet closer to Earth, and the
continents of Europe and North America would be four feet closer together.
Zooming in, you... more »
RoboCall Scandal - Breakthrough Imminent? Stay Tuned.
"*Hard to imagine how they thought they could *
*manipulate this issue."*
*"Stay tuned."*
Word reaches the island to brace for some breakthrough on the robocall
scandal, possibly as soon as tomorrow (Tuesday). Veteran Tory insider
hints the fit might be about to hit the shan.
* *
*Stay Tuned.* What is that, the dissident Tory war cry?
Monday Movies Post
I need to talk McGinty. It's the first movie I ever wrote a Monday Movie
Post about, and although that was shorter than what I normally do (when I
do them...), I wouldn't feel the need to revisit a movie. Except that
someone else wrote about "The Great McGinty" this week, and I think got it
wrong.
(I'll link, but I'm also recycling key bits below, and expanding, so no
real need to click through).
If you don't know it...McGinty (1940) is the first movie directed by
Preston Sturges. As a movie, it's only fair...or, better, it's only
brilliant occasionally. He's still learning the cra... more »
Time For House Democrats To Find New Leadership
Enough of this crap
All the House Democratic leaders, from conservatives like Steny Hoyer,
Steve Israel, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Joe Crowley to "liberals" like Nancy
Pelosi, Jim Clyburn and Xavier Becerra, are working to round up votes
inside the caucus to back Obama's plan to bomb Syria. Pelosi became leader
of the Democrats because she stood up to Bush and Democratic Leader Dick
Gephardt when they asked Congress to approve plans to attack Iraq. Most
Democrats joined Pelosi against that war-- and that ended Dick Gephardt's
political career. That was a very different Nancy Pelos... more »
To Some? Try To Many
Check out this absurd headline: *"To some, US case for Syrian gas attack
and need for strike has too many holes."* [Source: McClatchy, Hannah Allam
and Mark Seibel, September 2]. Excerpt:
The Obama administration’s public case for attacking Syria is riddled with
inconsistencies and hinges mainly on circumstantial evidence, undermining
U.S. efforts this week to build support at home and abroad for a punitive
strike against Bashar Assad’s regime.
The case Secretary of State John Kerry laid out last Friday contained
claims that were disputed by the United Nations, inconsistent in ... more »
Netanyahu To Ministers: Keep Quiet, Our Role In Syrian Crisis Should Be Invisible
* Photo Source: AP.*
Below is an excerpt from, *"Obama informed Netanyahu prior to speech of
plans to delay Syria strike" *by Barak Ravid, Haaretz, September 1, 2013:
According to reports in the American media, Obama decided to postpone the
strike and ask for Congressional approval on Friday night after a
tete-a-tete with White House chief of staff, Denis McDonough. Gen. Martin
Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, also advised Obama
that the efficacy of a strike in Syria would not be compromised if it were
put off by a few days or even a month. A few hours later, ... more »
Global Developments Regarding Syria: Russia Demands Proof, Egypt Won't Support An Attack, Turkey Is Divided
*The evidence is "classified," meaning, "We don't have any evidence that
Assad gassed his people, now shut the fuck up and go away, we about to do
some bombing, biatch!"*
An excerpt from, *"Russia not convinced by US evidence on Syria"* by AP,
September 2:
Speaking at Russia's top diplomatic school, Sergey Lavrov said the evidence
Washington presented was not detailed.
"Yes, they showed us some findings but there was nothing specific there:
no geographic coordinates, no names, no proof that the tests were carried
out by the professionals," Lavrov said. He did not say what test... more »
Hermosos gatitos sobre las rocas
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Paisaje de río con aguas claras de la montaña
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You don’t get to vote for these councillors
You’ve seen the hoardings around begging for your vote to put people on
council.
But while folk are out there campaigning hard to get a seat around the
council table, incumbents of two seats aren't bothering.
They’re not bothering, because the two seats are granted not on the basis
of votes gained, they are granted on the basis of racial preference.
The two seats are granted to the so-called Independent Maori Statutory Board,
which not only has the statutory power to “advise” Auckland Council—advice
which the Auckland Council is statutorily bound to follow—but also has *up
to two... more »
Motocicleta Harley Davidson Sporster XL
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Hermosa playa paradisíaca con amahaca y palmeras
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Heartless, uninformed conservatives, please read this:
"The Eight Most Dumped-On Americans" by Paul Buchheit.
Maybe after reading the information in the article you will develop some
empathy, compassion, and civic responsibility.
Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing NSA’s
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* *Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing NSA’s*
http://www.cryptogon.com/
September 2nd, 2013
Via: New York Times:
For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a
counternarcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas, to an
enormous AT&T database that contains the records of decades of Americans’
phone calls — parallel to but covering a far longer time than the National
Security Agency’s hotly disputed collection of phone call logs.
The Hemisphere Project, a partnership between federal and local drug
officials and AT&T that has not previously... more »
Happy Labor Day Weekend!
Had a nice weekend NOT working.
I have worked out a ton this weekend and am feeling it now. Friday night,
I biked 15.5 miles at the park. Saturday, Kurt and I biked 18 miles.
Sunday, I ran 5 miles in the morning, then this morning, I ran another 5!
The weather has been perfect for working out. I love working out when
temps are in the low/mid 70s, which it has been in the mornings here. And,
I just like being outside in general, so it makes it less of a workout and
more fun. I am def feeling those workouts tonight though. Sore.
Other fun things from this weekend:
- Dec... more »
The Upcoming War On Syria: Syria Is NO Pushover, And Will Give The US A Very Bloody Nose!
It does seem that by any means necessary, the criminal Jews will indeed
have the United States by the middle of next week involved in a war on
Syria. Everyone is under the false assumption that the US Congress will
somehow stop the criminal US President's lust for war in its tracks... No
Dice!... The US Congress is completely under control of the Jews and they
will OVERWHELMINGLY vote to wage war on the innocent nation of Syria... The
cruise missiles will be flying possibly as early as Tuesday, September
10th....
But I came across a very interesting article that I have the link to... more »
Al-Qaeda Praises Obama Reaching Out To Friends McCain And Graham
Related:
*Al-Qaeda Presents The Moral Case For U.S. Intervention In Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Is Disappointed In British Parliament, Calls On British PM To
Attack Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Applauds Secretary of State John Kerry's Latest Remarks On Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Approves of Barack Obama's Glorious Declaration of War Against
Syria On August 31st*.
*Below is a statement by Jamal Ahmed al-Tahiri, the spokesman for Al-Qaeda
in Damascus (AQD), praising President Obama for reaching out to Senators
John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who are loyal friends of AQD.*
In the Name of Allah the Merciful, America ... more »
Microtel Inns, Dairy Queens, St. Sensible and Detroit Country Day: Realities and Myths of “Choice”
EDUCATION WEEK recently published “Calculator Use on Exams to Shift With
Common Core,” by Erik W. Robelen. In reply to some discussion about the
article on a private Facebook page, Wendy Hart wrote, “ I think the real
issue here isn’t what is the proper use of a calculator, but that it is
being dictated by […]
On The Advocacy of Teacher Unions and High Quality Public Schools: A Labor Day Post
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s funny how politics makes strange bedfellows.
Over the past decade I have watched as politicians and talking heads from
opposite sides of the political spectrum challenge and undermine each
others’ ideas about how to best create […]
White House peeved at Pentagon leaks
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*White House peeved at Pentagon leaks*
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/08/white-house-peeved-at-pentagon-leaks-171520.html
By GLENN THRUSH | 8/30/13 5:10 PM EDT
Many of the leaks about U.S. strike plans for Syria, a copious flow of
surprisingly specific information on ship dispositions and possible
targets, have been authorized as a way for President Obama to signal the
limited scope of operations to friends and foes.
But a number of leaks have been decidedly unauthorized -- and, according
to Obama administration sources, likely emanating from a Pentagon
b... more »
Learning impairment . . .
UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION IN AMERICA is turning into an expensive, futile endeavour for
the consumer, the student. The rise of “academic capitalism” appears to
be the cause, in the opinion of Thomas Frank who has a splendid,
insightful essay on a site called The BAFFLER, “Academy Fight Song”.
It's a multi-faceted problem facing people who have no choice.
The coming of “academic capitalism” has
Gold and Silver = September 2 , 2013 - Comex data for registered and eligible gold . India's troubles and where gold fits into the equation...Manipulations start off Asia's trading day !
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/09/india-in-trouble-and-gold-at-heart-of-it.html
Monday, September 02, 2013 1:09 AM
India in Serious Trouble (and Gold at the Heart of It)
Last week India's trade minister, Anand Sharma, came out with a laughable
suggestion: RBI should consider monetizing gold.
India’s central bank should look into the possibility of monetizing gold
holdings, trade minister Anand Sharma said on Thursday, in the latest
proposal aimed at combating a yawning current account deficit that has
hammered the rupee.
It was not immediately clear whether Sharm... more »
‘REGIME CHANGE’ IN SYRIA BUT WHO WILL BE THE ‘NEW REGIME’?
Yesterday I wrote that any attack against Syria will not be about
‘punishing’ Syria’s president Bashir al-Assad over the use of chemical
weapons but about regime change. However, the question that’s been
neglected in the debate is; if there is regime change, who will the regime
change over to? Once al-Assad and his government have fallen, who and what
sort of government will replace him?
Western governments have made it clear that they do not want a theocratic
government to replace al-Assad and especially not a coalition of Islamic
extremists many of whom the West believes have affi... more »
The last Labor Day?
*Which Republican said this?
(For the answer, see E. J. Dionne Jr. below)*
"*Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit
of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed.
Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher
consideration."*
*by Ken*
I thought of starting this note by saying something like: "Allow me to be
the last person to remind you that Labor Day sure ain't what it used to
be." Then it occurred to me that the condition is so well settled that only
the die-hards even think to mention it anymore. "Labor... more »
US Targeted America's " Oldest Ally " France with NSA surveillance ? US by way of NSA also spied on communications of Brazil and Mexico ( cue the outrage from those countries ) ..... NSA spied on Aeroflot , Al Jazeera , it goes on and on !
NSA revelations continue....
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-targeted-french-foreign-ministry-a-919693.html
America's National Security Agency (NSA) targeted France's Foreign Ministry
for surveillance, according to an internal document seen by SPIEGEL.
ANZEIGE
Dated June 2010, the "top secret" NSA document reveals that the
intelligence agency was particularly interested in the diplomats' computer
network. All of the country's embassies and consulates are connected with
the Paris headquarters via a virtual private network (VPN), technology that
is generally considered ... more »
US foreign policy on Middle East , Egypt , Syria is totally incoherent - is that being too kind ?
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Off
- topic for a second - why isn't the Fukushima debacle even discussed
as a matter of US national security ?
http://enenews.com/experts-fukushima-literally-matter-national-security-becoming-rapidly-international-issue-be-failing-japan-govt-dealing-crisis
07:38
PM EST on August 30th, 2013 | 10 comments
Experts: Fukushima “literally a matter of national security” — “This is
becoming rapidly an international issue” — “Something must be failing”
as
Japan gov’t not dealing with crisis
Okay , back to the False Flag , wag the dog , limited kinetic action
with
no mocking allowed
ht... more »
BREAKING: Teachers cheer for students to fail.
As children head back to school this week in New York State* they may be
subjected to Student Learning Objective assessments in the first week or
two of the school year. An SLO pre-test is supposed to determine a
student’s prior knowledge of a subject to help calculate teacher growth for
an educator’s evaluation. Now […]
Do Not Go for the GOLD (Teaching Strategies GOLD) for Early Childhood Classrooms
I want to begin by giving everyone a quick background on GOLD. I am simply
scraping the tip of the iceberg – it has many additional components to it –
but the component that is most used and most touted is the assessment
component. Please bare with me, this blog is much longer than it […]
Dine' Keyboad for Android Users
Native
Innovation Inc. Dine' keyboard for android users
Free download:
http://www.nativeinnovation.us/
Jerome Tsosie, 36, president and founder of Native Innovations, Inc.,
created the free download of the Navajo language keyboard app.
Read the article at Navajo Times:
http://www.navajotimes.com/entertainment/2013/0613/061313roc.php#sthash.LkCi4Vi7.75fkYdah.dpuf
The luxury of turning on a tap and getting clear, cold water
Safely back in Copan Ruinas after two weeks in Canada and the northwest
U.S., and still thinking about differences between the countries.
Life is generally better in North America. Schools, health care,
government, income, equality - everything works better, I told anyone in
the north who asked.
But then I usually warned them, too loudly, that they had to fight to make
sure things stayed that way.
Practically, water figured in two of the best things about being back in
Canada. I could stick a glass under any tap and drink clean water,
impossible in Honduras.
And I could flush toile... more »
Marshall Islands: not drowning, just waving
The Marshall Islands is in the news.
It’s in the news, because Pacific politicians and press are heading there
for a week’s grandstanding with each other over things they know nothing
about.
The know-nothingism has started early this time:
The Marshall Islands Government has made climate change the theme of the
forum and has singled out New Zealand for its carbon pollution, pointing
out that it is the fifth-highest emitter per head in the world…
The Marshall Islands, a series of 29 coral atolls and islands halfway
between Australia and Hawaii, sit just 2m above sea level on a... more »
Refugee Returns Drop As Violence Increases In Iraq
The recent increase in violence is having widespread repercussions
throughout not only Iraq, but the region as well. One example is the number
of people returning to their homes who have been displaced either
domestically or to other nations. The United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) reported a large increase in Iraqis coming back from
2011-2012. Those numbers have seen a dramatic drop in the first quarter of
2013. Displaced Iraqis have only gone back when they feel safe. The current
security situation means that not only will that not happen, but more
people may b... more »
HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People's History of Egypt, Part 8, 1922-1923
Sultan Ahmad Fuad became King Faud I in 1922. Image from Wikipedia Commons.
A people's history:
The movement to democratize Egypt
Part 8: 1922-1923 period -- Socialist and labor activism flourish despite foreign-dominated monarchy.
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / September 2, 2013
[With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series, "The Movement to
Egyptian Media Says Obama Is A Muslim Brotherhood Member
Is Barack Hussein Obama a member of the Muslim Brotherhood as some
Egyptians claim? I doubt that he's a member but he certainly seems to be
acting like a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, indeed he has since
first elected.
More here
http://patdollard.com/2013/09/egyptian-media-says-obama-is-a-muslim-brotherhood-member/
Untitled
*Frenchmen's Apple Barrel To Close Nov. 1 ~NOLA DEFENDER*
Gareth Morgan has found his spiritual home
[image: _GarethAdmiresSlaveState]
It’s clear from his recent comments that Gareth Morgan has now discovered
his spiritual home: the slave state of North Korea. Which fits with his
growing enthusiasm for meddling in everything.
[image: _Gaweth]The news he was there came first from the slave state
government’s own propaganda service, which knows how to make the most of a
propaganda opportunity. (Just ask Dennis Rodman.) But the mushy thinking is
all Gaweth’s. The West needs to "rethink" North Korea now, gushes Gareth.
The people are poor, he understates, “but wonderfully engaged.” ... more »
Alan Waldman: ‘Flight of the Conchords’ is Brilliantly Original Kiwi Musical Sitcom
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
'Conchords' features inspired comedy and music parodies from gifted New
Zealand folk-rock duo Jemaine Clement and Oscar winner Bret McKenzie.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / September 2, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries,
Rep. Zoe Lofgren Has Some Questions About The Syrian Crisis
Same old same old
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) has been a loyal Democrat who has backed Pelosi and
Obama in just about everything they've tried to accomplish. If I were still
a dj at San Jose's KSJO, she would be my congressmember. The district has a
PVI of D+19 and Obama beat Romney there last year 71-27%. She was reelected
in the Santa Clara county district with a stunning 73% of the votes and
she's been very active in trying to help progressive candidates in
California beat reactionary Republican incumbents, something few of her
colleagues are willing to do. She's been one of the most gener... more »
Today's news: The Good and the Ugly
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
In the news today, the long walkers for Native American sovereignty on
Longest Walk 4 left the arch in St Louis midday. The long walkers on
their five-month journey across America are bound for Kansas City en
route to Alcatraz.
Meanwhile, the Nobel Peace Prize winning US president and the anti-war
Secretary of State are busy making war -- while the media spins
Dwindling services for sex workers tells grim story in the post-Pickton years
It's very nearly nine years to the day since I jumped out of my comfortable
life as a journalist and took up a job heading a small grassroots
organization for sex workers. Many things have changed since then, but PEERS
Victoria is never far from my heart no matter what else is going on for me.
I could write a book about the things that astonished me, informed me
and bowled me over in those three years as executive director of PEERS.
There was so much to learn, not the least of which was how to live with an
unwieldy new performance-based contract with the province that had replaced... more »
WAY UP IN NORTHERN MAINE
I left Bath at 6:30 am this morning with Jeanne from Portsmouth, NH to make
the five hour drive to Limestone, Maine. We've come way up to what Mainers
call "the County", Aroosto*o*k County, the biggest county in the state.
It's potato farming territory and the place where many politicians in our
state want to put a "weaponized drone test area".
As we approached our destination in Limestone just after noon we saw a
couple Amish with horse and buggies along US Hwy 1A.
Limestone is where we will start our Maine Drone Peace Walk on October 10.
I've come up here, being driven by vol... more »
Don't 'Fight for Fifteen'
U Chicago's Allen Sanderson opines on the minimum wage.
*Addendum*: And here is an interesting new contribution to the empirical
literature on minimum wages.
Monday Linkage
Buzzfeed reports Internet memes about Obama’s Syrian policy are 10-1
negative. And some are pretty funny. Will Imboden on why professors don’t
make good presidents. The Arab League has endorsed international action on
Syria. Human Rights Watch points out that as norms go, the civilian
immunity norm is also worth “reinforcing.” The Economist has a write-up
about how chemical
Continue reading
SYRIA AND THE BATTLE FOR CYPRUS
*Cyprus's Makarios, who was toppled because he was not a friend of the CIA.*
Russia is to restructure the €2.5 billion loan it gave Cyprus in 2011.
The repayment period will be extended and the interest rate has been
decreased from 4.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent.
*Russia agrees to restructure €2.5bln loan to Cyprus*
*The main UK military bases are at Akrotiri and Dhekelia.*
Cyprus is "studying the possibility of providing in certain cases" the use
of the Andreas Papandreou (Paphos) Air Force Base for Russian military
aircraft.
Cyprus is considering allowing Russian warships to use ... more »
Respected independent geopolitical analyst: "The 'U.S. Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013' is a poorly constructed attempt to justify the politically, militarily, and morally unjustifiable war against Syria. It relies on lies, distortions, and obvious propaganda..."
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*Washington Is Addicted To Lies — Guest Column*
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Washington Is Addicted To Lies — Guest Column
The document released by the Obama regime in hopes of providing “evidence”
for
Secretary of State John Kerry’s brazen string of lies admits that the Obama
regime
cannot confirm that the Syrian government is responsible for a chemical
weapons attack.
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.co.uk/201... more »
Ukrainian ex-porn star wins legal residence in Czechia
Anastázie [Pavlivna] Hagenová née Hryšajová (*1985), known as Wiska, is a
Ukrainian-born porn actress who stopped working in the field two years ago
and she no longer finds the job fulfilling. (However, I was told that she
shot another film, Vizi Solitari 2, in Italy half a year ago.)
I watched some Ukrainian officials who screamed that she was the only
source of porn that the country was producing and therefore she had to be
stopped. So she was at risk that they would arrest her or something like
that for her past work that is perfectly legal in much of the West.
In similar respect... more »
America And France: Your Tyranny Will Be Defeated In Syria
*Assad has more dignity in his right pinky than these two vile warmongers
have in their entire bodies. *
"In fact, analysts believe Hollande cares less about public opinion on
Syria than his own miserable ratings, which hover around 20%. Despite
widespread opposition to bombing Syria, some believe it could nonetheless
help Hollande, as it would present him as being in close alliance with
Obama in a crucial international conflict. “This operation is far less
interesting to France as a country, than it is to Hollande,” says Jean
Guisnel, who blogs about military issues for the Fren... more »
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