Español: Cartel en protesta del enjuiciamiento injusto de Vanunu por revelar el peligro que representa Israel. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Village of Ma'loula, Syria Français : Village de Maaloula, en Syrie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The rock above . Français : Le rocher surplombant Maaloula. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Vanunu -- Israel's whistleblowing...
officials contend that restricting Vanunu’s freedom upon his release is necessary to prevent him from divulging further secrets about Israel’s nuclear arsenal. But after almost 28 years, Vanunu has no secrets or information left that could damage Israel’s nuclear program or any other Israeli military or government secrets.
What Israel fears is bad publicity if Vanunu were set free of its draconian measures. It wishes to make an example of him to deter others from pursuing similar actions.
On May 28, Vanunu posted this message to supporters about his situation: “The new interior minister renew the restrictions, not to leave the country, for one more year. Now the 10th year since my release, 2004-2014.
Venezuela, Palestine conclude solidarity oil deal
Venezuela has agreed to sell oil to the Palestinian Authority (PA) at a “fair price” as part of new energy agreements with the Middle Eastern government. The deals, made during a meeting between Venezuelan foreign minister Elias Jaua and his PA counterpart Riyah al-Malki in Caracas on August 24, include the training of Palestinians in the handling and distribution of oil. Jaua referred to the deal as “an agreement of cooperation and solidarity … the sale of fuel at a fair price”United States: The great 'success' of a carbon trading failure
Friday, September 18, 2009
It happened in Europe earlier this year — for the second time. And now it has happened again.
The biggest carbon trading scheme in the United States has collapsed.
10:42pm MDST
By Attacking Syria, The Obama Administration Will Be Throwing Syrian Christians Under The Bus
* **Maaloula, Syria (northeast of Damascus).** Photo Source: M.Torres /
Travel-Images.com.*
"Rebels including al-Qaeda-linked fighters gained control of a Christian
village northeast of the capital Damascus, Syrian activists said Sunday.
Government media provided a dramatically different account of the battle
suggesting regime forces were winning.
It was impossible to independently verify the reports from Maaloula, a
scenic mountain community known for being one of the few places in the
world where residents still speak the ancient Middle Eastern language of
Aramaic. The village... more »
"No cliché is an island," says "New Yorker" cartoon editor Bob Mankoff, and he reports on his cliché challenge to readers
*"Relax, honey -- change is good."*
*by Ken*
Last week *New Yorker* cartoon editor Bob Mankoff, in the
newsletter-blogpost "No Cliché Is an Island," issued a challenge to
readers, having to do with clichés in cartoons. He had been set off by a
blogpost by Teju Cole, "In Place of Thought," which bemoaned "too many
standard formulations in our language" that "stand in place of thought" yet
are proclaimed "due to laziness, prejudice, or hypocrisy -- as though they
were fresh insight."
"Cole's statement resonates with me," Bob wrote, "being a lazy, prejudiced
hypocrite."
Yet, for me... more »
Gareth Morgan v Liberty Scott: update
I reported on last Friday’s ramble the online stoush ‘tween Captain Morgan
and Liberty Scott that began when Gareth left North Korea decrying how
badly the prison state has been misunderstood by everyone but him and Kim
Jong Il.
Turns out Gareth has backed down—in exactly the same way that Soviet
historians used to back down, i.e., by rewriting the past.
Scott reports that Gareth
has removed his libel threat and his lengthy ad-hominem attack on me which
started with a diatribe against ad-hominem attacks. He has edited many of
my comments extensively, and has done the same to hi... more »
Russell Means to be Honored in Denver Nov. 7 -- 10, 2013
Celebrating
the Life and Legacy of Russell Means
http://russellmeanshonoring-denver.com/?p=1
Mitakuy Oyasin (we are all related)
Denver, CO – November 7 – 10
The Denver Russell Means Honoring Committee is working on a series of
events to commemorate the life of Russell Means and honor him as a
cultural, political, artistic visionary American Indian Leader. Russell
Means was an Oglala
Demonising Part-Time Workers
They call it a recovery. The OECD has raised its forecast of UK economic
growth from 0.8% to 1.5%. This follows on from the British Chambers of
Commerce who've floated a similar figure. While economics wonks are
muttering "caveats, caveats" the *Daily Express* have had no hesitation
proclaiming "Britain's economic recovery is now in overdrive". Resting
arguments on evidence might be out of sorts when it comes to punditry, but
as someone who thinks commentary should fit the facts and not the other way
round it would be dumb to deny the numbers are, handily, falling like
pennies from... more »
Ask NOT What the Standards Can Do for You…
Instead, make sure you’re reflecting on just how well you, dear teachers,
are promoting the Common Core State [sic] Standards in your classrooms.
Common Core-aligned lesson plan templates are starting to make an
appearance, right alongside the Common Core-aligned lesson modules that are
infiltrating ELA and math classes across the country. These templates
don’t look […]
“The Ghost With Consciousness And Potential”
* *
*“The Ghost With Consciousness And Potential”*
by The DailyOM
“One day a ghost paid Ari a visit. She had long blond hair and wore a
banana-colored satin nightgown. Even though she had the power to interrupt
and to come and go as she pleased, she arrived between sessions as a
gesture of respect and good will.
"I never got to use my talents!" the ghost wailed. She floated about the
room, agitated and unable to alight. "Now I'm dead and buried!"
"You can't create where you find yourself these days?" Ari asked the
miserable ghost.
"No! I just wander the universe, pointlessly an... more »
From Chris Lubienski: Do Charter Schools Promote Social Justice, Privatize Public Education (or both)?
Some liberals are quite enthralled with the social justice possibilities of
school choice. While district and enrollment boundaries reflect segregated
residential patterns in the US, in theory, choice allows families to select
schools across these artificial barriers, eradicating an important
institutional impediment to equity. Moreover, schools then must compete to
attract students, just like businesses […]
The Elegant Solution
Peter D has been running a fantastic series on PUFAs and cancer. Lots of
references to linoleic acid promoting the growth of hepatoma cells.
"In the lab situation rapid hepatoma tumour growth needs either arachidonic
or linoleic acids. The acids must be taken up in to the hepatoma cells,
they must be acted on by lipoxygenase to produce 13-hydroxyoctadecadienoic
acid, better known as 13-HODE. 13-HODE appears to be the mitogen which
promotes rapid cancer growth. 13-HODE looks like a repair signal gone wrong
in cancer cells."
Wonderful stuff in line with all the other deleterious effec... more »
never forget, onion style
I think The Onion has outdone itself this time.
From the Structural Steel Melt on Tower 7–Grain bread to the Twin Chowers
cold cut combo with Ground Zero–Carb vinaigrette on a Let’s Whole Wheat
Roll, we’ve got something for everybody this Subtember 11.
Click here.
personal update, our new (rental) house, and why we'll never own a home
We've moved! We're renting a much larger, newer, and more comfortable house
in central Mississauga. We've lost the huge backyard of our old rental
home, but the backyard here is still a decent size, the largest of any
house we saw that we'd want to live in. (The choices were huge backyards
with old, un-maintained, falling-apart houses, beautiful new townhouses
with either no backyard or a tiny square of cement, or this place!)
We have more space - *way* more space - in this house on two floors than we
had in the old place on three floors. And after two major floods, we're
pretty hap... more »
John White Shoots Self in Foot with Loaded SLTs
Former-TFAer and Broad-trained Louisiana “Superintendent” John White must
broadcast something data-ish to demonstrate that He Is Right and Reforms
Are Working. Mind you, his reforms are not working; they are a repeatedly
demonstrated con perpetrated on Louisiana’s education system. Nevertheless,
White insists on issuing the following press release regarding the
“usefulness” of Louisiana’s first student learning […]
Nothing left to lose
This is criminal. Witness government sponsored predatory debt collection.
On the day Bennie Coleman lost his house, the day armed U.S. marshals came
to his door and ordered him off the property, he slumped in a folding chair
across the street and watched the vestiges of his 76 years hauled to the
curb.
Movers carted out his easy chair, his clothes, his television. Next came
the things that were closest to his heart: his Marine Corps medals and
photographs of his dead wife, Martha. The duplex in Northeast Washington
that Coleman bought with cash two decades earlier was emptied a... more »
Why announcing who replaces Bernanke has anything to do with Syria is a puzzler - an announcement tomorrow doesn't mean Hearings on the Nomination would occur Wednesday - this only makes sense if Obama is going with Summers and just doesn't need further uproar from Dems who want Yellen - no need to give another reason to vote NO before the votes on the War Resolution are cast....
Sounds like it's going to be Larry Summers......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-08/obama-set-delay-bernanke-replacement-decision-amid-syrian-paralysis
Obama Set To Delay Bernanke Replacement Decision Amid "Syrian Paralysis"
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/08/2013 19:50 -0400
- Barack Obama
- Ben Bernanke
- Ben Bernanke
- Federal Reserve
- White House
inShare
Preferring to "wait until the dust settles," to make a decision on who will
replace Ben Bernanke as Fed Chair, Bloomberg reports. Former Obama advisor
David Plou... more »
Videos: Thousands Pray For Peace In Syria + Pope Francis: War is a defeat for humankind
Title: Thousands Pray For Peace In Syria. Source: MOXNEWSd0tC0M. Date
Published: September 8, 2013. Description:
September 07, 2013 KING 5 News
http://MOXNews.com
Title: Pope Francis' homily during peace vigil: War is a defeat for
humankind. Source: Rome Reports TV. Date Published: September 7, 2013.
Description:
http://en.romereports.com
"Leave behind the self-interest that hardens your heart, overcome the
indifference that makes your heart insensitive towards others, conquer your
deadly reasoning, and open yourself to dialogue and reconciliation. Look
upon your brother's sorr... more »
Is There A Remedy For The Dysfunction Of American Politics?
Financiers of the far right's anti-democracy jihad: 2 Kochs
Elizabeth Drew, in a fascinating piece for the *NY Review of Books*, The
Stranglehold on Our Politics, talks about the determinative properties of
voter turnout in midterm elections. Normally turnout sinks from between
51.7 to 61.6% for presidential elections into the high 30s for midterms.
When the Democrats took back the House and Senate from the GOP in 2006,
they managed to turn out a whopping 40.4%. The GOP learned a lesson and,
with the help of right-wing billionaires and their zombie Tea Party
brigades turned out 41.6%... more »
John White Shoots Self in Foot with Loaded VAM
Former-TFAer and Broad-trained Louisiana “Superintendent” John White must
broadcast something VAM-ish to demonstrate that He Is Right and Reforms Are
Working. Mind you, his reforms are not working; they are a repeatedly
demonstrated con perpetrated on Louisiana’s education system. Nevertheless,
White insists on issuing the following press release regarding the
“usefulness” of Louisiana’s first value added […]
Empty-headed know-nothingism not good enough, says educator
*This is a long post, but it is, I think, worth your time. There is no
subject that could be more important than this—and I bring good news…*
[image: Ministry_of_Miseducation]
I was overjoyed to see Associate Professor of Education Elizabeth Rata
writing in the *Weekend Herald* about a serious affliction brought on by
the Ministry’s national curriculum. Knowledge, she says, has been removed
from school curricula, “increasingly abandoned for a misguided focus on
skills and the process of learning.”
I was overjoyed to see her say that—not because I’m happy it’s happened,
but becau... more »
Opening bell rings for 2016
Amusing story of the day. Peter King first to announce for 2016.
WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Rep. Peter King won’t be the best known Republican
presidential candidate in 2016, but he is the first.
King, making his second of four scheduled visits to the state in the summer
and fall, told a New Hampshire radio station Friday that he’s there
“because right now I'm running for President.”
To which I can only say:
Rep. Amash: ‘If Americans Could Read Classified Docs, They’d Be Even More Against Syria Action’
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* *
* *Rep. Amash: ‘If Americans Could Read Classified Docs, They’d Be Even
More Against Syria Action’*
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/rep-amash-if-americans-could-read-classified-docs-theyd-be-even-more-against-syria-action_092013
Melissa Melton
The Daily Sheeple
September 7th, 2013
Congressman Justin Amash (R-MI) has been a very outspoken opponent of any
military intervention in Syria. He has been all over the media warning that
we as a nation should not strike Syria, and he has even used social media
sites to warn his fellow Congress members that if they vote for military
act... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Which is more important to you in your evaluation of Barack Obama's
presidency: the resolution of the war in Iraq; the resolution of the war in
Afghanistan; the drone wars in Pakistan and elsewhere; the intervention in
Libya; or the resolution of the situation in Syria?
(Note: yes, these are not the only foreign policy/national security events
of the Obama presidency; I'm just thinking about these, but feel free of
course to discuss whatever is of interest to you).
DOWN TO THE DOCTOR’S: So, somebody had an election
*This week, Doc McGrath is looking westward again ... and notes with
pleasure a surprise entrant to the Australian Senate.*
It was no surprise to anyone that Tony Abbott cleaned up at Saturday's
Australian general election. It appears his coalition of conservative
parties will gain around 89 seats, with the shambolic Labor Party formerly
lead by narcissist Kevin Rudd back on about 57.
The Aussies have a rather complex voting system with preferences, which
does not result in a parliament based on proportional representation. Not
many people will realise that the Labor Party actual... more »
The Fed Chair, Inequality And Barack Obama
In his searing and incisive book analyzing the Cheney presidency, Angler,
Barton Gellman goes into how Cheney was able to neutralize his old crony,
Fed Chair Alan Greenspan when he decided to cripple the American economy
with a catastrophic tax cut for the wealthy, specifically designed to
foster and accelerate economic inequality. They violated a principle that
keeps a country's central banker independent of partisan politics.
Greenspan never met with Al Gore one on one in eight years and visited the
White House to see the Secretary of the Treasury one a month. He and Cheney
hud... more »
I'm reposting here for the second time in 7 days the stirring video featured in my post of August 30, 2013, just in case you missed it. See and hear(!) why Paul Craig Roberts declared British MP George Galloway to be "the only real leader in the entire Western world."
This video is taken from my original re-posting to Cherchez la Verite of an
important article in Veterans News Now.
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*George Galloway's HEATED Speech British Parliament Debate On Military
Action Against Syria. 8/29/2013*
http://youtu.be/Han5fgzy4KU
Cherchez la Verite
Sunday Question for Conservatives
What sort of an issue will marriage be in Republican primaries in the 2014
and 2016 cycles?
Corruption Found In BP Oil Spill Settlement
Fraud Found In BP Settlement
Story of Iran "Rape Threat" Written by Neo-Con Cartoon Character "Reza Kahlili"
*September 9, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - "Reza Kahlili" is not his real
name. Appearing either masked or silhouetted, "Reza Kahlili" is a
reoccurring character in the US Neo-Con's long-running pro-war,
anti-Iranian propaganda campaign, stretching all the way back to the Bush
administration. His biography, as stated on Neo-Con warmonger Joseph
Farah's "World Net Daily" (WND), is as follows:
Reza Kahlili, author of the award-winning book "A Time to Betray," served
in CIA Directorate of Operations, as a spy in the Iranian Revolutionary
Guard, counterterrorism expert; currently serves o... more »
Counties!
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It’s taken a few years—fifty-seven long-overdue years, to be as precise as
I can—for Counties to finally lift the Shield!
It’s seen a lot of beer over the last three weekends. Thank goodness it can
now be safely locked up for a few more…
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Story of Iran "Rape Threat" Written by Neo-Con Cartoon Character "Reza Kahlili"
Despicable war propaganda primes stage for false flags and expanded war
with Syria and Iran.
"Reza Kahlili" is not his real name. Appearing either masked or
silhouetted, "Reza Kahlili" is a reoccurring character in the US Neo-Con's
long-running pro-war, anti-Iranian propaganda campaign, stretching all the
way back to the Bush administration. His biography, as stated on Neo-Con
warmonger Joseph Farah's "World Net Daily" (WND), is as follows:
Reza Kahlili, author of the award-winning book "A Time to Betray," served
in CIA Directorate of Operations, as a spy in the Iranian Revolution... more »
Too Bad There Can't Be A Mental Health Test For Voting -- Many In GOP Couldn't Vote
By Manifesto Joe
I honestly don't take much pleasure in demonizing conservatives. In an
intended democratic republic such as this one, the system needs liberals
for vision, conservatives for grounding. In history we have seen examples
of both sides producing great statespeople.
Why, then, do contemporary American "conservatives" act like such psychos?
I suppose that one could argue that it's their turn. Within my lifetime, I
can recall cases of delusional left-wing behavior. Jane Fonda's infamous
antics in Hanoi around 1972 come immediately to mind. But that era ended
quickly. By t... more »
Please welcome the inimitable and pollster’s worst nightmare Mercedes Schneider to @thechalkface
Check out her author bio and page here. Her great analysis joins our team.
We are excited. Tagged: mercedes schneider, statistics
Put On Your Hip Boots: NCTQ Is At It Again.
Today, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its “first
ever” “comprehensive” report to the American public “with US News and World
Report as publisher.” And according to the NCTQ press release, the results
of this sure-to-be-high quality report are “dismal.” Actually, what is
“dismal” is how incredibly lame this report is. NCTQ believes that […]
Forget Evidence: White, BESE, and Corporate Reform Ideology
Last week, the NCTQ report of teacher training programs was published in US
News and World Report. Mind you, NCTQ doesn’t bother with anything so real
as mandatory site visits to the programs it rates, which can make for a
really embarrassing moment when a site that receives high marks doesn’t
exist except on paper. I have […]
RSD’s Watered-down Incremental Miracle and Continued Fiscal Embarrassment
It is very important to those promoting corporate reform in The Big Easy to
show just how wonderful, how miraculous, how “rebirthful,” state takeover
of New Orleans schools has been. Hurricane Katrina hit almost eight years
ago (August 29, 2005); in the storm’s aftermath (and already itching to get
their hands on New Orleans’ schools), […]
John White: “I’ll Just Tell Them Reforms Are Working.”
I have learned that if John White writes something it must be true. Gotcha.
Today among the letters to the editor at nola.com is an entry from John
White. Despite his history of lying, the readers of nola.com simply must
trust what John White has to tell them. Not. Let us examine what John
wishes for his readers to […]
Reformer Love for the Opinion Pages
For reformers advancing their cause in the ubiquitous education reform
battle, no medium is too insignificant for promoting privatization. As
such, an important yet unassuming battlefield involves the opinion pages in
community newspapers. My first experience with this opinion-page battle
involves reading then-Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)
President Penny Dastugue’s October 9, 2012, defense of Louisiana’s […]
The Resignation: Why Bennett and Not White?
John White is Louisiana’s Tony Bennett. Both engage in the same shady
reformer manipulations, yet Bennett has resigned and White still has a job.
How is that? How, indeed. On July 29, 2013, LDOE was supposed to publicize
the 2013 school letter grades. No grades yet. In 2012, the school letter
grades were not released until […]
Kira Orange-Jones’ TFA Promotion and LDOE-TFA Contracts
Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) member Kira
Orange-Jones is once again in the news, this time for her promotion as
state ”liaison” for Teach for America (TFA). In August 2012, the ethics
board declared no conflict of interest for Jones since her salary “is not
in any way dependent on the contracts that TFA gets.” […]
A Brief Tutorial on Reading “Miracle” Graphs
On August 8, 2013, Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools
(LAPCS) founder and director Caroline Roemer Shirley sent out an email
announcement regarding the supposed superiority of the state-run RSD
charter schools over non-charters. She even states that her child will
attend a charter this year (no specifics provided). Roemer Shirley is the
sister of Louisiana Board […]
The AP and Gallup Polls: A Commentary
The theme of this past several days appears to be the national education
poll and how much one should (or should not) trust the results. On August
17, the Associated Press (AP) released a twisted version of what they would
like for parents to want for their children– high-stakes tests– except
that the term “high stakes” does not […]
Why Does a “Turnaround” District Need to Purchase Buildings?
When the Recovery School District (RSD) was formed, it was supposed to
“turn around” schools and return the schools to the original districts:
Intended as a mechanism for restructuring and reform, the RSD was never
meant to be a permanent part of the public school governance landscape in
New Orleans. Instead, the RSD was meant […]
What is John White Promoting as Common Core Sample Assessment Materials?
In the four brief videos below, “Dianne X” examines the content of the
Louisiana Believes website, including excerpts from the Race to the Top
(RTTT) agreement that contradicts White’s “mission in Louisiana to have
every child achieve a college degree or professional career” and sample
Enhanced Assessment of Grade Level Expectations (EAGLE) test items offered
to the […]
A Brief Audit of Bill Gates’ Common Core Spending
This is a post about Bill Gates and his money, a brief audit of his Common
Core (CCSS) purchases. Before I delve into Gates accounting, allow me to
set the stage with a bit of CCSS background. A Bit of CCSS Background It is
important to those promoting CCSS that the public believes the idea that
CCSS is “state-led.” […]
Gates Money and Common Core: Part II
On August 27, 2013, I wrote a post about Bill Gates’ financial involvement
in advancing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Though CCSS promotes
itself as “state led,” in my previous post, I showed that all four major
organizations responsible for CCSS from inception for its principal
development– the National Governors Association (NGA), the Council of Chief
[…]
UPDATE: Core Knowledge, Amplify, and “Free” Materials
UPDATE 09-05-13: Don Hirsch, Core Knowledge founder, has provided this link
for the free CK ELA K3 materials:
http://www.coreknowledge.org/ckla-files#! Note: The links in my post are
still live and do not lead to free downloads. These links also contain no
message or redirect to the free downloads. They do, however, make it easy
to locate […]
Reflections on Amplify’s Core Knowledge Profit Potential
In this post, I would like to offer my response to this information
included as part of Diane Ravitch’s post on my exchange with Core Knowledge
(CK) founder E.D. Hirsch. Regarding my strong statements on Amplify’s
profit motive, Hirsch writes the following: The only way Amplify can make
money from CK Pre-K-through 3 is if a school […]
UPDATE: Core Knowledge, Amplify, and “Free” Materials
UPDATE 09-05-13: Don Hirsch, Core Knowledge founder, has provided this link
for the free CK ELA K3 materials:
http://www.coreknowledge.org/ckla-files#! Note: The links in my post are
still live and do not lead to free downloads. These links also contain no
message or redirect to the free downloads. They do, however, make it easy
to locate […]
Reflections on Amplify’s Core Knowledge Profit Potential
In this post, I would like to offer my response to this information
included as part of Diane Ravitch’s post on my exchange with Core Knowledge
(CK) founder E.D. Hirsch. Regarding my strong statements on Amplify’s
profit motive, Hirsch writes the following: The only way Amplify can make
money from CK Pre-K-through 3 is if a school […]
AACTE Endorses CAEP; Testing Companies Win.
Once again a major education organization has proclaimed its intention to
grade teachers (this time, teachers in training) using student test scores.
Talk about “status quo.” Allow me to begin this post by addressing this
foolish notion. I realize this topic has been written about repeatedly, yet
reformers (and those yielding to reformers) insist that grading teachers
using student […]
Lessons for Stevie . . .
1513.
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, Niccolo Machiavelli finished The Prince, the
practical guide to political survival. Because it's practical, it's
cogent today: our milieu may change, but our motivational rainbow
remains the same. Boston University's BU Today blog has a fine posting
by John O’Rourke, “Machiavelli’s The Prince: Still Relevant after All
These Years”; check it out. The article
Free Download: Orison Swett Marden, "An Iron Will"
"An Iron Will"
by Orison Swett Marden
"Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924) was an American writer associated with
the New Thought Movement. He also held a degree in medicine, and was a
successful hotel owner. Marden was born in Thornton Gore, New Hampshire to
Lewis and Martha Marden. When he was three years old, his mother died at
the age of 22, leaving Orison and his two sisters in the care of their
father, a farmer, hunter, and trapper. When Orison was seven years old, his
father died from injuries incurred while in the wood, and the children were
shuttled from one guardian to ... more »
"The Grapes of Wrath" (Excerpts)
"The Grapes of Wrath" (Excerpts)
by John Steinbeck
"They breathe profits; they eat the interest on money. If they don't get
it, they die the way you die without air, without side-meat." [referring to
the banks- CP]
"The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It's the monster. Men
made it, but they can't control it."
"It ain't that big. The whole United States ain't that big. It ain't that
big. It ain't big enough. There ain't room enough for you an' me, for your
kind an' my kind, for rich and poor together all in one country, for
thieves and honest men. For hunger and fa... more »
"We Would Rather..."
"We would rather be ruined than changed;
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die."
~ W.H. Auden
Tough Times For Sea Ice Melt Enthusiasts…
Watts Up With That has some information on sea ice levels that the warmist
BBC will not be reporting.
Read here
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/09/07/tough-times-for-sea-ice-melt-enthusiasts/
Beating the Tin Drum
As far as the consumer is concerned is it the device, or the functionality
it enables, or is it the content it can render that is ultimately the
decider? Is it in fact cyclical and does the technology always come first,
closely followed by the features and functions and the actual content come
last, or are we now at a point of change?
Who today would buy, or even want the pre iPhone mobile? Was it purely down
to the iconic design and presentation of the iPhone, or the apps it
unleashed and app store? Would the device have been enough without the
digital content?
We then have the d... more »
U.S. Congress wavering on Syria
Obama: No boots on the ground.
Any chance that the U.S. Congress will pass a resolution for a strike on
Syria. It looks quite grim for Obama.
High-Level U.S. Intelligence Officers: Syrian Government Didn’t Launch Chemical Weapons
High-Level U.S. Intelligence Officers: Syrian Government Didn’t Launch
Chemical Weapons
Submitted by George Washington on 09/07/2013 02:09 -0400
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-09-07/high-level-us-intelligence-officers-syrian-government-didn%E2%80%99t-launch-chemical-
*Preface: Without doubt, intelligence is being manipulated to justify
war
against Syria. Here, here, here, here and here.*
Without doubt, the Syrian rebels had access to chemical weapons … and
have
apparently used them in the recent past.
Associated Press reported last week:
*An intercept of Sy... more »
Spain: A Dimensional Doorway in the Vicinity of Aznalcóllar? (1998)
*Spain: A Dimensional Doorway in the Vicinity of Aznalcóllar?*
*By José Manuel Garcia Bautista*
In the early morning hours of 25 April 1998, near the locality of
Aznalcollar in Seville, one of the greatest ecological disasters to ever
affect our country took place. The toxic waste containment pond owned by
the Swedish-Canadian firm Boliden-Apirsa, overwhelmed by its hazardous
contents, cracked and sent froth a “toxic wave” that covered the region,
halting at the border of the Doñana Natural Park. The damage caused to this
wildlife sanctuary was minimal, although all local resident... more »
Syria President Assad both the President media blitz on Monday and the Tuesday night speech - with his own television interview for the American public with Charlie Rose....... He denies having anything to do with any alleged chemical weapon attack ( which he has doubts as to what occurred based on evidence produced to date , if an attack did occur he suggests the Rebels may be behind it. ) If there is conclusive proof Assad ordered the attack , that commanders under his direction and / or control received orders to deploy chemical weapons , now would be the time to come forward with hard evidence. Based on the commentary from Congress , the evidence produced to date is not compelling !
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Syria's President al-Assad Interviewed By Charlie Rose: Highlights
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interviewed Syria's president al-Assad at the presidential palace. The
interview will air in its entirety on PBS's "Charlie Rose" show on Monday
night just as Obama... more »
What Humans Need
"Mark Twain" felled in 1892This is one depressing film. In the script for
the narration, from 1947, there is displayed not one regret, not a hint of
scepticism, about the destruction of the redwood forests. This has been
the fate of forests over the course of our history, and is ongoing in the
tropical rainforests around the world.
PARTLY ORDERED; PARTLY RANDOM; GOD AND NUMBERS
If God is all-powerful, all knowing, and all good, why does Barack Obama
exist?
Martin Rees, the UK's Astronomer Royal, has written about *Six Numbers that
shape the Universe*
"Six numbers in physics are *just right* for the emergence of galaxies,
stars, chemistry and people...
*"Says Rees: suppose... you were the intended victim of a firing squad and
every bullet missed you...*
"Wouldn't you be inclined to wonder if something special had been arranged
on your behalf...
"That, somewhere in the Looking Glass world of modern physics, there might
be some deeper reason for the pr... more »
Not being able to see the bias for the Redwood trees?
Returning, like a cat to a bird-table, to the subject of the BBC's
reporting of the Australian election results, I see that Tory MP John
Redwood is not impressed by the corporation's coverage:
As news breaks of a large conservative victory by Tony Abbott’s
Liberal/National Coalition in Australia the BBC sets about the task of
retailing propaganda from the losing Labour party. We are told Mr Abbott
became Prime Minister merely because Labour had been split and divided. We
are assured his policies are not popular and played no part in his stunning
victory. They underplay the magn... more »
Obama vs. The NSA
From Psy-op to MindWar - Paper by NSA Gen. Michael Aquino and Gen. Paul
Vallely
from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"MindWar...is, in fact, the strategy to which tactical warfare must conform
if it is to achieve maximum effectiveness.
The MindWar scenario must be preeminent in the mind of the commander and
must be the principal factor in his every field decision.
Otherwise he sacrifices measures which actually contribute to winning the
war to measures of immediate, tangible satisfaction. (Consider the rational
for 'body counts' in Vietnam).
* "In its strategic context, MindWar must reach... more »
Sunday Classics: In "Patience," "The pain that is all but a pleasure will change for the pleasure that's all but pain"
*"The soldiers of our Queen are linked in friendly tether"* *-- at the
Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera Company, Minneapolis, 2002*
*The officers of the *DRAGOON GUARDS* enter, right, led by the* MAJOR*.
They form their line across the front of the stage.*
*Chorus of Dragoons, "The soldiers of our Queen"*
*DRAGOONS*: The soldiers of our Queen
are linked in friendly tether;
upon the battle scene
they fight the foe together.
There ev'ry mother's son
prepared to fight and fall is;
the enemy of one
the enemy of all is!
The enemy of one
the enemy of all is!
[*On an order from the *MAJO... more »
NSA going back door on your smart phones folks........ I Phone , Blackberry and Android are part of the Matrix now ! Say what ?
Say what ?
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Smartphones, Documents Reveal
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illegal access protocols into the Android OS, thus granting it back door
acc... more »
Venting my Spleen
Were I a splenetic right-wing critic of the BBC, I might well fulminate
against today's *Broadcasting House *on Radio 4*, *guest-presented by Jane
Garvey of *Woman's Hour *fame (though we right-wing Beeb-bashers know her
best for her comment that "the corridors of Broadcasting House were strewn
with empty champagne bottles - I will always remember that", in connection
with Labour's general election victory in 1997).
My blood-pressure would, therefore, have already begun to rise at the mere
mention of the name 'Jane Garvey'.
I would then tut at the predictability of wheeling Sir M... more »
While We're Focused on Chemical Warfare
It's interesting how selective the United States can be about weapons of
mass destruction given that the U.S. continues to be responsible for
widespread and ongoing death and destruction from its own chemical and
nuclear weapons.
The gas that Obama-Kerry are blaming on Assad appears to have killed
somewhere between a few hundred and a thousand or more Syrians.
In Iraq and Afghanistan, the locals are left to live with the radiation
hazard created by American depleted uranium (DU) shells and bullets. D.U.
is known to cause cancers, birth defects and stillbirths and D.U.
contaminat... more »
Crowded Stadium in Moscow -:)
*OPEN SEATS: Spectators attended the IAAF (International Association of
Athletics Federations)*
*World Championships in Athletics at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Sunday.
(Dylan Martinez/Reuters)WSJ.*
Savage Strikes In Syria: Not Surprising, Not Smart, And Not Sanctioned By International Law: What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
President Obama seeks to eat the heart of a nation by taking out
Assad, while the Syrian "rebels" aka foreign Jihadist terrorists enjoy the
leftovers.
Demonstrations around the world against the proposed Syrian strike by U.S.
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*"A survey by The Associated Press shows that House members who are staking
out positions are either opposed to or leaning against Obama's plan for a
military strike by more than a 6-1 margin. The Senate is more evenly
divided ahead of its vote. Nearly half of the 433-member House and a third
of the 100-member Senate remain undecided." * Read more here.
Obama has quite an uphill battle to convince the U.S. Congress to approve
his plan.
Valdimir Putin at G-20 Photo-op
*PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, center, shrugged as
he walked by U.S. President Barack Obama to take his place at a group photo
of G-20 leaders outside the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia,
Friday. (Ivan Sekretarev/Associated Press) WSJ.*
I wonder what the shrug is about.
*Update:* It was pointed out to me by CuJoYYC about the whereabouts of
Harper. He was indeed in his favourite place:
Happy Birthday, Pearl
Please join me in congratulating regular commenter Pearl Volkov on the
occasion of her 90th birthday.
Pearl has brought a lifetime of erudition and compassion to this forum and
also to the *New York Times *reader commentariat, where she posts under the
handle "pvolkov." I got to know Pearl several years ago, when a bunch of us
diehard *Times* posters started an email correspondence circle.
Here's wishing you a happy day with your children, Pearl, and many more
years of agitating and educating.... here, there, and everywhere. L'Chaim!
Who Benefits from Ignoring Poverty and Race? | the becoming radical
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Winter approaches . . .
THE
LEFORTOVO TUNNEL, aka “The Tunnel of Death” runs under the river, and
there are leaks. During the summer, you can, as you see in the opening
seconds, drive a hot Bimmer at 220 kph through it with no problems.
However, winter comes, and the leaking water freezes, and as they say in
the collision biz, “That's the way the Mercedes bends”.
I wanna ride at the back of the bus! Wear a helmet
Symposium — The Mother of All isms: The paradigm is dead. Long live the paradigm!
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Stacie E. Goddard. It is the
sixth installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for the
special issue of the European Journal of International Relations. SAGE has
temporarily ungated all of the articles in that issue. This post responds
to Andrew Bennett’s article (PDF). His post appeared earlier today. Other
entries in the symposium–when available–may
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President Kennedy Seeks Advice from Gen. MacArthur on China & The Guns of
August 1914
from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
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*"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. *
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**He thinks we should fight a rear-guard action in the southeast of Asia. *
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**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. *
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**He thinks our line should be Japan, Formosa, and ... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, September 8th, 2013
Sunday again.. And time for my usual weekly rant.... I am hoping that the
world does not go to hell this week and that I will be able to do these in
the future...
Lets first get one thing straight... I have been called a "hater" and even
a "racist" for my stance against the true criminality on this planet, which
is of course the Jews.... Many have said that I have now gone too far in
naming these criminals by name.... I tell them to get their heads out of
their butts and to examine closely ALL of the crimes ever done against
humanity and dig deep... You will always find a member of ... more »
The Most Intelligent Political Discussion About Syria to Appear on TV
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*Bill Moyers*
Guest host Phil Donahue examines the deadly civil war in Syria and the
consequences of another American intervention in the Middle East. Our
guests include NPR Middle East correspondent Deborah Amos and historian and
analyst Andrew Bacevich.
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NYC Protest To Stop The War in Syria
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Exposing The Global Elite with Bill Vander Zalm
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*Press For Truth*
In this exclusive Press For Truth interview Dan Dicks sits down with Bill
Vander Zalm former Premier of British Columbia to discuss his views on
politics, the global elite and their end game agenda.
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Tseng Case Round Up
*A turn on my favorite cycling route, from the 130 onto the Miaoli 49 to
the Lungtung Broken RR Viaduct. Show up with a bike, I'll take you there.*
Well, updated articles on the Tseng influence peddling case hitting the
news cycle. The Taipei Times reports briefly....
Politicians in the pan-blue camp yesterday expressed concern about the
incident and urged the Ma administration to handle it carefully.
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) said the incident involves administrative,
legislative and judicial issues, and such a constitutional matter should be
addressed carefully.
* Former T... more »
Have vaccines contaminated with hidden cancer viruses given to unsuspecting Americans ? According to a recording made by a leading major pharmaceutical company scientist - the shocking answer appears to be ... YES !
Merck developer admits vaccines contain hidden cancer viruses derived from
diseased monkeys
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*Mike Adams*
NaturalNews
September 8, 2013
If you haven’t yet realized the truth about how vaccines contain hidden
cancer viruses, prepare yourself to be shocked by the admission you’re
about to hear. Decades ago, one of the most prominent vaccine scientists in
the history of the vaccine industry — a Merck scient... more »
The Truth About How The US Will Save Syria
*Stefan Molyneux*
Stefan Molyneux discuses the rush to war, chemical weapon attacks, red line
hypocrisy, endless violence, the military industrial complex and blood
soaked economic illusions.
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Boston Protest to Stop War in Syria Leads to John Kerry's House
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*YouTube -- Andrew Pontbriand*
Our NoWarWithSyria march led us to John Kerry's Beacon Hill Residence
(five-story, 10,000 sq. ft. valued at $7 million), where we let him know
our stance!!!
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Stevie Wonder Interviewed by Rev. Al Sharpton
Last night I watched a program "Advancing The Dream" (celebrating the 50th
anniversary of Martin Luther King's speech "I have a Dream") hosted by Rev.
Al Sharpton. He had numerous guests and one of these guests was Stevie
Wonder. I have heard him sing but never his views before. In this interview
he talks about his life and how he became an artist. I found it quite
interesting.
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Soros
*Soros says he wants "Open Societies".*
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*Fine. So did Franco.*
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*You can talk and discus and leak and disclose anything you like...*
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*You're just completely unable to change anything.*
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*Real change only comes from grass roots, bottom-up popular revolutionary
movements.*
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*Not Occupy Wall Street.*
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*Why not Occupy the Council on Foreign Relations...? And start by cutting
their phone and data lines...*
*George Soros Interview On 60 Minutes*
When the Nazis occupied Budapest in 1944, George Soros' father was a
successful lawyer. He lived on an island in the Danu... more »
New York Times Casts Obama As Tragic Hero
Sickening:
*The next phase of the campaign will be more individualized, and more from
Mr. Obama himself. Democrats who are balking are being asked at least to
vote against Republican procedural moves meant to delay or derail an
up-or-down vote. After all the arguments are exhausted, aides said, it will
come down to a personal pitch: the president needs you to save him from a
debilitating public defeat.*
That paragraph is hidden within the latest paroxysm of chest-thumping by
the Gray Lady, characterizing Barack Obama's fight for military strike
votes in Congress a "taut, uphill ba... more »
The Complexities of Intervening in Syria
Well into the Syrian civil war the Assad regime has made a costly
miscalculation by staging a significant chemical weapons attack. The U.S.
and its allies have been wary of a full-scale military operation in Syria,
but spurred by this attack they are now preparing to intervene. To succeed
western allies must be focused not
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Symposium — The Mother of All Isms: Curmudgeon Edition
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Andrew Bennett. It is the
fifth installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for the
special issue of the European Journal of International Relations. SAGE has
temporarily ungated all of the articles in that issue. This post refers to
Bennett’s article (PDF). A response, authored by Stacie E. Goddard, will
appear at 10am Eastern. Other entries
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Untitled
*Vargas: ‘Playoff feel’ awaits Saints’ opener vs. Falcons*
*Road near sinkhole deformed ~David J. Mitchell, N.O. Advocate*
Karl Rove Attacks Obama From Sweden (Again)
This one from September 5th, 2013, courtesy of Democracy Now.
*Karl Rove has been a political advisor the Swedish prime minister since at
least 2010. It is the only foreign consulting job listed by Rove.*
Sweden: Political Interference by the Swedish Prime Minister
Swedish Prime Minister interferes in Assange case with fresh attacks on
Assange - 25 January 2012
This is typical of someone accused of a crime in a different country - to
try to cast suspicion on that country or its legal system. One can see
similarities with other cases where this technique has been used. Of ... more »
A Nexus Between The DCCC And Miss McConnell-- Here's What's Wrong With Inside The Beltway Politics
The DCCC has been howling for 3 days about how Staten Island Gambino crime
family congressman, Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm was first for war and then
anti-war. "He changed his mind, he changed his mind" has been the constant,
annoying refrain, although they haven't said anything about Ami Bera (D-CA)
doing exactly the same thing. Even more interesting, when I called the DCCC
candidate for Grimm's seat, Dominic Recchia, they said he has *no* position
on Syria "yet." I found that consistent with nearly all the
DCCC-manufactured candidates. None of them have positions; all of them are... more »
Poland ( variation of Cyprus bail - in template ) decides to just seize the bulk of private pension fund assets - 51.5 percent of the pension funds assets or about 140 billion zloty / back of envelope calculation - 44 billion USD worth of bonds and non equity assets ( without compensation ) - to make the public debt debt look better ( which then allows the government to borrow more - until the public debt looks bad again ) ..... you know what will come next , right ?
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While the world was glued to the developments in the Mediterranean in the
past week, Poland took a page straight out of Rahm Emanuel's playbook and
in order to not let a crisis go to waste, announced quietly that it would
transfer to the state - i.e., confi... more »
Canada's Sonny Corleone
Scott Reid writes in *The Ottawa Citizen* that the Senate scandal has
forced Stephen Harper to give the Prime Minister's Office a makeover. That
makeover isn't merely cosmetic:
But the shakeup of his staff in favour of flinty longtime loyalists tells
us not only that the prime minister is girding for war in the style of
Sonny Corleone. It also provides clues about his inherent instincts as a
leader, his gnawing distrust of many fellow Conservatives and even the
truth behind that controversial cheque cut to Mike Duffy.
David Orchard wrote recently that Harper didn't engineer a me... more »
Who's dithering over Syria?
*Biased BBC *David Preiser has been patiently pursuing Mark Mardell, the
BBC's North America editor, over the latter's agonised response to
President Obama's twisting and turning over the issue of Syria. David's
charge is that Mark Mardell is a very biased reporter who allows his
opinions to show throw in report after report, and that he often acts as if
he were Barack Obama's official defender-in-chief.
I have to say that if there's one area where BBC bias is particularly clear
it's over its coverage of U.S. politics and that David's posts and comments
carefully demonstrating wh... more »
Democrats of Europe, wake up!
Daniel Cohn-Bendit is a notorious Franco-German leftist.
In 1968, he would be a fighter at the barricades of Paris; his nickname has
been Danny the Red (Dany le Rouge) ever since. In the 1970s, he would
"love" children in an "anti-authoritarian kindergarten" which is why he
also fought for the sex with the children to be legalized in the 1980s.
Germany's Green Party recently made a huge U-turn and it now seems to claim
that it was "unacceptable" to demand the legalization of peadophilia.
In a normal society, such a man would probably oscillate in between a
mental asylum and a priso... more »
Further Complications with the US Argument for 'Punishing' Syria for Chemical Attacks: Hypocricy and Lack of Foundation
So, yesterday I had a post pointing to a piece by Udo Schuklenk, rather
convincingly picking apart the US case for military attacking Syria as a
'punishment' for the current regime's alleged chemical warfare attacks
against civilians. Today, I found two further reasons against any such
idea, besides the numerous ones presented by Udo:
1. Articles in *The Daily Mail*, making public solid evidence to the effect
that the UK, whose prime minister David Cameron has apparently swallowed president
Obama's argument for an attack whole and unchewed and made motions in
parliament to gain supp... more »
Tho-Radia Beauty Products
In 1933, a pharmacist, Alexis Moussali and a Parisian doctor, Alfred Curie,
launched a French range of radioactive beauty products, first from the Rue
des Capucines and then from 146 Avenue Victor Hugo. Alexis Moussali was
probably the brains behind the commercial operation, with Alfred Curie
possibly brought along either because of his surname – (he was not in fact
related to Marie or Pierre Curie) and/or the fact that he was a doctor.
The product range, which included cleansing milk, skin cream, powder,
rouge, lipstick and toothpaste, was called Tho-Radia as it contained
thorium... more »
Treating A&E
Sky News is leading in a big way today with the hot issue of A&E treatment
in NHS hospitals. The BBC is also making it a main story, thanks to an
investigation on Radio 5 Live. The two media organisations have very
different emphases, however.
Besides a live feed from a medical centre in Nottingham, the Sky News
website has two stories this morning.
One is based on its own poll (of 1,106 people carried out by Survation),
showing that more that 70% of those questioned believe that patient "who
visit A&E while drunk or under the influence of recreational drugs should
pay for the t... more »
The Exorcist, polygamy in the UK, chancel repair liability and Syria
So what happened on this morning's *Sunday*?
7.10 *Introduction*, by William Crawley
7.11 *Catholic child abuse*. A Scottish priest, Fr Patrick Lawson, has apparently
been sacked for speaking to the *Observer* about his own abuse at the hands
of a Catholic priest. He says, "The Church is a big Mafia". Catherine
Deveney of the *Observer *talked to William and put Fr Lawson's case
against the Church. The programme wanted to speak to the Scottish church,
but no one would speak to the programme.
7.17 *The Arms Trade*. William interviewed an Anglican priest, Rev Keith
Hebden, who is ... more »
Why There is a Recession/Depression During Every GOP Regime
* by Len Hart, The Existentialist cowboy*
Every major economist has espoused the 'LABOR THEORY of VALUE'. That
includes the conservative Adam Smith andthe left-leaning Karl Marx. ERGO: a
declining "real' wage that should be going to labor TRICKLES (in fact,
FLOWS) upward to the ruling elites.
The Axis of Reagan/GOP are wrong. Wealth does not and has never "trickled
down"."Suppy Side Economics" was and remains a scam, a con sketched out, it
is said, on a napkin by Arthur Laffer. Laffer is remembered for his "Laffer
curve" said to illustrate the theory that by reducing taxes for the v... more »
How to Stop the War
On Sep 7, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Garret // Wayseers wrote:
Is it time to protest or pray? ...or both?
Here are some wise and inspiring words on "How to Stop the War":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLUx9oH_IVA
Maybe if this message gets around more, it could bring some sanity to our
situation.
Find your local peace rally this weekend. Here's a list
Pray for the sanity of our leaders - that they put down their online poker
games and pay attention to the actual long-term ramifications of what they
are proposing.
We could be on the verge of World War III here...
With Russia and China... more »
Political policing
Two hundred a fifty anti-fascists were arrested en masse for trying to stop
the EDL from marching (yes, comrades, the EDL didn't march in Tower Hamlets
- they *did* march in Southwark I'm afraid). If you ever had any doubt as
to which side the police are on this is for you. The police are trying to
destroy militant anti-fascism. Solidarity to the arrested comrades.
U.S. 'Space Fence' Radar System Goes Silent, After 50 Years
*U.S. 'Space Fence' Radar System Goes Silent, After 50 Years*
by BILL CHAPPELL
September 03, 201312:02 PM
The Space Fence is down. That's the message we get from the SatWatch site,
following up on our report last month that the U.S. Air Force was poised to
shut down the radar system that tracks thousands of objects orbiting Earth.
It had been in operation since 1961.
The Space Fence — also known by its formal name, the Air Force Space
Surveillance System — consists of three transmitters and six receivers that
stretch across the southern U.S., using radio waves to paint a pictur... more »
The world's greatest blog post... again... part one...
It's been so long since we've done a music mash-up. This was the first (seelink).
You get the idea? This time we're doing music and animals, and this is only
part one, there's more to come. Thanks to Keith Watermelon, The Doc of
Rock, Sharon, Bishop Colenso and Ted Splitter.
Faith No Boar
Deer-vana
Mouse of Love.
Mouse of pain
System of a Cow-n
Cat-jagoogoo
Catsabian
Baby I'm Ready to Goat by Republicat
Ram-stein
R.A.M.
Anteaters in the uk
Anchovy in the UK.
King of the toad
Hit the toad jack
Kings of Lion
Metallicat
Dog on the Tyne
Ibex Pistols
Orkestrel Manoeuvres in the Lark
Gecko ... more »
Satire:A majority of U.S. citizens believe congressional leaders in both the House and Senate must be sent to war-torn Syria immediately.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/poll-majority-of-americans-approve-of-sending-cong,33752/
A majority of U.S. citizens believe congressional leaders in both the House
and Senate must be sent to war-torn Syria immediately.
WASHINGTON—
As President Obama continues to push for a plan of limited military
intervention in Syria, a new poll of Americans has found that though the
nation remains wary over the prospect of becoming involved in another
Middle Eastern war, the vast majority of U.S. citizens strongly approve of
sending Congress to Syria.
The New York Times/CBS News poll sho... more »
The Economy: "Footnotes on Myths, Lies, Deceptions, Millstones"
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*"Footnotes on Myths, Lies, Deceptions, Millstones"*
By: Jim Willie CB
"Many are the myths held so firm by the public. Many are the lies told so
boldly by the leaders. Many are the millstones around the neck of the
system that is fast losing its momentum. Many are the frauds committed
routinely in full view. The entire US system is unraveling, myths exposed,
lies contradicted, while the millstones weigh down the financial and
economic system. The absent Gold Standard, the invalidity of money, the
insolvency of banks, the toxic nature of sovereign debt, the illegitimate
money,... more »
OBAMA AND HOLLANDE PANIC
*Busted: UK-US Backed Terrorist Doubles as Rebel Fighter AND fake Sarin Gas
Attack Victim*
The world has turned against Obama and Hollande.
*They know that US Funded Syrian Rebels Gang Raped and Executed a 15-Year
Old *
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**France Backs off Support for Syrian Strike*
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Sep 07, 2013. Military.com| by Richard Sisk*
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*France Backs off Support for Syrian Strike**
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On 6 September 2013, "France backed away from joining the U.S. in swift
military action against Syria.
"France had been the only nation to agree to the joint use of force with
the U.S. against Syria..."
"French President... more »
Depravity Redefined: Selling US Slaughter in Syria
*September 8, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - The corporate interests driving the
United States, its resources, and policy, have invoked dead children in the
latest and grisliest propaganda campaign yet, directed at the American
public to build support for an otherwise unjustified and universally
unwanted war with Syria.
*Image: The Summer of 1939, after staging border incidents to frame Poland
for unwarranted aggression, Hitler orders the Nazi invasion of Poland. This
would not be the first or last time a Western nation used a manufactured
"casus belli" to start a war of aggression, now... more »
New Jersey Subsidies More Out of Control than Ever Under Christie
I have written before how state and local subsidies are more out of control
than ever, and more recently how the number and size of megadeals has
increased substantially since the Great Recession.
Now a new study from *Governing* magazine (h/t to Al at LinkedIn group
Economic Development 2.0) exhaustively analyzes New Jersey's five largest
incentive programs and their growth since 2011. Governor Chris Christie has
made aggressive use of incentives a centerpiece of his economic development
strategy, but the magazine's comparison of New Jersey's job performance
with than of surroundin... more »
Breakthrough Energy Conference: Address to our International Leaders
Published on Sep 6, 2013
At the conclusion of the Breakthrough Energy Conference Sacha Stone
addresses our international 'leadership' with a powerful and eloquent
monologue. He touches upon topics that were discussed during the three days
of presentations as well as topics that should be discussed.
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TEACH Documentary Delivers Same, Tired Infomercial
On the evening of September 6, CBS aired Davis Guggenheim’s latest
tear-jerker hack job dedicated to public education: TEACH. While featuring
four young and relatively inexperienced teachers, we were told much of the
same nonsense we’ve been hearing for years, since the release of the
anti-teacher and anti-public-education Waiting for Superman (another
Guggenheim assault). The messages […]
Longest Walk 4 reaches Columbia, Missouri
Photo
April Rhodes
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
COLUMBIA, Missouri -- The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz reached
Columbia, Missouri, today, on the five-month walk across America for
Native American sovereignty and Indigenous rights.
"The Walk has now reached Columbia, Missouri. On September 8th, we will
start walking at 9:00 am from St. Charles road just North of exit 131 on
Fracking... In Los Angeles? Yes-- And It Must Be Stopped
You may have read that Boehner is promising his oily allies an effort to
gut the Department of the Interior's modest fracking regulations-- despite
new findings in Ohio that show, conclusively, that fracking there has triggered
over 100 earthquakes.
A single fracking wastewater well triggered 167 earthquakes in and around
Youngstown, Ohio, during a single year of operation.
That’s according to a study published in the *Journal of Geophysical
Research* by Won-Young Kim, a researcher at Columbia University.
Earthquakes had never been recorded at Youngstown before 2010. Then, at th... more »
PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDING CRISIS - Short on Teachers , School Aides , supplies - Philadelphia schools will open anyway ( sums things up neatly . )
http://thenotebook.org/blog/136394/tweeting-philly1stday-experiences
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The *Notebook* has been counting down the days before schools open. For 40
days, we tried to follow each dramatic twist, every political turn that
arose in what many believe is Philadelphia's worst school funding crisis in
history.
Though the summer's unofficially over and the school year will start on
time, the uncertainty of what schools will look like when they open ... more »
Fifty percent of seawater goes out Fukushima plant port to the Pacific every day - here is the moneyshot - - Tepco says Pacific is not contaminated enough to be harmful yet ! Tepco won't stop at killing Japan , it's apparently on a mission from God to kill the globe !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Fukushima = Little Shop of horrors ?
50% of the seawater in Fukushima plant port goes to the Pacific everyday
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Following up this article..*Tepco “30,000,000,000,000 Bq of Cs-137 and
Sr-90 leaked to the Pacific” / 30,000,000,000 Bq still leaking per day* [URL
]
In the press conference of 9/6/2013, Tepco’s spokesman commented approx.
50% of the seawater goes out of Fukushima plant port to the Pacific every
single day.
About half of all the leaked c... more »
If liberal democrats were serious about opposing the looming Syria war - why not discuss Libya ? First , Libya ( as is the case pro-offered for Syria ) , stemmed from an alleged humanitarian crisis . Second , both Libya and Syria are pro-offered under the guise of " limited kinetic actions " - limited as far as American lives lost and time spent on the actions ( regretfully neither will be limited for the libyan or syrian people who die / are maimed are are left to mop up the aftermath. ) Third , Libya was sold as moderate rebels would replace a dictator who savagely repressed his people and dissension - ditto for Syria , even the same Al Qaeda stamp on the Rebel forces there ( as in Libya . ) Fourth and finally , why won't the descent into miltia rule and absence of a credible government that has befallen Libya be the template for an " Assadless " Syria - insert for islamic jihadist " militias and Al Qaeda linked forces with libyan militias and you are right there , right ?
http://washingtonexaminer.com/why-dont-liberal-syria-intervention-critics-talk-about-libya/article/2535371
Why don't liberal Syria intervention critics talk about Libya?
BY BYRON YORK | SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 AT 5:54 PM
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[image: Photo - In this June 8, 2013 image made from video provided by
Associated Press Television, Libyans run for cover after fighting broke out
outside the office of Libya Shield pro-government militia in Benghazi,
Libya. The violence which left dozens of people dead broke out Saturday
when protesters s... more »
It Wasn't The Arabs, Stupid....It Was ALWAYS The Jews!
With this impending insane war by the United States and their masters in
the criminal and terrorist state of Israel, it is important to bring
forward valuable information from time to time to understand the real enemy
of all mankind, which are not the Arabs as the Jewish run mainstream media
continues to falsely promote, but the Jews themselves....
I want to present here a new article, from Joe Cortina, who writes the very
important blog: "My Name Is Joe Cortina" at
www.mynameisjoecortina.wordpress.com, entitled: "It Wasn't The Arabs,
Stupid -It Was Always The Jews". This article ... more »
You know what’s stupid, what’s really stupid? The academic publishing industry. #highered
I’m in the classroom now. When I was in graduate school and a college
professor, I collected PDFs of articles from EBSCO and JSTOR and elsewhere
as if I was attempting to stockpile for some kind of intellectual
apocalypse. A fraction of a percent were ever really read. But I’ve been
scanning for some advice […]
A Gathering of the Tribe -- Mission COMPLETE
*A Gathering of the Tribe -- Mission COMPLETE*
September 7, 2013
http://www.realitysandwich.com/gathering_tribe
All I can say is, reading this gave me goose bumps. Whoa nelly! Blessed is
the day a piece of literature (data) resonates to one's very core. A huge
thank you to Jewell for sharing and even more gratitude to Charles
Eisenstein for composing. This piece is very synchronistic considering all
of the gatherings popping up all over the country and world lately. Even
more synchronistic considering the plan a few of us are getting ready to
launch in the not so far off future. I... more »
Neko Case – "Nearly Midnight, Honolulu"
NSFW.
Some of the other songs on Neko Case's new album are quite good and
pretty catchy, but this is the one that's been sticking with me the
most. It's unconventional, pretty but raw, personal and powerful. As
Neko Case explained in a frank NPR interview, it's based on a real
incident she witnessed. Given her description of her own upbringing,
the pain and empathy in the song become all
The Upcoming (Illegal And Very Criminal) War On Syria: "Coalition" Of Nations That The US Has Counted On For Attacking Syria Is Collapsing - France Has Backed Out!
The rush to war is on... Right now, the US has moved large naval forces
into the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and has placed its operatives in and
around Syria for the planned assault on that innocent nation that could
happen as early as this coming Tuesday! It is sickening to see that the
absolutely brainwashed and ignorant American public are still not doing
enough to stop this insane rush to war based on lies.....
But today there is some good news... The United States has been banking on
a "coalition" of many allied nations to support it when it launches its
attack on Syria. But... more »
Suckage . . .
FREEDOM
AND DEMOCRACY are steadily eroding, it seems, which has prompted Alex
Henderson at AlterNet to post “10 Ways America Has Come to Resemble a
Banana Republic”. It's a fascist's wish-list come true.
In the post-New Deal America of the 1950s and '60s, the idea of the
United States becoming a banana republic would have seemed absurd to
most Americans. Problems and all, the U.S. had a lot
Leonard Peltier International Tribunal on Abuse of Indigenous Human Rights
Tribunal
planning session
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International Tribunal on the Abuse of Indigenous Human Rights
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
ONEIDA, Wisconsin -- The abuse of Indigenous Peoples rights will be the
focus of testimony when Native Americans put the US government on trial
in Oneida, Wisconsin, during a three day tribunal on Oct. 2, 3 and 4,
2013, at the Radisson Hotel.
Another Alleged gas attack in Syria by Syrian government , so says Al - Arabiya ....... Looks like the " regime change team " getting quite desperate after the G- 20 embarrassment of Team US ( Note Team France going to sit this out until the UN report gets finalized and delivered to the UN Security Council ) ..... Going to war with the clowns you have - Ah , so apropo ! Sometimes you laugh to keep from crying about the state of play in the world today and the clowns trying to take all of us into a huge war for a pipeline ..... ......
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
If at first you don't succeed .....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-06/we-have-officially-jumped-shark-al-arabiya-reports-another-gas-attack-syrian-regime
We Have Officially Jumped The Shark: Al-Arabiya Reports Another "Gas
Attack" By Syrian Regime
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/06/2013 15:12 -0400
- Iran
- Israel
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The script just jumped the shark:
- *SYRIA GOVT FORCES SHELL QABUN, DAMASCUS WITH GAS: AL-ARABIYA*
- *AL-ARABIYA CITES UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVISTS - *so the same CIA-trained,
al Qaeda funded, Qatari mercen... more »
Moving Image Watch: From "The Sopranos" to "Breaking Bad" (by way of "Rear Window") --
TO MY *OTHER* FAVORITE
W.W.
IT'S AN HONOUR
WORKING WITH YOU.
FONDLY
G. B.
*by Ken*
Maybe if I'd had any idea it was there, I wouldn't have been so taken
aback. But suddenly there I was, standing in front of the glass case, with
a pair of headphones on listening to the audio of one of the exhibit video
displays, and it slowly dawned on me *that I was looking at The Book!*
Tell me these things don't all fit together! It was just last week in TV
Watch that I *wrote* about the book -- the fateful copy of Walt Whitman's *Leaves
of Grass* ... more »
Really skillful people never get out of time, and are always deliberate, and never appear busy
― Miyamoto Musashi, *A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy*
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The People Strike Back, cont.
Welcome to another chapter in the endless soap opera known as *War/Not-War*,
brought to you today by yet another lonely voice in Not-Corporate Media.
This edition will comprise three *New York Times* comments I wrote in
response to Maureen Dowd, Frank Bruni and Ross Douthat. (I skipped Tom
Friedman, because I just ate. And besides, Secretary of State of Rage John
Kerry, during his Congressional harangue last week remarked that he agrees
with almost everything Tom Friedman writes. And that is probably all you
need to know.)
First Dowd, who gleefully pushes the buttons of Obamabots ev... more »
Win Phil’s Money
My views on the role of assumptions are no secret. Nor are they without
detractors. In hopes of advancing the debate, I invite anyone who
disagrees with me to enrich themselves while proving me wrong. Pick any
scholarly paper you have written, published or not. If I cannot identify
three patently false or fundamentally unfalsifiable
Continue reading
Warp factor . . .
SET
PHASERS ON STUN: Captain Kirk watches the VMA 2013 Miley Cyrus
performance. My, how time brings change. Put your coffee down, then
press go. Brilliant.
Mohawk Nation News 'Poker and War'
Poker
and War
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Sep. 7, 2013. US Senator John McCain was caught playing poker on
his cell phone during the planning session to kill Syrian people. He
laughed, “The worst part is that I lost $10 grand!” Corporate
war-mongers are amoral serial killers. They are sex offenders on a large
scale. Both get a kick out of killing masses of people.
Some sex offenders keep
Say Goodbye To Hollywood (Readying for Syrian/Iran Offensive (As Great Britain Bows Out) While Selling Off USA Piecemeal - Koch/ALEC Boys' Cheers Abound!)
Any president has a limited amount of political capital to mobilize support
for his agenda, in Congress and, more fundamentally, with the American
people. This is especially true of a president in his second term of
office. Which makes President Obama's campaign to strike Syria all the more
mystifying. President Obama's domestic agenda is already precarious:
implementing the Affordable
Henry Geiger - The Glory Of Our Species (1981)
*Related: *
*Henry Geiger - The Meaning Of War (1988).
*
*Wikipedia:*
Henry Geiger (1908?-15 February 1989) was the editor, publisher, and chief
writer of MANAS Journal which published from 1948-1988. Abraham Maslow
called him “the only small ‘p’ philosopher America has produced in this
century.”
*Below is an excerpt from, "The Glory Of Our Species" by Henry Geiger.
Source: MANAS Journal, Volume XXXIV, No. 37. September 16, 1981.*
There are epochs of history when men are confident that they know right
from wrong, are sure of what they should do to fulfill the meaning of life,... more »
Can A Real Democrat-- Not A Jim Matheson Republican-Lite Thing-- Win In Utah?
Chris Stewart's Utah congressional district-- the 2nd-- is gigantic,
basically most of the western part of the state and almost half the
southern part of the state. But most of the population is in the far
northeast corner of the district, the northern part of Salt Lake City, the
city's western suburbs and West Valley. That part of the congressional
district is also Utah's 1st senatorial district, a nice blue bastion that
includes Rose Park, Glendale and Poplar Grove. The state Senator there, Luz
Robles, beat a Democratic incumbent at the party convention in 2008 and
then went on ... more »
It's the 'telemed' part, not the 'abortion' part they object to
What do you do when you are a fetus fetishizing tea bagger but governor of
a fairly progressive state? Or at least one that was the first in the US to
offer medical abortions by teleconferencing?
When you're Iowa ReThuglican Governor Terry Branstad, this is what you do.
First, appoint all ten members of the Iowa Board of Medicine. Check.
Then, hold hearings into the 'safety' of the procedure. Check.
Make sure the former anti-choice legislator and chair of the board is an
idiot. Check.
Dr. Greg Hoversten, the state board’s chairman, suggested that the system
amounted to an experime... more »
Stumbling into a micro-organismatic adventure
There are days when the frustrations of a new work culture pile up on me.
And then there are days like the one I had this week, when it’s all just a
total blast.
The occasion was a workshop in a neighbouring community to demonstrate
how to make two kinds of organic fertilizers. I like the hands-on workshops
anyway – always interesting, loads of picture-taking opportunities – but
looked forward to this one in particular because a couple of *campesinos* I
always enjoy talking with were going to be there.
Workshop days virtually always start with having to load heavy thing... more »
Holy Joe
This is an old link I never got around to but it's still relevant. In case
you were wondering what Joe Lieberman is doing now:
This is what the political afterlife looks like for the 71-year-old
Stamford native, who is starting his second month as a part-time senior
counsel at the Manhattan commercial litigation firm of Kasowitz, Benson,
Torres & Friedman.
"This is Broadway. Right around the corner is `The Book of Mormon' and
`Chicago,' " he says.
Mother of God, please don't let this happen:
Going forward, Lieberman envisions playing a role similar to that of George
Mitchell a... more »
Reminder - Worst Politics Blog Poll 2013
In a week's time the polls will close and the counting starts on the one
vote that matters - the worst politics blogs the UK has to offer.
Just to recap:
* Rank order the five blogs you love to hate. Number one will get ten
points, number two eight points, three six points, etc.
* Only one set of votes per person.
* No anonymous voting. Only votes with an ID, which may itself be an
anonymous nom de pleume will get counted.
* Participants must nominate at least three blogs. Votes with less will be
discounted.
* Votes can either be cast in the comments box or confidentially at
hu... more »
ITV v BBC
Fusing a few of the last couple of day's posts together, a look at
tonight's pair of quarter-hour long main evening news bulletins on BBC One
and ITV News confirmed a few of the points being made by BBC viewers in the
*Radio Times. *
The BBC bulletin managed just four stories, reported in this order:
1. An intruder enters Buckingham Palace
2. Tony Abbott wins the Australian general election
3. Ed Miliband is under pressure over the report into Unite in Falkirk
4. 2020 Olympics. Who'll be awarded it?
Despite being the same length, the ITV bulletin had time for more news:
1. An intrud... more »
While We Wait
September 7, 2013 Well, since most of the world community seems unwilling
to do much more than, as one political wag put it, “hold the President’s
coat” while he kills Syrians with missiles and bombs to keep them from
getting killed by poison gas, he has decided to go to Congress for
permission or something […]
The Framing of Bashar Assad
They Don't Want Us to Know About Israel's Nukes
Salem-News.com (September 06, 2013 15:51) Stuart Littlewood Salem-News.com
So let's ask about the rogue state's chemical weapons...
(LONDON) - UK Foreign Office ministers seem to have great difficulty
answering simple questions about Israel’s terror capabilities. It’s as if
they don’t want to admit to the awful truth about the violent and lawless
regime to which they’ve pledged everlasting support. Here’s a very recent
example. Another “Dear Henry....” To: Henry Bellingham MP, North West
Norfolk 6 September 2013 Dear Henry, Thank yo... more »
G-20 Summit - while economic issues abound , the focus or eye of the storm has Syria and NSA spying front and center.....Concerns of manipulation abound - both abroad and in Congress ....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://rt.com/news/g20-political-tension-syria-473/
Despite pleasant views of St. Petersburg and a large list of economic
challenges on world leaders’ agendas, political tension was apparent at the
start of the G20 summit as the US faced questions regarding its stance on
Syria and the NSA spying program.
Gorgeous weather and the serenity of Konstantinovsky Palace – where the
first day of the G20 summit kicked off – could seem a bit misleading as the
world’s largest economic powers braced for political battles, RT’s Aleksey
Yaroshevsky reported from Strelnya.
The situation in Syria t... more »
Libya updates - September 7 , 2013.... Postcards from the edge of Nato's most recent failed state intervention
Libya items of note......
Zeidan’s government must go, says Grand Mufti
*By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.*
[image: Sheikh]
The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani
*Tripoli 7 September, 2013*:
In a scathing attack on its performance in office, the Grand Mufti has
demanded that the government of Ali Zeidan be sacked. Calling it
incompetent, he said it had lost its right to remain its office. He is the
latest to do so in a mounting campaign against it.
“The government’s failure to fulfill even the minimum requirements for its
existence in power deprive it of its right to remain in office”, Sheik... more »
Congress needs to call for Hearings asap and then actually direct some real hard questions UNDER OATH pertaining to TechWise - what would Colonel Anthony MacDonald ( Ret. ) , DOD current employee Eugene Furst , Jennifer MacDonald and Mary Shapiro testify about concerning their knowledge or what they were informed about pertaining to the August 21 , 2013 alleged chemical attack in Syria - if we are contemplating an attack on Syria because of alleged chemical weapon use , we need to know whether the US has dirty hands in pulling off a scam !
http://intellihub.com/2013/09/07/questions-arise-defense-contractor-involvement-syrian-gas-attack/
Questions Arise As To Defense Contractor Involvement In Syrian Gas Attack
3
Amidst mounting concerns about the genesis of the Syrian chemical attack of
8/21, a new player has entered the stage — a Colorado-based defense
contractor named TechWise.
[image: Caption: ARLINGTON, VA - U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
listens during a press conference British Secretary of State for Defense
Philip Hammond at the Pentagon May 2, 2013 in Arlington, Virginia. During
the press conference, Hag... more »
UPDATED: Just To REITERATE Some Basic Facts About The OPPT....
1. The OPPT was a legal tool to recapture value for the One People.
2. The OPPT is a reconciled entity, no longer active, its job having been
finished for the purposes of legal filings.... The OPPT was never
affiliated with the ITCCS.
3. The OPPT Trustees never signed any documents with Swissindo. Nor did
they agree to Swissindo's "plan".
4. Swissindo is not the OPPT. They are whatever it is they are.
5. The OPPT has *never* asked for donations. It was self funded by the
trustees.
6. Anyone asking for donations in the *name* of the OPPT *is not the OPPT. *
7. Many attempts ... more »
Team Yellen
Considering the ongoing dismal state of our so-called economic recovery,
it's rather clear the Fed's monetary policy under Bernake was (as the kids
say) all fucked up and bullshit. So now that we got rid of Helicopter Ben,
Obama has a clear choice. It's between the Bankster's best friend, Larry
Summers or the Bankster's greatest fear, Janet Yellen. Joseph Stiglitz is
on Team Yellen. So am I because:
The controversy over the choice of the next head of the Federal Reserve has
become unusually heated. The country is fortunate to have an enormously
qualified candidate: the Fed’s curren... more »
THE INSIDE STORY
The Wall Street Journal recently revealed new details about how Prince
Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud — Saudi’s former ambassador to the United States
— is leading the effort to prop up the Syrian rebels. Intelligence agents
from Saudi Arabia, the United States, Jordan and other allied states are
working at a secret joint operations center in Jordan to train and arm
hand-picked Syrian rebels.
The Journal also reports Prince Bandar has been jetting from covert command
centers near the Syrian front lines to the Élysée Palace in Paris and the
Kremlin in Moscow, seeking to undermine the As... more »
Bolivian butterflies
The above are Bolivian butterflies, in a case in the collection of Gene and
Christine Philcox of Long Island. The Latin names are: *Heraclides
torquatus, Callicore cynasura, Dione juno, Urania leilus*, and *Smyrna
blomfildia.*
Bolivia is renowned for its wildlife, from birds to orchids to insects. It
is one of the least explored countries in the world, making it ripe for
discovery and adventure.
The New York Times attempts to report!
*SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2013*
*Race in the national parks:* Sometimes, the New York Times attempts to
engage in reporting.
Sometimes, these attempts at reporting appear on the paper’s front page.
That’s what happened yesterday via this front-page report about race and
the national parks.
Kirk Johnson reported from La Push, Washington. This is the way he began:
JOHNSON (9/6/13): Thrusting out into the Pacific Ocean, Olympic National
Park can feel like a lost world, with its ferny rain forests, violent surf
and cloud-shrouded peaks.
*But to the four women who hiked down to the sand ... more »
Obama Weekly Address: Syria Would Not Be Another Iraq Or Afghanistan
It would be worse.
Title: Obama Weekly Address: Syria Would Not Be Another Iraq Or
Afghanistan. Source: sealightfilms.
Why I Believe that Nuclear Power is the Safest Form of Energy
One of the advantages of having a father who was a nuclear safety
researcher is that I had a chance to look at nuclear safety from the inside
rather than from the outside. Most of my father's work during his
twenty-nine year Oak Ridge career was either directly or indirectly related
to nuclear safety. My father made significant contributions to the safety
of reactors in several respects. He also made contributions to the study of
the release of radioisotopes in the environment through a number of sources
including natural gas. He concluded that radioisotopes from natural gas
could b... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Well, Syria. Sure.
I'm not sure what I'd say for something that doesn't matter. I may have
missed some silly hype about something over the holidays, but barring
that...how about the talk that whatever happens between Congress and the
president over Syria will be precedent-setting and either constrain or
empower future presidents? I'm not convinced.
But perhaps you have more. What do you think mattered this week?
A Sane Reply To Bill McCallum: Why I Cannot Support the Common Core “State” Standards
William McCallum is, by his own description, a man who was “born in
Australia and came to the United States to pursue a Ph. D. in mathematics
at Harvard University, a professor at the University of Arizona, working in
number theory and mathematics education.” He is also the chair of the
Common Core mathematics […]
Hands off Syria
*Straight from the Syrian people:*
*People from Syria hold placards reading "We are against the attack against
the cradle of civilization and we want peace in Syria" *
SWISSINDO and ITCCS and the case of the exploding head
While most of the time I refrain from the "He said" "She said" type crap
that proliferates the Internet, occasionally something get's posted that
jacks up my ire so much that I HAVE to respond ..... otherwise my head
might explode.
These were brought to my attention about 15 minutes ago. After I cleaned
up the floor from all the exploding brain matter, I decided that I would
finally address this openly and with full transparency.
Here is the first link for those of you who haven't read it yet:
http://giftoftruth.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/2013-08-15-itccs-oppt-donations.pdf
20... more »
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