English: A security detail watches over the Presidential limousine outside President Barack Obama's hotel in Istanbul. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Corporate Article Proves Why ALEC Must Be Destroyed.
First let start with the author of this whiny article in Forbes:
Tiger Joyce is president of the American Tort Reform Association, based in
Washington, D.C.
The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) – an ALEC member – is behind
the ALEC legislation that intentionally takes consumer rights away from you
in litigation – because they think you are lying and you are milking the
system if you sue an ALEC corporation for cheating, maiming or killing you.
The American Tort Reform Association is a major component behind ALEC tort
reform legislation that protects corporate revenues/prof... more »
AT PEMAQUID
I made this cairn (on the left) while at Pemaquid Point the other
day.....actually quite fun.
Watch the Evolution of Obama's Statements on Syria [Source: Bloomberg]
Title: Watch the Evolution of Obama's Statements on Syria. Source:
Bloomberg. Date Published: September 11, 2013. Description:
Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- "Lunch Money" Host Adam Johnson reports on
President Barack Obama's statements on Syria. (Source: Bloomberg)
WHY WE ARE CONFUSED
.
Morris Herman (108Morris108) put up one of his best videos a couple of days
ago. It's well worth watching. In it he says, amongst other things......
"The game is. Just confuse everyone"
....he says that while we are confused and therefore unable to effectively
resist, the globalist powers can simply continue to roll forward their
agenda which is to destroy culture, community, nation, race religion and
any form of social coherence that might effectively oppose them.
Morris is quite right and he wonders out loud, "How could a little tiny
group of people take control of the whole s... more »
Anthony Weiner: Surprise, surprise - he ends primary bid for Mayor
His parting speech "middle finger". You can't say that he is not steadfast.
*"On primary day, Weiner got into an argument with a woman in Harlem who
ridiculed him and told him to drop out.*
**
*"You are all about you," she said.*
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*"Get used to it," he replied.*
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*A few hours later, the returns came in.*
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*One last time, Anthony Weiner had asked his city for another chance.*
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*And New Yorkers told him to scram.*
**
*Then, when it was all over, as he drove away from his concession speech, he
flipped a reporter the middle finger."*
**
Read more about his departure and the 'speech'... more »
At Least Tell Us What You Won't Do.
There's an orthodoxy among Canada's political parties that policy must not
be disclosed until on the advent of a general election - if then.
Election campaigns, however, are really awful venues for unveiling
policy. They're hurried and harried and awash in lies and accusations,
emotional appeals and electoral sleight of hand. Just squeezing in an
intelligent discussion of policy can be impossible.
But let's face it. If we're to be governed by consent, the very
cornerstone of democracy, it has to be informed consent freely given.
Everything else is some form of manufactured, ... more »
Carl Sciortino And Alan Grayson Make The Case Against War
October 15 is the date of the special election primary for MA-05, Ed
Markey's former House seat. EMILY's List is pushing hard to elect a
conservative Democratic woman, as always, this one best known as the chief
sponsor of a bill to allow more warrantless domestic spying in
Massachusetts. Aside from hiding from that, Katherine Clark is hiding from
taking a stand on Syria. And so all *all* the candidates for the seat but
one: progressive state Rep. Carl Sciortino. In the simple and unambivalent
words of the Boston Globe, "Sciortino said last week if he were in Congress
he would vot... more »
Remembering 9-11: Article From Whitewraithe - 9/11: 3000 Innocent Victims, And Other Random Thoughts 12 Years Later
It is now the 12th anniversary of the Israeli Mossad attack on America
known forever as "9-11". It is so astounding that now, 12 years after the
fact, that most Americans and still many around the world are under the
false believe that this pre-planned and absolutely horrendous attack on the
United States was conducted by "19 A-rabs hijacking aircraft using box
cutters". I for one have long hoped that America would have finally
awakened to the truth that their so called "ally" Israel did the deed....
For this article, I want to present the following new report from my
friend, Wh... more »
Is the BBC anti-science?
It's a point that keeps coming up: Does the BBC have an anti-science
bias?
The question isn't usually meant in the sense of 'Does the BBC dislike
science?'; no, it's more a question of whether the BBC has a preference
for
the humanities and whether it undervalues science.
An earlier post tackled the question of why BBC One's *Question
Time*features so few scientists (a mere two in over three years), but
Professor
Lisa Jardine has recently raised a more general point. She claims the
BBC
is, as the* Telegraph *puts it, "dumbing down science programmes because
it
is staffed with hum... more »
And there's more...
So, it's not just James Naughtie who's been flown out to Washington to
cover the Syrian crisis (at licence fee payers' expense).
*
*
*Newsnight'*s excellent Mark Urban must have enjoyed the same in-flight
movie and now Jane Hill (Portugal's favourite, thanks to her role in
reporting on the abduction of Madelaine McCann - something that didn't go
down entirely well with the Portuguese, if you remember) is out there too
for the BBC News Channel, standing around (as is her way).
I've always wanted to visit the States. I should have joined the BBC.
The Stuff You Find Out On The Inter-Toobz!
Here's excerpts from a 1978 season of "The Dating Game" where one of the
eligible bachelors would later be found to have been a prolific serial
killer:
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about that:
In 1978, *despite his status as a convicted rapist and registered sex
offender, Alcala was accepted as a contestant *on *The Dating Game*. By
then he had already killed at least two women in California and two others
in New York.[37]
Hunh. (Emphasis added.)
9/11: A licence to extend the state's power
This is the my Vancouver Sun column on the first anniversary of the attack
on the World Trade Centre. More than decade later, I think it stands up
well.
There's something at once wrong and frightening about the fervent
celebration of the attacks on the United States one year ago.Wrong, because
it rests on the false pretence that Sept. 11 was a defining moment that
changed everything, for everyone.
And frightening because it is being used to justify mindless conformity,
an erosion of individual rights in favour of the state -- and even war.
It was a terrible day. But most people have ... more »
The Great 9/11 Debate with Webster Tarpley, Greg Felton, Jim Fetzer, Kevin Barrett, Joshua Blakeney, Anthony F. Sanchez, Janet Phelan, "Syrian Girl", John David Ebert, Walt Brown and Truther Girl Sonia
in the third West Coast Truth Round Table (first broadcast in Jan 2013),
Webster Tarpley and Greg Felton debate whether or not Israel was behind the
attacks - other guests include Jim Fetzer, Kevin Barrett, Joshua Blakeney,
Anthony F. Sanchez, Janet Phelan, "Syrian Girl", John David Ebert, Walt
Brown and Truther Girl Sonia.
Me, I'm lost - what say you?
9/11 - The Frauduent Naudet Brothers "Documentary" - FDNY Complicity in 9/11
9/11 - The Frauduent Naudet Brothers "Documentary" - FDNY Complicity in 9/11from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"I know it was you, Fredo - and it breaks my heart..."
"I wasn't their intention to make a documentary about 9/11...."
No. It really wasn't.
The Brothers Naudet are reputed assets of the Israeli Mossad.
Jules Naudet wasn't directing a movie - he was directing the rescue effort.
As first responders, 3-5 mins after the first planestrike, they set up the
command centre in the lobby;
Any firefighters and rescue teams from out of the precinct rushing to help
would arrive to find a com... more »
9/11 - a licence to extend the state's power
*Here's my 2002 first anniversary column on 9/11. It stands up well.*
*
*
A licence to extend the state's power
There's something at once wrong and frightening about the fervent
celebration of the attacks on the United States one year ago.Wrong, because
it rests on the false pretence that Sept. 11 was a defining moment that
changed everything, for everyone.
And frightening because it is being used to justify mindless conformity, an
erosion of individual rights in favour of the state -- and even war.
It was a terrible day. But most people have placed that devastating event
into some a... more »
The Real 9/11 Hijackers.
Tragically, 9/11 now also marks the one year anniversary since the
terrorist attack on our Consulate in #Benghazi.
— Lindsey Graham (@GrahamBlog) September 11, 2013
It undermines our credibility when terrorists can murder our ambassadors
and we do nothing #Benghazi #NeverForget https://t.co/592jtOmqZZ
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) September 11, 2013
On 9/11, we mourn all those we lost this day, including Amb. Chris Stevens
and his brave colleagues killed one year ago in #Benghazi
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) September 11, 2013
Many questions, scant justice from Obama White Hou... more »
“Record 90.5 Million Out Of Labor Force As Half A Million Drop Out In One Month"
*“Record 90.5 Million Out Of Labor Force As Half A Million Drop Out *
*In One Month; **Labor Force Participation Rate Plunges To 1978 Levels”*
by Tyler Durden
“While the Establishment survey data was ugly due to both the miss and the
prior downward revisions in the NFP print, the real action was in the
Household survey, where we find that the number of people not in the labor
force rose by a whopping 516,000 in one month, which in turn increased the
total number of people outside the labor force to a record 90.5 million
Americans. And what is even worse, the Labor Force Particip... more »
Symposium — Reflections on Reflexivity and Theorizing in IR
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Cameron Thies. It is the
13th 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 Stefano
Guzzini‘s article (PDF). Guzzini’s post appeared earlier today. Other
entries in the symposium–when available–may be reached via the “EJIR Special
Continue reading
Symposium — The Ends of IR Theory: Stages of Reflexivity and Modes of Theorizing
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Stefano Guzzini. It is the
12th 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 Guzzini’s article (PDF). A response, authored
by Cameron Thies, will appear at 10am Eastern. Other entries in the
symposium–when available–may be
Continue reading
Quebec's Charter of 'Values': 5 things it would do and 5 things it wouldn't
From reading these 5 things (would & wouldn't) it is obvious who is
targeted.
*Would*
- *1. Bar public sector employees — including everyone from civil
servants to teachers, provincial court judges, daycare workers, police,
health-care personnel, municipal employees and university staff — from
wearing a hijab, turban, kippa, large visible crucifix or other
"ostentatious" religious symbols while on the job. ***
- *2. Allow five-year opt-outs from the ban for certain organizations,
but not daycare workers or elementary school teachers.***
- *3.Require that... more »
Religious Rituals: Killing of chickens and turkeys
*An ultra-Orthodox man performs a Jewish ritual called Kaparot in the Mea
Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem on Sept. 10. *
*In the ancient custom of Kaparot, still performed by some Jews today, a
white chicken is held over a person's head as prayers are recited that
symbolically transfer the person's sins accumulated through the year into
the bird. The chicken is butchered in a kosher manner and either donated to
charity or eaten. It's performed ahead of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
and the holiest of Jewish holidays, which begins at sundown on Sept. 13. --
European Pressphoto A... more »
How Important Is The House CR?
Brian Beutler has a smart item up about how GOP obsession with Obamacare
hurts them in the upcoming government funding showdown. I agree with the
general point.
However, I think he puts too much emphasis on the importance of what
Republicans pass (or don't pass) out of the House. Here's Beutler:
If 218 Republicans could ignore their White Whale for just a moment and
pass the House bill, Senate Democrats would kill the provision to defund
the health care law, but probably be stuck with Republican spending levels.
The GOP would both avoid a government shutdown and extract a major
con... more »
Native America Calling 'The Great Horse Controversy' Roundup and Slaughter
Native
America Calling opens the airways for discussion
of the Horse Roundup and Slaughter
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Dine' Leland Grass will be on Native America Calling on Thursday, Sept.
12, 2013, with Navajo Nation government spokesperson Erny Zah and
others. Grass said they will go "head to head" on the Horse round up and
slaughter.
Dine' medicine people passed a
A 9/11 Truth: Evidence of Energetic Materials in the Debris of the Collapsed World Trade Center Towers (reposted from 9/11/2010)
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) remote sensing data
(left and upper right) show the distribution and intensity of thermal hot
spots (warm colors) in the area of World Trade Center (WTC) five days after
9/11/01. The red-dashed rectangle overlaid on the pre-9/11 satellite
photograph of the WTC towers at the lower right corresponds to the white-
dashed rectangles on the AVRIS images. (Note that Degrees Fahrenheit = 1.8
x Degrees Centigrade + 32)
Inspired by David Ray Griffin’s recent web publication “*Left-Leaning
Despisers of the 9/11 Truth Movement: Do You Rea... more »
Paul Craig Roberts laments the uselessness of Americas wars and their immense costs to our economy and our troops, as well as the deaths of millions of innocent civilians in the countries the U.S. has invaded. Then because for the past 12 years these wars have been justified as our "war on terror," PCR presents some easy to understand arguments as to why we can be sure the 9/11 attacks were an inside job.
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*Too Many Years Of Lies: From Mossadeq to 9/11 *
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Too Many Years Of Lies
from Mossadeq to 9/11
Paul Craig Roberts
Washington has been at war for 12 years. According to experts such as
Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes, these wars have cost Americans
approximately $6 trillion, enough to keep Social Security and Medicare
sound for years. All there is to show for 12 years of war is fat b... more »
I think David Aaronovitch is pretty close to the truth with his analysis of Ed Miliband's character
And in this moment of crisis it became clear — as it does — what Mr
Miliband is. A personable man (and he is a very pleasant companion),
politically he is not a presence at all, he is an absence. He is Oedipal
Ed, the negator of the unpopular actions of the fathers; the anti-Blair,
the non-Brown. His technique for victory to is follow behind the leader,
wait for a slip-up and exploit his or her mistakes. He did it to his
brother. He hopes to do it to David Cameron. He is neither hunter nor prey,
he is scavenger. He is a political vulture. Mission creep? His mission is
all about cr... more »
The NHS is 'the envy of the world' - Really?
Channel 4 News report
'The 2004 figures show that NHS had the worst figures of all seven
countries. Once the death rate was adjusted, England was 22 per cent higher
than the average of all seven countries and it was 58 per cent higher than
the best country.
That meant NHS patients were almost 60 per cent more likely to die in
hospital compared with patients in the best country.
...
Of course, that was nearly 10 years ago and the NHS has been through
several reforms and had record amounts of money poured into it until
recently.
When Professor Jarman projected the figures forward... more »
Get Your NSA On, Zombies!
*NYTimes*: New iPhone's Fingerprint Scanner : "Coming just one day after
leaked documents suggested that the National Security Agency is able to
hack into smartphones, the unveiling of a new iPhone with a built-in
fingerprint scanner prompted dismay and mockery..."
*Business Insider : NSA Slides Refer To iPhone Owners As 'Zombies'*
See the slides at link above.
*
*
*Tech Dirt : The NSA impersonates Google Servers*
And, as noted by Agent Smith above, it's all turning into a giant hairball :
*The NSA Machine: Too Big For Anyone to Understand* ... including the NSA
.
Never blame Islam or Muslims when on the BBC
There was a distressing piece about the sexual grooming of 'Asian' girls by
'Asian' men on the Today Programme yesterday from 53:42 to 57:42. Listen to
the whole piece it's not that long and note that "Two thirds of the
offenders were Pakistani". John Humphrys doesn't seem to want to press the
interviewee does he?
Untitled
*Levee body says suit against energy firms aims to enforce restoration
clauses in state, federal permits ~Mark Schleifstein*
ADULT ABUSE: Two different worlds!
*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013*
*Interlude—Times profiles Ravitch:* Readers of Sunday’s New York Times were
exposed to a Familiar Old Story—an easily memorized, often-told tale about
“the poor quality of our schools.”
The messaging was conveyed by the headline on the piece—and by a gloomy
visual.
In the visual, a bright yellow school bus has broken down. Smoke is pouring
from under the hood. Gloomily, the headline says this:
“The Great Stagnation of American Education.”
The writer, Professor Robert J. Gordon, rattles a list of familiar
complaints about our public schools, the kin... more »
9/11/1973
9-11-1973 - Chile from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*Salvador Allende*
*
*
*Last Words to the Nation*
*
*
*This speech was delivered at 9:10 am on September 11, 1973, in the midst
on an ultimately successful US-sponsored coup d'etat against the
democratically-elected government. Barricaded inside La Moneda, the
presidential palace, President Allende gave his life defending Chilean
democracy.*
My friends,
Surely this will be the last opportunity for me to address you. The Air
Force has bombed the towers of Radio Portales and Radio CorporaciĆ³n.
My words do not have bitterness but disappoin... more »
George Zimmerman and Shellie Zimmerman
Uncanny resemblance. Especially eyes and the stare.
They deserve each other.
"A display of sober strength"
As some of our hard-earned money went towards funding James Naughtie's trip
to the United States, I think we deserve some value for money from the *Today
*presenter's reporting on the Syrian crisis.
[*circumlocutory*, adj. *using or containing more words than necessary to
express an idea. **Synonyms*: circuitous, diffuse, garrulous, logorrheic,
long-winded, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy].
He was on first thing this morning (6.10) giving *Today *listeners his
appraisal of Barack Obama's big speech last night.
"It was a very sober speech, and he laid out the case for ... more »
“The Goodfellas of Wall Street”
*“The Goodfellas of Wall Street”*
by Chris Mayer
“America’s industrial economy — one in which companies compete not on price
and quality but in political influence, and earn profits not by attracting
customers with good service, but by using the power of the state to protect
markets and force customers into the fold.” — Matt Taibbi, "Griftopia"
You know the routine. Mobsters shake down, say, a restaurant owner. They
drink all the booze and eat all they want and pay nothing. They rob the
cash register. They even go out and borrow money against the place and
spend it. When they’v... more »
ReThink 9/11: The Truth That Could Still Unravel an Empire of Lies
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*The 9/11 false flag attack has propelled a wave of perpetual wars
building a new order based upon chaos.*
Aaron Dykes
Twelve years after the September 11 attacks, Americans are still entangled
in perpetual war, centered around the Middle East which has been based in
numerous theaters, including Iraq and Afghanistan, Libya and now possibly
Syria. The specter of terrorism still looms, putting supposedly-guaranteed
civil rights in the backseat and fear in the fast lane.
Checkpoints and security measures have accelerated at hom... more »
Awesome Letter That a Dying Military Veteran Sent To His Representatives In Congress
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Michael Snyder
You will be amazed by the things that a dying military veteran wrote in a
letter to the two U.S. Senators that are representing his state. Like so
many other Americans, this elderly vet is absolutely disgusted by the
corruption and the incompetence that he sees coming out of Washington.
In the past, I have also written about how $1.4 billion is spent on the
Obamas each year and about how Congress is living the high life at our
expense, but in this letter this dying military veteran puts things much
more eloqu... more »
Remember the Raisin
By Capt. Fogg
The people who like to manipulate us by creating and preserving anger, like
to give us slogans. Remember the Maine, Remember the Alamo, Remember Pearl
Harbor, Remember the Raisin!* Never Forget!! *
All these things are inevitably forgotten despite the slogan advertising
campaigns and sooner or later we'll get tired of remembering 9/11.
Sloganeers will get tired of milking the faded fear and self-pity and
choreographed mourning. The people who were born too late to remember it
will eventually need to be told to remember something else that some party
needs to cultiv... more »
The Diver
I saw Greg Louganis dive in St. Louis
in 1984. Oh, the way he folded and
unfolded in the air. We all gasped
when he split the surface and disappeared.
But he rose up in a shimmering swath
of bubbles, unbounded joy.
Seventeen years later, a man steps out
through the lattice of a skyscraper and
folds himself into a breathtaking pike.
An anonymous diver, abandoning his
day job. Maybe you’ve seen the
photograph? A single body falling, white
oxford full and fluttering, like a peony,
blowsy, on that singular day.
(Christine Hartzler)
Not all stray tweets are funny
There's a must-read article at *Honest Reporting* called How to Libel
Israel: A Case Study.
It gives a striking example of the potential for sheer mischief that can
arise from a stray tweet. Unlike the humorous case of Ian Katz and Rachel
Reeves, however, this one is deadly serious.
Ben Phillips, Campaigns and Policy Director for the politicised charity
Oxfam, tweeted (on 8 September) about how the "blockade of Gaza" had
prevented his charity from receiving some equipment to help provide clean
water for Gazans.
The usual anti-Israel suspects, led by the Electronic Intifada, swif... more »
Untitled
On this day in New Orleans, snowballs were still a Really Big Deal
*Big Victory In Effort To Curb Libel Tourism ~Eric Goldman, Forbes*
~New Orleans Ladder pal and defender Doug Handshoe, of Slabbed, is a
Mississippi blogger/griper. He repeatedly criticized a Louisiana public
official, and that evolved into criticisms of the plaintiffs, Nova Scotia
residents who Handshoe asserted were business partners of the initial
target. The plaintiffs sued Handshoe in a Nova Scotia court for defamation.
Handshoe did not fight that lawsuit, so the Nova Scotia court issued a
default judgment agains... more »
9/11 in 60 Seconds: Mass Trauma That Shocked the National Mind
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*9/11 Changed Everything.*
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
Over an hour of footage from live broadcasts on multiple channels from the
day of 9/11 have been condensed into just over a minute to reveal the
persistent trauma of the event. Words of terror, shock, horror and loss
were all broadcast with full impact into the collective minds of viewers in
America and around the world on a day twelve years ago that continues to
haunt us.
“Unbelievable.” “Horrible.” “Catastrophe.” “Collapsed.” “Blown up.” “Fire.”
“Terrorist.” “Ter... more »
Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part III, Sheikh Ahmed Sattar Al-Rishawi Abu Risha
Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha was not the first in Anbar to challenge Al
Qaeda in Iraq’s hold upon the province, but he was the most successful at
it. He proposed the Anbar Awakening in 2006, which eventually helped
re-take the governorate away from the militants. It was a dramatic
transformation for a place that the American forces had almost written off.
Abu Risha had far more goals than that, but he wasn’t able to see them come
to fruition as he was assassinated a year after he formed the Awakening.
His brother, Ahmed Sattar al-Rishawi Abu Risha took over the movement after
hi... more »
These Bold 9/11 Billboards in Busy Downtown Cores Will Wake Up Thousands
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Never forget that no plane hit Building 7 Joe Martino
New re-think 9/11 billboards have popped up in two major cities in the US.
One being in New York and the other in Dallas. Both appear in very busy
downtown cores where millions will see them. Importantly, they make their
debut in time for the anniversary of 9/11 today.
Along with these billboards, supporters of Architects and Engineers
campaign to encourage people to RE-THINK 9/11 were handing out factual
brochures aimed at educating and reminding the public that scientif... more »
After 12 Years, It Is Time For The Truth!
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Dees Illustration Dave Hodges
We live in a time where DHS will categorize an individual as a terrorist if
they question the government about nearly anything. At the risk of being
hauled away and never heard from again under the NDAA, I wish to, once
again, bring forth my objections to the government secrecy of the events of
9/11.
On that day newest day that will live in infamy, I lost over 3,000
countrymen; and twelve years later, the victims' families have still not
received closure because the facts are being held under l... more »
Wargasms on the Potomac: U.S. Weapons Good, Syrian Weapons Bad
*By Fred Drumlevitch*
cross-posted from freddrumlevitch.blogspot.com (*Progressive Food for
Thought*)
The sound of war drums rose over the Potomac. As did also certain other
items. The tumescent political “leadership” and their rent boys of the
mainstream media alternated between stroking each other to the point of
wargasm and oh-so-seriously rationalizing to the public why they must let
loose their dogs of war. Fortunately, many ordinary Americans have begun to
realize just how tired *they themselves* are of getting screwed by the
imperial overreach of what is supposed to be *th... more »
Too Many Years Of Lies: From Mossadeq to 9/11
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Dees Illustration Paul Craig Roberts
Washington has been at war for 12 years. According to experts such as
Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes, these wars have cost Americans
approximately $6 trillion, enough to keep Social Security and Medicare
sound for years. All there is to show for 12 years of war is fat bank
balances for the armament industries and a list of destroyed countries with
millions of dead and dislocated people who never lifted a hand against the
United States.
The cost paid by American troops and taxpayers is ... more »
Help Obama Kickstart WW3 (Promo Video)
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*Youtube*
President Obama needs your help starting World War III! Find out how you
can help!
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Secret Memos with Summers and Geithner to Deregulate Banking
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*LipTV*
1996 emails have just come to light between Larry Summers, Obama's current
nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, and Tim Geithner detailing plans to
deregulate international markets and effectively set the stage for the
global financial collapse.
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WWIII Pre-Game Show
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*Joy Camp*
HILARIOUS - but not really...
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9/11 Truth and the Way Forward: Real Criminal Investigations
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*James Corbett*
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Pol. Ideology 49: Machiavelli, The Prince, Liberality and Meanness
My political theoretician and academic friend, Dr. Amado “Bong” Mendoza,
made a follow up discussion about the pork barrel scandal, this time
getting the ideas of the famouos Italian historian-philosopher Niccolo
Machiavelli (1469-1527). Earlier, Bong used the ideas of Thomas Hobbes,
John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau, in analyzing pork barrel scam. See Hobbes,
Locke, Rosseau and Social Contract Theory.
In his facebook posting yesterday, Bong wrote,
*The Florentine political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli (I affectionately
call him the Big Mac) counseled the Prince that if he can... more »
Laying down a few ground rules
Next Monday's *Panorama, *Tax, Lies and Videotape, will be going undercover
in the City of London, in pursuit of tax avoidance by big companies.
It's a favourite theme for *Panorama. *(See, for example, here or here or
here or here).
It's to be hoped that their investigation will be fair and factual, and a
good test of that will be their choice of 'talking heads'.
There is, of course, absolutely nothing wrong with using anti-tax avoidance
campaigners, such as those from the Tax Justice Network, as 'talking
heads'. They are a key voice in the debate over tax avoidance.
What wou... more »
James Corbett: Who was really behind the 9/11 attacks?
Thanks to James Corbett for doing the work@ The Corbett Report
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As we approach the 12th anniversary of 9/11, it is time for 9/11 truth to
mature as a movement before it stagnates into insignificance. Either the
movement will live up to its potential by naming names and identifying
suspects in the crime, or it will become another JFK assassination
investigation, doomed to spend half a century fighting pointless
territorial battles while the real perpetrators walk free. Join us for this
9/11 anniversary edition of The Corbett Report as w... more »
WotW: Color 101 - Beauty is NOT in the Eye of the Beholder
Of all the things I learned in college, only one concept has stuck with me
over the years. Strangely enough, it wasn't from a course necessary for my
degree, but it has profoundly changed my perceptions about the world and
has strongly influenced how I approach my career today.
This sage wisdom came from my Intro to Landscape Architecture teacher. He
started his lecture one day by saying, "You've been lied to your whole
life. *Beauty is NOT in the eye of the beholder*. And I'm going to prove it
to you."
I remember sitting there thinking, "What an idiot, of course beauty is in
th... more »
More Americans "Rethinking" 9/11?
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Ben Swann Reality Check takes a look at claims by Architects and Engineers
for 9/11 Truth about why they say the official story on the collapse of
Building 7 is not only untrue, it is not possible. Also, a new poll shows
that more and more Americans are now rethinking the official story.
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Pro-Syria War Org Exposed as White House Front
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President Paul: "I Like the Presumption So Far"
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Senator Rand Paul is clearly being put forward to be contender in the 2016
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Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Ellis Burks, 49. Not quite a HOFer...but a lot closer
than you might think, and better than quite a few guys who made it.
Terrific late hitting second peak, ages 34-37, but only about 250 PAs after
that.
Plenty of good stuff:
1. Excellent new TNR feature: Isaac Chotiner tries to interview Barney
Frank, receives abuse (via a Chait tweet).
2. Three good ones from the folks at Mischiefs of Faction. First, Greg
Koger's analysis of the Congressional vote on Syria is useful, whether or
not there is a vote.
3. Then Jennifer Victor, also on the Congressional vote.
4. Al... more »
Bitter Gourd Destroys Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Benefits Diabetics by Christina Sarich
Bitter Gourd Destroys Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Benefits Diabetics
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 11 September 2013
Bitter gourd, also known as karela or bitter melon, is a vegetable found
all over Asia with some newly proven, astounding health benefits.* A study published
in the scientific journal Carcinogenesis has shown that bitter gourd juice
restricts the ability of pancreatic cancer cells to metabolize glucose, and
in the process cuts off the cancer’s energy source, effectively killing
them.*
Anomalous cancer cells in the pancreas have no chance to grow with bitte... more »
It Isn't Hard To Fool Beltway Media Hacks, Is It?
The White House, in a sad attempt to prove all the international support it
has for bombing Syria, released a letter that a couple dozen countries
signed onto. The letter (below) condemns the use of chemical weapons and
strongly demands action by the UN. The UN is not the US-- and not all
"action" is bombing. Here's the statement the 24 countries signed onto:
The international norm against the use of chemical weapons is long-standing
and universal. The use of chemical weapons anywhere diminishes the security
of people everywhere. Left unchallenged, it increases the risk of furthe... more »
Our Darker Angels
Now that the Quebec Charter of Values has been officially unveiled, it's
clear that Pauline Marois and her party are appealing to an old strain in
Quebec life -- fear of those who aren't like *nous autres*. It was there in
Abbe Groulx's anti-Semitism. It was there when Paul Larose and his
confreres kidnapped James Cross. In fact, in Quebec, fear of the other is
nothing new.
But, by targeting the clothes and the religious symbols people wear, Marois
is making it easy to identify "the other" -- thus, making them targets of
hatred. Tasha Kheiriddin notes that Marois links multicultu... more »
Apple reveals two novel iPhone models: 5S and 5C handsets
*Apple has unveiled two new handsets: the top-end iPhone 5S and a cheaper
iPhone 5C at an occasion in California. *The 5S introduces a fingerprint
sensor built into the phone's main knob to recognize the user. The 5C comes
with a synthetic back in a choice of colours. It marks a change of strategy
for Apple which had not launched two distinct types of handset at the same
instance before.
The iPhone is the firm's most main product in terms of earnings power. The
new fingerprint system can be used to unlock the 5S and provide
confirmation for purchases from Apple's online marketpl... more »
German Elections - - just eleven days away ..... dissecting german polling data , can a grand coalition with Merklel at the helm be achieved ? Without FDP in the government , the answer might be NO !
German Elections update.....
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 2:43 PM
Latest Polls Not Looking Good For Merkel, 12 Days Before election
The German election is on September 22. And with 12 days remaining, things
do not look good for a Grand Coalition headed by Merkel.
Via translation, the latest INSA poll looks like this:
- CDU/CSU - 39%
- SPD - 28%
- GrĆ¼ne (Greens) - 11%
- Die Linke (Left) - 8%
- FDP - 4%
- AfD - 3%
- Pirate - 3%
I believe AfD will make the 5% cut. I do not know if FDP will make the cut.
If neither makes the cut, an unstable "Grand Coalition" is th... more »
Australia to be decarbontaxified
First, a technical poll. Odiogo was producing the "listen now" button under
the titles that could "read" the texts. Snap previews were thumbnails of
the linked to page that appeared whenever you hovered over a link.
*Which evaporated widgets do you miss?*I miss both Odiogo and SnapsI miss
Odiogo but Snap previews was uselessI miss Snap previews but Odiogo was
uselessGood riddance to both pollcode.com free polls
Congratulations to all conservative Australians and those who were not
friends of the carbon tax (AUS $23 per ton of CO2 equivalent on selected
sources).
*The younger one... more »
Military.Com observes White House silence on the report that Syrian Rebels were responsible for the August 21 , 2013 chemical weapon incident at Ghouta , Syria ..... Syria updates - the day after the President's speech , where do things stand ? War resolution votes postponed as diplomacy pursued through the UN regarding alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syria government - any attack now allegedly pushed back to mid-October ( as per Chuck Hagel ) ! Blood lust for War deferred but not forgotten !
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/09/10/white-house-mum-on-rebel-chem-weapons-use.html
White House Mum on Rebel Chem Weapons Use
Sep 10, 2013
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[image: In this Friday, April 6, 2012 file photo, rebels gather on a corner
during fighting with Syrian troops in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Media
reports now indicate al Qaida has joined the fight against President Bashar
Assad's regime.]
While wrestling with the case for a punitive attack on Syria over the
alleged use of sarin gas against civilians, the White House is not
commenting on a wi... more »
the other september 11, why "they" might hate "us", and the right to live in peace
For many people in the world, especially people in South America, the date *September
11* was significant long before 2001. On that date in 1973, Augusto
Pinochet, with the help of the United States government, overthrew the
democratically elected, socialist government of Salvador Allende. Allende
was either murdered or forced into suicide. Pinochet then installed a
military dictatorship that ruled Chile until 1990, and was responsible for
tens of thousands of deaths, tortures, and disappearances, along with
right-wing economic policies that were equally brutal.
I often think of the... more »
Guess who's back?
Has a former prime minister ever been invited to write for the BBC News
website before? Well, one has now:
Gordon Brown's school plan for Syria's refugees
By Gordon Brown
UN special envoy for education
Now, what would you rather do: Read that Gordon Brown article or listen to
a Rachel Reeves interview?
A guy from Mississippi won the HEP P.R. contest
Three weeks ago, I asked you to watch four videos in which physicists
explain why particle physics is important.
For various content-based and emotional reasons, I voted for University of
Mississippi Associate Professor Breese Quinn (above).
Yesterday, the winner of the contest received the Symmy – it's a sculpture
from the Symmetry Magazine that is so famous that it even has two famous
parodies, the Emmy and the Grammy. ;-)
Yes, here is the Mississippi winner:
Congratulations. I wish him a good luck with the Symcar.
I learned about the winner from the Symmetry Magazine.
... more »
Free Planet Manifesto 2013
even in a Free Planet we some times need 'some bloke' to tell us what is
right, and what is wrong, right?
"Good morning Sarah, and good morning BBC listeners"
The* Guardian* published an interview last night with Raquel Rolnik
(above), the UN's special rapporteur on housing. Several further
*Guardian *articles
followed straight on.
Ms Rolnik has entered the political fray here, denouncing the British
government's spare room subsidy/bedroom tax as an attack on people's
human
rights and has called for it to be axed.
(Her last major invention in British affairs came when she called for a
haltto the eviction of the travellers from their illegal encampment at
Dale
Farm in 2011).
Where the *Guardian *leads the BBC so often follows, and this... more »
Fighting Spirit: A Message from Herman Wallace
*PLEASE TAKE ACTION: Demand Humane Release for Herman! USA, UK, France,
Belgium, and elsewhere*
On Saturday. August 31st, I was transferred to LSU Hospital for evaluation.
I was informed that the chemo treatments had failed and were making matters
worse and so all treatment came to an end. The oncologists advised that
nothing can be done for me medically within the standard care that they are
authorized to provide. They recommended that I be admitted to hospice care
to make my remaining days as comfortable as possible. I have been given 2
months to live.
I want the world to know... more »
“At World's End: The Five Stages of Collapse”
*“At World's End: The Five Stages of Collapse”*
By James Quinn
"In the first three parts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) of this disheartening
look back at a century of central banking, income taxing, military warring,
energy depleting and political corrupting, I made a case for why we are in
the midst of a financial, commercial, political, social and cultural
collapse. In this final installment I’ll give my best estimate as to what
happens next and it has a 100% probability of being wrong. There are so
many variables involved that it is impossible to predict the exact path to
our wo... more »
The Upcoming War On Syria: Dissecting The Criminal US President's September 10th, 2013 Speech To The American People..
I decided after taking as much "Pepto-Bismol" as I could to actually listen
to the criminal US President's speech to the American public tonight.....
It was a good thing that I took that stomach antacid, because the lies were
coming out of this criminal's mouth so fast and furiously that I honestly
wanted to puke... What was said was some of the worse bullcrap lies and
falsehoods about Syria that anyone could imagine!
For this article, I want to present the entire transcript of the US
criminal President's speech to the American people right here, and I have
interjected in all parts... more »
Last American Hero Tells the Tale (Massive Worldwide Theft) and What Happens When No One At the Top Goes To Jail (Wealth Loss To U.S. Households Was $11 Trillion)
Richest 1 Percent Earn Biggest Share Since 1920's I genuinely love this
guy. He's the historical fount of financial knowledge and analysis that
I've been saying had to exist to concisely explain what has been happening
to the wealth of the U.S. (and the western world) for the last decade. (And
I'm not even getting into the fake terror wars.) He's so smart my cerebral
cortex aches when I
THE OBAMA SPEECH ON SYRIA: A GREEN LIGHT TO THE ISRAELIS
The Obama speech to the American people and the world, delivered on the
eve of the twelfth anniversary of 9/11, was very carefully crafted and
designed to appeal to public opinion while leaving the ball still firmly in
his court. He reminded the world he is still commander in chief and is only
going to Congress for what he considers ideological reasons that reflect
the democratic nature of the American nation. He laid out past precedents
for going to war without Congressional approval leaving the door open for
him to make such a decision if circumstances dictated.
Obama was also c... more »
Closing credits
Here's how *Newsnight*'s editor acknowledged his gaffe (tweeting that the
scintillating Labour MP Rachel Reeves is a bore) on last night's programme:
*#clever*
9/11 twelfth anniversary - The Third Truth - Dimitri Khalezov
"DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT," Snoop Dogg might say.
*Amazing interview with Dimitri Khalezov, former Nuclear Intelligence
officer of the Soviet Union. Because of the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions
Treaty of 1976 between the USA and the former USSR and Dimitri's military
role in the USSR's Nuclear Intelligence division, Dimitri had certain
knowledge of the WTC demolition schema, which was required to obtain the
original WTC building permit in New York (i.e. NY did not issue a building
permit without submitting a demolition schema). Dimitri uses his insider
information combined with his milit... more »
LUNCH WITH THE FT - VLADIMIR PUTIN
Vladimir Putin meets me in the VIP room at the *Shotlandskaya Kletka*restaurant in Moscow.
Before we order our food, I ask Putin about Syria's offer to hand over its
chemical weapons.
"In 2002," says Putin, "Saddam Hussein allowed the weapons inspectors to
carry out a thorough inspection.
"The inspectors found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction. But Bush
went ahead with his invasion anyway.
"It may be the same this time with Syria," continues Putin,"but, on the
other hand, more of the American public, politicians and military now know
that the American government is run b... more »
BREAKING: Wang kicked out of KMT
CNA reports:
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Wang booted from KMT. This means he lost his seat in the legislature and
his Speaker position, since he is an at-large legislator serving at the
party's pleasure.
More later tonight....
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Untitled
*Hazard mitigation program ending, missed out on helping thousands more ~David
Hammer, WWLTV*
Aramaic Prayer / Hymn - King of Kings
To God goes the glory. Man is clay and dust.
Lords Prayer In Assyrian Aramaic
How Much Would the World Pay for Biodiversity? Nothing, Really
Just a week ago, NPR’s Planet Money reported: “The government of Ecuador
has abandoned a plan that would have kept part of the Amazonian rainforest
off limits to oil drilling. The initiative was an unusual one: Ecuador was
promising to keep the oil in the ground, but it wanted to be paid for doing
so.”
Continue reading
Boehner Doesn't Have To Worry About A Democratic Challenger Thanks To Steve Israel, But His Right Flank Doesn't Look Safe
Last week we looked at the persistent Beltway rumors that Boehner has had
enough and wants to retire and spend the rest of his life drinking and
golfing. If right wing groups have their way, he won't get the chance. They
want to defeat him at the polls in 2014. Grassroots Democrats in western
Ohio have tried to do that as well, but the DCCC has savagely undercut them
and protected Boehner's left flank. Steve Israel got his way again this
cycle-- so far-- and there is no Democrat running against Boehner. The Tea
Party doesn't take its walking orders from Steve Israel. They want
Boe... more »
Alex Jones is (still) a Dangerous White Supremacist
Subtle, Alex, real subtle this time....
IDEAS 3: Wan Saiful's Presentation in Manila
Wan's talk last Monday night here in Manila was great. Will post photos in
my next blog post. Audience were mainly my clubmates in Rotary, plus
friends in the free market movement here in Manila.
It's good that Wan briefly introduced what the Institute for Democracy and
Economic Affairs (IDEAS) is. He said that often people look at free
marketers as not too concerned with high inequality and the poor, so they
made it clear that their goal is to "make markets work for the poor."
Both the administration and the opposition in Malaysia know that IDEAS is
free marketer and hence, not ex... more »
Obama And The Lying Wolves Are Desperate For Credibility
Wolves are descending on the carcass of Syria . . .salivating at the mouth.
. . hungry for Syrian blood . . . Assad is a good shepherd . . . Assad
protects the weak . . . To say Assad gassed his people is to lie. . . And
the wolves are lying.
Obama Asks for Postponed Vote on Syria. Source: AP.
Missing persons in Canada
There are about 7,000 missing people in Canada at any given time. Of those
perhaps a sixth of the adults have mental or drug issues -- the rest are
missing due to other causes.
Sometimes these are benign -- people who leave and seek a new start --
others quite the contrary -- murder victims whose bodies are not found.
Most are people involved in accidents or arrested or for some other reason
kept out of reach of their family for a brief period.
Regardless, missing people cause enormous heartache and anxiety -- the lack
of information can devastate families.
Perhaps the only good... more »
Philosophy: It’s a matter of life and death
Philosophy isn’t just an abstract subject for otherwise unemployable nerds
to sound learned. It explains why, for instance, a culture moves radically
away from respecting objective reality and instead embraces the concept of
subjectivism; or moves away from respecting reason and independent
judgement, and instead embraces consensus; or moves away from respecting
individual rights and peaceful cooperation, and instead begins to embrace
authoritarianism and state control.
In order to live at all in the real world, you need *some view* of that
world and your place in it—either explic... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"This forest of snow and ice penitentes reflects moonlight shining across
the Chajnantor plateau. The region lies in the Chilean Andes at an altitude
of 5,000 meters, not far from one of planet Earth's major astronomical
observatories, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. Up to
several meters high, the flattened, sharp-edged shapes, and orientation of
the penitentes tend to minimize their shadows at local noon.
*Click image for larger size.*
In the dry, cold, thin atmosphere, sublimation driven by sunlight is
important for their formation. A direct transition from a... more »
If August job numbers were by the one week shutdown of the porn industry - September will be a dilly ! Now three porn actors / actresses hit with HIV !
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/pointing-at-pornography-for-job-losses/?smid=tw-nytimes
Pointing at Pornography for Job LossesBy CATHERINE RAMPELL
*Updated, 4:24 p.m.* | *to include point about how employees are counted.*
[image: CATHERINE RAMPELL]
CATHERINE RAMPELL
Dollars to doughnuts.
The pornography industry, long accustomed to being a scapegoat for the
country’s moral ills, is now being blamed for America’s economic failings,
too.
Employment in the motion picture and sound recording industries plunged in
August, for a loss of 22,200 jobs. It was the sector with the bi... more »
Neil Young is a Moron
Okay, okay......I promise I took a deep breath and walked away from the
laptop for several minutes before typing this post, but I have to admit I
still can't get over the stupidity that is Neil Young. Apparently, he was
in town over the long weekend to tour our city. But really, like many
other celebs, he only came here to garner publicity for himself and spout
off about the oilsands. And I mean, that's fine, everyone has their
opinion and is entitled to it. But I really have to draw a line in the
sand when the guy then goes ahead and spouts off about Fort McMurray
itself. Acco... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Red Thread”
* “The Red Thread”*
by Chet Raymo
“I am seventy-seven years old and have never witnessed a human death. I
have been there as loved ones- father and mother, most prominently- awaited
the approaching darkness, but I was not present when the last flicker of
light was extinguished. For this, I suppose, I should feel grateful,
retaining a kind of innocence, a blessed lacuna in the realm of possible
experience. I think of how for so many in the world death is a commonplace
and sometimes grisly presence.
In the journal my father kept as he lay dying of cancer, he recounts a
dream ... more »
Bill McCallum Responds to My Post (and I Look Into My Crystal Ball)
“How I Spend My Spare Time” I recently wrote a post entitled, “A Sane Reply
to Bill McCallum: Why I Cannot Support the Common Core “State” Standards.”
I addressed directly some of my concerns and gave some general reasons that
I can’t go along with Bill McCallum’s request to join him in supporting
CCSSI. As […]
The Daily "Near You?"
Pompano Beach, Florida, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Thank goodness, no more campaign messages on the answering machine -- at least until the NYC primary runoff
*I don't know what Daniel Squadron can do as NYC public advocate, but he's
the person I want to see doing it, en route to whatever higher office he's
going to be seeking.*
*by Ken*
If I had it to do over, maybe instead of deleting all those
political-campaign phone messages as quick as I could punch them out, I
might have kept a log of calls received, with a view to picking as te
"winner" in each contested race the candidate who had inflicted the fewest
nuisance calls on me. True, it would have been a lot of work, but what was
all that daily toil screening the accumulated messages... more »
God's Price Tag
We’ve woken up. We can clearly see our slavery. We bought the story –
hook, line and sinker. Did we put up a fight before we were snatched from
our sovereignty? I believe so. Elements of the fight are everywhere. There
have always been revolutionaries, whistle blowers, and conspiracy theorists.
Their language is becoming mainstream. You hear words like “private
agenda” and “line their own pockets” on Capitol Hill and on Main Street.
Movements to “access our value” are a growing part of the conversation.
It’s true, we’ve been robbed, if willingly. Yet there ... more »
Security considerations . . .
A
copper wallet insert shields your credit cards from RFID
skimming.Image: Adam Harvey
Get a Faraday wallet. Something with a lining made of copper, or steel
mesh or even aluminum foil. Or add aluminum foil to the inside of the
wallet you have. With one of those, “they” can “ping” you as you walk
about, and the RFID’s in your credit cards and sometimes, Driver’s
Licence, are shielded, and
Why in the world is the FBI STILL investigating reporter Hastings for alleged " controversial reporting " ? NSA involved in industrial espionage against Petrobras of Brazil - more NSA news of the day... With 9-11 looming , beware the False Flag ! ,
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/9/fbi-releases-redacteddocumentonmichaelhastings.html
FBI continues to investigate Hastings for 'controversial reporting'
by Jason Leopold
@JasonLeopold
September 9, 2013 9:45PM ET Updated 11:45PM ET
Al Jazeera obtains declassified documents on deceased Rolling Stone
journalist following FOIA lawsuit
Topics: Michael Hastings Rolling Stone Magazine FBI
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[image: Michael Hastings]
Hastings died in a late-night car crash in Los Angeles in June.Paul
Morigi/Getty Images
The FBI released a heavily redacted document on Rolling Stone j... more »
Money Laundering Exposed As A Key Component Of The Housing Bubble's "All Cash" Bid
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* *Money Laundering Exposed As A Key Component Of The Housing Bubble's "All
Cash" Bid*
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/10/2013 18:02 -0400
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-10/money-laundering-exposed-key-component-housing-bubbles-all-cash-bid
In August 2012, when isolating one of the various reasons for the latest
housing bubble, we suggested that a primary catalyst for the price surge in
the ultra-luxury housing segment and the seemingly endless supply of "all
cash" buyers (standing at an unprecedented 60% of all buyers lately as
reported by Goldman) is a very simpl... more »
#EdSnowden reveals spooks have already cracked and hacked your software
*Guest post by James Ball, Julian Borger, and Glenn Greenwald*
U.S. and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of
the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to
protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails,
according to top-secret documents revealed by former contractor Edward
Snowden.
The files show that the National Security Agency and its UK counterpart
GCHQ have broadly compromised the guarantees that Internet companies have
given consumers to reassure them that their communications, online banking
a... more »
Poll shows Hondurans really, really unhappy with country's direction
Hondurans are ferociously gloomy about the state of their country,
according to a new poll this month.
The poll, by CESPAD, a citizen’s pro-democracy organization, looked at
voter preferences. The national elections are now a little more than two
months away.
It also asked about attitudes toward government, the state of the country
and democracy.
The results were grim. Only 3.2 per cent of Hondurans think the country is
progressing. Only 18 per cent think their families’ economic situation is
even a little better this year than last.
The poll asked whether the current government was... more »
The 1970s called. They want their global cooling scam back.
Ahead of the UN’s climate jobsworths writing up the summary of their fifth
report on the state of the climate’s planet, and desperate to find some
plausible climate disasters on the horizon they can make quotable enough to
go around the world’s media, the planet itself is resolutely refusing to
cooperate.
London’s *Daily Telegraph* reports the Arctic is refusing to give up its
ice, as predicted. Instead of decreasing,
There has been a 60 per cent increase in the amount of ocean covered with
ice compared to this time last year, the equivalent of almost a million
square miles. In a... more »
Testicles and Fatherhood
This is my lab, so let's perform a thought experiment. Say I'm a
sociologist (which I am) and had an interest in the social behaviour of
biologists. Neuroscientists to be more precise. In such a situation, quite
rightly my motives for studying them would have to be justified like any
sociological enterprise should. But also, I think most people would be okay
with the idea of studying a groups of scientists in a social setting.
Investigating, describing and analysing social relationships is the bread
and butter of our work, after all. However, if our sociologists were to
enter the s... more »
"The Senate is a failed institution.” - Tom Mulcair, Leader, New Democratic Party
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[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*“We live in a democracy. It’s a fundamental principle in a democracy that
laws are made by people who have been elected by the public. The Senate is
a failed institution.”*
*Tom Mulcair *
*-Leader, New Democratic Party*
*-Leader of the Official Opposition**
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* *Last thought ... *
*Saskatchewan's Right wing corporate media are a bit anxious about
Mulcair's visit to Saskatchewan ... even repeating the original
Saskatchewan Party 'speaking point' (which Wall has now abandoned) on what
constitutes the term 'Dutch Disease':*
*" Mulcair is likely les... more »
ISRAELIS MAY NEED TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO KICK START THEIR FINAL CONFRONTATION
It seems that an imminent strike against the Syrian government may have
been averted due to Bashir al-Assad conceding to Russian suggestions that
Syria surrender its chemical weapons to international custody. Already the
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting scheduled to meet to discuss
Russia’s proposal has been postponed.
The development has left the neoconservatives fuming. For them, the US
strike against Syria was essential. Without a US strike there is unlikely
to be the much hoped for retaliatory strikes against Israel which would
have provided them with an opportunit... more »
The Sons of God
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*"The Owls Are Not What They Seem"*
Genesis 6
*King James Version (KJV)*
6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth,
and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the *sons of God* saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and
they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that
he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when
the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they ... more »
Something is missing from this picture...
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There is currently a criminal trial unfolding in Ottawa that has captured
the interest of many.
It is unusual because it involves girls under the age of 16 pressured,
blackmailed and physically coerced into sex work by pimps who are also
girls — barely older than their victims.
Two of the three adolescents standing trial for 74 charges including human
trafficking, forcible confinement and procuring for prostitution, are 16
years old; the other is 17.
This is an account from a young ... more »
Untitled
*Royalty-screwed: Big Oil likes to confuse severance taxes with cleanup
costs ~Mark Moseley, The Lens*
Untitled
*Judge orders sheriff to seize LSU search records ~WDSU*
Open Thread
So, what's on your mind today? Comments, complaints, suggestions, lost
or stolen items?
Extra Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, "The Story In Your Eyes"
Moody Blues, "The Story In Your Eyes"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgOtLKttDU4&html5=1
I couldn't resist, lol...
Yes, Of Course It's OK to Speculate About Syria and 2016.
This again? I'm hearing all sorts of complaints about people speculating
about how the Syria matter will affect the 2016 elections.
If we're talking general election -- I'm with you. Pending an enormous
policy disaster, and perhaps even if there is one, the outcome in Syria
will likely have zero effect on the November 2016 election.
But if we're talking nominations? As long as you agree on two things:
1. The 2016 presidential nomination contests began some time ago and are
underway right now; and,
2. The outcome of the 2016 nomination contests is important
...then of course it's re... more »
Syria-- Saving Obama From His Own Worst Instincts
On Sunday, all Democratic Members of Congress got a 9 x 12 envelope from
"President Barack Obama" with the question on the front, "DO YOU STILL HAVE
MY BACK?" Pelosi is much beloved by most Democrats in the House. But her
"dear colleague" letters on behalf of Obama's resolution to bomb Syria are
falling flat. In fact, every time she sends one out-- and Friday was the
fifth-- another undecided Democrat switches to NO. First thing Monday
morning it was Iraq War vet Tulsi Gabbard. Friday it was northern
California ConservaDem Ami Bera-- who switched from a YES vote to a NO vote
after... more »
Musical Interlude: The Moody Blues, “Tuesday Afternoon”
The Moody Blues, “Tuesday Afternoon”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEMuAnFH_lM&html5=1
•
Moody Blues, Full album, "Days of Future Passed"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_9hwW1eV0&html5=1
“How 9/11 Was Done”
"I didn't say it would be easy. I just said it would be the truth."
- Morpheus
“How 9/11 Was Done”
- http://how911wasdone.blogspot.com/
•
"The Heart-Wrenching Images Of 9/11 That We'll Never "
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Kansas Charter School Anticulturalism Sends Child Home in Tears
The protests that this situation has aroused is a good thing, but a much
better thing would be for parents to get just as upset about the
anticultural curriculum and chain gang behavior control as they now are
about racist rules regarding hair styles. Tagged: anticulturalism,
charter schools
A Better Look at George Zimmerman
Shellie Zimmerman's 911 call
Well it's hard to be sympathetic to her. She covered for him at the trial
for his killing of Trayvon Martin.
“The ‘Mize-Well’ Factor”
*“The ‘Mize-Well’ Factor”*
by Bill Bonner
“The Dow rose 140 points yesterday. Our guess: Speculators are betting on
the Fed’s announcement later this month. In light of bad employment
numbers, they reckon the Fed is unlikely to begin seriously tapering off
from its credit-pumping adventure. They’re probably right. The Fed has
already gone too far. The economy depends on its ZIRP and QE. Besides, Ben
Bernanke is leaving his post as Fed chairman in January. He is desperate to
hold things together so he can get away with his reputation – such as it is
– intact. He has already ad... more »
Maureen Dowd’s Two Faces of Barry!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013*
*The one face of Milbank and Dowd:* In this morning’s Washington Post,
Milbank plays the silly card with respect to Susan Rice.
But first, Maureen Dowd played the silly card with respect to President
Barry. On Sunday, she started her column like this, pitiful headline
included:
DOWD (9/8/13): *Barry’s War Within*
*The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize had been up late pleading for war.*
*The president looked exhausted* as he met the press in St. Petersburg on
Friday. The man elected because of his magical powers of persuasion had
failed to persuade othe... more »
"Insanity..."
“Insanity is when you do the same thing over and
over again and expect different results.”
- Albert Einstein
Ignore the Right, support the BBC - says a Labour MP
The BBC's usual "right-wing and competitor" opponents must be ignored,
states a disinterested political neutral at the *Guardian *tonight.
"We must stand up for the BBC"...
At a time when public trust is so low, the BBC has proved time and time
again its resilience. Its founding principles are to inform, educate and
entertain. It is truly a public good which, despite everything, continues
to be an incredibly successful global broadcaster providing high-quality
journalism, factual programming and drama, and keeping journalistic and
production values higher in the commercial sector ... more »
Satire: “Kerry Shocked to Be Taken Seriously”
* “Kerry Shocked to Be Taken Seriously”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Secretary of State John Kerry said
today that he was “shocked and flabbergasted” that the Russians heeded his
suggestion about Syria’s chemical weapons, telling reporters, “After four
decades in public life, this is the first time someone has taken me
seriously. Whether as a senator, a Presidential candidate, or Secretary of
State, I’ve devoted countless hours to thunderous and droning speeches that
people have consistently tuned out,” he said. “So naturally, to be listened
to all of ... more »
Issa: The Syrian 10 years old boy who works in a weapon factory 6 days a week - more pictures
*Issa assembles a locally handmade mortar shell.Hamid Khatib / Reuters*
*10-year-old Syrian boy works 10-hour days, six days a week alongside
father in weapons factory. See more pictures *here.
Israel And Saudi Arabia Are Afraid of A Peace Deal Between America And Syria, May Stage False Flag Op
* Israel and Saudi Arabia are mad that President Obama hasn't already
bombed Syria.*
Below is an excerpt from, *"Harper: Beware of False Flag
Incident,"*published at Colonel Patrick Lang's site on Tuesday,
September 10, 2013.
"The countdown to U.S. military action against Syria has taken another
dramatic twist over the past 24 hours, with a Russian proposal, backed
by
Syria, Iran and the Obama Administration, now being formulated to avert
American military action. The proposal, contrary to much of the media
chatter, was discussed between Putin and Obama in St. Petersburg last
week... more »
Putin: Syria chemical arms handover will work only if US calls off strike
Putin: Syria chemical arms handover will work only if US calls off strike.
Source: RT.
As we await Obama's speech tonight, presumably trying to justify launching cruise missiles indiscriminately into Syria to punish Bashar al-Assad for the unproven notion that he was responsible for the chemical weapons deaths 3 weeks ago, he should consider the unequivocal consequences of the stupendously larger amounts of toxic chemicals that the U.S. dumped on Vietnam...
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*The US government has used more chemical weapons than all other countries
combined *
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Guest Contribution by the BBC
Compare what Washington did to the people of Vietnam with its relentless
chemical weapons attacks that the Vietnamese had to endure for years with
the alleged and unproven use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article... more »
Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part II, Sheikh Abdullah Jalal Mukhif Faraji
The Anbar Awakening, which emerged in 2006 was a mix of sheikhs, clerics,
and tribesmen, many of which were involved with the insurgency. Each was
driven by their own motivation to give up the struggle against the
Americans and the Iraqi government, and instead turn their weapons on their
former compatriots. Sheikh Abdullah Jalal Mukhif Faraji was one such
individual. He was the deputy head of the Sunni Endowment in Anbar, and a
member of the Ramadi city council that later helped lead the Anbar
Salvation Council along with Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha and others. To
Faraji it was... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Dr. Harrell
Rhome*, a contributing editor to the bi-monthly historical magazine *The
Barnes Review*. Dr. Rhome and I will be discussing the Jewish Talmud,
Jewish ritual murder, and Judaism's connection to Freemasonry.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Three Years and Counting on the Kalamazoo
Three years after a major dilbit spill on Michigan's Kalamazoo River,
pipeline operator Enbridge is still at work on the cleanup. If it can't
clean a shallow river in three years, what will it do if it dumps a
supertanker load of dilbit to the bottom 600-feet down in British
Columbia's turbulent north coastal waters?
Living Large Chemically
China is taking a page out of North America's book, discovering that
antibiotics are the key to industrial livestock production. Already half
the antibiotics used in China go to keeping livestock ticking over until
they can be slaughtered.
Shocked? You shouldn't be. China is at 50%. In the U.S., the livestock
industry consumes 77% of that nation's antibiotics.
*China's teeming factory meat farms have a drug problem. To make animals
grow quickly under cramped, feces-ridden conditions, animals there get fed
small, doses of antibiotics—creating ideal breeding grounds for
anti... more »
Syria: I Told You So.
I Told You So.
He's just as smart as John Kennedy.
"I call it the Madman Theory, Bob. I want the North Vietnamese to believe
I've reached the point where I might do anything to stop the war.
We'll just slip the word to them that, "for God's sake, you know Nixon is
obsessed about communism.
We can't restrain him when he's angry—and he has his hand on the nuclear
button" and Ho Chi Minh himself will be in Paris in two days begging for
peace."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory
These people are stupid beyond words....
Syria: Agenda-Setting Masterclass for the Com... more »
Best blog post in the world... EVER... again... part two
Ain't Misbeehiving
Ayu Lonesome Tonight
Whelk Oldham
Blenny Kravitz
Queens of the Stoat Age
Fly and the Clam-ily Stoat
La Isla Bonito
Gorilla Radio
Limpet Bizkit
Avenged Sevenfoal
Mr Bungull
Go-gull Bordello
Shrew Fighters
That's What Breams Are Made Of
My Chemical Romants
Half Man Half Biscat
Sweet Breams
Bananallama
Lemurythmics
Half Man Half Puss-cat
Ptarmigan-garoo Down Sport
Prawn to Run
Prawn to Be Wild
The Flamingo Lips
Diana Wasp
The Beetles
Video Killed The Radio Starling
Boasis
Here Comes The Sunbird
NOFOX
Cattle Be The Day
Toucan Play That Game
Caribou Doesn't Live Here Anymore
B... more »
It’s pretty darn good being Wagner or Cupp!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013*
*Notes on two all-new programs:* Two Sundays ago, Meredith Blake reviewed
the all-new Newsroom in the Washington Post. The piece was a reprint from
the Los Angeles Times.
We don’t get HBO on our sprawling campus. In part for that reason, we don’t
know a great deal about Newsroom.
That said, we’re not sure that getting HBO would help. Last year, a few
free episodes of Newsroom aired. We tried to watch but couldn’t do it, so
awful was the program.
Last night, we found the all-new second season on our free cable, so we
tried to watch again. Same result... more »
Greatest poster in the world... EVER... again... part two
Ain't Misbeehiving
Ayu Lonesome Tonight
Whelk Oldham
Blenny Kravitz
Queens of the Stoat Age
Fly and the Clam-ily Stoat
La Isla Bonito
Gorilla Radio
Limpet Bizkit
Avenged Sevenfoal
Mr Bungull
Go-gull Bordello
Shrew Fighters
That's What Breams Are Made Of
My Chemical Romants
Half Man Half Biscat
Sweet Breams
Bananallama
Lemurythmics
Half Man Half Puss-cat
Ptarmigan-garoo Down Sport
Prawn to Run
Prawn to Be Wild
The Flamingo Lips
Diana Wasp
The Beetles
Video Killed The Radio Starling
Boasis
Here Comes The Sunbird
NOFOX
Cattle Be The Day
Toucan Play That Game
Caribou Doesn't Live Here Anymore
B... more »
Professor Al Bartlett, Rest In Peace
Isn't it nice that the world is still full of joy, and there are still
people so oblivious to the gathering clouds of famine, war, deprivation and
pestilence that they can make ecstatic photographs like this series by
Jordan Matter? *Dancers Among Us* reminds me that I always wanted to be a
ballerina.
It's very odd that this morning before I got out of bed, I lay there
thinking over and over again of one of Bartlett's famous quotes: “The
greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the
exponential function.” He said and wrote a great many things during his ... more »
1st Anniversary Repost: Writers Reflect on Chicago Strike (EdWeek) | the becoming radical
1st Anniversary Repost: Writers Reflect on Chicago Strike (EdWeek) | the
becoming radical.
The State As An Attractor for Sociopaths
*
* *Thanks to Tim forwarding this! -Bill*
*
* *The State As An Attractor for Sociopaths*
By Butler Shaffer
September 10, 2013
What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your
freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else. - Tom Clancy
In the science of chaos, “attractors” are operational principles around
which turbulence and apparent chaos are harmonized. What the limited nature
of our prior experiences dismisses as randomness or disorder, the study of
chaos and complexity is revealing as deeper patterns of regularity.
Attractors help to identif... more »
Transposition of grid points enables Higher Vibrationals to transmit healing frequencies to all of humanity
*
* *Transposition of grid points enables Higher Vibrationals to transmit
healing frequencies to all of humanity*
by ĆirePort

Transposition of grid points enables Higher Vibrationals to transmit
healing frequencies to all of humanity. This process aligns Gaia energetics
for final steps into hyperdimensional awareness.
Humanity has resisted such for centuries, but has now reached the tipping
point into this awareness.
Gaia does not wait for those still clinging to the resistance paradigm.
ĆirePort | September 10, 2013 at 17:02
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-o2
You Wouldn't Knowingly Throw Plastics Into Our Lakes and Rivers, Would You?
Well, if you're fond of those exfoliant cleansers, you might have been
doing it unknowingly. Researchers trying to assess the magnitude of waste
plastic debris in the Great Lakes in 2012 were in for a surprise:
*Some of the samples they collected from Lakes Huron, Superior, and Erie
indicated the presence of as many as 450,000 bits per square
kilometer—twice as many as had ever been recorded. And the scientists were
mystified by the form that so many of these microplastics took:
multicolored, perfectly spherical balls a fraction of a millimeter in
diameter.*
*Further investigati... more »
CMS: \(3\sigma\) deficits in search for vector-like \(b\)-like quarks
This blog and other sources occasionally mention excesses, possible (or
real?) deviations of the observed quantities away from the theoretical
predictions. They're extremely rare and we expect most of them to go away
when more data is collected, anyway. But the idea that some of of them are
real is surely what keeps many people going.
However, in most of these discussions, one subtlety is neglected:
deviations from predicted values may have two signs. Plus and minus. So in
principle, deviations from the Standard Model may be either excesses
(surpluses), or deficits (shortages) of ev... more »
Was Miley Cyrus Racist?
Apparently one of her fellow dancers was dressed up as an exaggerated
version of a black woman with a huge ass or something.
Would my blog be any less relevant if I focused on the pop-cultural
significances of Miley's hyper-drive career rather than rancid lard-ass
stephen harper's daily defecations on Canadian democracy or such
world-historical topics as the betrayal of the "Arab Spring"?
I'd like to type something about popular responses to the character of
Skyler White from "Breaking Bad."
But, for now, I'll just take you back to those thrilling days of
Yesteryear. When the bi... more »
What, Me Blog? | the becoming radical
What, Me Blog? | the becoming radical. Tagged: blogging, Twitter
Senator Pam Cashing In
It might be she's hoping to stay one step ahead of the law or at least out
of jail but Pam Wallin is flogging her Manhattan condo and taking a bath on
the deal.
*CBC News has confirmed that Wallin has accepted an offer to sell her New
York condo in the coming days, but the deal has not yet formally closed. *
*The condo is in the 34-storey Plaza Tower, a Manhattan property described
in a real estate listing as “a proper ‘white-glove’ co-op with 24/7
doorman, full-time concierge, covered circular driveway … and fabulous roof
deck” — all just off New York’s iconic Park Avenue. *
*Acco... more »
Bashar al-Assad's perception of democracy
In times of tragedy it is refreshing that cartoonists provide the humorous
perspective.
Syrian War: Casualities of War
Wars do bring tragedies and we humans will never learn. It is about time
that Russia intervenes to end this ongoing carnage of people in Syria. If
Russia makes genuine efforts other nations will join in. Diplomatic
resolution will be the best resolution.
*HELPING HANDS: Mustafa Abu Bekir, 23 years old, smiled as he was carried
near the Cilvegozu gate on the Turkish border, Sunday. Mr. Abu Bekir said
he was severely wounded by a bomb dropped from Syrian government aircraft,
while he was fighting with the Free Syrian Army in Idlib, Syria. (Gregorio
Borgia/Associated Press)WSJ.*
Judicial Compensation Commissions
*Judges of the Provincial Court (Man.) v. Manitoba et al*., 2013 MBCA 74
considers judicial compensation commissions. Judicial officers do not
negotiate with the Government regarding compensation; rather compensation
commissions are established to determine what is a fair and proper
compensation. The recommendations of compensation commissions are, unless
otherwise provided for by statute, not binding on the Government. However,
if the Government rejects or varies the recommendations, it has to provide
a rational reason for doing so and the process must be properly followed. ... more »
M&M's Zucchini Cake and Hot Apple Cider in the Crock Pot
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop
has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for
Collective Bias and its client.
Jeans and sweatshirts. Pumpkins and leaves. Fall is absolutely my
favorite time of year. There is something about switching into fall recipes
like soup and hot apple cider that makes me so happy. When we lived in
Texas, we had only two seasons. Summer and Summer Lite. I would watch all
of my friends post pictures of leaves and sweatshirt weather and I would
get so home sick. I am so happy to be back in the ... more »
Anyone have this?
If anyone has a Rossetta Stone for French they'd be willing to donate to me
or let me borrow for 3-4 months please contact me at
americankabuki@gmail.com. I like to get the complete set, but even lesson
one will help...
I need to strengthen my French abilities, I'm going to need it soon.
The Gutter Press
Away from the topic BBC bias (again), I've been troubled for some days now
by the fate of a fellow blogger, Fr Ray Blake, whose blog I've been reading
for some time.
Fr Blake has been the victim of sensationalist reporting in a local
newspaper. A reporter at the *Brighton Argus *misinterpreted an honest and
thoughtful post of Father Ray's concerning his dealings with the poor.
Unfortunately, things then got even worse.
The original sensationalist report was taken up by the *Daily Mail* and the
*Daily Telegraph*, who piled on the completely unjust agony for Fr Blake.
(I won't l... more »
Will California's GOP Solve Its "Latino Problem" ( i.e., Racism And Bigotry)?
Allan Hoffenblum, a Republican consultant in California politics since the
Nixon era, told the *NY Times* that “Until we solve our Latino problem,
we’re not going to be a viable state party, and it’s hard to understand how
that’s possible without fixing immigration.” The *Times* explains what
everyone in California is already well-aware of:
Advocates of a comprehensive immigration overhaul argue that California is
a cautionary tale for Republicans in the rest of the country and that if
the party does not help pass legislation this year, it will risk losing
Latino votes for decad... more »
Barack Obama's Redline Relief - Russia proposal on Syria chemical weapons
*"President Barack Obama has agreed to discuss Russia's proposal that Syria
hand over chemical weapons, the White House said Tuesday after Damascus
confirmed it would accept such a deal.*
**
*Talks will begin at the United Nations later Tuesday, a White House
official told NBC News, even as Obama prepares to address Congress -- and
the American people -- over the need for military strikes."*
Read more here.
Lanslide and Good Luck Indeed!
This driver was indeed very lucky. Watch!
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Who's a hawk, Mark?
David Preiser at *Biased BBC* is not impressed with Mark Mardell. To put it
mildly.
Quoting the BBC North America editor's latest blog post, David says "Even
here the disgusting Mardell can’t help but let his personal bias cloud his
reporting." [That "disgusting" being an allusion to MM's own description of
*Biased BBC*.]
The sentence from MM's piece which has really got David's goat is *"The
hawks in Congress may not like this but many Democrats will"*.
This, as you may be aware, follows the Obama administration's decision to -
as Mark puts it - pause over Syria (as a result o... more »
Can you see the BBC bias angle here? No, me neither
*"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes
and ale?"*
*
*
Indeed not, Sir Toby, and just because this is primarily a blog about BBC
bias doesn't meet that there can't be a few Tommy Cooper jokes.
So here are a few Tommy Cooper jokes.
*I went to the doctors. He said 'What appears to be the problem?'. *
*I said 'I keep having the same dream, night after night, beautiful girls
rushing towards me and I keep pushing them away'. *
*He said 'How can I help?'. *
*I said 'Break my arms!'*
*
**I went to the doctor the other day*
*I said 'have you got anything f... more »
The Science of Ascension -- Positrons Have Arrived to Transform Our Reality
*Brian Kelly posted this at his blog... its an interesting explanation...
what the true one is I am not quite sure. One thing is for sure there's a
massive change coming shortly! :) - Bill*
*
* *
* *The Science of Ascension -- Positrons Have Arrived to Transform Our
Reality*
September 9, 2013
http://cosmicdolphinmagic.ning.com/
I'm no science whiz, but I found this article super interesting. Thanks for
sharing Jewell ~Brian Kelly
When I discovered at spaceweather.com that scientists are seeing the Sun
ejecting POSITRONS now, I started jumping up and down and screaming with
joy.... more »
Free Energy Developments
http://2012portal.blogspot.com/2013/09/free-energy-developments.html
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
*Free Energy Developments*
There is a great project with the purpose of bringing free energy
devices
to the people, created by Hope Girl and Fix the World organization. You
might want to read more about it here:
http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/finally-we-have-found-the-perfect-way-to-release-free-energy-technology-to-the-people/
And
participate in the project here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/home-quantum-energy-generator/
There are similar projects taking place be... more »
Symposium — A Response to Charlotte Epstein: Are ‘Universals’ Allowed in Poststructural IR?
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Vivienne Jabri. It is the
eleventh 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 Charlotte Epstein article (PDF). Epstein’s
post appeared earlier today. Other entries in the symposium–when
available–may be reached via the
Continue reading
Symposium — Une Invitation au Lecteur
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Charlotte Epstein. It is the
ninth 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 Epstein’s article (PDF). A response, authored
by Vivienne Jabri, will appear at 10am Eastern. Other entries in the
symposium–when available–may be
Continue reading
Israel- The not so missing link in the Syrian war puzzle
I could come back here today and talk to you all in an expanded fashion
about the latest developments regarding Syria. Such as yet, another UN
resolution put forth by France.
Or how it is that Russia and Syria are cooperating to get the alleged
chemical weapons stores under international control.
And, you may or may not know that yet another person has come forward to
report that the NATO mercs used chemical weapons, not the Assad government
or the Syrian army.
*
But, I don’t want to delve deeply into those aspects today. *
* Instead let us talk about Israel......* It seems to be ab... more »
Wang case roundup (formerly Tseng case)
*Ma vs. Wang: who will be eaten?*
Well...Ma Ying-jeou's hysterical attack on Legislator Wang Jin-pyng, with
its condemnation of Wang as guilty of crimes he has not even been charged
with, has blown up into an enormous political scandal with huge potential
to damage the KMT and Ma Ying-jeou, all of it completely unnecessary, had
Ma simply said nothing. It's also made it obvious that from the beginning
this whole case was about getting Wang. Tseng's resignation was just the
collateral damage.
Wang had been in Malaysia attending his daughter's wedding when the news
"broke" that the ... more »
Signs of Change - last month' global phenomena special
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link: http://youtu.be/0zJyEXyNtvo
Remarkable phenomena occur on our planet. More is surely to come.
Times are changing - everything is changing, even we are.
John
Lawrence interviews Anthony Weiner!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013*
*The end of the human race:* Last night, Lawrence made us think of Norman
O. Brown again.
Brown, a well-regarded classicist, suddenly got very hot in the 1960s. He
got very hot because of his books, Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical
Meaning of History (1959) and Love’s Body (1966).
We don’t recall what those books were about, or why Brown suddenly got so
hot as a visionary of the revolution. If you’re interested, this
remembrance of Brown from 2005 helps explain how it was.
That said, we have always remembered that one brief passage from Love’s... more »
Oy, Politico
Alexander Burns and John F. Harris tell us that the Syria matter has exposed
the "weakness" of several institutions...I'll only pay attention to the one
I know best: the parties. Here's what Politico would have us believe:
The diminishment of the parties has been underway for years, fueled by the
rise of outside groups and politicians who don’t depend on their parties
for money and influence.
This is...exactly backwards. The parties are very strong and have been
getting stronger. The "outside" groups are mostly party-aligned groups,
organized outside of formal party organizations b... more »
SYRIAN REBELS 'PLAN FALSE FLAG ATTACK ON ISRAEL'; UN SAYS GAS VIDEOS FAKE; McGOVERN
And, the UN rights council says the Syria gas attack videos and photos are
fake.
And, the intelligence gathered against Syria’s Assad was manufactured by
elements within the spy community in order to mislead the US President to
take punitive action, Ray McGovern, a veteran CIA analyst, told RT.
*'CIA fabricated evidence to lure US into war with Syria'*
Tony Abbott and family
This picture of the newly elected Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and
his wife and three daughters caught my eye. Eyes right!
The Tipping Point In The Fight Against GMOs Will Be Moms by Nancy Massotto
The Tipping Point in the Fight Against GMOs: Moms
Green Med Info, 9 September 2013
*By Nancy Massotto, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director of the Holistic
Moms Network*
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are taking over our food supply.
Nearly 80 percent of processed foods, including those labeled "natural,"
contain *GMOs* and experts agree that organic foods are not likely entirely
organic anymore due to cross-pollination (aka "genetic pollution") between
conventional and organic fields. The facts are sobering.
Our food system has truly run amok. Our children are increasi... more »
Stephen Harper's Pipedreams
Poor Steve! He wants black-gold to flow through these pipes all over North
America.
Pepsi Settles Naked Juice Lawsuit for 'All Natural' BS
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*LipTV*
Naked Juice (owned by Pepsi), is paying out $9,000,000 to drinkers after
falsely using the term "natural," The FDA has fumbled with the definition
of "natural," but the class action lawsuit against Pepsi continues to
welcome submissions who bought Naked Juice until November.
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Localized VAM and Nationalized Scam
Part of the story we tell in TMoE focuses on how value-added modeling (VAM)
grew up out of the backwoods of Tennessee to become an essential component
of the national Common Core testing delivery engine that now appears to be
running on fumes way short of its destination. Had anyone at the Gates
Foundation or […]
Farewell to Arms?
Now that he has apparently been given a huge out by Uncle Vlad after
getting all mucked in his own red line, President Obama's appearance before
the nation tonight might as well consist of just two words:
After all the high drama that has distracted us from such important crap as
the debt ceiling and where Hillary ate lunch, Herr Assad Hitler is,
according to reports, giving up his CW stash in exchange for not getting
blown to bits (not that the presidential palace or the royal presidential
person itself was ever on Obama's hit list, or anything untoward like
that.)
So, there i... more »
6 Ways To Prove You're A Victim Of Age Discrimination
This was a question I got from an AOL Jobs reader:
*Last year they hired a younger employee and I have been working at this
job for over 30 years and have always been in charge of the bookkeeping
department. The new girl is head now. I am 53 years old and I feel I have
been discriminated against. I got a huge raise because they were paying the
new girl a ton more than what I was making. I need help in deciding whether
I could win a discrimination suit.*
Age discrimination is rampant in this economy. It's not unusual for older
employees to be the first selected in layoffs and demot... more »
U.S. Government Also Spying On Corporations
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Playing Into His Hands
A lot can happen before the next election. But, Andrew Coyne writes, public
perceptions of the opposition leaders are beginning to solidify. Justin
Trudeau has had a good summer:
The Liberals continued to draft in the jetstream of their leader, Justin
Trudeau, who demonstrated at several points his effortless ability to
command the media’s attention, as few opposition leaders can. Yes, in part
this is mere celebrity fascination — dynastic politics at its shallowest —
but in part it is owing to the personal qualities that a life in the public
eye seem to have instilled in Trudeau.
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Yaqui host National Indigenous Congress for Northwest Mexico Sept. 14 - 15, 2013
Marcos
and Juan Chavez in Sonora
TRIBU YAQUI-CNI CONVOCAN A REUNIĆN REGIONAL NOROESTE DE PUEBLOS,
COMUNIDADES Y ORGANIZACIONES INDĆGENAS DE BAJA CALIFORNIA, CHIHUAHUA,
SONORA Y SINALOA
Indigenous National Congresss of the Yaqui Tribe calls for Northwestern
Regional Meeting of Indigenous organizations and Indigenous communities
of Baja and Chihuahua, Sonora and Sinoloa, in Vicam Pueblo, Sept
ADULT ABUSE: Same old memorized standardized lines!
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013*
*Part 2—Who is Professor Gordon:* Adults don’t stand a chance with the New
York Times.
Consider what happened in this week’s Sunday Review. Eventually, the bright
young couples you see in those Times TV ads glanced at Professor Robert J.
Gordon’s piece about the public schools.
They may not have actually read what he wrote. But they saw the gloomy
headline, and they saw the gloomy visual. You can see the headline and
visual just by clicking this.
The headline tells a gloomy tale, a story that’s very familiar. “The Great
Stagnation of American Educatio... more »
Without hesitation, repetition, deviation, or repetition...
*Psittacus naughtiecus*
The second half hour of this morning's *Today *programme began with James
Naughtie talking (from Washington) to Justin Webb about yesterday's
remarkable events over Syria, when Presidents Obama and Assad both giving
interviews to the U.S. media, John Kerry made a throwaway remark about
Syria giving up its chemical weapons and Russia pounced on that remark to
throw an almighty spanner into the U.S. administrations calculations by
saying that Syria might indeed give up its chemical weapons, so there's no
need whatsoever for strikes.
From everything I've been ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Siobhan Fahey, 55.
And good stuff:
1. Scott Lemieux on the presidency.
2. Good points by Kevin Drum about Obama and Syria.
3. And Dan Larison on "isolationism." Yeah; there ain't much, at least
among politicians (not to mention foreign policy professionals).
Another ConservaDem Will Try-- And Fail-- To Win A Republican Seat In Pennsylvania
After John Murtha died, his chief of staff/in-house thug, John Hugya,
became a lobbyist and a shooting range owner. Today he is a 79 year old NRA
fanatic, stinking of Beltway corruption, who wants his old boss' seat in
Congress, PA-12. The highly-gerrymandered western Pennsylvania district
carefully skirts Pittsburgh but includes some of the northern suburbs plus
Johnstown. With blue-leaning Cambria and Lawrence counties balancing out
against red-leaning Somerset and Westmoreland counties, elections here are
decided by margins in the two biggest counties, red Allegheny and blue
Be... more »
"9/11/2013: Tomorrow, We Go Dark"; A Comment
*"9/11/2013: Tomorrow, We Go Dark"*
by Karl Denninger
“Tomorrow is 9/11.
On 8/21, I posted this: “On 9/11/2013 if you run an Internet site you go
dark. If you use the Internet you go dark. And whatever you were going to
buy, whatever you were going to do on 9/11/2013, you do not do on 9/10,
9/12, or at any other time. You get your friends to do it, or you decide
they're not your friends any more. You get your business associates to it,
or they're not your business associates any more.
If just 10% of the people in this nation will demand and enforce these
changes, the... more »
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