Paulo Coelho (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: A Jaguar C-X75 concept car at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"Sometimes You Do..."
"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea
that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're
licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no
matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do."
~ "Harper Lee", "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Sunday Question for Liberals
Gotta get away from shutdown/debt limit for a while. So how about Syria:
how are you feeling now about Barack Obama's actions on Syria?
Jaguar C-X75 just got ugly... damn ugly.
after reporting on the thing for a couple of years, twelve months ago the
(cancelled?) Jaguar C-X75 jet-turbine powered electric-all-wheel driven
concept car looked like this. Glorious, clean ominous. It was powered by
two rear-mounted mini-jet engines and it had an electric motor per wheel.
Expensive, yes, and insane, but imagine how that jet-whistle alone would
have sounded as you floored the pedal.
SEX ON WHEELS, right?
Now, suddenly, it looks, and sounds, like this ... oh, dear: what have they
done?
How can that even claim to be the same car? Ugly spoiler'd backend, uglier ... more »
Paulo Coelho “Dreams: The 12 Steps”
*“Dreams: The 12 Steps”*
by Paulo Coelho
"When Joseph Campbell created the expression “follow your blessing,” he was
reflecting an idea that seems to be very appropriate right now. In “The
Alchemist,” this same idea is called “Personal Legend.” Alan Cohen, a
therapist who lives in Hawaii, is also working on this theme. He says that
in his lectures he asks those who are dissatisfied with their work and
seventy-five percent of the audience raise their hands. Cohen has created a
system of twelve steps to help people to rediscover their “blessing” (he is
a follower of Campbell):
*1... more »
Kennedy and Nixon
*"The Watergate break-in of 1972 (in which, I have always been convinced,
Nixon was not so much a guilty perpetrator as a guilty victim) followed
Nixon's secret negotiations with Hanoi for disengagement from Vietnam,
significantly advanced by his May 1972 visit to Moscow, where he signed the
first Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement."*
*
**- Peter Dale Scott, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (1993)*
Kennedy and Nixon from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
The Hegelian Dialectic of 20th Century History.
The National Security State creates it's own Manichean duality, objects of
ego identificat... more »
“60 Quotes that Will Change the Way You Think”
* “60 Quotes that Will Change the Way You Think”*
by Marc Chernoff
"In your quiet moments, what do you think about? How far you’ve come, or
how far you have to go? Your strengths, or your weaknesses? The best that
might happen, or the worst that might come to be? In your quiet moments,
pay attention to your thoughts. Because maybe, just maybe, the only thing
that needs to shift in order for you to experience more happiness, more
love, and more vitality, is your way of thinking.
Here are 60 thought-provoking quotes gathered from our sister site, Everyday
Life Lessons, and from... more »
My Conversation with Benjamin Fulford Regarding the Dutchsinse Video
By American Kabuki
Sunday October 13, 2013
In the interest of complete transparency regarding the ever increasing
attempt to conflate the OPPT (which is a reconciled trust in any case - HOW
MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO REPEAT THAT?) with the actions of Swissindo.
I am publishing this conversation with Ben Fulford regarding the recent
Dutchsinse video claiming the OPPT asked him to sign an oath in exchange
for huge sums of money. * The OPPT simply isn't doing that. Whomever is
doing that, is not the OPPT.* It could very well be Swissindo (that has
yet to be confirmed) and those in ... more »
Musical Interlude: Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9oZ5A548Ak
Rep. Gohmert Tells The Truth
“When it comes to the shutdown that’s going on, I heard just before I came
on, some senator from Arizona — *a guy that liked [former Libyan dictator
Moammar] Gadhafi before he wanted to bomb him, a guy that liked [former
Egyptian strongman Hosni] Mubarak before he wanted him out, a guy that’s
been to Syria and supported al Qaeda and the rebels* — but he was saying
today the shutdown has been a fool’s errand, and I agree with him. The
president and [Sen.] Harry Reid [D-Nev.] should not have shut this
government down.” - Rep. Louie Gohmert. Source: *"Rep. Gohmert: McCain
‘supported ... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Oh, I give up: anyone have any ideas for how to fix the Republican Party --
or, more broadly, to rescue conservatives from the radicals, hucksters, and
crazies?
(Yeah, feel free to argue with the premise of the question if you think
that Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin are the True Conservatives, but good luck
with that).
Syria updates - October 11 , 2013 - a detailed look at the extremists ravaging Syria ( and inflicting mass killings on Syrian muslims and christians while the West looks the other way ) .....extremists financed by wealthy Gulf donors , trained on using chemical weapons by foreigners - expect more chemical weapon false flag attacks regardless of what happens with Assad's chemical weapons ..... ...
Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
http://rt.com/news/syria-killings-hrw-report-020/
Syria extremists financed by private Gulf donors carried out mass killings
– HRW
Published time: October 11, 2013 11:21
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Templars dispersed on Friday, October 13th, 1307
Seznam.cz and Stream.cz present
*0:15 13th of October, the day when the Order of Templars was dispersed*
0:20 It's Friday, 13th of October, 1307. In all of France, a giant raid
against the members of the Order of Templars is underway. It was one of the
most powerful orders of the medieval Europe.
*If you don't see a video above, go here. I don't have the nerves to
reconcile the formatting of the objects with the HTML restrictions of
blogger.com.*
0:33 The accusations are completely shocking using the standards of that
era: heresy, sodomy, homosexuality, denial of Christ, and so o... more »
Reminder: Washington Had A Hand In The Creation of The Islamic Republic
President Ronald Reagan and Ayatollah Khomeini were two of the biggest
tyrants in history. Their successors, President Barack Hussein Obama and
Ayatollah Khamenei, are even bigger tyrants. But, of course, neither of
them can hold a candle in the competition for the world's greatest tyranny
to the murderous tyrants in Israel who had a big hand in the September 11
attacks
These truths are important to point out time and time again because no one
should be under the delusion that America, Iran, and Israel are led by
liberators. Demons run these countries.
If it wasn't for ... more »
"Foodstamp Nation In Turmoil: EBT System Goes Dark, "Glitch" Blamed"
* *
*"Foodstamp Nation In Turmoil: *
*EBT System Goes Dark, "Glitch" Blamed" *
by Tyler Durden
"In the past five years it has become apparent that America can survive a
near-fatal financial system collapse, an economy teetering on the edge and
kept ticking only thanks to the Fed's now perpetual QE, a collapsing
standard of living for everyone but the wealthiest 0.1%, declining wages,
zero interest rates, surging food, energy, rent, tuition and welfare costs,
and pretty much everything else, as long as the welfare state keeps humming
along. And by welfare state we mostly mean pro... more »
Sunday Classics: "Ingratitude is always Loge's lot"
*English singing translation by Andrew Porter, used in the Goodall-ENO
performance below:*
*LOGE*: Never one word
of praise or thanks!
For your sake alone,
hoping to help
I restlessly roamed
to the ends of the earth
to find a ransom for Freia,
one that the giants would like more.
In vain sought I,
and now I can see
in this whole wide world,
nothing at all
is of greater
worth to a man
than woman's beauty and love!
I asked every one living,
in water, earth, and sky,
one question, sought for the answer
and all whom I met,
I asked them this question:
"What in the world
means more to you
tha... more »
Crystalline Light Needles Penetrate into Gaia Hiddens at this Moment
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* *
* *Crystalline Light Needles Penetrate into Gaia Hiddens at this Moment*
by ÉirePort
Crystalline Light Needles penetrate into Gaia hiddens at this moment. This
occurs Gaia-wide.
All unilluminateds will be pierced and revealed.
Secondary purpose of the Needle Light is to unveil all energetic soft
points and upgrade (strengthen).
Tertiary purpose is to stimulate both Hue- and humanity to next levels.
Quaternary purpose is dissolution of lower D cultural, societal, and
governmental paradigms, inner and outer.
Current Cosmic energetics and Gaia consciousness levels have initiat... more »
Result
Further to Craig’s post summarizing this morning’s edition of Sunday
Morning Live, allow me once again to go over to Samira Ahmed, who is
usually an excellent host for that Sunday Morning Live scenario, daft as
it is.
There are oh so many reasons why it’s daft, least of all the unreliability
of Skype, and Samira’s inability (partly, but not wholly, through
technical limitations) to get certain contributors to shut the f**k up. Not
that she had to do that this week.
Then there’s the wording of the “question” that was put to the vote. This
week it was loaded in favour of the ‘yes’ v... more »
Sandwich wars
Also on the Marr show, did anyone see David Mellor talking about his battle
with an M&S sandwich? He had difficulty getting at his sandwich, which I
admit can be tricky, but he showed little imagination in complaining about
over-abundant packaging, (perhaps he prefers his sandwiches squashed to a
pulp) and for some reason seemed apologetic that he’d been forced to stop
off at an M & S service station at all because he was “overwhelmed by
hunger”. He said it as though he was excusing some despicable aberration.
Is stopping off at a service station for an M&S sandwich something to be... more »
Taiwan = ROC? Yes, but not the way you might think
*Rare clear night here in Taichung. So happy with this picture.*
TISR published a very interesting poll this week picked up by the Taipei
Times:
The survey, conducted by Taiwan Indicators Survey Research (TISR), showed
that 69.7 percent believe that Taiwan and China are “two countries with
separate development,” 9.6 percent think that both sides belong to “a
divided ROC” and 2.4 percent see the two as belonging to “a divided
People’s Republic of China [PRC].” A further 18.2 percent had no opinion,
the survey showed.
Given a choice of how they would like the international media to ... more »
it's the end
"The more you know,
the crazier you look."
Watch: Million Man Vet March...(live stream video)
*God bless them.*
Live streaming video by Ustream
"The crucial thing is that yer live and let live, isn't it?"
The aforementioned *Sunday Morning Live *partly followed its usual pattern
of juxtaposing sharply opposed points of view, and hoping that some light
comes out of the inevitable heat. I think some light did come out of the
heat of this edition.
The opening subject (and the subject of the viewers' poll that saw 95%
saying 'yes' to the question), was "Does the English Defence League
represent a view that needs to be heard?", and it pitted the former EDL
leader Tommy Robinson against former Muslim Council of Britain spokesman
Inayat Bunglawala.
Although placed on an end chair, Esthe... more »
Marred
Two injured souls struggling against adversity. Andrew Marr, obviously
paralysed down the left side, and Malala Yousafzai with her slight facial
disfigurement courtesy of the Taliban were rather a sad sight this morning
as they sat facing each other on the Andrew Marr show.
Malala appears unnervingly confident in her public appearances. One has to
admire her eloquence and maturity, but the superficiality of her quest is
still the elephant in my room.
There’s something about being draped with a cloth that confers
righteousness upon the drapee. When a Muslim sweeps into a room or Mala... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, October 13th, 2013
Sunday, and it is Thanksgiving here in Canada.... Time for our annual
turkey dinner and for my weekly rant where I talk turkey.....
I have been watching over the last few weeks as this "Government Shutdown"
continues in the United States, and I have been wondering when the HELL the
American public would finally say enough is enough, and take some sort of
action against their criminal government in Washington.... I was wondering
when the American people would have the balls to finally decide to take
their country back from the brink of oblivion, and it seems that thanks to
the brainw... more »
Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as “Costume Parties”
Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as \”Costume Parties\”. via
Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as “Costume Parties”.
Stevie and Brazil . . .
—
A protest in Vancouver over our mining operations in Tibet —
WHY WOULD STEVIE TARGET BRAZIL? According to Dave Dean at Vice, “75% of
the World's Mining Companies Are Based in Canada”. Maybe that's why
Stevie wants to know what the Brazilian Ministry of Mines is planning?
All over the world, companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and
run out of lawyer’s offices on Bay Street or
ObamaCare rollout "glitches " and Saturday's EBT " glitch " - beginning of a pattern of technological epic fails ? When do we see " glitches affecting electrical grids ?
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/10/obamacare-rollout-what-the-log-in-problems-tell-us-about-more-serious-and-harder-problems-to-come.html
SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 13, 2013
ObamaCare Rollout: What All the Log-In Problems Tell Us About More
Serious
(and Harder) Problems to Come
*By Lambert Strether of Corrente.*
Let’s dispose immediately of the administration’s canard that the
Federal
Exchange’s problems were caused a happy excess of visitors all trying to
log in at once; I posted on my encounter with the dreaded security
questions bug 38 minutes after the Exchange launched at midnight,
Octo... more »
Rod Adams offers a correction
My Breakthrough Institute post got picked up; by The Energy Collective and
to date has drawn 19 comments. Among the comments was one by Rod Adams:
@Charles Barton
I have not yet finished your piece, but I needed to take a break and
respond to the following statement:
*The Pebble Bed Reactor is often pointed to as an example of Generation IV
Inherent Safety, but part of that safety requires a very large core. In
fact a core that is larger than the core of commercial Light Water
Reactors. The Pebble Bed core costs as much to build as a LWR and thus no
one seems to be moving forward ... more »
Milibandism: Politics and Expediency
It's a truism of politics that a cabinet or shadow cabinet reshuffle does
not necessarily mean a change in political direction. And that much is true
of the first statements of intent from new appointees Rachel Reeves and
Tristram Hunt. You don't need me to tell you that Rachel's intent to "be
tough" on joblessness, and Tristram's pledge to stick "rocket boosters" on
Gove's free school wheeze have not proven palatable with much of the Labour
faithful. So what's going on?
Well, to be truthful, nothing has changed at all. Rachel's pledge to be
tougher than the Tories is exactly where... more »
Making The Swamp Bigger
When Canada went to war in Afghanistan twelve years ago, self
congratulation was in the air -- and journalism did not serve the country
well. Jeffrey Simpson wrote in yesterday's *Globe and Mail*:
The early coverage was largely ahistorical, gung-ho, a big group hug for
the Canadians – a travesty of journalism, really. What Canadians needed
then was a clear-eyed analysis of the country and its history, an
understanding of its regional antagonisms, an appreciation of the daunting,
even impossible task Canada and its government – to say nothing of the
entire North Atlantic Treaty Org... more »
A drone in your neighbourhood soon.
Americans are going to issue drone driver licence for safety. That is what
NRA says about guns too - that they are safe. Where are we headed?
Riley Morgan, 14, flies a home-built drone AfterDARC on Oct. 11. Morgan
has been working with drones for half a year. This drone took him two
days to build and cost around $1300 in parts.
*"Others are less sure that humans, even trained ones, can be trusted at
all. Drones would need to come with software-based "training wheels," or
"safety bumpers," to protect amateurs and reckless pilots from harming
themselves and others, Cummings said.
Ju... more »
Canadian Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving celebration by Euro-peoples in North America was not
in New England but in Newfoundland by Martin Frobisher, 42 years before the
Pilgrims.
Frobisher's Thanksgiving was not for harvest but homecoming. He had safely
returned from a search for the Northwest Passage, avoiding the later fate
of Henry Hudson and Sir John Franklin.
Given the fierceness of Arctic winter and the tragedy of these other
expeditions, we can understand why he was grateful to come out alive. But
why a special thanksgiving?
Frobisher sailed under Elizabeth I, whose reign was marked by gr... more »
Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders Fights For Working Families-- Florida Corporate Hack Patrick Murphy Is On The Other Side
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)-- like Ken and I, a graduate of James Madison High
School-- has been trying to explain that “Yesterday, the Republicans were
using the Affordable Care Act as the reason why they had to shut down the
government and not pay our bills. Today, it’s ‘reforming’ Social Security,
Medicare and Medicaid. What will it be tomorrow?
“Social Security, which is independently funded through the payroll tax,
has nothing to do with the deficit. The deficit-- which has been cut in
half since 2009-- was significantly caused by the Bush wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the Bush ta... more »
Wild Bill: Obama rats...(video)
good Sunday morning to you all.
first footage of Edward Snowden receiving his Sam Adams award in Moscow
first footage of Edward Snowden receiving his Sam Adams award in Moscow.
Sarah Harrison, WikiLeaks journalist, seated next to Mr Snowden on left of
picture. Also present, whistleblowers from NSA, CIA, FBI, DoJ, Mr.
Snowden's Russian lawyer, and translators.
Grid Ex 2 coming November 11-13 and interestingly , we see National Geographic is featuring a premier movie about a cyber attack knocking out power for ten days - said movie launching about two weeks before Grid Ex 2 ! ! Conditioning ?
http://beforeitsnews.com/science-and-technology/2013/10/msm-american-blackout-false-flag-electrical-grid-cyber-attack-foreshadowed-in-new-national-geographic-movie-2643390.html
(
Similar to yesterday's glitch shutdown of EBT systems all day in 17
states , is the coming film 'test " of reactions , training of the
sheeple
for the Grid Ex 2 Test and " glitches " which may occur in the same
timeframe ? )
*Is a forthcoming false flag attack upon our electrical grid
foreshadowed
in a new**NationalGeographic* *premier movie event coming in late
October,
just prior to the electrical grid s... more »
"Sirens of the Lambs"
It's not just factory farming that is causing other species to weep, wail,
scream and sob as we are driving them to extinction. But Banksy's video
makes it viscerally apparent. An explanation of his project in New York
City is here.
"Black Elk's Vision"; "All One Tribe"
"I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about
beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood there I saw
more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in
a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of
all shapes as they must live together like one being. And I saw that the
sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide
as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering
tree to shelter all children of one mother and one father. And I saw that ... more »
Whoops! (again)
Well, it's happened again.
This morning's *Sunday Morning Live* viewers' poll had as its question:
*Does the English Defence League represent a view that needs to be heard?*
The result was as emphatic as ever:
*95% said 'Yes'*
*
5% said 'No'
*
I really don't know why the studio guests on the losing side always appear
so surprised. These kinds of result are par for the course on *Sunday
Morning Live *these days*. SML *viewers don't seem to follow the BBC line
on anything.
Musical Interlude: Frank Sinatra, “My Way”
Frank Sinatra, “My Way”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m0dJXtwwiY
"Why Not Despair?"
* "Why Not Despair?"*
by Sam Smith
"To view our times as decadent and dangerous, to mistrust the government,
to imagine that those in power as not concerned with our best interests is
not paranoid but perceptive; to be depressed, angry or confused about such
things is not delusional but a sign of consciousness. Yet our culture
suggests otherwise.
.
But if all this is true, then why not despair? The simple answer is this: *despair
is the suicide of imagination.* Whatever reality presses upon us, there
still remains the possibility of imagining something better, and in this
dr... more »
Paulo Coelho, "Toads"
* *
*"Toads"*
by Paulo Coelho
“Various biological studies have shown that if a toad is placed in a
container along with water from his own pond, he will remain there, utterly
still, while the water is heated, even when the water reaches boiling
point. The toad does not react to the gradual increase in temperature and
dies when the water boils. Fat and happy. On the other hand, if a toad is
thrown into that container when the water is already boiling, he will jump
straight out again, scalded, but alive!
Sometimes we behave like the boiled toads. We do not notice changes. We
t... more »
The Poet: Eugene O'Neill, "Free"
* "Free"*
by Eugene O'Neill
"Weary am I of the tumult, sick of the staring crowd,
Pining for wild sea places where the soul may think aloud.
Fled is the glamour of cities, dead as the ghost of a dream,
While I pine anew for the tint of blue on the breast of the old Gulf Stream.
I have had my dance with Folly, nor do I shirk the blame;
I have sipped the so-called Wine of Life and paid the price of shame;
But I know that I shall find surcease, the rest my spirit craves,
Where the rainbows play in the flying spray,
'Mid the keen salt kiss of the waves.
Then it's ho! for the plunging d... more »
Shhh!
Is Janet Daley correct when she writes that "BBC news output is
specifically designed to counter what it sees as ignorance and popular
prejudices" and that "its coverage of issues in which it believes such
prejudices to be rife – immigration, for example – is intended to be
instructional and, specifically corrective of what its managers think of,
and describe openly in conversation, as the influence of the “Right-wing
press”"?
Well, the Right-wing press is covering an important immigration story today
- one that is likely to get many people somewhat hot under the collar.
Indeed, ... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Shape of Night”
* *
* “The Shape of Night”*
by Chet Raymo
“In Shelley's “Prometheus Unbound”, the Earth speaks these wonderful words:
“I spin beneath my pyramid of night
Which points into the heavens, dreaming delight,
Murmuring victorious joy in my enchanted sleep;
As a youth lulled in love-dreams faintly sighing,
Under the shadow of his beauty lying,
Which round his rest a watch of light and warmth doth keep.”
Beautiful words, but beautiful too that the poet has fixed in his mind's
eye a geometry that was first imagined by astronomers in the ancient Near
East. Night... more »
MISS WHIPLASH, TOP POLITICIANS, ROYALTY, SPIES
*George Osborne with Natalie Rowe, a vice madam, in 1994. **mirror.co.uk/ *
*
*
In the photo above we see UK cabinet minister George Osborne and prostitute
Natalie Rowe.
Natalie, a former teenage runaway, ran the *Black Beauties* escort agency
and used the name 'Miss Whiplash' and 'Mistress Pain'.
Reportedly,* among her clients were four top members of the Conservative
party, a bank chief executive and a 'world famous' television host.*
*mirror.co.uk/ *
George Osborne, aka Gideon Osborne, is a top man in the UK government and
in Bilderberg.
George Osborne has been linked to Na... more »
Give us this day our Daley read
Janet Daley's *Sunday Telegraph *article this week tackles the increasing
popular theme of BBC bias:
The BBC foists on us a skewed version of reality
*The news media are engaged in a political argument about whether the
purpose of journalism is to report the world as it is or to purvey an
idealised view*
Her article begins by discussing the present "fight to the death" over the
future of the press here in the United Kingdom. It's a fight, she says,
that's not just between sections of the media and large parts of the
political class, but also a fight between parts of the media - b... more »
Disgusting behaviour
Man in court for trying to have sex with sheep near Tottenham training
ground
So reported The Standard recently. Sheep? Yuck!
List of lists (non exhaustive)
List of architects from New Zealand.
List of popes.
List of sustainable seafood advisory lists and certification.
List of words having different meanings in British and American English: M
to Z.
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
List of Melrose Place episodes.
List of Fist of Fun.
List of Lizst.
List of lakes.
List of endangered languages of the United States of America.
List of islands of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories.
Philip Zelikow teaches Modern History - the irony is overloading
"THE MODERN WORLD, global history since 1760 with Phillip Zelikow," this is
the once-director of the 'small government group' called the 9/11
Commission. Yeah, small but extremely important and extremely calcimine
from the get go.
Zelikow essentially made sure THE TRUTH WAS NEVER KNOWN, not even about the
demolition of WTC #7 (the Saloman Brothers building that housed the CIA,
FBI and the NY Emergency Management Suite) late on the day of 9/11.
Seriously, this career political manipulator is intimately connected to the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for global influence, is on Presi... more »
IAF Seminar, Gummersbach, Germany, Part 2
This is the continuation of my earlier paper, IAF Seminar 2008,
Gummersbach, Germany, posted in January 21, 2011. The course that I
attended in THA, Gummersbach, Germany, was "Civil Society and Local
Government" conducted I think, from October 26 to November 2, 2008. or
almost five years ago. I feel nostalgic...
Our batch visited some government offices in Cologne, about one hour by car
from Gummersbach. A local paper featured one story about such visit.
One of those lecture-workshops. To my right was Asma Asfor from Palestine,
to my left Isil Cakmac from Turkey.
My other batchma... more »
Are you an urban scientist or an urban whore?
A part of the blogosphere is discussing the following incident.
DNLee5, Dana N. Lee, a black female biologist (specializing in vampire bats:
note that the words for vampire, bat are upír, netopýr in Czech, similar
endings) who oscillates between Oklahoma and Tanzania and who blogs as the
Urban Scientist at the Scientific American server, was negotiating with
biology-online.org about her possible regular, monthly contributions to
this biologically oriented community server of a sort.
(No, Twitter's DNLee without 5 is someone else entirely, a fact that dozens
of mindless retweeters of... more »
Syria humanitarian crisis: Catastrophe or media war? [RT]
The Obama administration is about as humanitarian as a serial killer.
Syria humanitarian crisis: Catastrophe or media war? Source: RT.
Greed: Why An Accepted Cure For Cancer Won't Be Found by Elizabeth Renter
*Source: **http://cancercaremalaysia.com/category/wisdom-living-general*/
Greed: Why an Accepted “Cure” for Cancer Won’t Be Found
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 12 October 2013
Cancer kills about 1,600 people in the United States every single day.
That’s 580,350 in 2013, according to the American Cancer Society. Millions
if not billions of dollars every year are funneled into cancer research,
yet the issue is still growing. In many cases we know what causes cancer or
what increases your risk of developing cancerous tumors, but the world has
yet to see a “medically acce... more »
Musical Interlude: Kodo Drummers, “Live at the Acropolis”
Kodo Drummers, “Live at the Acropolis”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97nLUXQS8hY
October 12, 1973
Nixon, perhaps energized by the multiple crises (the Yom Kippur War, the
tapes war) acts quickly: just two days after Spiro Agnew resigned, he nominates
House Minority Leader Gerald Ford for the VP vacancy. This, at least, was a
pragmatic move designed to get someone confirmed. Unfortunately for Nixon,
however, it also meant a president-in-waiting that no one in Congress
worried about, which removed at least one important disincentive for
eventual impeachment.
The fight that Nixon really wanted, however, was with the special
prosecutor. Archibald Cox had just secured his first indic... more »
Nothing much to say, or at least that I feel up to saying
*by Ken*
The above news, in case you missed it, comes courtesy of *New Yorker*cartoon editor Bob Mankoff's weekly blogpost, "Nothing
to Say," news that Bob declares he was "particularly gratified about."
There is perhaps inspiration to be drawn from Bob's opening:
I have nothing at all to say this week. But that's pretty much the case
every week, and, since it hasn’t stopped me in the past, it's not going to
now.
Bob proceeds to propose "a simple 'News of the Week' feature" that consists
of a list of the days of the week, a stunt that I suspect at most one of us
can get away with... more »
Dutchsinse: Purported White Dragon/OPPT Oaths....
*Note to Dutchsinse:* the OPPT has *nothing* to do with the White Dragon
Society, Swissindo, or...yes he did say it....Aleister Crowley *(REALLY
Dutch... Crowley??? Really???)* or any purported OPPT oaths. Whomever is
claiming to represent the OPPT is doing so fraudulently. The OPPT has
NEVER asked anyone to do ANY oaths. Anyone who has sworn an oath to a
fraud is not bound to it in any case. Whether these contacts have money
remains to be seen...but they are not the OPPT. The OPPT is a reconciled
trust that is no longer in operation. It has been superseded by the I
Value Sy... more »
'Premier Brad Wall's Sask. Party government ‘does not play well with others’ - Says Leader-Post Business Editor
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*In today's 'new' Saskatchewan, you generally find little criticism of
Premier Brad Wall in the main stream media. Executives in Saskatchewan's
corporate media simply love Wall and their editorial policy generally stays
away from any criticism whatsoever. *
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**But things are changing. Here is Bruce Johnstone, the Business Editor of
the Regina Leader-Post::*
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**"It might seem ungrateful, especially on Thanksgiving weekend, to
criticize the Saskatchewan Party government’s economic development track
record. After all, the Saskatchewan economy h... more »
Moderate Republicans? Has Anyone Spotted A Live One In Congress Since Sherry Boehlert?
No friends of Darrell Issa's, the American Association of Letter Carriers
endorsed Richard Hanna for reelection
Yes… Mark Pocan, the intensely progressive freshman from Wisconsin insists
he knows a genuine moderate Republican. Richard Hanna (R-NY) defeated
disappointing conservative Mike Arcuri in the Great Blue Dog Apocalypse of
2010 to win back Boehlert's old upstate New York seat (Utica, Rome,
Binghamton). The district-- now NY-22-- has a PVI of R+3 but was a 49-49%
tie in the presidential elections of 2008 and 2012. Last year Hanna was
reelected 61-39% and won all 8 counties in t... more »
UPDATE FROM AROOSTOOK COUNTY
*Arriving at UU church in Caribou on the first day of the walk*
I am writing this on our mini-bus as we head south from Presque Isle to
Bangor. We have nine of our group in this vehicle while another ten folks
are in a couple other vehicles behind us. Our crew in the bus has five
Americans and four Japanese activists and for the first hour we were
singing songs in both languages. It’s been a lot of fun.
Last night we stayed in the home of two local activists who make up half of
the peace group that weekly vigils on a local bridge – they’ve been doing
it for the last 10 years even ... more »
No deal
I hope this is true. The Hill is reporting Obama rejected the GOP's lame
offer:
President Obama signaled Saturday that he wouldn't accept the Republicans'
offer for a short-term increase in the nation's debt limit.
"Manufacturing crises to extract massive concessions isn’t how our
democracy works, and we have to stop it," Obama said. "Politics is a battle
of ideas, but you advance those ideas through elections and legislation –
not extortion."
Hell, I could have written that statement myself. Meanwhile, the twitter
tells me House GOPers are scrambling to pass the buck to the Sena... more »
Philadelphia School District Financial Crisis - Did the financial crisis slamming the School district lead to the tragic death of a student ?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2456311/Girl-12-dies-asthma-attack-nurse.html
Girl, 12, dies of an asthma attack because there was no school nurse due to
Philadelphia budget cuts
- School budget cuts allowed for a school nurse only 2 days a week
- 12-year-old Laporshia would have lived if the school called rescue,
according to a District source
- Teachers told her 'just be calm' and didn't take her to the hospital
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Free and Stylish Glasses with Firmoo
I was given a pair of glasses from Firmoo.com in exchange for my honest
review.
I have a confession to make. I didn't need glasses when I first got them.
There was the super cute girl in my 5 grade class that everybody loved. She
had darling glasses and so naturally I wanted them too. I squinted a lot
until I finally talked my parents into giving me glasses. I remember
completely bluffing my way through my first eye exam. I ended up with a
pair of glasses I could hardly see out of but eventually ended up needing
them because I wore them anyway.
Now I would love to blame my ne... more »
On DC Discord
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *NY Times*.
HI-02: Fix The Debt? Or Fight For Progressive Values?
Tulsi Gabbard positioned herself as the progressive candidate in last
year's race to represent Hawai`i's 2nd Congressional District. She
accurately and successfully tagged her main rival, Honolulu Mayor Mufi
Hannemann, as anti-choice and anti-gay and, with strong backing from
liberals, easily won last summer's Democratic primary. She faced no serious
opposition in the general election.
A Republican has never represented HI-02. Indeed, the district has a strong
progressive pedigree. Legendary Congresswoman Patsy Mink co-founded the
Progressive Congressional Caucus while representin... more »
Rain is no obstacle for Pope Francis
In a sea of umbrellas Pope Francis sticks out like Jesus walking on water.
So move over Barack Hussein Obama, there is a new holy one in town.
Title: Rain is no obstacle for Pope Francis. Source: romereports. Date
Published: October 12, 2013.
Satire: "Poll: Americans Divided Over What Wild Animal They Would Like To See Congress Mauled By"
*"Poll: Americans Divided Over What Wild Animal *
*They Would Like To See Congress Mauled By"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "As the partial government shutdown
grinds on into its twelfth day, Americans remain deeply divided over what
kind of wild animal they would most like to see Congress mauled by,
according to a new poll released today.
While a majority of Americans say they would enjoy seeing Congress torn
limb from limb by a ferocious bear, there is disagreement over which
species of bear would be best suited for that assignment. When asked, “What
... more »
on a Free Planet - what would you miss the most?
I don't usually ENCOURAGE discussion on this blog, but that's what this
post is all about: DISCUSSION.
"On a Free Planet, what would you miss the most about this modern
consumerist world we currently inhabit?"
Maybe you'd miss the wars, the greed, the dogma, the rent, the rates, the
taxes, the constant grind to 'make ends meet' and be better than your
competitor... but some people are sick like that.
I'm talking about the things you currently take for granted.
Would you miss CITIES?
Would you miss DRIVING?
Would you miss LAWYERS?
Would you miss HIERARCHY?
Would you miss COUNTRY?
Wo... more »
Fukushima updates - October 12 , 2013 - Assessing the ongoing contamination from the ongoing Fukushima debacle in not just Japan but global impacts.....
Energy News......
07:53 AM EST on October 13th, 2013 | 10 comments
Cesium spiking in ocean off Fukushima plant — Record amount for location at
10,000 Bq/m³ — Former IAEA Expert: “Fish have a real ability to accumulate
cesium” (VIDEO)
12:43 AM EST on October 13th, 2013 | 7 comments
Japan Professors: Worst case scenario at Fukushima, nuclear rods melted and
went through reactor floors; Contamination is impacting rest of world;
Likely that entire Pacific will be affected — Farmer: Gov’t doesn’t have
any idea about status of fuel (VIDEO)
06:08 PM EST on October 12th, 2013 | 54 comments
G... more »
Over the Cliff and Onto the Rocks Below
October 12, 2013 Now that Ted Cruz seems to have self-immolated, or
something close enough to it to make me happy, maybe Congress will step
away from the fiscal cliff and settle down to do their congressional duties
long enough for the country not to self-immolate next week. Maybe not.
Hard to tell, at this […]
Components of Gender
From *Paradoxes of Gender* by Judith Lorber (1994), pp.30-1.
... gender is not a unitary essence but has many components as a social
institution and as an individual status. As a social institution, gender is
composed of:
*Gender statuses*, the socially recognised genders in a society and the
norms and expectations for their enactment behaviourally, gesturally,
linguistically, emotionally, and physically. How gender statuses are
evaluated depends on historical development in any particular society.
*Gendered division of labour*, the assignment of productive and domestic
work to mem... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Plenty of things, of course; I'm going to single out Janet Yellin to the
Fed.
On the doesn't matter front...I'll stick with the various spin stuff from
the shutdown, from the House minibills to the House discharge petition.
This one isn't going to be decided by spin.
What do you have? What do you think mattered this week?
Business 360 12: Optimum Size of Government
* This is my article for B360, a monthly business magazine in Kathmandu,
Nepal, October 2013 issue.
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Most of the discontent and disharmony of people within and among countries
around the world can be traced to the size and degree of invention and
regulations of government. Some people want government to be as extensive
as possible, approaching a socialist economy, some want no government at
all.
Too much government means too many taxes and fees to sustain a big army of
government officials and personnel, and also sustain an enormous number of
people who will be waiting... more »
Weekend Fun 49: Lefties Songs
During our student activist days in UP in the 80s, we heard a lot of
protest songs. Anti-dictatorship, anti-imperalism, anti-capitalism, etc.
But what remained in my mind until now are the funny ones. Like these three.
(1) (A marching tune often played by drum and bugle corps, I don't know the
title)
Sandaang masinggan, hawak ng hukbong bayan
lulusubin ang Malakanyang.
Sa bundok sa gubat, kami ay walang gulat
lulusubin ang Malakanyang.
Ang aming lider, Amado Guerrero
Victor Corpuz ang commander
Ang sigaw namin ibagsak ang pasismo
pyudalismo, imperyalismo
Ang suot namin, pajama ng V... more »
9/11: The Plot to Kill Ted Kennedy
*"I see these bumper-stickers everywhere: 'Bush Knew!' *
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*This is an oxymoron.*
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*Bush knows nothing."*
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*- Webster G. Tarpley*
It is therefore extremely significant that the Shadow Government attempted
to murder his wife on the day of 9/11.
9/11 - The Attempted Assassination of Senator Ted Kennedy and First Lady
Laura Bush from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
There has been endless debate as to what really took place and what really
happened regarding Flight United 93.
* What cannot be denied, however was that there was a plane-like object
in-bound to Washington DC that never made ... more »
Operation Streamline Shutdown: Si preguntan porque? – If they ask why?
Lupe Castillo holding it down in front of Tucson's Federal Courthouse
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By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
Scouring media outlets nationwide, it is evident that Operation Streamline
– which was shut down by human rights activists on Oct 11 in Tucson –
remains “America’s dirty little secret.”
One of the media outlets reporting on this unprecedented action – which
included blocking the entrance to the federal courthouse’s parking lot –
plus the disabling of two immigration buses – elicited this response from
readers:
“They should be shot on site.”
“Just run them over.”
While many... more »
Interesting Solar Events on October 11, 2013
Interesting videos for October 11 of activity on the Sun.
JFK: American University Commencment Speech: A Strategy of Peace - June 10th 1963
JFK: American University Commencment Speech: A Strategy of Peace - June
10th 1963 from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
At American University on June 10, 1963, President Kennedy proposed an end
to the Cold War.”
Khrushchev called the American University Address “the greatest speech by
any American President since Roosevelt.”
To work his way out of the arms race (and free from the kind of dilemma
that arose from his science advisor knowing more about nuclear war, even
its strategy, than his Defense Secretary), Kennedy decided to create a
series of peace initiatives. He began with the Ameri... more »
what i'm reading, children's books edition # 9: wonderstruck
Over the summer, I wrote about *The Invention of Hugo Cabret* by Brian
Selznick, a children's book with a suspenseful, convoluted story, lavishly
illustrated with Selznick's beautiful pencil drawings. (I scanned several
of those images into my earlier post.)
I've just finished Selznick's most recent book, *Wonderstruck*. *
Wonderstruck* is filled with drawings in the same distinctive pencil style,
but it is even better than *Hugo Cabret*.
The central story of *Wonderstruck* is more linear, so it's easier to
follow. But Selznick employs a brilliant device that adds mystery and
suspe... more »
Exclusive: Cookie Monster to appear on 'Question Time'
Following the Cookie Monster's appearance on *Newsnight* news has come
through to us that he will soon be joining the ever-growing list of
celebrities to appear on BBC One's *Question Time*.
We at *Is the BBC Biased?* have acquired a transcript of part of that
forthcoming edition of the programme:
*David Dimblebly*: Can we have our next question please? Mo Ansar, Mo Ansar?
*Audience member*: Yes, does the panel think Israel is worse than Iran?
*David Dimbleby*: Owen Jones?
*Owen Jones*: Yes, Iran rules; Israel sucks.
*Audience*: Hurray!
*David Dimbleby*: John Redwood?
*John Redwood... more »
OPCW team in Syria reacts to Nobel Peace Prize win
The OPCW is the political arm of USrahell. It is removing Syria's chemical
weapons, but won't even speak about Israel's arsenal of chemical weapons.
So take that Nobel peace prize and shove it straight up your ass. It means
nothing.
But, hey, if OPCW members want to believe their mission in Syria is noble
and humanitarian, that's fine, but they shouldn't assume that others share
their illusions about their work.
OPCW team in Syria reacts to Nobel Peace Prize win. Source: Reuters. Date
Published: October 11, 2013.
Almost Everyone Knows Who To Blame
Yesterday the congressional Republicans, having all read and digested the horrifying
(for them) polling on their a tattered brand, decided to change tactics and
see if people will like them more if they demand the Democrats gut Social
Security and Medicare instead of delaying Obamacare. How do you think
that's going to work out for Republicans in non-secessionist districts?
Even *Republican* economists repudiated their ideologically-motivated
nonsense.
Republican lawmakers have played down the significance of hitting the debt
limit, saying the U.S. can avoid default by putting a... more »
TEPCO Official Admits Plant is Out of Control
Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
hat tip Enenews for the headlines (Thank you)
A high-ranking TEPCO official announced that the Daiichi site was 'out of
control.'
(source TEPCO official says Fukushima plant situation "out of control" Sep
13 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/13/c_125386760.htm)
This news comes after weeks of spiking radiation levels, particularly of
tritium, which suggests that fission activity may be the source, not simply
contaminated water spills.
(sources Tritium rises in groundwater in Fukushima Daiichi Sep 13, 2013
NHK, <a href="http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworl
Greece news updates October 12 , 2013 - 6.4 Earthquake detected west of Crete , Latest news regarding Greece Troika talks , SDOE to go attack Golden Dawn funding sources , Greece reduction of heating tax rejected by Troika......
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An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude was detected in the Mediterranean Sea west
of the island of Crete on Saturday, but there were no reports of casualties
or damage, the Greek police and fire brigade said.
The centre of the quake, which struck at at 1311 GMT, was 22.5 miles (40
km) below the seabed 43 miles (70 km) west of Chania on Crete, the U.S.
Geological Survey said. Greece is often rocked by earthquakes. Most cause
no serious damage ... more »
Big Mountain Warrior Leonard Benally Passes to Spirit World
Big
Mountain Warrior Leonard Benally spent his life fighting Peabody Coal
in his homeland and forced relocation from Big Mountain
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/10/big-mountain-warrior-leonard-benally.html
“We
have been living in silence and we have been dying in silence. We want
to share with others our struggle. If we walk alone, we are useless, we
are
PresidentTruman’s Letter to Sen.Joseph McCarthy
PresidentTruman’s Letter to Sen.Joseph McCarthy. HST did not fuck about
or suffer fools gladly. We could use him or his like again.
Bill Whittle.com is live...
*all the goodness of Bill Whittle gathered together in one very pretty
place.*
He has already posted a Virtual President video for opening day - and we
thank him
*Bill Whittle.com*
I have so many things to say (for a change) and no time to say them. Some
might consider that a feature, rather than a bug.
*Another Announcement*
I have finally made it to a million hits. It only took about 42 years - or
thereabouts. A bunch of sneaky people made it happen while I slept - we
thank each and everyone of you.
*1,000,609*
I shall return after (hopefully) doing some more front yard ... more »
BARBARA RICHARDS - VICTIM OF CHILD ABUSE
*Barbara.*
*Barbara Richards*, while in children's home in Staffordshire in the UK,
was the victim of child abuse.
She has written:
*"The man who raped me, David Haswell, was a deputy mayor at one time in
Stone."*
A "Pindown" Child Abuse Survivor Writes - Rotten Borough
"As a pre-pubescent child, Barbara Richards suffered sexual abuse at the
hands of her brother.
'I didn't know what it was except I didn't want him to do it' she says,
'And I felt I couldn't tell my father'.
Barbara Richards' ghastly life - Not Born Yesterday
*Barbara Richards - Zoompad.*
"After passing for h... more »
Parents: Time to Dethrone King.
As Commissioner John B. King and the New York State PTA have “suspended”
the last four of the five planned Common Core town halls across the Empire
State parents have becoming more enraged, calling for King’s resignation or
firing. King’s actions and answers at two recent meetings concerning show
he is clearly out of touch […]
MaWangMess: Fallout landing downwind edition =UPDATED=
*A 1939 stamp of the Republic of China, showing that Taiwan and the
Senkakus have always been part of China whose return China was demanding. O
wait....*
The KMT's refusal to appeal the decision in the Wang case to the Supreme
Court means that Ma and Wang must co-exist. It is hard to read that as
anything but a defeat, but smart observers assure me that it ain't over yet.
Meanwhile the fallout from Ma's entirely self-generated implosion is
landing on -- who else? -- Prosecutor-General Huang, who brought the Wang
case to Ma's attention, and other prosecutors within the SID. Today th... more »
Magic Cars
"They do not build cars like they used too" During the 1970 and 80's that
was a common refrain. Planned obsolescence either by purpose or practice
infected the auto industry. However we have come a long long way since then.
First vehicles are exponentially safer. Proving that size is only part of
the safety equation.
Secondly for some brands rust is sleeping. In particular Honda, European
Brands, and Toyota have virtually eliminated rust.
Third the power-plant has not only become essentially maintenance free, its power
and efficiency have soared.
Fourth the creator comforts, HVA... more »
Republican or American Suicide Machine? (Why the Poorly Educated Hate Paul Krugman) What Could $50 TRILLION That US Rich Control Do To Help US? (What Are You Doing To Evolve Society?)
(If throwing a contribution Pottersville2's way won't break your budget in
these difficult financial times, I really need it, and would wholeheartedly
appreciate it. Anything you can afford will make a huge difference in this
blog's lifetime.) For the latest on the Republican "Suicide Machine" we
turn to Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson who explains what the Jedi Rethugs
have threatened Boehner
NSA's Utah Spy Super Center suffers power surge glitches in Matrix.... NSA also wants to spy on Wall Street ( now they've gone too far - Sarc Off... ) ..... Brazil contemplates seizing documents taken by Edward Snowden and in the possession of journalist Glenn Greenwald to learn extent of NSA spying on Brazilian interests....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-08/nsas-utah-spy-supercenter-crippled-power-surges
NSA's Utah Spy Supercenter Crippled By Power Surges
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- Circuit Breakers
- Fail
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An Obamacare ad...
*that says it all.*
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad...
Ottoman chaos
Here's something that might (or might not) help make sense of the strange,
sketchy first episode of Rageh Omaar's *The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim
Emperors *(a series now running on BBC Two on Sunday nights), as discussed
in an earlier post and an earlier comment.
It comes (via the National Secular Society) from *Private Eye* back in
June:
These are trying times for Aaqil Ahmed, head of religion and ethics at the
BBC.
The Ottomans, a three-part series in which Rageh Omar wanders through the
lands of the former Ottoman Empire, is beset by problems and falling even
further behind ... more »
Words of Mass Destruction in the Syria Debate
Note: This is a guest post by Ty Solomon, Lecturer at the University of
Glasgow Even though the war in Syria has been raging for the past two
years, much of the global outrage that we now see has only erupted with the
recent reports about Bashar al Assad’s government attacking civilians with
chemical weapons.
Continue reading
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - October 12 , 2013 - Market data , news and views touching on the precious metals !
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/gold-premiums-in-india-jump-on-festive-demand-supply-crunch
Gold Premiums in India Jump on Festive Demand, Supply Crunch
Oct
*12*
- Yesterday in Gold and Silver
- Critical Reads
- The Funnies
- The Wrap
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"It should be obvious to all that the system is rotten to its very core."
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
Once again the gold price did nothing in Far East and early London
trading. But as you are already keenly aware, that all changed about 20
minutes after the Comex open, as the not-for-profit sellers took out the
bid... more »
Camelot Security Establishment: "It's only a model"
Michael Byers makes a good case that Canada's military procurement is like
a Monty Python movie, akin to "a knight riding a make-believe horse while
knocking two coconuts together."
Also rather like the dead parrot sketch but he missed the most obvious
Python Holy Grail allusion of all - that DND is building CSEC a massive
new $1B home they've nicknamed Camelot.
The Camelot sketch from Holy Grail is one of my all time faves so here it
is with updated Camelot Security Establishment lyrics below. Sing 'em loud!
Knights, I bid you welcome to your new home - let us ride to Camelot.
... more »
US Generals Michael Carey ( Commander of 20th Air Force , responsible for three wings or 450 ICBMs ) and Tim Giardina ( Vice Admiral - former Second in Command of US Strategic Command ) both men fired in the same week for alleged personal misconduct - or fired because they wouldn't go along with someone's scheme ? ? Is the real reason " personal misconduct " or are other motivations in play here ? Were Alex Jones and Anthony Gucciardi correct when they reported on secret nuclear weapon transfers last month and warned of a possible nuclear false flag attack ?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2454875/Air-Force-general-Michael-Carey-fired-loss-trust.html
SECOND general in charge of nuclear missiles is fired over 'loss of trust'
as Pentagon is forced to deny he's an alcoholic
- *Maj. Gen Michael Carey was fired in response to an investigation into
personal misbehavior*
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- *Carey took command of the ICBM force, based at F.E. Warren Air Force
Base, Wyo., in June 2012*
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- *It is the second firing this week of a senior commander of nuclear
forces*
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Air Force has fired it... more »
Untitled
*Lee Zurik Investigation: Feds charge St. Tammany coroner; Galvan to resign
~WVUE*
*Louisiana to sue over flood insurance reform ~Xerxes Wilson, Houma Courier
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*More oily debris pushed onto Louisiana beaches by Tropical Storm Karen ~Amy
Wold, The Advocate*
*A ‘Gritty’ look at N.O. HS marching bands ~John Wert*
Untitled
*Government shutdown forces Corps furloughs *
Government lumbers in Day number 9 ( October 9 , 2013 ) - As the politicians posture , why has the White House chosen the tactic of making the shutdown as painful as possible for Americans - while politicians of both parties " party " on in D.C ? With the US government lumbering to the X date when it runs out of extraordinary measures to pay its bills and instead would be dependent upon daily in - flows of cash , will some facing saving agreement be found ( of course it will ) ? Overnight news , data and views concerning Europe , Asia , various asset classes and a look ahead for US markets for Wednesday October 9 , 2013 !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Shutdown worsens historic blizzard that killed tens of thousands of South
Dakota cattle
KNBN-TV
Rapid City and many other parts of South Dakota recorded record snowfall
totals for the entire month of October in just three days over the weekend.
By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News
An unusually early and enormous snowstorm over the weekend caught South
Dakota ranchers and farmers unprepared, killing tens of thousands of cattle
and ravaging the state's $7 billion industry — an industry left without
assistance because of the federal government shutdown.
As many as 75,000 cattle hav... more »
Why Don't Republicans Like Obama? No, Really
The other day we looked at how the Republicans Party has-- since Nixon
launched the Southern Strategy-- been taken over by southern conservatives.
More than a few of the southern racists we wrote about are unaware that
their politics (and emotions) are motivated by uncontrollable racism. Don't
scoff. As I mentioned last week, I'm in the middle of reading Predisposed:
Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences by 3
serious academics, John Hibbing, Kevin Smith, and John Alford. A premise of
their work is that "buried in many people and operating largely outside... more »
Vidit ergo Lesus. . .
By* *Capt. Fogg
Yes, yes, we've all heard, Pope Francis may be infallible but the guy who
mints the medals isn't. Somebody substituted an L for an I (which can look
damned similar in certain typefaces) and somebody else didn't notice and so
it went out the door as Lesus instead of Iesus. I'm an old man, I can
sympathize about reading small print and at least it didn't say Lexus. We
have too many of those on the road as it is.
Of course growing up in the Galilee, the name was יהושע or Yehushua but we
won't quibble. The sign on the Cross said IHS, not LHS and of course the J
is not... more »
All the Way
Last night, I saw Bryan Cranston in All the Way, the new play about Lyndon
Johnson and the passage of the Civil Rights Act. It is a powerful play,
with terrific acting. Cranston is as compelling as LBJ as he was as Walter
White.
Aside
Stop me if you've heard this one before....
A white horse goes into a pub and asks for a pint of beer.
The barman looks at the white horse and says, “We’ve got a brand of whisky
named after you.”
And the horse says, “What, Gerald?”
The Head Start Enron Trader Initiative: The Arnold Foundation in Indiana, Louisiana, NYC, Texas, and Beyond
By Doug Martin
The national news has painted Enron’s retired trader and hedge fund manager
John Arnold as a Jesus figure since he and his wife announced they were
going to cover the government costs of funding Head Start during the
government shutdown (better known as the good cop/bad cop ploy by both
parties to throw senior citizens, kids, and the poor and middle class under
the bus), but the Laura and John Arnold Foundation's main goal is school
privatization.
The Arnolds, dishing out the couch-change of $10 million for Head Start,
say this money is a loan and they will want the ... more »
"Impartiality flew out of the window"
The original storm over the Mail's Ralph Miliband headline has provoked a
response from the *Daily Mail*'s editor-in-chief Paul Dacre, published in
both the *Guardian *and the *Daily Mail. *
Mr Dacre defends his own paper from the *Guardian*'s attack, and has more
than a bit to say about the BBC.
Here are some choice extracts:
Out in the real world, it was a pretty serious week for news. The US was on
the brink of budget default, a British court heard how for two years social
workers failed to detect the mummified body of a four-year-old starved to
death by his mother, and it was... more »
Fat Bottomed Girls Come Together mashup
A great mashup of Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls and the Beatles' Come Together
The Middle Class Is Front And Centre
Michael Den Tandt writes that the next election will be about the Canadian
middle class. Justin Trudeau has made it his mantra. And now the
Conservatives -- as they try to take the focus off Mike Duffy and friends
and talk instead about "consumers first" -- will try to make it theirs.
Den Tandt writes that rhetoric about the long suffering middle class is not
just political hot air:
This problem is already giving Canadian politicians night sweats, driving
their future planning and shouldering other issues — climate change, to
name one — into the ditch. And it dictates that Feder... more »
Haig in '81
Mae Brussell -ALEXANDER HAIG IS ANGRY, Time for shoot-out at White House-
(3-28-81) from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
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*"Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig is now posthumously being recast
as the quintessential soldier-patriot. The truth is, he had a dark side:
wiretapping for Richard Nixon, facilitating the operations of a military
spy ring that stole classified documents from the White House, sabotaging
peace negotiations over Vietnam and détente with the USSR, and unduly
hastening Nixon's exit from office. Haig is most lauded as the man who,
according to conventional wisdo... more »
Polly put the kettle on, and call it 'black'
One more on the *Guardian, *courtesy of Trending Central.
The *Guardian *and the BBC kicked up not so much a storm as a full-blown
hurricane over the *Daily Mail *headline *The Man Who Hated Britain* (about
Ralph Miliband). Yesterday Polly Toynbee published her latest Michael
Gove-bashing piece under the online headline *It is the Baby Ps and Hamzah
Khans who pay for this Tory vandalism* - a headline which make it seem as
if the Tories are responsible for the deaths of children (despite both Baby
P and Hamzah Khan dying *before* the last general election, when Labour
were in power... more »
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