11:24pm MDST
October 15, 1973
The Appeals Court had ruled against Richard Nixon in the battle over the
tapes, but it left him an out: instead of appealing up to the Supreme
Court, he could try to work out a deal. That's what begins now: the
attempted Stennis compromise.
It actually began on Sunday the 14th. Nixon met with Senate Armed Services
Chair John Stennis, a southern Democrat but a Nixon supporter, and
suggested a plan in which the White House would provide transcripts, and
Stennis would listen to the actual tapes to verify the accuracy of the
transcripts.
The record then gets confused; this is another o... more »
Your moment of Zen
Sycamore drive in restaurant in Bethel, CT -- with car hops -- 1960s. Still
in operation.
Review of Braumoeller’s The Great Powers and the International System
The following is an all too common path through graduate school: spend 3-9
months wondering what the heck you signed up for and why realize that every
topic you’re interested in has been written on and assume there’s nothing
left to say gain a little confidence and criticize everything you read for
leaving something (inconsequential)
Continue reading
Another Republican Sex Scandal-- And For Staten Island Again?
We probably cover Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm more than any other
blogsoutside of his Staten Island/south Brooklyn district. Usually,
we're
posting about his Mafia connections and other criminal activities. I
don't
think his latest scandal rises to "criminal" but it might just be the
one
that ends his ridiculous congressional career. My sister lives on Staten
Island and she always warns me that exposing Grimm's mafioso dealings
just
makes him stronger among her absurd neighbors. They all fantasize that
they're in the Mafia too.
But congressional public sex acts-- drunk or not-- may... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Blog Action Day (#BAD13)
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
I'm a bit under the weather this week so won't be doi... more »
South Africa: Standard Bank Faces FIVE Counts of Civil Fraud.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
http://www.ubuntuparty.org.za/2012/09/standard-bank-faces-five-counts-of.html
The summons consist of 5 counts of civil fraud and 3 counts of
contravention of the Bank Act. As far as we know this is the first time
ever that any bank has been taken to task on charges of fraud. There is no
doubt that this will escalate into a major media story as soon as it leaks
out and the media realise the astronomical implications of this case.
In all the court appearances that we have had to date, that is Te... more »
Dine' CARE Risks of Navajo Mine Press Conference Oct. 16, 2013
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Dine' CARE
Censored News
ATTENTION Navajo citizens! What: Press Conference in front of Navajo
Nation Council Chambers in Window Rock. AZWhen: 10: October 16,
2013Who: Impacted Navajo citizens and Diné CAREWhy: To inform the people
about the uncertainty, risks, and liabilities on the purchase of the
Navajo MineCome out if you can and spread the word!
Read more:
Karen John: Why I am
Global Public Consensus: Putin Deserved Nobel Peace Prize, Not OPCW And Obama
* Obama is not impressed with Putin's heroics. *
History will record that President Putin was robbed of a Nobel Peace
Prize, while President Obama was undeservedly awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize is truly useless and meaningless since the
propagandists who hand out the prize make their decision not based on
merit, dedication to peace, and honest service, but for political reasons.
The Nobel Peace Prize has lost its prestige, which makes it valueless.
The world has no need for such a prize.
Below is an excerpt from, *"Awarding Nobel Peace Prize to OPCW was... more »
Philadelphia Man Moves to Foreclose on Wells Fargo Over Mortgage
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http://abcnews.go.com/Business/philadelphia-man-forecloses-wells-fargo-mortgage/story?id=12932362
*Philadelphia Man Moves to Foreclose on Wells Fargo Over Mortgage*
Feb. 17, 2011
By SUSANNA KIM
Business Digital Reporter
The saga began in 2009, when Patrick Rodgers first wrote to Wells Fargo,
requesting itemized information about the mortgage on his home in
Philadelphia. His homeowners' insurance provider was forcing him to take
out a $1 million policy on his home, which he maintains is worth far less
than that.When a Philadelphia man became fed up with his bank for failing
... more »
The ZAP Report October 15, 2013
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* *Comments in red are solely mine. -Bill*
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* *Poofness Office & ZAP Update - October 14, 2013: The season of change*
*Greeting and Salutations,*
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* *Fortunately the Kabuki theatre [ooh like that term! or is that a threat
like last October?] is nearly ended, and the currency revaluation is
beginning. Pay attention to the activities after the banking holiday this
coming week; I'm hearing it could be a very exciting time.*
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* *The best thing that happened in DC came from the chaplain of the
Congress. Here is his prayer for the Congress and the country:*
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* *http://chaplain.house... more »
Benjamin Fulford - October 15, 2013: Will humanity’s long nightmare finally begin to end this week with the bankruptcy of DC?
Monday, October 14, 2013
*Benjamin Fulford - October 15, 2013: Will humanity’s long nightmare
finally begin to end this week with the bankruptcy of DC?*
All of us who have watched in horror and disgust over the years as the
rogue regime in Washington D.C. has carried out mass murder and countless
other unspeakable crimes are hoping they will go bankrupt this week on
October 17th.
It is a fact that this criminally insane rogue government has murdered
through over 50 million people since World War 2 ended. This cabal also
recently staged a sarin gas attack in Syria in yet another... more »
Ready to detonate: Saudi-backed rebels strap bombs to Geneva-2 talks
Nile Bowie
RT
As Syria’s rebels refuse to take part in Geneva-2, Saudi Arabia has emerged
as the primary state-backer of rebel groups now trying to escalate the
Syrian conflict and topple Assad by force.
When Vladimir Putin met with Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia in August, the
newly appointed Intelligence Chief reportedly tried to cut a deal with
Moscow by promising to buy billions in Russian arms and pledging not to
challenge Russian gas sales to Europe in exchange for withdrawing support
for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Though later refuted by the Kremlin,
the media reports... more »
Dine' Medicine People: Horse Nation should be respected without outside intervention
Jones
Benally and son Clayson Benally
Dine’ Traditional Leaders express concern that Navajo Nation agreement
to stop horse slaughter, while a step in the right direction, may not
adequately address Indigenous rights and deeply held Spiritual beliefs
Statement by Nohooka Dine
Censored NewsKAYENTA, Ariz. -- For months, Dine’ (Navajo) elders and
medicine people have been reaching out to Ben
Putting The Fraud Of The Jewish "Race" Out Of Its Misery: New Article By Gilad Atzmon - Jews Are Not A Race, But Jewish Identity Is Racist
Just last week, I again put up an article that explained in detail how Jews
were ABSOLUTELY and POSITIVELY NOT a distinct "race" of mankind.... That
article showed that the vast majority of the fraud "Ashkenazi" Jews had
European ancestry in them, and that they have absolutely no links to the
region of Palestine, period. People need to understand, especially those
in the "Christian Identity" (CI) crowd, that the Jews have long needed to
be seen as a distinct and separate race because (a) it would somehow
justify in their psychotic thinking the need to band together because of
thei... more »
I miss Dylan Ratigan!!!
A friend posted this on Facebook, it is believed to be from 2003.
Dylan Ratigan quit his news job to run a hydroponic organic farm, “Archi’s
Acres” in San Diego County, that trains Vets to be organic hydroponic
farmers.
walking death
One child dies every five seconds
as a result of hunger and malnutrition.
Exposing The Fraud Of Obamacare: New Article By John Kaminski -
In my Sunday rant, I touched on some reality about the so called
"Obamacare" and how it indeed is nothing more than a scam and a massive
swindle on the American public. I described in my rant how during last
Friday's Skype call to John Kaminski, both John and I talked about this
"Obamacare" swindle, and how it is in reality just another massive tax grab
on the American people....
John Kaminski informed me that he was working on a new article that would
expose Obamacare for the fraud it really is....John finished the article,
and posted it up today at The Rebel (www.therebel.org/new... more »
GOP in disarray
Went offline for a few hours. Nothing much changed except the GOP's Crackpot
Caucus doubled down on the crackpottery. Boehner's House of Dysfunction
reportedly adjourned without taking a vote on anything. Hearing speculation
they will vote on the Senate bill tomorrow but who knows? I suppose it
depends on how well fortified with liquid courage poor ole Johnny is when
he arrives on the Hill.
Meanwhile, the fearsome Huckleberry Closet Case** scolds the mean
Democrats:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told TPM that he was "proud" of Speaker John
Boehner's handling of the fiscal crisis but ... more »
NOW! Tarsands Megaload heads to Nez Perce Oct. 15, 2013
By
Wild Idaho Rising TideTuesday, Oct. 15, 2013Second and Washington
Streets, near Moscow City Hall, Moscow, Idaho
TONIGHT! If state/corporate powers send four small "sump sections," we
cannot rail against "megaloads"? If they do not disclose module
destinations, we cannot protest Alberta tar sands mining? If they do not
invade Highway 12, we cannot defend indigenous and
"It's now a rough world for people who do sloppy work," says Paul Krugman -- but "somehow [he] can't seem to muster any sympathy"
*by Ken*
Somehow I seem to have found myself on the Nobel beat. First, there was the
rush of the unexpected but wildly deserved Literature prize for Alice Munro.
Now there's the curiosity of an Economics prize split three ways, with two
of those three, Chicago's Eugene Fama (an old-Chicago-school worshipper of
the mojo of "markets") and Yale's Robert Shiller (who has a very different
view of markets), being economists whom even I know you don't ever expect
to see sharing, well, *anything*.
Although *The New Yorker*'s John Cassidy has an excellent blogpost, "Inefficient
Markets: A... more »
Congress Has Had Enough Conservative Patrick Murphys Already-- It's Time For A Progressive One… From Iowa
Yesterday, failed right-wing politician Rick Santorum announced that his
silly little PAC was endorsing another lunatic fringe candidate, Iowa
teabagger Walter Rogers from Cedar Falls. "I can say without hesitation,"
proclaimed Santorum, "that he would be a terrific congressman to represent
northeast Iowa. I am all in, in support of Walt Rogers' candidacy, and I
look forward to joining him on the campaign trail soon."
Iowa's first congressional district-- the northeast of the state, including
Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Marshalltown and Decorah-- is an open seat
because the c... more »
THE MAGIC OF THE WALK
We were walking along today from Mercer to Farmington when a big green bus
zoomed by us. I noticed it said Bread & Puppet on the back. Then minutes
later the bus had turned around and pulled into a parking lot in front of
us. A bunch of young people jumped out and they immediately began
unloading band equipment from the rear end. Soon we had the Bread & Puppet
marching band leading our walk. They played When the Saints Go Marching In
and Down by the Riverside as we continued walking. Then they apologized
saying they had to get on to do a show someplace and headed back to the... more »
NYT Propaganda About OPCW
Below is an excerpt from, *"NYT's OPCW "He Said, She Said" Reporting Misses
Major Judgement" *by 'b' of Moon of Alabama, October 15, 2013:
In 2002 José Bustani, the then head of the now Nobel prized Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, was fired because his insistence
on bringing Iraq into the Chemical Weapon Treaty conflicted with the war
plans of the Bush administration.
The New York Times recently picked up on the story:
Mr. Bolton, then an under secretary of state and later the American
ambassador to the United Nations, told Mr. Bustani that the Bush
admini... more »
Who does the US Govt owe?
Here’s everybody the US Government owes money to, in one simple graphic.
[image: pm-gov_debt_v-624[1]]
Oh, and here’s the US Debt Clock. It just keeps ticking. Note the unfunded
liabilities…
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Pleas for civility. Please! #edreform
Hither and thither on Twitter today, and perhaps from a post by Education
Week, I’ve seen folks from the education deform camp plea for civility.
That is, educators and parents and students are not affording folks like NY
state education official John King enough respect. That we can indeed
engage in civil debate. Civility? I […]
Satire: "Rand Paul Proposes Reopening Just Enough of Government to Hold New Hearings on Benghazi"
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*"Rand Paul Proposes Reopening Just Enough of *
*Government to Hold New Hearings on Benghazi"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Adding his voice to the eleventh-hour
debate about the government shutdown, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) today
proposed reopening just enough of the government to hold new hearings on
Benghazi. “Across this great nation of ours, people are suffering,” he told
Fox News’s Megyn Kelly. “Suffering, Megyn, because they still don’t know
what really happened in Benghazi.”
Noting that the government shutdown had furloughed investigators wh... more »
UK court to hear evidence ahead of landmark Libor ruling
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/12/libor-court-idUSL6N0HY3E220131012
UK court to hear evidence ahead of landmark Libor ruling
By Matt Scuffham
LONDON | Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:00pm EDT
Oct 13 (Reuters) - A British court will this week consider whether
attempted manipulation of the benchmark interest rate Libor can invalidate
loans and other deals or show that banks mis-sold products that were based
upon the rate.
The Court of Appeal will on Tuesday begin a 3-day hearing examining two
separate cases brought by clients against Barclays and Deutsche Bank. It is
expected to hand d... more »
Argentina: The Punta Indio Aquatic Connection
*Argentina: The Punta Indio Aquatic Connection*
*By Luis Burgos, Fundacion Argentina de Ovnilogía (FAO)*
*Geographic Location:* Punta Indio is a prospect of Buenos Aires located
some 100 km. south of the city of La Plata, the provincial capital, on the
eastern bank of the Río de la Plata (River Plate). It has small but
peaceful bathing resorts. Fishing is one of the great attractions of the
area, which also includes the famous Navy Air Base.
*The Mysterious Coastal Area:* It was precisely there, in 1965, when its
headquarters were under the command of Hugo Frontoth that a series o... more »
It appears that the House Republicans changed the rules of the House to make them the only ones who can move stop the government shutdown once started. The last government shutdown of 21 days cost the economy $2 BILLION. I move that We The People demand that these rogue Republicans pay the cost of their caper out of their own pockets or be sent to debtors' prison.
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http://youtu.be/0Jd-iaYLO1A The GOP's little rule change they hoped you
wouldn't notice
Chris Van Hollen
Published on Oct 12, 2013
http://twitter.com/ChrisVanHollen
http://facebook.com/ChrisVanHollen
Late in the evening on September 30, 2013, the House Rules Committee
Republicans changed the Rules of the House so that the ONLY Member allowed
to call up the Senate's clean CR for a vote was Majority Leader Eric Cantor
or his designee -- all but guaranteeing the government would shut down a
few hours later and would stay shut down. Previously, any Me... more »
A message from Ayn Rand
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House CR/Debt Limit BIll Pulled
The news this evening is that John Boehner had to pull the bill Republicans
had been scrambling to put together all day.
My general sense is that it's progress. If a GOP CR/debt limit bill passes
the House, we're back to where we were, really; both sides have a position,
with Democrats insisting that a deal amounts to paying a ransom, and so
there's no deal to be had.
However, with House Republicans in disarray, the only game in town is the
Reid/McConnell "deal," which is really just a GOP surrender with a minor
fig leaf. Or maybe not even; there was talk at one point in the last da... more »
“What I Learned About Humanity From Living on the Streets”
*“What I Learned About Humanity From Living on the Streets”*
By Mary
"Passers-by mainly ignore me, a homeless woman sitting on the sidewalk or a
bench. The people who do speak to me are either curious, or harpies who
give me unsolicited and useless advice, or the more irritable who chastise
me. I try to explain by example that there are good, decent, employable but
destitute people in New York City.
*The author reads a morning newspaper on a tree-lined street in
Manhattan. All of her belongings are in bags beside her. Her image has been
intentionally blurred at her request. *
... more »
Syria: US urges opposition to talk, but can't cut allied flow of weapons
Two news articles regarding Syria* ;** disingenuous comes to mind*
US urges Syrian opposition to join peace talks
The United States is* trying to persuade* *(as if they are independent?)* a
key Syrian opposition group to drop its refusal to join planned peace
talks, saying its participation is essential, a US official said Tuesday.
The Syrian National Council, which is the biggest bloc within the Syrian
opposition coalition, said at the weekend it would not attend the talks
planned for next month and would quit the umbrella group if it does. "There
have been many ups and downs in t... more »
The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
The Assassination of Robert F.Kennedy - The Complete Pruszynski Tape
Recording [RAW AUDIO] from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
The Sequence of gunshots (reports) can be heard from around 5 mins 30
seconds
21:00 "The negro gentleman says that there was another man, too..."
Source:
"Complete_Pruszynski_Recording.mp3"
Render unto Caesar.... from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
The story of the murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, told in music and
pictures
Picutres which Life Magazine declined to publish until 2006.
It's a really complete and accurate accounting of that murder - Sirhan
Sirhan doesn't... more »
"Food Stamp End Coming In November?"
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*"Food Stamp End Coming In November?"*
By Live Free or Die
"States across America have been warned that food stamps may not be coming
in November and to now prepare for fallout should no agreement be reached
on the US government shutdown, pending further notice. That’s according to
a letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fox 13 obtained a copy
from the Crossroads Urban Center in downtown Salt Lake City. Crossroads
says if Utah families don’t get food stamps, they’ll turn to the local food
pantries, which are already strapped due to the government shutdown.
Homeless ... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by *Clement
Pulaski*. Clement and I will be discussing William Dudley Pelley, who was
the leader of the Silver Shirts in the 1930s, one of the most prominent
fascist movements in America.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *William Dudley Pelley* - Metapedia
- *No More Hunger* by William Dudley Pelley
Parliamentary Dumdum Emotionalism
* This is my guest post in antipinoy today.
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Some people have the habit or disease of attaching their particular
advocacies to their personalities. They have intertwined the issue or
message to their personal identity. Thus, "Advocacy X = Person X". An
attack on issue or an advocacy is seen as an attack on that person. This is
a pathetic if not psychotic attitude because other people normally
criticize an idea, not the person or group of people. There is a
distinction between the message and the messenger.
At the facebook group "Kilos Pinoy", owned and administered by a f... more »
Mining 35: Opposition to Mining, Where Do They Come From?
In my previous article in this subject, I said that the EITI Secretariat
has declined my belated application to join their conference last month.
Upon the request of a friend who is a DOF official, the secretariat invited
me to attend the conference of Day 2.
Below is my article today in Mining Week.
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Other than the usual left-leaning and anti-capitalism, anti-globalization
groups, there are many other camps and individuals who oppose large-scale
mining (metallic and non-metallic) for other reasons. What are these
reasons and where do they come from?
During the “Confere... more »
IDEAS 5: Who is a Liberal? What is Limited Government?
This is a nice, well-written paper defining what is liberalism and
libertarianism, who is a liberal, what is the rule of law, limited
government, and free market capitalism. Written by a friend, the CEO of
IDEAS in Malaysia, Wan Saiful Wan Jan. Posted today in their website,
reposting here. This essay complements my previous papers under "Pol.
Ideology" series in this blog.
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The word “liberal” has been bandied about quite a lot lately. Most of the
time the term is criticised for something completely unrelated to what the
word actually means. There are also many cases of ... more »
"Why Government Can’t Leave Bad Enough Alone"
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*"Why Government Can’t Leave Bad Enough Alone"*
by Bill Bonner
"Dow up again yesterday… but still below its summer highs. What direction
is it going? Who knows? Is QE Forever fully priced into this market? Will
stock prices rise with each additional increment? Or will investors realize
that artificially low interest rates (and the support this gives Washington
to fund its deficits) will not make their stockholdings more valuable?
We’ll wait to find out... safely out of US stocks, of course.
“People think us cab drivers are stupid,” began our favorite
cabbie-cum-philosopher, w... more »
(Roasting Jolly Dick Cheney) David Byrne Slams the Super-Rich, Ways That 1%'s Huge Profits Have Broken the Back of America (For Almost 70 Years the U.S. Has Been the World Leader in Spreading Destruction and Misery Across the Planet) Pension Reform Myths Exposed
(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.) I guess it's almost always true: You do get what you pay
for. And sometimes so much more. Cheney, Rumsfeld and Other War Criminals
Joke About
No Comment
There will be no comment here on the only news anyone wants to talk about
today.
I'm utterly uninterested in what Len Brown did in the (relative) privacy of
the Ngati Whatua Room. Because it's not who he screws in private that
worries me. What worries me is him screwing over Auckland ratepayers every
day right out in the open.
How about we focus on that?
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Guest Post: Debt Ceiling Delusions
*Guest post by Peter Schiff*
The popular take on the current debt ceiling stand-off is that the Tea
Party wing of the Republican Party has a delusional belief that it can hit
the brakes on new debt creation without bringing on an economic
catastrophe. While Republicans are indeed kidding themselves if they
believe that their actions will not unleash deep economic turmoil, there
are much deeper and more significant delusions on the other side of the
aisle. Democrats, and the President in particular, believe that continually
taking on more debt to pay existing debt is a more respons... more »
In or out
Two first episodes fronted by two queer people; Grayson Perry in the old
fashioned sense, and Stephen Fry in the modern.
Stephen Fry’s reviews are varied. I thought the Sam Wollaston in the
Guardian was trying too hard to be amusing, and the Telegraph’s Rupert
Hawksley was trying not to be.
Notable moments were the gay wedding, which apparently made Stephen
tearful:
*“**Stephen (Fry) sheds a not totally convincing tear. Come on, you didn't
even know them until five minutes ago …” said Sam Wollaston in the Guardian.
*
His chat with Elton and David was also of interest to that revie... more »
House GOP revolting
And I mean revolting in every sense of the word. I would write about the
latest "negotiations" (a/k/a hostage demands) but judging from the
contradictory narratives in the media, nobody knows what Boehner's House of
Dysfunction is doing, including Boehner and his Crackpot Cons.
The maniacal vandals of the Crackpot Caucus are so immersed in their own
invented reality, they apparently have no clue that the explosives they're
tossing about on Capitol Hill have lit fuses and are about to incinerate
the entire world economy. Yet, even though reality based Americans can see
the danger, a... more »
The Zinoviev Letter
Not another piece involving the *Daily Mail*? I'm afraid so. The so-called
'Zinoviev Letter', that notorious forgery published in October 1924 four
days before that year's general election remains the most scurrilous frame
up in British political history. Its publication by that most hateful of
rags is generally understood to have ensured the first Labour government's
tenure of office was very short-lived. I mean, would you accept anything
from such a sinister-looking fella? Yet what surprised me was that despite
its fearsome reputation, the letter is relatively innocuous. Perhaps
... more »
SEARCH FOR LOVE EVENTUALLY LEADS TO OUR TRUE SELF
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*The true purpose of relationship is the full flowering of each partner but
only those who conquer fear reach the seventh and final self-fulfilling
stage of relationship. As such, the search for love, like the search for
God, eventually leads to our self : Allen L Roland*
*The only right love is that between couples whose passion leads them both,
one through the other, to a higher possession of their being: Teilhard de
Chardin *
Most people are afraid of love because they are afraid of their deepestfeelings
~ their deepest joy, delight and inner free... more »
Bashar's Most Profound Speech...
*http://bashar.org/*
"Democracy has bad taste"
A Grayson Perry pot
This year's BBC Radio 4 *Reith Lectures *are being delivered by
transvestite potter and former *Newsnight Review *regular Grayson Perry.
I read recently that Radio 4's newish boss chose Grayson to deliver these
prestigious lecture as part of his bid to rid the network of its stuffy
image.
Well, Grayson is certainly the frock-wearing guy to blow away a few odorous
Reithian cobwebs.
His first lecture today was far, far away from the tone and spirit of any
other *Reith Lecture* I've ever heard. Any Reithian spiders in earshot will
have scuttled away into the BBC's... more »
American Indian Film Festival Nov 1 -- 10, 2013
The
38th American Indian Film Festival
Censored News
Tantoo Cardinal, Danny Glover star in Chasing Shakespeare
SAN FRANCISCO – With its rich legacy of showcasing the best Native
cinema, and its longstanding presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, the
38th Annual American Indian Film Festival returns Friday, November 1 to
Saturday, November 9 at the Delancey Street Theatre, 600
Mohawk Nation News 'US Canada Ponzi Crash!'
US
CANADA PONZI CRASH!
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Oct. 13, 2013. The ultra secret Communications Security
Establishment Canada CSEC has been caught spying on Brazil for the
banksters. Stealing minerals, oil, gas and resources is their path to
growth. Indigenous resource and land-owners are not cooperating with the
theft of Great Turtle Island.
Prime Minister Harper appointed Dr.
Bien peasants
Former BBC Radio 4 *Today *editor Rod Liddle is almost invariably fun to
read at the *Spectator.*
His latest blog post strikes a strong chord with me, in that it reflects my
own experiences of listening to, and watching, the BBC.
Does it yours too?
Greetings from the 2013 Radio Festival, in Salford. I’m here to take part
in a debate about whether or not radio reflects the opinions and concerns
of a broad enough tranche of the public. It certainly does a better job of
this than TV; Radio Five (especially Nicky Campbell) and some of the local
stations seem to reflect the views o... more »
Rachel and Lawrence deliver the bait!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013!*
*The Two Flags Amusement Park:* Last night, Rachel Maddow opened her show
with an intelligent, informative segment.
The segment concerned the debt ceiling crisis. It involved an interview
with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
As a reward, we got a treat right in her second segment. As other hosts on
her channel had done, Maddow engaged in a race-baiting nut-pick concerning
the guy with two flags. Here's the background:
Helped along by Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, tea party folk had staged a protest
about the shutdown of DC’s World War II memorial. This has been tr... more »
John King Gives Uncommon Schools a Free Pass on Teacher Evaluation Scheme
Before he was Commissioner of Ed in New York, John King ran the KIPP
knock-off charter chain, Uncommon Schools, which depends upon the same
forced winnowing techniques to run off low test scorers, ELLs, and special
ed students.
Now King is giving his former chain gang charters a pass on the Rube
Goldberg teacher eval system based on the monstrous TN system.
Story from the Daily News:
State Education Commissioner John King is overhauling the state’s method of
evaluating teachers, but the charter schools he used to run aren’t
participating.
The high-performing Uncommon Schools — w... more »
BBC Poll Tracker is out of action, I wonder why
The BBC Poll Tracker is currently out of action, giving this message:
'Poll tracker
We're making some improvements to the poll tracker. While this is going on
it won't be updated, but you can still look back at polls and key events
over the last 30 years.
Alternatively, click here for details on latest poll trends.'
In case you're interested here's an up to date chart courtesy of Mike
Smithson
Now why would the BBC not like to show that chart?
OPCW Propaganda
OPCW = fraud, joke.
Nobel Peace Prize = fraud, joke.
Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to OPCW = double fraud, double joke.
Video Title: You Are The OPCW. Source: opcwonline. Date Published: August
15, 2013. Description: A short video featuring OPCW staff members engaging
in their day-to-day work.
Freudian slip
Hilarious. Destined to be typo of the year.
My favorite shutdown typo today: pic.twitter.com/Xs78POBYM4
— Ian Gordon (@id_gordon) October 15, 2013
Collective hu-manity Intention Has Reached Necessary Level for Next Gaia Upgrade
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* *Collective hu-manity Intention Has Reached Necessary Level for Next Gaia
Upgrade*
by ÉirePort
Collective hu-manity intention has reached necessary level for next Gaia
upgrade.
Energetics are aligned for massive forward and upward movement by hu-manity
collective. Alterations in such are currently not allowed by these
Energetics and supporting grid structures.
hu-manity now progresses rapidly to Hue-manity.
Gaia Ascension assured.
ÉirePort | October 15, 2013 at 17:35
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-pb
The Brilliant "Leave Town" Option?
So far today, over in no-we're- not-completely-bonkers House news, the
House Republicans prepared a debt limit/funding bill, took it to a
conference meeting, sang "Amazing Grace" (presumably more of a Diane
Chambers version than you would find in the House Democrats' caucus, no?),
found out they didn't have the votes, and then threatened to pass something
and then leave town -- so the Senate and Barack Obama would have to choose
to go along or go passed the Thursday-ish deadline.
I'll be writing more about this later, but it sounds to me like a brilliant
Boehner strategy! After all,... more »
Assad calls for transitional government in America
Speaking to reporters on the Muslim holiday of Eid, Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad said: "The government shutdown in Washington is a good step in the
right direction. The international community should support the creation of
a new, transitional government in America in this tough crisis. Syria and
her people stand behind such efforts. We hope that Republicans and
Democrats can settle their differences, and come together around the
creation of a new government that serves the American people better."
Immediately after Assad's explosive remarks, Secretary of State John Kerry
counte... more »
Maddow whips open a big can of con!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013*
*Introduces her dearly beloved:* Last night, gullible viewers were getting
hustled about last weekend’s DC protest.
We saw true believers get hustled on Fox—and on The One True Channel.
We’ll cover that topic in our next post. In this post, let’s note the way
Rachel Maddow kissed the asp of her beloved last night.
Chris Matthews appeared on Maddow’s show to sell you his latest book. When
Rachel teased his upcoming appearance, she of course described him as “the
great Chris Matthews.”
It’s required by Hard Pundit Law!
We always cringe when they play us ... more »
I remember the feeling so clearly
40 years ago, almost to the day, a very young Master NotaSheep watched
England be held to a draw by Poland and so not qualify for the 1975 World
Cup. That young chap cried for lost dreams and that was the last time I
cried tears of loss over a sporting event; tears of joy are a whole other
matter.
So as the tension builds let's hope I don't revert to the NotaSheep of 40
years ago.
The Courts. Jessica Ernst And The Honourable Neil Wittmann
F. Fascism and Contemporary Canada. Locating The Present Conservative
Government Led By Stephen Harper. *Part S**ix.* The Courts. Jessica
Ernst
And The Honourable Neil Wittmann, Chief Justice, Court Of Queen’s Bench,
Alberta.
*The Courts. Jessica Ernst And The Honourable Neil Wittmann*
... more »
Boehner And McConnell Have Primary Challenges-- Why Not Steny Hoyer, Steve Israel And Debbie Wasserman Schultz?
When I was growing up, my grandfather always told me to never trust the
Democratic Party. "They're not as bad as the Republicans." he always said,
"but they're bad in their own way. They make believe they stand up for the
working class, but they're just out for themselves." Even back then, it was
clear the party was dominated by careerists. The Republicans complain about
their party in the same way. So it probably surprised no one that most
Americans-- across the board-- think we need another political party. Gallup
confirmed it this week.
Amid the government shutdown, 60% of Ame... more »
The Dismal Science
"They call Economics 'the dismal science'.
Today the Nobel Committee seemed to agree. They gave their prize in
Economics to three different economists - one for proving that markets are
always rational and efficient, and another for proving they are most
certainly not, and a third who proved it was impossible to tell."
So said Kirsty Wark on last night's *Newsnight*.
Now, I try (almost like an idealised BBC reporter) to be even-handed -
Sometimes. When the mood takes me - but (like a non-idealised BBC reporter)
I'm biased. Inevitably.
For example, economically-speaking, I'm pr... more »
Amendment of information or indictment on appeal only with great caution
R. v. Brownson, 2013 ONCA 619:
[20] Section 683(1)(g) explicitly authorizes an appeal court to amend
an indictment (and, by analogy, an information):
683(1) For the purposes of an appeal under this Part, the court of appeal
may, where it considers it in the interests of justice,
….
(g) amend the indictment, unless it is of the opinion that the accused has
been misled or prejudiced in his defence or appeal.
[21] Under this section, the scope of permissible amendments at the
appeal stage is wide. As expressed by Doherty J.A. in *R. v. Irwin* (1998),
38 O.R. (3d) 689 (... more »
Marc Stevens - Government Violence & The Stockholm Syndrome
Good interview from Henrik at Red Ice Radio
If you enjoy the information Larken Rose presents then Marc Stevens should
be your cuppa too!
Space, healthcare, vandals and loonies
I heard a rumour the other day that, due to the current US government
shutdown, the Mars Curiosity Rover was switched off. It hasn’t been. NASA
is currently maintaining a skeleton staff of around 500 people, some of
whom are working on the rover. One would think Juno, Dawn and New Horizons
haven’t been switched off, but who knows.
The current shutdown is an act of vandalism. If the Democrats have anything
about them as a party they should use this to shut the Republicans out of
office for a generation or more. This year’s budget negotiations were used
as another bargaining chip to ... more »
Denver celebrates Russell Mean's Life and Legacy Nov 2013
American
Indian Activist, Actor And Educator To Be Honored With A Series Of
Events In The Mile High City
DENVER -- You may recognize him from such films as Last of the Mohicans
and Natural Born Killers, but Russell Means was much more than a face on
the silver screen. He was a cultural, political, artistic and visionary
American Indian leader, described during his life as “the most
Memphis Ready to Turn Over $23 Million Head Start Budget to Corporate Cronies at Porter-Leath
We posted on September 30 about Shelby County Mayor, Mark Luttrell, and his
cozy relations with fellow corporate pol, Mark Threlkeld, who presides over
the Board of Trustees of Porter-Leath, a non-profit corporation that is
building an empire on backs of young victims of the Zero Tolerance Era.
The former Orphan AsylumPorter-Leath's history goes back to the 19th
Century, when it served as home of last resort for children of the
destitute. Today it is run by President Sean Lee, who lives across the
border in a very white and leafy section of Mississippi.
Lee seems particularly qua... more »
This GOP Thing Needs a Name
I want to say something about the Second Battle of the World War II Memorial,
which was the subject of much fuss over the weekend.
What's it called when you shut down the government, and then instead of
spending the shutdown time arguing that your demands are just and should be
accepted, you complain about parts of the government being shut down?
I don't know! I mean, one could call it hypocritical, but that doesn't seem
to me at least to capture the full meaning of what's going on here.
The reason I bring it up is because I think we've reached the
three-times-is-a-trend point. The ... more »
Chinese to Build High Speed Rail from China thru Thailand, Malaysia to Singapore
*Building a high-speed railway through Thailand*
10-13-2013 10:34 BJT
http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20131013/101670.shtml
By CCTV correspondent Tony Cheng
The basic agreements to build a high speed rail network linking China and
Thailand have been in place for some time. But, construction has not yet
started after disagreements over the exact route of the railway. As CCTV’s
Tony Cheng reports from Bangkok, there appears to be renewed momentum now
in getting the megaproject underway.
Catching the slow train to nowhere.
Thailand’s rail system has fallen into disre... more »
The Last Group Openly Insulted: 7 Ways to Prove Weight Discrimination
I wrote a piece in AOL Jobs called 7 Ways to Prove Weight Discrimination,
which I'll excerpt below. But what I really want to talk about are the
comments that showed up within a couple hours of the piece going up:
From *jmasiulewicz:*
"The only category of the ADA that can be voluntarily acquired. A
disability by choice. Disgusting."
From *rkeeeballs *
"If it looks like a fat slob....it is !"
From *mckdarren *
"Yeah, let's encourage more lawsuits, Donna, instead of encouraging fat
people to get control of their lives and health. You're a disgrace."
These jerks prove my point exa... more »
October Surprise 2012: War with Iran - Rear-Admiral Gouette and HormuzStrait Incident
This is the Strait of Hormuz:
70% of the world's crude oil transits through Iranian Territorial Waters -
the safe shipping lane is an *incredibly* narrow and hazardous navigation -
aside from having to execute a harpin turn (which supertankers are NEVER
especially good at, you may note the numerous rocks and shoals and tiny
uninhibited islands which (its not disputed) are Iranian sovereign
territory.
All else being equal, Iranian territorial waters, and Iranian law *should *extend
12 miles in every direction from any one of these rocks.
By any legal definition, all of these supert... more »
Perú: Peruvian Air Force Launches Anomalous Aerial Phenomenon Research Department
*Perú: Peruvian Air Force Launches Anomalous Aerial Phenomenon Research
Department*
DINAE, the Office of Aerospace Interests, under the official sponsorship of
CONIDA, the National Commission for Aerospace Investigation and Development
and the Peruvian Air Force (FAP), in response to the significant increase
in claims and reports on Anomalous Aerial Objects commonly referred to as
Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in the skies over Peruvian Territory,
has decided to RE-LAUNCH and RE-ACTIVATE the office established in 2001
under the name of Office of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena Re... more »
Getting Ripped: A string of thrilling claims!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013*
*The full bloom of a con: *We know, we know. You think we’re overdoing it
with Amanda Ripley’s ballyhooed new book, The Smartest Kids in the World.
We understand the complaint! But Ripley’s book is a remarkable text, a
Rosetta Stone which helps us see the nature of modern “journalistic”
practice.
We want to record the succession of scams involved in this widely-praised
book. Today, let’s review Ripley’s succession of claims about miraculous
Finland.
We’ve presented one claim before. It comes right at the start of the book.
In the passage shown below, R... more »
Dave Ramsey: How does the Affordable Care Act affect you?...(video)
*"You’re not exempt from math if you’re a Republican, and you’re not exempt
from math if you’re a Democrat." *
Diane Ravitch's Balanced Appraisal of Charters
Diane Ravitch, in *Reign of Error*, argues that school reform heedlessly
replaced the old-fashioned geographically-based system of public education
with a competitive market-based system that includes traditional public
schools, private schools, privately managed charter schools, for-profit
providers, and virtual schools.
The roots of this movement, she argues, are “fundamentally libertarian”
but, today, it includes reformers who see the education system as obsolete.
Some reformers sincerely believe they are helping poor children of color,
while some are more interested in profits.... more »
Longest Walk 4 at Colorado Border!
Thanks
to Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson for the photos
via cell.
By Brenda Norrell
Photo by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson
Censored News
(Tues., Oct. 15, 2013) Today, the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz
began their walk at the border of Colorado, after walking across Kansas.
The walkers made it to the Colorado border yesterday.
San Francisco Protest of Columbus Statue Photos
By
Tony Gonzales, AIM West
Censored News
SAN FRANCISCO -- On Monday, October 14, a protest was held to help
initiate a process with city government to begin to address public
racism and removal these objects from public view. To remove racism from
society, first remove the bigotry here, the Columbus statue, casts
toward the Ocean, in San Francisco.
www.aimwest.info
Benghazi - The Constitutional Implications
*"To avoid any constitutional problems, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
administers the oath of office a second time with Barack Obama in the Map
Room of the White House on Wednesday, January 21, 2009."*
*"Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the
following Oath or Affirmation:—*
*"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office
of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability,
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."*
*
*
*Article 2, Section 3:*
*
*
*"he shall take Care that the... more »
WE THE WALKING DEAD: Can’t think, can’t laugh, can’t cry, can’t feel!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013*
*Part 2—Meet the (shambling) Press:* In Jim Sheridan’s honored 2002 film,
In America, a young father whose son has died describes the way the loss
has eaten away his soul.
Johnny, an aspiring actor, is no longer fully alive; he’s no longer fully
human. In effect, he describes himself as one of the walking dead:
JOHNNY: You know, I asked [God] a favor. I asked him to take me instead of
him. And he took the both of us. *And look what he put in my place!*
I'm a fucking ghost. I don't exist.
*I can't think. I can't laugh. I can't cry. *
*I can't... feel!*
... more »
Iraq’s Patriotic Union Of Kurdistan Faces The Abyss
The September 2013 Kurdish parliamentary elections were a sea change for
the region’s politics. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) that had
co-ruled the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) since the 1990s came in
third place. Now it is facing all kinds of questions. The immediate one is
whether it will participate in the new government or not, but the larger
one is whether it can recover from such a devastating loss.
The fallout from the vote was immediately felt by the Patriotic Union. A
few days after the polls were closed its politburo accepted that it was
heading for def... more »
Senator Bernie Sanders is interviewed on CNN by presstitute Wolf Blitzer RE what should be done about the Republican blackmail
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http://youtu.be/yJWe1v5KO8o
Sen. Bernie Sanders on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (CNN)
Bernie Sanders
*Published on Oct 11, 2013*
Cherchez la Verite
Michael Hogan's weak case for renewables
Michael Hogan Added a couple of comments to my Breakthrough Institute post
on The Energy Collective.
Mark Jacobson's work at Stanford is not particularly credible and I would
not recommend it. The two most robust system analyses I would point to are:
*Roadmap 2050: A practical guide to a prosperous, low-carbon Europe* (first
phase published 2010, phase 2 published 2011 and phase 3 due to be
published later this year), carried out by KEMA, Imperial College London,
McKinsey & Co. and Oxford Economics under the sponsorship of the European
Climate Foundation and in close coordination wit... more »
Aren’t All Children Equally Deserving?
Aren\’t All Children Equally Deserving?. via Aren’t All Children Equally
Deserving?.
Teacher Education for schools as they are OR for schools as they should be? That is the question.
A mentor once told me that “our goal” in teacher education is not to
prepare preservice teachers to teach in schools as they are but to prepare
them “to teach in schools as they should be.” What does that actually
mean? If enacted how would teacher education look? What would we do
and/or not do? […]
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Penny Marshall, 70.
Good stuff:
1. John Hudak and Tom Mann want more responsible politicians. Well, yeah.
2. Nice one from Sarah Binder on the debt limit and, more generally,
Congressional rules.
3. I totally missed Ray LaRaja on the McCutcheon campaign finance case last
week. I generally tend to agree with Ray on all these things, although I'm
not as concerned as he is that money flow to formal party organizations as
opposed to outside groups -- however, I agree that formal party
organizations should at least be on equal footing.
4. Ezra Klein on the ACA rollo... more »
China says enough is enough and declares its time to build a " de-americanized world " , which is a world without the dollar as the international reserve currency .....As China flexes those muscles , note their foreign exchange reserves swelled to 3.66 trillion as of the end of September !
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-02-151013.html
*The birth of the 'de-Americanized' world*
By Pepe Escobar
This is it. China has had enough. The (diplomatic) gloves are off. It's
time to build a "de-Americanized" world. It's time for a "new international
reserve currency" to replace the US dollar.
It's all here, in a Xinhua editorial, straight from the dragon's mouth. And
the year is only 2013. Fasten your seat belts - and that applies especially
to the Washington elites. It's gonna be a bumpy ride.
Long gone are the Deng Xiaoping days of "keeping a low profile". The Xinhua
e... more »
5 Roots & Herbs That Will Keep You Healthy This Winter by Patricia Bratianu, RN Phd.
5 Roots & Herbs That Will Keep You Healthy This Winter
by Patricia Bratianu, RN, Phd.
Off The Grid News, 30 September 2013
Fall is the time to prepare for a healthy winter. Fall (and spring) also
are the best times to gather roots to be used for healing. Always be sure
to leave plenty of plants for future growth. If the roots are large, you
may just expose a portion of a root and cut off what you need. Never
harvest endangered or at-risk plants. Contact your state government or United
Plant Savers if you are not sure if a plant is at-risk or endangered. Grow
your own plant... more »
Today Is Election Day In Massachusetts
Whoever wins the Democratic primary in MA-05 today will be Congress' next
member-- and they walk right into the dysfunctional mess in DC. Only one
candidate is prepared to walk into that mess and take a significant role
and that's Carl Sciortino. No way to be sure who's going to win today. The
EMILY's List candidate, Katherine Clark wrote herself a check for a quarter
million dollars to buy the seat and EMILY's List continues to pour massive
amounts of money into the race-- another $58,666 just last week from their
shady Women Vote SuperPAC that ran the misleading ads suggesting t... more »
"I Forgot Columbus Day? No...I Haven't Forgotten Anything..."
"Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didn't
have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. Without a
prison, there can be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore
among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't
afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all
as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private
property. We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a
human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written law... more »
Government shutdown - Day 15 October 15 , 2013 .....Fourth day of imminent deal talk with no actual deal announced , roundup on US news , Overnite news , data and developments from Asia and Europe !
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/328431-reid-mcconnell-deal-would-raise-debt-ceiling-to-feb-7
An emerging deal to reopen the government and raise the nation's debt
ceiling until February gathered political momentum Monday evening after
Senate Republicans signaled they would likely support it.
Lawmakers and aides said the legislation would fund the government until
Jan. 15 and extend the nation’s borrowing authority until February but
leave ObamaCare largely untouched.
One senior Senate aide said it would raise the debt ceiling until Feb. 7
while another said Feb. 15 remains a poss... more »
Insolent Czechia plans to double reliance on coal
*For Czech readers only:* My article about the IPCC report in the October
2013 Václav Klaus Institute Newsletter is now out: PDF
------------------------------
The second edition of *The Elegant Universe* (in my translation) will be
out in 2-3 weeks. More info about the book.
(Yes, I wrote Czechia: I've been using the word at least for 9 years, since
the beginning of this blog. Last week, President Zeman visited Israel and praised
Shimon Peres for his usage of the word Czechia - which isn't hard for Peres
because the common Hebrew word for Czechia sounds exactly the same. I don't
e... more »
Much Is At Stake
After tomorrow's throne speech, the opposition parties have vowed to hammer
the Harper Conservatives. But will they keep the Harperites in their
sights, or battle each other? Tim Harper writes that, if the present regime
is to fall, either Tom Mulcair or Justin Trudeau has to begin to look prime
ministerial :
The NDP leader is hampered on three fronts.
Chosen to build on an NDP quest for power and an end to moral victories and
years as the “conscience of Parliament,” he must now mightily push back
against a Canadian political tide which seems determined to return to its
tradition... more »
Hess, Please Begin the Moratorium
I recently called for a moratorium on white men pontificating on race,
class, and gender—prompted by a series of blogs by Michael Petrilli. So
when I read Rick Hess’s “Teachers Deserve (But Have to Earn) Their Seat at
the Table,” I immediately asked myself a few things: (1) Is this April 1?,
(2) Has Hess finally become the […]
Hess, Please Begin the Moratorium
I recently called for a moratorium on white men pontificating on race,
class, and gender—prompted by a series of blogs by Michael Petrilli. So
when I read Rick Hess's "Teachers Deserve (But Have to Earn) Their Seat at
the Table," I immediately asked myself a few things: (1) Is this April 1?,
(2) Has Hess finally become the unintentional self-parody I have
predicted?, and finally, (3) Shouldn't Hess volunteer for that moratorium,
now narrowed to simply a moratorium on white men pontificating (period)?
After his usual cage-busting self-promotion, Hess actually states:
In particular, I... more »
Fukushima updates October 15 , 2013 - Typhoon Wipha looms for Fukushima ( huge flood potential for the area around nuclear facility ) , forecast to hit Fukushima plant area on October 16 , 2013 ....Japan continue to cover up radiation health damage and patients not told of illnesses due to radioactive contamination....Chaos at Fukushima plant due to health concerns ?
Energy News.....
01:28 AM EST on October 15th, 2013 | 38 comments
AFP: Powerful Typhoon Wipha heads for Fukushima, Tepco bracing for ‘inflows
of water’ — Experts: Huge flood potential for area around plant — Forecast
to grow and strengthen, up to 40-foot waves off Japan coast (PHOTO)
08:21 PM EST on October 14th, 2013 | 31 comments
“It’s Madness”: Doctors in Japan helping perpetuate Fukushima cover-up —
Patients not being told their illnesses are from exposure to radioactive
contamination — Scientific reports showing radiation health damage to
humans are forbidden to be published (AU... more »
War watch October 15 , 2013 - Focus on Syria , Afghanistan and Iran ....
Syria .....
Kerry: Urgent to Set Date for Geneva II, Establish ‘Transitional’ Syrian
GovtInsists Assad Has 'Lost All Legitimacy'
by Jason Ditz, October 14, 2013
Print This | Share This
Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on the international community for
an “urgent” approval of an official date for the Geneva II conference on
Syria’s Civil War, saying it is time to install a new “transitional”
government in power.
“There has to be a transition government, there has to be a new governing
entity in Syria in order to permit the possibility of peace,” insisted
Kerry, adding that P... more »
PHONES TO DRONES
Global Network board member Loring Wirbel (Citizens for Peace in Space)
speaks during Keep Space for Peace Week forum in Colorado Springs.
Citizens for Peace in Space and the ACLU sponsored a forum at Penrose
Library called "From Drones to Phones high tech warriors break the law" on
Tuesday October 8, 2013.
This is part 1 in which Loring Wirbel explains the budgets and technology
involved.
"The U.S. intelligence gathering apparatus now includes civilians
throughout the world as potential enemies. Everyone is considered a
possible obstacle to having the most efficient "kill chain"... more »
Untitled
*Too Bad this didn't happen in "Patlandia"!!! Referee arrests prompt
officials to request change in security ~WVUE*
*A share in condo sales looms as point of contention in deal to redevelop
World Trade Center ~Tyler Bridges, The Lens*
*Reef madness, Kari Dequine Harden on the fight to save offshore oil
platforms and the ecosystems they support ~Gambit*
*New Orleans Wetland Bayou Bienvenue proposes Florida Avenue redevelopment ~Sarah
Drew, The Lens*
*Review: Hell and High Water, Kevin Allman reviews Rebecca Theim's book
about the New Orleans newspaper war*
*12 Years A Slave debuts ... more »
Colour Chaos - unreadable web pages, illogical colour schemes -the latest web design fad
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 19 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/tEA_h0NBrG8
As soon as I have solved the "colour crisis" making its way across the
Internet (inc. MyOpera) I'll be back with my study of the latest "Internet
fad": bleak colours and unreadable webpages! Without trickery I wouldn't
have been able to write this for the simple reason that the MyOpera blog
editor puts white text on white backgrounds, unless I switch off "Allow
pages to show their own colors" in FireFox. That of course kills
readability of YouTube text-content and many other websites. This is a
phenomenon that has popped up strongly the last severa... more »
Always Bet on Black: Wesley Snipes and the Royal Guard of Amen-Ra
1. Father retired from United States Air Force Reserve's 315AW Charleston
Air Force Base April 1998 with the rank of MSGT.
2. Connected to the Georgia-based black nationalist cult, the *United
Nuwaubian Nation of Moors*, an apocalyptic organization that preaches a
ripped-from-the-X Files mélange of *UFO lore, Egyptian mythology,
Afrocentrism, and conspiracy theory.*
3. 5th degree black belt in Shotokan karate and expert in few forms of Kung
Fu.
4. Attended LaGuardia's High School of Performing Arts and S.U.N.Y.
Purchase College.
5. Converted to Islam in 1985. Broke with it yea... more »
Alexander Unzicker: The Higgs Fake
While browsing random websites, I was offered an ad promoting a new book by
an author we already know well. It's no one else than Germany's answer to
Peter Woit and Lee Smolin, Herr Alexander Unzicker.
He released a new minibook (160 pages, available both in Kindle edition and
in paperback) on October 6th,
*The Higgs Fake: How Particle Physicists Fooled the Nobel Committee*
Cool. I must praise him for being able to predict that the Nobel prize
would be awarded for the Higgs boson in 2013.
Unzicker has created a special website of the book and if you click at the
amazon.com link on... more »
eBook Censorship In A Global Multi-Cultural World?
How do you censor the digital world? Can you censor the digital world? Is
it right to even try to censor the digital world?
In the 70s and 80s campaigners such as Mary Whitehouse created movements
such as the Student Christian Movement and Moral Re-Armament. She led a
crusade to clean-up TV. She founded the National Viewers' and Listeners'
Association and was a leading figure in the Nationwide Festival of Light.
She did initiate a successful private prosecution against Gay News on the
grounds of blasphemous libel, the first such case for more than fifty
years. But her often overzea... more »
Who is Iggy Azalea?
Iggy Azalea was on Never Mind The Buzzcocks last night but I missed the
first five minutes, so I had no idea who Izzy Azalea was. Tall, Australian,
striking looking blond but what did she do? A minute on Google & Wikipedia
and now I know:
'Amethyst Amelia Kelly, better known by her stage name Iggy Azalea, is an
Australian recording artist and model from Mullumbimby, New South Wales.
Wikipedia
Born: June 7, 1990 (age 23), Sydney, Australia
Height: 1.78 m
Nationality: Australian
Full name: Amethyst Amelia Kelly'
Here's a few of her tracks...
Work (Language warning)
Bounce
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Jihadists With American Passports Are Invading Syria And Attacking Minorities
*Washington is sponsoring Jihad against Assad. Does that make America a
Muslim nation? Yes, yes it does. And not in a good way.*
Below is an excerpt from, *"Kurdish High Council: There Will Not Be A
Second Lausanne"* (Source: The Rojava Report, October 12, 2013):
In an article in today’s Özgür Gündem, the paper sat down for an interview
with İlham Ehmed, a member of the six-person committee that represented
the Kurdish High Council on its first official visit to Ankara this week.
The committee, which was in Ankara on the 8 and 9 of October, met with
various Turkish government o... more »
MADELEINE McCANN - CONFLICTING EVIDENCE
*Seen by Jane Tanner, 9.15 pm*
*Jane Tanner*, a friend of the McCanns, told the police that, at* 9.15 pm,*she saw
*a dark-haired man* carrying away a child *wearing pink floral pyjamas.*
The police now claim that the *dark haired man* was almost certainly an
innocent holidaymaker picking up his two-year-old daughter from a night
crèche at the Ocean Club complex.
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, leading the inquiry says: "We're
almost certain now that this sighting is not the abductor."
Big shift in Madeleine McCann investigation, say police
At around* 10pm*, *Martin Smith*... more »
The Economy: “The Default Has Already Begun”
* *
*“The Default Has Already Begun”*
By Felix Salmon
“The big question in Washington this week is whether, in the words of the
NYT, we’re going to see “a legislative failure and an economic catastrophe
that could ripple through financial markets, foreign capitals, corporate
boardrooms, state budget offices and the bank accounts of everyday
investors”. In this conception — and I have subscribed to it just as much
as anybody else — the sequester is bad, the shutdown is worse, and the
default associated with hitting the debt ceiling is so catastrophic as to
be unthinkable.
This fr... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Eli
James of *www.Anglo-SaxonIsrael.com*. Eli will be explaining the basics of
the Christian Identity version of Christianity and history.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
EZ Cheese and Hummus- The Snacking Circle of Life with NickMom
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 NickMom.
At night after I put my 4-year-old to bed, all I want to do is laugh with
NickMom.com and eat cupcakes without explaining to my daughter why I can
eat three cupcakes in a row, but she can't. Today I am joining with NickMom
to get out some of my inner #MotherFunny. I bring you, The Snacking Circle
of Life.
If there’s any truth to that old saying, “you are what you eat,” I’m sure
glad I don’t eat kale or anything ... more »
Quote of the Day: On growing up
"Growing up occurs at the moment you stop caring about what others think."
- Dr Michael Hurd, in "Tell Me What I Want to Hear" at *The Delaware Coast
Press*
[Hat tip Gus Van Horn]
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Kerry, Kerry, Quite Contrary:US Secretary of State Reveals Ignorance on Iranian Nuclear Program
U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry
(Credit: CBS)
In an extensive interview with Scott Pelley on CBS' "60 Minutes" this
past Sunday evening, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry revealed a
startling lack of awareness of certain basic facts regarding Iran's
nuclear program and the history of various proposals Iran has made to
alleviate suspicion over its intentions.
Such ignorance goes a long
谢谢你做什么，两次世界大战代..大声笑..中国抗战老兵珍惜，不挨打！
谁是这些年轻的警察害虫虐待他们的长辈？
The Common Core Memorandum of Understanding: What a Story
The question of who, exactly, is truly responsible for writing the Common
Core State Standards (CCSS) has been a matter for debate. Here is how the
CCSS website describes CCSS development: Building on the excellent
foundation of standards states have laid, the Common Core State Standards
are the first step in providing our young people […]
Vaccines; Bayou Corne Sinkhole
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Dublinmick has left a new comment on the post "MADELEINE E-FITS; COVER-UP
BY POLICE?":
Reversing vaccine induced disease
http://www.reversingvaccineinduceddiseases.com/
Highly toxic squalene MF59 adjuvant that caused Gulf War syndrome in
military servicemen now being added to some civilian flu vaccines
After establishing that squalene MF59 was admittedly experimental, Capt.
Rovet went on to explain how the U.S. government willfully ignored all
documented evidence showing that the anthrax vaccine, and squalene MF59 in
particular, was directly responsible for triggering an epidem... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Remember Now”
2002, “Remember Now”
- http://www.youtube.com/
Was Accountability For Team Cheney-- A Nest Of War Criminals-- Ever Taken Off The Table?
Darrell Issa's idea of a scandal for his House Oversight Committee to
investigate is an entirely partisan witch hunt like "Benghazi!" Though the
magnitude around 9-11 was a thousand times greater on any scale, there's
never been a peep out of Issa or any of his right-wing colleagues about the
dereliction of duty on the part of Cheney and his administration inherent
in that catastrophe. In his brilliant book, Angler, Barton Gellman makes it
perfectly clear that Cheney aggressively and vehemently dismissed every
serious warning that the American security and intelligence agencies
f... more »
Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
*"Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II"*
by
Wil S. Hylton.
“A breathtaking work of literary journalism and a dazzling debut.
*Vanished*unfolds like a cinematic mystery while exploring the eternal
questions of
war, love, and loss. Hylton is a master storyteller.”—Philipp Meyer,
author
of *The Son.*
Title: Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War
II.
Source: Riverhead Books. Date Published: August 22, 2013. Description:
In the fall of 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men
vanished
over the Pacific islands of Pala... more »
Your moment of Zen
A portal to another place. [image via]
Standing athwart the graves of murdered children
This bit of horribly bad taste got lost on a weekend. We're two months away
from the sad anniversary of the Newtown massacre. These Second Amendment
First / True Americans are planning pro-guns for all rallies at the mass
murder site.
NEWTOWN -- First Selectman Pat Llodra is asking gun rights organizations to
stay away from this town on Dec. 14, the first anniversary of the Sandy
Hook Elementary School shootings.
Three national pro-guns groups had announced on Thursday that they would
hold what they're calling "Guns Save Lives" rallies in all 50 states on the
anniversary. [...]... more »
Bearing False Witness - a Chronology
Here's the story - a hoax, a malicious libel, deliberately designed to
persecute one particular child.
A male student at Florence High School who claims to be a transgender has
been harrassing girls in the bathroom......
No interviews. No sources, other than the Pacific Justice Institute. The
same group that has lodged formal objections to teaching in science class
that the Earth orbits the Sun as that contradicts Scripture, thereby "creating
a hostile environment for those of faith".
create a hostile learning environment for those of faith. - See more at:
http://www.pacificjustice.... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, "Remember Now"
2002, "Remember Now"
- http://www.youtube.com/
"Life Is Hard?"
"Life is hard?
True- but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies."
- Edward Abbey
what this blog has been missing!
It's strange to be so completely focused on something and not post about it
here at all. So...
OMG RED SOX
That's better!
The 2013 Red Sox continue to thrill and amaze us. Last night they pulled
off one of the most improbable comebacks in postseason history. (Allan has
a nice look at how it happened.) I expect to be watching baseball deep into
October.
Or listening to, as the case may be.
We're not supposed to see these games at all, because telecom companies
rule the world, and postseason baseball is only available via cable TV. And
as you are undoubtedly sick of reading about ... more »
how to pursue something you don't really want
Since the day I decided to go to graduate school and change my career(s),
my mind has reeled with questions about the future. When will I be able to
quit my horrible law-firm job? When will I get a professional position at
the library? When I get it, will I succeed, and will I enjoy my new work?
What place will writing still have in my life? Will my health suffer? Will
I have enough energy for these new demands? And on and on. It didn't feel
worried or anxious, but I was incredibly impatient for my new future to
arrive. Sometimes I could think of nothing else.
One after the next, t... more »
"Never Look Down..."
"Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step;
only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right
road."
- Dag Hammarskjold
Sam Smith, "Despair and Survival"
* *
*"Despair and Survival"*
by Sam Smith
"Ever since I read Thoreau in high school and adopted as my own his
declaration that he would rather sit alone on a pumpkin than be crowded on
a velvet stool, I have made the pursuit of individual freedom a part of my
daily business. I follow it like others follow football. I know the game,
the players, and the rules. And one of the most important things I have
discovered is how few people are able to help you much. The psychiatrist
with his elegant degree, the minister with an eye on the vestry's budget,
the philosophy professor just sho... more »
Why the Left Hates the Daily Mail
Loathe as I am to pounce upon yet another bandwagon by adding to the *
dacreage* of comment on the *Daily Mail*'s ill-judged bust up with Ed
Miliband, I cannot refrain from doing so. You see, as a leftie, as someone
who values reason, equality and the labour movement, I'm *de facto*obsessed with the paper - at least that's
what its beleaguered editor thinks. However, just as England very
occasionally confounds expectations and turns in a decent performance
befitting the paper value of the squad, Paul Dacre is broadly right. Why?
1. *The Mail* and their fellow guttersnipes in the hard... more »
"The Wisdom of Tecumseh"
"So live your life so the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their views, and
demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify
all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and of service to your
people. Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a
stranger if in a lonely place. Show respect to all people, but grovel to
none. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your
life and strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If
y... more »
Its not a joke, so sign the petition if you like food.
http://action.sumofus.org/a/world-food-prize-monsanto-syngenta/11/2/?akid=2419.1515733.YSGMRH&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1
Guest Post:The Great Nobel Heist of 2013
*Add together the diametrically opposed beliefs of two of the three
economics Nobel Prize winners, says guest poster David Howden, and you end
up with a big fat zero.*
The paradox of the awarding of the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic
Science1 is really just par for the course. Friedrich Hayek and Gunnar
Myrdal shared the prize that year – both for their work on monetary
fluctuations and the business cycle. While there were some affinities
between the two early in their careers: both used a Wicksellian foundation,
stressed the importance of Knightian uncertainty and the role... more »
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