Osgoode Hall with Canada Life building in the background (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Interior of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Canada. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Not All The Bad News In North Carolina Comes From Republicans
A young member of Congress, Don Young (R-AK), mostly senile these days
When Valerie Foushee replaced Ellie Kinnnaird in the North Carolina state
Senate, she gave up her District 50 state House seat (Orange and Durham
counties), Thursday, a 4 person selection committee, two Democrats from
each county) voted to replace her with Graig Meyer. There were 7
candidates, including, Danielle Adams, whose responses to the committee's
questionnaire are here-- and very much worth reading. Meyer, a white male
with no experience in elective office, will serve out the rest of Foushee's
term, just o... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Eco Passport
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to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
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Is This Why AFT Leadership Sold Its Members Up The Common Core River?
It’s pretty widely known by now that American Federation of Teachers
(AFT) received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, leading
many to question the motives of AFT leadership in their silent acquiescence
to the gods of Common Core. But apparently there may be more reasons as
well. My friend and trusted colleague Bess Altwerger […]
Michael Mandel dies - a loss to Osgoode
Just today I learned Michael Mandel, a professor for many years at Osgoode
Hall died, perhaps this morning.
Michael was a part of Osgoode Hall that no one could ever forget. He would
sing and always had a jovial greeting for everyone. His politics were
radical beyond belief but on an interpersonal level he was a kind a
generous man.
As an academic he challenged students to think beyond the obvious. While I
was unconvinced by a Marxist theory of law (or anything else for that
matter) Professor Mandel made me reexamine my own biases - and this is
pushing thirty years ago.
His kin... more »
Your moment of Zen
Pumpkin carving party. [Steve Toutant photos]
The Iranian “Smoke and Mirrors Threat” and Washington’s “Human Rights Card”
*In a cycle of habit borne out repeatedly in the mainstream western media,
demonization and fear mongering against Iran is picking up pace again in
the face of attempts by the new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to rebuild
relations with the west and work toward international cooperation. The
techniques and methodologies used by the west in perpetuating the
geopolitically-motivated, neo-imperialist, agenda against Iran often come
across in the media as clumsy and awkward in their reasoning. Before
delving into the hard geopolitical reality, a much needed word on the
disingenuous l... more »
How We Got Here: History of Heritage Foundation's ACA Health Care (ObamaCare) - Has Obama Caved To the Rethug Tea Partyers?
Are you ready to lose Social Security and Medicare (not to mention Medicaid
and all the other safety net programs that Rethugs are gleefully scheduling
for the chopping block)? The Democrat’s Version of Health Insurance Would
Have Been Cheaper, Simpler, and More Popular (So Why Did We Enact the
Republican Version and Why Are They So Upset?) By Robert Reich October 26,
2013 House Majority
NEA and AFT Offer Appeasements; Locals Prefer Democratic Response
An article appeared in the Albuquerque Journal recently, titled, Two
Teacher Unions Step Up Actions Against PED. The article outlines how the
national and state-level unions plan to put pressure on the New Mexico
Public Education Department (NM PED) in order to treat teachers more
fairly. Read the article
here: http://www.abqjournal.com/288936/news/two-teacher-unions-step-up-action-against-ped.html
Here is my response: I’m […]
I have two words for Gravity the movie in 3D...
*See it**!*
Nobel economist Robert Shiller seems to be saying: I'm right, they're wrong, but we can all be friends
*Why not Nobel Prizes for one and all? says Professor Shiller -- "even if
we sometimes seem to come from different planets."*
*"Actually, I do not completely oppose the efficient-markets theory. I have
been calling it a half-truth. If the theory said nothing more than that it
is unlikely that the average amateur investor can get rich quickly by
trading in the markets based on publicly available information, the theory
would be spot on. But the theory is commonly thought, at least by
enthusiasts, to imply much more."*
*-- Nobel economist Robert Shiller, in a NYT "Economic View"
colum... more »
Lego Minifigs
Who does not love Lego? So its no surprise the minifigs are a cultural
totems.
H/T to Gizmodo
Lou Reed, 1943-2013
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7.3 Magnitude earthquake hits Japan - links to video footage at Fukushima plant , Tepco says no new damage ....... Ponder whether this might be a foreshock ( as per the foreshock 7.3 quake on March 9 , 2011 , two days before the big quake hit on March 11 , 2011 !
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Typhoon watch......Francisco and Leika
Japan looks like it will not see major impacts from either storm system!
Tropical Cyclone Information
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BAN TAR SANDS IN MAINE
I went down to South Portland yesterday to support the exciting campaign in
that city to pass a referendum outlawing a Tar Sands pipeline scheduled to
carry that dirty fossil fuel product into the port. The election will be
held on November 5.
About 200 folks turned out to work the major intersections in South
Portland....if you want to reach the American people then stand on a busy
street and they will drive by.
This campaign has effectiv... more »
RIP Rock N Roll Animal Lou Reed
Lou Reed is one of those people nobody asks "what killed him?" Its more
like what did not kill him in his 71 highly influential years. Reflecting
today his greatest legacy may have been making being Gay socially
acceptable to mainstream baby boomers. His only billboard hit "Walk on the
Wild Side" climbed to number 16 in 1973. It was a song unabashedly
celebrating homosexuality and drug abuse. A song incomparable to any other
on the top 100 at that time. For example the top song was Tie a Yellow
Ribbon Round the Old Oak tree, the seminal plastic ballad by Tony Orlando
and Dawn. I... more »
California rule raises Obamacare rates
Award for biggest corporate fluffer of the week goes to this annoying hit
piece on Obamacare "sticker shock" at the LAT. I've seen this narrative
developing in the courtier media for a while now. ZOMG! Some people are
seeing their super cheap insurance policies cancelled because, they're
crap. Obamacare requires policies to furnish actual coverage for medical
care. Wonder hard LAT had to look to find that one disgruntled young
healthy person in California?
Fine. I see LAT's self-serving anecdote and counter with this guy who is happy
his inadequate insurance was cancelled:
Anyway... more »
Staying Unsettled Next Week + Another Major Storm Brewing?
*Staying Unsettled Next Week + Another Major Storm Brewing?*
After an exceptionally stormy and unsettled start to the new working week
(please see weather warning below), it is set to remain rather unsettled
for the week ahead too. Low pressure will dominate and allow wet and windy
weather to develop across many parts of the country. It will also turn much
cooler than of late, with the risk of developing ground frosts in parts of
the north by midweek. Another period of very stormy weather and potentially
damaging winds is also likely to develop later in the week and into next
w... more »
Lou Reed has left the planet
Sweet Jane:
Sweet Jane was covered by the Cowboy Junkies also.
to bad the credits roll over the video......... more »
As the Detroit bankruptcy proceeds - Detroit pensioners face the staggering possibility of a 16 CENT ON THE DOLLAR RECOVERY - Less than Greece's private bondholders obtained ! And regarding the protection of the State of Michigan Constitution regarding vested pensions , Detroit investment banker says " Not Relevant " asked about same !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-27/detroit-pensioners-face-miserable-16-cent-dollar-recovery
Detroit Pensioners Face Miserable 16 Cent On The Dollar Recovery
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- Citigroup
- Creditors
- default
- Detroit
- Lehman
- Lehman Brothers
- Meredith Whitney
- recovery
- Reuters
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If there is ever a case study about people who built up their reputation
and then squandered it for first being right for all the wrong reasons, and
then being wrong for the righ... more »
Masterminds of spying against Merkel have to be brought to justice
In the previous texts about the global spying by the NSA, I was sort of
neutral but times are changing.
*Spiegel* and *Bild* claim to have the testimony of an anonymous NSA
official who claims that Angela Merkel's phone was not only eavesdropped
between 2002 and 2013 but in 2010, Barack Obama explicitly requested the
continuation of the program because "he didn't believe her". The U.S.
embassy in Berlin – a building near the Brandenburger Gate – was used to
collect the information.
I am confident that there hasn't been any evidence that Merkel has been
involved in terrorist atta... more »
Fill in those bubbles Kindergarteners- this is your future.
Not quite as horrible as the learn how to bubble for the sake of test
taking skill as Shaun Johnson’s post today, but what the hell are we doing
here people? From New York parent Heather: Kindergartners learning to be
“college and career” ready by practicing filling in those bubbles? Common
Core aligned too! From […]
Sunday Question for Liberals
I'm curious: are there liberals out there who want to see sequestration
continue because it's the best shot at cutting military spending, even
though it also cuts spending on things they like? (Or to put it in the form
of a proper Sunday question: is that your position?)
Longest Walk 4 Walkin' to Montrose Colorado
Longest
Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz. Today, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, walking from
Gunnison to Montrose, Colorado, after climbing to the Monarch Pass in
the Colorado Rockies, 11,300 feet! Video by Western Shoshone Long Walker
Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, thanks for sharing with Censored News!
ALAN GREENSPAN, SATANISTS AND THE CIA
Alan Greenspan served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve (central bank) of
the United States from 1987 to 2006.
When he worked on Wall Street, "he was known as a hack that always gave ...
his clients what they wanted instead of something actual".[14]
The easy-money policies of the Fed during Greenspan's tenure has been
suggested to be a leading cause of the subprime mortgage crisis
*Alan Greenspan*
Alan Greenspan attended Bohemian Grove one month before he was appointed
chairman of the Federal Reserve.
*Greenspan's Goblins*
Bohemian Grove is said to be a summer camp for top Sata... more »
RIP, Lou Reed
When I woke up this morning, there was a tweet from Lou, The Door. It made
me want to say hello; I didn't. And now I never will be able to again. When
I was in college, in the mid-60's I never missed a Velvet Underground show
in NYC. If they did 4 shows in a week, I schlepped into Manhattan on the
Long Island Rail Road 4 times. A Velvets show at the Dom, the Exploding
Plastic Inevitable, always trumped schoolwork. Decades later, Seymour Stein
brought Lou into my life again by signing him to Sire, where I worked.
Almost no one believed Lou had it in him to make another great record.... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, October 27th, 2013
Sunday... Time for my weekly rant....And today, I am one truly pissed off
blogger!
Yes, I saw that video where that Jewish scumbag, Sheldon Adelson, was
speaking in front of a group of Yeshiva University students in the United
States, and proclaimed his desire to have a nuclear bomb dropped on Iran
just to "make a point" about America's and Israel's resolve to "end Iran's
(non-existent) nuclear weapons program". It was remarkable that this
piece of s*** was able to spew his lies and to proclaim his bloody desire
to have millions of innocent Iranians killed for the glory of his che... more »
US Obduracy in Syrian Crisis
Is the US going to make another push for unilateral action against Syria?
Despite the fact that Syria has cooperated fully of it's own accord with
the CW inspection?
*
**US Obduracy in Syrian Crisis*
* Excerpt:*
Various Western politicians are refusing to comprehend the new situation
that has emerged in the Syrian crisis following the Geneva agreement
between Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State
John Kerry. The results of the Russian-American consultations have given a
real chance for the complete destruction of the chemical weapons arsenal in
Syria the... more »
Russell Brand and Revolution
"There is going to be a revolution, it is totally going to happen." So said
Russell Brand in his widely-celebrated *Newsnight* interview with Paxo. It
would be tempting to view this as the naive aspiration of a dilettante
celebrity taking five minutes out from his lavish lifestyle for a political
dabble. But this would be a grievous mistake, especially for those of us
who spend too much time with our heads in the Westminster goldfish bowl.
Purposely, I've avoided *all* comment on Brand/Paxman. Except for Paul
Mason's commentary. Why? Because Brand has articulated a disenfranchised ... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Are you hoping that healthcare.gov gets fixed quickly and starts
functioning properly? Or are you hoping it doesn't?
Halloween in Turkey
Halloween is not celebrated in Turkey. Yet if they were celebrating
Halloween, Turks who support democracy, secularism, human rights, and the
rule of law would not have a hard time finding a haunted house. The country
seems like a haunted house. This group of Turks, “modern bandits” in the
eyes of the Turkish Prime Minister
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Al-Qaeda's Media Channel Blames Syria's Wounded On Assad's Forces Rather Than Foreign-Backed Jihadist Terrorists
*Al Jazeera: Go Fuck Yourself. Your lies are having no effect. *
pc blob commented in the video below: "Leave it up to Al Jazeera to take a
story about the resourcefulness and heroics of the Syrian people, and use
it against them."
Syrians turn war debris into prosthetic limbs. Source: Al-Qaeda's Media
Channel. Date Published: October 26, 2013.
Sunday Classics: "Up to now I have done nothing even approaching it" (Richard Wagner on Act I of "Die Walküre")
*We've already heard the stormy orchestral introduction to Die Walküre -- in
the February 2012 post "Storms that set three great operatic scenes in
motion (aka: Musical storms, part 3)."*
*Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Georg Solti, cond. Decca, recorded Oct.-Nov. 1965*
*Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, cond. Teldec, recorded
live, June-July 1992*
*New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, cond. EMI, recorded 1969*
*"The score for Act I of The Valkyrie will soon be ready. It is
extraordinarily beautiful; up to now I have done nothing even approaching
it."*
*-- Richard... more »
Senate's Conservative leader is dilly-dallying on suspensation motion
Claude Carignan, the Conservative leader in the Senate, now says that he
may consider amendments to the motion to suspend Senators Mike Duffy,
Patrick Brazeau, and Pamela Wallin without pay. The pressure is on.
** "*The leader of the government in the Senate, Claude Carignan, says he
is open to amendments to a motion that, as it currently reads, would
suspend three senators without pay or benefits for two years over
allegations of wrongdoing with their expense claims. Carignan told
Radio-Canada's television political program Les Coulisses du pouvoir that
there is the potential to ... more »
"A stitch-up"
I hope he doesn't mind, but I think it's worthwhile re-posting a comment
from historian Ara Sarafian, which was posted on *The Ottomans: The
Armenian Genocide* thread. It seems to confirm the sense I had that the BBC
Two series *The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors *was engaged in
something of a whitewash of the Armenian Genocide.
His contribution to the programme was, indeed, remarkably brief and he was,
as I wrote at the time, "talked over by Rageh's commentary saying that
Turkey dismisses such accounts [those contained in the British
Parliamentary Blue Book] as 'war-time propa... more »
Sweet Jane weeps
And the world weeps with her. Another musical icon of my youth -- gone. He
wrote a big part of the soundtrack of my life. The music world will never
be the same. RIP Lou Reed.
Adding, I'm wating for the man. Also too, Lou Reed's last tweet, just six
hours before his death.
you know her life was saved by rock and roll: lou reed, 1942-2013
Lou Reed, 1942-2013
Songwriter, Musician, New Yorker
"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into
jazz." - Lou Reed
"The first Velvet Underground album only sold 30,000 copies, but everyone
who bought it started a band." - possibly Brian Eno
I was shocked and very saddened to learn of the death of Lou Reed at the
not-old age of 71. Lou Reed made a lot of really worthwhile music, much of
it after VU. I'm grateful that I saw him perform a few times, for his
music, and for his politics. I'm really sorry he's gone.
2013 Hertzan Chimera ebooks - the keyboard entity - the sub-atomic unit
well, it's been thirty years in the arriving, but here it is, finally, the
official expansion of the Dementia 13 fake-science article you've all been
waiting for, and a re-edition of a heavily-cropped auto-biography of my
invented writing persona who terrorised the small press horror community in
the 1990's.
They both share the same name, Hertzan Chimera.
They both share the same cover concept.
They both share the same length 12,000 - 16,000 words.
*each title is only $2.99 from all good online distributors*
Lou Reed has died, I am most upset
Lou Reed has died, one of the true greats is no more. This is quite
definitely not a Perfect Day.
I am a huge Lou Reed fan and I think that I will leave the Internet for
tonight and listen to some Velvet Underground and then some solo work.
Miliband duped by union dirty tricks in vote-rigging probe | Mail Online
Some more news that you won't find reported on the BBC.
' Ed Miliband was facing fresh embarrassment over his relationship with
Labour's union paymasters last night after secret emails suggested he had
been duped by a 'dirty tricks' campaign orchestrated by them.
A cache of 1,000 messages was said to have disclosed how bosses at Unite
subverted an inquiry ordered by the Opposition leader into vote-rigging
claims.
In the summer, Mr Miliband suspended the selection process in the safe
Scottish seat of Falkirk following allegations that Britain's biggest trade
union had packed the ... more »
Animal Anomalies: Is the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster a 'Tipping Point'?
*
*
I’ve been blogging on the unceasing rise in radiation levels reported by
Tepco since July 2013.
July 2013 was the big event, which seemed to have precipitated the current
downhill trajectory. Fission byproducts were detected from that event**
PowerPoint of data examining reports of conditions at the plant and
evidence of criticalities, which can be seen here
http://www.academia.edu/4314657/Fukushima_Update_Aug_2013 or here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/11xz1zjgwcsbpo0/Fukushima%20Update%20Aug%202013.pptx
**
Since then, the radiation levels in ground and ocean water samples have
be... more »
Detroit Aiprort Clears Venus to Land
(*Blogger’s Note*: Brad Sparks recently published the following on a
closed discussion list so I asked permission to make it available to a
wider audience. Brad kindly gave his permission, but he asked that I
publish a slightly updated version. The following was written and updated
by Brad.)
Recently, my attention was called to a story in Allan Hendry's *UFO Handbook
* of 1979, by a Euroskeptic who was properly cautious in bringing it up,
saying "*If cited correctly*" by Hendry, then it might be instructive.
Purportedly, the Detroit, Mich., airport controllers had many times
"cl... more »
The United Nations and American Public Opinion
The following is a guest-post from Martin Edwards, professor at Seton
Hall’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Martin’s website is
here. How do Americans think about the United Nations? The results of
recent surveys by the Pew Research Global Attitudes Project and the Better
World Campaign offer some insights on this question. These organizations
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President Bush: I Lied To You In 2007...the Mortgage/Foreclosure/Financial Crisis That Started In 2007 While I Was President Wasn't the "RECKLESS HOMEOWNERS" Fault...It Was The "RECKLESS BANKSTERS" Fault
So the mortgage/foreclosure/financial crisis WASN'T caused by the "RECKLESS
HOMEOWNERS" in 2007 after all. Have you been following all these stories of
BANKSTERS getting multi-million/billion dollar fines for rigging the
housing market back in 2007?
But do you remember President Bush & the media in 2007 blaming the
"RECKLESS HOMEOWNERS" for it? Bush & the media said the "RECKLESS
HOMEOWNERS" took advantage of the POOR BANKSTERS!!! Remember? If you DON'T
remember, let me refresh your memory with 3 posts I made in 2007 about Bush
& the media's "RECKLESS HOMEOWNERS" speech & media bl... more »
DRONE PILOT
Brandon Bryant, a former sensor operator for the U.S. Air Force Predator
program. He manned the camera on the unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly
known as drones. After he left the active-duty Air Force in 2011, he was
presented with a certificate that credited his squadron for 1,626 kills. In
total, he says he was involved in seven missions in which his Predator
fired a missile at a target.
Brand: The Attacks Begin
*Brand is sleeping with Princess Diana's Sister.*
I felt an immense affinity with comedian and would-be revolutionary
vanguardist Russell Brand as I watched his BBC Newsnight interview with
dismissive interlocutor Jeremy Paxman. In a highly public forum, Brand ran
the frustrating gauntlet of explaining the very basic tenets of radical
politics to a defender of the status quo. It’s a maddening position to
occupy — as Brand’s intensifying eyes and harried stares at Paxman
evidenced — and it’s a position all too familiar for those of us who have
ever identified with anarchism or a r... more »
Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things the Right Ways
Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things the Right
Ways. via Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things
the Right Ways.
Kindergarten teachers have really abandoned their professional ethics in favor of…?
Can anyone explain this to me, as captured by a friend in Texas? Tagged:
bubbles, teachers, testing
A Plague on Earth
*Melencolia I* ~ engraving, Albrecht Dürer 1514
This astonishing film could have been made in any number of places around
the world, and still provided a breathtaking indictment of the fiasco that
humans have wrought on this planet. We will continue to destroy other
creatures and their habitat until there is nothing left, all the while
oblivious to the selfishness and shortsightedness and self-destructiveness
of our behavior. In less than a half-hour this documentary reveals exactly
what a merciless plague species looks like.
Fact-checking The Economist
Here is a question for students who are learning about compounding. What
is wrong with the following passage from *The Economist* magazine?
Investors who bought Treasury bonds in 1946, when yields were around
current levels, did not suffer a formal default. But over the following 35
years they lost money in real terms at a rate of 2% a year. The cumulative
real loss was 91%. By that standard, Greek creditors, who recently suffered
a 50% loss via default, were lucky.
Answer: The second number is inconsistent with the first. Note that
.98^35=.49, so we get only a 51 percent cumulati... more »
Untitled
*Vargas: Craving QB consistency? Saints are your team ~New Orleans Advocate*
*Louisiana oil, gas companies eye growth south of border ~Billy Gunn*
The Nature of Creative Genius
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
The genius mentality sees analogies where ordinary minds see only isolated
instances. Einstein, for example, made a cosmic leap from a tram departing
the clock tower in Bern to a faster than light space craft. Looking
backward the tram passenger sees the hands on the clock tower moving
forward. Einstein was inspired to conduct one of his famous "thought
experiments"; he imagined the same tram exceeding light speed at which time
the hands on the Bern clock tower would run backward as his tram overtook
light waves that had recently departed the... more »
The Ungovernable
Yesterday, I posted another picture of this same banner:
Today, I just thought about what it means. What do these people do
day-to-day? How truly "ungovernable" are they? Do they ever access public
services? Do they ever obey laws?
I'm bitter. I'm a bitter broken man. Lately, my ire is directed at these
radical blabbermouths; going on and on about how awesome they are, while
remaining nothing but a tiny group of irrelevant people.
The Battle For Social Security Begins Anew
I've been wondering if all the *strum und drang* over the typically glitchy
launch of the Obamacare website isn't just a shiny object moment to
distract attention from what the conservatives among our ruling elites have
in mind for us. Friday, Gene Sperling, director of the White House’s
National Economic Council, may have given away the game. Obama has Social
Security firmly in his sites again. The Grand Bargain he and Boehner cooked
up before has been on the back burner and the two of them are determined to
roll it out again-- and that means Chained CPI and other benefits cuts fo... more »
The dark side of fair trade
Copan kids heading into the coffee fields at harvest time
When I stand in my Canadian shoes, I am an ardent supporter of fair trade –
*comercio justo *as it’s known here in Honduras. Count me in for any
practices that try to help small producers in under-developed countries
make a decent living from their coffee crops and such.
But when I look at fair trade from the perspective of Hondurans, things get
a little muddy. That’s especially true around the question of prohibiting
child labour.
Taking steps to stop children from being forced to work to produce goods
for the developed wor... more »
Who Won World War II?
*"The allies may have won the Second World War, but unfortunately the
ideology that won was not that of Roosevelt, but that of Hitler." *
Jose Arevalo,
member of the left-leaning cabinet of President Arbenz of Guatemala prior
to its overthrown by a CIA orchestrated coup, 1953
"University of Chicago law professor Bernard Harcourt explored this myth in
depth in a 2004 article published in the Fordham Law Review. As it turns
out, the Weimar Republic, the German government that immediately preceded
Hitler’s, actually had tougher gun laws than the Nazi regime.
After its defeat ... more »
The Reverse Midas Touch
In 2008, when Stephen Harper cut public funding for political parties, the
opposition rose and threatened to take down his nascent government. He
prorogued Parliament and bellowed that the other parties were engaged in a
conspiracy to deny Canadians the minority government of their choice.
In 2011, after being found in contempt of Parliament, he declared that
"contempt" merely meant being outvoted, then raged rabidly about
"separatist coalitions." Now, when the political threat comes from within
his own ranks, he rages at those he appointed.
The pattern is pretty clear: Stephen H... more »
Targeting the Mi'kmaq: Cancer alleys and white privilege
Snipers
target Mi'kmaq anti-fracking camp Oct. 17 2013
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Investors in Southwestern Energy are being urged to dump stocks, and
stand with Indigenous Peoples against police violence initiated by oil
and gas companies.
Mi'kmaq with eagle feather before RCMP
Southwestern Energy of Houston, targeting the Mi'kmaq in New Brunswick,
has already been sued in Arkansas
Is the GOP a "Kooky Cult" or a "Crime Syndicate"?
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
As it is true of individuals, it is also true of groups: they are what they
do! The GOP, like any other group or any individual is defined by what it
has done over the years. I am of the opinion that most of what the GOP has
"accomplished" has been harmful to American society over all and to
individuals in specific cases. This includes the GOP's apparent disdain for
the environment, its horrific record with respect to any "class" that is
not fabulously wealthy. By its many acts and as many omissions, the GOP has
created the ruling elite.
I ... more »
Nothing new under the sun
*"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there
is nothing new under the sun."*
Radio 4's liberal religious affairs programme *Sunday* returned to several
of its favourite themes this morning.
These included:
- an interview with a pro-rebel Syrian "Muslim scholar".
- a feature about sharia banking in the UK, discussed from an 'ain't this
great' and 'what else can be done to make it a success?' standpoint.
- an interview with Archishop Vincent Nichols on ethical banking. (The
Archbishop tends to appear on the programme either to defend his Church
when ... more »
MOCKINGBIRD: How to Cry On Cue
9/11 / MOCKINGBIRD : The "Jumpers" from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
He saw loads of people heave-ho themselves out of the WTC windows (which DO
NOT OPEN), but didn't capture a single one on camera, despite filming the
entire event. He just caught "people" falling and waving.
He also didn't film anyone LANDING; this area of the plaza was obscured
from view.
Probably a good thing - he would have filmed them bouncing.
I see redness, and much rubbing of the eyes, but not one tear.
But he's really trying with that "Blue, blue coat" schtick.
Seriously...?
September 11th 2001 was a gloriously... more »
This Ongoing War: A Blog: 25-Oct-13: Grenade hurled at people in an Israeli school-bus today. How many more terrorists should we free now?
More rock throwing at Israeli civilians, don't wait for the BBC coverage
there won't be any.
More here
http://thisongoingwar.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/25-oct-13-grenade-hurled-at-people-in.html?m=1
Svensmark: “global warming stopped and a cooling is beginning” – “enjoy global warming while it lasts” | Watts Up With That?
' It's important to realise that the Little Ice Age was a global event.
It
ended in the late 19th Century and was followed by increasing solar
activity. Over the past 50 years solar activity has been at its highest
since the medieval warmth of 1000 years ago. But now it appears that the
Sun has changed again, and is returning towards what solar scientists
call
a "grand minimum" such as we saw in the Little Ice Age.'
Much more here
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/10/svensmark-global-warming-stopped-and-a-cooling-is-beginning-enjoy-global-warming-while-it-lasts/but
not on the wa... more »
POISON MUSHROOMS AND NON-DUALITY
The philosopher Leibniz argued that if the world did not contain various
'challenges', there could be no courage or compassion.
The Lisbon Earthquake of 1775 was a 'challenge'.
The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 helped lead Voltaire to the conclusion that
the 'challenges' in this world are sometimes too great.
Voltaire mocked Leibniz.
*Lisbon Earthquake.*
People like Leibniz argued that this earthquake produced courage and
compassion and love.
Here we come to the word 'Non-Duality' - the idea that, for example,
suffering and compassion are two sides of the one thing.
*One could sa... more »
Collection of evidence in Boston Bombing Crisis acting training.
Collection of evidence in Boston Bombing Crisis acting.....must see and
learn if you aspire to be a well-paid, silent-for-life, infamous crisis
actor. Don't worry about your old age pension.
"You n'ver git to live that long. D'ey will bump u off, b4 u git 2
infamous."
What more proof do you need, folks? Can't accept you had been April-fooled
again by OBAMA (Oil Banksters Agenda21 Mafia Association) goons? Too bad.
Thank them again for bringing some excite...m..mennnnt & miseries into your
lives. Dream on. Peace Man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEroibLKr4
Sandy Hook Hoax - powerful evidence of photoshopped composites
Sandy Hoax_The_Real_Picture
No crime is so perfect as to leave no trace.
No photoshop composite fake can be so perfect it cannot be detected.
There is no reason to photoshop-compose any picture from an "Accident /
Natural Disaster / Tragedy" except when it is a false flag-inside job with
psyops objectives.
We will be updating this article as more evidence (in prep) are sent to us.
Stay tuned.
Remember the famous photo of the children being led by police out of school
after the shooting. They were told to close their eyes.
http://www.businessinsider.com/sandy-hook-elementary... more »
Once Again, Back To My Roots: Truth Hertz Radio Exposes The NASA Apollo Moon Hoax
As someone who has long known some basic truths about our sick world, and
the scoundrels behind our demise... I am deeply troubled from time to time
by those who call themselves "truth seekers" and cannot even see that one
of the biggest "achievements" of mankind, the NASA Apollo Moon missions,
were nothing more than complete frauds....
It puzzles me that many can see that the official story behind the Israeli
Mossad 9-11 attack on American is a complete lie and sham, and that all of
our history is nothing more than a complete lie brought to us by our Jewish
criminals.... But for so... more »
ALEC Members Can Now Disavow Actions
You're not gonna believe this folks.
A new disclaimer on the ALEC webpages.
Are you ready?
*Membership Disclaimer*
*ALEC provides a forum to facilitate the exchange of policy ideas from a
variety of perspectives. ALEC model policy and resolutions are developed by
ALEC members and may or may not reflect the positions of any individual
member, company, association, or non-profit.*
*AGAIN!*
*ALEC model policy and resolutions are developed by ALEC members and may or
may not reflect the positions of any individual member, company,
association, or non-profit.*
*AGAIN!*
*ALEC model policy... more »
Photos: Navajo government's cruel roundup of wild horses
Photos
by Leland Grass, Dine' for Wild Horses
Colonized Navajo tribal government hauls away Dine' wild horses
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Photos by Leland Grass, Dine' for Wild Horses
Click on photos to enlarge
These wild horses in Chilchinbeto and Kayenta were rounded up by the
Navajo tribal government (US puppet government), and chapter officials
on Friday.
Who Keeps Tabs On The Spies? No One We Can Trust
In foreign places, the big news story at the end of the week wasn't about
the Affordable Care Act website. It was about NSA spying. Government
leaders, apparently, get a lot more angry when the spying isn't on their
citizens but on they themselves. And the NSA was publicly exposed for spying
on friendly foreign leaders, like German Chancellor Angela Merkel and
French President François Hollande. When Merkel asked Obama if the NSA was
tapping her cell phone, he said "not now and not in the future," a de facto
confirmation that NSA had been tapping her phone and a decision had been
... more »
Swamped...
*Betel nut stand. Courtesy of Cary Broder.*
Swamped. It will be two more days, so until then, puzzle over this strange
betel nut stand my man Cary Broder photographed somewhere in the wilds of
Taiwan.
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The Great Maine Apple Day - October 27, 2013 in Unity, Maine
*Sponsored by MOFGA, Fedco, and the University of Maine Cooperative
Extension*
Sunday, October 27, 2013
10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Rain or Shine
held at the
*Common Ground Education Center*
294 Crosby Brook Rd, Unity Maine
$4 for non-members, $2 for members
*Celebrate the history, flavor and tradition of Maine apples, while
honoring the importance of a diversified, perennial agriculture.*
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For more information, please visit:
*http://www.mofga.org*
New Article By JB Campbell: Communist America
I have been extremely busy these last few weeks, and today was an absolute
rat race... I finally have been able this evening to spend some time
surfing the Internet, and looking at what my friends in what I call the
"real truth movement" have been up to.... I do recommend that everyone take
a look at my friend Noor's latest weekly cartoons over at Snippits and
Snappits (www.snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com) for example.. They are
hilarious!
For this blog post, I want to present the following very important article
by JB Campbell (www.jbcampellextremismonline.com) that I found very... more »
Let's all watch the U.S. slip to the rear of the developed world in adult skills
Charts adapted by *The New Yorker* from the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development's Survey of Adult Skills [*Click to enlarge*]
*by Ken*
Remember how *The Newsroom*'s Will McEvoy caused that national shitstorm by
refusing to play along with the bromide that America is No. 1? (With the
helpful proviso from what he thought was a hallucination prompting him from
the audience: "But we can be.") I think this is one of the fault lines that
has the country so violently divided at the moment. The Right insists on
enforcing this lie even as it has infected a large segment of ... more »
CONSEQUENCES OF EXPANDING MILITARISM
- Michael Hadfield, Professor of Biology, University of Hawai'i, writes:
"Pagan Island, one of a string of volcanic islands that make up the
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas [in the Pacific Ocean], is an ancient
home to the Chamorro people and the habitat of unique animals and plants,
many of them endemic, rare and endangered. Those natural and cultural
resources are being put at risk by a plan by the U.S. Marines to use the
island as a live-fire training ground. In scoping documents related to the
environmental impact statement required for that plan ... more »
a small green victory: more plastics now recyclable in peel
*Yes!* A few years back, I blogged about discovering that many of the
plastics I had been putting in my recycling bin were not, in fact,
recyclable. A few months after that, I unpacked a typical environmental
dilemma: organic lettuce.
Organic lettuce is the perfect example of a green paradox. It's
unquestionably better for the local water supply, and for the health of the
people who pick it and who eat it. On the other hand, it requires a huge
amount of energy to stay fresh, and is often packed in non-recyclable
plastic. We can ask, "Which is better?" but the answer is another quest... more »
Lupe Castillo explaining rationale for shutdown of Operation Streamline on Oct 8 in Tucson
Lupe Castillo explaining rationale for shutdown of Operation Streamline on
Oct 8 in Tucson.
First of several videos re Tucson/Arizona Oct 2013 Uprrisng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upyBCtS_o90&feature=share
Saturday night to Sunday morning
Please overlook the fact the dingus who posted this can't spell electric
and just... enjoy.
Jewish Prime Minister selling UK out to Islamic Infiltrators
The UK is in trouble: serious trouble. The treacherous Jewish Prime
Minister, David Cameron, has made a point of giving greater power to the
muslim immigrants who infest our shores; proving yet again that Judaism and
Islam are one and the same, and that both must be thoroughly rooted out if
indigenous Europe has any chance of survival.
David Ben Cameron, on the official UK government website, wrote the
following treasonous drivel:
"I want Britain to be one of the world’s centres of Islamic finance - from
the highest and mightiest financial institutions all the way to start-ups.
We... more »
Can leaders be activists?
I have been very critical of just about every implementation facet of the
common core standards and I have always but forth the reasons for my
criticism. The standards were not developed with input from experts.
Teachers, childhood development specialists and parents were supposedly
“consulted” but the actual work was done by a secret panel—and […]
Al-Qaeda's Media Channel Says The Syrian Government Is Bombing "Schools, Hospitals, And Power Plants"
Propaganda from Al Jazeera, Al-Qaeda's media channel, is getting hilarious.
Near the end of the video below the channel accuses the Syrian government
of bombing "schools, hospitals, and power plants." This is asinine.
Al-Qaeda's media channel wants the world to believe that the Syrian
government is destroying its own infrastructure and killing its own people.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Just the other day, the
Saudi-Qatari-Turkish-US-British-French-Israeli backed Jihadist terrorists *bombed
a gas pipeline*, which led to a temporary blackout.
Al Jazeera stands with these... more »
It Takes A Congress Of Morons To Hold Us Back
-by Noah
Sometimes satirists have a very hard time satirizing Congress. Case in
point: the current Congressional hearings about glitches in the allegedly
satanic, marxist, communist, Muslim jihad-influenced Affordable Care Act;
aka, dare we say it out loud, Obamacare.
How does one satirize a bunch of morons in suits who have but one
discernable talent-- satirizing themselves, whether intentionally or not,
better than anyone else could ever hope to? Satirist Andy Borowitz makes a valiant
effort below.
In an impressive white-knuckle performance on live television today,
members ... more »
Another grim year for Postmedia, and what lies ahead
It’s tough to pick the biggest problem for Postmedia, Canada’s largest
newspaper company. And it’s just as hard to figure out where the
corporation is going.
Postmedia released its quarterly and year-end results Thursday. They were
grim, and things are getting worse, not better. (The corporation's
Powerpoint presentation on the results is here.)
Print advertising, about 60 per cent of total revenue, fell 13.4 per cent
in the fiscal year ending Aug. 31. That’s worse than the 10.3-per-cent drop
in 2012.
For national and retail advertising, about 60 per cent of total print ad
revenue, ... more »
Problems in Paradise
October 26, 2013 Other than our ticking off at least thirty-five national
leaders – several of them, our close European allies – with our meddlesome
NSA spying, more useless Congressional hearings on the lousy rollout of the
government’s healthcare site, … Continue reading →
Untitled
*Major Damage + Flooding Expected To Make Headline News Stories For
October Storm – As Suggested 300 Days In Advance*
Due to the overall severity of the upcoming weather events, this forecast
has been broken up in to three parts with an analysis of potential
conditions. 1. Sunday day 2. Sunday evening 3. Monday day
*Sunday day*
Sunday will bring a very windy day across parts to the north and west of
the country, and some of the wind speeds are likely to be in excess of
around 50-60 mph in places (strong gale to stormy conditions). This is
likely to produce some large waves a... more »
Longest Walk 4 through Gunnison Colorado Saturday
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Photos
by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Western Shoshone long walker
The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz walked through Gunnison, Colorado,
today, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. They are walking on Hwy 50 toward
Montrose, Colorado, and then Green River, Utah. Share the love by
walking with them, or sharing a stay place, hot meal, or winter camping
Let them eat cake
I didn’t see the debate “should British women wear the niqab.” on Channel
Four when it went out, but I watched it online.
The debate had Douglas Murray in it for goodness sake. And Yasmin Alibhai
Brown!
*“A panel including writer Shalina Litt, activist Sahar Al-Faifi, writer
Douglas Murray, Islam lecturer Khola Hasan, broadcaster Yasmin
Alibhai-Brown and Fatima Barkatullah debate the niqab in Britain.”*
I won’t let the fact that this was a Channel 4 programme, not BBC, deter me
because, well, it was so bizarre. To me that is; someone who hasn’t had to
internally normalise mingling... more »
Is the BBC our Radio Moscow?
...asks Christopher Booker in the *Telegraph*:
The problem with the BBC director-general Lord Hall’s admission that the
corporation has been slow to recognise how much of its output is “biased”
is that those who inhabit the BBC are the last people who could recognise
how deeply in its culture that bias has become engrained.
Many of us could instantly jot down a list of issues on which the BBC has a
clear “party line”, which distorts its coverage to the point where its
audience is consistently manipulated and misinformed. Wind farms, for
instance, it is for; Israel against; public s... more »
Sol Update, and why I'm blabbering on about the Sun
Ok I know you're all getting bored with my constant Solar updates..... But
I've got one more (for today, lol), and then I would like to discuss WHY
I'm posting them.
After reporting on the X Class flare in yesterday mornings update,
yesterday afternoon and evening we had another X Class flare, 2.1, and M
Class 1.9, and a M 2.3. And this morning so far we've had another M1.9
All four were from spot 1882 (which I mistakenly called 1862 yesterday- my
bad). When 1882 started to swing in around the western limb of Sol, it was
a smallish, simple Beta class spot. After reviewing all t... more »
Why the US Spies on Its Allies
The Guardian article this week that disclosed the story of U.S.
eavesdropping on the leaders of several US allies said that
the surveillance produced “little reportable intelligence.” This isn’t
really a surprise — I can’t really imagine that listening to German
Chancellor Merkel’s phone conversations are going to give US analysts and
policymakers a whole lot
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Sheldon Adelson:
*Kill yourself.*
You miserable piece of shit.
Sincerely,
all of humanity.
Why is Obama the only one smiling...
*like a monkey?*
He always looks like such a doofus*.*
Go ahead. Call me racist. You know you want to...
Watch "The Palestine Myth" on YouTube
Pre 1967 there were Jordanians, post 1967 they became Palestinians so as to be able to claim back Israel. I've blogged about this fact before but not seen this chap agree with me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgCRSKDzVUc&feature=youtube_gdata_playerRelated articles
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