English: GCHQ. The "Doughnut", the new main building for the Government Communications Headquarters. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Long Walk Heron (Photo credit: EoinGardiner)Paul Craig Roberts: "Watch Glenn Greenwald Tear a BBC Pressitute to pieces." I found this to be a terrific recommendation!
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http://youtu.be/f1Zvo8N3G94
NEWSNIGHT: Glenn Greenwald full interview on Snowden, NSA, GCHQ and spying
BBC Newsnight
Published on Oct 3, 2013
BBC Newsnight exclusive interview with journalist Glenn Greenwald on Edward
Snowden, the PRISM revelations and mass surveillance
Blogger's Note: CCHQ is the official site of the UK Government
Communications Headquarters which is the centre for Her Majesty's
Government's Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) activities.
Cherchez la Verite
Are You Hardwired To Be A Liberal Or A Progressive?
I'm thoroughly enjoying Predisposed John Hibbing, Kevin Smith and John
Alford, which explores the biology of political differences between
conservatives and liberals, which I mentioned the other day in terms of understanding
why the Carl Sciortino ad was catapulting him to the front of the pack in
his congressional race. I'm sure we'll be looking at the book in more
detail in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, though, the publisher was kind
enough to send me the Left/Right Twenty Questions Game, which I thought you
might enjoy playing this weekend.
*The Five Questions from Hardwired:*
1... more »
TV Watch: Maybe it's lucky that Vince "Breaking Bad" Gilligan learned typing instead of calculus
I never took chemistry and I feel that’s a shame. I actually wish I had. I
was a bit intimidated by math in high school. I signed up for calculus and
after about the first day or two I felt that it was so overwhelming that I
changed to a typing course and learned how to type, which actually was
pretty helpful given my chosen career. But I wish I had not allowed myself
to be intimidated out of taking science and math courses.
*-- Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan,
from* Part I of an AMC-blog Q-and-A
*by Ken*
This lovely reply comes in response to a question from BB fan Elizabeth:... more »
Anatomy of Banning a Worldview
Anatomy of Banning a Worldview
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout: The Tucson Unified School District
banned books, shut down a curriculum and the Raza studies department and
colluded with the state of Arizona to attempt to ban a purportedly
"un-American" worldview.
Read the Article:
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19184-anatomy-of-banning-a-worldview
Bill Gates Must Be Worried About Common Core Survival
Bill Gates is heavily invested in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
However, CCSS is in trouble. Even US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is
desperately trying to save them. Forget the students and teachers. It’s the
Standards that the likes of Gates and Duncan wish to rescue.
Gates/Scholastic CCSS Survey Result ”Early Release” In order to […]
Longest Walk 4 Kansas 'The Twins Made It!'
Thanks
to Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone long walker, for the photos for
Censored News!
Wonderful to see that the twins made it to the Longest Walk 4 Return to
Alcatraz today to join their parents, Sharon Heta, Maori, and Michael
Lane, on the original Longest Walk in 1978.
Maori youth long walkers Rangitau and Te Ruihi Heta-Lane walked on
Longest Walk 2 in 2008.
Media malpractice
Real life taking up all of my time so I've been offline for days. I check
the news and see the dutiful stenos of the BigMedia are pushing the GOP's
phony "Dems refusing to negotiate" trope. This isn't even malpractice. It's
media malfeasance.
I mean, what the fuck good does it to tell the public what stupid ploy the
GOPers are using to cover up their responsibilty for the shutdown? How
about they ask the damn GOPers what exactly they're willing to compromise
on? Or maybe ask them why they're taking the food out of hungry kids mouths
to "win" a political point?
Shutting down the g... more »
I Am Back.... Took A Few Days Off To Recharge...
I am back...
I took the last few days off from doing this blog to relax, recharge, and
to concentrate on some personal issues including preparation for an
examination for this technical course I am taking....
I will have my usual Sunday rant ready to go for tomorrow, and hopefully
will resume posting daily articles afterwards...
Again, thanks to everyone for your patience, and understanding..
More to come
NTS
THE TARGET VILLAGE
Mikami Chie's *The Target Village* will be showing at the Yamagata
International Documentary Film Festival on Oct. 12 and Oct. 15, 2013.
The film follows Okinawan opposition to the construction of U.S. military
helipads near the eco-village of Takae, located in an ecologically
sensitive area of Yanbaru, a subtropical rainforest in the northern part of
the main island.
The US military appropriated land in Yanbaru during the postwar period
"Bayonets and Bulldozers" base expansion throughout Okinawa. The beautiful
biodiverse region, a World Heritage Site candidate, is used by US M... more »
Michael Tellinger’s Presentation Ancient Sound Technologies
*
* *Note: I disagree that the Anunnaki were the Elohim, they are sons of the
Elohim as we are, they are 10 strand DNA we are 12 strand. The did create
a species of human that is linked to their DNA and that has been the ruling
elite on this planet. Its a common mistake that doesn't take into account
what ben/bin means in semitic languages, its means "son of"... I'm sure the
elites of this world wold like to say they have links to the "god's that
created us" but they are only cousins to the rest of humanity. There is no
doubt there is an Annunaki link to South Africa and its gold... more »
Fukushima: “Radiation Soars 6,700 Times Legal Limit as Disasters Continue Unabated”
* *
*“Radiation Soars 6,700 Times Legal Limit as Disasters Continue Unabated”*
'Clean-up' a litany of failures: near daily leaks, escalating danger,
TEPCO and government cover-ups.
- Sarah Lazare
“TEPCO admitted Thursday that yet another spill at the crisis-hit Fukushima
nuclear plant has released water 6,700 times more radioactive than the
legal limit, adding to the near daily news of fresh leaks and climbing
radiation pointing towards systemic failure to mitigate or contain the
worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.The storage tank (bottom) from which
workers detected water drip... more »
Madness, sheer madness!
Stalinicos and Kafka have decided to avail themselves of the International
Socialism Journal to explain the politics of the SWP crisis. You may have
thought you had it down months ago, but no... And it turns out you were
wrong and they were right. Funny that. It's also funny how they are allowed
a glossy publication to receive their musings, while the party plebs get
the IB.
A couple of points worth noting:
1) "Political differences cannot be resolved administratively". Despite
their education and experience this is something they've learned only in
recent months.
2) The nerve of ... more »
Titles in need of stories...
Wall of Ice
Oh, You Scary Things
The Apollonian Way
Goodbye You Lizard Scum
A Plate of Peas
Very Stupid People
You Again?
Drama Mask
Police, Government, Corporations.
D) Fascism And Contemporary Canada. Locating The Conservative Government
of Canada Led By Stephen Harper. Part Four. Police, Government,
Corporations.
:The long awaited part IV in Professor Robin Mathews`s chilling ex`pose on
the growth of Fascism in Canada and those petty tinpot dictators who are
facilitating Fascism`s rise*.....*
*"Like the tenacious probing and relentless determination of spring ivy
modern Fascism must continually be beaten back and burned, for roots
remain" Grant G:..*
Police, Government, Corporations
*Written by Robin Mathews *
The common defini... more »
“A Native American Perspective on the Government Shutdown”
* *
*“A Native American Perspective on the Government Shutdown”*
by Ruth Hopkins
“They’ve done it. A mere thirty Republican Tea Party extremists have
managed to shut down the U.S. government, potentially tanking a national
economy that’s already on life support. Ironically enough, the flawed logic
behind their congressional temper tantrum, to defund the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (coined Obamacare) by taking the country hostage,
was a complete and utter failure. Obamacare remains unscathed by the shut
down and full online enrollment in the program began October 1, ... more »
“’Dream School’, Dream World”
* *
*“’Dream School’, Dream World”*
by David Arquette
“I recently had an incredible experience on - of all places - the set of a
reality show. An adaptation of Jamie Oliver's U.K. series, Sundance
Channel's 'Dream School' takes 15 at risk high school students and provides
them with a 30-day educational and inspirational journey with the goal of
getting them on track to graduate... But before I go into all of that, I
need to get a few things off of my chest.
Why are people so cruel? In a world full of self-appointed and uncertified
judges who wildly swing gavels while pointing the... more »
Holding Elected Officials To A Higher Standard-- An Elizabeth Warren Standard
No one in the Senate is better at articulating relatively complicated ideas
in a way that anyone-- or at least anyone who isn't brainwashed by Hate
Talk Radio and Fox-- can comprehend. Thursday she was on the Senate floor
explaining the shutdown and why the Republicans who are just shrugging it
off are wrong when they say government doesn't matter anyway. "For years
now," she began with a veiled swipe at Grover Norquist, "we've heard a
small minority in this country rail against government. When I hear the
latest tirades from some of the extremists in the House, Im struck by how
... more »
Ed's mouthpiece?
I've been largely well away from the world of current affairs this week,
but on the rare occasions when I've switched on the BBC News - or seen the
BBC News Channel while passing the TV at work - there seems to have been
something on about Ed Miliband and the *Daily Mail*.
It could just have been a coincidence that every time I've come across BBC
News this week it's been discussing 'Ed v the *Mail*', or it could have
been because the BBC has been engaging in one of its periodic frenzies.
Being out of the loop for a few days, it's hard to tell.
A piece in the *Telegraph*, however... more »
self-checkout is unpaid labour, gift cards are interest-free loans, and let's stop using both
There are two current trends that I seriously dislike, and wish we would
all organize to change: retail self-checkout and the use of gift cards as
thank-yous and gifts. Neither practice will go away any time soon; indeed,
I'm sure they only will become more ubiquitous. But both trends are in our
power to stop, and I wish we would stop them.
*A cashier is not a luxury*
Buried in an earlier post about unpaid internships, I mentioned a few other
forms of unpaid labour that have become commonplace. These days, most
retail chain stores enjoy the benefits of an unpaid, uncomplaining labou... more »
Untitled
*Karen barely a trop. storm, watches dropped*
*~Hey, Pope Francis is a Saints fan! Jus'sayin... it's only weird if it
doesn't work!*
Untitled
*Chris Franklin: Karen Weakens, No Longer Looks Like Tropical Storm ~WVUE*
FEDS TRY TO CLOSE THE OCEAN BECAUSE OF SHUTDOWN
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* *Oh this is getting far too funny! I love how all is being show for what
it truly is... -Bill*
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* *FEDS TRY TO CLOSE THE OCEAN BECAUSE OF SHUTDOWN*
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/05/Feds-Try-to-Close-the-OCEAN-Because-of-Shutdown
by MIKE FLYNN 5 Oct 2013, 7:08 AM PDT
Just before the weekend, the National Park Service informed charter boat
captains in Florida that the Florida Bay was "closed" due to the shutdown.
Until government funding is restored, the fishing boats are prohibited from
taking anglers into 1,100 square-miles of open ocean. Fishing is also
pr... more »
Stuck in the Middle With You
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you, And I’m
wondering what it is I should do, It’s so hard to keep this smile from my
face, Losing control, yeah, I’m all over the place, Clowns to the left of
me, Jokers to the right, Here I am, stuck […]
Bond market jitters regarding debt ceiling issues , whether the X date is reached and what happens next , what is a technical default - what would the impact be ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-05/what-impact-technical-treasury-default
What Is The Impact Of A Technical Treasury Default?
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/05/2013 15:11 -0400
- Borrowing Costs
- Cash Management Bills
- CDS
- Counterparties
- Debt Ceiling
- default
- Equity Markets
- Fannie Mae
- Federal Reserve
- Fitch
- fixed
- Freddie Mac
- Investment Grade
- Merrill
- Merrill Lynch
- Rating Agencies
- ratings
- Repo Market
- Sovereigns
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Obamacare, Deconstructed (video)...
*via Nice Deb - and we thank her.*
This is excellent.
Off to work now. See you all later...
Comfort Food for the Heart
October 5, 2013 I’ve moved – sort of. One would think, moving from a small
upstairs apartment to the larger downstairs apartment would be easy. One
would be wrong. After ten years upstairs, I had my sixty-plus years of
“stuff” neatly tucked away in nooks and crannies and closets and open
shelves, in the wicker […]
Archangeloi of the ELOHIM on the dissolving of dimensional realities
*"For many of you the dreamtime platform may be especially vivid at this
time..." Understatement of the year! LOL!!! -Bill*
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* *Archangeloi of the ELOHIM on the dissolving of dimensional realities*
Posted: October 5, 2013 | Author: Karen Doonan
Greetings beloved ones we are the Archangeloi of the ELOHIM and we come to
guide and to continue our support of ALL as you now begin to move in
frequency and begin to naturally dissolve the lower dimensional timelines
that you previously resonated with. *For many of you the dreamtime platform
may be especially vivid at this time, the human ... more »
Memewatch: Who’s afraid of a debt limit fail?
*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2013*
*Rand Paul speaks with Erin Burnett:* Where does bungled reasoning come
from? Bungled understanding?
Consider what happened when Rand Paul appeared with Erin Burnett.
We know—that sounds like a terrible match! At one point in Wednesday
night's CNN program, Paul stated a standard GOP position concerning the
upcoming debt limit fight.
Who’d afraid of a debt limit fail? Paul explained why failure to raise the
federal debt limit wouldn’t necessarily lead to default:
PAUL (10/2/13): *I'm for taking default completely off the table. I'm
promising to the Ame... more »
ARE YOU LIKE RICKY MARTIN?
*Ricky Martin (second from the left)*
Some of the people who comment on this blog are like Ricky Martin.
While growing up in Puerto Rico, Ricky Martin criticised gay people.
Many gay children commit suicide because of bullying.
*Ricky Martin says:*
"I was very angry, very rebellious.
"I used to look at gay men and think, I'm not like that, I don't want to be
like that, that's not me...
"I took my anger out on those around me."
"I look back now and realize I would bully people who I knew were gay."
*Martin came out as a gay man* back in 2010.
In a post on his website, he wro... more »
What Mattered This Week?
It's possible to make too much of it, but sure, the shutdown matters.
What doesn't matter? Most likely, it's the glitches -- very real -- in the
ACA exchange rollout. My strong feeling is what matters is the product, not
the interface. We'll see, I guess.
What do you have? What was pushed off the front pages that we should know
about? What do you think mattered this week?
The Cy Young argument for increased testing
NEA president Dennis Von Roekel has made this argument:
"Under the No Child Left Behind law, states have released test results that
supposedly tell us how many students are proficient in math and reading.
The problem is, each state sets its own benchmark for proficiency, and
different students are held to different standards.
Imagine if the batting average of one baseball player was based on at-bats
against Cy Young winners, while another average was compiled from plate
appearances in the minors. You couldn't tell much by comparing the two
numbers."
http://www.good.is/posts/th... more »
Do educators support the common core?
Last month (September) the National Education Association announced " that
a "Majority of Educators "strongly" support the Common Core State
Standards" (headline of an article that appeared in NEA Today). I have
been unable to find the details of the questions and the results on the
internet, but the NEA's own report of the results are not consistent with
their headline.
First, the poll, done by the NEA, only surveyed NEA members. Second, we are
told that 26% were "wholeheartedly in favor of the standards," 50%
supported them with "some reservations" and 11% were opposed. Also, ... more »
Small is Beautiful
One acre farmAs to Permaculture Principle 9, "Use small and slow
solutions," they are hitting me where I live. Most of the following has
appeared on this blog twice before, as well as in this book ...
When I see so many of my friends and neighbors thrown out of work, I'm
reminded of that moment in Kurt Vonnegut's *Player Piano* when the
protagonist's car breaks down, and a crowd of the great mass of unemployed
gathers, which he views with suspicion until one of them wistfully says, as
nearly as I can remember it from a distant read: "Maybe I could look at it
for you. I used to be ... more »
Easy Football Recipes and Cheap Wireless Plans
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 their client. #cbias
I honestly believe that the smart phone and unlimited plans are the
greatest invention to happen to football fans and fantasy football fans
ever. Instead of hours of sitting next to the computer checking the scores
and stats of non-televised games for his fantasy football, he can pull his
phone out of his pocket and know the score in seconds before coming back to
what we are doing in the present.... more »
Mehdi Hasan and the Daily Mail
1. So what if Mehdi Hasan pitched himself to work for the *Daily
Mail*three years ago? Journalists, especially those without a berth - as
Mehdi
was at the time - have got to work to live. And of course he's going to
emphasise how much a prospective employer's values are congruent with
his
own. I'm sure if he'd gone for a job at *The Morning Star*, he would
have
burnished his peace and socialism credentials. This is so much nonsense.
In
my time I've known teachers at Catholic schools who, in turns, were gay,
an
avowed atheist, and a Trotskyist. I've known Sainsbury's workers who
prefe... more »
94% of Jews "guilt-free and proud"
Picking up on a theme I highlighted in *a brief blog post yesterday*, I'd
like to once again demonstrate the utter hypocrisy of the organized Jewish
community when it comes to identity politics. Jews openly proclaim they are
proud to be Jews and work for the own unique group interests above all
others. Most Jews frame their life and actions around the question: *Is it
good for the Jews?* And I suppose there is nothing wrong with this type of
thinking. After all, it's natural to be concerned about your own unique
racial and cultural group interests, and it's future.
However, when a ... more »
Superdeterminism: the ultimate conspiracy theory
Sabine Hossenfelder has informed her readers that she was just writing a
paper when she was pregnant and awaiting her daughters in hospital in late
2010. The nurses were hoping that she was writing something like *Harry
Potter IX: Employed As Chair Umpire In the Empires of Vampires* but they
didn't realize that she was actually writing something much spookier.
It finally appeared as a paper called *Testing super-deterministic hidden
variables theories* which is just a code for *Trying to Beat the Big
Brother and Her Ultimate Conspiracy*. She tries to claim that she has a
test to fig... more »
How Corrupt Is The Iowa Republican Party-- And What Does That Mean For The Presidential Caucuses?
Although this post isn't about it (this one is), I have been positively
engrossed in reading Barton Gellman's gripping book on the Cheney (vice)
presidency, Angler. There are many conclusions one can draw from his
writing but one is surely that criminals-- like Cheney and his gang of
accomplices-- should never be allowed to evade justice. I'll cover that in
upcoming posts. Today I just want to talk about another criminal evading
justice of a far less existential nature than Cheney's war crimes: Michele
Bachmann's grubby money laundering and bribery scandals.
My fear is that rumor... more »
Tropical Storm Karen updates - October 5 , 2013 ..... landfall expected Saturday possibly on the Louisiana Coast , possible second landfall on Mississippi , Alabama or Florida coast Sunday ....
Evacuations ordered as Tropical Storm Karen nears Gulf Coast
October 5, 2013 3:15AM ET
Governors of Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama declare states of
emergency to speed storm preparations
Topics: Weather U.S. Gulf Coast
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[image: Tropical_storm_karen]
Residents evacuate in New Orleans Friday. National Hurricane Center
forecasters in Miami said the storm was expected to strengthen slightly on
Saturday.Marianna Massey/Getty Images
Authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders for low-lying areas south of
New Orleans, Friday, as a weakened Tropical Storm Karen closed ... more »
Gates Money and Common Core– Part VI
This post is the sixth (and final) post in a series I have written
detailing Bill Gates’ mammoth purchasing of the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS). (Here are links to the previous five posts in the series.) In the
fifth post, I mentioned that this final post would be Gates’ CCSS funding
of education businesses. Then, I realized […]
EXPLAINING THE CRAZY: Fools for race?
*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2013*
*Part 3—Walsh goes off:* With apologies, it’s painful to write about Joan
Walsh when she discusses race, or when she pretends to do so.
Our basic ground rules:
Because race has played such a savage role in our American history, we
think people ought to be measured and mildly respectful when they address
the subject. Also truthful, of course.
Alas! When Joan Walsh brooks this most potent subject, she very much tends
to go off. Below, you see the way she started the first of her two recent
pseudo-discussions of race. We’ll include Salon’s twin headlines, ... more »
The Games Plutocrats Play
*Many a tear has to fall, but it's all in the game*.*
Even though Weeper of the House John Boehner rails, "This isn't some damned
game!"
It most certainly is, suavely counters Secretary of State of Affairs John
Kerry. Think of this little tiff as a rare bad inning for the World Series
champs.
The fact that one upstart, extremist right wing faction seemingly has
the power to bring the greatest nation on Earth to its knees should not be
cause for too much concern, he reassured the wavering global client/fan
base of Team America. This shutdown kerfuffle is merely an example of how
... more »
The Worst Form of Government: If This is Democracy, I'd Hate to See Fascism...
The Worst Form of Government: If This is Democracy, I'd Hate to See
Fascism... from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*"Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world
of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise.
Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government
except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
Sir Winston Spencer Churchil
Speech in the House of Commons November, 11th 1947*
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*Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Reich (The Enabling Act)*
*March 24, 1933*
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Translated from... more »
America's first self- immolation - which occurred Friday at the National Mall is Washington D.C has died from his burns ! And as Tunisia's revolution was commenced by a self - immolation , is this a first disturbing sign of the discontent " chickens coming home to roost " here in the US ? And was this a staged event ( as per the filming by a man not the victim using a camera on a tripod ) ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-05/man-who-lit-himself-fire-national-mall-has-died
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Man Who Lit Himself On Fire On National Mall, Has Died
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In a tragic development, the unidentified man who set himself on fire on
the National Mall at about 4:30 p.m. on Friday in between the Air and Space
Museum and the National Gallery, and who sustained burns to 80% of his body,
has died. AP reports: "A District of Columbia police spoke... more »
Fukushima debacle updates - October 3 - 4 , 2013 - More Tepco incompetence on display , more contamination for the world to absorb..
Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
Fukushima Diary..
JP Gov “Analyze groundwater of shallow layer and deep layer” → Tepco
“Manpower not enough”
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Fukushima Diary reported Tritium density was stably increasing on the
coastal side of reactor1 on 9/4/2013.
(cf, [Mysterious No media coverage] Tritium level in groundwater still
increasing near reactor1 [URL])
In order to see the connection among Tritium density, groundwater flow and
the possible direct leakage from reactor1 turbine buil... more »
"The game you are about to see is the most stupid, appaling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football; possibly in the history of the game - Chile versus Italy"
The 1962 World Cup's infamous Battle of Santiago. Commentary and disgust by
the BBC's David Coleman.
REMEMBERING THE STORIES
Throughout my life, since living at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota as a boy,
I've been studying the history, spirituality, and worldview of Native
Americans. In particular the Lakota people.
I am currently reading a book called "The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge" which
is the true story of a century of Lakota Sioux life - an epic journal of
cultural identity found, lost, and found again - told through the voices of
a single family: the Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
Many times over the years I've read about the massacre at Wounded Knee on
the Pine Ridge reservation on Decem... more »
Doug Noland's Friday Essay entitled "Night and Day " Doug explains how the Federal Reserve Bank's quantitative easing program has a myriad of flow impacts ( direct and indirect ) , contrast of QE ! from the current QE program of the Fed - and how the current QE program actually provides a much more substantial inflationary impact on financial assets and encourages more risk taking and speculative leveraging , yield seeking and clearly is not facilitating de-leveraging conduct - thus Night and Day between QE 1 and current program ! And yes , the Fed is once again creating speculative bubbles ! !
http://www.prudentbear.com/2013/10/night-and-day.html
DOUG NOLAND
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Noland
At least so far, markets seem fine with a pathetically dysfunctional
Washington.
The question arrived via Prudentbear.com and appeared simple enough: “Can
you explain how QE funds are inflating the asset markets if these monies
are being parked back with the Fed, collecting interest? Can they be in two
places at the same time?”
The impact of the Fed’s experimental quantitative easing (QE) program is an
issue of great interest. In his t... more »
Al - Shabaab subject to raid by foreign military forces ( US special forces ) - apparent target Al- Shabab leader Ahmed Godane
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/05/foreign-military-raid-al-shabaab-somalia
Foreign military raid al-Shabaab headquarters in Somalia, reports say
Speculation that assault was targeting militant leader Ahmed Godane, who
claimed responsibility for Nairobi mall attack
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Members of al-Shabaab, which was reportedly targeted in... more »
MURDER DEATH KILL KILL KILL - Snowden Leaks To Reveal NSA's 'Central Role In The US Assassination Program'
News just in from Scahill and Greenwald, via BUSINESS INSIDER.
*Over the weekend, investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill told an audience
in Brazil that he and Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald are working on a
project involving "how the National Security Agency plays a significant,
central role in the U.S. assassination program."
The information apparently comes from classified NSA documents leaked by
Edward Snowden to Greenwald (and others).* [source BUSINESS INSIDER]
And this one from YAHOO NEWS
*"The connections between war and surveillance are clear. I don't want to
give too... more »
Teachers Sabotaged by Unaccountable Text Book Companies
Each day, the stories get more and more Kafkaesque.
Perhaps while the teachers are waiting for their corporatized,
standardized, soulless curriculum and text books to arrive, they can have
the students and staff read Diane Ravitch's Reign of Error.
From NYT: Tardy Deliveries Keep New Books Out of Teachers Hands
*“They want to evaluate us on how well the kids do on the test,” Mr.
Mulgrew said, “but they are not giving us the materials to teach the kids
to ensure the kids are doing well on the test.”*
*In interviews, several teachers said they got a sinking feeling over the
summer,... more »
Afghanistan update - October 5 , 2013 - This will play out like Iraq ... The US will pull out , civil War will ensue , Afghanistan will be left in a state of disarray ( like Iraq and Libya after those Wars ) as the US moves onto the next battles....
As
with Iraq , we will leave Afghanistan on hot smoking mess ......
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/world/asia/impasse-with-afghanistan-raises-prospect-of-total-us-withdrawal-in-2014.html?ref=global-home
Impasse
With Afghanistan Raises Prospect of Total U.S. Withdrawal in 2014
Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
American troops with an Afghan suspected of Taliban connections.
Washington
has said it has no intention of fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan
after
2014.
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Published: October 4, 2013 104 Comments
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