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Truck hauling 36-Inch Pipe to build Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) south-east of Peabody, Kansas, USA. Location is Timber Rd and 20th St in Marion County. Looking south-west with rural Whitewater Center Church in background. Photo taken by Steve Meirowsky on July 10, 2010. Note: The rear wheels on this truck has independent steering. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Lakotas throw out TransCanada reps selling tarsands snake oil
Lakota
Winyan on Cheyenne River Territory
Throw Out the Transcanadians Selling TarSands Snake Oil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz6qkOphrI0&feature=share
On November 13, 2013, tribal members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,
acting as agents for Transcanada in order to sell-out the homeland to
the Keystone XL Pipeline, brought Keystone representatives to the
Avoiding the Joint Security Trap (and Countering Conventional Wisdom)
The diplomatic dustup over Syria brought Russia in from the cold but
simultaneously froze any notion that western allies were getting their
strategic act together. Nonetheless, although the mistakes in the U.S. and
UK’s approach to building support at home and abroad for an intervention in
Syria confused leaders and citizens alike, these mistakes should not be
Continue reading
WORDS FROM CORNEL WEST
The Drone Summit: Proliferation & Resistance conference in Washington DC
began this morning with more than 400 people packed into a hall at
Georgetown University Law School.
After opening words from CodePink co-found Media Benjamin we heard from
keynote speaker Dr. Cornel West from Princeton University. Here are a few
of his words:
- The use of drones to kill people are imperial crimes
- We are creating a love moment, we love our brothers and sisters in
Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and around the world
- We are being pushed into an authoritarian soft fascist regime
- 43... more »
The Smell of Desperate Emails in the Morning
I guess the MoveOn folks didn't get very far with their email appeal the
other day. When even Gail Collins and Ana Marie Cox abandon their
usual playful wingnut-bashing and compare The One to an abusive boyfriend
with the lame apologies, the prez finds himself forced back in wooing mode
in order to salvage what little credibility he still has left.
This missive in my spam folder is so pathetic that I feel guilty parsing
it. Oh, screw it:
Karen --
I want to cut through the media doing its job for a change and
afflicting my comfort noise and talk with you directly about where I'm we'... more »
Did you know that the cost of keeping US soldiers in Afghanistan is $1.3 to $2.1 million per soldier? Or that it cost US taxpayers $50 million to kill one Taliban soldier? Or that the cost of the Afghan and Iraq wars is at least $6 trillion (twice the entire Social Security trust fund), thus explaining the explosion of the US public debt?
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*What Is The Real Agenda Of The American Police State? — Paul Craig Roberts*
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What Is The Real Agenda Of The American Police State?
Paul Craig Roberts
In my last column I emphasized that it was important for American citizens
to demand to know what the real agendas are behind the wars of choice by
the Bush and Obama regimes. These are major long term wars each lasting two
to three tim... more »
Hollow At The Core
The Rob Ford Circus has laid bare the void at the centre of modern Canadian
Conservatism. Michael Harris writes that the party -- and what it stands
for -- has degenerated into what he calls ROFO Madness:
ROFO madness is when you smoke crack cocaine and show up in videos making
death threats. Your mother blames it on your weight problem. Then you sell
bobblehead dolls of yourself to people lining up to have their picture
taken with you.
As with business and government, and news and entertainment, notoriety and
celebrity have merged. And there are always cheerleaders in the media ... more »
Does Max Baucus Get To Choose His Senate Successor?
Brian Schweitzer: "Don't listen to the bullshit you hear in Washington,
D.C. If the election were held today, John Bohlinger would win 2-to-1 over
John Walsh."
-by Bob Brigham
The last time there was on open US Senate seat out here in Montana was in
1978. As your author was in diapers, I didn’t get a choice. Those who did
sent Max Baucus to Washington, where he’s remained to this day.
With poll numbers that have been in the toilet since he let health
insurance
lobbyists write his health care bill, Max Baucus announced this
spring that he would not running for reelection. This set u... more »
lobbyists write his health care bill, Max Baucus announced this
spring that he would not running for reelection. This set u... more » Untitled
*John Barry to speak at inaugural Breakfast with the Newsmakers ~The Lens*
*Marques Colston approaches records -- quietly ~Mike Triplett, ESPN*
*New tool educates on wetlands loss ~Mike Hoss, WWLTV*
*Forbes: N.O. is 6th in the country for middle-class job creation ~Lee
Isaacson, WVUE*
The Paleo Rodeo is up...
check it out.
*The Paleo Rodeo #188*
and
*Forky Friday*
AZOV FILMS AND THE CIA
*Crimea - and stars of Azov Films.*
*Sandra Waslov*, from *Stafford*, in Virginia in the USA, was listed as
Vice President of *4p5p Inc*., the Canadian corporation that owned
Azov-Films, FKA Baikalfilms.com, and Boyjoy.com.
According to researcher Silvija Germek, *Stafford*, in Virginia, is the
location of one of the busiest airports for the CIA.
Sandra Waslov is the mother of Brian Way, AKA Steve, the joint owner of the
Azov Films firm.
*On September 3, 2012, the U.S. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation
conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony at school #14 in downtown Simferopol, ... more »
9.58 for 100m is so fast that Michael Johnson looks shocked
And here's the race
From Berlin's World Championships in 2009.
"Or perhaps Israel"
Hadar at BBC Watch has posted a full transcript of yesterday's *Today *
interview between Sarah Montague and Baroness Warsi.
The subject up for discussion was the persecution of Christians.
One of the questions put by Sarah Montague during the course of that
interview has provoked a good deal of adverse criticism:
“But are you saying – can I just ask – countries like Pakistan that you
refer to, or perhaps Israel or even Iraq where there is a functioning
government – is it just down to the politicians in those countries to speak
out and this problem could be solved?”
Many listener... more »
We Were Born Beings Of Light - A Guest Post by Pam Bickell
Source:
http://notesalongthepath.com/2013/11/14/awareness-of-light/#respond
Text by Pam Bickell
*Life is like a big boat and we're all in it together. Let's not sink it;
let's learn to love and respect each other--to want the very best for
everyone. We are, after all, brothers and sisters, children of the Great
Mystery*
Moscow Subway Ticket Machine Accepts Squats for Tickets
Very funny video... but what do you do when you don't have squat? :)
Cops Can Crack an iPhone In Under Two Minutes
From http://classic.slashdot.org/story/12/03/27/212254
Sparrowvsrevolution writes
"Micro Systemation, a Stockholm-based company, has released a video showing
that its software can easily bypass the iPhone's four-digit passcode in a
matter of seconds. It can also crack Android phones, and is designed to
dump the devices' data to a PC for easy browsing, including messages, GPS
locations, web history, calls, contacts and keystroke logs. The company's
director of marketing says it uses an undisclosed vulnerability in the
devices it targets to run a program on the phone that brute-for... more »
Shooting Stars And The Three Stooges, Broken Media Edition
Maybe it`s just me, not sure anymore and at times it seems easier to just
quit, look the other way, close my mind, ears and eyes and perhaps just
descend into Rob Ford`s world, a world I liken to "Wonderland"
And yes it is true that access to information, FOI`s..ATI(Freedom of
information and Access to information) are getting harder to come by,
Governments across Canada are using back channel emails and or verbal
conversations with winks and nods to convey information, they also use the claim
of cabinet confidentiality to shield information from the public, but that
is no excus... more »
Stratocaching
Geocaching is a kind of game related to orienteering in which people hide
and seek GPS/GSM receivers at random places of the globe. Some Czech
organizations have brought the game to a brand new level: see
Stratocaching.CZ and an explanatory article in English or a fresher one
translated from Czech.
*The video at Stratocaching.cz has 3 tabs, showing the situation in the
balloon; control center; and the launch site. The server may be overloaded
because billions of people may be afraid of thermonuclear detonations.*
A 2-meter-diameter Japanese balloon will be shot to the stratosphere... more »
Free Trade 29: ASEAN and Education Competitiveness
* This is my article yesterday in thelobbyist.biz.
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We will have the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by January 2015 or just 14
months from now. This is a great opportunity for many of us in the region
to experience freer movement of goods and services or people.
While some people see more threats than opportunities in regional free
trade like the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), the threats are too often
exaggerated. Free trade means local producers and manufacturers will have
(a) wider sources of production inputs that are cheaper and/or better
quality, and (b) wider and ple... more »
World record broken: Quantum Memory
*A delicate quantum memory state has been held steady at room temperature
for a world record 39 minutes - overcoming a key barrier to ultrafast
computers.* Qubits of information set in a silicon system persisted for
almost 100 times longer than still before. Quantum systems are disreputably
fickle to measure and manipulate, but if harnessed could transform
computing.
The new standard was set by an international team led by Mike Thewalt of
Simon Fraser University, Canada. But in a quantum scheme, qubits are stored
in a so-called superposition state in which they can be both 1s and... more »
Su Beng Bio Crowdfunding Campaign: Please help!
A message from my friend Felicia Lin, Su Beng's (史明) Biographer:
*+++++++++++++++++*
On October 26 I launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to complete
the biography of Su Beng which I began working on in 2004. As Su Beng turns
95 or 96 as it would be counted in Taiwan, I have felt an increasing
urgency to complete his biography.
Su Beng's life is the story of the struggle of the people of Taiwan, and,
now more than ever before, I believe that telling his story will bring
greater international awareness to the situation in Taiwan.
Su Beng is a nonagenarian Taiwan indepe... more »
Sunday Classics preview: The long-separated twin brother and sister Siegmund and Sieglinde recognize each other
*Plácido Domingo and Adrienne Pieczonka as Siegmund and Sieglinde at the
Met, April 2009*
*by Ken*
This week I want to finish up with my contention that that extraordinary
depth of pain we hear coming out of Wotan, first in Act II of *Die
Walküre*and then, of course, in the his final farewell to his cherished
daughter
Brünnhhilde at the end of the opera, is tempered by our knowledge that
most
of this pain is self-inflicted.
Last time we listened to the whole of Act I of the *Walküre*, the second
opera (but properly speaking "First Day") of Wagner's *Ring of the
Nibelung*tetralogy. ... more »
Toronto isn't shamed by Rob Ford
The situation has become somewhat absurd. The revelations and reactions
seem to suggest the Mayor is suffering from a breakdown of some sort - and
that is hardly surprising seeing as what has happened in the last few
weeks.
But none of this shames Toronto. The suggestion that business will avoid
the city because of the Mayoral scandals is preposterous.
It is obvious that the Mayor's issues are an aberration and the reaction of
the Council shows that. There is no suggestion that drug use is widely
accepted in the corridors of power -- and that's why there is a scandal.
Today in inane analogies
For reasons unknown, BigMedia lapsed into the worn out "Obamacare is
Obama's Katrina" mania today. With predictable results. News flash:
comparing the rugged launch of a major social safety program to the bodies
of Americans floating in a drowned city is always going to be really
offensive. But I suspect that was the point. Trolling for outrage. It
worked.
I have nothing to add to this. It pretty much captures the day perfectly.
.@DukeStJournal I do believe that Tea Pot Dome was known as "Harding's
Obamacare" at the time.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 15, 2013
INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Novelist Beverly Gologorsky Was Shaped by Sixties, Feminism, and The Bronx
Novelist Beverly Gologorsky. Photo by Marion Ettlinger.
An Interview with Beverly Gologorsky:
Novelist and long-time activist's
new book shouts its presence
“Working people are as ubiquitous as Blue Jays. When they fly they’re beautiful."
By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 16, 2013
No one wants to be saddled with labels from the past, certainly not that ubiquitous species known as
Hitler loses his health insurance...
*and he's not happy. *
H/T Conservative Hideout
Video: Lakotas Demand TransCanada Sellouts Leave Lakota Territory!
Debra
White Plume and other Lakotas demand that TransCanada representatives
leave Lakota Territory immediately. White Plume says they are willing to
go to jail to get them off their land. She also tells them to leave now
or be escorted off. Watch and see what happens.
Video by Lakota Media Project
Dutch translation NAIS
WalMart ( FX , slow economic growth ) and Cisco ( NSA blamed for sales decline in China ) Miss Revenues and lower guidance ! Eurozone barly avoids ( for now ) returning to contraction ( France and Italy already contracting and how could Spain really have any actual growth with 30 percent unemployment ) , Abenomics failing as expected ......
Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-14/wal-mart-misses-revenue-guides-below-expectations-fx-slow-economic-growth-blamed
Wal-Mart Misses Revenue, Guides Below Expectations: FX, Slow Economic
Growth Blamed
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/14/2013 07:33 -0500
- Global Economy
inShare
It's deja vu time for Wal-Mart. Spot the trend:
- Q1: Wal-Mart Misses Revenue, Guides Below Expectations: Weather Among
Factors Blamed
- Q2: Wal-Mart Misses, Guides Below Expectations; Blames Weak Consumer
Spending, Payroll Tax, FX And Lack Of Inflation... more »
At the Edge of the Apocalypse
originally published on CounterPunch
Though severely limited by the vast carnage Typhoon Haiyan spread
throughout the region – destroying roads and reducing entire villages to
fields of rubble – relief efforts are underway across the devastated
islands of the Philippines. And as the Climate Change Conference (the COP
19) proceeds in Warsaw, Poland – and as the representative from the
Philippines, Naderev Saño, continues the hunger strike he vowed to maintain
“until a meaningful outcome [to the ongoing crisis] is in sight”, more and
more people across the planet are beginning to rec... more »
Russell Brand and the Necessary Planetary Adjustment
originally published on CounterPunch
Russell Brand's recent political essay, viral BBC interview, and ongoing
comedy tour - The Messiah Complex - raise important political and
philosophical questions concerning, among other issues, the nature of
justice, the importance of voting, and the need for radical, revolutionary
change. These deserve serious consideration.
Since at least the time of the Athenian statesman Solon (c. 638 BC - 558
BC), whose reforms are credited with setting the historical stage for the
emergence of democracy in ancient Athens, the concept of law has contained ... more »
Russell Brand and the Leader Question
originally published on CounterPunch
Russell Brand’s recent calls for revolutionary change (in his BBC interview and
in his article in the New Statesman) have raised a considerable degree of
discussion and controversy. Predictably enough, those on the right have
reacted by generally dismissing the message. Not only do they characterize
its substance as unrealistic, they question the capacity of the messenger;
that this is an *ad hominem* is neither discussed nor, apparently,
comprehended.
Although largely agreeing with the message, those on the left tend to
either uncritically roo... more »
A message to Friday-morning getaway-ers from Friday-morning left-behind Ian Crouch: "EFF -> YOU"
*by Ken*
Or, to put it less succinctly: *"Godspeed, safe travels, and go to hell."*
For the record *The New Yorker*'s Ian Crouch is talking in his blogpost "EFF
-> YOU" about the institution of *the Friday-morning getaway* --
where you use a vacation day to fly out of town for a long weekend
somewhere. Perhaps you are attending some tangential career event, a
convention or a meeting or a conference that's an excuse to drink in
another city. Or maybe you are just short-term travelling -- visiting old
friends, going to a wedding, making a quick there-and-back to your
childhood home... more »
At the Edge of the Apocalypse
originally published on CounterPunch
Though severely limited by the vast carnage Typhoon Haiyan spread
throughout the region – destroying roads and reducing entire villages to
fields of rubble – relief efforts are underway across the devastated
islands of the Philippines. And as the Climate Change Conference (the COP
19) proceeds in Warsaw, Poland – and as the representative from the
Philippines, Naderev Saño, continues the hunger strike he vowed to maintain
“until a meaningful outcome [to the ongoing crisis] is in sight”, more and
more people across the planet are beginning to re... more »
Brief delays in launching appeal not necessarily fatal even where merits thin
*Denomme v. McArthur,*2013 ONCA 694 is a useful case showing, as does the
recent *Fitzpatrick* decision, that brief delays in launching an appeal
will generally not block a delay even where the merits of the appeal seem
thin:
[7] The factors that a court considers in deciding whether to
grant an extension of time to appeal are: 1) whether the appellant formed
an intention to appeal within the relevant period; 2) the length of the
delay and the explanation for it; 3) any prejudice to the respondent; 4)
the merits of the appeal, and 5) whether the justice of the case requires... more »
R.S.V.P.
Two years ago, a message was sent to our off world neighbors (here). The
response came two ways. One was in the comments section of that video, a
conversation that is ongoing (here). Another is a visit, described (here).
Today, some thoughts emerge. The January 1, 2012 video describes us –
brilliant beings of light. It invites interaction. Not government
sanctioned interaction or contact when we are “worthy”. It is an
invitation, period. It operates as any other invitation and can be
accepted or refused.
What’s happened since then? We’ve woken up on a grand scale. We ... more »
Libya sees Anti- Militia protest in Tripoli turn deadly - 37 killed in fighting , PM " asks " armed groups to leave Tripoli....Just another tragic example of the state of affairs in "liberated " Libya ! .
Amazigh shocked by Tripoli slaughter lift Mellitah blockade
*By Ahmed Elumami.*
[image: Mellitah gas plant]
*Tripoli, 16 November 2013:*
Saying they are shocked by the killings in Tripoli, Amazigh protestors
which have been blockading the Mellitah complex, stopping supplies of gas
to Italy, today suspended their action.
The Amazigh Supreme Council said they had taken the move “on the back of
the unfortunate events that took place on Friday in Tripoli”.
A member of the council, Ayoub Sufian, told the *Libya Herald* that the
decision to suspend the Mellitah blockade was because of “the... more »
The Bill and Melinda Gates Fixers
*Gates money continues to drive projects to put its peculiar definition on
texts schools must teach and to diminish all subjects except Language Arts
and math.*
*by Susan Ohanian*
What Good News!
Bill and Melinda Gates Fixers are critical of evaluation rubrics.
What Bad News!
Bill and Melinda Gates Fixers are designing new teacher evaluation rubrics.
They're working with grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Student Achievement Partners: $6,803,348
The New Teacher Project (TNTP): $23,000,280
TNTP has issued an Issues Analysis Report titled Fixing Classroom
... more »
Stores opening on Thanksgiving?...
*frankly - I don't give a darn.*
*And for those who do - spare me your phoney outrage. *
It's interesting to witness the uproar from some people over retailers who
are planning on opening on Thanksgiving. The people who are upset are
wrapping it up in a nice package of concern for the poor employees who are
being denied a family holiday.
Really?
I haven't noticed the same concern for emergency room doctors, nurses,
firemen, or police officers. Want to know why? Because if their house
catches on fire, they want someone to come and put it out. And if they
have to avail themsel... more »
Another introspective post
In a recent post, I mentioned the occasional famines that afflict *Is the
BBC biased?*, due to our many (delightful) non-blogging commitments.
Well, the last few days might well have got poor Sir Bob Geldof all
agitated again. Blog Aid might be imminent and *I Don't Like Mondays *could
be due another outing.
I've not really got much to say beyond that. So goodnight, sweet ladies,
goodnight...
...except to say that (and, thus, keeping the sweet ladies waiting by the
door) there have been some telling posts and comments at *Biased BBC *in
the last few days.
This, again, proves the... more »
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*Feds struggle to get smaller oil companies, contractors to follow new
offshore safety rules ~David Hammer, WWLTV *
Friday Baseball Post
Haven't done one of these for a while, and I know exactly why: I've really
lost interest in the postseason awards.
I'm not really sure why. I'm certainly not any less of a baseball fan than
I used to be. I'm just as interested as ever in the HOF, which one would
think would be similar. But the postseason awards? If one of the Giants has
a shot at it, I'll root for him, and otherwise...well, I'll notice them. I
might read a couple of items. That's about it.
I used to vote at the Internet Baseball Awards (I used to vote back when
they were conducted over USENET, actually). I don't, an... more »
Not In The West? (a reply to PLG)
Yesterday I asked out of frustration just how the progressive "tactic" of
isolated protests (which is the chosen form of activism by the people whose
politics I mostly share) is supposed to provide any sort of real change to
the world we all describe as veering towards some sort of apocalypse.The
always worthwhile Purple Library Guy responded in a way I was not expecting:
Thwap, if you want to make a difference, move to Latin America. If you want
to win, go to Venezuela. If you want to struggle with a chance of winning,
try one of the places where there's some progress but it's har... more »
Joan Walley's Retirement Letter
At the constituency meeting of Stoke North Labour Party this evening, Joan
Walley, the well-respected and - yes - much-loved Stoke-on-Trent North MP
announced her retirement at the 2015 general election. In a brief speech at
the end of her monthly parliamentary report, Joan spoke movingly of her
tough decision, her record, and her hopes for the local party's future.
Below I've reproduced the text of her resignation note to the constituency
chair, Tony Fradley.
Dear Tony,
I wanted you and the General Committee to be the first to know that I have
decided not to seek re-election to... more »
GERMANY & DRONES
RT reports that Berlin has suspended the purchase of armed drones on the
grounds that it “categorically rejects illegal killings.” This follows a
report by Amnesty International that accused Merkel’s government of aiding
the US with drone strikes in Pakistan.
A draft agreement between the Social Democrats and the Conservatives
obtained by Der Spiegel condemns the use of drones for targeted attacks.
*"We categorically reject illegal killings by drones. Germany will support
the use of unmanned weapons systems for the purposes of international
disarmament and arms control,"* said th... more »
House passes Protect Predatory Insurers Act
John Boehner's House of Dysfunction passed a bill protecting junk health
insurance with a convenient side effect of slow motion undermining the very
core of health insurance reform. House GOPers rejected an amendment to
protect consumers brought forward by the Democrats. They objected to this
language as not being germane to their bill.
The amendment proposed in the motion to recommit in pertinent part requires
state insurance commissioners to examine notices of health insurance
cancellations or conversions. It also addresses the regulation of health
insurance rates, specifically t... more »
The Dirty Water on Mike Pence's Fascist CECI
by Doug Martin
*More information is coming into me, as we speak, concerning the CECI
detailed below. I will be following up with more writings concerning
Pence's group, so please sign the petition to tell Pence to stop his
educational power grab. And call Mike Pence at 1 (317) 232-4567). For an
insightful take on fascism to apply to contemporary America, see political
science scholar Lawrence Britt's "The 14 Characteristics of Fascism" here.
DM)*
When Glenda Ritz walked out on the recent state board of education fiasco
in Indiana, the corporate *Indy Star* quickly branded the su... more »
Upton's Phony "Fix" Is Nothing But Another Try To Repeal Healthcare-- 39 Dems Voted For It
A couple hours ago the Democratic Motion to Recommit-- their response to
Upton's bill to gut the Affordable Care Act-- would have given State
Commissioners authority to go after bad actor insurance companies. It
didn't extend health plans permanently like bill offered by Mary Landrieu,
only extending them through the end of 2014. The smart thing would have
been to just offer an end to Obamacare altogether and allow anyone who
wants to buy into Medicare that opportunity and anyone who wants to keep
GOP junk health insurance do that. But expanding Medicare is, of course,
the worst n... more »
Miss Universe is Like Other International Organizations…except the members are half naked
Last week Dan Drezner asked What Does Miss Universe Tell us About World
Politics in 2013? The post starts off on a positive note- that one can find
politics anywhere- before it descends into one of the most classic examples
of gender-avoidance/oblivion I’ve read in ages. Drezner swiftly calls on
“the most qualified person on
Continue reading
The sub-standard bare bones low quality lousy crappy no good health insurance meme...
*not to mention "you're too stupid to know what it is you bought."*
Go to any leftie site and you'll hear this repeated over and over, because
we all know what deep thinkers libtards are. Right?
Since we are self-employed, we carried our own insurance for many years.
We had no problem understanding exactly what our Blue Cross policy covered
and what it didn't. There was no "small print" or surprises. None. It
was affordable and it was what we wanted.
So what makes these policies "sub-standard, bare-bones, low quality, lousy,
crappy, and no good?
For one thing, they don't cove... more »
McLatchy examines Lara’s song!
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2013*
*Schieffer sang it too:* McLatchy, the last of America’s news orgs, has
done a long analysis of Lara Logan’s horrific Benghazi report.
For Kevin Drum’s summary, just click here. For McLatchy’s report, click
this.
We were very much struck by Drum’s summary of the McLatchy report.
“McClatchy's Nancy Youssef takes a deep dive through Logan's story and
finds problems with nearly everything she reported,” Drum writes. “In
particular, Logan's repeated insistence that the attack was a well-planned
Al-Qaeda assault is questionable at best.”
Drum presented exce... more »
JFK MIND-CONTROLLED WITH DRUGS?
*Dr Max Jacobson* was a German-Jewish doctor who gave
methamphetamine (Speed) mixed with other drugs to several top people,
including President John F Kennedy.
Jacobson's patients included *Elvis Presley, Nelson Rockefeller, Marilyn
Monroe, Judith Exner, Frank Sinatra, Sam Giancana, Judy Garland, Bryan
Jones and Andy Williams.*
Some of these people are believed to have been victims of CIA mind-control.
*Dr Max Jacobson*
*According to the book: Dr Feelgood, by Richard A. Lertzman and William J.
Birnes:*
*1.* Jacobson, who was born in Germany, claimed that his drug concoction
wa... more »
Bob Feldman : A People's History of Egypt, Part 11, Section 2
Henri Curiel was the leading figure in the Egyptian communist movement in the 1940s.
A people's history:
The movement to democratize Egypt
Part 11: 1945-1946 Period/Section 2 -- Egyptian communist groups grow and face government retaliation.
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2013
[With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series, "The
In Honduras and Canada, the strange political silence on inequality
Ten days left until the Honduran national elections, and I’m thinking about
inequality.
It’s stunning in Honduras. There are the obvious signs - the contrast
between the lavish malls in the cities and the squatters’ shacks along any
stretch of highway where there is a precarious place to cobble together
some sticks and tarps and corrugated tin.
And there are the statistics.
The UN does a useful Human Development Report each year.
This year’s HDR report shows the top 20 per cent of the Honduran population
have average incomes 29.7 times greater than the bottom 20 per cent. The
only cou... more »
Flower positive gaming experience - PS4 improvements galore - retro goodness 9.5 score
IGN has decided to review FLOWER by 'that game company' featured on Free
Planet in 2009.
Listen to IGN'S reviewer gush passionately about wonderful, caring,
positive gameplay features, and the stunning-sounding enhancements of the
PS4 version.
Oh, yes!
THE STORY BEHIND THE IRAN CONFLICT
US, Israel, France and Saudi Arabia are working overtime to make sure that
any deal with Iran is killed.
Saudi Arabia is holding out huge arms sales to France in exchange for their
agreement to help gum up the works with Iran. So much for the Socialist
government in Paris - they've turned out as bad, if not worse, than the
conservatives.
The US and UK are likely to extract some big weapons contracts from the
Saudi monarchy as well before all this is over. Israel is still itching
for a chance to launch an attack on Iran.
I read years ago that the primary reason Iran wants nuclea... more »
Plagiarism Wins Again (FIX THE DEBT Fraud Occurs Nationwide - Thank You, Pete Peterson!) Wonder What Dan Rather Is Thinking NOW?
I can get her with soup! I think we're just lucky that hoods (or thugs) are
soooo lazy that they don't even want to take the time to change the
templates (even slightly) before they submit the exact lying words
everywhere (under different signer's names). Once again, it seems that
these people are so thick that it never occurs to them that other people
read more than one source. (Please
We See Some Evidence That The PMO Interfered With Elections Canada Investigation Of Robocalls .... (are you surprised?)
*Former Ministerial staffer, Michael Sona insists that he was thrown under
the bus by the PMO. A newly released email shows that the PMO interfered in
the investigation of RoboCalls by Elections Canada:*
*OTTAWA – One of Prime Minister Stephen Harper‘s top advisers instructed a
potential key witness in the robocalls investigation to delay an interview
with an Elections Canada investigator until she could obtain legal advice.*
*Jenni Byrne, who was the Conservatives’ national campaign manager during
the 2011 election, emailed Guelph campaign worker Andrew Prescott on Nov.
30, 2011... more »
David McReynolds : We Are All Wounded Veterans
March
to alternative Armistice ceremony in Regents Park in London, November
11, 1938.
Until the guns fall silent:
We are all wounded veterans
In the bad wars -- which are the only wars we have fought for some time
now -- there is the terrible knowledge that the enemy was never really
the enemy.
By David McReynolds / The Rag Blog / November 12, 2013
There was something infinitely sad and
Porta fotos de Navidad
[image: Imagenes Gratis para Navidad y Año Nuevo 2014]
Mint Hot Chocolate in a Slow Cooker and a Stephen's Hot Chocolate Giveaway
I was given samples of Stephen's Gourmet to review in exchange for this
post and giveaway. All opinions are 100% my own.
Who doesn't love Hot Chocolate? My husband. Seriously. From the second I
found out his dislike for all drinks that are hot, I have been trying to
find the exception to his no hot chocolate rule, and I finally found it. Stephen's
Gourmet Hot Chocolate. The Mint Truffle in particular won his vote. It is
seriously the only brand he will drink.
I have wanted to make Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate for awhile, but I wanted it
to be something my husband would drink. I foun... more »
Continuing: Holland’s ongoing use of The Bomb!
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2013*
*A tribally pleasing discussion:* These are highly tribal times. If you
want to avoid being dumb in the oldest and dumbest ways, we would make two
suggestions.
First suggestion: If some study says the other tribe is more likely to
think X, Y or Z, always ask yourself this: *How much* more likely are they?
For background, see yesterday's post.
It’s easy to read a statement like that and think The Others are *all* like
that. That’s kind of the way the headlines worked when Salon reprinted the
interview we’ve been discussing, the interview between Joshua H... more »
Fermilab Today on naturalness
Today, Fermilab Today published a nice short article about naturalness
written by Jim Pivarski of CMS.
The article contains an unlikely arrangement of stones which seems to
depend – much like the Higgs boson mass – on fine, unlikely cancellations.
Pivarski also writes that it's unlikely for many parts of the same car to
break at the same moment.
I chose another example of an unnatural arrangement of matter – one that
was being offered to me by several Czech discount servers today. ;-) While
the "Wine Bottle Chain Holder – Holds Bottles In the Air" seems even more
extreme than the... more »
I can't post comments like that...
Somebody decided that it was worth commenting on this post but with such
language! I have censored it...
Anniversaries
We are headed toward a famous anniversary. Almost exactly fifty years ago
three famous men, CS Lewis, Aldous Huxley and John Kennedy died
simultaneously, albeit in rather different circumstances.
Of the three CS Lewis probably has most social and cultural presence today,
and he probably deserves this least. His modern revival is much to do with
the success of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. This was based upon the
books written by Lewis’s friend JRR Tolkein. Both are similar characters,
with similar styles, subjects and outlooks, literary falangists (although
Tolkein was a cath... more »
what matters most ?
Each morning
we are born again.
What we do today
is what matters most.
-Buddha
Natives Protest EPA and Coast Guard Poisoning Alaskan Waters Nov. 15, 2013
ALASKA ALLIANCE RALLYS AGAINST EPA AND COAST GUARD PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGs to authorize the ‘poisoning of Alaskan waters’.
Where: ANCHORAGE, AK Federal Courthouse, 222 W. 7th Avenue
Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 Time: 12 noon- 12:45 pm
:
By NIKOS PASTOS
CARL WASSILE
A DECEPTIVE ATTEMPT BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR THEIR CHEMICAL DISPERSANT USE PREAUTHORIZATION PLAN
New York GOP Heavy Donors-- Including Tom Reynolds-- Raising Major Bucks For… Democrat Brian Higgins
Unless you're reading *DWT* for the first time, you're already aware
that
we don't care for conservatives or reactionaries here. We have a bias
towards progressives. But we don't dislike moderates either. Nothing
wrong
with a moderate. Oh, not in the way the Inside-the-Beltway media terms
every right-wing corporate whore and conservative a moderate… just
*actual*moderates. Like Buffalo's Brian Higgins. He has the 132nd most
progressive
voting record in Congress (out of 200 Democrats). His lifetime
Progressive
Punch crucial vote score is 76.06. He's no Mark Pocan (98.39), Raul
Grij... more »
Toronto city council is going to curb Rob Ford's powers
It is about time. He has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that he is an
inebriated idiot.
Education Reform Guide
Education Reform Guide. via Education Reform Guide.
Nashville Metro Puts Brakes on Charter Expansion--CorpEd Spews
A clip from the Tennessean:
The Metro school board approved a plan Tuesday night effectively
restricting the authorization of new charter schools next year to South
Nashville or to schools tagged for three straight years of poor performance.
The resolution approved by the board requires all new charter schools to be
located either within areas where schools are above 120 percent of capacity
or in an existing school that spent three years under scrutiny as a
“target” school.
“The board is clearly interested with focusing on developing a more
thoughtful and strategic approach to how th... more »
The War In Afghanistan: A Cold Hard Truth... This War Was ALWAYS About The Opium!
Honestly, I have not done any articles on Afghanistan for a while, but why
bother? I said again and again that this war was lost a very long time ago
and was nothing more than a fraud from the very beginning... The US led
invasion of that nation was for one purpose and one purpose only: To get
the Opium poppy fields back into full production for the criminal Jewish
drug lords to reap massive profits! All other excuses for attacking that
nation have proven to be frauds pushed on gullible people.....
I want to present a new video narrated by Russia Today reporter Abby Martin
that a... more »
The Ghost Bill
I'll
give President Obama credit where it's due. By ordering the
restorationof the cancelled health policies of a couple million
Americans suffering
from the sticker shock of, say, having to pay for somebody else's
pregnancy
when they themselves are post-menopausal, he's inadvertently displaying
the
deep sickness of the for-profit health care system itself.
And I have to admit, watching Big Insurance Maven Karen Ignagnisquirming
in the bind that the predatory insurers now find themselves
in, over a law that they themselves dictated to Max Baucus for their own
sole profit, does evoke ... more »
STALKING THE FAUX EDUCATION REPORTERS: Finland on $6 a day!
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2013*
*Part 5—Who paid for Ripley’s trip:* Amanda Ripley prepped at
Lawrenceville, like Malcom Forbes before her.
In 1996, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, whatever that means, from Cornell. Or
so Wikipedia says!
That pedigree may explain the way Ripley opens her ballyhooed book, The
Smartest Kids in the World. Darlings! As she starts, Ripley explains that
she used to sniff at the very *idea* of writing about public schools.
To Ripley, it just wasn’t done!
Below, you see the way Ripley opens her book. Whenever the analysts read
the highlighted statements, they ... more »
Unexpected implications from SCC privacy decision
Today's Supreme Court decision in *Alberta (Information and Privacy
Commissioner) v. United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401*, 2013 SCC
62 holds videotaping people crossing picket lines is protected by freedom
of speech. That may have some unexpected implications. Presumably the
analysis would apply to videotaping people going into, for example,
abortion clinics, drug rehab centres or other places. The Court holds:
[11] As the parties conceded, freedom of
expression under s. 2(*b*) is clearly engaged by the Union's activities.
The Union collected pe... more »
The ZAP Report 11-10-2013
*I little late with this, I was enroute to Morocco.... Not a lot of new
data, more delays in the purported RV and prosperity packages, etc.... As
usual comments in red are mine. -Bill*
*Greetings and salutations,*
*So more Web sites to check out:*
*www.nvisible.com - Solara’s updates are available monthly and weekly by
subscription, but she does have some free material, and she does release
her prior updates for free a few months later. I have been a paid
subscriber for years. In honor of the 11:11 today.*
*www.youtube.com/watch?v=u__ekrAxWdE - The Astrology of November 2013 –... more »
Under Jewish Rule (Goodbye America!)
I have been so busy the last few days, and I am again playing catch up with
this blog..... It has indeed been hard to juggle personal and family
concerns and yet try to keep up on what has been happening around the
world, and posting material here.....
I came across the following very important article from Lasha Darkmoon
(www.darkmoon.me), that I want everyone who follows this blog to read... It
is entitled: "Under Jewish Rule" and paints a very grim picture of what
America has turned into today thanks to the destruction brought about by
Jewish interests.... The entire article is r... more »
Guardian columnist blames the persecution of Mid-East Christians on Israel’s creation
'... the plight of religious and ethnic minorities in Muslim and Arab
majority countries in the region is ignored due in part to political
correctness, cultural relativism and a malign obsession with Israel.'
Because for too many on the left of politics, Israel is always to blame and
facts can be ignored in order to make this point.
More here
http://cifwatch.com/2013/11/14/guardian-columnist-blames-the-persecution-of-mid-east-christians-on-israels-creation
KILLING THE GOLDEN GOOSE
*Vietnam-vet Bob Anderson standing outside Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. The base is a major space technology development center*
- I am heading today to Washington DC to participate in the Drones
Around the Globe: Proliferation and Resistance conference being organized
by Codepink. It is being held at the Georgetown Law Center and will include
drone survivors and families of victims from Pakistan and Yemen. This
evening I am lucky to arrive in time to attend a concert featuring
folksingers Charlie King and Karen Brandow at a local church. I'll be
... more »
I've Seen This One Before
Today the House is scheduled to vote for the Upton bill, at least unless
conservatives decide at the last minute that it really is a fix, and
therefore helping Obamacare.
Some Democrats will vote for it.
A quick hint: House Democratic votes for Upton, in a situation in which the
bill won't be coming to the Senate floor, may be an indication that
Republicans have successfully crafted a bill that puts pressure on
Democrats to split their votes. But it's not an indication that Democrats
are abandoning the ACA.
This happened just a month ago, when Republicans during the shutdown
broug... more »
Benjamin Fulford - November 11, 2013: The French, Saudi, Israeli and Japanese slave governments block new financial system
Monday, November 11, 2013
*Benjamin Fulford - November 11, 2013: The French, Saudi, Israeli and
Japanese slave governments block new financial system*
The efforts to release vast amounts of funds and launch a new golden age
for humanity and the planet are now being blocked by a small group of
nations notably France, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Japan together with the
Wall Street whore politicians in Washington D.C. However, the families that
control these nations are negotiating with the White Dragon Society and its
allies so good results are expected.
We are also still hearing cre... more »
ExoNews: 50th Anniversary of NSA Hotline document revealing Kennedy Khrushchev UFO discussion
This was posted at KP's blog...
JFK explains the real purpose of the First Amendment
*Amendment ICongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.*
In his admirable and quite remarkable speech at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
in 1961 entitled *"The President and the Press,"* President John F. Kennedy
explained the precise role of the First Amendment of the United States
Constitution - the role the Founding Fathers had in mind when they added it
to ... more »
Your moment of Zen
Rice Terraces Of Northeast Vietnam. [Image Credit : Sarawut Intarob via Milky
Way Scientists]
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Jonny Lee Miller, 41.
Some good stuff:
1. I didn't know the Brits had set up a US-like National Security Council,
and that other nations were getting in on it. Gideon Rachman explains. I
assume, of course, that the big problem in the UK is coordinating the
efforts of the Ministry of Administrative Affairs with what's going on over
at Silly Walks.
2. Larry Pressler is (sort of) back! Eric Ostermeier is all over the
election, and the distinction he would hold if he (improbably) wins back a
Senate seat. Pressler, last seen when defeated in 1996, would be, yes, a
Bat... more »
South Sweden Police's Regstry of Roma is Illegal on Multiple Counts – and More Criticism May Well Be Coming!
So a while back I posted an admittedly rather annoyed and highly sarcastic
piece regarding the revelations of a registry of more than 4 500 people,
mostly of roma origin or related to roma people, some of them since long
dead and over 1 000 of them small children, and the feeble and completely
confused attempts of responsible police officials to deny any wrongdoing,
responsibility or simply sweep the whole thing under the carpet. After that
it has been revealed that the registry has contained a large number of
people with no suspiscion of or connection whatsoever to criminal
activi... more »
Guardian columnist blames the persecution of Mid-East Christians on Israel’s creation
Because for too many on the left of politics, Israel is always to blame and
facts can be ignored in order to make this point.
More here
http://cifwatch.com/2013/11/14/guardian-columnist-blames-the-persecution-of-mid-east-christians-on-israels-creation
Consecutive and concurrent sentences
Cumulative punishments are known as consecutive sentences. This only
applies to jail sentences, all other sentences run concurrently. All
sentences are presumed to be served concurrently.
Generally, sentences for offences that occur at separate occasions will be
served consecutively.[1] While where the offences arise out of the same
transaction, the sentences will be typically concurrent.[2] If the court
does not indicate whether sentences are concurrent or consecutive it is
presumed concurrent.[3]
Nevertheless, the decision of consecutive sentences is one entitled to
deference... more »
One Advantage Of Obama's Plummeting Approval: Maybe His Deceitful And Disastrous Trade Agenda Can Be Derailed
Last week we took another look at Obama's latest benign-sounding "free"
trade disaster-in-the-making, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. I don't know
about you, but I wouldn't vote for *anyone* who backs these kinds of
agreements, regardless of political party. At the time we mentioned how
everything was being hidden from the public and totally shrouded in
secrecy-- secrecy from the taxpayers and ordinary citizens, not from the
predatory corporations who finance the political careers of America's
ruling elites. Now wikileaks has heroically has begun releasing the
documents.
The TPP ... more »
Does My Employer Have To Pay Me Even If I'm Illegal?
I received this question from a reader:
*I'm in the process to get my green card. I worked for a guy for few weeks.
He knew that I didn't have my EAD by that time. He doesn't want to pay me.
I have been trying to get my payment over 2 weeks. Yesterday he sent me a
text saying "go f**k yourself. if you contact me again I will notify the
authorities" What can I do?*
The quick answer is that, yes, your employer has to pay you even if you
worked without the proper permit or are in the country illegally. If you
are a foreign worker in the U.S., you have some hoops to jump through to
wor... more »
Long Island Advocates to Sue Suffolk Over Tapping Environmental Fund
Advocates to Sue Suffolk Over Tapping Environmental Fund
Why Banking, Corporate America And The Government Need Each Other
http://investmentwatchblog.com/why-banking-corporate-america-and-the-government-need-each-other/
*Why Banking, Corporate America And The Government Need Each Other*
November 14th, 2013
by Gold Silver Worlds
It should not come as a surprise that banking, industry and government are
closely connected. The recent draconian decisions of the US Fed or the US
foreign policy towards the Middle East are obvious examples. In order to
understand who is behind most of those decisions and who the beneficiaries
are, one should go back in history to the end of the 19th century.
Murray N. Roth... more »
Untitled
*Lee Zurik Investigation: Are utilities the real power behind the PSC?
~WVUE*
*After Katrina: Transnational Perspectives on the Futures of the Gulf
South, a one day conference at Tulane *
*La. to get $68 million in barrier island, diversion projects ~Amy Wold,
The Advocate*
*Bayou Bienvenue to teach about wetlands restoration ~WDSU*
*Detonation, fire kills one at Chevron Pascagoula Refinery ~WLOX*
*John Besh Launches "Besh Box": A Monthly Subscription Gourmet Kit ~Richard
Martin, Food Republic*
*Second line Sunday: Nine Times SA&PC parade ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit*
The Gambia Bolts
*...and the bottom dropped out of the road.*
I've been traveling in Sabah and was reminded of how wild things are down
there by the sobering news of Taiwanese tourists killed on a small island
off the lovely east coast. But that news was overshadowed by the big news
that The Gambia has cut ties with the ROC. WSJ reports:
Taiwan said Friday that it felt "shock and regret" from the announcement,
and believed Gambia's president Yahya Jammeh made the decision unilaterally
without pressure from China.
"Right now it appears this was a personal decision made by Gambia's
President Jammeh,... more »
Al Qaeda in Syria rebels mistakenly behead one of their rebel commanders - can we put these guys in charge of ObamaCare ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-15/al-qaeda-apologizes-after-beheading-fellow-rebel-mistake
Al-Qaeda Apologizes After Beheading A Fellow "Rebel" By Mistake
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/15/2013 08:05 -0500
- Iraq
- Newspaper
- Obamacare
inShare
They may be brutal, barbarian, CIA-funded cannibal savages, but at least
they are brutal, barbarian, CIA-funded cannibal savages with manners. Case
in point: after an Al-Qaeda linked rebel group chopped the head off a
person it thought was a member of the government side, it has since ... more »
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