Spanish artillery located on the Intramuros in Manila. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Kids playing basketball in Intramuros, Manila. January 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
shooting heather (Photo credit: Project 404)
English: The panoramic view of PLM campus at the Intramuros from the historic Manila Hotel. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Christy Clark`s Newest LNG Investor, The Deforester
Indonesia billionaire proposes small-scale LNG export plant in B.C.
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March 11, 2013
*- Controversial Indonesian billionaire Sukanto Tanoto has purchased an
industrial site in Squamish, B.C., 30 miles north of Vancouver, for the
purposes of exporting LNG. The self-educated entrepreneur has been
criticized for environmental practices elsewhere in his $12 billion
industrial empire, raising questions about his B.C. venture. Environmental
watchers say Tanoto's logging company has a checkered record in cutting
down Indonesia's r... more »
Freedom Flame Awards, More Photos
It was a big day indeed, and a big night, November 10, 2013, at the
beautiful San Diego Gardens, Intramuros, Manila. This is in an open area
between Pamantasan ng Maynila and Manila Hotel. See my earlier story of the awards
with photos.
There were many guests that night. The big event of the FNF was the 20th
anniversary of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD), Nov.
9-11 held at Manila Hotel. CALD is the organization of politicians
affiliated with either a Liberal Party or Democratic Party in Asian
countries. CALD is one of the two big projects of FNF in Asia, along ... more »
Heather Mizeur (D-MD) Is Helping Make Marijuana Legalization Part Of The Progressive Agenda
Back during the summer, I wrote about a Democratic candidate for governor,
Heather Mizeur. If she wins, Heather would be the first woman governor of
Maryland and the first openly gay governor in the country. But as she says,
she’s not running to make history, she’s running to make a difference. And
over the past several weeks, her campaign has lived up to the progressive
dream we knew her candidacy would be.
In Maryland, the gubernatorial candidates pick their lieutenant governor
before the primary, and Heather wasn’t afraid to make a bold choice-- she
now has a progressive chang... more »
JFK50: Why I Have Absolutely No Intention of Paying My License Fee
JFK50: Why I Have Absolutely No Intention of Paying My License Fee from Spike
EP on Vimeo.
If it's not important, then why are they still lying about it...?
Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human: A brief Synopsis
*Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human*
*All-Day Student/Community Symposium*
*A brief Synopsis*
*Nov 19, 2013*
Whatever I write here is but a glimpse of what happened on Tues Nov 19 at
the “Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human” symposium at the University of
Arizona. Many photographs were taken and much was videotaped… and this here
too is but a brief synopsis that will give you a feel for this event, but
it does not approximate conveying the historic nature of the gathering.
(Videotape of much of the symposium will be released as soon as all the
permissions are gathered.)
The sy... more »
Common Core, Aligned Curriculum, and Other NGA/Duncan-decided Issues
In this post, I would like to offer information on the beginnings of the
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and its interconnectedness with other
so-called reforms. I refer to three documents (all linked below) from June
2008, June 2009, and June 2010. My initial purpose in examining these
documents was to ascertain the admitted connection […]
Massachusetts Halts Common Core - Damaging to Students
Hold on there - wait. There is still intellectual curiosity and common
sense in Massachusetts. There are now 15 states pushing back on the Common
Core and PARCC.
From Brittany Corons,The Foundry
For one thing, as Sandra Stotsky—one of the leaders of Massachusetts’s 1993
education reform movement who resigned from the Common Core review
committee—argued, the diminished emphasis on literature would actually be
damaging to students. Stotsky, now professor of education reform *emerita *at
the University of Arkansas, says:
[Common Core’s] misplaced stress on informational texts reflects... more »
Right-wingers on the filibuster -- it's the old Ralph Kramden con: "Heads I win, tails you lose"
*"If a Senate majority demonstrates it can make such a change once, there
are no rules which binds a majority, and all future majorities will feel
free to exercise the same power, not just on judges and executive
appointments but on legislation."*
*-- Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)*
*"You will no doubt come to regret this, and you may regret it a lot sooner
than you think."*
*-- Sen. "Miss Mitch" McConnell (R-KY)*
*by Ken*
You do see the difference between what Senator Levin and Miss Mitch are
saying, don't you?
Senator Levin is talking about the real prospect of a "tyranny of the
major... more »
WE AIN'T GETTING OUT OF AFGHANISTAN
ABC’s *World News with Diane Sawyer* revealed a new report from John Sopko,
the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which
claims the United States has paid more than $150 million to Afghan
companies that may have helped finance terror attacks on U.S. soldiers and
assets in Afghanistan.
In a related story from *The Washington Post* about the new Afghanistan
permanent basing agreement now being negotiated with the Obama
administration: "The United States can maintain up to nine bases, and
American troops and support contractors will be able to enter Af... more »
CONSEQUENCES OF THE US PIVOT TO ASIA-PACIFIC
US Plans to Expand War Games in Ecologically Rich Mariana Islands
by Zoe Loftus-Farren
Naval training exercises threaten local communities and environmentThe
United States military assumed control the Mariana Islands during World War
II and has been waging war on the environment there ever since. Recent
proposals to expand the range for Navy training exercises in this
archipelago in the northwestern Pacific Ocean represent the latest frontier
in this battle, and could be devastating to local communities as well as
wildlife.
By many accounts, military trainings have already had a t... more »
A song for the (barely) defeated
Here’s John Lennon on this morning’s result:
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Lange - Drifting Away
Every lecturer I've ever known has told their students *not* to leave their
work to the last minute. And yet, without exception, every lecturer I've
ever known leaves it to the last possible moment to churn out their papers
and their lectures. Who then am I to go against this inglorious grain? It
does mean there will be no proper blogging tonight. So here, have a ditty.
DOING HOWARD ZINN
Matt Damon reads the words of historian and activist Howard Zinn...."We
need a declaration of inter-dependence."
The Carlyle Connection (Documentary)
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A revealing documentary about the international world of private equity
banking.
The Carlyle Group, one of the largest investment banks in the world, is
based in Washington and has accumulated its capital mainly by investments
in the defence industry. On their list of employees are people like Lou
Gerstner (former chairman of IBM), George Bush Sr., James Baker III, John
Major (former British Prime Minister) and Fidel Ramos (former Prime
Minister of the Philippines). The Carlyle Group invests in areas that are
closely tied ... more »
Blossom Goodchild - November 21, 2013
*Heather said that Blossom almost let the entire cat out of the bag
today...read on if you want a glimpse of what is coming... -AK*
Blossom Goodchild - November 21, 2013
What ho chaps! Back again! I have been RIDICULOUSLY tired these last few
weeks ... anything to do with what's going on, or is it just 'normal life'?
*We would send cheering greetings back to you* *and as always **it is
exciting and endearing to be within your company once again. The tiredness
you are experiencing ... and indeed many ... is far more than the average
day to day exhaustion! The energies that ARE to e... more »
Fraudsters
Fraudsters can be very convincing, and very charming.
Allan Titford was not at all charming, but he did convince a lot of people
he was genuine in saying he’d been wronged by the Government and the
Waitangi Tribunal. Turns out however, on the judgement of the courts, that
much of what he said was made up—that he himself was responsible for the
arsons he clamed had been committed by local Maori, Te Roroa—that their
campaign to drive him off his land by violence and intimidation, in which
he claimed the government and police colluded, was fiction and not fact.
Or, in the judgemen... more »
Pepe Escobar- Follow the Money: How lobby interests are spinning Iran nuclear deal
There is a video available at the link. I can't embed it unfortunately.
Do take the six minutes to watch it
Pepe rightly calls the beginning of the "spin war" and assumes the spin war
will continue for the next six months.... I agree
He also states that Iran has no interest in breaking the deal. None.
Therefore, they won't.
Reference is made back to the news of clandestine meetings, mentioned in
the previous post.
*....P5+1 make a deal with Iran. Israel steams. Clandestine Meetings*
*Anyway........ here is Pepe from RT*
Iran’s nuclear deal with the P5+1 group of world powers in Genev... more »
Iran-- Good Deal?
A few weeks ago Zbigniew Brzezinski, responding to another anti-Iran *NY
Times* editorial, mused to his Twitter followers, "Do our Middle East
"allies" really have our best interests at heart when they clamor for us to
go to war for them?" Those allies are are Israel, Saudi Arabia and it's
Gulf satellites and Turkey, all with their own national interests and
obviously the answer to the question is "no." When Israel, for example,
judged its own national interests at stake in the summer of 1967, it bombed
and torpedoed the USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 Americans
an... more »
POLICE STATE: COPS USE PHYSICIANS TO PROBE A SUSPECT'S RECTUM
By NWV News Writer Jim Kouri
November 10, 2013
In arguably the most bizarre and disturbing case in U.S. history involving
a routine traffic stop by a police officer, a New Mexico man was subjected
to an illegal search that would make the President of the United States
wince if it had occurred at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military detention
center to a terrorist who killed innocent Americans.
"This case is the strangest example of police abuse to come down the pike
in my lifetime as a police officer," said former NYPD detective Iris
Aquino. "What I see in this horror story is an out-... more »
Where to Begin on Frank Bruni's Stupidity and Ignorance
Every time I see another stupid, clueless and poorly written NYT editorial
on education, or having anything to do with education, I am saddened by the
lack of journalistic integrity that was and should be a part of one of the
nation's leading newspapers.
Frank Bruni really outdid himself today with this pile of garbage, titled
"Are Kids Too Coddled" in his defense of Arne Duncan's same stupid and
ignorant comments about the Common Core and white suburban moms.
First, Bruni talks about shirts kids wear after a Bar or Bat Mitzvah in a
rich suburb of Boston. It's the same in all Jewish... more »
He knows nothing ...
Over
to Cathie's with you. She picked up on the thought I was having this
morning. The late John Banner's character, Hauptfeldwebel Hans Georg
Schultz, became synonymous with seeing nothing and knowing nothing in
the TV sitcom Hogan's Heroes.
As Cathie points out:
We're supposed to believe that not only did Harper know nothing about
Wright's $90,000 cheque to Duffy, he also knew nothing about
Sing a Song of Synchronicity
*Sing a Song of Synchronicity*
November 23, 2013
Posted by D. at Removing the Shackles
Today we're going to do things a bit differently than I usually do. Many
times I post an article and I post my comments on the article first,
followed by the message that inspired my comments. Today I am going to
post the article first and then follow it with my comments. I will add my
own highlights to the article as well to direct attention to some of the
points that really jumped out for me- that isn't' to say that other things
won't have greater meaning to other people, lol- and some of m... more »
Janet Yellen, Bubble Blowing, and a Coming Economic Nightmare
*Guest post by Joseph Salerno*
On Monday last week, former US Federal Reserve official Andrew Huszar publicly
apologized to the American public for his seminal role in executing the
Quantitative Easing (QE) programme, a programme he characterises as “the
greatest backdoor Wall Street bailout of all time,” and “the largest
financial-markets intervention by any government in world history.”
While this is a momentous admission from an insider (Mr. Huszar is also a
former Wall Street banker), perhaps Mr. Huszar’s most revealing statement
concerned the results of QE’s “relentlessly p... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Same question, pushing on my Saturday Salon column, in which I argued that
the filibuster can still be saved. I say if Republicans offered a deal
which would preserve some possibility of blocking judicial nominations, but
gave up at least some of the filibuster on legislation, Democrats should go
for it. If Republicans did suggest such a deal, should Democrats accept it?
John Baird is unhappy about the Iran nuclear deal and very skeptical
John Baird is not happy with the Iran nuclear deal. The deal with Iran is
signed by six nations which are the United States, France, Germany,
Britain, Russia and China -and Iran. I believe it is a foot in the door for
future negotiations and stopping nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.
I don’t understand Baird’s point of view. Baird’s view is:
*He said that because of previous Iranian leaders had made hostile comments
toward Israel, “we're deeply skeptical of the deal and the work that's
brought us to this stage.”*
Read more here.
Why Mitch McConnell really hates Obamacare
The propaganda doesn't sell as well once the people start signing up in
droves for Obamacare. Like in Kentucky:
But in a state where the rollout has gone smoothly, and in a county that is
one of the poorest and unhealthiest in the country, Courtney Lively has
been busy signing people up: cashiers from the IGA grocery, clerks from the
dollar store, workers from the lock factory, call-center agents, laid-off
coal miners, KFC cooks, Chinese green-card holders in town to teach
Appalachian students.
Not only that, but the rubes are discovering the GOPers have been lying to
them.
Alt... more »
Fr. Barron comments on C. S. Lewis
Video Title: Fr. Barron comments on C. S. Lewis. Source: Fr. Robert Barron.
Date Published: November 20, 2013. Description:
Another part of a video series from Wordonfire.org. Father Barron will be
commenting on subjects from modern day culture. For more visit
http://www.wordonfire.org
Untitled
*On The Come --or-- A Guide to Hating the 2013 Saints ~SaintsWin*
Talkin' the Newly-Inked Interim Nuclear Deal with Scott Horton
In
the wake of the historic agreement just signed in Geneva over the
Iranian nuclear program, I had the pleasure of speaking with Scott
Horton of AntiWar Radio and the aptly-named Scott Horton Show about what
the contours of the interim deal, what it means, and what might follow.
In our half-hour chat, Scott and I also discuss the predictable
hysterical reactions of Israeli politicians,
INSIDE-JOB: MUMBAI
*Journalists Cathy Scott Clark and Adrian Levy, who describe the mastermind
of the Mumbai Terrorist attack as a CIA asset.*
There is growing evidence that the 'terrorist' attack on Mumbai in 2008 was
the work of the security services of India, the USA and others.
The main planner of the Mumbai Attack was the American called David Headley.
*David Headley in Mumbai*
*Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott Clark, British investigative journalists and
authors of 'The Siege', remind us of the following:*
*1.* David Headley's wife, Faiza, warned the American Embassy that David
Headley was plannin... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
I'm going to push on my Saturday Salon column, in which I argued that the
filibuster can still be saved. I say Republicans could still get a deal
which would preserve some possibility of blocking judicial nominations, but
give up at least some of the filibuster on legislation. If such a deal is
possible, should they go for it?
No nukes for Iran
By now you've heard about the Iran nuclear arms agreement with the US and
five other countries. If not, the basic terms are Iran agrees to curtail
its nuke enrichment programs in return for an easing of the crippling
international sanctions they've been living under for what seems like
forever. Seems like a pretty good deal to me. It offers some relief to the
Iranian people who suffer the most under sanctions and the beautiful
country of Iran doesn't get bombed into glass ashtrays.
Of course, all the people who thought bombing Iraq was the most brilliant
idea ever, namely neo-cons ... more »
Tim and I are off again today, so here’s our studio interview with Dr. Jed Hopkins
We’re taking some time off after recording a bunch of studio shows. For
your listening pleasure, here’s a studio show from July 2013 with one of
Slekar’s colleagues, Dr. Jed Hopkins. We get into some insightful
international comparisons. Tagged: at the chalk face, education talk, jed
hopkins, shaun johnson, tim slekar
50 years ago today - zapruder
An official investigation by the House Select Committee on Assassinations
(HSCA), conducted from 1976 to 1979, concluded that Oswald shot President
Kennedy as a result of a probable conspiracy. This conclusion of a likely
conspiracy contrasts with the earlier conclusion by the Warren Commission
that the President was assassinated by a lone gunman.
In the ensuing four decades since the assassination, theories have been
proposed or published that detail organized conspiracies to kill the
President. These theories implicate, among others, Cuban President Fidel
Castro, the anti-Castr... more »
Dystopia Will Not Attack Us, It Will Slowly Consume Us
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China flexes muscles - expands air defense map to include Diaoyu islands ..... US vows to defend Japan if the air zone dispute sparks a crisis ....
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/11/24/china-expands-their-air-defense-map-to-include-diaoyu-islands/
China expands their air defense map to include Diaoyu Islands
POSTED AT 2:01 PM ON NOVEMBER 24, 2013 BY JAZZ SHAW
China has made yet another move which is ratcheting up the tension in that
part of the world and is catching the attention of the United States
Department of Defense. But instead of causing additional conflict with the
US, this one is aggravating old problems with their neighbors in Japan. It
involves some tiny spots of land in the middle of the ocean which I
recently ... more »
Just ask the axis
I've been meaning to post this for a while. I'm told it won't be available
for free forever. If you're a fan of the 60s music scene or the man, this PBS
Jimi Hendrix documentary is well worth a couple hours of your time.
Note: At some point it stopped and said that the end of the excerpt but I
just clicked through the popups and it started up again where it left off. [photo
via The Guardian]
And The PMO Keeps Grinding Out The Lies .. Half Truths And Fabrications ...
What a load of crap is coming from the Prime Minister's Office ... you
Conservatives are out of your minds!! *PM didn't know staff asked
Conservative Party to pay Duffy's expenses: spokesperson* *Prime Minister
Stephen Harper had no idea his staff had asked the Conservative Party to
pay Sen. Mike Duffy’s ineligible expenses, his spokesperson said Sunday.**In
an interview with CTV’s Question Period, Harper’s director of
communications, Jason MacDonald, also said Harper didn’t know PMO staff
wanted a Senate report into Duffy’s expenses sanitized, or that the party’s
chief fundraiser... more »
MILITARIZATION OF THE BORDERS
As our government calls for massive amounts of spending on the border
corporations are lining their pockets through contracts, waste and money
splurge that is costing you and making us all less safe. Less safe - not
only is it eroding our rights and liberties but it is creating a military
battlefield and a constitution free zone. Furthermore it has led to over
five thousand migrant deaths and the human cost continues to rise. All this
because corporate execs want to line their pockets even more with lucrative
contracts, excused through absurd technology we don't need and doesn't
w... more »
Stephen Harper and his "rogue representatives"
Sept 4, 2008 : *Harper says alleged Cadman bribe 'preposterous'*
"Prime Minister Stephen Harper has told a court that an alleged offer to
the late MP Chuck Cadman of a $1-million life insurance policy in exchange
for his vote in the Commons in 2005 is “preposterous” and that only “rogue
representatives” of the Conservative party could have done such a thing.
Harper says he authorized party officials Doug Finley and Tom Flanagan to
meet with Cadman May 19 to assure him that if he rejoined the Conservative
caucus he would automatically secure the party nomination in his B.C.
riding... more »
Sunday Classics: Is the slightest of them perhaps the mightiest of Brahms's piano quartets?
*Pianist Menahem Pressler, violinist Salvatore Accardo, violist Antonine
Tamestit, and cellist Gautier Capuçon play the gorgeous third-movement
Andante of Brahms's C minor Piano Quartet, at the 2008 Verbier Festival.*
*by Ken*
As I wrote when I brought up the subject of the third of Brahms's three
piano quartets, and wound up presenting only his Second Cello Sonata, the
performance of the C minor Quartet I heard in Ian Hobson's New York Brahms
piano series, with violinist Andrés Cárdenes, violist Csaba Erdélyi, and
cellist Ko Isawaki, finally pushed the piece over the top for me.
... more »
Teach Campaign Star RIFed Last Year Just Before Tenure
Alexandria Hollet is one of the young, female white teachers chosen by
Microsoft-TFA to provide 40 second testimonials on teaching for Arne
Duncan's new campaign to attract the vulnerable and uninformed into what
was once a profession.
With corporate ed policies in place to demean, abuse, blame, punish, and
fire teachers for another generation of failed testing accountability
practices, there is a huge push on by CoreEd to recruit another generation
of young delusional innocents who can be turned into reliable prison guards
for children of the urban poor.
Alexandria's 38-second c... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, November 24th, 2013
Sunday again.... And again it is time for me to spew my guts on some
thought provoking issues...
First, I am really pissed off by the unwarranted censorship shown recently
by the criminals behind Youtube... Which I really have begun to call
"Jewtube", in yanking videos from their lists on the false grounds of
"violation of the Youtube agreement" or due to the laughable claims of
"copyright infringement".... These are such false charges and have turned
Youtube into a joke..... Every single video or audio found in Youtube can
be put into those catagories, but the criminals behind that... more »
Bill Whittle: The Hammer of Reality...(video)
*a must see.*
Amended Complaint Federal Reserve whistleblower
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Focusing of incoming Cosmics occurs at this time
*Focusing of incoming Cosmics occurs at this time*
by ÉirePort
Focusing of incoming Cosmics occurs at this time.
Intention of Gaia Portal Keepers brings correction of dis-harmonies and
upgrading of planetary structures on all levels.
Stiffening of old paradigm constructs leads to embrittling and subsequent
shattering and elimination.
Forward and upward movements only are supported at this time.
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Salon’s latest way to hate en masse!
*SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2013*
*Young analyst tackles the boomers:* In highly tribalized times, hating en
masse can be quite au courant. Examples:
You might hate everyone who votes the wrong way. Plainly, they’re all
racists.
You might hate everyone from some city. Dallas, the city of hate!
Sweeping over-generalization is the gateway to this pleasing act. And as
Salon helped show us this weekend, you can hate whole generations too! You
don’t even have to know what you’re talking about!
Last Friday, Daniel D’Addario decided to tackle the always unpleasant
boomers. We refer to his stir... more »
Losing Fear - For The Children
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Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine
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BBC News = the Scottish police service
Here's an intriguing stat, figured out (from FoI responses) by Bill Rogers
at *Trading as WDR.*
The BBC says it employs 19,649 staff on permanent or fixed-term contracts,
with 38% employed in the corporation's news division.
Get your calculator out and that works out as 7,466.22 people working in
BBC News. [That .22 guy (or gal) must have been taken on to meet the BBC's
equality and diversity targets.]
The intriguing bit comes when you compare that figure, as Bill does, to
similar figures in other contexts:
The police service in Scotland has a staff of 7,500, as does the London
... more »
Rage, Rage Against the Undying Right
This is pretty much what I'm like when engaging right wing nut jobs on
Twitter and elsewhere, minus the magnificent ponytail and ample cleavage.
The hammer, I got, though, just in case pixels don't cut it.
Anyway, we'd been here before in the summer of '08, when I was in the
home stretch during the first draft of *American Zen*. Even though I'm just
setting up the framework for a massive Assclowns of the Year retrospective
that'll be out right after New Year's Day (I have about 30 spots that are
still vacant, so I'm always looking for candidates), posting will be
sporadic.... more »
The Prince of Piss
the prince of piss
mistook what she said -
what the baroness said
when she spoke of her crystal
and china -
so he lifted the dress
of the baroness
he lifted her robes
so's to check'er flesh
it was scandalous -
but he couldn't care less
I lick all the toilets
and fuck all the fish!
I'm the preening, prancing
prince of piss!
the prancing prince of piss
spits off the precipice and prays
I wish I were the king of Spain –
the king of Spain, he says, is oh so
kingly in his tights at night –
he climbs the heights all
sputnik-like
his sword held tight -
I'd rebuild the Spanis... more »
Teacher Quartering: Four Reasons Why Teachers Avoid, or Leave, High Poverty Urban Public Schools
Introduction Teaching within a high poverty urban public school is
challenging, to say the least. Time and again, I hear education policy
experts claim that high poverty urban schools don’t have enough effective
or high quality teachers “at the helm.” Part of this is due to the misuse
of VAM-based models, but another aspect of […]
Ten Reasons the United States Government Must Be Abolished
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When freedom answers despotism...
*"Abolish the United States government? Are you insane?!"*
Not at all. Our government was originally created from the necessity of
abolishing government. This was spelled out clearly and concisely in the
Declaration of Independence, whose date -- July 4, 1776 -- is still
celebrated every July 4th. If you are not familiar with this most vital
document, if you have never read the words and fully understood them, I
suggest you do so now. I have quoted from the beginning of the Declara... more »
Cyber - Agency NSA infected 50 , 000 computer networks with malicious software designed to steal sensitive information ...... US Government Lawyers declare Americans cannot challenge Surveillance ...... Additional NSA updates for November 24 , 2013
http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/11/23/nsa-infected-50000-computer-networks-with-malicious-software/
*23 november 2013*, 02:40
NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software
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NEWS
The American intelligence service - NSA - infected more than 50,000
computer networks worldwide with malicious software designed to steal
sensitive information. Documents provided by former NSA-employee Edward
Snowden and seen by this newspaper, prove this.
A management presentation dating from 2012 explains how the NSA col... more »
Safe Spaces for Teachers’ Professional Voices in a Public Sphere
Safe Spaces for Teachers\’ Professional Voices in a Public Sphere. via Safe
Spaces for Teachers’ Professional Voices in a Public Sphere.
China Cranks up pressure, sets events on war path
*This map appeared in the Taipei Times.*
I go off to Alishan for the weekend and whaddaya know... China declared a
new air defense zone that includes the Senkakus, cranking up the pressure
on Japan and essentially declaring that this conflict over the Senkakus
will end in open war unless Japan backs down. The Taipei Times reportoffered some useful insights:
China’s ministry of Defense issued a statement on its Web site yesterday
regarding the establishment of the zone.
The statement was accompanied by a map and a set of rules regarding the
zone, which stated that all aircraft must ... more »
Impossible you say? Thoughts have power
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November 23, 2013
J. Speer-Williams
*“Conspiracy researchers have long been stymied by how extensive the
Illuminati’s control over human life has become. “How was it possible?”
they ask.*
*“They had help, lots of it,” is the simple and correct answer. This
article is all about the nature of that help.”*
*Impossible … You Say?*
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Have you ever had a thought that seemed foreign to your way of thinking?
Have you ever thought of doing something that would be absolutely evil? If
you are like most of us, you have had such thoughts, thoughts you later
... more »
Alvin Weinberg: Integrity and Vision
*This is a repost of another early Nuclear Green post. It actually
predates Nuclear Green, and was in fact written shortly after Weinberg's
death. Unlike Ralph Nader who was not a giant of integrity, Weinberg
revealed great integrity. Weinberg was fired as Director of ORNL because
he stood up to the Washington AEC establishment over nuclear safety.
Weinberg had the backing of most of the nuclear scientists at National
Laboratories, but the fact that he was fired was kept secrete for years.
Weinberg was a brilliant nuclear scientist, and a successful science
administrator. *
M... more »
How About Limiting CEO Pay To 100 Times The Minimum Wage?
Lately we've come to the conclusion that the whole concept of billionaires
is illegitimate and an existential threat to democracy. But, short of a
guillotine, how do you protect society by getting rid of them? Progressive
taxation is the obvious choice, of course. And Switzerland is voting on an
interesting way of guaranteeing better income equality today. Have you
heard about the maximum wage ratio yet? It sure isn't something the
billionaires who control the American corporate media want you to hear
about.
The plan, widely labeled "radical," limits the monthly pay of top
execut... more »
P5+1 make a deal with Iran. Israel steams. Clandestine Meetings
*A quick news roundup: And remember the entire world is populated by
"anti-semites"..... Out to get the "eternal victims" ;-)*
WP: The plan accepted by Iran on Sunday would accomplish something that
U.S. governments have sought in vain for more than a decade: A pause, at
least, in Iran’s inexorable march to a nuclear-weapons capability.
The historic agreement, described as a first step toward a more
comprehensive nuclear deal six months from now, freezes or reverses
progress in nearly every aspect of Iran’s nuclear program, from the
installation of new centrifuges to work on criti... more »
Untitled
*Immigration raids causing fear among many in New Orleans area ~Katy
Reckdahl, New Orleans Advocate*
*GEAUX TIGERS! Defense, Running Game Give LSU Big Win Over Aggies ~Todd
Politz *
*"Competition: It's a long word and there's a lot to it." -Less Miles
~Brett Martel, AP *
*Proposed salt-dome regulations under fire ~David J. Mitchell, The Advocate*
*National Geographic names New Orleans top spot to visit in 2014 ~Meg
Gatto, WVUE*
Despite Loya Jirga backing , Karzai refuses to sign security pact until 'US brings peace' ! While Karzai is still angling for something ,it remains unclear what that might be . Moreover , does this mean he may sign before the end of 2013 or is his alleged precondition of waiting until after the Elections in April 2014 still in effect ?
Karzai refuses to sign security pact until 'US brings peace' despite
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Iran reaches deal with P 5 + ! on Nuclear Program - Interim Deal announced by French foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ... Some aspects of Iran Nuclear Program rolled back or halted during th 6 month period of the Interim Deal , in exchange some sanctions relief has been extended. ....Israel and Saudis reserve their perceived option for a military attack - as the UN Security Council has signed onto the Interim Deal , that anger from Israel and Saudi Arabia appears to be like" Sound and fury signifying nothing ! "
Iran, P5+1 Reach Deal on Nuclear ProgramFrench FM First to Confirm Historic
Pact
by Jason Ditz, November 23, 2013
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The first confirmation came shortly after 3 AM on Sunday morning Geneva
time, when French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced that the P5+1
talks with Iran had concluded, and an interim deal has been reached on
Iran’s civilian nuclear program. Other P5+1 leaders, including President
Obama, have since confirmed it.
Full details of the final pact are still not a matter of public record, but
are said to include a halt of 20 percent enrichment, c... more »
Doctor Who - The Day of the Doctor
I was out last night and so missed the 50th anniversary special. Don't
worry, I've Sky+ it in HD and will be sitting down to watch it before
lunch. So no spoilers please...
In the meantime here's the rather spiffy 'all the Doctors' image that the
BBC have released.
It's good to see Paul McGann take his place in the pantheon...
No place for John Hurt, so how does that regeneration fit (or is there
another explanation for his Doctor? Also if Time Lords are allowed just 12
regenerations (13 'lives'), is the end coming soon for the Doctor, or will
a fix be found? I know there have b... more »
Passing by
This week's *Newswatch *highlighted another instance of what some
(including yours truly) see as the BBC's anti-science bias.
Here are two e-mails the programme received:
I am curious to know the editorial justification behind the vastly
different treatment given by BBC News to two British Nobel laureates who
recently passed away. The author Doris Lessing was given a detailed
obituary on the website, and her death was the top story reported on
television news that day. The biochemist Fred Sanger who received two Nobel
prizes for his important work in protein and DNA sequencing, did... more »
Well, I never!!
Vicky Beeching
Can you guess what the result of this morning's *Sunday Morning Live *poll
result was, when the question put was:
Is immigration good for Britain?
Of course you can. It was inevitable:
11% said 'yes, immigration is good for Britain'
89% said 'no, immigration is not good for Britain'
Give people the chance to text anonymously and they seem much more likely
to tell you what they *really* think!
The panel were, typically, aghast at the result.
Radio 4 *Thought for the Day*'s Vicky Beeching described it as "a real
shame" and said that "it worries me". The *Daily Mail... more »
NRC - NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software
At this point, I'm going to leave it to the SOURCE to lay the land:
*The American intelligence service - NSA - infected more than 50,000
computer networks worldwide with malicious software designed to steal
sensitive information. Documents provided by former NSA-employee Edward
Snowden and seen by this newspaper, prove this.A management presentation
dating from 2012 explains how the NSA collects information worldwide. In
addition, the presentation shows that the intelligence service uses
‘Computer Network Exploitation’ (CNE) in more than 50,000 locations. CNE is
the secret infiltr... more »
Comet Planet - Hercolubus is coming - Carlos Muñoz Ferrada
*Carlos Muñoz Ferrada was known as the Godfather of Modern Astronomy. He
studied meteorology and astronomy at the University of Chile, then
engineering and physics. He was a member of Astronomical Society of Paris
and the Paris Geographical Society. He also belonged to the Astronomical
Society of Dijon. In Italy he belonged to the Astronomical Society of
Milan. He was director of the Astronomical Observatory of Panama, for five
years. *[source RANDOM VARIOUS THREAD AGGLOMERATION]
And here he is, in his nineties, talking (in Spanish, just deal with it and
learn to read subtitles)... more »
SEX, MONEY AND TOP PEOPLE
*This former bank chairman was filmed handing over money reportedly to buy
cocaine and crystal meth. Stuart Davies, a rent boy and associate of the
bank chairman, took the film to a newspaper.*
The top people do not necessarily deserve big pay.
*1.* *What about the top people at BOEING, the company that built the
DREAMLINER?*
Boeing awarded Chief Executive Jim McNerney almost $27.5 million in annual
compensation for 2012, a 20% increase from a year earlier.
And Boeing has run into trouble.
*In November 2013, Japan Airlines pulled its Dreamliners from two
international routes beca... more »
This is a good deal? A ten day delay?
Once this is done, the breakout time - how long it would take Iran to
produce sufficient highly-enriched uranium for one atomic bomb - would
lengthen from at least 1-1.6 months to at least 1.9-2.2 months if the
Iranians used all their installed centrifuges, Albright said in an e-mail.
Usain Bolt in 2003
An interesting Usain Bolt profile piece by Trans World Sport from 2003
An interesting piece and the change in his accent is very noticeable.
A year later and a 17 year old Usain Bolt sets his first world record,
albeit a junior one, over 200m.
SIX SIX SIX
why are there always six big leaders in the Corporate War Machine's battle
plan against *You The People*?
SIX big energy companies
SIX big media companies
SIX big pharma companies
have those who play the conglomerate game discovered a cunning way around a
Monopolies & Mergers Commission by 'attempting to spread their influence'
through these sub-companies?
SIX big telecoms companies
SIX big utilies companies
SIX big private military contractors
I mean, think about it, they ALL up their game (i.e. price structures)
despite the 'market forces'
SIX big global financiers
SIX big intel... more »
This morning
Just as a coda to the previous post - especially Paddy O'Connell's strange
dismissal of the apparent political angle to the London slavery story...
Edward Stourton also discussed the story on *Sunday* and avoided the
political aspects completely, merely describing the apparent "cult"-like
aspects of the story and then suggesting that they [namely himself and the
panel discussing the general issue] needn't go into that.
The BBC News website isn't elaborating on the political point either,
merely sticking to the word "collective" and the phrase "through a shared
political ideology", ... more »
Humankind`s 3.5 Million Year Journey, New Answers To Old Questions
Knowledge, questions, answers, scripture and the awakening..
Or as I like to put it, when one possesses knowledge he begins to question
the answers provided within scripture and eventually realizes their own
internal awakening..
Fascinating, scary, and obvious, if we can accept these known facts to be
true then mankind must do different, think different and plan for a future
of catastrophe..
10,000 years of civilized humanity, no, millions of years of civilized
humanity, great pyramids built, no, one great pyramid built with dozens off
knock-off copies...
I present you a video t... more »
Trouble shooting sidebar at page bottom problem
Recently while editing entries of a directory of a commercial centre using
Blogger as a sort of CMS, discovered to my dismay the sidebars have slid to
the bottom of the homepage. The directory has a total of 45 posts in its
homepage.
Tried to pin point the offending post by opening the posts one by one.
However, found checking the post one by one to be too slow and tedious and
changed strategy. By going to
Dashboard > Settings > Posts and Comments
I set the homepage to display 5 posts, then 10 posts, then 15, then 20,
then 25, then 30
Found that the problem starts when there were 30... more »
Republican Elected Officials In Red States Are Giving Voters An Excellent Reason To Defeat Them Next Year
Joshua Holland, author of The Fifteen Biggest Lies About The Economy and a
senior producer for Bill Moyers, has been spectacularly scrupulous in
exposing right-wing talking points about the economy. This week he
explained how "*all* private insurance premiums in the 25 red states that
are refusing to expand their Medicaid programs will be 15 percent higher as
a direct result of that decision." His overall assertion is what many
people already knew in their hearts, namely that the single biggest problem
with the rollout of the Affordable Care Act is a deliberate agenda of
sabotage ... more »
War watch November 21 , 2013 - Afghanistan President Karzai pulls a fast one on US as while he urges support for the Bilateral Security Agreement sought by the US , he pushes back any signing until after Spring Elections in Afghanistan ( April 2014 ) ..... Iran nuclear talks updates - US still sending mixed signals as usual.... Syria updates on state of play for ongoing civil war...... Libya state of decay updates - another bank robbed by roadside gang........
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Afghanistan and Pakistan.....
Karzai Accuses U.S. Forces of Killing Civilians in a RaidBy ROD NORDLANDPublished:
November 23, 2013
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KABUL, Afghanistan — For the second time in less than a week, President
Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has picked a high-profile fight with his
American allies, in the midst of a grand council that he convened to
support a long-term security agreement with the United States.
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Hamid Karzai spoke at t... more »
IDOOM reinvents physics
From the IB3. It's a small thing, I know. It's a really, really small thing
but look at this diagram and think what's* wrong here, *and I mean apart
from the bullshit simplification. Alright it's one thing to insist you're
defending 'Leninism' but do you have to destroy the laws of physics in the
process? Perhaps gravity anti-socialist? Who knows.
Monsters
"There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible
things.
Things that act against everything that we believe in.
They must be fought..."
Common Core Unrest Obvious in 17 States
Proponents of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are fond of saying
that CCSS “has been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia.”
However, it seems that they refuse to mention the CCSS resistance that has
found its way into state offices–often resulting in formal hearings. Below
I offer the latest in CCSS unrest from 17 […]
JFK50: Rockerfeller Men
Rockerfeller Men arranged both the attempts on Ford, they removed Nixon,
sabotaged. The '68 Paris Peace talks, extended the Vietnam War by five
years, removed and assassinated Diem and Thieu, destabilised Johnson and
killed John Kennedy.
They were stooped by direct challenge by Cheney and Rummsfeld.
Nelson Rockerfeller's sudden and bizarre death just following the seizure
of the US Embassy in Tehran and just prior to the 1980 New Hampshire
Presidential Primaries, at which George Bush underperformed, despite the
aid of the finest Dirty Tricks merchants the CIA had to offer, has ... more »
More Nonsese
everything that washes overme
it washes over yu
and that cesspools
of flesh carries us on
to a future were
the ones that did not
carry a load
could tell us what
we should know
and in the courtrayad
they put on a perfrace that he
harest crtic would say only bravo
broavo, broavo' brravo
dotnt you know
the the knife is at your neck
for such a bullshit show
The New Yorker's Bob Mankoff pays tribute (after a fashion) to Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year, "selfie" (hey, it could have been "twerk")
*Is this Ton Smits cartoon the precursor of the selfie?*
*by Ken*
This week *New Yorker* cartoon editor Bob Mankoff devotes his blogpost, "Selfie
Explantorie" to the alarmingly ubiquitous word *selfie*, explaining: "The
fact that 'selfie' was named word of the year by the Oxford Dictionaries
caused shock and dismay among the many advocates for 'twerk,' who protested
by flooding social media with butt selfies." And there in one sentence you
have two of my nightmariest words -- "twerk" because I still don't know
what it means (and don't want to) and "selfie" because, alas, I do.
He... more »
Top 10 Signs Walmart's Mistreating its Workers
This past week, Walmart was the recipient of some unwelcome publicity
in advance of Black Friday Thursday when an associate at the Canton, Ohio
store sent a picture to OUR Walmart. It was of a series of bins asking
associates to donate food items so their neediest workers can have a good
Thanksgiving dinner. This sparked national outrage and even brought *ABC
News* and actor Ashton Kutcher and his 15,000,000+ Twitter followers into
the fray, sparking a flame war that lasted days. But the employee food
drive to keep Walmart associates from going hungry on a Thanksgiving
they're... more »
Kirov was murdered by a lone gunman
"It must be asserted that to this day the circumstances surrounding Kirov's
murder hide many things which are inexplicable and mysterious and demand a
most careful examination. There are reasons for the suspicion that the
killer of Kirov, Nikolaev, was assisted by someone from among the people
whose duty it was protect the person of Kirov. A month and a half before
the killing, Nikolaev was arrested on the grounds of suspicious behaviour,
but he was released and not even searched. It is an unusually suspicious
circumstance that when the Chekist assigned to protect Kirov was being
br... more »
Its not easy to make a perfect planett=
I love hockey like a mother teat
Is this not some kind of mind control
even if my mother did not move me in this pursit
Sport is war with referrees and for the most part no fatlities
So why do we care so much
why do we spend so mcuh
to know our team is the one
that stands alone in this
competienn on the distant
planet on the edge of the milkey way gulch
What I am trying to say
and you should all relizes
being the best phiscal speciam with't
the bese allies
does not mean
your going to be
a saintesd heart at
the end of all comprimise.
No things take off'
they fly away
some days a muslim is... more »
The Fed's Exit
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *NY Times*.
Longest Walk 4 arrives in Eureka Nevada over snowy mountain
.
Today's photos of Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz by Western Shoshone
Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson. Thank you for sharing with Censored
News! Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Sharon Heta, Maori from New Zealand, in top photo, has been on the walk
since DC with her husband Michael Lane. They were joined by their twin
daughters. The
Arne Duncan Needs to Do His Homework
THE SCIENCE IS IN. THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR: PAUL THOMAS LISTS THE WIDE BODY
OF PEER REVIEWED ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND STUDIES BY A VARIETY OF SCHOLARS,
AND IT IS CLEAR THAT ARNE DUNCAN HAS FAILED. HE HAS NOT RECOGNIZED THE BODY
OF RESEARCH OR READ ANY OF THE STUDIES ON HOW RTTT, NCLB AND COMMON CORE
ARE IMPACTING SCHOOLS ON THE GROUND.
IF HIS FRIEND, PRESIDENT OBAMA, WILL NOT FIRE HIM AND REPLACE HIM WITH AN
EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR, THEN PERHAPS HE SHOULD RESIGN. ARNE, THIS IS ON THE
TEST AND YOU NO LONGER NEED IMPROVEMENT, YOU ARE INADEQUATE. THE TEACHERS
HAVE SPOKEN, AND YOU DID NOT DO YOU... more »
Censorship At Its Worse… Video: "Adolf Hitler, The Greatest Story Never Told" Under Attack By JEWISH Interest Groups To Prevent True History From Being Seen!
I will make this short and sweet… The fantastic video by Dennis Wise,
called "Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told" is presently being
yanked from Jewish controlled Youtube due to a "copyright claim by AdRev
for a "third party"". This is nothing more than pure censorship at its
worse...
The copy of this fabulous video that I have in my left hand column of this
blog is right now showing that message of being yanked due to this
fraudulent and laughable "copyright claim" by this "mysterious third
party"… I can guarantee that this so called "third party" is none other
than our ... more »
Why Is Peter MacKay's Anti-Cyber-Bullying Bill ... (updated)
...
so goddamned big?
Because, it's simply a reworded regurgitation of the repulsive Vic Toews
Internet Surveillance Bill. You know, the one that got killed because
the public was outraged at the idea of giving the police and government
the power to spy on your internet activity. Now they want the meta-data
out of your smart-phone too.
Michael Geist breaks it down for you.
You just knew the
Stupid & Shameless
That's about the size of it for your "conservative" political base. Soon,
we'll find out that somewhere between 15 and 20 % of Torontonians are
debased enough to say: "Sure, he beats his wife and fucks underage girls,
and drives drunk, and sends his city-paid staff to run personal errands for
him, oh yeah, and then there's that whole 'media-circus' about the crack
smoking with the gangsters and stuff, ... but I think he's done a good job
fiscally."
Or the Conservative Party delegates who came out of their last coven still
believing in stephen harper, even though that asshole had, b... more »
Honduras election: Hoping for miracles, bracing for more of the same
The scene in Tegucigalpa after the 2009 coupTomorrow is Election Day in
Honduras. They have this odd system where every elected position in the
entire country is up for grabs on the same day every four years, and I
don’t think I’m just imagining that today feels kind of ramped-up and
tense, even in quiet little Copan Ruinas.
Politics are politics all over the world, and the strutting and
throwing around of money in the runup to the election has been familiar.
Canadian parties might not drive hooting and hollering supporters around in
the backs of honking trucks playing the p... more »
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