Colonel Riyad al-Asad and others announcing the FSA's formation in an online video statement (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Ávila. Día de Mercado. (Photo credit: avilas.es)NATO In Crisis: Turkey's Protection of Al-Qaeda Spells Trouble For Dinosaur Alliance
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An excerpt from, *"Al Qaeda "Virtue Police" Show up Along NATO Protected
Turkish-Syrian Border"* by Tony Cartalucci, Land Destroyer Report, November
24, 2012:
It was exposed at length that many of the so-called "Free Syrian Army's"
fighters were in fact foreign terrorists imported into Syria via
long-established Al Qaeda networks used to feed fighters first into
Afghanistan during the 1980's, then into Afghanistan and Iraq during
America's occupation of both nation... more »
Satire: “Obama Has Lied to American People, Says Lying Expert”
* *
*“Obama Has Lied to American People, Says Lying Expert”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “President Obama has imperiled his second
term by lying to the American people, one of the nation’s foremost lying
experts said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The accusation carried
weight, observers said, coming as it did from a legendary figure in the
high-stakes world of competitive lying. He was harshly critical of Mr.
Obama’s fibbing, calling it “amateurish at best,” contrasting the
President’s lack of lying experience with his own half-century of
dishonesty. “T... more »
I Would Crawl Over Glass On My Hands And Knees To Vote For Barbara Buono Tuesday
Today everyone thinks it's wonderful that the Clinton's corrupt bagman,
Terry McAuliffe, is going to win the Virginia governorship. Even I can
admit that he's probably better than the Republican alternative, Ken
Cuccinelli, an extreme right-wing ideologue and crazy-eyed fanatic. But
what a heartbreak that election is! It's the ultimate "lesser-of-two-evils"
choice. In New Jersey, the election is anything but that-- a Republican
that hides his Cuccinelli side and poses as a "moderate" and one of the
best candidates the Democrats have put up for any election, anywhere.
Barbara Buon... more »
Rednecks, Lies, and Videotape
With his unofficial driver Sandro Lisi busted for trafficking and
extortion, Rob Ford advised his talk radio bunker listeners on the weekend
that he would get himself an official chauffeur.
That's great and all but according to the Toronto Police Oct 2 ITO, when
the two of them were not popping in and out of gas station restrooms from
their separate vehicles, it was sometimes Rob Ford who was driving Lisi
around so I'm guessing the actual driving is not the main problem here.
Montreal Simon and Haroon Siddiqui point out the similarities between
Harper and Ford today, to which I w... more »
Sending The Message To Politicians And Corporate Leaders At Home
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* **Written by Grant G**
*
*Rising Tide*, a new grassroots organization against fraccing and gas
extraction held a protest, a mock fraccing rig was set up on Christy
Clark`s front lawn, at her home, her "sanctuary" ..at least that`s how Bill
Good portrayed it...
Bill Good on CKNW today made the assertion that the personal homes of
politicians is a "sanctuary", a no-go zone, Billy claimed that protesting
anything is fine but politician`s homes and their families at their
residence is off limits, he also proclaimed that Hamish Clark should be
immune and sheltered from the ro... more »
Ed Steer's gold and silver Report November 2 , 2013.....Apart from Data and news touching on the precious metals , a great set of links to pertinent articles of interest including Doug Noland's Friday Missive " The May / June Dynamic " , JP Morgan disclose 8 DOJ Probes spanning misconduct from Asia to Bernie Madoff , Will the Fed need a bailout itself - and who gets that job , Obama halts spying on IMF and World Bank ( Terrorists everywhere edition or just more economic / industrial espionage ) , Banksters news of note UK and Japan in focus , Jim richards discusses what comes after currency wars , articles of note concerning gold and silver ( China imports another 109 tons in September just one nugget ) , Finland admits to leasing its gold through Bank of England - gone to Asia ?
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/jim-rickards-after-currency-wars-comes-the-death-of-money
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
The gold price didn't do much in Far East trading on their Friday, and was
actually up three or four bucks about half an hour before the London open.
Then the high-frequency traders showed up, and that was it until the London
p.m. gold fix. The low of the day came at that point, but the subsequent
rally got sold down beginning at 12:45 p.m. EDT. After that, the gold
price chopped sideways on very light volume into the 5:15 p.m. electronic
close in New Yo... more »
Shrine of Saint John the Baptist, Umayyad Mosque Destroyed By Saudi-Turkish-American-Israeli Backed Jihadist Terrorists
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*It will be rebuilt, but this image still leaves a spiritual scar on
people of every faith.*
An excerpt from, *"5 Historical Monuments Have Been Destroyed Forever
During Syria's Civil War" *by Rachel E. Davidson, Policy Mic, November 1:
In an interview with the *Daily Mail*, Helga Seeden, professor of
archaeology at the American University of Beirut, put this loss into
context: "This is like blowing up the Taj Mahal or destroying the Acropolis
in Athens. This mosque is a living sanctuary... This is a disaster. In
terms of heritage, this is the worst I've seen ... more »
Update On Syria: Al-Qaeda Uses CW On Kurds
*American President Barack Hussein Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan are two of Al-Qaeda's primary supporters. Photo Source: AFP.*
An excerpt from, *"Syrian rebels fire chemical weapons at Kurds on Turkish
border – TV"* Voice of Russia, October 30, 2013:
Syrian rebel fighters have used war chemicals against Kurdish militias in
the northeast of Syria near the Turkish border, according to Al-Mayadeen
Lebanese TV channel’s report earlier this Wednesday.
According to the TV channel, the fighters used chemical weapons yesterday
near a Kurdish militia post in the ci... more »
What will NYC's post-Mayor Mike era look like? The New Yorker's John Cassidy foresees "a test case for liberal reformers everywhere"
*"Some people remain skeptical, especially the establishment types who
would gladly have handed [Mayor Michael] Bloomberg yet another four years.
But, given the skillful campaign that [Democratic mayoral candidate Bill]
de Blasio has run and the huge mandate that a record-breaking victory would
confer, he could well prove to be a more formidable mayor than they
suggest. In any case, a de Blasio mayoralty will be widely viewed as a test
case for liberal reformers everywhere."*
*-- John Cassidy, in this week's *New Yorker*
"Comment" piece,* "Liberal Agendas"
*by Ken*
"New York is of... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Tom
in Connecticut. Tom and I will be reading and commenting on Cass Sunstein's
public policy paper entitled Conspiracy Theories.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *Conspiracy Theories* by Cass R. Sunstein & Adrian Vermeule - January
15, 2008
- *Obama confidant's spine-chilling proposal: Cass Sunstein wants the
government to "cognitively infiltr... more »
JOIN US AT VANDENBERG AFB
*Global Network 22ndAnnual Space Conference*
*March 14-16, 2014*
*Santa Barbara, California*
The 2014 Global Network space organizing conference will be held near
Vandenberg AFB, California on March 14-16. We will meet at the La Casa de
Maria Retreat and Conference Center in Santa Barbara. On Friday, March 14
we’ll organize an afternoon vigil at the front gate of Vandenberg and on
the evening of March 15 we will hold a public event at a local church in
Santa Barbara. GN Board member Dennis Apel from the Guadalupe Catholic
Worker House in nearby Santa Maria will be our host... more »
Fox News' Highly Reluctant Jesus Follower
Of all people surprised that I became an evangelical Christian, I'm the
most surprised.
Kirsten Powers
Photo by Scott Suchman
Just seven years ago, if someone had told me that I'd be writing for *Christianity
Today* magazine about how I came to believe in God, I would have laughed
out loud. If there was one thing in which I was completely secure, it was
that I would never adhere to any religion—especially to evangelical
Christianity, which I held in particular contempt.
I grew up in the Episcopal Church in Alaska, but my belief was superficial
and flimsy. It was borrowed from... more »
Teachers: Never Forget How Much You Matter
Whether you teach at an elementary school, a middle school, a high school,
or an alternative school, this message is for you. This message is for ALL
teachers, regardless of your school’s zip code or socio-economic status.
This message is for ALL teachers, from first year teachers to teachers one
year removed from retirement. This […]
Anya Kamenetz. . . Pt. 2
See Pt. 1 here.
When Anya Kamenetz is not doing exclusive interviews with Bill Gates or his
pals in the Billionaire Boys Club, she spends a lot of her time picking the
brains of people who have knowledge of subjects for which she knows
nothing, e. g., education, educational history, educational theory. Anya
then portrays those knowledgeable experts and university teachers that make
up a big chunk of her virtual rolodex as a kind of benign, though
irrelevant, caste of Middle Ages knowledge monks who stand now as stumbling
blocks to the kind of capitalist disruption to higher educa... more »
"CNN Has Learned" That Turkey Is Sheltering Al-Qaeda
CNN Breaking News: Two years late.
CNN Breaking News: Osama Bin Laden is dead.
CNN Breaking News: Barack Obama was reelected President.
CNN Breaking News: There are uprisings in Egypt.
Video Title: CNN Exclusive: Syria's foreign fighters. Source: CNN. Date
Published: November 4. Description:
CNN Exclusive: Nick Paton Walsh reports on al Qaeda fighters flooding into
Syria through Turkey.
They are not "al Qaeda figthers" they are "al Qaeda terrorists." Come on
CNN you should at least know that by now.
WHEN I HEAR A DRONE......
The Pakistani government is warning of a new rift with the United States
after a CIA drone strike that killed the head of the Pakistani Taliban.
Hakimullah Mehsud and six other militants died on Friday when U.S. missiles
hit their vehicle in North Waziristan. Mehsud had a $5 million bounty on
his head and was accused of responsibility for thousands of deaths. The
attack came just as the Pakistani government had relaunched peace talks
with the Taliban.
In a broadcast exclusive, Democracy Now airs a documentary that highlights
the stories of civilians directly impacted by drone atta... more »
Quote of the Day: On “The Angry Left”
“There’s a lot of hatred out there in the Angry Left, and a lot of paranoia
about
sinister figures and corporations … The Left’s conspiracy-mentality does
not come
from any sense of ideological impotence… The Angry Left’s vision of puppet
masters who pull the strings comes from a deeper cause: a feeling of
personal
inadequacy. ‘Some sinister forces are robbing me of my just desserts.’ …
“Hatred on the Left goes down to the core of the Leftist’s being. This is
one of the
reasons that I’m so opposed to using the term “Liberal” to refer to the
Angry Left.”
- Harry Binswanger, “W... more »
9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out (Free 1-hour version)
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Watch Out Alternative Media: LAX Shooter Paul Ciancia Branded a Conspiracy Theorist
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*ANYONE Not Believing the Government is About to be Demonized *
Paul Anthony Ciancia
Chris Carrington
The demonization of free thinking individuals is about to begin. By
branding Paul Ciancia a conspiracy theorist, all of us will come under
scrutiny.
Anyone who does not believe wholeheartedly in the crap the government tries
to feed them on a daily basis will become a danger to society.
It stands to reason that after a major public incidence of violence such as
mass shootings or bombings, people want answers. It’s right and... more »
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*Youtube*
G. Edward Griffin very clearly lays out who the powers that be are and how
they got there.
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Agenda 21: Blueprint for a NWO Takeover
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James White
By now, you have probably heard about the UN directed intrusion into your
life known as Agenda 21. Many writers, with greater skills than mine, have
explored the true nature of what amounts to essentially a global takeover.
It seems that evil has surrounded us. In the video below, produced by my
good friend Kevin Martin from Mountain View Productions, Dan Happel covers
Agenda 21 from its roots, all the way to its logical conclusion…the
elimination of people. We are truly in a battle for our lives, and that’s
not ... more »
IRS to Jail Woman Who Owes $0 in Taxes, Seeks Jury Nullification
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Doreen Hendrickson is spending what might be the last weekend she has with
her family for a few years. On Monday, her jury is expected to return with
a verdict on her contempt charge. If she’s found guilty, she will go to
jail.
The IRS put her husband Pete in jail for 3 years; it is anxious to do the
same to Doreen.
Doreen’s charge? Not signing a Form 1040. That’s it.Talk about a non-crime.
A 1040 is a legal document that you sign under penalty of perjury:
Under penalties of perjury, I declare t... more »
ANONYMOUS warns that on November 5 , 2013 - Government Facilities will be attacked worldwide - Hmm , someone desperate to change the subject from ObamaCare , NSA debacles .... Al Qaeda not a viable foil anymore ? Meanwhile back in the " Homeland " , LAX incident examined , censorship by Twitter reviewed , DHS drills focus on new enemy ( that you be you the American people ) .... Meanwhile , third world devolution in US ( cattle rustling spiking , tide as urban bitcoin , food panic looming over SNAP cutbacks or the next glitch , truck jackings like no tomorrow ) - yeah , this recovery is just booming !
Cyber
war threat from ANONYMOUS....
http://beforeitsnews.com/protests-demonstrations/2013/11/anonymous-warns-nov-5th-they-will-attack-government-facilities-worldwide-video-2452198.html
November
5th, the worldwide hacker group called Anonymous says that it
will target government facilities all over the world. The video above
says
of itself that it is a call to “relight the flame of protest”. Do you
see a
possible false flag event blamed on Anonymous for hacking the electric
grid
this month? Hmmmm…..
*Here is a second video by Anonymous for November 5th*
UPDATED TODAY NOV 4th The A... more »
The trouble with Obamacare
As I said before the fatal flaw in Obamacare has always been its dependence
on BigInsurance to act responsibly in being allowed to remain as the
middlemen to health care. I don't think they have any great obligation to
inform their policy holders about the competition but the scary
cancellation letters forcing consumers to opt out of being flim flammed
into high priced products shouldn't be legal. If we had a functioning
Congress, they would fix that oversight. But we don't, and many will be
cheated.
Which brings us to the second chronic flaw. Confused consumers. The
exchanges are... more »
Election night in Douglas County, CO #dougco @dianeravitch
Tim and I have a special episode for you all this evening. We’re chatting
with a panel of good people from Douglas County on the eve of a potential
rescue of their local school board from a bunch of Koch-heads. Fingers
crossed! Are they nervous?!? Find out. Tagged: colorado, douglas county,
election, school board
The Token Woman on Hiring Committees: time for a change
Policies and practices set up to avoid discrimination in the past have a
tendency to expire. Remember, ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ was originally set up
to protect gay service-members within the US forces. Similarly, the often
unofficial rule of having one woman on hiring committees has reached its
expiry date. Primarily as a result of
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Fukushima updates November 4 , 2013 - Tepco to delay spent fuel removal for two weeks to run tests ! Even as this testing occurs , nuclear engineers still are merely guessing as to what happened with the melted cores , where they may actually be located - and whether melted fuel sprayed upward rather than flowing downward..... Fukushima workers in a hell on earth environment - working in fear .... US Energy Secretary shocked at Fukushima plant condition after visiting ( US stands ready to assist says Energy Secretary - apparently US still not asked to actually pitch in and help and of course Japan has not yet ratified the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage , which seems to be a hang up for US help ) ) ...... Sardines missing in action in Pacific - another anecdotal on food chain damage from the Fukushima disaster ?
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/04/national/tepco-to-conduct-fuel-removal-test-at-reactor-4/#.UngIH2fYGTd
Tepco to conduct fuel removal test at reactor 4
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The utility had intended to start removing the fuel rods from the unit’s
packed cooling pool as early as Friday.
The test was requested by the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization. The
government-affiliated agency called for an initial test that would include
transporting a protective fuel cask from the No. 4 storage pool to another
pool in a differe... more »
Take five . . .
CHILL WITH A QUADRACOPTER. Full-screen delight for the soul, nice soundtrack, called the In-Between by A New Normal.
HT — Seboua, thank-you!
“This time is different”?
I enjoyed this “Big Think” interview with historian Niall Ferguson. Some of
the subjects covered:
- the value of historical perspective versus the most dangerous four
words in the English language: “This time is different.”
- what gave rise to the West?
- what happens next?
If you’d like to save time, here’s the transcript.
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Harper's Conservative Party Takes A Hard Turn To The 'RIGHT"
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*Ladies and gentleman, behold ... The Tea Party (North). New Conservative
party policies adopted in convention November, 2013: *
*— Canadians should not be forced to join unions and pay dues. This is the
start of an effort by Conservatives to persuade Harper to introduce a
contentious “right-to-work law,” similar to those in some U.S. states, that
critics say is a thinly veiled attempt to destroy unions.*
***— Federal public service unions and those in federally regulated
industries should tell their members how much of their dues go to political ... more »
“Fuked! West Coast Evacuation May Be Needed– ‘Most Terrifying Situation I Can Imagine’”
* *
*“Fuked! West Coast Evacuation May Be Needed– *
*‘Most Terrifying Situation I Can Imagine’”*
by Before It's News
“The story below from ENENews is eye opening and tells the latest ‘worst
case scenario’ coming out of Fukushima Japan from an award-winning
scientist who warns us that the entire West Coast of America might have to
be evacuated due to Fukushima and the fuel rod crisis at reactor #4.
Calling what is happening now ‘the most terrifying situation I can
imagine’, environmental expert David Suzuki also talks about the unfolding
Fukushima disaster in the video below.
... more »
The Economy: “Gun-Toting Health Enforcers”
*“Gun-Toting Health Enforcers”*
by Bill Bonner
“When we left Baltimore on Friday, the Dow was still going up. Gold was
still going down. The Fed was still hinting it would begin tapering its
bond-buying program (QE) soon… or maybe not. The economy was still
recovering… or maybe it wasn’t. And the Red Sox were still favored to win
the World Series.
We woke up Sunday morning in New York with a copy of the New York Times at
our door. What caught our eye in the paper was the sad saga of “Obamacare.”
The Affordable Care Act, to give it its official name, seems to set off
emotional... more »
ANONYMOUS: Private Security, RCMP and military executed attack on Mi'kmaq
.#OpFrackOff
Anonymous Source, Leaked Metadata
Posted at Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/11/anonymous-private-security-rcmp-and.html
#OpFrackOff
Anonymous Source, Leaked Metadata Suggest Consortium of Private
Security, RCMP, and Canadian Military Plotted and Executed Attack on
Elsipogtog Mi'maq
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Rude and uninformed
Re: Chris Christie says story about teacher confrontation was
misrepresented, Nov 4.
American schools are not the "failure factories" Gov. Christie claims they
are: The only serious problem with American education is the rate of child
poverty, 23%, the second highest among industrialized countries. High
poverty means poor nutrition, poor health care, lack of access to books,
all of which are associated with low school performance.
When researchers control for poverty, American students' international test
scores rank near the top of the world.
We need to invest in food programs, hea... more »
Scumbag insurance corporatinos scamming their policy holders
Building a bit on the last post, TPM investigates and finds insurance
companies lying about Obamacare to their policy holders.
Donna received the letter canceling her insurance plan on Sept. 16. Her
insurance company, LifeWise of Washington, told her that they'd identified
a new plan for her. If she did nothing, she'd be covered.
Of course she would be paying $300 a month more for the pleasure of staying
with a plan she "liked." But Donna is no fool. She shopped around on the
Obamacare exchanges.
If Donna had done nothing, she would have ended up spending about $1,000
more a mont... more »
To Bank or Not to Bank, that is the question.
First off, before I get started, I want to apologize- to you the readers
and to Heather for the mistaken titles that I picked for the articles that
I put out a few days ago with all of the Declarations in them. I will be
re-titling the articles as soon as I finish this article so that there is
no more confusion.
A few days ago I published the articles "New Banking Docs: Original PDFs",
and "Declaration of Deposit, Receipt, Conversion, & Account: Banking
Documents". I need to clarify this microscopically, in full transparency:
The titles stating "Banking Docs" were NOT Heather... more »
My Dismal Place
Ho Hum, a person on Facebook accused me of wanting to drag other people
down to my dismal place - Can you imagine! Moi!!?? He said:
"...we are currently in a lag - a moment in time after we were confronted
with the reality of CC and before we started to change course"
I answered:
That is not a fact. That is something you believe based on no evidence.
All evidence (aka history) points in the opposite direction. People have
never chosen to voluntarily decrease their living standard. They have
fought or emigrated, and now, there's no where left to go.
Why do I "insist on dragging... more »
Consultants and Kludgeocracy
One more on this topic and then I'll let it go. As I said in the Prospect
piece, I pretty much agree with Steven Teles in his description of
"Kludgeocracy" and the causes for it.
The one possible exception I have is something pretty important: the
outsourcing of government work to outside contractors, particularly in the
national security area. Here's Teles:
Finally, kludgeocracy is now self-generating, as its growth has created a
"kludge industry" that feeds off the system's appetite for complexity. In
the name of markets and innovation, and driven by increasingly strict (and
oft... more »
George Stephanopoulos fails to bark!
**MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013
*Pretends Rand Paul gave an answer:* The Rand Paul plagiarism flap became
even more faux this weekend.
First, Paul added to the foolishness. Then, George Stephanopoulos stoutly
refused to bark.
When we left this big pile of Dumb, some speech-writer had cut-and-pasted
summaries of two movies into two speeches by Paul. It was a very dumb thing
to do—but as a “plagiarism scandal,” it was also utterly pointless.
This didn’t stop Rachel Maddow from wasting her time, night after night,
with this nonsense last week. Yesterday, Paul pretended to discuss the
“is... more »
Navajo Pueblo Nuclear Holocaust Focus of International Uranium Film Festival Southwest
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By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The International Uranium Film Festival will feature two films focused
on the Navajo and Pueblo areas where both Navajos and Pueblos were --
and are -- victims of Cold War uranium mining and radioactive tailings
left behind.
Navajos and Pueblos were sent to their deaths without protective
clothing, even though the US government and mining companies knew
ENDA Showdown In The Senate
This hypocritical old queen isn't changing his mind on ENDA
This evening, the Senate will once again take up ENDA, the bill that would
prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. I
say "once again," because the Senate tried to pass this once before--
September 10, 1996. It failed, only 49 senators voting yes, 50 voting no
and one, Mark Pryor (D-AR) ducking the vote entirely. It's worth noting
that this year, Pryor and every other Democrat has already announced that
they are supporting the legislation. But back then the "no" votes included
5 Democrats who we... more »
Updates On Syria: KSA Goes It Alone, Kurds Gain New Ground In Northeast, Turkey Stops Transfer of CW Across Its Border
An excerpt from, *"Syria: The Saudis Can Not Lead"* Moon of Alabama,
November 4:
Bob Woodward propagandizes for the Saudi prince Bandar in the Washington
Post:
Persian Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, *are moving to strengthen
their military support for Syrian rebels* and develop policy options
independent from the United States in the wake of what they see as a
failure of U.S. leadership following President Obama’s decision not to
launch airstrikes against Syria, according to senior gulf officials.
In another attempt to unify the Syrian opposition the Saudis want to build
a ... more »
The New Puritanism of 0.05 [updated]
*“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be having a
good time.”
*- H.L. Mencken
Well, we knew this was coming, didn’t we—there have been enough trial
balloons around for long enough to let you know the fix was already in:
from bogus studies on the alleged “social costs” of alcohol, to
manufactured outrage about what goes on after dark in cities’ hotspots, to
reality-TV clips on both prime-time infotainment shows of celebrities
knocking back a few drinks and being even stupider than normal.
You know what I’m talking about: the new Brownlee Law, the government’... more »
Thoughts for the Brain
There is no such thing as the United Front today, no such thing compared to
the united front as it was first expounded in the 1920s. If this is the
case should we worry at all about what is or isn't a 'united front' or a
'popular front'? The liability of the popular front, as it was in the 1930s
and during the cold war, was not so much that it was a cross-class
alliance. If that was the case then the Paris Commune was a popular front,
as was the Soviet of Workers, Soldiers and Peasants Deputies. The problem
with the popular front was it denied working class agency. This is the real
... more »
JFK50: An Open Letter to Vimeo
Dear Vimeo,
I'm regret that this circumstance has arisen - at the back of my mind, I
suspected that such a decision on your part might be imminent, but
considered it a calculated risk worth taking.
In the main, I post both original content short-form documentaries I
produce myself, and mirror news and current affairs extracts I feel are
important either for their illustrative and educative value to inform
current events, or likewise important reportage I feel is being ignored or
sidelined by mainstream corporate news source; likewise, I occasionally
mirror historically important... more »
Background information
We're within a year of the independence referendum in Scotland, and Radio 4
has begun a new five-part series by Professor Murray Pittock of Glasgow
University entitled *The Roots of Scottish Nationalism* (1.45pm, each day
this week).
Out of curiosity I thought it might be interesting to see where the
professor's own feelings lie on the issue of independence. Is he merely a
neutral, disinterested academic [as the BBC presented him], or does he
espouse a particular position?
The answer comes via *The Scotsman*:
*Murray Pittock: Yes vote vital to realise potential*
I am voting Ye... more »
Blame the damn insurance corporations
If you needed further proof of the total failure of our Fourth Estate you
need look no further than the media's frenzied search for alleged Obamacare
victims. Today the (once proud and now useless bird cage liner) Wall St.
Journal delivers up cancer victim Edie Sundby whose losing one of her
insurers. What the op-ed doesn't tell you is she would lost that coverage
anyway because United Healthcare long planned to drop all individual
policies. It seems they can't compete in the individual market in
California because of selective tax breaks being given to only some
insurers, of which ... more »
FASHANU, CABINET MINISTERS, WHISTLEBLOWERS
*Justin Fashanu*
On the morning of 3 May 1998, Justin Fashanu was found hanged.
"He gave us the names of two cabinet ministers he claimed he had sex with,"
said Phil Taylor, a journalist with the People newspaper.
Justin Fashanu, dribbling round ...
*Sandusky. Reportedly, the world of sport is used to supply children for
sex with top people.*
POLICE chiefs are turning a blind eye to top people abusing children in
care, says a former child protection officer.
*'Cover-up' over VIPs who abuse children in care*
*The anonymous whistleblower says he was warned by top policemen not to ... more »
Brand modern 3D planetarium consecrated in Pilsen
The Techmania Science Center in Pilsen – a science museum where I sometimes
give a talk – has opened its arguably most attractive facility, the 3D
planetarium today.
*This building of a dining hall at Škoda looked really ugly and the ruins
were collapsing. It was renewed and became yummy.*
The visitors may sit to 90 seats inside a ball of inner radius 14 meters
and observe not only 140,000 celestial objects but tons of movies about
everything in 3D (tsunamis, volcanos, insects, whatever you like). The
state-of-the-art system Sky-Skan only exists in 3 European science centers
– in... more »
EU will ban vacuum cleaners...
*...above 1,600 W since Sept 2014*
Joseph S. sent me a warning about some plans by the European Commission –
it's a continental Big-Brother government of a sort – to ban vacuum
cleaners at or above 1,600 watts of power consumption since September 2014.
The Czech press is full of it, people are upset, but TRF readers may prefer
the U.K. press: The Daily Mail, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph.
A few months ago, I bought a new vacuum cleaner, a cheaper model above with
consumption 1,800 watts of input power (300 W of output power). Before
that, I was using a gadget with a substantiall... more »
RSS AMSU: tiny cooling trend in last 17.0 years
In 2011, Ben Santer et al. beat the crap out of... no, I don't mean Pat
Michaels, I mean the temperature data. The paper with 17 co-authors
concluded (see the last sentence of the abstract) that
Our results show that temperature records of at least 17 years in length
are required for identifying human effects on global-mean tropospheric
temperature.
Seventeen years were needed to see the global warming. So did we see a
warming in the last 17 years? I repeatedly pointed out that the interval
with an insignificant cooling trend was approach 17 years.
Now, when RSS AMSU has publishe... more »
Hamas Is Brainwashing The Palestinian Youth With New School Textbooks
An excerpt from, *"To Shape Young Palestinians, Hamas Creates Its Own
Textbooks"* by Fares Akram and Jodi Rudoren, New York Times, November 3:
Textbooks have long been a point of contention in the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, in which dueling historical narratives and cultural clashes
underpin a territorial fight. And they are central examples of what Israeli
leaders call Palestinian “incitement” against Jews, held up as an obstacle
to peace talks newly resumed under American pressure.
Beyond their take on Israel, the new texts are also a salvo in the war for
influence between ... more »
Turkey's Leader Backs Al-Qaeda Terror Groups, Then Warns Syria Could Become The "Mediterranean Afghanistan"
*American President Barack Hussein Obama stands with Turkish President
Abdullah Gul.*
An excerpt from, *"Syria becoming 'Mediterranean Afghanistan': Turkey
president,"* AFP, November 3:
Syria could become a "Mediterranean Afghanistan" if the international
community does not act to end its civil war, Turkish president Abdullah Gul
warned in an interview published by the Guardian on Sunday.
Gul, who was speaking to the British newspaper during a visit to the
Scottish capital Edinburgh, called the world's response "very
disappointing" and said the UN Security Council's reaction ha... more »
8 Tips for Helping your Child Through Seasonal Allergies
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with
Pollinate Media Group® and Kleenex but all my opinions are my own.
#KleenexAllergy #pmediahttp://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO
I am one of the lucky ones. My parents and siblings suffer from all sorts
of environmental allergies, but I was lucky enough to escape without any.
Pet dander that can swells my siblings eye shut has never seem to bother
me. I have never really had to think much about allergies until my daughter
was born and I realized she had every allergy I had escaped. Her poor
little red nose has undergone much tr... more »
A sign of remembrance . . .
FOUND ON GOOGLE MAPS: a satellite photograph you see here. Do click on the link to find out more.
Immediate capitulation
Rod Liddle, at the *Spectator*, quotes in full a letter sent by Inayat
Bunglawala of the Muslim Council of Britain to Stephen Whittle, Director of
Editorial Policy at the BBC.
In this letter Inayat Bunglawala complains about the "distress" caused to
"many" British Muslims by the use of the phrase "Islamic terrorists" in
recent BBC News report about Kashmir. He goes on to argue the case for
Kashmiri independence from India, and blames India for all the problems of
Kashmir, as well as calling for a referendum in Kashmir to settle the
issue.
Rod describes the reply from from Stephe... more »
Running around the ME and North Africa- Keeping up with Kerry!
Bot tak left a link to this news of Israeli outrage from another source.
Thanks bot tak.
It's a bit different then the one I had bookmarked.
I continue to fence sit on this alleged attack in Latakia. For reasons I
have stated in the previous post.
The claims of an alleged Israeli attack knocked *two very important news
stories off the radar.*
*TKO'ing those two stories is beneficial to Israel. *
First, Syria's compliance with the chemicals weapons inspections and
secondly, Israel's absolute refusal to be accountable for their chemical
weapons stockpile.
Both of these news stories whi... more »
So Why Did No One Ever Out Mike Michaud The Way Aaron Schock, Lindsey Graham And Patrick McHenry Always Get Outed?
Maine Blue Dog Mike Michaud was never like the other Blue Dogs. He was
always the one Blue Dog that didn't seem to belong in the hate-filled,
bigoted pack of mostly Confederate reactionaries. He voted with
progressives on healthcare, trade, social issues and his lifetime
ProgressivePunch crucial score is a truly moderate 76.96-- not the 94.63 of
a progressive like Maine's other Member of Congress, Chellie Pingree, but
not the kinds of scores other Blue Dogs have racked up, like John Barrow
(35.88), Henry Cuellar (40.44), Collin Peterson (40.52), Jim Matheson
(42.05), Jim Costa (43... more »
The UFO Phenomenon in Argentina: Believe or Bust
*Source: DiarioHoy.net
Date: 11.03.2013*
*The UFO Phenomenon in Argentina: Believe or Bust*
The first sighting of a strange flying object recorded in the country was
in La Plata. An intriguing episode took place in Tolosa. A story enshrouded
in mystery and fascination.
On June 29, 1947, a U.S. pilot claimed having run into nine saucer-shaped
shiny objects in the air. Ever since then, the term UFO (Unidentified
Flying Object) became official and it was recorded in the various similar,
inexplicable episodes that took place all over the world.
Nearly 1500 cases have been recorded in... more »
Kludgeocracy and Representation
My column today over at TAP is an argument with Steven Teles, who has been
writing important things about the US policy-making process as a
"Kludgeocracy." Generally, I think his diagnosis is correct, including the
causes of kludges, but I think it's mostly a good thing, not a bad one. I'm
somewhat skeptical about how much of a net bad thing it is in terms of
policy efficiency, but I'm confident that it's a good thing in terms of
democracy.
I want to highlight my argument about democratic accountability, which
Teles argues would be enhanced if "constitutional norms forced government... more »
Where the Anthropogenic Global Warming Cult meets the Military Industrial Complex
I feel the hard sell coming on. Fear. Fear. Fear. Then more fear.
Four top environmental scientists raised the stakes Sunday in their fight
to reverse climate change and save the planet. ( More like push business
for the nuclear industry) Climate and energy scientists James Hansen, Ken
Caldeira, Kerry Emanuel and Tom Wigley have released an open letter calling
on world leaders to support development of safer nuclear power systems.
Wait -- pro-nuclear environmentalists? Isn't that an oxymoron? Apparently,
not so much anymore.
That's an oxymoron in my book. But, anyway......
James... more »
The Talented Mr. Obama
Patricia Highsmith wrote the book(s) on charming homicidal sociopathy when
she invented a character named Tom Ripley. "Suave, agreeable, and utterly
amoral" he was the consummate con artist, able to fool most of the people
all of the time. He lied, he cheated, and he stole. And on the
unpalatable occasions when he had to kill for security reasons, he cried
crocodile tears in public and profited in private. Paradoxically,
he absolutely detested having to murder people, Highsmith explained, unless
it was absolutely necessary. When he did confess his crimes to sympathetic
friends, they... more »
Realtors - the Hell of the Haves and the Have Nots
I'm currently getting ready to retire.
And related to that - I am downsizing - dramatically.
During this past year I have learned a lot of crap I never wanted to know
about realtors.
With realtors, its all about money and whether you are a Have and a Have Not
I have no problem with people making money - that's what life is all about
its about how you go about making that money.
This past year has shown me what motivates realtors.
You have to realize that to work with a realtor
- you have to sign a contract with them.
Which confines you to all levels of hell.
When it came to selling ... more »
MILEY CYRUS FROM NASHVILLE
Miley Cyrus, the 20-year-old former Disney star, comes from the small
bible-belt town of Franklin in Tennessee.
Franklin, named after Benjamin Franklin, is a suburb of Nashville.
Mark Phillips, who has been involved with CIA mind control, comes from
Nashville.
In 2005, Miley Cyrus, aged 13, was baptised in the evangelical Southern
Baptist People's Church.
www.dailymail
Miley attended children's camps at the church.
Southern Baptist Pastors are famous for being involved in child sex abuse
Miley says that she's still a Christian.
*Billy Ray Cyrus's property.*
Miley's father... more »
Your moment of Zen
Autumn leaves. [photo via Old Moss Woman]
Sex and intellect at the Times!
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013*
*How unintelligent are they:* Yesterday, Maureen Dowd opened her piece with
the world’s dullest question.
It was followed by a type of answer from an intellectual giant:
DOWD (11/3/13): *I asked Mike Nichols, the director of Harold Pinter’s
“Betrayal” on Broadway, why love triangles have such a mythic hold on the
imagination.*
“We’re born in a triangle,” he said about parents and a newborn. “That’s
the most important one, the triangle that determines who we are, the one
that affects the other triangles that you get into in your life. *It’s all
about tha... more »
Jal Mehta Nails the Reasons Why School Reform Has Failed
The *Allure of Order *provides one of the best single explanations of how
and why top-down school reform failed. Elites chose to “colonize” the
disrespected teaching profession. Part of the solution, Mehta indicated,
was transforming teaching into a real and respected profession.
Mehta’s “From Bureaucracy to Profession: Remaking the Educational Sector
for the Twenty-First Century” provides an equally brilliant diagnosis of
why outcomes-driven accountability has repeatedly failed to improve
schools. It is a fascinating piece of political science. As I reveled in
Mehta’s historical an... more »
SEEING MY LIFE AS A QUEST VS. A STRUGGLE
*Allen L Roland, PhD *
*My life has been a quest, not a struggle, to fully surrender to love and
eventually re-embrace a young child within myself who felt, knew and longed
to share a great truth ~ before he closed his heart at six years old ~ that
a profound love and joy deepest within myself indelibly connected me to a **Unified
Field* *of love and soul consciousness that exists not only beyond time and
space but also deepest within all living beings: Allen L Roland***
I'm almost 80 years old, yet I remember surrendering to my birth
experience, pushing against s... more »
Evidence? Randi Weingarten Ignores the Evidence
In Evidence? Secretary Duncan, You Can’t Handle the Evidence, I note that
Duncan simply refuses to acknowledge the abundant evidence that Common Core
is a failed standards/testing paradigm. Now Randi Weingarten appears to be
traveling down the same misleading path with Will States Fail the Common
Core?: Without standards aligned to what kids need to succeed in college,
career […]
Reverse Engineering the Illuminati Mind Set
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Julian Rose
*Pt.1 'On the Inside of Darkness'*
*
*
When a US army drone got on the wrong side of the Iranian border a year or
two ago, some clever hackers found a way into its coded electronics and
guided it down to earth. From there it was "taken into custody" by Iranian
forces and subsequently taken apart – and a cloned version was reverse
engineered into existence. At least, that is what we are led to believe.
This salutary tale provides us with an excellent template for the
deconstruction of the Illuminati mind set and ... more »
Police State Britain
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image source Stephen Lendman
Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) operates like NSA.
They work cooperatively. They're out-of-control rogue agencies.
They spy on their own populations. They do it globally. They conduct
espionage. They collect enormous amounts of personal information. They do
it illegally.
Obama wages war on freedom. He targets whistleblowers and investigative
journalists exposing government wrongdoing. So does Britain. It equates
doing so with terrorism.
London's Guardian is threatened.... more »
Hi, I’m New Here, An Arab Zionist and Former Muslim speaks
' Moving forward to 1999, I was in Jordan and one day the neighborhood
erupted in joy. I thought it was a wedding at first, but it turned out that
there was a suicide attack in Israel. They started handing out sweets to
us, and I went inside to see the tv and the carnage that was going on,
while around me everyone was joyful. At this point I thought to myself
"Aren't we dehumanizing ourselves if we are dehumanizing other people?"'
More here
http://www.israellycool.com/2013/11/02/hi-im-new-here-an-arab-zionist-and-former-muslim/
Argentina: Strange Light Formation in the Atlantic Ocean
*Andrea Pérez Simondini* at VISION OVNI has posted a photograph of a
strange light formation (captured during the month of April, 2012) that has
been explained away as "maneuvers by fishing boats trying to attract fish
with lights". What makes it truly intriguing is that the light formation
appears to exist in the "vile vortex" area described in Luis Burgos' The
Punta Indio Aquatic Connection (*
http://www.inexplicata.blogspot.com/2013_10_01_archive.html*) but this is
what our friends at VISION OVNI have written on the matter:
"A NASA satellite detected a large and strange concentr... more »
Us behaving like Them: We liberals keep playing our Ku Klux Klan card!
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013*
*A great figure jumps a large shark:* Harry Belafonte has played a great
and important role in modern American history.
We’re not talking about his film and music careers. We’re talking about the
deeply admirable, important role he played in the civil rights movement.
Belafonte was there in real time, in very major ways. Being part of that
movement was a dangerous thing. Like the others, he accepted the danger.
God bless Harry Belafonte for the wide range of things he did!
That doesn’t mean he can’t be wrong. And jeez! In this morning’s New York
Times, h... more »
Something evil this way comes . . .
THERE
ARE NASTY CRITTERS OUT THERE. BadBIOS is one of ‘em, according to Dan
Goodwin at ArsTechnica, who has an article you should read, “Meet
“badBIOS,” the mysterious Mac and PC malware that jumps airgaps”. Jumps
airgaps? This is truly dangerous.
"We had an air-gapped computer that just had its [firmware] BIOS
reflashed, a fresh disk drive installed, and zero data on it, installed
from a
LETTERS FROM JEJU PRISON
Sung-Hee Choi writes from Jeju Island:
Manseuk (nickname), a young female activist in her early 20s made this
video for Kim Eun-Hye (23) who was directly arrested from the court on Oct.
8, this year, for the unverified charge of violence to a police woman last
year. In the video, Manseuk narrates the letters between Eun-Hye and Jaein,
her best friend and with whom she has lived in a container in the village
for near two years.
Before the day of her arrest , Eun-Hye cried suffering from unfairness,
saying, “Please trust me, I have never hit the policewoman.” As she was
arrested th... more »
Paying to cuddle and stroke a pussy
BBC News Magazine (@BBCNewsMagazine) tweeted at 2:23 PM on Mon, Nov 04,
2013:
The cafe where you pay to cuddle cats by the minute http://t.co/E3a6WXgg4Y#NewsfromElsewhere
http://t.co/lM4e5DtyKG
(https://twitter.com/BBCNewsMagazine/status/397368404631650304)
In His Own Words
James Carville says that the president's words could have been more
nuanced. The New York Times said that he "misspoke." According to Senator
Diane Feinstein, what he *really* meant was that you could keep your plan
until ObamaCare became law.
Well, judge for yourself.
And it turns out that according to this article in the Washington Post that
the President's advisors knew - *knew* - that this statement wasn't true
and advised significant revision or deletion. And the President chose to
ignore their advice. That's not "nuanced" or "misspeaking." *The President
of the United Sta... more »
Untitled
*Lifelong Who Dat remembered in special way ~Carolyn Scofield, WVUE*
*NOPD not quite ready for prime time ~Don Ames, WWL*
*In Louisiana, a former Army commander goes to war against Big Oil ~Sue
Sturgis, Facing South*
*Audit: DHH pays dead people $1.9 million under state's privatized Medicaid
programs ~Melinda Deslatte, Advocate*
*Bywater residents complain about parking around Bacchanal ~WWLTV*
*The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — Diversions? ~Bob Marshall, WWNO*
*Accordions, Beer And God: Zydeco In Gran Texas ~David Brown, NPR Music*
THE PROGRESS, THE GAPS AND THE SCANDAL: The first rule of Journalist Club!
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013*
*Part 1—Hiding the progress:* It’s the first rule of Journalist Club: You
do not talk about the progress.
Here’s the second rule of Journalist Club: You do NOT talk about the
progress!
(For the eight rules of Fight Club, click here.)
Whatever! For whatever reason, Amanda Ripley doesn’t discuss the apparent
national progress in math in her widely ballyhooed book, The Smartest Kids
in the World.
In Ripley’s full-length, widely-praised book, the national progress has
disappeared! With apologies, we’ll post her basic portrait of Minnesota,
just this one ... more »
ObamaCare updates November 4, 2013..... Having failed to learn from prior mistakes , White House and Supporters in Congress doubles down by repeating past mistakes in the hope that things will turn out different......
Another day , another beat down....
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/11/curious-statement-in-obamacare-website.html
Monday, November 04, 2013 1:17 PM
Curious Statement in Obamacare Website Source Code: "You Have No Reasonable
Expectation of Privacy"
Right in the source code for the Obamacare website is the statement "*You
have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any communication of
data transiting or stored on this information system*".
It curious why this message would be placed in the source code where no one
would have any expectation of ever seeing... more »
Chris Christie demolished in Double down - If anyone thought 2012 was forgotten by Romney and his team , this should clear that up !
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/review-double-down-on-the-2012-election-by-mark-halperin-and-john-heilemann/2013/11/01/8bf4f050-3fdd-11e3-a751-f032898f2dbc_story.html
Review:
‘Double Down,’ on the 2012 election, by Mark Halperin and John
Heilemann
For Romney’s aides, dealing with Christie’s overbearing team was about
as
pleasurable as a traffic jam on the New Jersey Turnpike. For Christie’s
staff in Trenton, the feeling toward the Romney machine was pretty much
mutual.
Many months after Romney’s loss, that toxic relationship is revealed in
page-turning detail in “Double Down... more »
Blackberry sale off , stock craters , CEO replaced , big convert in the offing......
Blackberry Craters After Report Company Abandons Sale, To Replace CEO
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/04/2013 08:21 -0500
- Institutional Investors
- LBO
- Nomination
- Risk Management
inShare
Just over a month ago, when we shared our cynical view on the "hopium"
inspired LBO of Blackberry, we commented as follows: "In other words an
LBO, one which however has not only one but many outs: "There can be no
assurance that due diligence will be satisfactory, that financing will be
obtained, that a definitive agreement will be entere... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Erick Threets, 32. Still trying, or at least he was in
2013...originally selected in the 2000 draft. It's a brutal game.
Good stuff, all about health care today:
1. Andrew Sprung on sabotage and the ACA rollout.
2. Kevin Drum's reaction: sabotage works. I may write more about this
today. It's an important topic -- not to make excuses for the
administration (neither Sprung nor Drum is doing that), but because it's
important to know what happened, and what it means for the future. If
anything.
3. And Garance Franke-Ruta on ACA and squeeky wheels.
Worst DCCC Chairman In The History Of Forever
Last week DCCC staffers were eager to push out a story by Shira Center and
Emily Cahn in *Roll Call*, House Democrats Pull Pages From The Rahm Playbook.
By "House Democrats" they meant Steve Israel, the DCCC's incompetent and
clueless chairman, and by "the Rahm Playbook," they meant steamrolling over
progressives and grassroots candidates in favor of conservative
candidates-- including a few Republicans willing to switch parties.
The Chicago mayor served as chairman of the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee in 2006, when his party beat long odds to win the
majority for t... more »
Mohawk John Kane 'I am ready this year!'
John
Kane
By John Kane, Mohawk
I Am Ready This Year!
Censored News
Okay, I admit it. Last year when our special month of November rolled
around, National Native American Heritage Month, I purposely kept quiet
about it until December. I sat silently all month long and sure enough —
nothing. So on December 2 I wrote, “November was what? Our month?
Really? Who knew?” for my blog (http://
War watch November 4 , 2013......Ed Snowden's Manifesto for the truth - Global solution needed for Global Problem of surveillance ....Pakistan in uproar of broken US pledge to halt drone killings during Pakistan peace talks with Taliban......Syri Opposition tules out peace talks while continuing to lose ground to Assad;s forces.....Iran talk subject to de facto Israel veto ? East Libya declares autonomy from Tripoli as partition of Libya appears to proceed.....
NSA and Edward Snowden news items....
A Manifesto for the Truth
by Edward Snowden, November 04, 2013
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*This article by Edward Snowden was published Sunday in* Der Spiegel*.*
In a very short time, the world has learned much about unaccountable secret
agencies and about sometimes illegal surveillance programs. Sometimes the
agencies even deliberately try to hide their surveillance of high officials
or the public. While the NSA and GCHQ seem to be the worst offenders – this
is what the currently available documents suggest – we must not forget that
mass surveill... more »
Fukushima open thread for November 1 - 3 , 2013 ....As Tepco gets the approval to start removing fuel rods from the spent fuel pool for Uni4 , questions exist as to ; why the rush ; what else isn't Tepco sharing apart from the name of the Company doing this work ; what is the condition of the fuel rod : if something goes wrong , will Tepco fess up swiftly - anyone believe a dropped fuel rod assembly would have any impact outside of the plant area ? How can Tepco equitably be racking up records profits under the present circumstances ? Oh , the profits came from taxpayer bailout monies Tepco booked as income ?????
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Russia Today ......
Earthquake hits close to Fukushima, tremors felt as far as Tokyo
Published time: November 03, 2013 10:40
Edited time: November 03, 2013 12:45
Get short URL
[image: (FILE) Tokyo Electric Power Co workers look up the unit 4 reactor
building during a media tour at TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in
the town of Okuma, Fukushima prefecture in Japan (AFP Photo / Noboru
Hashimoto)]
(FILE) Tokyo Electric Power Co workers look up the unit 4 reactor building
during a media tour at TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in the town
of Okuma, Fukushima prefecture ... more »
Behold The Conservative Base
On Friday, Gerry Caplan wondered whether the Conservative faithful, meeting
in Calgary, would experience a dark night of the soul. They faced at least
two significant questions:
Which is true: when Mr. Harper said that no one in his office except Nigel
Wright knew about the deal with Senator Mike Duffy, or when he now says “a
few people” knew? (The number 13 is used by many.) Do you find it credible
that his chief of staff, senior aides in his office, the party’s chief
fundraiser, the party’s top lawyer, and several close allies in the Senate
may have all hid from the Boss Man the... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - All Natural Katie
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
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CHURCHES, MALLS, CIA
*Kenyan church.*
The CIA's Nairobi CHURCHES are like night clubs?
The CIA has infiltrated most things, including churches.
The attack on the mall in Kenya was an inside-job, involving the security
services of more than one nation.
At Mail Online, daviddave, comments:
"Look at how staged those photos are; soldier near her yet she ducks? ... I
have asked where the real bodies are..it seems to be one massive staged
false flag terrorist attack."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.
*Father XXXX Molesting a Young Kenyan lad*
"An ex-SAS man and a former Irish Ranger kept their cool to... more »
Free Online Viewing Of The Documentary Film, "Genetic Roulette" - November 2nd to November 8th, 2013
Your private screening of the 1 Hour version of “*Genetic Roulette – The
Gamble of Our Lives*” movie is here for you to enjoy. You have unlimited
access to watch the movie for 1 week (Nov 2nd -Nov 8th) and we are
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Genetic Roulette is inspiring people and changing lives all around the world
.
What you’re about to get from this film…[image: whatyoulearn.fw]To view
the full length documentary, please click on the link provided below. You
must give your... more »
Release the Ford video?
Yesterday Rob Ford demanded the police release the video.
They can't. The video is evidence before the Courts and cannot be released
(indeed, arguably the video should not even have been described but that's
another issue).
Mayor Ford must know the video cannot be released by the police (it may
come out as an exhibit in court later). His demand is mere show.
The Prescient David Cutler
Via the *Washington Post*, here is a 2010 memo that my Harvard colleague
David Cutler wrote to Larry Summers about the implementation of the
Affordable Care Act. Its subject line is "Urgent Need for Changes in Health
Reform Implementation."
David concludes: "All in all, the administration has immense decisions to
make about transforming health care delivery and coverage. But no one I
interact with has confidence that your current personnel and configuration
is up to the task."
An Open Exchange with AFT President Randi Weingarten
On October 26 and 27, 2013, I exchanged a number of emails with American
Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten. I had planned to
write a post about Weingarten, which I did on October 27. My post took the
form of an open letter to her. I sent it to her for her response […]
Imagine If Canadians Controlled the Canadian Economy
COMPANY PRESIDENT
"So, let's have a vote! Should we protest the government's confiscatory
taxation policies by shutting down and re-opening as another entity in
Mexico?"
MAJORITY IN THE WORKPLACE
"No."
COMPANY PRESIDENT
"The absentee shareholders would like us to cut costs and dump our
untreated wastes in the community drinking water. What say you?"
MAJORITY IN THE WORKPLACE
"No."
And on and on it would go. The centralized power of corporations, cut into
and dispersed.
Just when you thought the Muslim Brotherhood couldn't stoop any lower - Muslim Brotherhood caught using puppies as fire bombs
The Washington Post reports that:
'A pet rescue operation has saved three puppies from Muslim Brotherhood
clutches, after discovering the militant members were dousing the animals
with gasoline, setting them on fire and throwing them into the chaos of a
Tahrir Square demonstration, as makeshift bombs.
Robyn Urman, a rescuer with the New Jersey group, Pet ResQ Inc, said this
isn't the first time Muslim Brotherhood members had been busted trying to
use animals as gasoline-fired bombs, Breitbart reported. And this
particular discovery didn't end well for all the dogs.SEE RELATED: Egyp... more »
Ezekiel Emanuel: " We all share in the cost so that everyone will get it"...(must watch video)
*it's the Socialist way, dontcha know?*
Chris Wallace hosts a highly spirited debate between James Capretta (Ethics
& Public Policy Center) and Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel (Former Adviser to
President Obama on Obamacare).
Witness the rational behavior of Capretta vs the raging insane circular
"logic" of a sleaze ball libtarb who's equally sleaze-ball brother, Tiny
Dancer, is wreaking havoc on Chicago.
The arrogance spilling forth from Emmanuel, who obviously considers himself
one of the elite, is stunning.
What the hell kind of family produces two such mendacious creatures?
First we see ... more »
The Uses of Scandal: Edible oils
*Model airplane fliers in southern Taichung city.*
*“Coincidence was a concept he did not entirely trust. As someone who had
spent his life exploring the hidden interconnectivity of disparate emblems
and ideologies, Langdon viewed the world as a web of profoundly intertwined
histories and events. The connections may be invisible, he often preached
to his symbology classes at Harvard, but they are always there, buried just
beneath the surface.” *
Wouldn't ya know it? Just as (1) the President's pet prosecutor is facing
indictment for leaking secrets in a prosecution case to the Pre... more »
Falkirk Labour party update - news you won't hear about on the pro-Labour BBC
As if the revelations in the Sunday Times about the Falkirk selection
process were not enough, apparently
Investigators saw evidence of:
Forgery
Coercion
Trickery
Manipulation'
The Mail now reports:
'The whistleblower at the centre of Labour’s vote-rigging scandal last
night sensationally rejected claims by Unite that she had withdrawn her
story.
Lorraine Kane triggered a major probe into alleged electoral corruption
when she revealed her family had been signed up to the Labour Party without
their consent. It happened as Unite activists were waging a bitter battle
to seize control... more »
Marcos 'Malas y No Tan Malas Noticias' (Bad and Not so Bad News)
(Subcomandante Marcos 'Bad and Not so Bad News' English coming)
MALAS Y NO TAN MALAS NOTICIAS.
Photo Brenda Norrell
A l@s estudiant@s que tomaron o quieren tomar el primer nivel de la Escuelita Zapatista:Noviembre del 2013.
A quien corresponda:
Compañeros, compañeras y compañeroas
Pues como ya es costumbre, me han designado a mí para darles las malas noticias. Así que ahí
Dairy Milk Alternative Recipes - 2 Simple Recipes You Can Do At Home
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561
Andrew Coyne's (must read) Analysis Of The Conservative Party Convention: 'More Cult Than Political Party'???
*Columnist Andrew Coyne nails it with his analysis of this past weekend's
Conservative Party of Canada National Convention in Calgary. Is this a
political party or a cult?*
*
**"Thus the Conservative tragedy grinds on. When your only principle is
paranoia — when your central organizing proposition is that “everyone is
out to get us” — when every criticism is merely confirmation of the
essential rightness of that proposition, and every deviation is evidence of
disloyalty, then you are less a party than a cult.*
*I don’t say that is what the party has become. But it is an early warnin... more »
Monday Linkage: gender x
The world is buzzing with news that Germany has introduced a ‘third sex‘-
or, the option to leave a child’s gender as indeterminate. This raises a
slough of questions and long-overdue discussion. Speaking of gender,
Californians are debating a new law in California (AB 1266) that would
allow trans-gender students to choose their preferred gender
Continue reading
Mi'kmaq Sacred Fire Blockade: SWN resistance Nov. 4, 2013
.
Emergency Advisory
Mi'kmaq say, “We are still here, and SWN will not be allowed to frack”
What: Sacred Fire blockade in response to SWN development
Where: Highway 11, outside of Laketon, New Brunswick, CanadaWhen: Monday, Nov. 4 at 12 pm
Media Contact: Amanda Lickers, 705-957-7468
Shared by Halifax Media Co-op
http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/19570
ELSIPOGTOG, New Brunswick
Meet North Carolina's Newest Democrat: Jason Thigpen
There are no moderates left in the Republican House Caucus. The "best"
you'll get is a mainstream conservative willing to stand up to Tea Party
extremism from time to time-- or a libertarian who may be good on an
important issue or two but is still, essentially, a raving lunatic on
everything else. Walter Jones (R-NC) is kind of a mix of the two. He is a
basic mainstream conservative with some libertarian tendencies. He also has
voted for progressive bills in the House more frequently than any other
Republican this year-- and more frequently than 9 right-wing Democrats--
John Barr... more »
Wendy Sherman: Bitch Demon From Hell
*Despicable, wretched whore: be gone!*
An excerpt from, *"America’s Lead Iran Negotiator Misrepresents U.S. Policy
(and International Law) to Congress"* by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann
Leverett, November 3:
Last month, while testifying to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
Wendy Sherman—Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs and the senior
U.S. representative in the P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran—said, with
reference to Iranians, “We know that deception is part of the DNA.” This
statement goes beyond orientalist stereotyping; it is, in the most literal
sense, racis... more »
Updates On Syria: FSA Leader Steps Down, Pakistani Jihadists Bring Long-Dead Disease To Syria
An excerpt from, *"Rebels lose ground to Assad forces in Syria war; Free
Syrian Army official Akaidi resigns"* by Liz Sly, The Washington Post,
November 3:
The resignation Sunday of a top leader in the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army
further underscored the extent to which rebel infighting is undermining the
effort not only to topple President Bashar al-Assad but also to hold on to
territories won by the opposition in more than two years of conflict.
A representative of the Fictitious Syrian Army is quitting the battlefield.
And we're supposed to be sad about this? This is the best new... more »
A War On the Poor (Armageddon Most Likely) When US Budget Deficit Fell 37% So Far in 2013
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Quarterly Fundraiser happening now or sending a link to your friends if you
think the subjects discussed here are worth publicizing. Thank you for your
support. We really appreciate it. Anything you can do will make a huge
difference in this blog's ability to operate.) When you hear Republicans
like neoCon Ohio Governor
Athabaska River, Headwaters And Cancer, An Alberta Legacy Story
*Breaking*..1 billion litres of coal mine tailing water spilled into the
Athabaska river....
A tailing pond failed, details are sketchy as to why it failed, and the
below article claims the "sludge" is harmless to humans and fish, but if
this sludge is so harmless why was it contained in a tailing pond?...
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Billion+litres+coal+mine+muck+leaks+into+Athabasca+River/9119759/story.html
Oh, did I mention that Aberta has had another train derailment...
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/11/03/another_cn_train_derails_in_rural_alberta.html
We huma... more »
David, with hernia
A hernia doctor improves upon a Michaelangelo.
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Obama Is Not Good At Killing People, He Didn't Even Kill Bin Laden
An excerpt from, *"Last Year President Obama Reportedly Told His Aides That
He's 'Really Good At Killing People'"* by Michael Kelley, Business Insider,
November 2:
This will not go over well for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
According to the new book “Double Down,” in which journalists Mark Halperinand John
Heilemann chronicle the 2012 presidential election, *President Barack Obama
told his aides that he’s “really good at killing people” while discussing
drone strikes.*
Peter Hamby of The Washington Post noted the moment in his review of the
book.
The reported claim by th... more »
Egyptian Military Shuts Down Show of Egypt's Jon Stewart
Is the Egyptian military run by idiots? Do these generals even understand
where their society is heading? I was all for the coup. Morsi was raising
up a storm, calling Jews descendents of pigs and spouting aggressive
rhetoric against Ethiopia for the construction of its Renaissance Dam. The
generals quieted things down, especially with Ethiopia, so that was a good
thing. But you have to rule intelligently. And shutting down the show of a
popular talk show host who is watched by millions of young Egyptians isn't
the smart way to go forward.
Source: CNN.
Annals of Technological Progress: When did it become assumed that everyone has a laptop computer?
*by Ken*
Since this is going to rad like another diatribe against Technological
Progress, I'd like to start by stressing that this truly isn't what's
meant, and the best way I can do that is by quoting part of a *New
Yorker*"Briefly Noted" review (in the Nov. 4 issue) of a book called
*Smarter Than You Think* by Clive Thompson:
"Thompson is not a tech acolyte, and is skeptical of "the giddy
boosterism
of Silicon Valley," but he makes a sharp and sustained argument against
"apocalyptic warnings" that social media and constant connectedness are
degrading private consciousness or pub... more »
Taxpayer-sponsored poverty entrapment
*Guest post by Dominic Costello*
The New Zealand Welfare solution was envisioned and eventually introduced
at a time when *real* poverty and actual starvation was a day to day
reality for some Kiwis. However, as *real* poverty and actual starvation
have diminished, the Welfare Solution has done the reverse, evolving to a
level its designers would not have imagined possible.
Over time, the umbrella of of welfare coverage has expanded significantly
faster than the growth in population. And little wonder.
Once the need for taxpayer support is agreed to, of itself it becomes
neces... more »
The Best Wings and The Best Wireless Plan for Football Season
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We bleed green and yellow in this house. I had never sat through a full
game before I met my husband, but football has been turned into a full
family affair. I have a love hate relationship with football season. I love
going to games together, I love making wings and other football food and I
love having friends over to watch games. I did not love losing my husband
for several hours every day to the ... more »
JFK50: Executive Action (1973) by Dalton Trumbo
Executive Action (1973) - The JFK Assassination as Viewed in Context from
the Year of Watergate
from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*'Executive Action'** *opened to a storm of controversy over the depiction
of the assassination: in some places in the U.S., the film ran only 1 to 2
weeks in movie theaters or got pulled from them altogether.
The movie was part fiction, but it would contest other reports of the
assassination, including the controversial Warren Commission report of
1964, which led to attacks against the film.
The trailers for the film never ran on certain television stations, ... more »
Thirty-five More LDOE Files: A Number of 2012 Test Score Reports
Once again, I have spent time on the LDOE website, seeking information that
was once publicly available in pre-Serling Louisiana. My first excursion
yielded 95 files, c. 2011-13; my second, 88 files, c. 2007. Here are
today’s finds: 35 files, c. 2012. Lots of test results in this set: BESE
Meeting Minutes April 18, 2012 Comparison Between Current […]
The Nuclear Power Web of Deceit
*The Nuclear Power Web Of Deceit:*
*John Friend Interviews Dr. Richard Wilcox*
*JF*: Richard, you live in Tokyo, Japan and have a background in
environmental studies. Could you tell us more about it?
*RW*: My university degrees are in the arts and social sciences and not the
natural sciences. I have always been interested in both aspects of science
though, but like many students my math and science skills were poor so I
had to go into humanities. I realized that without an understanding of
scientific logic it is too easy to have the wool pulled over your eyes by
experts who advise, ... more »
Now, this is scary . . .
ACCORDING
TO Bruce Wilson at AlterNet, “Almost Two-Thirds of 18-29 Year Olds
Believe in "Demon Possession" What Is Happening to America?”. Just like
in medieval times, superstition is probably eternal.
Over one half (63 percent, to be exact) of young Americans 18-29 years
old now believe in the notion that invisible, non-corporeal entities
called "demons" can take partial or total control of
New, improved Jim Crow law tested in Texas
Well I suppose we could call it progress. If by that you mean the test run
of JimCrow 2.7 in Texas will discriminate against women, old white people
and anyone else in danger of voting Democratic of any race or religious
background. No one can accuse the GOP of racism for denying Mr. Jim Wright
a voter ID card.
Former House Speaker Jim Wright was denied a voter ID card Saturday at a
Texas Department of Public Safety office.
“Nobody was ugly to us, but they insisted that they wouldn’t give me an
ID,” Wright said.
The legendary Texas political figure says that he has worked things ... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Inequality in New Zealand is rising…”
“Inequality in New Zealand is rising. This is a fact. What
is not clear is why some people think it is a problem.”
- Damien Grant, “Poverty isn't fault of rich",” NZ HERALD
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Class Conference 2013
What is it about train journeys to and from London that are so tiring?
No
matter. Your humble scribe made the trek down the track for the first
annual conference of the Centre for Labour And Social Studies. That's
Classto you and me. And, as you might expect, there was a smorgasbord of
left,
trade union and Labour speakers on offer. Allow me a quick aside. Long
time
readers will recall a time when I dutifully reported on left gatherings.
But more recently, I've stopped. There's only so many times you can go
to
meetings, come away with the impression that times are hard, and make it
... more »
Karlsruhe Court impotence - with the fate of Europe dangling on their decision , it's hard to conceive of the German Constitution Court putting a halt to Draghi and the ECB's OMT program....
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-11-03/impotence-karlsruhe
( Karlsruhe Court Trapped with their where to go ..... with Europe riding
on their decision , you know how this turns out... )
On the Impotence of Karlsruhe
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- 10 Year Bond
- Bond
- Central Banks
- default
- European Central Bank
- European Union
- Germany
- Monetary Policy
- Primary Market
- Yield Curve
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