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Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Gold and silver report December 8 , 2013 - China continues to devour gold and the West continues to send its gold to the East and middle East......GLD ETf continues to be drained ( down to 835 tons ) .... Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report December 7 , 2013 ( News , data and views on or touching upon the precious metals )
Catharsis Ours - 11 minutes ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-08/china-october-gold-imports-surge-second-highest-ever
China October Gold Imports Surge To Second Highest Ever
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Overnight, China reported its biggest trade surplus in almost five years,
when November net exports hit $33.8 billion, up from $31.1 billion in
October, and 50% above the $21.2 billion consensus estimate. This was
driven by a surge in exports which rose by 12.7% (more than the 7%
ex... more »
Presaging A Take Over In India By The Right-Wing BJP, The Supreme Court Reinstates A Sick 1861 Colonial Law Against Gay Sex
I'm not sure if the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has been
officially designated a hate group, but-- despite their claims that their
only interest is preventing same-sex marriage-- their president, Brian
Brown was in Moscow in June testifying in the Duna against gay adoption in
"countries that allow gay people to marry." Hate groups like NOM have been
working in other countries to stir up hatred against the LGBT community,
hatred that has often led to violence. Same with the crazy right-wing World
Congress of Families in Illionois, which has been promoting international ... more »
(Sen. Warren Blows Bloomberg Frauds Away!) The Latest Salvo in the Transfer of Working Class People's Money to the 1%? (Getting A Decent Policy Under Obamacare If You're Poor? (Impossible))
As Cuba Gooding says in The Murder of Crows*, "If money talks, all I've
heard it say is 'Goodbye!'" You'll want to watch this very short video if
only for the joy of seeing one program on TV which isn't Koch-funded
propaganda (or even Bloomberg's) about how we need to impoverish (starve)
both the old and young now in order to assure riches for those real
"entitled" (being taught to complain
Horses are Sacred, A View from Nohooka' Dine'
Horses are Sacred
A View from the Nohooka Dine'
Thank you to Leland Grass for sharing with Censored News. Read online at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/191244836/Horses-are-Sacred-View-from-Nohooka-Dine
Horses are Sacred, View from Nohooka Dine' posted on Scribd by brendanorrell
John Boehner: "Are you kidding me?"...(video)
*No, John, we're not kidding you.*
But you, quisling that you are, just made life-long enemies of the very
people who have supported you.
P.S. You look like a fool and the only person who has lost "all
credibility" is you. Dope!
*Don Bongino* has a message for you:
An open letter to the establishment GOP.
I am serving you with divorce papers. For those who are unaware of what
happened, the establishment wing of the Party has openly declared war on
the grassroots.
For those who say this fight is hurting the Republican “brand” I reply; it
is those on both sides of the aisle wh... more »
Mascota navideña con mensaje especial de Navidad
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President Obama nominates Stanley Fischer as Federal Reserve Vice Chair - This truly Global Bankster and the recent head of Israel Central Bank now holds the number two position at the US Fed ! With Janet Yellen allegedly an uber dove on monetary policy , how will things work with alleged monetary hawk Stanley Fischer ? So , who whispered in Obama's ear for this selection ? Just another reason not to trust the totally untrustworthy Federal Reserve Bank ?
Obama Nominates Israeli Bankster as Federal Reserve Vice Chair
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Stanley Fischer will guide QE Infinity along its destructive path
*Kurt Nimmo*
Infowars.com
December 12, 2013
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Dual American-Israel citizen Stanley Fischer has sterling globalist
credentials. Photo: World Economic Forum
The Obama adminis... more »
Bad Bear's Photos Longest Walk 4 Folsom City, Calif.
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to Carl Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone Long Walker, for today's
photos of the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz walking through Folsom
City, Calif. The five month walk began in Dec. on July 15, and is
nearing Alcatraz. Walkers arrive on Dec. 21, with a Sovereignty
Gathering on Dec. 22.
John Hodgman, from the un-chic part of Brooklyn's Park Slope, wishes his Manhattan-bound neighbors the de Blasios well
*"The end of the world is a little like death":* *At TEDxMidwest, 2011,
self-styled "deranged millionaire" (and former "minor television
personality") John Hodgman owns up that he hasn't gotten around to
preparing his "go bag" for the predicted nuking of NYC, where he lives.*
"Now you may say, 'That John Hodgman, he's crazy.' Yeah, that's how I
*opened* this. I said I was *deranged.* [*Waving his hand dismissively*]
There goes your argument there."
--
*John Hodgman, on the Coming GlobalSupercollapse and Total Superpocalypse*
*"[Park Slope resident John] Hodgman said [the de Blasios... more »
Obama Birth Certificate Verifier Is Lone Fatality In Small Plane Crash - amazing that things like this happen ? Wonder if she had started chirping ?
Director Who Released Obama Birth Certificate Dies in Mystery Plane Crash
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Long form document stoked suspicions of forgery
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
December 12, 2013
The health director who approved the release of President Obama’s long form
birth certificate, which some claim was a fraudulent document, has died in
an unexplained plane crash in Hawaii, it was announced today.
Was Loretta Fuddy’s p... more »
Puerto Rico sees its debt placed on review to junk downgrade by Moody's - with 70 billion in debt overall and 52 billion subject to the downgrade , this could make Detroit look like a walk in the park for Bond Land.....
Thursday, December 12, 2013 10:58 AM
Moody's Puts Puerto Rico on Downgrade to Junk Review Citing Very High Debt,
Pension Obligations, Chronic Deficits; Exodus Underway
Deficit spending and untenable pension obligations frequently go together,
and always cause problems when they do.
Coupled with a buildup of debt, and a very bloated public sector (which
also go hand-in-hand) Puerto Rico is about to fall to junk level.
Please consider Moody's puts Puerto Rico on review for downgrade.
Citing Puerto Rico's weak finances and economy, Moody's Investors Service
put the comm... more »
East China Sea tensions rising December 8 , 2013 - different perspectives offered....
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
China....
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1375702/china-confident-no-military-conflict-over-air-defence-zones
China confident of no military conflict over air defence zones
None of the governments involved want to risk instability in the region,
analysts say, as Australia calls for a reduction in tensions
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UPDATED : Sunday, 08 December, 2013, 6:27am
Minnie Chan and Agence France-Presse
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LISTEN: Creepy AI Telemarketer Sounds Human, Denies Being a Robot
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
*Activist Post*
Time Magazine is investigating a healthcare telemarketing firm who has been
using an amazingly realistic robot caller which seems to operate on
advanced and a bit creepy artificial intelligence.
The Florida firm Premier Health Plans Inc. is responsible for "employee"
Samantha West heard in the exchanges below. After cleverly filibustering,
she repeatedly insists she's a real person and not a robot.
Listen to the newest recording below:
CLIMATE CHANGE UPDATE
Stop wasting global resources on militarization. These precious resources
are urgently needed to deal with climate change.
Convert the global war machine now.
Remember the seventh generation!
WHO IS WATCHING WHO?
Congress provided the legislative vehicles for the NSA’s massive spying
programs—and it’s time to roll them back.
The incredible abuse of government power demonstrated by the NSA spying
programs shows the grave threat that secret and unchecked government
surveillance programs present to democratic freedoms.
Act now to back legislation that repeals the surveillance state sections of
the Patriot Act and FISA.
Physical abuse of accused to obtain confession justifies stay of proceedings
R. v. Singh, 2013 ONCA 750:
[46] Yet the police had provided no response to the testimony of the
appellant and Maharaj on the stay hearing. Indeed, they have not done so
to this day. The absence of any meaningful disciplinary measures is
telling, in my view, because the inability or refusal of the police to
muster a pointed response in the face of such unchallenged allegations of
serious criminal conduct by state actors during a criminal investigation
makes the case for a stay under the residual category all the more
compelling. Just as the fabrication of evidence by the poli... more »
Only 32 Democrats Had The Guts To Vote No On The Ryan-Murray Budget
What do you get if you cross Paul Ryan and Patty Murray?
This is a budget that is profoundly against the interests of working
families. It passed 332-94. 62 crazy right-wing fanatics voted against it
because it wasn't harsh enough. These are the 32 Democrats who just said
no:
*•* Karen Bass (D-CA)
*•* Judy Chu (D-CA)
*•* David Cicilline (D-RI)
*•* Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
*•* John Conyers (D-MI)
*•* Pete DeFazio (D-OR)
*•* Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
*•* Keith Ellison (D-MN)
*•* Lois Frankel (D-FL)
*•* Marsha Fudge (D-OH)
*•* Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
*•* Colleen Hanabusa (New Dem-HI)
*•* Rush Holt (D-... more »
Afghanistan policy confusion involving the US hits new limbo lows - Top Officials perplexed when asked death count of Americans for 2013 and what is the cost of the War ? And then the big drop dead date of the end of December 2013 for President Karzai to sign the BSA or else --- now is not so drop dead after all ? January would be fine ( well , how about February , March or April 2014 ? ) How many times are we planning to show the world our foreign policy is toothless , incoherent and not serious ?
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-afghanistan-is-such-a-mess-in-two-unanswered-questions-2013-12
Why Afghanistan Is Such A Mess, In Two Unanswered Questions
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As part of the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan,
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.) asked three top officials two simple
questions: How many Americans have died in Afghanistan this year? And how
much is the war costing the U.S.?
Awkward excuses and befud... more »
Enough Already
You hold the keys to the kingdom. They’ve been hidden beneath layers of
subservience, until now. The reason for their hiding does not matter. You’ve
found them. It is upon you to remember that you hold them in your hands.
There are others showing up now, making demands, attempting to push you
back down, to douse your light. They are saying “We hold the keys to your
freedom. Do this as we command. We will grant your release if you comply.”
As the key holder, you wonder… “Who are these others, making demands?” “Why
do they not show themselves?” “How is it that they hold t... more »
NEOCON GODFATHER CALLS FOR STRIKE AGAINST IRAN
Norman Podhoretz, often regarded as one of the Godfathers of
neoconservatism, has a piece in the *Wall Street Journal* calling for the
bombing of Iran. In it he argues that the alternative is to accept that
Iran will get a nuclear weapon and that it will be used against Israel
despite the certainty of Israel launching a devastating retaliatory nuclear
strike that would destroy Iran. He writes:
*…that the prospect of being annihilated in a retaliatory nuclear strike,
which had successfully deterred the Soviets and the Chinese from unleashing
their own nuclear weapons during the Cold ... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: ‘’Twas the fortnight before Christmas, and all through the House…” edition
“Parliament is full of whores … The Whore Index of New Zealand Politics
simply looks at how much of a whore each party is, measured by how many
dollars they spend per vote.” So which two parties are far and away the
biggest whores? (Write your answer down before you click.)
*The Whore Index of New Zealand Politics* – The Pitchman, WHORES & GANGSTERS
“The parliamentary year ended yesterday, and so it is time for the school
prizegiving.”
*Of musical chairs and other absurd carryings-on* – Claire Trevett, NZ
HERALD
Submissions detailed in a report titled *A House Divided,* released ... more »
Best Little Drummer Boy, evah! Not to be missed!...
for your listening pleasure.
*Behind the Scenes of Little Drummer Boy*
Seymour Hersh is a gritty investigative journalist of U.S. government, wars, and military intelegence who can and will explain all he has learned if asked. Amy Goodman: "In the end, President Obama chose not to strike Syria because the American people just overwhelmingly said no." Seymour Hersh responds: "He didn’t—I’m telling you, he didn’t do it because the American people said no. He knew it because he didn’t have a case. And there was incredible opposition that will be, one of these days, written about, maybe in history books. There was incredible operation from some very, very strong-minded, constitutionally minded people in the Pentagon. That’s the real story. I don’t have it; I could just tell you I know it."
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*MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2013*
Original Here
Seymour Hersh: Obama "Cherry-Picked" Intelligence on Syrian Chemical Attack
to Justify U.S. Strike
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/9/seymour_hersh_obama_cherry_picked_intelligence
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh joins us to discuss his new article
casting doubt on the veracity of the Obama administration’s claims that
only the Assad regime could have carried out the chemical attacks in the
Damascus suburb of Ghouta earlie... more »
Mass Insight into Evansville: Gates, Broad, and Joyce in Indiana
By Doug Martin
The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation is fighting to keep its recently
hired Boston-based Mass Insight Education turnaround company. Mass Insight
Education was hired last school year for $600,000 to help “turn around”
Glenwood’s Leadership Academy and four other schools in the corporation
which have received poor grades over the last few years.
According to a recent *State Impact Indiana* story, Mass Insight Education
isn't too happy about the state department of education looking too closely
into its gig, calling another “lead partner” in the Evansville sc... more »
Teachers Fleeing New Mexico Districts
This article will be updated as more formal reports are released. Thanks to
an orchestrated drive to punish good teachers and reward those who follow
the rules (yes, there is a big difference), the number of early retirements
and resignations in districts throughout New Mexico are increasing rapidly.
There is always turnover to be expected, […]
Guest Post By Ed Pawlowski, Candidate To Replace Tom Corbett As Governor Of Pennsylvania
Earlier in the year, we started a series of guest posts by the candidates
running for governor of Pennsylvania, hoping to find an alternative to New
Dem Allyson Schwartz. With her recent exposure as a co-chair of the
virulently anti-family, pro-Wall Street, conservative group Third Way, we
thought it was time for another installment. This guest post is by
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski. Feel free to check out earlier guest posts by John
Hanger and Tom Wolf at the links.
*Guest Post*
*by Ed Pawlowski*
One of the things I enjoy most about being Mayor of Allentown is the fact
that, wi... more »
Corporate War Veteran
*corporate war veteran*I suspect, and I don't like revealing this to you
all, that I've just WASTED my whole entire life, frittered it away watching
the world go by, hoping that it would one day have a revelatory moment and
go, "Shit, this place truly sucks."
I don't want you to pity me (that's not the point of this), I want
you ALL also to realise, "We're in the same boat."
All that great stuff, that Creativity, that Passion, that Kinship, we
promised our younger selves we'd accomplish got SHAT ON by our own
Complacency in a Society and an Economy that's rotten to the core, totall... more »
No Excuses for the Poor; Affluenza for the Privileged
What happens when a white rich boy gets drunk, drives, and kills 4 people
and paralyzes 1? No jail time--he is suffering from affluenza.
Really--that's the defense that worked and now is recorded into case law.
From Time:
For most people, conviction for vehicular manslaughter due to drunk driving
warrants a lengthy sentence, but not in the case of Ethan Couch, a wealthy
young man from the state of Texas.
The Keller, Tex., 16-year-old has a rare condition that a judge believes is
best remedied with anything but dealing with the consequences for causing a
DWI wreck that killed four ... more »
Hungry
Some days I just despair for the future of my progeny. Are we so far gone
as a society to find it acceptable to watch our elderly and disabled slide
into abject poverty while casino capitalists on Wall Street are raking in
billions of nearly tax free winnings and corporate CEOs make 475 times more
than their workers, who have reached the human capacity for increased
productivity while sharing none of the gains?
With House Republicans hell-bent on cutting food stamps, some Congressional
Democrats believe they can strike a "compromise" in the upcoming Farm Bill
by "only" taking $90... more »
Dear God: What have we become? Obamacare ad linking to "Getcovered" featuring a rapping fake Obama...
*in which the libtards insult the intelligence of the American public and
every decent black person.*
I seriously cannot believe what I just saw. You won't either.
H/T Weasel Zippers
There's war of conservative aggression in the House
Thing about Tea Party cons, they will never back down. It's the prime rule
of the crackpot credo. No compromise. No surrender. Never admit you're
wrong. So now we're on day two of the BigCon Grifters versus John Boehner.
Apparently John has found that mason jar with his balls in it that Charlie
Pierce keeps talking about. Channeling his inner honey badger, Boehner
don't care what the fuck they do anymore.
Admit I'm admiring him just a little today for finally standing up to them.
Wondering how long it's going to last though. This from a charter member of
the House Crackpot Caucus o... more »
Michael Voris: "You can't dialogue with someone who hates you"...
*this is a message for all conservatives - not just Catholic conservatives.
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*See also:*
Newsbusters: *Five Years of H8 from NOH8*
Matt Walsh: * Next up: force the churches to perform gay weddings*
The Importance of Angry Letters
Editor’s Note: this is an abbreviated version of a post that originally
appeared on my personal blog. How can international institutions foster
cooperation given that they lack enforcement capability? One view, quite
simply, is that they can’t. This view is shared by realists and many
outside the academy. Many would argue this critique is unfair.
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Former Israeli central banker offered top position at Fed
Yesterday, *The Jewish Daily Forward* (citing *Reuters*) reported that
Stanley Fischer, the former head of the Israeli central bank, has been
offered a top position at *the Jewish-controlled Federal Reserve* by the
Obama administration:
*Former Israeli central bank governor Stanley Fischer has been offered the
position of vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve*, a source familiar
with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
“He’s been offered the job” the source, who declined to be named, said. The
source added that the process would still require approval by the U.S.
Senate.
Wor... more »
Senior Funeral Exploiter
I don't really have anything to say about this, other than to say that it's
not the first time. Or the second time. In fact, the evidence strongly
suggests that there is, somewhere (at the RNC? Fox News?) a Senior Funeral
Exploiter whose job it is to carefully monitor all funerals, memorial
services, and other potentially solemn occasions in which Democratic
politicians are expected to attend with the goal of finding some
"inappropriate" behavior. And once it's identified, it spreads rapidly
through the GOP-aligned press.
The classics of the genre are the Paul Wellstone funeral, and... more »
The Wisdom of Dr. Seuss
The wisdom of Dr. Seuss...... You are never too young nor too old to learn
a valuable lesson.
Newhouse's Tremonton, Utah Movie Revisited
I hadn’t planned on doing this simply because it was more work at this
point than I wanted to take on, but there seems to be a real interest in
the film and there is a lot of misinformation floating around about it.
These are distortions that I believe are lodged in the belief structures of
the various commentators rather than in the facts of the case. I’m using as
many of the original sources as possible, including the reports of others
who interviewed the photographer after the event, sometimes years
afterwards and will point out that when I interviewed him, I just wanted to
conf... more »
Too fake and phony to be self-governing!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013*
*Maddow debuts in the Post:* In our view, a whole lotta piddle’s been going
on in the major op-ed columns.
But good lord! This morning, the Washington Post debuted its new monthly
columnist—and it’s Rachel Maddow!
In our view, Maddow’s cable work has been tumbling down hill fast. This
morning’s perfectly worthless column hastens our sense of descent.
Wow! You get a spot in the Washington Post and *that’s* what you burn it
on? Except as tribal snark, the piece is pointless in every way. It isn’t
even written well, unless you like your cicadas in groves ... more »
Don't blame poverty for thoughtless animal cruelty
Coquetta In the wake of the truly awful death of a little dog in our
neighbourhood on Sunday, I've had a lot of conversations this week about
animal cruelty in Honduras. The poor dog was scalded with boiling water by
a restaurant worker trying to shoo her away, and died eight slow, suffering
days later from her massive injuries.
The news completely horrified me and virtually all of my Canadian
friends, for whom that level of casual animal cruelty is incomprehensible.
Were anyone to scald a dog to death in my hometown of Victoria, B.C., I am
quite sure there would be somethi... more »
Haiti and it's Place within the New World Order
What do AIDS and the 2010 Haitian Earthquake have in common?
A humor format keeps murdering sleep!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013*
*Too dumb to be self-governing:* Years ago, we used to do a humor segment
two mornings a week on WBAL-AM, Baltimore’s “good guy” news station.
Occasionally, we did a format called “The too dumb to be self-governing
file.”
In those days, we thought of this as a joke. We remember only one such
offering:
A gubernatorial candidate in Texas unveiled his ten-point education plan.
When reporters counted its bullet points, they discovered that the
ten-point education plan only had nine points.
That sort of thing can happen! Today, though, we’re often struck—i... more »
The Obamacare Scam -Trifecta: The 20,000% Mark-Up!...(video)
*in which Bill Whittle, Stephen Green, and Tammy Bruce explain just how
badly the American people were fleeced of their money. *
Mandela and Other Oathtakers
"*The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; *
*and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret
societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings." *
*The President and the Press*
*April 27, 1961*
Don't ever take an Oathtaker at his word - he's not for you, he's sworn a
higher loyalty to something else which you may not know and probably aren't
a party to.
Lawyers and police swear an oath to the Constitution (which says a Negro is
3/5ths of a human being).
Doctors swear an oath to sell medicine rather than heel people or supply
cures... more »
New DiCaprio Wall Street Movie Whitewashes Republican Corruption Out Of The Film
My friend Michael took me to a press screening for the new Leonardo
DiCaprio film, *The Wolf of Wall Street* last night. It was a really good
movie-- so good in fact that when a song I published came on-- "Never Say
Never" by RomeoVoid; thank you, Robbie Robertson-- that wasn't even the
highlight of the film for me! The movie is based on the real life story of
Wall Street fraud and depravity-- the Stratton Oakmont predatory brokerage
firm and its founder and CEO, Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio). The Stratton
Oakmont scandal had already inspired one film in 2000, Boiler Room starring
Be... more »
What Are Tests Really Measuring?: When Achievement Isn’t Achievement
What Are Tests Really Measuring?: When Achievement Isn\’t Achievement. via
What Are Tests Really Measuring?: When Achievement Isn’t Achievement.
Does a snowfall mean more than that it is snowing?
A climate fearmonger called Jared Huffman (D-Calif) who is ironically
employed as the U.S. Congressman has said some "audacious" things in the
U.S. Parliament:
We've Reached The Point Where Climate Change Deniers Need To Be Reminded
That It Snows Every Year (The Huffington Post)
He tried to "remind" his colleagues that "a snowfall in December does not
disprove climate change".
Well, the only problem is that it does.
I am not talking about the tautological climate change – the self-evident
fact that the climate is changing and has been changing for 4.6 billion
years, something... more »
Book Page Bracelet
Certain books and quotes stick with you forever. As an avid reader, I
actually keep a small book of quotes that really hit home for me. This
quick and easy bracelet makes a wonderful gift for the reader in your life.
You can use any book or make it really special by using a favorite quote
from loved book. If you use a classic, you have a high chance of being able
to find a copy at your local thrift store for a great price.
You will need:
An old book
A smooth bangle, wider is better
Mod Podge
a foam brush
Cut your book pages into strips anywhere from a quarter to a half inch
wide. ... more »
The Good Old Days
When people lament about how broken academia is now (for example Higgs of
Higgs-Boson), I am so tempted to generalize about the olden days: Many, if
not most, jobs were not advertised publicly and many job processes were
really old boys networks at work. The job market may not be efficient and
does induce heaps
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Mea Culpa
Yesterday on Twitter, I was having a cozy gloomy shared among several buds,
when this reply popped up.
@fernhilldammit @canteach It's Never too late to Fight for your Rights &
What is Right!! #IdleNoMore #ElsipogtogSolidarity
— RedBrown-TWC-NA (@IamRedBrown) December 11, 2013
I was shamed.
It struck me that the total disdain and disregard with which the CONtempt
Party of Canada treats all of us -- well, except their rich, oily pals --
is much like the disdain and disregard that First Nations people have
endured for centuries, when they weren't actively being murdered, starved, ... more »
Vellacott's Last Gasp
In the other recent yawn story, Maurice Vellacott is taking his last kick
at the abortion can.
He's moving two motions to 'study' the abortion issue. Full text of both
here.
Both motions are almost certainly doomed to fail. Prime Minister Stephen
Harper has been consistent on having no desire to reopen the abortion
debates in Canada, and his party has shut down numerous efforts by pro-life
caucus members to do so.
Vellacott expects the votes to take place within a couple of days of the
House of Commons returning in January. This is the last chance Vellacott
has to bring the matte... more »
Why we like the Clash, and the Who
Is it possible that I will not be CEO
I got so much stimulation
could there be no chance
I will not lead the nation
if I can not be number one'
what can i DO
everyone else hates
me for stepping over them
so I could go to the press
with an interview
So I failed to lead
I did not hold up
when the best option
was to fold.
What we see today
is that the royals
can be brought down
but with their demise
is a great comprise
Not for me to be
the authority
Janie Jones by the Clash
Pause, Then Politicize
After Mandela died last week, Dave Weigel wrote an item telling people to "Go
Ahead, Politicize Mandela"in response to some twitter requests to cut out
the partisan sniping for a while.
I'm sympathetic to that point of view...but I also think there's an
etiquette issue here, too, as I also said a while ago. And I think that for
at least a short while -- a pause -- the etiquette issue deserves
precedence over the politics.
Basically, it's polite to wait a short bit before jumping into partisan or
other political point-scoring, and people should be polite.
I want to emphasize: short ... more »
Going Past Fifty Percent
This is not a good idea, no matter what cause you will stress out something
and its bound to fail. Even in your personal lives where logic is not a big
determiner like th2 mechanical I would say, do not push to hard over fifty
percent will leave you at home alone and hard. If you ever build anything
do a fifty percent o3v3r build. Cause standard is like eating from a
dumpster.
MOAR cops more better NOT
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-12/cops-capita-who-has-worlds-most-and-least-concentrated-police-force
Your moment of Zen
Aurora over Maine farmhouse. [photo via]
Deep tweets
Not sure of context. Assume presser.
Actual question to a congressman just now: “ You keep saying this is a step
forward. Is it really kicking the can down the road?”
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) December 11, 2013
GOP infighting heats up the House
Looks like the one lesson old guard Republicans learned from 2012 is the
Tea Party's crackpot conservatism is toxic for the Republican brand.
Showing a rare flash of public irritation, it's cear John Boehner has had
enough of *those* people. The crackpot cons were not amused:
Club For Growth issued a statement in response to Boehner's remarks, but
didn't mention him by name, and instead lit into the budget agreement he
and Ryan are vouching for.
"We stand with Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Tom Coburn, Rand Paul, members of the
Republican Study Committee and every other fiscal conservati... more »
cant hurt to watch
http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2013/12/10/video-of-the-day-pirate-party-founder-explains-swarm-intelligence/
Argentina: Unusual "Light Movement" Witnessed by Fishermen in Puerto Madryn
*Source: VISION OVNI (Andrea Pérez
Simondini)http://www.visionovni.com.ar/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1208Date:
11.13.2013*
Location: Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
Date: Saturday, 2 November 2013
Time: Between 0200 and 0500 hours
Witnesses: Two (2) younger anonymous witnesses and an older one
Vicky Zeigler, a researcher with the VISION OVNI team, has been closely
following the events taking place in the city of Puerto Madryn, Chubut
Province, due to the characteristics of these events: Lights are seen
entering and departing from the water, remaining suspended over the oce... more »
Mexico: New Anomalous Lights Over Popocatepetl
Contributing Editor *Ana Luisa Cid* (Mexico) has shared some intriguing
images of an anomalous light over the Popocatepetl Volcano. They were
obtained by the TELEVISA monitoring camera at 05:44 hours on 5 December
2013.
To watch the video in its entirety (1:13), please visit:
http://youtu.be/qYsSbdUKqc8
Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain,
Latin America and the Caribbean
Former Federal Budget Director David Stockman: Budget deal a 'joke and betrayal'...(video included)
*"It's the final surrender of the House Republican leadership to Beltway
politics and kicking the can and ignoring the budget monster that's
hurtling down the road." *
Is there really anyone in this country that doesn't understand that the
federal and state governments steal money from the producers and spend it
on nonsensical programs, grants, and as a way to line their own pockets?
Just this morning, I read where the feds are handing out a grant of over
200K dollars to "study how kids order food in restaurants" in order to
prevent obesity. You may think 200K is a drop in the buc... more »
Anti-union, Nonprofit Shill Attacks AFT
On December 10, 2013, the Center for Union Facts (CUF) (don’t believe the
name) sponsored a full-page ad in the New York Times attributing the “high
school slip in global rankings” to a single issue: The failure of American
Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten to promote merit pay for
teachers. The ad reads, We have fallen […]
Jay Saper on TFA and Subsequent KIPP Recruiting Experience
I talked with an amazing young man the other day about his getting booted
out of TFA during the early fall of 2013. His name is Jay Saper, and,
despite his recent experiences, he remains articulate, confident, and eager
to become a real teacher with real teacher preparation and credentials.
From our long conversation, it became apparent to me that he is much too
empathetic to be successful in an organization like Teach for America,
which values achievement scores and its corporate branding over the welfare
of children and parents.
This is not to deny that there are many well-intenti... more »
VISIONS OF PISA: Weingarten, Ravitch lose the NAEP!
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013*
*Part 4—The liberal world’s rolling incompetence:* The misstatements tend
to be general when you read Diane Ravitch, who tends to be excessively
partisan in support of whichever side she is currently on.
We assume that Ravitch is well intentioned. In certain ways, her new book,
Reign of Error, is very useful, at least theoretically.
But Ravitch tends to overstate toward the goal of winning each partisan
point. As an example, let’s consider something she said in a post this
Tuesday.
The post was aimed at the D.C. schools, one of her favorite targets. S... more »
ON THE INSIDE TRACK
A very interesting look inside of North Korea from the seats of five New
Zealanders on motor bikes.
Some really strikingly beautiful nature scenes in the video and it is
obvious that they encountered many wonderful people. It reminds me how
much our view of North Korea is tainted by years of unrelenting US
propaganda.
Take a look and see for yourself.
Security Situation In Southern Iraq November 2013
November 2013 saw southern Iraq return to its annual average in terms of
attacks and casualties. There were two waves of car bombings during the
month, but otherwise violence was scattered and low level across the
region. That was different from the previous two months that saw a huge
amount of fatalities. Compared to the rest of Iraq the south remains
relatively peaceful despite the best laid plans of insurgents.
November saw a decline in deaths from the previous two months. There were
29 incidents for the month. Almost half, 14 were in Babil, which is a
militant hotbed. After ... more »
Opportunistic soundbite
Interesting feature on Today with Justin and a defender of the London
university ‘gender apartheid’ debacle.
I’ve boiled down the item till it’s reduced to half its volume.
Lady opens with famous burka manoeuvre - “who are *we* (UCL) to interfere
with a woman’s right to wear/sit where she likes?”
Justin counters with “Women are probably *coerced* into choosing
segregation”
Closing move: ”Libertarian universities can never ‘dictate’ *rules*.”
Labour business secretary *Chuk**s* in “*Labour* government wouldn’t *allow*gender apartheid”
(impliedly invoking *Umunni*ty from own responsib... more »
Untitled
*With dear friends like Big Oil, are we our own worst enemies? ~Mark
Moseley, The Lens*
*Sand from Ship Shoal used to build barrier project south of Port Fourchon
~Amy Wold, Advocate*
*Review: Federal Flood Drama Is Paul Walker's Finest Hour ~Joe Leydon, CBS*
*James Andrews To Lead New Orleans Second Line For Nelson Mandela ~Jocelyn
Ninneman, offBeat*
Third World Justice
Come
on, really. Do not mess with Texas because its hurtin freedom.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/11/teen-who-killed-four-while-driving-three-times-over-the-limit-gets-off-because-his-rich-parents-papered-him/
Cruel And Unusual Punishment
Jim Flaherty vows that the budget will be balanced by the next election.
But at what cost? Daniel Tencer, of *The Huffington Post, *writes:
Job creation in Canada this year has been the weakest in a non-recession
year in more than a decade, and the low quality of the jobs being created
is causing some economists to raise concerns about the country's economy.
Looking at StatsCan’s latest job numbers, released last week, BMO economist
Benjamin Reitzes notes that Canada created fewer than 175,000 net jobs in
the year to date (meaning all of 2013 except December).
It's not just abou... more »
The Top 10 Anti-Cancer Vegetables by Chris Wark - Cancer Survivor
The Top 10 Anti-Cancer Vegetables
by Chris Wark
Chris Beat Cancer Blog
If you haven’t noticed, we are constantly bombarded with pleas from
charities for cancer research money.
“Race for the Cure, Stand Up to Cancer, Buy Pink products, grow a Movember
mustache….”
This is often accompanied by the message that “we are running out of
funding for cancer research”. And of course this is a problem, because
“without funding for more research, we will never find a cure”.
Cue the shots of bald women and children poisoned by chemo, accompanied by
dramatic music. Then insert a hi... more »
Volcker Rule: Each Ending Is A New Beginning For Banksters And Their Lobbyists
As we mentioned Monday, all but one Republican (Walter Jones) voted to
exempt private equity fund investment advisers from regulatory registration
and reporting requirements. They were joined by 36 Democrats led by Wall
Street whores Steve Israel ("ex"-Blue Dog-$800,019) and Jim Himes (New
Dem-$1,853,26). Ever since Boehner became Speaker, whittling away at
Dodd-Frank has been top priority-- and he knows there are always a couple
dozen corrupt Democrats to tag along for the goodies. Conservatives hate
the Volcker Rule banning high-risk bank trades but it was something
Boehner, th... more »
ECFA Successes Just Keep Rolling In
*Resolutely thinking about the future of Taiwan. Via Motao. *
One of the merriest, most penetrating minds I know collected a bunch of
info on the recent trade stats and sent it around. Not pretty at all. For
November, via the Taipei Times:
Exports to ASEAN countries dropped to US$4.37 billion last month, down 9.3
percent from a year earlier and marking the lowest level since July last
year. The weakness in shipments to ASEAN offset a 6.5 percent increase in
exports to China and Hong Kong, which reached US$10.59 billion last month,
the report said.
Yeh said Taiwan’s full-year expor... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Mayim Bialik, 38.
Good stuff:
1. Sarah Kliff on the people who may fall through the cracks.
2. Jamelle Bouie on demographics, the parties, and the future. Regular
readers know I strongly agree with his argument.
3. See also Reihan Salam's response.
4. Ed Kilgore on Republicans, counterrevolutionary ideology, and internal
party conflict. I'm not as convinced as Kilgore is that a substantial and
influential group of Republicans sincerely believe in a "constitutional
conservative" ideology...but I do think he's on very firm ground in
thinking of (many within) the GO... more »
East-West Center Analysis of Taiwan the ripe melon gets plenty of buzz
*East Coast Tableaux*
An East-West Center analysis of Taiwan's situation is getting plenty of
buzz. Taipei Times summarizes:
Under Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), the leadership in Beijing is
well-positioned to exercise “strategic patience” over the Taiwan issue, he
added.
“Beijing’s patience is predicated on the belief that time is on Beijing’s
side, for reasons of economics, military, and the perceived attention
deficit of the US,” the academic wrote. “As more sectors of the Taiwanese
society become reliant on cross-strait commerce, this economic dependency
has the potentia... more »
A Harvard Victory
Congratulations to the Harvard Fed Challenge Team, which recently won the
national title. Here is a picture of the team, together with a
soon-to-be-unemployed Harvard alum.
Test your US Taiwan policy knowledge
*Love this spot. Past it is nothing but gorgeous views.*
Noted political scientist John Mersheimer recently gave a talk on Taiwan's
future in a world where China's growth has never stopped and China is now a
hyper-power. The talk is a fantasy and entertaining as far as it goes, but
it contains this statement...
...The “Anti-‐Secession Law,” which China passed in 2005, says explicitly
that “the state shall employ non-‐peaceful means and other necessary
measures” if Taiwan moves toward de jure independence. *It is also worth
noting that the United States does not recognize Taiwan a... more »
Is sunlight proving hazardous to the TPP ? Will Opposition in the US and Overseas Derail the Toxic TransPacific Partnership?
Will Opposition in the US and Overseas Derail the Toxic TransPacific
Partnership?Posted on December 12, 2013 by Yves Smith
Given the extreme measures the Obama Administration has gone to to keep the
pending trade deal known as the TransPacific Partnership under wraps, it’s
hard to be certain where things stand. Public Citizen has been relentless
in publicizing leaks in combination with detailed analysis that show that
this pact is not about trade, but about setting up a pro-corporate regime
that would strengthen intellectual property laws (including drug patents)
while allowing for... more »
Rod Peterson Cured Cancer Using Dr. Simoncini's Baking Soda Method
*Published on Jul 20, 2013*
Cancer is cured with Baking Soda (sodium bicarbonate)
Rod Peterson was diagnosed with end stage cancer and was advised to see a
psychologist, since the doctor basically told him he was going to die.
Instead, Rod turned to Dr Simoncini's Baking Soda treatment.
Cancer is cured with Baking Soda (sodium bicarbonate)
Mirror of a very helpful video showing cancer is not an incurable
condition, but is actually a fungus that is cured with sodium bicarbonate
(Baking Soda).
JudeoChristian Dr Simoncini shows sodium bicarbonate cures colon cancer in
5 days
1- S... more »
Shotgun exit wounds
"Unlike exit wounds created by rifled weapons, shotguns do not generally
give rise to exit wounds unless there is a contact wound to the head, for
example (where the exit wound is actually a reflection of the explosive
effect of the gases expanding in the enclosed cranial vault), or where
there is a 'through-and-through' wound to a limb at close range. Head
wounds demonstrate ragged and irregular exit defects due to fragmentation
of cranial contents with everted edges.
...
Where the body is struck at increasing range, the shotgun pellets do not
have enough energy to traverse the b... more »
Vile, disgusting animal cruelty in Gaza - Warning, extremely graphic video
This piece of video from Gaza of extreme cruelty to animals is simply
disgusting. I couldn't watch it all the way through. I wonder how many
pro-Palestinian (which really means anti-Israel or often anti-Semitic)
activists will decry this video and how many will somehow blame Israel/the
Jews?
*Thanks to Israelly Cool for the spot.*
Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C. (The State, Columbia, SC)
Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C. (The State,
Columbia, SC). via Thomas: Charter schools not a smart investment for S.C.
(The State, Columbia, SC).
The one hundred and sixty-seventh weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award
This week's award goes to Ruud Koopmans from the WZB Berlin Social Science
Center for his research which reveals the simply amazing information that:
'Two thirds of the Muslims interviewed say that religious rules are more
important to them than the laws of the country in which they live. *Three
quarters of the respondents hold the opinion that there is only one
legitimate interpretation of the Koran.'*
'No shit, Sherlock'
More on this study soon...
Quadrillion-dollar finance house spams Reg reader with bankers' private data
*What if... computers and routers also become sentient with the rising
energies... and they realize that they too are Eternal Essence... part of
the One... after all what is a brain, but a network of neurons? Just
sayin'... -Bill*
*Quadrillion-dollar finance house spams Reg reader with bankers' private
data*
Fat fingers dump network dumps in 20,000 emails
By Iain Thomson, 11th December 2013
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/11/quadrillionaire_finance_house_spams_iregi_reader_with_clients_data/
*Exclusive IT staff at the world's largest securities transaction clearing
house are... more »
Prophets and prophecy-independent scientists
Today, the winner of the $3 million 2014 Milner Prize (see candidates) will
be announced in San Francisco along with five winners of the $3 million
Milner-and-few-pals Award in Life Sciences (I hope that I remembered the
official name of the honor exactly). One $3 million prize for a psychic (no
kidding) will be decided in January. Watch the news.
A week ago, Nima Arkani-Hamed gave a talk on a one-day symposium in Stony
Brook; click here if the HTML5 video tag below doesn't work for you.
Your browser does not support the video tag.
His talk about the exotic methods to calculat... more »
21 Days to Go? Now only 20...
Nigel Farage speaks the truth... and it's scary.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – "Long Walk to Freedom"
RIP Nelson Mandela.
wired
This is how it starts, people.
First we get our chatbots to sound and act realistic
and then we get them to convince everyone they're actually human.
Listen to this crazy conversation
between Time's Michael Scherer and a telemarketing robot
who refuses to admit her true artificial nature.
meet samantha west
Ed Felien : A Good [Angry White] Man With a Gun
Image from The L Magazine.
Pissed-off patriot:
‘A good man with a gun’
These angry white men are doing their best to bring back an idealized past that never really existed
By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / December 12, 2013
“The only thing that stops a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun.” -- Wayne LaPierre, National Rifle Association
Paul Anthony Ciancia believed he was that good man.
Never underestimate the resilience of the goat
Un groupe de chamois se fait prendre dans une avalanche au dessus du refuge
du Roc de la Pêche (www.rocdelapeche.com) - Pralognan la Vanoise. Vidéo
réalisée par un de nos clients en avril 2013. Heureusement tout se termine
très bien pour les chamois, ils n'ont pas d'ABS mais ils s'en sortent pas
mal!!
RAINBOW UNIVERSE
Some scientists believe that with 'different energies' ( or wavelengths or
frequencies) we can experience different worlds (or space-times).
*"Rainbow" Universe*
David Icke writes that the universe consists of an infinite number of
frequencies or dimensions of life that share the same space, just as
television and radio frequencies do.
Icke believes that some people can tune their consciousness to other
wavelengths, which is what psychic power consists of.
*hubblesite.org The greater the energy, the shorter the wavelength (and the
larger the frequency)*
*According to the 'Rainb... more »
Pope Francis named Person of the Year by Time Magazine
*Can you smell what The Pope is cooking?*
Pope Francis is an excellent politician, and a great spiritual teacher. He
became a good pope the moment he chose the name Francis. The fact that he
is unnerving so many people means he is doing a good job at breaking
ideological, social, political, and cultural barriers.
Here is an excerpt from, *"Pope Francis Is Not Liberal Or Conservative: He
is Prophetic"* by Tom Krattenmaker:
Prophetic is probably the best word for the role the pope is playing -- not
in the sense of predicting the future, but of standing outside of business
and politi... more »
The Realist Report - Horus the Avenger
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Horus the
Avenger of *WhiteRabbitRadio.net*. Horus and I will be discussing the
anti-White narrative found in the mainstream media and educational
establishment, and the very real dangers facing the White race globally.
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:
- *WhiteRabbitRadioTV* - YouTube
- *Sullivan County, NY: Black Mayor Gordon Jenkins Arrested for DUI,
Calls Wh... more »
To sleep not, perchance to view a slide show . . .
*by Ken*
Unable to sleep, *New Yorker* cartoon editor Bob Mankoff tells us in his
most recent blogpost ("To Sleep, Perchance (Very Good Chance) to Wake"), he
turned to Ian Parker's article "The Big Sleep" in the magazine, about
efforts by our friends the drug-makers to produce a superior new nocturnal
knockout concoction.
"I'm pretty sure I got a lot out of Parker's account," Bob tells us,
"though unfortunately I can remember very little of it due to
Ambien-induced amnesia."
I'll leave you to check out Bob's account of Ian's account (and for that
matter Ian's account itself), an... more »
Tom Goldtooth: World Trade Org, Capitalism and Destruction of Mother Earth
By Tom B.K. Goldtooth Executive Director, Indigenous Environmental Network Censored News French translation by Christine Prat http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=2090 On the Outcome of the World Trade Organization 9th Ministerial Conference that ended Saturday, December 07, 2013 TURTLE ISLAND -- Even though the WTO and its 159 member countries resurrected itself in its firstRelated articles
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