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Comcast Management CHOOSES to Destroy the Company by Attrition
A thought provoking Marketwatch article regarding the growing trend of
cable "cord cutting" demonstrates the need for a shakeup in the cable
television industry. The industry is being run into the ground by old
guard gatekeepers. It is becoming a case study of what not to do when
faced with competition from visionaries with new technologies and
business
models.
*Comcast* CEO Brian L. Roberts is best thing that ever happened to
$*NFLX*shareholders. Listen Comcast shareholders: Despite CMCSA
sitting near 52
week highs, that is abysmal compared to what the market cap SHOULD be
and... more »
Comcast Management Chooses to Destroy the Company by Attrition
A thought provoking Marketwatch article regarding the growing trend of
cable "cord cutting" demonstrates the need for a shakeup in the cable
television industry. The industry is being run into the ground by old
guard gatekeepers. It is becoming a case study of what not to do when
faced with competition from visionaries with new technologies and
business
models.
*Comcast* CEO Brian L. Roberts is best thing that ever happened to
$*NFLX*shareholders. Listen Comcast shareholders: Despite CMCSA
sitting near 52
week highs, that is abysmal compared to what the market cap SHOULD be
and... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Three acts, three duets
*by Ken*
Okay, so we've got these three duet-chunks for soprano and tenor --
duet-chunks that for reasons which I hope will become apparent have a way
of merging and mingling in my head. They're very different, and yet . . . .
I don't think I'm giving away too much by stipulating that the composer is
Giuseppe Verdi, or noting that in all three cases our chunk occurs near the
end of a dramatic scene and seems to be attempting some resolution of the
situation, with one partner tossing out the tune (in two cases the soprano,
in one the tenor), and then the other partner lobbing it ba... more »
This Is Pathetic! US Congress Critters Vote To Triple "Aid" (Free Handout) To Their Jewish Masters In Israel For A Weapon System, While Americans Are Now Starving In American Cities!
I have long said that both of our governments, here on Parliament Hill in
Ottawa, Canada, as well as the idiots that occupy the US Congress in
Washington DC (Tel Aviv West), will do absolutely everything possible to
please their Jewish masters in a heartbeat… From what I have seen over the
last while, it is beyond sad for our citizens, and has now definitely
become absolutely pathetic!
But one article just came to my attention the other day that shows how
absolutely pathetic the morons in Washington DC have become in their
unceasing need to grovel to their Jewish masters like the go... more »
Absurdity of reform: Should I laugh or cry?
Not feelin’ too good myself….(Joe Cocker) Seems I got to have a change of
scene Cause every night I have the strangest dreams Imprisoned by the way
it used to be Left here on my own or so it seems I got to leave before I
start to scream But someone’s locked the door and […]
Saving the Salmon, Saving the Rivers: Photos Long Walkers join Natives in Sacramento!
Me-wuk of Shingle Springs honor walkers tonight!
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Photos by Western Shoshone Long Walker Bad Bear, on Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz, almost home to Alcatraz.
By Brenda Norrell
Photos by Carl Bad Bear Sampson
Censored News
Photographer Bad Bear
SACRAMENTO -- At the California Capitol today, the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz joined
Ukraine Eurevolution? Who benefits? The EU and NATO
Catchy new buzz words and the tried and true
Eurevolution and Ukraine Spring
A question that begs asking repeatedly?-* Why would the Ukrainian people
really want to join the EU or NATO, for that matter? *I have yet to see one
good reason, one real incentive any real benefit for the Ukrainian people
to undertake these mostly small and rather bizarre demonstrations.
Two articles.Ignoring completely the usual spin and just cutting to the
chase
One interview
*Cui bono?*
Not the Ukrainian people.
How about the EU? How about NATO?
*Ukraine’ Eurolution is a PR Godsend for a struggling EU*
... more »
"Cause for hope" in India: "Gay rights . . . have finally become a political issue. The rest is only a matter of time" (Shivam Vij)
*"The text of Section 377 -- a gift from our departed British friends
dating back to 1860 -- states that 'Whoever voluntarily has carnal
intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal'
shall be subject to a punishment up to life imprisonment. The law does not
specify what might constitute 'carnal intercourse against the order of
nature,' other than to note that 'penetration is sufficient to constitute
the carnal intercourse' cited."*
*-- Shivam Vij, in a newyorker.com "News Desk" post,*
"The Dubious Arguments for India's Ban on Gay Sex"
*by Ken*
Howie wrote ... more »
Bitcoin news for Friday the Thirteenth - December 13 , 2013 ( No crash if one was wondering ) .......Sbrebank of Russia follows JP Morgan in proposing forming a cyber currency alternative to BitCoin.... EU says BitCoin consumers on their own , no deposit insurance if bad things happen ( account hacked , BitCoins stolen , BitCoin collapse ) ..... ..... Producer of physical Casascius BitCoin targeted by Feds , shuts down for now...... meanwhile , Coinbase ( which allows trading of BitCoins ) attracts venture capital in the amount of 25 million.....
Bitcoin news for December 13 , 2013 ..... first the prior thread !
*JP Morgan getting ready to launch* its own *BitCoin killer cyber* *...*
Now today's news and views.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-13/russias-largest-bank-proposes-bitcoin-alternative
Russia's Largest Bank Proposes Bitcoin Alternative
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/13/2013 09:58 -0500
- Bitcoin
inShare
Hot on the heels of JPMorgan's "web cash" developments in the virtual
currency arena, the CEO of Russia largest bank - Sberbank - appears to be
looking for a... more »
Christy Clark`s Families First, First To Die?
Read the shocking story of sickness from fracking, children`s hair falling
out, earthquakes and sickness when the wind blows..
A story of tainted water, ....Read how the people of Lethbridge Alberta are
fighting to keep fracking from happening in the middle of town..
Read how the locals are selling their properties for anything thing they
can get as sickness and life itself is in jeopardy..
How can you live in your homes when the energy companies are killing your
children..
From the ...
*LETHBRIDGE HERALD *
______
Big oil, big problems? *Nick Kuhl**The Hawkwoods have experience... more »
Gates Seek to Flood Job Market with Programmers--Pushes the New Code Literacy
At one time, computer programming was a glamorous occupation in the U. S.
All that changed when the corporate race the bottom began chasing the
cheapest programming labor in India, and when that became too scandalous,
then Bill Gates started lobbying for unlimited work visas in order to
import the cheapest programming labor. Think of these exploited workers as
high tech gardeners who don't have to hide at night for fear of deportation.
So it should come as no surprise that both the left and right aisles of
Washington's corporate jet are now calling for, that's right, more
programm... more »
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*Picayune Employees Sue Newspaper, Parent Company Over Now-Defunct Job
Security Pledge ~Rebecca Theim, NOLA DEFENDER*
coming soon: let them stay week 2014
Maybe you thought we gave up and went away? Not a chance. The War Resisters
Support Campaign is still working to make Canada a safe haven for people of
peace and conscience.
Several US war resisters were forced out of Canada, court martialed, and
given harsh prison sentences by the US military. Many more could no longer
bear the uncertainty and surrendered themselves to the military. But some
forty people who refused to participate in the US invasion and occupation
of Iraq, along with their families, are still living in Canada. And we are
still fighting for them.
About a month from... more »
war resister kimberly rivera released from prison in u.s.
At long last, Iraq War resister Kim Rivera is out of prison and reunited
with her family. This is great news, the best news. I should be thrilled,
but the whole situation makes me so sad that I can't muster much joy.
At Mandela's Memorial, A Peanut Gallery of Heroes and Criminals
In
late August 2012, Archbishop Desmond Tutu was slated to attend and
speak at the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Johannesburg, South
Africa. He canceled at the last minute.
Why?
Tony Blair was one of the honored invitees and Tutu, quite simply,
couldn't stomach the thought of sitting alongside a war criminal,
especially such a craven, unapologetic and unaccountable one.
Writing in
The Holographic Universe?
Now before we go any farther, I am not a scientist so I'm not saying this
article is correct, but.....
Transparency is being made known in all aspects of knowledge. With
articles in the areas of science that have been coming out this past year,
it guides me to believe that while the science as an exact fact might not
be correct, the direct it is taking us is very telling....
Oh and side note from Nick: Take out the word "Gravity" (which really is a
misnomer) and substitute "Zero Point Energy Field".
Follow the line of thought and see where that takes you my friends.
http://rt.co... more »
3 Wall Street-Owned New Dems Face Rematches
Teabagger Robert Lowry poses with realistic Ted Cruz blow-up doll
Everyone is probably relieved there won't be a Patrick Murphy-Alan West
rematch, but next year a handful of New Dems almost as bad as Murphy are
going to have to face the Republican ex-congressmember they beat in 2012.
Actually, Sean Patrick Maloney has an *even worse* voting record than
Murphy. In fact, Maloney, who does his call-time from the office of a
sleazy hedge fund in Manhattan, has the single worst voting record of any
Democratic freshman-- yes, generally worse than Sinema and Gallego. He
votes even more conse... more »
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Both this afternoon's *Feedback *on Radio 4 and tonight's *Newswatch *on
the News Channel led with the 2000+ complaints about the BBC's coverage of
the death of Nelson Mandela. Those complainants felt (like me) that the BBC
has gone Malala...Madiba mad in recent days.
Also on both programmes, the BBC's Head of News, Mary Hockaday, was wheeled
out to say that the BBC always takes viewers'/listeners' concerns on board
but that, despite that, those viewers/listeners are all wrong and the
BBC's coverage was absolutely spot-on.
Moreover, she made it perfectly clear that the corporati... more »
If only they had passed Medicare for All
It's like everybody forgot what health insurance was like before Obamacare.
Sam Baker reminds us don't blame Obamacare just because it's there. Take
for instance, losing your doctor:
Insurers tried to narrow their provider networks in the '90s using HMOs,
and consumers hated the plans so much that insurers ultimately backed away.
That could happen again this time—*the Affordable Care Act doesn't require
narrow networks and it doesn't dictate how much insurers pay doctors. *
"No one has ever heard of an HMO? Networks have been around forever," said
Aaron Carroll, director of the Cen... more »
Is TURN Trying to Take Over Your Union?
I received the following letter from a teacher in California, who is
concerned about her local union in California being taken over by the
Broad-sponsored embeds from The Union Reform Network (TURN). If your local
has been taken over by TURN, please contact me to share your story.
Her letter below is followed by my response:
Dear Mr Horn,
I am a union rep in __________ California . . . , and my union leadership
has begun looking into the possibility adopting TURN in conjunction with
the school district. I am, however, having a difficult time finding any
resources about TURN and ... more »
Democracy Now! The CIA and the Capture of Nelson Mandela
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/13/one_of_our_greatest_coups_the
Stuff
According to the Reverend Tatton-Brown the Father Christmas we all know is
not real but based upon St Nicholas, who brought three murdered children
back to life. But, on the other hand, according to Megyn Kelly, Fox News
anchor, Jesus was white, just like Santa Claus, and that's a fact because
they're historical figures. Then again, a group of physicists from Japan
have discovered the clearest evidence yet that the universe is a hologram,
although what is actually meant by this is from our vantage point in the
known universe we can only experience three dimensions and were we able to... more »
A VIEW INSIDE KIEV
Members of the European Parliament are pressuring Ukraine's government to
hold early elections - as a way out of the crisis that's gripped the
country. Ukraine's government has said it could renegotiate the terms of
the association deal, if Europe provides more money. The sides met in
Brussels and agreed to discuss a new roadmap towards a possible deal. While
in Kiev, anti-government protesters continue to defy the authorities,
blocking the city centre with barricades and suspending the work of
government institutions. And as RT's Aleksey Yaroshevsky reports, it's not
only causing... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Problem, Reaction, Solution'
“Problem,
Reaction, Solution
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Dec. 13, 2013. The UN “Agenda 21” is the hostile takeover of the
world to control all its natural resources and peoples. First a problem
is created, to get a reaction from the people. Only when the people
demand a solution to the problem they created do they provide their
solution. This will always erode the freedom of the people.
The Selective Memory of Shimon Peres
Israeli
President Shimon Peres
"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many, what day
it's going to happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Oh, I
mean, it's, not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on
something like that?"
- Barbara Bush, March 18, 2003
Following the death of Nelson Mandela, Israeli President Shimon Peres
issued an official statement
DANGER !!!
when we expect...
we allow others to determine
the hour of our happiness.
An Extract from The Report From Iron Mountain, 1966
Nevertheless, an effective political substitute for war would require "alternate
enemies," some of which might seem equally farfetched in the context of the current
war system. It may be, for instance, that gross pollution of the environment can
eventually replace the possibility of mass destruction by nuclear weapons as the
principal apparent threat to the survival of the species.
Poisoning of the air, and of the
principal sources of food and water supply, is already well advanced, and at first glance
would seem promising in this respect; it constitutes a threat that can be dea... more »
Your moment of Zen
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. [via Google Earth Pics]
The Federal Reserve Exudes Growing Desperation
A Marketwatch column points out that the "*Fed wants to exit QE but keep
long-term rates low*".
This is as realistic as saying that "I want to get rich but I do not want
to work".
They cannot keep rates down without buying UNLESS the Treasury takes over,
literally prints the money off their presses - then buys their bonds
themselves at auction instead of the Federal Reserve buying.
One of the things that keeps these scoundrels in the administration out of
prison is that their collusion with the federal Reserve cannot be proven
and secondly, the Federal Reserve is ostensibly a non-g... more »
New York's U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules MERS's Business Model Is Illegal
*New York's U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules MERS's Business Model Is Illegal*
Posted: February 16, 2011 03:00 PM
L. Randall Wray
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/l-randall-wray/new-yorks-us-bankruptcy-c_b_824167.html
United States Bankruptcy Judge Robert Grossman has ruled that MERS's
business practices are unlawful. He explicitly acknowledged that this
ruling sets a precedent that has far-reaching implications for half of the
mortgages in this country. MERS is dead. The banks are in big trouble. And
all foreclosures should be stopped immediately while the legislative branch
comes up wit... more »
A look at de Blasio family values!
*FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013*
*One-bathroom man goes to town:* Yesterday, the New York Times offered a
profile of de Blasio family values.
De Blasio has announced that he and his family will live in Gracie Mansion,
not in their row house in Brooklyn’s Park Slope. In a standard bit of
piddle, the Times was a bit concerned about what that decision meant.
Is de Blasio really a man of the people? Inquiring minds want to know!
For ourselves, we were struck by a sidebar chart, entitled “Comparing 2
Houses.” Part of the chart said this:
*NUMBER OF BATHROOMS*
PARK SLOPE: One
GRACIE MANSION: ... more »
Bloodstoppers & Bearwalkers
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is commonly called the U.P., thus its
residents are Yoopers. The arrival of civilization in the U.P. created a
number of resource extraction colonies to disassemble the wilderness
paradise. Whites were attracted to the region to mine the furs, fish,
copper, iron, and forests. Long winters and marginal soils have spared it
from being obliterated by industrial agriculture and suburban sprawl. Population
density is low. The biggest city, Marquette, has just 21,000 souls.
Richard Dorson (1916-1981) was born into an affluent family in New York
City. ... more »
Jurisdiction for judicial review
Setia v. Appleby College, 2013 ONCA 753:
[32] In my view the jurisdiction to make an order for judicial review
quashing the expulsion decision does not depend on whether the decision is
the exercise of a statutory power of decision. Rather, the jurisdiction
provided by s. 2(1)1 of the *JRPA* turns on whether the expulsion decision
is the kind of decision that is reached by public law and therefore a
decision to which a public law remedy can be applied. This reflects the
purpose of the *JRPA*, namely to provide a simplified process to obtain
public law remedies in those cir... more »
XMAS IN THE BEAST'S BELLY
*The Colbert Report*
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Video Archive
This one speaks for itself......
THE LATEST NEWS
- Reuters yesterday reported:
Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air
strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local
security officials said on Thursday.
The officials did not identify the plane in the strike in central al-Bayda
province, but tribal and local media sources said that it was a drone.
Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air
strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local
security officials said on Thursday.
When I went to the Drone Summit in Washington... more »
Maddow proves it all night long!
*FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013*
*Won’t stop teasing Chris Christie:* Just eighteen minutes into the show,
Maddow was teasing Chris Christie.
She wanted us rubes to watch her full hour. So she started teasing the
short and somewhat dishonest segment with which she would end the program:
MADDOW (12/12/13): All right. The one story in politics right now that
feels like it was lifted from outtakes from The Sopranos today got even
more New Jersey than it was yesterday. *And it looks like it now may be
turning into a real problem for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and
that story is comi... more »
Business Insider
I like it, I read it often, I will not be eating something.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-perfect-egg-mcmuffin-tweet-2013-12
Inside the Senate Committee on National Security
On Monday the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence heard from
the watchdogs of both CSIS and CSEC - Chuck Strahl, Chair of the Security
Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC), and CSEC Commissioner Jean-Pierre
Plouffe.
Here Plouffe is explaining to Senator Romeo Dallaire why Justice Mosley
slapped down CSIS for outsourcing their spying to their Five Eyes partners
(US, UK, NZ, and Australia) via CSEC. Plouffe :
"CSIS has a jurisdiction which is limited to Canada, whereas CSE's
jurisdiction reaches abroad. So CSIS, in accomplishing its activities,
believes it has need of a... more »
Christy Clark`s Bogus Translink Funding Referendum, Unraveled (updated December 13th/2013)
Updated here...
Transit referendum confusion
*It seems no one can agree on next year’s referendum on transit funding –
not even the premier and her transportation minister.*
*In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Premier Christy Clark says Metro
Vancouver voters will be offered a multiple-choice decision on public
transit, because – in her words – “A simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ doesn’t do
justice to the questions that are there.”*
*Clark also reveals the referendum will take place in conjunction with
November’s civic elections.*
*In the same article, Transportation Minister Todd ... more »
Red herring
<----Sisters and Brothers---->
“*Gender segregation would be outlawed by labour*” says Chuka Umunna, still
aboard the bandwagon afforded him by the Today programme yesterday.
But the nasty party have countered with: *“**Gender segregation in
universities is pandering to extremism,” Michael Gove has said, as he
became the latest politician to wade into the divisive row over external
speakers."*
While the hard-copy Telegraph has the headline: *“Forcing sexes apart is
not permissible says equality watchdog”* to an article by home affairs
correspondent David Barrett, the online version... more »
The Beginning Of The End Of The Guantánamo Gulag?
Had Adam Smith amendments to the NDAA passed in June, one year from today--
December 13, 2014, the gulag at Guantánamo would have closed. On June 13,
Smith proposed ending indefinite detentions, which was voted down 200-226,
19 Republicans voting with the Democrats and 13 of the worst and most
right-wing fake-dens crossing the aisle to oppose the amendment. Those 13
were:
*•* John Barrow (New Dem-GA)
*•* Jim Costa (Blue Dog-CA)
*•* Henry Cuellar (Blue Dog-TX)
*•* Pete Gallego (New Dem-TX)
*•* Sander Levin (Idiot-MI)
*•* Dan Lipinski (Blue Dog-IL)
*•* Sean Patrick Maloney (New Dem-... more »
When lady chefs talk dirty - Nigella, Delia and Kirstie
I know that I have posted this Nigella Lawson video before but with her
personal life in the media spotlight I thought this would remind us all of
happier erstwhile times...
And then there's Saint Delia Smith in all sorts of 1970s clothing, seems
dirtier when it's Delia somehow...
And finally Kirstie Allsopp, not a patch on the other two but I know she
has her fans...
Why Do They Tempt Us?
Perhaps in the future, the WH ought to refrain from tweeting pictures
of the President holding up signs.
Yeah, Bipartisanship Isn't About To Break Out
Brian Beutler has this right:
Ever since he became speaker, Boehner has been reluctant to forge
coalitions with Democrats, particularly when Democrats end up controlling
the policy and supplying the overwhelming majority of votes. As a rule he’s
only done this when sticking with the right would send the country past
some deadline or over some cliff, and even then he’s acted reluctantly.
See also Jamelle Bouie.
The bottom-line context underlying the temporary (and it's certainly
temporary) emergence of bipartisan peace in the House is the one I keep
pounding on: at the end of the d... more »
THE LATEST NEWS
- Reuters yesterday reported:
The officials did not identify the plane in the strike in central al-Bayda
province, but tribal and local media sources said that it was a drone. Fifteen
people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike
after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security
officials said on Thursday.
When I went to the Drone Summit in Washington last month a woman from Yemen
really caught my ear when she said they they'd never heard of al-Qaeda
until the US weaponized drone strikes began. She also said that they
believed the ... more »
The Perfect Gift Every Time and a $50 Blue Nile Jewelry Giftcard Giveaway
Did you know that 51% of people stress over gifts? That is a lot of stress
for the Christmas season. If you are looking for jewelry, I absolutely love Blue
Nile Jewelry. They have a gorgeous selection of engagement rings, but also
an amazing selection of jewelry for both men and woman. You can search for
jewelry by mental type, the different types of precious stones or by price.
It makes it easy to find exactly what you are looking for this holiday
season.
If you have no idea where to start for your loved ones this Christmas
season, Blue Nile has their new "Leave Nothing to Chanc... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: The Tasty Sequel
Much baking to be had this time of year, so it only makes sense that we
play the Hungry Games again:
The manuscript of survival – part 378
*The manuscript of survival – part 378*
By Aisha North
http://aishanorth.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/the-manuscript-of-survival-part-378/
We think you will all feel a sort of quickening in the air now, like a
slight shift in the pressure or the temperature, and we gather many of your
animal friends will exhibit symptoms of noticing the same. For there is
something approaching indeed, and you are just about to pick up on the
first signals coming in from this rainstorm of light that we have referred
to so many times in earlier missives. For it is indeed approaching you, and
now you wil... more »
On the Good Ship Lollipop
The Democrats are taking their *We Suck Less* 2012 campaign slogan to the
next level:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told Democratic House members at a
meeting Thursday morning to “embrace the suck” and encouraged enough
members to back the budget deal on the floor to allow passage, according to
an attendee of the meeting.
“We need to get this off the table so we can go forward,” Pelosi told her
members, according to someone inside the closed meeting of the caucus.
Pelosi pushed for including in the budget deal an extension of the
unemployment benefits that are set to expire a... more »
VISIONS OF PISA: Ravitch sells a bogus claim!
*FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013*
*Part 5—The return of the Age of Aquarius:* Liberal response to the new
PISA scores has often been quite hard to fathom.
Most amazing is the acceptance of the new cult of the PISA. This involves
the apparent acceptance of PISA scores as the sole measure of student
achievement.
In response to weak aggregate scores on the PISA, major liberals have
failed to mention the large score gains which have been recorded on the
NAEP, our widely-praised domestic testing program.
We’ve failed to mention American scores on the TIMSS and the PIRLS, the
major internati... more »
#optout recruiting Hall of Fame: And the winner is?
2013 is coming to an end and we (@the chalkface) would like to pay special
tribute to the one individual most responsible for swelling the ranks of
the various opt out groups. For example, when we (6 real radicals) formed
United Opt Out National over 3 years ago we managed to dig up around 2000
[…]
Facebook Really
Never been a part. This paints me as terrorist threat in some quarter, I do
not seem energized to share. Thats not my reason, its just I left high
school and although some of my fondest memories were there, I do not want
to be part of that culture as an adult. High school was the entry into the
Chrysalis of life not the exit. Now if you let Facebook mine
you mercilessly I am sorry for you and me. The world is spinning way to
fast and faces way to many challenges for so much energy to be consumed by
who ate what and who is on a fast.
Human Rights Week Roundup: New Work by (Somewhat) New Scholars
December 10th was UN Human Rights Day, starting off Human Rights Week. In
many regards, 2013 has been a very good year for human rights practices
around the world. In other regards, 2013 has had some abysmal failures
when it comes to human rights on the ground, especially the rights of
sexual minorities. For our
Continue reading
The class of an Australian, in this case the Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke
"Get ready for a broken fucking arm" - What a classy chap.
In Memory: Sandy Hook Elementary, One Year After
In Memory: Sandy Hook Elementary, One Year After. via In Memory: Sandy Hook
Elementary, One Year After.
AJC Guest Column: Children who are poor need slack, not grit (December 2, 2013)
AJC Guest Column: Children who are poor need slack, not grit (December 2,
2013). via AJC Guest Column: Children who are poor need slack, not grit
(December 2, 2013).
US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE VIDEO: The Resurgence Of Al-Qaeda In Iraq
Hearing starts after 2 min mark
Transport Econ 9: On Fare-Contracting Taxi Drivers
The campaign by the government (LTFRB, LTO, MMDA, LGUs, etc.) and some
private citizens against "nangongontrata (fare contracting) or isnabero"
taxi drivers this season is wrong. Airlines, shipping lines, hotels,
resorts, can raise their price during the holiday season, why can't taxi
drivers?
Bus lines' fares are also government regulated, they can not raise their
fares, but buses can adjust by packing in more passengers than usual to
maximize revenues. Taxis cannot do that.
One of my friends not only support "nangongontrata" taxi drivers, he
initiates the contract. If he is in a ... more »
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*The Unrelenting No. 9 ~Saints Win *
Remembering Sandy Hook: Protecting Guns, Sacrificing (Some) Children
On December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT, experienced yet
another mass shooting at a school in the U.S.
While that horror should have stirred the consciousness of us all in this
country—especially in regards to guns and children—we appear mostly to have
forgotten or disregarded that event, except for a few tributes.
I am reposting a blog here as a call not to forget, but more importantly to
act with a renewed consciousness.
*Protecting Guns, Sacrificing (Some) Children **
"In 2008, 2,947 children and teens died from guns in the United States and
2,793 died in 2009... more »
First time in 112 years
Well that's a comfort. Weird weather happens on a century scale. Whats
missing from this story is some indication of why it happened so long ago.
I forgive them if there are no records. The fact is that weird weather is
the planet turning on the windshield wiper when you hit the power window
button. Read Rendezvous with Rama. That Arthur C Clarke was not dumb.
Paul Krugman Cuts Through the BS on Education Spending
Paul Krugman, today's column in the NYT
*"What has been cut? It’s a complex picture, but the most obvious cuts have
been in education, infrastructure, research, and conservation. While the
Recovery Act (the Obama stimulus) was in effect, the federal government
provided significant aid to state and local education. Then the aid went
away, and local governments began letting go of hundreds of thousands of
teachers."*
There's nothing like a good Paul Krugman Friday column to see the glaring
reality and truth. As the chattering class, the corporate education hacks
and the clueless corp... more »
Bananas and Foc and Taiwan
*Part of the old Qing trench network above Keelung city used in the siege
of the French.*
The world of bananas we see today is not the world that existed sixty years
ago. In that world the major export banana was a type called Gros Michel.
It was the principal banana imported into the the US until the early 1960s.
And then came the fungus known as Fusarium Wilt, or Foc, also known as
Panama disease, where it was first reported back in the 1890s. Over the
next half-century Gros Michel was wiped out, with shortages allegedly
inspiring the famous "yes we have no bananas" song, accordi... more »
American Who Disappeared in Iran in 2007 Revealed as CIA Agent
Undated
photo of retired FBI agent Bob Levinson anonymously sent to his family
in April 2011.
The Associated Press' Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, two of the Pulitzer
Prize-winning investigative journalists who revealed the New York Police
Department's rampant profiling and spying on Muslim communities, broke a
new story late Thursday afternoon. Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent
who
If You Think You're Bored Of The Civil War In The Republican Party Stories Now, Just Wait… They've Barely Started
Boehner and the Republican Establishment are finally fighting back
against
the venal forces of far right-wing populism-- i.e., the increasingly
unpopular Tea Party, racists, Koch-brother-brand-Birchers, Hate Talk
Radio
hucksters and the rest of the menagerie. The menagerie served it's
purpose-- ruining Obama's presidency-- and now it's time for the
Republican
Establishment to get serious. As Krugman pointed out in the *NY
Times*yesterday, "there was a brief, modest spurt in spending associated
with the
Obama stimulus-- but it has long since been outweighed and swamped by a
collapse... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Tom Verlaine, 64.
Good stuff:
1. More good points on ACA implementation from Ross Douthat.
2. Josh Huder on the long-term fallout in the Senate. Fair enough -- but
I'd emphasize that what happens in 2015 depends on the 2014 election
results.
3. And Jared Bernstein on the Volcker rule -- but really about policymaking
and personnel.
Stephen Colbert Interviews David Keith on Geoengineering...
PS: See this article for more:
http://chemtrailsplanet.net/2013/12/10/colbert-report-suggests-government-is-secretly-spraying-aerosols/
Seed: The Untold Story Trailer Video
Inspiring documentary unearths the dramatic story of seeds. From creators
of QUEEN OF THE SUN & REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN.
*Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our
being. - Vandana Shiva*
*Dear Friends,*
Welcome to our new Kickstarter Campaign. Thank you for your incredible
support to bring this film to life. Kickstarter is all or nothing, meaning
that we will need to meet our pledge goal by December 19th or the funds
will be returned. This is the *FINAL PUSH* to complete*SEED: The Untold
Story*. Together, with your help, we will finish this film in... more »
Untitled
*Report: Hedge fund manager cons La. retirement systems ~Richard Thompson,
New Orleans Advocate*
*La. tax amnesty program brings in $435 million ~WVUE*
*New Orleans nurse doubles as stunt double ~WWLTV *
*Lafayette Named Number 1 Overall City In America ~Lafayette Live, KPEL*
*Lightwire brings artistry to Joy Theater ~Barri Bronston*
*Kermit Ruffins at Vaughan’s: Book chronicles 20 years of Thursday nights
~Alex Rawls*
Can My Employer Trash Me In References? 6 things you need to know about job references
Suzanne Lucas, better known as the Evil HR Lady (she's very nice and not
evil at all), did an interesting article about what employers are saying
about former employees in references. Hint: It's not good.
Lucas says this: "Reference-checking firm Allison & Taylor estimates that
50 percent of their reference checks come back negative or lukewarm." If
you want to chill your blood, read the article for some actual things
employers have said about employees.
In my AOL Jobs column, I answer a reader question about whether or not
employers can trash employees in job references. You can re... more »
Mr. Harper And The Pope
Conservatives are not happy with Pope Francis. He has attacked their *rosetta
stone.* And he's pulling no punches:
“The danger in today’s world," he says, "pervaded as it is by consumerism,
is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the
feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience.”
Prominent conservatives claim that Francis doesn't know what he's talking
about. Paul Adams writes:
More than a few conservatives have criticized the Pope for being
economically naive. Perhaps that’s a cue for us to ask some embarrassing
questions abo... more »
Gardasil: If I Had Only Known… by Wendy Stec
Jennifer
Gardasil: If I had only known…
By Wendy Stec, Beaverton Oregon
Sane Vax, 8 December 2013
Sadly, our story of pain, adversity, and medical mysteries did not begin
with the Gardasil vaccine. My 18 year old Autistic daughter Jenni has
struggled with pain and challenges from day one.
As a newborn, she was extremely irritable and diagnosed with colic. As an
infant, she was highly sensitive to noises and continued to suffer with
symptoms of colic. Before her first birthday, Jennifer had already begun
occupational and physical therapy for fine and gross motor delays and l... more »
GARDASIL : « si seulement j’avais su ! par Wendy Stec
[image: Jenni-Gardasil.jpg]Jennifer
*GARDASIL : « si seulement j’avais su !*
Par Wendy Stec, 8 décembre 2013
Malheureusement, notre histoire de souffrances, d’adversité, et de mystères
médicaux n’a pas commencé avec le vaccin Gardasil. Ma fille Jenni (18 ans),
autiste a dû lutter avec la douleur et les problèmes depuis son premier
jour.
A peine née, elle était extrêmement irritable. On a de suite diagnostiqué
des coliques. Elle était très sensible aux bruits et a continué à souffrir
de coliques. Avant son premier anniversaire, Jennifer avait déjà été
soignée en ergothérapie ... more »
An Extremely Loudmouthed Very Minor Minority: Anonymous Racist Net-haters Exposed in Sweden
The last week or so, the big news in my country has been the reporting in
daily tabloid *Expressen* of the result of the independent *Research Group*'s
unmasking of the most active and organized online "net-haters" on various
racist or semi-racist or "nationalist" internet fora – a phenomenon I
discussed from a moral psychological point of view in a former post. The
messages of the haters convey a rich collection of completely unrestrained,
inconsiderate or even mildly civil language, open blatant racism, many
statements about the need for using fire arms as a reaction to current
Sw... more »
Teen avoids jail with affluence defense in deadly drunk-driving case - primed for a career as a banker ?
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/12/judge-rules-teensaffluenceisadefenseagainstdui.html
Teen avoids jail with affluence defense in deadly drunk-driving case
by Amel Ahmed @amelscript December 12, 2013 4:09PM ET
Legal experts say ruling is symbolic of larger problems in criminal justice
system
Topics: Law & Justice Texas U.S.
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Ethan Couch, a 16-year-old convicted over the deaths of four people in a
drunk driving accident, arrives at Juvenile Court on Tuesday.WFAA
A Texas teenager who killed four people while driving drunk was sentenced
this week to 10 ye... more »
No more Sci Fi in real war
Yup laser battles are on the battlefield. Just on trucks for now, look for
Predator type personal lasers coming to a war near you. Unfortunately there
is no evidence the art of war is advancing.
Kill them all or find a new plan
After so many centuries of human history can no one in charge figure out
you can not kill your way to victory. If the plan was to keep the war on
terror going they are succeeding.
If I had been GWB and if I had not engineered 911. I would have fuel
air bombed Kandahar Sept 11 at ten AM. Thus saving billions of dollars and
improving the life of millions.
An afterthought. If I am OBL and I just brought down the twin towers would
I have not taken actions that would preclude the opportunity to be taken
out at Tora Bora, just saying.
North Korea reminded us what an undivided left-wing government looks like
Most events in North Korea are sad and the latest ones are no exception.
Recall that the communist regime was founded by Kim 1 (1912-1994), the
eternal president, who was followed by his son Kim 2 (1941-2011). After his
death, his young son Kim 3 (1983-hopefully_soon) took the power and he's
showing us that he is a true heir to the world history's most famous
socialists.
*Kim 3's photograph according to his or its Twitter account.*
Kim 3 just executed his uncle (1946-2013). Well, the uncle was a husband of
Kim 2's younger sister since 1972. They had a daughter (1977-2006) who went... more »
GUEST POST: Continu—what? Sara Newell
GUEST POST: Continu—what? Sara Newell. via GUEST POST: Continu—what? Sara
Newell.
REVIEW: De-Testing and De-Grading Schools, Bower and Thomas
REVIEW: De-Testing and De-Grading Schools, Bower and Thomas. via REVIEW:
De-Testing and De-Grading Schools, Bower and Thomas.
The oldest living Holocaust survivor speaks, and plays the piano
The Lady in Number 6 is one of the most inspirational stories ever told.
109 year old, Alice Herz Sommer, the world's oldest pianist and oldest
holocaust survivor, shares her views on how to live a long happy life. She
discusses the vital importance of music, laughter and having an optimistic
outlook on life. This powerfully inspirational video tells her amazing
story of survival and how she managed to use her time in a Nazi
concentration camp to empower herself and others with music. See the entire
documentary at:
https://twitter.com/AliceTheFilm
Answer Sheet
Here are the answers to the Fun Quiz I posted a few days ago:
1. For 35 years, Bob Barker welcomed those who had "come on down"
to this TV game show.
The Price is Right
2. New Ec10 soap opera starring Luke, Laura, and Francis Edgeworth.
General Equilibrium (or General Equilibrium Hospital)
3. First U.S. car manufacturer to offer seat belts as an option.
Nash
4. Neurosis shared by bus rides and margarine .
Inferiority Complex
5. One-word term for one's first apartment.
Efficiency
6. The result of Atlas's misplacing his celestial sp... more »
I also loved the Amber Chronicles
I am not a big purveyor of fantasy. LOTR and The Earthsea Chronicles along
with Amber are maybe all I have ever read. Highly recommended.
Introducing D.C. Mayoral Candidate Andy Shallal
61 minute interview via the http://rocknewmanshow.net/ Tagged: DC Mayoral
Race
Canada Post
Basically we've got tens of billions to waste on fighter-jets and 3 billion
to simply *lose* on public safety, but Canada Post has to cancel home
delivery to save us money. So says Canada Post management and the
think-tank that CP's prez is connected to.
It's also a good idea to eliminate 8,000 decent jobs and raise user fees
during a recession.
These people are fucking morons.
Avery-Chowdhury criticism of ER-EPR is plain wrong
Steven G. Avery (Brown) and Borun D. Chowdhury (Arizona) have released a
preprint called
No Holography for Eternal AdS Black Holes
which claims to "disprove" the ER-EPR correspondence by Susskind and
Maldacena and the earlier and more vague van Raamsdonk's glue-entanglement
correspondence by "disproving" the 2001 "double CFT" treatment of the
eternal black hole by Maldacena.
The only problem is that Avery and Chowdhury are just plain wrong.
The main idea of their "disproof" is that the Hamiltonian of two CFTs is
the sum of two separated Hamiltonians, without an interaction term... more »
Thai Protests: Why Elections are Unacceptable...
...When mass murder is popular. Beyond mere corruption, Wall Street's
Thaksin Shinawatra and his regime are 3rd world relics that must be left
behind forever.
*December 13, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - The Western media portrays the
current political unrest in Thailand as "elite vs. rural poor" struggle
between Thailand's establishment and the political machine of Thaksin
Shinawatra which it claims is "democratically elected" and therefore
"legitimate." It repeatedly reminds readers of how Thaksin's opposition has
failed to win in elections against his "populist policies," popular amo... more »
Syria's War: The Next Phase
"Moderate" myth is dropped as West prepares to leverage terror threat to
end war in their favor.
*December 13, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - The alleged fleeing of General
Selim Idriss of the so-called "Free Syrian Army" (FSA), was more symbolic
than anything else. Whether or not he really fled, and whether he is in
Turkey or Qatar is of little consequence. The so-called "moderates" he
commanded were nothing more than a smokescreen, a cheap veneer applied to
the hardcore Wahabist extremists of Al Qaeda's Al Nusra franchise and
similar fronts that have formed the core of foreign-backed ... more »
Starting Friday off right...
*enjoy.*
*Oh Come All Ye Faithful*
Indeed!
by David Osmund
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL OR HETEROSEXUAL?
According to psychologist Laurent Bègue, author of *Right and Wrong
Psychology*, the line between homophobia and homosexuality is thin.
I suppose that most of us used to fear gay people.
We imagined that they smelt differently.
We thought that gay people would destroy our society.
We had an image of gay people as being rather foreign and dangerous, like
Blacks, Jews, Catholics, Moslems or Germans.
And then we discovered that our best friend at school was secretly gay, and
quite harmless.
And then we discovered that some of our best friends at University were
secretly gay, an... more »
Green, Schwarz win the 2014 Milner Prize
As John Preskill correctly predicted, Michael Boris Green and John Henry
Schwarz won the 2014 Fundamental Physics Prize "for opening new
perspectives on quantum gravity and the unification of forces." See The
Guardian.
Congratulations to the well-deserved $3 million to each! The ceremony will
take place on January 27th and will be aired since 9 pm by the Science
Channel. To appease the San Francisco liberals, Green and Schwarz will be presented
as psychics. ;-)
The names Green and Schwarz appear together in 94 TRF blog entries and even
though they were the candidates I know least i... more »
TOO WEE, TOO POOR, TOO STUPID?
*Scots*
Should Scotland be independent?
Alex Salmond of the Scottish National Party has brought out a Scottish
independence plan.
*According to David Walker, in The Guardian:*
"The Scottish independence white paper, unveiled by the first minister Alex
Salmond on 26 November 2013, was *'conservative' and 'unambitious'*."
*Did Alex Salmond miss his chance?*
*According to Lynn Henderson, of the Public and Commercial Services Union: *
"A more fundamental failure of the independence blueprint is to not imagine
a Scottish state controlling the fiscal and economic levers required to... more »
Updates On Syria [12.13]: FSA Meme Cannot Survive New Battlefield Realities, Threat Posed By Religious Extremists And Global Jihadists Becomes Top Priority, Former CIA Head Warns Syria Will Break Up
*1. An excerpt from, "Hagel Says America’s Syria Policy in Turmoil" by
Richard Sisk, Military.com, December 12:*
On Wednesday, the Islamic Front's seizure of SNC supply warehouses near the
Turkish border prompted the U.S. and Britian to cut off non-lethal aid to
the SNC and the FSA.
"We continue to support General Idriss and the moderate opposition," Hagel
said. However, he said the current situation is an indicator to "how
complicated and dangerous the situation is."
*Regional reports suggested that the recent setbacks for the FSA and its
parent group, the Supreme Military Counci... more »
Native Americans to Sonic Drive-In: Concrete action needed to eradicate racism
Native
Americans urge Sonic Drive-in to create campaign to educate public
about racism and mascots
By Jacqueline Keeler
Navajo/Yankton Dakota SiouxCensored News
BELTON, Missouri -- December 12, 2013 The Native American community is
still shocked and angered by the racist sign saying, "KC Chiefs" Will
Scalp the Redsk*ns Feed Them Whisky Send - 2 - Reservation put up by an
employee at a
Winnemem Wintu, Fishermen, blast Bay Delta Plan
.
Photo: Tribal leaders, fishermen, family farmers, environmentalists and
elected officials held a press conference on the north steps of the
State Capitol opposing Governor Jerry Brown. Photo by Dan Bacher.
Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Fishermen Blast Bay Delta Conservation Plan
by Dan Bacher
Censored News
The California Natural Resources Agency on Monday, December 9 released
34,000
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 - 1 day 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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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/08/2013 12:18 -0500
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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!'" (Please consider making even a small
contribution to the Welcome to Pottersville2 Christmas/Holiday Season
Fundraiser happening now or at least sending a link to your friends if you
think the subjects discussed here are worth publicizing. Thank you for your
support. We are in a real tight spot
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
[image: Imagenes Gratis para Navidad y Año Nuevo 2014]
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
[image: Dual American-Israel citizen Stanley Fischer has sterling globalist
credentials. Photo: World Forum]
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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Thanks 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.
Bad Bear's previous set of photos: Longest Walk in Miwok
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 - 1 day 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
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 08 December, 2013, 6:27am
UPDATED : Sunday, 08 December, 2013, 6:27am
Minnie Chan and Agence France-Presse
Most Popular
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1. Work and pay woes put Hong Kong residents in doldrums compared to
China's cities
2... more »
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 »
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