English: Coat of Arms of the Central African Republic (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
map from CIA World Factbook, converted from original format (July 2011 version showing ) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Memorial to Otto von Bismarck, Tiergarten, Berlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cover of Idiocracy
Cover of The Wolf of Wall StreetArnold Keyserling On Trance Consciousness And Dancing, Documentary on Origins of Trance Music, Ecstasy As A Treatment For PTSD, And Sufi Whirling Dervishes
*I. Arnold Keyserling On Trance Consciousness And Dancing.*
*Wikipedia: *
Count Arnold Alexander Keyserling (February 9, 1922 – September 7, 2005)
was a German philosopher and theologian. He is the son of Hermann Graf
Keyserling and great-grandson of Otto von Bismarck.
Quote from the video below:
*"One thing is common to all transformation rites, the so-called rites of
passage. These assume that man has two levels of consciousness. The normal,
everyday consciousness, and that of joy or ecstasy. Whilst, for Western
psychiatry, trance is an extra-ordinary experience, religion views... more »
Thursday Morning Post X-Mas Linkage
Well, I hope you survived the crush of end of term and then the crush of
family and holiday stuff, if you are in to that kind of thing. In the
meantime, if you stepped away from the media, what did you miss? Well,
South Sudan is on the brink while the Central African Republic
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"The Wolf Of Wall Street" Opened Today
It's another Scorsese-DiCaprio project-- there have been 5 so far-- so
there has been plenty of fanfare. Based on the true story of Wall Street
swindler Jordan Belfort, anyone who had hoped the movie-- or the discussion
around it-- would serve as an opportunity to take a serious look at Wall
Street corruption will be sorely disappointed. It's as if Scorsese made a
conscious effort to avoid it, and left out-- like 100% left out-- the ties
between the Republican Party and the breathtaking Belfort scandals. There
was no Senator Alfonse D'Amato character in the movie taking bribes. An... more »
Thailand: Regime Police Fire Rubber Bullets at Protesters' Heads
Regime violence will only increase number, resolve of protesters - sham
elections being disrupted.
*December 26, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - Several protesters have been sent
to the hospital as police began firing tear gas, rubber bullets, and using
chemical laden water fired from water canons at the Thai-Japanese Stadium
in Din Daeng, Bangkok. Reports and images from the clashes indicate that
police have been firing rubber bullets at the heads of protesters, an
illegal method that will only escalate tensions and attract more protesters
- as was seen early December when protesters b... more »
2012: The Year That "Idiocracy" Moments Broke the Scale, Part 1
*As our friend Bil pointed out in a comment on our colleague Noah's Sunday
evening post "Need a last-minute Christmas gift suggestion?," Noah has not
done one of his traditional blockbuster multipart end-of-year holiday
series. I'm afraid plates have been rather full in the Noah household this
holiday season, but I thought what we might do is to repeat last year's
enormously popular series based on one of Noah's favorite films, Mike
Judge's Idiocracy.* -- Ken
*2012 was the year of the memorable "Idiocracy moment" when a Republican
presidential candidate couldn't count to 3.*
*b... more »
Christmas Eve in Holten, Netherlands
At 4:30pm on Christmas Eve, hundreds of Dutch schoolchildren set a candle
before each of 1,394 burial plots marking the graves of Canadian soldiers
who died liberating their town a few days before the end of the Second
World War over 60 years ago.
An unofficial remembrance ceremony marked every year by the people of
Holten, Netherlands.
I reckon if Steve were to attend, he would likely burst into flames.
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South Sudan
*Salva Kiir Mayardit, the first President of South Sudan. *
*His trademark hat was a gift from United States President George W. Bush.*
"The oilfields in the South have kept the region's economy alive since
1999. South Sudan has the third-largest oil reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The economy of South Sudan is one of the world's most underdeveloped with
South Sudan having little existing infrastructure and the highest maternal
mortality and female illiteracy rates in the world as of 2011.
South Sudan exports timber to the international market. The region also
contains many ... more »
Merry Merry
DJ! has been kinda sleepy lately, for which we apologize.
But we'd like to wish all our readers a safe and serene holiday, if you
get/celebrate one.
And to our Toronto friends and others hit by the ice storm and power
outage, here's hoping you get through crap this as well as you can.
((((hugz))))
A Christmas Message from Edward Snowden
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RuTube
Edward Snowden’s alternative Christmas message demanding an end to mass
surveillance was broadcast at 4:15 p.m. GMT. Original post follows below
the video.
British television’s Channel 4, known for broadcasting “unusual but
relevant” figures’ holiday messages as opposed to the Queen of England’s
annual speech, has chosen whistle-blower Edward Snowden to convey this
year’s address.
Snowden, who is responsible for opening our eyes to the omnipresence of
the National Security Agency’s surveillance, was recorded by ... more »
Un invented App Un App sin Inventar
Every a single person alive and dead has said the following words, "Remind
me"
Every one has said it and will say it....
The App that would be the most useful to the Mrs. and me would be a voice
activated run in background just waiting for you to say those words...This
app would then Via voice prompt ask you a few questions, such as, "Remind
you what?" It would then take notes and say, "When?
More, Mas
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Leaving This Town
I followed Sam Youngman for only a short while on the twitter. I found him
to be pretty much a pompous ass promoting bad policy. As the kids say,
ain't nobody got time for that. So guess I missed his metamorphosis because
I was surprised his longish goodbye note to DC was so self-aware. It's
Politico, so be warned, but it's worth reading in full.
Not even going to excerpt it, except this one line which captures the
theme:
In Washington, a divided America is good for business.
And good for the insiders who run the place. Rare to find a insider that
would say that out loud, but the... more »
The world's BIGGEST blog - day 3
Big Time Sensuality
Big Audio Dynamite
Big Yellow Taxi
Rockerfeller's Bane - The Biggest Boondoggle of Them All
*"...Machiavelli notes '..there is nothing more difficult to take in hand,
more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take
the lead in the introduction of a new order of things...' "*
"Following the attacks, Silverstein filed TWO insurance claims for the
maximum amount of the policy (*$7B*), based on the two -- in Silverstein's
view -- separate attacks. The insurance company, *Swiss Re, paid Mr.
Silverstein $4.6 Billion — a princely return on a relatively paltry
investment of $124 million.*
There’s more. You see, the World Trade Towers were not the re... more »
It's a Wonderful Life... : COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
*To: The Director*
*D.M. Ladd*
*COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY*
*(RUNNING MEMORANDUM)*
There is submitted herewith the running memorandum concerning Communist
infiltration of the motion picture industry which has been brought up to
date as of May 26, 1947....
With regard to the picture "It's a Wonderful Life", [redacted] stated in
substance that the film represented rather obvious attempts to discredit
bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a "scrooge-type" so that he would be
the most hated man in the picture. This, according to these sources, is a
commo... more »
Vito Rizzuto, Canadian mobster, dies age 67
Montreal mobster Vito Rizzuto has died. He suffered heart failure yesterday
at the age of 67.
Rizzuto was the head of Canada's biggest crime syndicate.
More info to come.
"A Hallelujah Christmas" by Cloverton...
A Hallelujah Christmas by Cloverton.
www.clovertonmusic.com
"Hallelujah" originally written by Leonard Cohen
Video by Wooten Media Productions
LYRICS
I've heard about this baby boy
Who's come to earth to bring us joy
And I just want to sing this song to you
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
With every breath I'm singing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
A couple came to Bethlehem
Expecting child, they searched the inn
To find a place for You were coming soon
There was no room for them to stay
So in a manger filled with hay
God's only Son was born, oh Halleluj... more »
Kaliningrad
Sweden's former prime minister Goran Person once described Kaliningrad this
way: "It is heavily polluted. There are illnesses there like AIDS and
tuberculosis. There is atomic waste. You find almost every imaginable
problem in Kaliningrad."
Micah Ali: "How Can Children Learn If Their Parents Are Unemployed?"
Micah Ali talks with a father at drop-off time outside McKinley
Elementary's preschool classroom
Micah Ali is an old friend of mine who I met through People For the
American Way's Young Elected Officials Network. Blue America has endorsed
him in an election next year for a seat in the California state Assembly.
But right now he's still the head of the Compton School Board. This week
Deepa Fernandes of KPCC hailed him as Compton's foot soldier for universal
pre-K.
Born and raised in Compton, Ali has spent six years on the school board-- a
job that pays $0-- because he says he wants ... more »
A Christmas Wish
*ancient's BIBLE*
It is my Christmas Wish for people to recognize, understand and share the
Spiritual TRUTH that religions and corruption have distorted. The GOLDEN
RULE, by which ALL others shall fall into place.
It is NOT; "Do unto others..." It IS; "LOVE Thy Neighbor as you LOVE GOD
and LOVE thyself."
LOVE
your humble servant,
Pope Vincent
North Korea: Jang Song-thaek's Aides Executed With Anti-aircraft Machine Guns: Report
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un
*Jang Song-thaek's Aides Executed With Antiaircraft Machine Guns: Report*
The Huffington Post | By Alana Horowitz
Posted: 12/24/2013 2:30 pm EST
http://goo.gl/tlPznT
Shocking new details have been revealed about the execution of Jang
Song-thaek, Kim Jong Un's uncle.
The New York Times reports that the Jang's death was the end result of a
brutal gun battle between Jang supporters and those of the regime over who
controlled key land.
As the Times tells it, Kim's forces were ordered to take back control over
important fishing grounds that Jang had prev... more »
The Winds of North Africa
Thought you might find this satellite image interesting. The bands of wind
and rain coming out of Africa heading for Rome.... The weather forecasts
say the winds are only 35mph here but we know that to be false, trees are
down all over here, and winds are gusting up to 80mph and more....
*CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE...*
Happy holidays
If it's in keeping with your celebration...
Iraq Christians Celebrate Mass In Baghdad's Karrada
The following pictures are from Agence France Presse's Sabah Arar showing
Christians in Baghdad's Karrada attending mass at the Virgin Mary Chaldean
Church on Dec. 15, 2013.
Your house was paid for when you signed the note.
*We said this a year ago but its good to see the information is getting
more mainstream... I learned something new here in Morocco that I didn't
know before. In Morocco the car title stays with the car even when you rent
one. Its the renter's obligation to carry the title with them at all times
in case the rental car is stolen. I asked Heather why that was a
requirement here but not in the USA. She told me that all USA car titles
are owned by the World Bank, which they monetize, and even when you request
your title after you pay off a loan it says on the back "this is not a car
... more »
How they made Gravity
Warning spoilers do not watch before you have seen the movie
War watch December 25 , 2013 .... Israel Sees Western Jihadists in Syria as a Future Security Nightmare ..... Pentagon Probes its biggest Afghanistan Supplier for Using Iran Supply Route ( possible US Iran sanctions violation ) ...... Appeals Court: Bagram Detainees ‘Beyond the Reach’ of Constitution ....... ‘Thousands Dead’ as UN Sends More Troops to South Sudan
Israel Sees Western Jihadists in Syria as a Future Security Nightmare20
Percent of Foreign Jihadists Are From Western Nations
by Jason Ditz, December 24, 2013
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For a long time, the Israeli government was trying to paint the Syrian
Civil War in the simplest terms, believing anything that weakened Bashar
Assad was a net positive.
That’s undergoing a major rethink now, as Israeli officials are taking
major note of the number of Western jihadists fighting alongside al-Qaeda in
Syria, and the long-term problems they pose.
That’s because Western citizenship means West... more »
Turkey corruption scandal update December 25 , 2013 ... The ongoing corruption scandal claims Turkish Economy , Interior and Environmental Ministers , who have resigned on Christmas Day ! Bitter battle between AKP and followers of Fetullah Gulen explodes as police officers are beng fired or transferred in response to the ongoing corruption investigation slamming AKP ! Prime Minister Erdogan urged to step down as well by former Environment and Urban Planning Minister Bayraktar !
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-economy-interior-environment-ministers-resign-amid-graft-scandal.aspx?pageID=238&nID=60102&NewsCatID=338
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Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan and Interior Minister Muammer
Güler
announced their resignations this morning. CİHAN photo
Turkish Economy Minister Zaf... more »
Xmas in Pottersville
This is the first Xmas at my current residence in which we had a
real-honest-to-God tree. I'm still peeling sap off my body.
The stockings were hung over the... uh, gas heater with care...
I spent last Christmas and New Year's totally alone, so having my baby
back for the holidays, while it may sound like something out of a
tears-in-your-beer Christmas song, makes this one especially sweet.
Nothing makes Mrs. JP smile like getting a Stevie Ray Vaughan DVD.
She stood there for two and a half hours reading it before opening her
next present. A true bibliophile.... more »
Syria signs oil exploration deal with Russia
*Can't resist*-* Syria signs oil exploration deal with Russia*
Syria's state news agency says the oil ministry has signed a deal with
Russian oil and gas company Soyuzneftegaz to explore in the Mediterranean
Sea.
SANA's report Wednesday did not say where the deal was signed, though it
said the exploration will take place off the Syrian coast.
Earlier this year, Syrian Oil Minister Suleiman Abbas discussed with the
ambassadors of China and Russia the possibility of exploring for oil and
gas off Syria's Mediterranean coast.
Most of Syria's oil and gas fields in the country's east are u... more »
JEJU GHOST DANCE
Artists gather in Gangjeong village to cast away the evil spirits of
militarism.
Video made by Grace Kim.
Is Ted Cruz Leading The GOP Over Another Cliff, This Time On Immigration Reform? What Would Susan Collins Say?
Polling indicates that Ted Cruz would be the easiest Republican for a
Democratic presidential nominee to beat in 2016. That may be because he's
the most extreme and radical right-winger the GOP has ever come close to
nominating, or it might just be because the polls are measuring a lack of
name recognition. But there is no lack of name recognition on the far right
fringes. Out there, especially in the former slave-holding states that
rebelled against the U.S. and tried to set up their own right-wing
paradise, Cruz is the top choice among conservative Republicans to run in
2016. Af... more »
It's a Blunderful Life
(*Editor's note*: When in doubt, bring back the classics, such as this gem
from 2005. Enjoy and Happy Holidays.)
(CAMERA PULLS UP from the Failey ranch and travels up through the sky until
it is above the falling snow and moving slowly toward a firmament full of
stars. As the camera stops we hear the following voices talking, and as
each voice is heard, one of the stars twinkles brightly.)
“I wouldn’t have gotten those six budget-busting tax breaks if it wasn’t
for George Failey.”
“Conservative evangelicals wouldn’t be back on the map but for George
Failey.”
“George Failey made... more »
Merry Christmas!
Click here for some Christmas humor.
My Christmas Post
On most mornings, as part of my morning routine, I listen to T.D. Jakes of
the Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas. As my Christmas present to my readers,
I offer one of my favorite Jakes sermons. It is about love. I think it will
surprise most listeners. Merry Christmas.
Which was the 'worst government ever' of Britain? According to Al Murray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IOO-xQ_Vew&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Pagan Sun Worship - Happy Winter Solstice - Happy Feast of Saturnalia
*here's Unlce Attis in his festive cap*FEAST OF SATURNALIA and the WINTER
SOLSTICE
Merry Christmas to you all, hope Santa brought you all your worthies, you
slaves to the Roman Empire.
What, Mike?
It's been proven (again and again) that *Christ-Mass* is nothing more than
a cynical amalgamation of all sorts of pre-historic, Pagan and
Roman nature-worship all schlammed together so that you'll be a
compliant-if-fractious bunch of goggle-eyed fucking half-wits at this time
of year running round Consumerist Marketplaces or MAUL(sp)s elbowing each
other out of the way to buy, buy, buy t... more »
Blessed Christmas...
*Now may the Godof hope fillyou with all joy and peacein believing, sothat
you will aboundin hope by the powerof the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13*
From when children weren't treated as passive imbeciles by broadcasters - Merry Christmas
An excerpt from "Pinky and the Brain" season 1, episode 48:
'KS: I am honoured by your visit. Let me show you our assembly line.
First, sheets of sheer synthetic sheepskin are slit into several
Kicky-Sack shoe shapes in shapely shoe sizes by six sitting sheet
slitters.
B: I only see five sitting sheet slitters.
KS: The sixth sitting sheet slitter's sick. His son Sammy's subbing
'til the sick sixth sitting sheet slitter's back, sitting pretty.
P: You're not the sheet slitter?
S: No, I'm the sheet slitter's son.
P: Well.... You keep on slitting sheets until the sheet sli... more »
PROJECTION AND LOVE-BOMBING
"Christmas time," explains the psychologist Oliver James, "is a fixed
ritual setting which triggers historic enmities like nothing else...
*"The shit really hits the fan at this time of year...*
To avoid the usual tensions, Oliver James suggests that we identify what
role we occupy in our family, then do the exact opposite.
OLIVER JAMES
Recently I was at a Christmas party, feeling reasonably jolly and
beneficent, when a lady came up to me and said that I looked rather unhappy.
As the lady looked utterly miserable, I assumed that this was an example of
what Sigmund Freud called ... more »
Thailand's Upcoming Sham "Elections"
Like tyrants throughout history, Thaksin will use "elections" to lend
himself legitimacy he otherwise doesn't have.
*December 25, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - Elections alone do not make any
given regime legitimate. Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, held regular elections
- of course, Hussein was the only viable candidate running and easily was
returned to power, time and time again (See BBC's "Saddam 'wins 100% of vote'").
He enjoyed immense popularity especially as he stood up against the
unwarranted aggression of the United States, however no one would describe
his government as particul... more »
Luckily, Alan Turing Wasn't From Box Elder County In Utah
You may have read today that Queen Elizabeth II granted Alan Turing a
formal pardon "on Monday for his conviction in 1952 on charges of
homosexuality, at the time a criminal offense in Britain." This isn't the
first time we've looked into Turning here at *DWT*. Several years ago, Blue
America invited Alan Grayson to speak at the Brave New Films studio in
Culver City. For many of the attendees, myself included, that was the first
introduction to the 20th century's greatest mathematician, Alan Turing. You
can watch the 4-minute Turing part of the chat above. A couple of years
befor... more »
Pottersville Is Capitalist Dream and Bedford Falls Is A Commie Nightmare - Meet the Press Has Been Painful for Years (But It's On Its Last Legs!) Al Goldstein Lives Forever (Be Very Afraid - Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Is Deliberately Shrouded in Secrecy, A Trade Deal Powerful People, Including Obama, Don’t Want You To Know About)
Don't they believe in angels? Then why should they be surprised when they
see one? . . . That's right. Attaboy, Clarence! I have wondered many times
in the past how long it would take some clever scamp (or just someone
connected to self-serving money interests) to turn the scenes of It's A
Wonderful Life into a Potter-serving landscape. Not so long as you might
think, it seems. There's
Thank heaven, Christmas comes but once a year -- we wish a very merry one to one and all (except maybe you, Bill O)!
[*Click on any of these cartoons to enlarge it. Cheers!* -- Ken]
*HAPPY HOLIDAYSTO ALL!*
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The Call of Mr. Beckon
*The Call Of Mr. Beckon*
*Written by Grant G*
Curiosity and my friend the cat are inseparable, like sugar and spice n
everything nice, like choosing friends and accepting family, bitter pills
swallowed hard because behind the curtain are not pockets aces, only rags
of reality...
One reader named Elwood in comment form expressed passionate dismay Mulcair
hasn`t come out against Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal only Enbridge`s
northern gateway pipeline and I did ponder answering his comment with
soothing assurances, only I had no words at the ready, or at least no words
that wo... more »
Resveratrol, Take 2 times a month
Resveratrol
Sinclair and his group have been studying the fundamental science of aging
-- which is broadly defined as the gradual decline in function with time --
for many years, primarily focusing on a group of genes called sirtuins.
Previous studies from his lab showed that one of these genes, SIRT1, was
activated by the compound resveratrol, which is found in grapes, red wine
and certain nuts.
Ana Gomes, a postdoctoral scientist in the Sinclair lab, had been studying
mice in which this SIRT1 gene had been removed. While they accurately
predicted that these mice would show si... more »
Happy Happy Joy Joy
Okay, out with the snark of creepy plastic peeping elves and in with the
true meaning of Christmas: carols with just the right touch of snark,
self-deprecation, levity and irony. First, the Roches do the
Brooklyn honors. Or maybe it's De Bronx. Whatevah.
And what would the Decade of Extreme Income Inequality be without indulging
in a little feudalism nostalgia? Let's all go a-Wassailing from here to
Twelfth Night and beyond, to demand our share of the wealth. We definitely
aren't going to wait around for any of that phony Trickle Down. Read these
lyrics and see if they don't sarc... more »
Revolution - the ONLY Solution
There's just no other way. We cannot "reform" capitalism. At least not in
the way that US Democrats, Canadian Liberals and "social democrat" NDPr's
want to do it. They want painless reform, ... as in reform that doesn't
anger the powerful. It can't happen. It's their mewling "vision" of
compassion and social justice that's produced this sorry state.
The root of all the terrorism and war and most of the problems in the world
is human greed. The movement of liberal democracy produced substantial
benefits to many people since the 16th Century. But liberal capitalism grew
along with it,... more »
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