, member of the United States House of Representatives (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Henry Waxman, member of the United States Congress. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cover of Jim Horn
Roger Pielke Jr (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Can You Tell Someone Is Conservative Just By Looking At Their Face?
Would you ever in a billion years imagine either of these 2 gentlemen is a
liberal?
By now, everyone has seen Staten Island Mafia thug Michael "Mikey Suits"
Grimm (R-NY) in action at the State of the Union address. You may have
missed Sean Hannity though. He was there as a guest of right-wing kook
Louie Gohmert (R-TX). And, in fact, Hannity has been threatening to leave
New York and move down to Texas, where more people appreciate his
anti-democratic leanings-- and where rich people don't pay taxes. When
someone on Facebook asked him if he'd consider running for office in Texas,
he ... more »
NFL'S SUPER SHAME / CTE
*As we get ready for another super bowl, the NFL's super shame, becomes
more obvious as former NFL player's brain injuries and CTE deaths keep
piling up ~ for example there were 152 NFL concussions in 2013 with the
majority being wide receiver and corner back positions and the obvious
danger of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) proportionally increased
along with the NFL's shame: Allen L Roland *
*A few nights ago I watched League Of Denial on Frontline and was amazed at
the depth of the NFL's concussion crisis. *Watch this hour long documentary
on the hidden s... more »
You Make My Heart Saur Valentine with Free Printable
[image: Housewife Eclectic: You Make My Heart Saur Valentine with Free
Printable]
I have enjoyed making and sharing our Valentine's this year so much. Today
I am sharing our sixth printable. This Dinosaur Valentine is really easy to
pull together and perfect for anybody.I found these Grow and Glow Dinosaurs
at the dollar store with four to a package. If you buy just regular
dinosaur figures, you can get more out of one package, but I thought my
nephews would love the glow and grow dinosaurs, so I went with them.
You will need:
- printable valentine found at the end of this blog ... more »
Tennessee Classroom Video Camera Project Spending Millions to Extend Teacher and Student Surveillance
*Tennessee Classroom Video Camera Project Spending Millions to Extend
Teacher and Student Surveillance*
Jim Horn and Denise Wilburn
In a move to quell growing concern among parents over security issues
related to new Common Core testing and the collection of student data, Tennessee
Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman recently assured skeptical
lawmakers and parents that “the federal government is prohibited from
establishing a student-level *database* that would contain assessment data
for every student.”
Despite these assurances, the TN Department of Education has been eng... more »
Science and Politics with Henry Waxman
Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) announced today that he will not be running
for re-election in 2014. He has been a true role model as a public servant
and member of Congress. The nation is better for his service. I wish him
all the best in what comes next for him.
I have had several opportunities to present Congressional testimony before
Mr. Waxman. My favorite exchange occurred in 2007 when I was testifying
before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the
subject of the science shenanigans of the Bush Administration.
My testimony was focused not on the partisa... more »
BUSY DRONE ACTION SPRING COMING
*CALL FOR SPRING DAYS OF ACTION – 2014*
Today we issue an international call for *Spring Days of Action – 2014, *a
coordinated campaign in April and May to:
* End Drone Killing, Drone Surveillance and Global Militarization *
The campaign will focus on drone bases, drone research facilities and test
sites and drone manufacturers.
The campaign will provide information on:
1. The suffering of tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Yemen, Somalia and Gaza who are under drone attack, documenting the
killing, the wounding and the devastating impact of consta... more »
WHAT A GIFT
This creative video is from Gangjeong village on Jeju Island. Grace Kim
writes, "It's an experimental short fiction film [by Han Kang Joung]
composed of documentary footage from Gangjeong. The film follows the
routine of a 'supernatural' living in Gangjeong and helping police to lift
up the protesters in the air."
I also wonder what the police are thinking. When the Global Network held
our annual conference on Jeju this time two years ago we saw many police
who were roughly preventing Korean protesters from getting into kayaks to
go out onto their sacred rocky coastline to protec... more »
Are You One Cold (Or Super Bowl Flu) Away From Being Fired?
It's cold and flu season, so you may be sick right now. It's likely you'll
be sick at some point this year. Maybe you'll suffer from Super Bowl flu on
Monday after too much partying on Sunday (or your boss will assume you
partied too much if you call in sick Monday).
So what are your rights? Can you be fired for being out sick? What if you
have a doctor's note? Connecticut and six cities (Jersey City, NJ; New York
City; Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC)
have paid sick leave laws. Nebraska and California legislators recently
introduced bills to require... more »
A bit of believing
“Now it takes a bit of believing that someone could be put in fear of their
life by a cartoon but that’s the world we’re living in. When a Liberal
Democrat candidate was shown a cartoon showing Jesus and Mohammad and then
Tweeted that image, he so irritated some members of the Muslim community
that they’ve demanded that he be stripped of his position in the party.
Maajid Nawaz Tweeted that he didn’t feel threatened by the image despite
the Islamic prohibition on likenesses of the prophet.”
..............said Jeremy Paxman introducing the Jesus and Mo T shirt
debacle on Newsnight.... more »
Response to Obama’s Early Childhood Education Plan
President Obama promised us something in his State of the Union address
that I think is bad news for our kids. Here is the excerpt, with my reply
underneath: Race to the Top, with the help of governors from both parties,
has helped states raise expectations and performance. Teachers and
principals in schools from Tennessee […]
In which BBC News abandons all pretence of fact checking | BBC Watch
The story here
http://bbcwatch.org/2014/01/30/in-which-bbc-news-abandons-all-pretence-of-fact-checking/helps
to illustrate why I and many other supporters of the only multi
cultural democracy in the Middle East, Israel, hate the BBC.
Children Tortured at Medomsley Detention Centre UK
For those of you that say the ritual child abuse does not go on, does not
happen, or for those that still turn away and refuse to see here is
shockingly the chilling true tale of how more than 143 people have come
forward to tell Durham Police of the horrific sexual, mental and physical
abuse that they suffered at MEDOMSLEY detention centre, since this BBC
report this number has doubled.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-25834368
“Boys at a detention centre asked other inmates to break their legs in
order to be moved elsewhere and escape being abused by staff, a former
d... more »
We learn a great many false facts from elites!
*THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014*
*Maddow does it again:* As we noted in our last post, we get a lot of the
things we “know” from our ruling elites.
Our elites settle on a “fact.” We all get told that it’s true.
It’s a bad way to proceed. Often, our elites agree to tell us facts which
simply aren’t true. One example:
In the fall of 2012, the nation was told a bunch of crap about the things
Susan Rice supposedly said.
Plainly, the things we were told weren’t true. But so what? Everyone agreed
to say them, or at least not to challenge the script. Example:
For two solid months, Rachel M... more »
CHILD ABUSE TIMELINE - PART SIX
*Barnardo's Duncroft Scool.*
2009 - Jimmy Savile is interviewed under caution by Surrey police
investigating an alleged indecent assault
at Duncroft school.
Four teenagers claim they were abused by Jimmy Savile at Duncroft Scool in
Surrey when it was run by Barnardo's.
The notorious Crown Prosecution Service advised there was insufficient
evidence to take any further action.
Police failed to interview headmistress.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...llegation.html
Cherie Blair, wife of Tony Blair, is President of Barnardo's.
There have been many child abuse allegations con... more »
Edward Snowden - NWO actor
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*Mike King on The Realist Report*
JPMorgan Loses 44% of Gold Inventories in 4 Days!
I am posting this to further the point I am about to make with the next
article .....
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=298034
*JPMorgan Loses 44% of Gold Inventories in 4 Days!*
*Posted By: igots2noDate: Wednesday, 29-Jan-2014 16:31:08 *
In another stunning withdrawal, JP Morgan had an additional 321,500 oz gold
ounces removed from its vaults today.
Since last Thursday, JP Morgan has lost 44% (20 metric tons = 643,000 oz)
of its gold inventories.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the table below is worth over
$400 million (at current market prices): ... more »
Vote Now! Demonstrate the Blogging Contributions to IR Scholarship
One of the best ways to respond to the ISA Executive Committee proposal is
to demonstrate the professionalism and the significant intellectual and
scholarly contribution that blogging makes to the IR profession. We’ve
assembled a slate of impressive nominees in four categories for outstanding
On-line Achievements in International Studies (OAIS) Awards for this year.
If
Continue reading
Harper's Conservatives Further Damaging Canada
Are Harper's CONs completely out of touch? Don't they realize this is a
multicultural country? Harper's CONs seem to have no use for Muslims, given
statements by Harper's Chief of Communications towards a leading Canadian
Muslim group, the National Council of Canadian Muslims, deriding them as a
group with "terrorist" ties. This derisive statement reinforces negative
stereotypes against Muslims, and is unbefitting for someone speaking on
behalf of the Prime Minister. The flippant attitude of the Conservatives is
appalling, especially in light of a libel action by the Muslim group
... more »
Musical Interlude: Michael Jackson, “Earth Song”
Michael Jackson, “Earth Song”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAi3VTSdTxU
Billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra Seeks Personal Fiefdom in Northern Thailand
*January 30, 2014* (ATN) - For years, Thaksin Shinawatra, his political
machine, and his Western backers have attempted to sell "liberation
ideology" to the north and northeast of Thailand, in an attempt to
implement imperialism's favorite stratagem - divide and conquer.
Now, the Western media and Thaksin Shinawatra's embattled proxy regime are
openly making plans to consolidate their crumbling support base in the
north of Thailand in the city of Chiang Mai, and declare it the "capital."
*Image: “This country has no justice. We want to split the country” (Photo
by Saiarun Pinad... more »
Forced Displacement Returns To Iraq Part II
Starting in the summer of 2013 disturbing stories began emerging from Iraq
of both armed groups and regular citizens forcing people out of their homes
due to their sect or ethnicity. This occurred in Diyala, Ninewa, and Babil
where the Islamic State of Iraq and other insurgent groups were likely
responsible. There were also reports of refugees from Dhi Qar and Basra as
well where angry citizens forced people out because they were blamed for
violence, or being scapegoated for the actions of militants in the rest of
the country. It now appears that this trend actually started a bit ... more »
Philadelphia Ritz East Theater Feb. 6th, 6 PM
*STANDARDIZED Lies, Money & Civil Rights: How Testing Is Ruining Public *
*Education**: **A Documentary*
By Daniel Hornberger
January 28, 2014
*Philadelphia, PA *– Reading-based Rockfish Productions’ documentary *STANDARDIZED
*will make its Philadelphia debut at 6PM onThursday, February 6th at The
Ritz East Theater (S. 2nd Street). *STANDARDIZED *opens with a brief
synopsis of the history of standardized testing in public schools. While
many point the finger at the failed NCLB program, the desire to create a
national curriculum began many years before the presidency of George W.... more »
THE STATE OF THE UNION IS: Heavily scripted!
*THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014*
*Interlude—Preschool’s one brief shining moment:* Something unusual
happened this morning.
For that reason, we’ll postpone, until our next post, the topic we had
planned to discuss here.
Something unusual happened today! On the New York Times op-ed page, three
different columns discussed the explosive, hot new trend toward preschool
education.
Attention to a public school issue? This sort of thing just isn’t done! We
thought we’d give you an overview.
Two of the pieces were written by regular columnists—Gail Collins and
Nicholas Kristof. By way of co... more »
A Force To Be Reckoned With
Yesterday, Justin Trudeau gave Stephen Harper and Tom Mulcair migraines.
Micheal den Tandt writes:
In one bold, risky and unexpected gambit, Justin Trudeau has turned the
national debate about the Red Chamber on its head, blasted a crater-sized
hole in the Conservative government’s strategy to sell its version of
Senate reform, and forced NDP leader Tom Mulcair to play catch-up on his
marquee issue.
Trudeau knows that the Supreme Court will rule that the Senate cannot be
reformed without the participation of the provinces. He also knows that
Harper doesn't negotiate with the pro... more »
Elizabeth Warren: "It Hurts... It Just Makes Me Madder Than Hell"
*-by Mike Lux*
She has always been willing to push for what is right no matter how
powerful the lobbyists on the other side are. And it was fitting that the
event we did with her was in a church, because the politics she preaches
are deeply moral-- the politics not of right and left, but of right and
wrong.
President Obama gave a terrific State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
His message was broadly progressive in a wide variety of ways, really
focused on economic issues which will help low and middle income families,
which was great to see.
I was especially delighted by his ... more »
EU has secret plan for police to 'remote stop' cars - Telegraph
' The European Union is secretly developing a "remote stopping" device to
be fitted to all cars that would allow the police to disable vehicles at
the flick of a switch from a control room.'
More here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10605328/EU-has-secret-plan-for-police-to-remote-stop-cars.html
Because there's no way that a car could be disabled by mistake or the
disabling device activate mistakenly or be hacked... Bloody dangerous and
contrary to civil liberties. I presume the British Labour party are
therefore in favour...
Under Ed Miliband's plan, unions will have 90pc of the Labour leadership vote. What the hell happened? - Telegraph Blogs
A bloody good question but not one that the BBC will ask. More here
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100257433/under-ed-milibands-plan-unions-will-have-90pc-of-the-labour-leadership-vote-what-the-hell-happened/
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*La. high court reverses $258 million verdict ~Michelle Millhollon, New
Orleans Advocate*
*Fletcher marine facility expanding ~WDSU*
*Breakthrough cotton research on water savings, Pima defoliation ~Carey
Blake, Western Farm Press*
*UFO Orb over New Orleans? *
*Mixing dry-aged steaks and an international outlook, a new French Quarter
restaurant is a headturner ~Ian McNulty*
Baltic Dry Index Collapses 50% From December Highs To 5-Month Lows ...... BDI compared with ten year bond , gold and BDI chart covering the great recession period !
Baltic Dry Index Collapses 50% From December Highs To 5-Month Lows
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- Baltic Dry BDI compared with Tn
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We are sure it's just a storm in a teacup; just a brief interlude before the IMF's
ever-changing forecast for global trade growth picks right back up again
and demand to ship dry goods surges back to the inventory stuffed levels of
Q4. But, for now, the *Baltic Dry Index (admired when it's rising, ignored
when it drops) has collapsed by over 50% from its December highs and is
back to ... more »
10 Simple Ways To Boycott Monsanto
Source:
*Natural Revolution Org.*
A Farcical Approach To Food Safety by David Cronin
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A farcical approach to food safety
by David Cronin
Spin Watch, 28 January 2014
This year EFSA could take steps to improve the situation. It is scheduled
to review a 2011 policy paper on its "independence".
If the authority wants to engage in something other than a whitewash, then
the first thing it should do is to acknowledge that the existing policy is
farcical.
The signature at the end of the document is sufficient to strip it of any
credibility. It bears the name of Diána Bánáti, who resigned from the
authority in 2012 after other European Union bodies started rai... more »
The Slog reports - BRITAIN’S CENTRAL BANK RESORTS TO ALCHEMY, HAVING FIRST OF ALL GONE MAD ( BANK OF ENGLAND STABILITY PAPER NO 27 COCO BONDS THAT NEVER PAY OUTGDP BOMDS THAT ONLY PAY OUT WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL MAD GLOABL LOOTERS EXISTENCE FURTHER CONFIRMED MARK CARNEY IS FROM PLANET GLAG THE BAILIN IS COMING ) ........ Is Germany's Bundesbank plotting a smaller , wealthier Eurozone ? Yanis Varoufakis says yes they are !
The Slog.....
REVEALED: BRITAIN’S CENTRAL BANK RESORTS TO ALCHEMY, HAVING FIRST OF ALL
GONE MAD
BY JOHN WARD JANUARY 30, 2014 BANK OF ENGLAND STABILITY PAPER NO 27 COCO
BONDS THAT NEVER PAY OUTGDP BOMDS THAT ONLY PAY OUT WHEN THINGS ARE GOING
WELL MAD GLOABL LOOTERS EXISTENCE FURTHER CONFIRMED MARK CARNEY IS FROM
PLANET GLAGTHE BAILIN IS COMING
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*Joint Bank of England/Canada paper outlines plans to abolish default and
bailin the customer*
*Inside the mind of the Central Banker, there lurks an obscenely inverted
demon*
I am indebted to a source for alerting me to t... more »
William Lai goes all presidential
*Rice seedlings and an assembly line for packing them for shipment to
planters.*
And the Chen Shui-bian mantle shifts to Tainan Mayor William Lai (Taipei
Times):
Greater Tainan Mayor William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday that his municipality
refused to adopt revised high-school curriculum outlines established by the
Ministry of Education, adding that all municipal high schools would keep
the current outlines.
The new history guidelines appear to be largely pro-China propaganda. Lai
is burnishing his local credentials and his pro-Taiwan credentials, but
this is a move that will enable... more »
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*Does Vitamin E FUEL cancer in smokers? Supplements may speed growth of
tumours*
*Supplements are getting a pounding lately. Long overdue -- JR*
Vitamin E and other common supplements fuel lung cancer in smokers,
researchers fear.
They say that rather than preventing tumours, popular antioxidant pills may
speed their growth and spread and hasten death.
The experiments were done on mice, but the Swedish researchers believe they
are relevant to people.
Cancer Research UK recently said that we should be able to get all the
vitamins we need from a healthy diet, without resorting to... more »
Argentina: Police Report Documents 1978 UFO Teleportation
*Source: VISION OVNI and Planeta UFODate: 01.28.2014*
*Argentina: Police Report Documents 1978 UFO Teleportation*
*By Andrea Perez Simondini with documentation from Daniel Lecomte*
As we have often stated and written about the value of campaigns that serve
not only to make people aware of a concept or an idea, they also allow us
to find what we least expected, as occurred here: a document!
Researcher Silvia Pérez Simondini, CEFORA’s press officer, has among her
functions contacting people who approach her with questions or any other
information. In this manner, documentation was f... more »
CHILD ABUSE TIMELINE - PART FIVE
*Adrian and Lee Johns and siblings*. *SABOTAGE OF WHISTLEBLOWER'S
CAR? Adrian Johns died in a mysterious fire in Brighton.*
2000, Feb - In the UK, the Waterhouse Report concludes that "widespread
sexual abuse of boys occurred in children's residential establishments in
Clwyd in North Wales between 1974 and 1990."
*(Here is an Aangirfan post about North wales 'hidden' by Google. Many of
our posts are disappearing from Google.)*
*Deaths of former residents of children's homes in Clwyd:*
Robert Chapman, a former resident of Bryn Alyn, fell to his death from a
railway bridge. Robert A... more »
Labour court rules that University of Ottawa's dismissal of tenured physics professor Denis Rancourt was justified
Denis
Rancourt on campus in 2007-2008, file photo: La Rotonde
The University of Ottawa's 2009 dismissal of tenured physics professor
Denis Rancourt has been upheld in a binding labour arbitration award
released to the parties on January 28, 2014.
The full text of the 32-page decision is posted HERE (direct link to PDF
file HERE).
A final paragraph in the arbitration award reads:
[105]
Emerging markets news - January 28 , 2014 - China news -- Credit Equals Gold No. ! - Note this shadow banking crisis isn't over yet as just " Some " investors agree to restructure China Credit Trust product , other investors may hold out for the 10 percent interest owed as merely getting bailed out by getting their principal back isn't good enough for them ( see what happens as moral hazards just gets transformed by greedy investor arrogance and hubris ! ) ..... Turkey Central Banks launches a interest rate salvo ! 425 bps rate hike to overnight lending rate ( Turkey's key rate ) , 550 bps hike to benchmark repo rate , 450 bps hike to overnight borrowing rate , 475 bps hike to primary dealer rate and late liquidity window rate raised to 15 percent ....... And the hit to the Turkish economy will come in how long - will foreign traders still be applauding ?
Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
China.....
Mish.....
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 1:55 PM
Credit Equals Gold No.1
Interesting details have emerged regarding the Chinese trust fund that was
on the verge of default a few days ago. In fitting irony, the name of the
fund is *Credit Equals Gold No.1.*
On January 15, Reuters reported China's ICBC says won't compensate
investors in troubled shadow bank product.
"Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's largest bank by
assets, said on Thursday that it has no plans to use its own money to repay
investors in a troubled off-balance-sheet investment product t... more »
Musical Interlude: Andrey Vinogradov, “Without You”
Andrey Vinogradov, “Without You”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKD9G4GNXis
Obaaama's Jihadist Terrorist Army Will Fail In Syria
The Jihadist terrorists in Syria who are being paid and armed by the Obama
administration, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, France, and England will fail.
The journalists and politicians who support these throat-slitting
terrorists with their slogans, propaganda, and political rhetoric such as
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Senator John McCain will fail.
These pieces of shit should just give up now and retire from political
life.
*Journeyman Pictures - Syria - Christians Fight Back*:
*"They said they'd chop our heads off if we stayed. They said we were
supporting the r... more »
Fantino the Fuck-Up
All through his career, Julian Fantino has been an arrogant no-nothing. The
only time he ever did anything right was when he got pissed-off with the
racist windbag, that stupid fuckwad, Gary McHale, who bitched and whined
about "two-tier justice" in Caledonia. And that was it. Fantino wasn't so
much on the sides of the First Nations protestors as he was mad at McHale
for making difficulties.
The impression that I have of his career as a federal politician is of a
useless harper stooge. Unthinking, unrepresentative, and quite possibly
corrupt. He's a high profile stooge though. Unlik... more »
TPP fast track scheme pushed by President Obama on behalf of his corporate sponsors and handlers - knocked out by Harry Reid of all people ? In fact , not only isn't Senate Majority Leader Reid publicly against TPP and the White house Fast track scheme , but now Senator Ron Wyden signals he isn't on board as well ! With Organized Labor and Environmentalists against TPP in the US and Japan signaling it won't bow down to the US non negotiation stance , TPP looks dead for 2014.....
Mirabile Dictu! Reid Tells Off Obama on Fast Track, Killing Toxic Trade
Deals for 2014Posted on January 30, 2014 by Yves Smith
Obama made yet another pitch in State of the Union Address for his gimmies
to multinationals known as the TransPacific Partnership and the
TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Today that idea went down
in flames, at least as far as getting the deals done this year are
concerned. From Huffington Post:
“I’m against fast track,” [Harry] Reid told reporters Wednesday on Capitol
Hill, before suggesting a fast-track bill introduced by Sen. Max Baucus ... more »
White House warns Obama ready to 'bypass' Congress on 2014 agenda - yet 63 percent of Americans lack faith in Obama's ability to make the right decisions ! Meanwhile another round of debt ceiling drama is on tap - spoiler is that the GOP won't let a default happen so how do they think they can ever win this game ?
Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Put up or shut up for the GOP - If the GOP believes Obama is truly
violating the Constitution , then they should start impeachment
Proceedings.......
Steve King rips State of the Union executive order
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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Tuesday called President Barack Obama’s plan to
sign an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contract
workers a “constitutional violation.”
King told CNN’s “New Day” that the news from the White House that Obama
will announce during Tuesday night’s St... more »
Czech surgeons: Schumacher's chances to be what he was before nearly zero
*The dishonesty of the defenders of helmets*
I would love if they turned out to be wrong. But several independent Czech neurosurgeons
were interviewed and independently of each other, they quantified Michael
Schumacher's chances to wake up as a sane capable human to be nearly zero.
Four weeks is just too long. The neurons are dying, and so on. The experts
are saying that Schumacher is unfortunately more likely to follow the
example of Ariel Sharon. I've been informed about some impressive
operations by these folks so I trust their expertise quite a lot. Their top
British colleague R... more »
What Would President Gore Have Done After 9/11?
*By
MARC McDONALD*
Actually, I think it's pretty likely 9/11 would *never have happened in
the
first place* under a President Gore.
Gore was a reader, you see (one of those dreaded "Liberal book
learners").
Unlike Bush, Gore didn't make decisions "based on his gut." Gore read
about
and studied the issues. He listened to experts. Oh, the horror!
And on Aug. 6, 2001, when the CIA hand-delivered a Presidential Daily
Briefto President Gore, he would have actually read the goddamn thing
(particularly after looking at the alarming headline, *"Bin Ladin
Determined To Strike in U.S."*)
I w... more »
PATCH.COM LAYS OFF HUNDREDS OF JOURNALISTS, WITHOUT WARNING ...... Layoffs might be as large as 90 percent of staff ! Local news in locales such as Massachusetts and Connecticut rally got whacked hard....Takeaway - The announcement comes less than two weeks after Hale Global bought the company from Aol on Jan. 15, according to news site JimRomenesko.com andTechCrunch. This is the second round of layoffs Patch has endured in less than one year, with staff cuts having been made in May 2013 and then a combined layoff in August and October 2013 when roughly 500 employees were let go. At that time, a number of sites, including Shrewsbury, lost local reporters and became "unmanned" sites using regional or general content written for all Patch sites.
PATCH.COM LAYS OFF HUNDREDS OF JOURNALISTS, WITHOUT WARNING
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Patch.com laid off hundreds of employees Wednesday morning, without
apparent warning, meaning that most of the network's local websites will
cease to produce news, local or otherwise. The decision was made by Hale
Global, the "turnaround" company that bought Patch.com from AOL earlier
this month.
Employees were stunned. "[W]e were all laid off this morning without being
given the opportunity to let our readers know that we a... more »
Examining China -- While the Carnage Continues In Asia As China PMI Confirms Contraction Deepening , let's examine where China and the US go from here in negotiating very tricky geopolitical waters.....Can the US actually " pivot " toward Asian successfully ? Can China manage the complex relations on its plate ( Taiwan , North Korea , Japan , South and East Sea issues with its neighbors Ex - Japan ) ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-29/carnage-continues-asia-china-pmi-confirms-contraction-deepening
The Carnage Continues In Asia As China PMI Confirms Contraction Deepening
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- Australia
- Baltic Dry
- China
- Japan
- Nikkei
- Real estate
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Following last week's Flash PMI print of 49.6, the *Final print for January
China Manufacturing dropped further to 49.5*confirming the contraction is
deepening.*Japanese stocks were down the most since August in the earl... more »
Edward Snowden of the CIA Does Not Fear Assassination
*In 2007, the CIA stationed you with a diplomatic cover in Geneva in
Switzerland. Why did you join the CIA by the way?*
*I don’t think I can actually answer that one.If it is what you were doing
there, forget it. But why did you join the CIA?*
*In many ways, I think it’s a continuation of trying to do everything I
could to prosecute the public good in the most effective way. It’s in line
with the rest of my government service. I try to use my technical skills,
in the most difficult positions I could find in the world. The CIA offered
that.If we look back, special forces, CIA,... more »
Here Comes A Major Weather Event (Friday evening into early Saturday) + Snow/Heavy Snow For Many Parts Of The UK & Ireland
*Here Comes A Major Weather Event (Friday evening into early Saturday) +
Snow/Heavy Snow For Many Parts Of The UK & Ireland*
*I first posted an early weather warning via Facebook and Twitter on Friday
24th January that:*
There was a 'POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS' weather event (SNOW/SNOWSTORMS) as we
progress throughout *the later part of next week and into next weekend*. I
also stated that standard meteorology would adjust their forecasts on this
over the coming week.
*I then stated via Exacta Weather on Saturday 25th January that:*
There is also the ever increasing risk for a number of ... more »
Mark Levin goes off on Obama...
*and he's right.*
Any questions??
I didn't think so.
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Eva Braun - Hitler's Beard
William L. Shirer, the author of *The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich* (1960)
points out: *"Hitler, although he was undoubtedly extremely fond of her and
found relaxation in her unobtrusive company, had always kept her out of
sight, refusing to allow her to come to his various headquarters where he
spent almost all of his time during the war years, and rarely permitting
her even to come to Berlin. She remained immured at the Berghof on the
Obersalzberg, passing her time in swimming and skiing, in reading cheap
novels and seeing trashy films, in dancing (which Hitler disapproved of... more »
NSAM 267
*The then-United States president John F. Kennedy ordered the Department of
Defense and the Agency for International Development (USAID) to take
actions for disaster assistance in Skopje by sending
personnel, prefabricated houses, tent cities and other forms of relief.*
*Large amount of relief also arrived from the Soviet Union. Its
leader, Nikita Khrushchev, visited Skopje personally.*
*As the SFR Yugoslavia was a member of the Non Aligned Movement during
the Cold War, the American and Soviet troops stationed in Skopje could
freely shake hands for the first time since their histor... more »
9/11 - Gold
A NATION CHALLENGED: THE VAULTA NATION CHALLENGED: THE VAULT; Below Ground
Zero, Silver and GoldBy JIM DWYERPublished: November 1, 2001
About two weeks ago, a security team spotted scorch marks on a basement
doorway below 4 World Trade Center, on the east side of the ruined complex,
according to officials.
Even in a place of mass devastation and death, those scorch marks got fast
attention. They had not been noticed by a patrol team a few hours earlier,
and behind the damaged -- but intact -- door were nearly a thousand tons of
gold and silver. To security officials, it looked as i... more »
Syria Report: One is Reminded of Nazi Germany - by Robert Fisk
The pictures are horrific, the torture details revolting, the numbers
terrifying. And the integrity of the three former prosecutors who have
effectively accused the Syrian government of war crimes, are without
blemish. Shrivelled, blood-spattered corpses provide unstoppable evidence
of regime cruelty – just as the videotapes of Syrian rebel executions tell
us what kind of Syria may soon exist if the insurrection against Bashar
al-Assad succeeds.
Besides, everyone knows that the Assad regime – from father Hafez onwards –
has employed torture and executions to preserve the doubtful ... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“NGC 7841 is probably known as the Smoke Nebula, found in the modern
constellation of Frustriaus, the frustrated astrophotographer. Only a few
light-nanoseconds from planet Earth, The Smoke Nebula is not an expanding
supernova remnant along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, though it does
look a lot like one.
*Click image for larger size.*
Instead it was created by flash photography of rising smoke. The apparently
rich starfield is actually composed of water droplets sprayed from a plant
mister by an astrophotographer grown restless during a recent stretch of
cloudy weather in Swed... more »
The Corporate Trade Agenda That Is Roiling The Hawaii Senate Race
The latest NAFTA-like, jobs-destroying "free trade" treaty, the
Transpacific Partnership, could become an issue in the Hawai'i Senate race,
where notoriously corrupt New Dem corporate shill, Colleen Hanabusa, is
trolling for Big Business cash by backing the TPP and progressive champion
and incumbent, Brian Schatz, has grave concerns which he is insisting be
seriously addressed.
Hanabusa and the other money-grubbing New Dems have been working with
Republicans to push through fast tracking, although pressure from unions
and environmental groups have started frightening them. Hanabus... more »
Survey Results and 7 Tips For "Greening" Your Celebrations
January's poll took a look at the holidays and whether or not we were able
to keep them green. Here are the results:
How Green Were Your Holidays
[image: Results of "How Green Were Your Holidays" Survey]
We only had 16 respondents which isn't really enough for a scientific
consensus. However, I found the answers very encouraging. When asked
similar type questions in previous surveys, people rarely indicated that
they were doing great. This time, the majority felt that they were either
extremely green or very green. No one failed and only a few felt that they
dropped the ball mid-way... more »
ALEC’s Extensive Plans for Education Restructuring in Your State
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) (established 1973) offers
corporate America the opportunity to shape legislation that serves its
profit-garnering interests and to do so in statehouses around the country.
To accomplish this controlling of the legislative process, ALEC provides
forums (conferences that double as posh vacations for legislators and their
families) in which both […]
Snowden docs: US spying on Copenhagen thwarted change Indigenous hoped for
US
spying on Copenhagen climate summit was aimed at halting real climate
solutions
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Copenhagen 2009 by Ben Powless, Mohawk, IEN
The latest documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that the US
engaged in spying on other countries at the Copenhagen climate summit in
order to support American interests and prevent any real climate
solutions.
The US
When are you going to get tired of this bullsh*t?...
*Ted Cruz questions Eric Holder.*
Do you really believe that these mental midgets are "in charge" of our
lives??
Eric Holder is an arrogant, stupid, and subversive member of this
administration.
People - wake up.
Listen carefully...
And then ask yourselves: Who are these people who try to rule your life?
Is this how you want to live?
Not me.
Satire: “Obama’s Call to End Tragedies Angers Pro-tragedy Wing in Congress”
*“Obama’s Call to End Tragedies Angers Pro-tragedy Wing in Congress”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — “President Obama’s call during his State
of the Union address to “stop more tragedies from visiting innocent
Americans” received a frosty response from the pro-tragedy wing in Congress
last night. After Mr. Obama made his controversial stopping-tragedies
remark, prominent pro-tragedy members of Congress looked on in stony
silence, refusing to applaud. “I thought it was offensive and
inappropriate,” said Sen. David Vitter (R-Louisiana). “If the President
wants c... more »
Thailand: Thaksin Regime Turns on its Own Supporters
Regime sends "red shirt" enforcers to threaten farmers and their families
for protesting 6 months of unpaid subsidies - smashing the myth of "rural
support."
*Image: Rice scheme has left industry & farmers in shambles. *
*January 30, 2014 *(ATN) - While the US, UK, and others across the West attempt
to sell upcoming sham elections in Thailand as upholding "democratic values,"
the regime overseeing the one-party self-mandate in a climate of regime-sanctioned
terrorism, political intimidation, and a "state of emergency," has begun
turning on its own supporters - mainly farmers.
... more »
RU-4Choice? : Ethical Abortion
In November last year, MP Libby Davies asked Deputy Health Minister George
Da Pont why Canada has not joined 57 other countries in making RU-486, the
medical abortion pill for use within the first two months of pregnancy,
available in Canada despite a strong recent endorsement editorial from *the
Canadian Medical Association Journal. *
Indeed. It's been legal elsewhere for decades.
As the *Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada* recommended
in March 2003 - *ten freakin' years ago* :
"The use of such medication for terminating early pregnancy constitutes* a
signifi... more »
“Fukushima Out of Control”
*“Fukushima Out of Control”*
by RT
"The World is at a critical crossroads. The Fukushima disaster in Japan has
brought to the forefront the dangers of Worldwide nuclear radiation. The
crisis in Japan has been described as "a nuclear war without a war". In the
words of renowned novelist Haruki Murakami: "This time no one dropped a
bomb on us. We set the stage, we committed the crime with our own hands, we
are destroying our own lands, and we are destroying our own lives."
Nuclear radiation- which threatens life on planet earth- is not front page
news in comparison to the most insign... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Rancho Cordova, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Confidential to Dilbert's CEO: If anybody makes a fuss about your drones-to-terrorists deal, just say, "Who could have known?"
*Or, if you need stronger stuff, we'vegot a new jeremiad from Chris
Hedges(Plus Dilbert update -- see below)*
*Here on the Pequod:* *Yes, that's Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab. Says Chris
H: "We, like Ahab and his crew, rationalize our collective madness. All
calls for prudence, for halting the march toward economic, political and
environmental catastrophe, for sane limits on carbon emissions, are ignored
or ridiculed. . . ." Or, if you're a little farther back from the
precipice, you can just do Dilbert.*
*by Ken*
No, if you're in the grip of advanced existential (possibly
exist... more »
Government Experiments Reveal Humans Are Capable Of Bending Physical Objects With Their Mind
*Collective Evolution*
January 14, 2014 by Arjun Walia.
[image: matrix]If you told a random person that psychic phenomena like
psychokinesis (or PK) has been proven in a number of laboratories all over
the planet for a number of years, they would probably look at you like
you’re crazy. Phenomena that fall within this category aren’t really
emphasized within the realm of traditional education, it is however heavily
studied by scientists working at the highest levels of government.
One particular example was the work of professional aerospace engineer and
physicist Jack Houck, alo... more »
Wild
If you only have time for one sentence, hear this: Jay Griffiths’ book,
*Wild*, is one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read. *Wild*is a
celebration of wildness and freedom. It celebrates societies that work,
societies that have complete respect for their ecosystems, societies that
have survived for thousands of years without suffering destructive
whirlwinds of mass hysteria.
Griffiths is a brilliant heretic and a proud one. Her book shows us what
happens when madness collides with wildness. It helps us understand the
dark injuries that destroyed our own freedom, and put us... more »
Social Studies isn’t English Language Arts’ Annoying Relative.
More and more, it seems that educational resources support two core
courses: English Language Arts and Mathematics. In my opinion, this is a
dangerous trend in education, today. At a time when students must prepare
to live within a global society, education curriculum and instructional
resources are ignoring other critical subjects. As a result, the education
[…]
A One-Way Ticket to Central Planning
*Guest post by Nick Hubble from **Daily Reckoning Australia*
[image: A One Way Ticket to Central Planning]We’d like to give Australian
banks some credit. They’ve finally gone and done it.
So what have the banks gone and done? They have caught up with 1960s
technology. They’ve figured out how to use PIN numbers. How to *only* use
PIN numbers, that is. They’re considering scrapping signatures on credit
cards to cut down on fraud. Apparently, having to verify your identity at
the point of purchase is a good idea…
Credit card fraud costs the banks the banks around AU$35 million a yea... more »
Untitled
*Why I am a jellyfish when it comes to global warming theory*
Most climate skeptics accept the theory that a rise in atmospheric CO2 will
cause a rise in terrestrial temperature. Where they differ from Warmists
is in estimating the quantum of the temperature rise. Looking at both the
theory and the data, skeptics think the effect of more CO2 will be so
minute as to be probably undetectable.
There is however another camp of skeptics who think the whole theory is
bunk. They think that a rise in CO2 CANNOT affect temperature. Such
thinkers coalesce to some degree around the Principi... more »
How to explain our National Security State (NSS) to a passing Martian: "At a cost of nearly a trillion dollars a year, its main global enemy consists of thousands of lightly armed jihadis and wannabe jihadis scattered mainly across the backlands of the planet. They are capable of causing genuine damage -- though far less to the United States than numerous other countries -- but not of shaking our way of life. And yet for the leaders, bureaucrats, corporate cronies, rank and file, and acolytes of the NSS, it’s a focus that can never be intense enough on behalf of a system that can never grow large enough or be well funded enough."
------------------------------
*Tomgram: Engelhardt, A Ripley's Believe It or Not National Security State *
Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 4:27pm, January 5,
2014. Original Here.
Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch.
*American Jihad 2014 *
*The New Fundamentalists *
By Tom Engelhardt
In a 1950s civics textbook of mine, I can remember a Martian landing on
Main Street, U.S.A., to be instructed in the glories of our political
system. You know, our tripartite government, checks and balances,
miraculous set of rights, and vibrant democracy. There was, A... more »
London and Dumb Empiricism
We've done stupid empiricism. If you can't be arsed to read the post, it
can be summarised thus. Stupid empiricism is to take an event or a
phenomenon as proof of a general trend, even when associated evidence
thoroughly discredits that line of thinking. Examples include snow in the
winter = no climate change, or growth of food banks is because of the
increased publicity about them. It is a mendacious, wilfully ignorant way
of thinking; of knowing *you're right* because it underpins your
politics/world view in some way, in spite of everything else pointing to
the contrary. Culprits... more »
Will Groupon Be The Next Great Comeback?
"Flash-sales have become popular recently since Groupon pioneered the
method. Many smaller operations have mimicked the method of sales which
encouraged skeptics and short-sellers to isolate that factor as their
justification for shorting the shares. However, I believe that fact is
tangential to the larger story of what will allow Groupon to continue its
growth trajectory over the long term.
The timed sales aspect is an impetus to get consumers to act more quickly
but that alone is not what makes Groupon successful. It is a necessity more
than anything and not the reason why consume... more »
U.S. Agencies Accused of Fudging Data to Show Global Warming
“... virtually all of the USHCN warming since 1973 appears to be the result
of adjustments NOAA has made to the data.”
I'm not that surprised, but if you still believe in Man Made Climate Change
you should read this article...
http://thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/17500-u-s-agencies-accused-of-fudging-data-to-show-global-warming
"Show me the poo!"
"Show me the poo!"
Watch this video for the explanation...
More here. My respect for PCSOs is well known... It seems that I wil have
to add this Tower Hamlets Enforcement Officer.
Conservative Dems Work With Republicans To Cut Food Stamps
Matt Cartwright: "I did not come to Congress to kick the most vulnerable
Americans off of food assistance."
After all Obama's talk about equality of opportunity in the State of the
Union last night, at 11 this morning House conservatives rammed through a
horrendous $100 billion farm bill taking another $800 million a year from
the food stamps program and preserving subsidies for wealthy farmers. It
passed 251-166, most Democrats voting NO and most Republicans voting YES.
Progressives were united in their opposition. Many of the 63 Republican
sociopaths who voted no-- like Louie Gohm... more »
HoC Speaker Scheer's Lack Of Impartiality Is Hurting Canada's Democratic Parliamentary Process..... SHAME!
*"OTTAWA — NDP Leader Tom Mulcair seemingly questioned the impartiality of
the referee of the House of Commons on Tuesday, effectively accusing the
Speaker of picking sides and favouring the government in question period.*
*Mulcair said he refuses to be silenced in question period by Speaker
Andrew Scheer on matters of government business, arguing that the Speaker
should remain a referee and not become a player who stops questions from
being asked.*
*Scheer chided Mulcair on Tuesday afternoon, saying that one of his
questions to Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the RCMP investig... more »
On the bus: A Honduran tale of courage and kindness
My new friend Jose
He got on the bus not long after we left Copan Ruinas, and unlike most
passengers opted to sit beside the *gringa*. I told him I liked having a
seatmate because it lets me practice my Spanish. He told me he travels the
same 10-hour bus route every three days, going between Guatemala City where
he works and La Entrada, Honduras, where he lives.
His name is Jose, 37 years old and still married to the same woman he
met as a teenager, when she was 13 and he was 15. They've had their ups and
downs but have stuck it out. They have three children, ages 20, 11 and 5.... more »
How do you create lasting prosperity? [updated]
How do you bring real prosperity to somewhere like Africa?
Development Economist Jeffrey Sachs has just spent six years there, testing
the hypothesis that charity is the answer. The result, as author Nina Munk
tells Russ Roberts, was failure.
Sachs’s story, told in Munk’s book *The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the
Quest to End Poverty*, “is one of the great lessons in unintended
consequences and the complexity of the development process,” say Roberts.
Sachs’s idea was to spend a large amount of money to jumpstart the
economies of a bunch of African villages and put them on a traj... more »
Rich 'Splaining? For Crazy Conservatives or Bilious Billionaires (Bromitic SOTU) Superbugs Rise: FDA Declines Stopping Antibiotic Use In Animal Feed/Even Increases It!
I've mentioned this type of rampant sociopathic behavior many times, but I
can't top the words that come out of their mouths. And as far as their
educational backgrounds, degrees or lack thereof? Just listen to their
opinions. You have presumably heard of Tom Perkins, though probably not
before last Friday, despite the fact that he is one of the richest men in
the country. It was on Friday
BCCI - The Dirtiest Bank of Them All
by *Jonathan Beaty* and *S.C. Gwynne*/New York
*with Cathy Booth/Miami - Jay Branegan/Hong Kong and Helen Gibson/London
Monday*
*July 29, 1991*
*from Time Website*
"I could tell you what you want to know, but I must worry about my wife and
family - they could be killed."
*-- a former top B.C.C.I. officer*
"We better not talk about this over the phone. We've found some bugs in
offices that haven't been put there by law enforcement."
*-- a Manhattan investigator probing B.C.C.I.*
Bank-fraud cases are usually dry, tedious affairs. Not this one.
Nothing in the history of mo... more »
How an Economist Helped Inspire the Movie Dr. Strangelove
Thomas Schelling, of course.
Wisconsin education legislation: Faith-based ideology trumps evidence
The headline yesterday in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinal; Bill
would close failing Wisconsin public schools, cut voucher payments Take a
look and what you find is the same old “accountability mythology” being
proposed. How does the Wisconsin legistalure plan to hold schools
accountable? By assigning A-F letter grades to public schools. How do
schools […]
Lawless Abortion Round-Up
Our planned blog-burst/tweet-fest to celebrate 26 years of lawless abortion
in Canada got somewhat drowned out yesterday by Bell's cause marketing
gimmick to benefit mental health. It's a very clever campaign, but I loathe
the practice. (Hm, it seems I blogged about it last year.)
There were some blogs: here, one by deBeauxOs and one by me.
Luna weighed in with a thoughtful post on CONtrol, pointing out what
programs actually pro-life people would support.
Kev linked to an older and very succinct post of his. It's so succinct,
here it is in its entirety.
*#M408 Here we go again*
T... more »
Strange times
I
can’t see anything on the BBC website about the protest march in
Paristhat degenerated into an anti-Jewish slanging match.
The Times reported it on page 33 the other day, and it's in the Jewish
press - like this - but it seems that all the BBC is interested in is
the
private life of Hollande, and to a lesser extent, the financial
transgressions of Dieudonne.
Also via Harry’s Place, a piece about David Cameron’s Holocaust
Commissionproposal. One of the members is to be Simon Hughes, the
strangest of Lib
Dem MPs, reputedly bisexual, who seems to support speakers who would
probably kil... more »
Flagging interest?
It’s odd, that’s all I’m saying.
You can’t talk about changing the country’s flag every day – there are
diminishing returns in the topic to make it useful as a permanent
distraction – but as a temporary piece of misdirection, it’s perfect.
“Look, over here, let’s talk about removing the Union Jack, and using a
silver fern, and a black flag, and, and...”
So the country’s talking, but what is it we are being distracted from?
Is Key that worried about Silent T’s duplicitous“baby bonus” he wants us to
talk about something else?
Or is he really that keen to get rid of the old flag th... more »
Karl Denninger, “Gee, What's Going On Here?”
*“Gee, What's Going On Here?”*
by Karl Denninger
“Hmmm... William Broeksmit, a recently retired executive at Deutsche Bank
AG (DBK) who worked at Merrill Lynch in the 1990s with Anshu Jain, now
Deutsche Bank’s co-chief executive officer, has died. He was 58. He died on
Jan. 26 at his home in London, according to a memo to employees obtained by
Bloomberg News. Deutsche Bank spokesman Michael Golden confirmed the
contents, which didn’t give a cause. In an interview, a spokesman for the
London police said a 58-year-old man was found hanging in a residence on
Evelyn Gardens, the stree... more »
Charlatan in eyeliner.
Have you seen the exposé of Mo Ansar on Harry’s Place? It’s like seeing, in
print, something you already knew, but don’t exactly know how you knew it.
Ah so.
The BBC’s tame Muslim spokesman, willing to appear on the BBC at the
slightest opportunity - The Big Questions, Sunday Morning Live, anything to
do with Islam, he’s there with his little crocheted skull cap and his same
dress, same scarf thing and, according to “Sheikh Ya Bhatti”, black
eyeliner.
He claims he’s a moderate one minute, a scholar the next, a lecturer, a
marriage guidance councillor, you name it, he’s it. Only h... more »
The Mogambo Guru, “The Place to Be When the House of Debt Collapses”
*“The Place to Be When the House of Debt Collapses”*
by The Mogambo Guru
“I was more dyspeptic than usual that morning at breakfast, the latest
disappointment being my latest and greatest Fabulous Mogambo Plan (FMP) to
make a few bucks that popped (“boing!”) into my head as I woke up, namely
hooking up generators to the kids’ bicycles and let them merrily pedal away
all day in the garage, generating electricity, so that I could sell the
excess power to the local grid and make a few bucks, or at least reduce my
electric bill somewhat.
Alas, my enthusiasm was soon dampened by remembe... more »
Zernike keeps saying the case has been solved!
*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014*
*Nobody else seems to care:* In yesterday’s New York Times, Michael Powell
published an intriguing column about Kim Guadagno, New Jersey’s embattled
lieutenant governor.
The piece involves an attack Guadagno launched against a New Jersey artist,
an attack which turned out to be unfounded. As Powell began, this is the
way he framed the story:
POWELL (1/28/14): In her first year in office, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno opened
a frontal attack on an unlikely target, the New Jersey State Council on the
Arts.
Its contracting was “inexcusably” flawed, she said. It... more »
support-the-troops hypocrisy continues; angry veterans call for fantino's resignation
I am posting this article mainly so the commenter called "conservatives are
lying scum" can repost his or her comments here. (You can currently read
them on this old post: harper's support for veterans: wear a poppy. do
nothing else.)
Veterans who were in Ottawa to lobby against the closing of their regional
offices left a brief, emotional meeting Tuesday with Veterans Affairs
Minister Julian Fantino visibly frustrated and saying they were
disrespected.
The federal government has already closed one office in Prince George,
B.C., and plans to close eight more on Jan. 31.
In a news... more »
surveillance at the border: outrage fades as we accept the new normal?
The surveillance state continues to grow; news of its magnitude continues
to trickle out. Some people shrug, claiming only criminals and terrorists
need be concerned, but in these extreme conditions, that attitude looks
increasingly ridiculous - or government-sponsored. The rest of us shudder
and shake our heads... but what more?
The Canada-US border has become another instrument of the surveillance
state. For decades, people have claimed that border agencies had access to
all our personal information, including tax and credit status. In the past,
that was a myth. Now, what was once... more »
thank you, pete seeger. how could we ever thank you enough?
Pete Seeger, 1919-2014
Musician, Activist, Environmentalist. Socialist.
Boris Johnson - new year - same old shit
The Metropolitan Police have said they would have liked to have had water
canons to use during the 2010 student demonstrations and the 2011 London
riots. Boris Johnson said access to water canons during such the riots
“would not have made a blind bit of difference” and he would not have
authorised their use during the student protests… BUT, and here’s the
twist, he says he won’t refuse the police’s request to buy three canons in
time for the summer.
Apparently the answer is to not let situations “get out of control” and not
allowing the mentality of “sheer wanton criminality.” This,... more »
HITCHIN A RIDE
Yesterday I needed to go to Brunswick which is about 10 miles from Bath. I
got a ride there with a friend. After I did my errands I walked to my
hitchhiking spot and stuck out my thumb. Usually it takes about 10-15
minutes before anyone stops. Yesterday it took me almost 30 minutes and it
was as cold as hell out there. You'd think people would want to help
someone get out of the cold.
I can see why women would be reluctant to pick up a male hitchhiker. So I
don't expect that to happen and never do get a ride from women. But you
wouldn't believe how many men just pass me by.... more »
VITALLY Important information about SwissIndo- more to come
Please take note of this! THIS is VITAL information that people need to
know and understand. I am pulling together some more information this
evening and will post it in the next few hours. Please share this
information!!!
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Letter of Resignation From UN SwissIndo by Pieta Morgan
28 January 2014 at 08:02
The following is a copy of a Letter of Resignation from the UN SwissIndo
submitted by Pieta Morgan. This is being shared with the permission of
Pieta who desires th... more »
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Important Video - What Cesium 137 Will Do To You!
It has been a while since I last put up any articles concerning the still
ongoing disaster at the Fukushima Daichii Nuclear Power Plant at Fukushima
Japan.... It has been almost 3 full years now since the March 11th, 2011
tsunami, explosions, and subsequent meltdowns of at least 3 nuclear
reactors, at that facility, and to this date that disaster is still
basically out of control and still pouring out massive amounts of nuclear
radioactive material into both our atmosphere and the adjoining Pacific
Ocean. There is also no hope for actually containing this disaster for
years to come... more »
Boris Johnson - new year - same old shit
The Metropolitan Police have said they would have liked to have had water
canons to use during the 2010 student demonstrations and the 2011 London
riots. Boris Johnson said access to water canons during such the riots
“would not have made a blind bit of difference” and he would not have
authorised their use during the student protests… BUT, and here’s the
twist, he says he won’t refuse the police’s request to buy three canons in
time for the summer.
Apparently the answer is to not let situations “get out of control” and not
allowing the mentality of “sheer wanton criminality.” This,... more »
Gardasil Vaccine, Katie Couric and Cyber-Lynching
posted 1/29/2014
*by Barbara Loe Fisher *
The public flogging of veteran broadcast journalist Katie Couric began on
Dec. 4, 2013, immediately after a 17-minute report on HPV and Gardasil
vaccine was broadcast on her TV talk show “Katie.” 1 It was kick-started by
a west coast business writer, who administered the first lash with a
bizarre take-down of freedom of the press:
“The real punch of the show was its portrayal of HPV vaccination as
“controversial,” he charged.” Merely to ask questions is to validate them.”
He ended with a sucker punch: “Katie Couric established her credibil... more »
Worse Than Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm-- Steve Israel And Congress' Culture Of Corruption
Israel never turned over any of the tainted Madoff cash that flowed his way
The DCCC is making a lot of hay lately about all the trouble Michael Grimm
(R-NY) is in with the law-- and they should. He's lowlife scum who
disgraces Congress with his very presence. Earlier today we looked at the shady
fundraising techniques Grimm and co-conspirator Aaron Schock (R-IL) have
engaged in. A regular and very reliable correspondent from Capitol Hill
emailed me this:
You're getting closer to uncovering the real criminal activities Grimm has
been engaging in from long before he was elected to Co... more »
The Realist Report - Brad Trun: Libertarian Realist
On this edition of The Realist Report, we'll be joined by Brad Trun, author
of the *Libertarian Realist* blog. Brad and I will be discussing a variety
of subjects, particularly his article entitled *An Open Letter to a Person
of Privilege*.
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:
- *An Open Letter to a Person of Privilege* - Libertarian Realist
- *Basic Questions for the White Privilege Conference* - John Friend
- *White Privil... more »
SOTU: A Classic of Cluelessness
Last night's SOTU address was a lot like an episode of *Seinfeld* -- great
writing, great acting, pitch-perfect delivery, frequent grunts of laughter
and even frequenter rounds of applause from an allegedly living audience.
But in the end, it was a classic show about nothing.
At least the senile Uncle Leo character showed up only once to bitch about
the deficit and generational theft. At least the pathologically cheap
George Costanzo clone grudgingly agreed to raise the crappy pay of federal
contract employees enough so they won't faint from starvation on the job.
(although, as with... more »
Status Indians cannot pledge Reserve property as collateral for debt; attempt to structure same fails
*Benedict v. Ohwistha Capital Corporation,* 2014 ONCA 80:
[13] Section 89 of the Act was enacted in the 1951 revision of the
original Indian Act. The original Act contained a similar provision, s. 66,
which read as follows:
66. No person shall take any security or otherwise obtain any lien or
charge, whether by mortgage, judgment or otherwise, upon real or personal
property of any Indian or non-treaty Indian within Canada, except on real
or personal property subject to taxation under section sixty-four of this
Act: Provided always, that any person selling any article to an Ind... more »
It starts ....Even MSM Political Opinion Starting To Turn On Harper's Dictatorial Ways....
*The political columnist of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix gives a fairly
accurate opinion of what is going down in the ranks of the Federal
Conservative Parliamentary Caucus lately:*
*"This newly found sense of independence among federal Conservative
backbench MPs is obviously a good thing.*
*What's so often lost on us is that we elect individual members of
Parliament, of whom we require that they form a government under the
leadership of a prime minister. It's not the other way around, despite
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's view on the matter.*
*But is the recent displa... more »
An Open Apology, with Explanations: Math, Behaviorism, and “Grit”
While I haven’t really made any sort of public declaration, I have begun in
2014 to address in my public work something with which I have become more
uncomfortable throughout 2013: The antagonism in the education reform
debate. Thus, I want to address a series of tensions that have been created
by recent blogs of […]
Major Displacement In Iraq’s Anbar Due To On Going Fighting
One of the major side affects of the on going fighting in Iraq’s Anbar is
the huge displacement of people. Iraq still has over 1 million internal
refugees from the civil war years. Now several thousand more have been
added to that number. Government shelling usually gets mentioned in the
press as the main cause of this current exodus, but there are other factors
as well. More importantly there is the question of what’s in the future for
these people. Will they be able to eventually return to their homes or will
the lack of security preclude that for the foreseeable future? Anbar m... more »
THE STATE OF THE UNION IS: Atomized!
*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014*
*Part 3—Cornerback fails to respond:* Everyone except Richard Sherman
responded to last night’s address.
Perhaps in response to a plea from Coach Carroll, Sherman focused on
bringing his teammate, Marshawn Lynch, out of his shell.
The trio of former Pacific-10 greats are poised to win Sunday’s New Jersey
Bowl, which will occur at 6:30 P.M., barring access lane closings. In the
long history of the event, no team coached by a former Pac-10 great has
ever lost to a team forced to start a former SEC quarterback.
Whatever his motive may have been, Sherman... more »
“Shame” on you, ISA
Dear ISA Governing Council, Greetings. You probably don’t know me but I’m
a long-time user of your services. My first real conference experience was
at ISA Chicago in 2007. I practiced my 10 minute presentation for hours in
my hotel room and had to borrow $250 from my mom to attend. I really
benefited, however,
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John Kane 'Start Spreading the News'
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Over the past 11 years that WBAI-FM 99.5 in New York City has been
airing “First Voices Indigenous Radio” (FVIR), the show's host and
executive producer Tiokasin Ghosthorse has slowly turned his weekly live
one-hour radio show into an international broadcast with re-airings of
this program on 45 stations in 15 states and
RESPONSE TO STATE OF UNION ADDRESS
Recently elected Socialist City Council member Kshama Sawantin in Seattle,
Washington responds to Obama's State of the Union speech.
Jack A. Smith : Obama defends NSA spying on Americans
Senator Obama pledged to dismantle the most intrusive aspects of Bush’s
surveillance programs. Instead, President Obama secretly allowed those
programs to expand. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | January 29, 2014 When
he ran for the presidency … finish reading Jack A. Smith :
Obama defends NSA spying on Americans
Obama's State of Union Address in 60 seconds
Interesting. At least he recognizes climate change and need for clean
energy. He also recognizes the need to do something about the inequality in
U. S society.
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My Grandfather was a small town lawyer in the 1930s.
One of his less fond memories was the difficulty of getting paid for his
work (plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose). People did not have money
but they did have other items and he would often have to take his fees in
chickens or eggs or firewood.
Even today, when I do work in Nunavut, I am asked to take carvings or
sealskins rather than money.
The problem, of course, with barter is that you do not always get what you
want or need – I have plenty of carvings and have very little need of
sealskins. My Grandfather had a l... more »
Carl Campeau: Allegedly abducted in Syria, escapes Al Qaeda, or something like that?
*After months of silence.* Carl Campeau is speaking exclusively to the CBC.
The CBC being Canada's premiere propaganda corporation. Much like the BBC.
Keeps official narratives in order. Misleads Canadians. Typical stuff
*Exclusive: How Carl Campeau, abducted in Syria, escaped al-Qaeda's
clutches*
You can read the whole article at your leisure. There is a video included
there if you just want the sound bite.
Carl Campeau
I read the article. And find it lacking... the devil is in the details
and there are some details I find troublesome So, let me be honest. I do
not believe the n... more »
A "New Master Idea" for a Religious and Militaristic Society
It became clear last night that the national nod to income inequality has
conservatives and neoliberals on the search for new educational
interventions that promise to bring an end to the effects of poverty
without spending any money to end poverty.
David Brooks, with his kinder and gentler form of fascist educational
eugenics in mind, limply chastised the President following his SOTU speech
last night for not being more bold in his education initiatives, suggesting
that the President should announce new programs to instill "impulse
control" in the earliest grades.
Hmm. We know t... more »
"Emergent Phenomena": Failed Thinking Infesting Science
I submitted the following comment to the wuwt site of Anthony Watts, where
Willis Eschenbach reiterates his idea of climate as "emerging phenomena"
(and which I understand as "magical self-creation"):
*"Emergent phenomenon" is an argument from incompetent, third-rate thinkers
like Richard Dawkins, determined to push Darwinian, or undirected,
evolution upon students of science, despite its by now obvious failings;
back in the 1980's, it was called "order out of chaos", elevated to the
airy status of a "meme", and "chaos theory" was misapplied to support it
(for the latter really only... more »
LATEST GUEST
Pastor Bill Bliss is my latest guest as I begin my 11th year of
broadcasting in Maine. Bill was my very first guest when I began the show
in 2003. The show now airs on 14 public access stations across the state.
In Case You Have Forgotten Why Common Core Is a Bad Idea
Knoxville, TN, November 2013:
Steve Russell : Fallujah on fire again
Had the Iraqis been willing to sign the Status of Forces Agreement, our
troops would as we speak be lined up to bleed over Fallujah for a third
time. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | January 29, 2014 … finish reading Steve
Russell :
Fallujah on fire again
Untitled
*28 Years Ago: Remembering The Challenger Disaster ~CBS*
Step Outside from Bruce Biles on Myspace.
*David Vitter and the Codification of Poverty ~CenLamar*
*Winter weather brings Louisiana to a virtual standstill ~WWLTV*
*LPSO works 33 wrecks since 6 a.m.; other parishes report problems*
*Sneaux Men Appear All Across Louisiana ~Jason Saul, WWNO*
*Corps N.O. District Presents Mermentau River Dredging Scheme ~Dredging
Today*
*Off-Bottom Oyster Farming Launched in Grand Isle Waters ~Gulf Seafood
Institute*
*At more restaurants around town, breakfast is their business, and business
is... more »
Ted Cruz has some things to say about the State of the Union speech...w/Update
*and echoes what I've already been thinking.*
"And in the coming months - in the coming months, let's see where else we
can make progress together. Let's make this a year of action. That's what
most Americans want, for all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives,
their hopes, their aspirations." source
*No! I do not want the federal government to focus on my life, hopes, or
aspirations. I can do that all by myself. What I want is for these
lowlife thieves and liars to stay as far away from me as possible. *
*But the most alarming thing he brought up was this (and no one se... more »
Shorts, links, events
*You can watch the monthly pavilion from here.*
Dr. Fell at SOAS Taiwan Studies says:
The paperback of Taiwanese Identity in the 21st Century has now been
published by our Research on Taiwan book series. The book edited by Jens
Damm and Gunter Schubert examines the issue of Taiwanese identity from a
range of perspectives.
For details see: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415736916/
It is also available on Amazon (but 博客來 does not yet have paperback)
If your libraries do not yet have a copy, please do lobby your librarians
and now we have the paperback it's even affordable... more »
Aaron Schock: "Hey, Michael Grimm Is A Great Guy"
Other than whining to Jay Leno about how Members are always getting into
trouble, Boehner hasn't done anything about disciplining several of his own
most blatantly corrupt Members, particularly Staten Island Mafioso Michael
"Mikey Suits" Grimm and Peoria bad boy Aaron Schock. Both are under
investigation by the House Ethics Committee and Grimm is also under
*intense* investigation on multiple charges by the FBI. And now it has come
out that the two have been gaming the system and working around campaign
finance laws to enrich their respective campaigns, Grimm to hang onto his
blue... more »
The Strange Discourse of the Left and Right on China
[image: FTV_Jan_2014_2_107]
*Clearing a traffic jam on a Changhua street.*
I emailed a writer of a piece on a lefty website today, asking him how he
thought China could be a force for peace. Got this doozy of a fantasy world
back:
*I have not noticed that China has engaged in any aggressive wars, leaving
occupying troops behind.*
The two sides are mirror images of each other. Point out that China is an
imperialist, expansionist state, and righties will clap their hands and
lefties will... remain silent. Or deny it. The vast silence on the Left on
China means that the Left is deepl... more »
Too Close To The Sun
Once again, Chris Hedges has returned to the *Pequod* as a metaphor for
North American society. The ship and crew in Melville's *Moby Dick* are
doomed because they willingly supported one man's mad quest. And like them,
Hedges writes, we are teetering on the edge of collapse:
Our financial system—like our participatory democracy—is a mirage. The
Federal Reserve purchases $85 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds—much of it
worthless subprime mortgages—each month. It has been artificially propping
up the government and Wall Street like this for five years. It has loaned
trillions of dolla... more »
Untitled
*Drinking during pregnancy 'worse than smoking tobacco or cannabis' and
7,000 babies a year are harmed, warn senior medics*
*This is not a well-supported judgment. See here and here. There are
even findings that mothers who drink moderately have healthier babies.
The data on which the mavens below base their judgments will almost
certainly be epidemiological and class-confounded*
Drinking during pregnancy causes more harm to the unborn child than tobacco
smoke or cannabis, according to senior doctors.
They want Government guidelines to be changed to tell women to avoid
alcoh... more »
Sol Tantrums and I question
After almost 3 weeks of eiree silence, Sol is blasting off again.
.... and I'm frustrated as all hell.
As I said earlier this month, something is going on here.
I said in an earlier post a little while back about solar activity- for two
years I have watched the same thing happen over and over again: a major
sun spot, throwing off huge flares, rotates into geoeffective Earth view
and suddenly.... it just fizzles out. Goes silent. Then as it rotates
around the western limb, then POW it flares up again.
Same thing again this week. Spot 1944 should of continued with strong M ... more »
FTV: The banality of Changhua, the Beauty of Wuling Farm
Another trip with FTV, to Changhua and the incomparable Wuling Farm. Shot
above is the 7A just above Nanshan. It was fogged over, but at Wuling Farm,
the sky was picture perfect... Click the READ MORE to see more and read
some interesting information about... Beidou?
Our first stop was Baguashan in Changhua. We walked one of the many trails
up the mountain.
Charles, our cameraman, shoots the trail. It is raised and covered with
stones.
Michella interviews our guide. As he was talking he gave the standard
formulation of the 19th century ordering of Taiwan's posts: 1. Takao, 2.
L... more »
MTV Show “Teen Mom 2″ Will Show Young Woman’s Abortion
*by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 1/16/14*
Pro-life people have frequently said that if an abortion is ever shown on
television that it would change millions of minds against abortion. Now,
MTV is doing just that: filming one of its reality show stars having an
abortion.
With MTV at the helm, the abortion will likely be sanitized and shown as
nothing more than a routine medical procedure — which will make it less
likely to have much of an impact on abortion attitude or opinion. Further
complicating the issue is the fact that Teen Mom 2′s trouble-plagued star
Jenel... more »
Robots to Breed with Each Other and Humans by 2045
Thursday, January 23, 2014
*Cybernetics experts say it's possible for robots to breed with each other,
and with humans, by 2045.*
Nicholas West
*Activist Post*
The magical transhumanist date of 2045 holds many predictions for how man
will attain his final merger with computer systems and usher in an age of
"spiritual" machines. Ray Kurzweil has issued a bevy of likely scenarios in
his book *The Singularity is Near,* and continues to suggest that much of
those predictions could arrive much sooner. Others have pointed strictly to
the economic impact and have marked 2045 has the date ... more »
What I Have Been Reading: The Winner's Curse and Defy
[image: Housewife Eclectic: What I Have Been Reading: The Winner's Curse
and Defy]
I didn't mean to read The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski in one sitting,
but I couldn't help it. The hours ticked by and it didn't matter that it
was 2 AM and I was still reading. I had to know where Kestral's story was
going to lead.
The Valorians are a conquering people. One of their biggest conquests was
the Herrani Pennisula and with that the Herrani people. Almost all
Valorians now own Herrani slaves of one sort or another, and Kestral, an
aristocratic general's daughter is no exception. The ... more »
Simple Antiseptic Homemade Mouthwash Recipes
Antiseptic Homemade Mouthwash Recipe
Frugally Sustainable, 1 February 2012
By now you all should know that I love to make my own natural health, home,
and beauty products.
I love them because they work and I love them because they’re frugal.
So when I was using my fancy-pants “eco friendly, 100% natural” mouthwash
the other day, I thought to myself, “I think I could make this and save
myself some money!”
So I did.
*Benefits of Using Homemade Mouthwash*
Good oral care is vital to our health and vice versa. Health and diet have
even been know to heal cavities! Rinsing out the ... more »
The Alarming Truths About GMO by Dr. Mercola
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Have you ever been to Swan Shing Lu near the Imperial hotel in Taiwan?
Since I have not been to Taiwan...
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