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10:39pm MST“The Horrible Truth About Fukushima”
*“The Horrible Truth About Fukushima” *
Interview With Helen Caldicott, MD
“Author and Pediatrician Helen Caldicott takes time out of her busy
schedule to join me to discuss the unfolding events at the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan. Fukushima was devastated by a
massive earthquake on March 11, 2011 which led directly to a massive
failure causing hydrogen explosions which blew the roof off of at least two
of the reactor buildings. Tepco and the Japanese government have
understated the radiation dangers and the dire reality of the situation
from day one.
Helen say... more »
Clean Debt Ceiling Passes-- Zippity Do Dah
This afternoon, Paul Ryan voted NO on the paying for the bills he's run up
as a Member of Congress. Most of the rest of the Republican House
leadership team-- Boehner, Cantor, McCarthy, even radicals like Darrell
Issa and Gary Miller-- voted YES, to make sure the government didn't go
into default. The clean debt ceiling passed yesterday 221-201. With the
exception of two reactionary Blue Dogs-- Barrow (GA) and Matheson (UT)--
every Democrat voted yes. The White House issued a very straight forward,
commonsense message:
Tonight’s vote is a positive step in moving away from the pol... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Just do it!
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
Dalai Lama to honor Peggy Wellknown Buffalo, Crow
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Dalai Lama will honor Peggy Wellknown Buffalo,
Crow, for her work with youths on the Crow Nation in Montana, when the
Dalai Lama presents the honors for Unsung Heroes of Compassion this
month in San Francisco. Actor Peter Coyote will emcee the event.
Peggy started The Center Pole in 1999, which now includes a summer youth
recreation program,
Guest Post: Considering the BDS Movement from a Human Rights Perspective
The following is a guest post by Joel R. Pruce, a post-doctoral fellow in
human rights studies at the University of Dayton. The transnational
movement for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel
continues to capture headlines and prompt crucial debate on the status of
Palestinian claims to national self-determination and individual human
rights protection,
Continue reading
Steve Russell : Pete Seeger: ‘To Everything, There Is a Season’
Asked by HUAC if he had sung for Communists, Pete replied: “I have sung in
hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I
have never refused to sing for anybody.” By Steve Russell … finish reading Steve
Russell :
Pete Seeger: ‘To Everything, There Is a Season’
The Daily "Near You?"
Riverton, Wyoming, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Police State updates - February 11 , 2014 ....Biggest Internet Attack Yet As Cyber Security Bill Introduced in House ......... CAN AMERICAN STATES REIN IN AN OUT-OF-CONTROL FEDERAL SPY AGENCY ? Will Congress ever stand up to a runaway Executive Branch ? Sniper Ammunition: Homeland Security Revives The Purchases
http://www.infowars.com/biggest-internet-attack-yet-as-cybersecurity-bill-introduced-in-house/
Biggest Internet Attack Yet As Cybersecurity Bill Introduced in House
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Expert declares “someone’s got a big, new cannon” and attack is start of
“ugly things to come”
*Kurt Nimmo*
Infowars.com
February 11, 2014
A huge denial of service attack occurred earlier today. It exploited a key
vulnerability in the infrast... more »
Why Sochi? There actually are reasons why President Putin wanted the Olympics there so badly
*Why Sochi? Because the North Caucasus [click on the map to enlarge it]
matters a lot to President Putin.*
*by Ken*
When I shared with you, dear, readers, "Everything you need to know about
the Sochi Olympics," I kind of fudged one question that probably occurred
to you, as it has occurred to everyone on first hearing the words "Sochi"
and "Olympics" butted together: "Why Sochi?" I sort of answered the
question with the clear understanding that it's 'cause President Putin
wanted it. In most matters Russian these days, that should be sufficient
answer. But of course it still doesn'... more »
Puff the Magic Dragon
This song always bothered me. This lovely song seemed just plain wrong, and
far, far too sad. I always instinctively felt there was something *missing*.
And apparently, there was.
The original poem had a verse that did not make it into the song. In it,
Puff found another child and played with him after returning. Neither
Yarrow nor Lipton remember the verse in any detail, and the paper that was
left in Yarrow's typewriter in 1958 has since been lost.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1276
Before I found this out, here's the verse I composed myself, a long time
ago, as a child.
... more »
Iran updates - February 9 , 2014 -Iran, U.N. agency resume nuclear talks in Tehran: IRNA ...... Khamenei says US 'wouldn't hesitate' to topple Iranian regime if it could - mistrust abounds on both sides ( US and Iran ) ........Juan Cole opines a war with Iran could far surpass the costs of our Iraq and Afghanistan Wars - might such a misadventure cost 9 Trillion ?
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Iran, IAEA agree on 7 concrete steps
Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed one
seven more concrete measures regarding the country’s nuclear program which
will be taken by May 15, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reports.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the nuclear watchdog, said that
inspection of Parchin nuclear site is not among the seven measures agreed
by Iran and the IAEA. Iran’s envoy to the IAEA Reza Najafi said details of
the measures will be released soon. The agreement comes one day after the
IAEA arrived in Tehran to build on a fra... more »
Chet Raymo, “In Wildness Is The Preservation Of The World?”
*“In Wildness Is The Preservation Of The World?”*
by Chet Raymo
“In earlier times, when I was still teaching, it was my habit to
occasionally take a wildflower, or piece of rotten bark, or pinch of oil
into a biology lab where I had access to a high-quality dissecting
microscope. I'd put my sample on the stage of the scope and go exploring. A
hawkweed blossom, say, became the concise equivalent of a tropical jungle,
teeming with wildlife.
We bemoan the loss of wilderness, and rightly so I suppose. But there are
vast tracks of wilderness that we do not despoil, on a scale too small ... more »
Ted McLaughlin : There is no correlation between taxes and employment
Just allowing the rich to keep more of the money they make doesn’t mean
they will spend any of that money they get to keep to create any new jobs.
By Ted McLaughlin | The Rag Blog | February 12, … finish reading Ted
McLaughlin :
There is no correlation between taxes and employment
Bank of Japan floats trial balloon ? Japan Machine Orders Crumble At Fastest Pace In 22 Years As BOJ Board Member Warns More QE May Not Be Coming
Japan Machine Orders Crumble At Fastest Pace In 22 Years As BOJ Board
Member Warns More QE May Not Be Coming
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/11/2014 19:13 -0500
- Bank of Japan
inShare
If you needed another reason to buy stocks, trust in the growth meme, and
have your faith in Abenomics confirmed... look away. *Japanese Machine
orders for December just printed -15.7% in December - the biggest MoM
plunge since 1992*. This is the biggest miss to expectations since 2006 and
what is considerably more problematic for Abe et al. is that YoY
expect... more »
Why Mt. Gox, the World’s First Bitcoin Exchange, is Dying - the travails of Mt Gox after suspending withdrawals on Friday February 7 , 2014 and promising customers an update Monday February 10, 2014 , bitcoin customers of Mt Gox and the bitcoin world wait to see whether the withdrawal problem was just a technical issue or whether insolvency is the true situation ? Coin Searcher three day protest at Mt Gox and varied points of view regarding Mt Gox set forth......Another Major Bitcoin Exchange ( Local Bitcoins.com ) May Be In Deep Trouble After A Bust In Florida ........ Additional news include examining bitcoin business growth globally ........ Second Market buying bitcoin from the public - just as Mt Gox issue erupted ....... Coinbase stepping up security features with new API Key....
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Withdrawal problems across Exchanges other than Mt Gox ? FWIW !
Are we seeing some mass withdrawal problems across exchanges? (self.Bitcoin)
submitted 1 hour ago by yomofos
So, Gox is obvious.
Then btc-e: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=459464.0[1]
Then Bitstamp: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=459836.0[2]
WTF is going on?
(cross posted:
http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1xltdk/are_we_seeing_some_mass_withdrawal_problems/
)
AND.....
Cross posting this from the /r/bitcoinmarkets thread
Seems there are a lot of threads about this. In addition to the ... more »
Satire: “Rick Perry Lures Washington State Residents To Texas With Thriving Death Penalty”
*“Rick Perry Lures Washington State Residents *
*To Texas With Thriving Death Penalty”*
by Andy Borowitz
AUSTIN (The Borowitz Report)— “Responding to the news that Washington
Governor Jay Inslee had suspended the death penalty in his state, Texas
Governor Rick Perry seized on the opportunity to urge Washington residents
to “vote with your feet and move to Texas, where the death penalty is
thriving.” At a hastily called press conference this afternoon, the Texas
Governor made an emotional appeal to Washingtonians who might be
disappointed by the sudden suspension of executions in the... more »
Is the current rain in the UK caused by 'climate change'?
' Truly, AGW is a magical theory that explains absolutely everything –
including diametrically contradictory phenomena, lack of logic and absence
of evidence – whenever people observe profoundly, ‘Something funny’s
happening to the weather’.
I have another theory to explain the current deluge. It is Galileo, Newton
and Einstein weeping uncontrollably from above.'
More here from Melanie Phillips
https://www.embooks.com/blog/single/a-truly-magical-theory
A Conversation with Ralph Ring -- Calling All Inventors & Innovators to Step Forward!!
*After several technical issues and failing internet, Brian was finally
able to upload our conversation from Saturday night with Ralph and Marsha
Ring! Thank you so much to Brian and the crew in Morocco that were all
working on getting this recording ready to go
out!!http://briankellysblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-conversation-with-ralph-ring-calling.html?m=1*
*A Conversation with Ralph Ring -- Calling All Inventors & Innovators to
Step Forward!!*February 11, 2014
In this conversation with Ralph & Marsha Ring, we put a call out to all
inventors and innovators through Ralph's... more »
Obama: Right Now No Military Solution in Syria
Obama: Right Now No Military Solution in Syria. Source: Bloomberg News.
Date Published: February 11, 2014.
'Both sides need to realize no military solution to Syria civil war.'
Source: RT. Date Published: February 11, 2014. Description:
'As the Syrian conflict rages, the country's busy dismantling its chemical
arsenal, in accordance with international agreements. A third batch of
toxic material has been shipped out for decommissioning. Syria recently
missed several deadlines to hand over its chemicals, saying rebel activity
was to blame. Let's get reaction from Jonathan Steele - a... more »
"This Is Not How A Free Society Treats Its Citizens"
*"This Is Not How A Free Society Treats Its Citizens"*
by Simon Black
“631 people renounced their US citizenship in the 4th quarter of 2013. This
is an entire order of magnitude higher than the 45 people who renounced in
4Q/2012. And in total, 3,000 Americans renounced their citizenship in 2013–
another record high. The previous record (1,777) was set in 2011, which
shattered the previous record before that (1,534) which was set in 2010,
which was more than twice the number (742) that renounced in 2009.
You can see the trend here. And it’s not hard to figure out why it’s
happening.... more »
More 911 Chatter
Remember when Condi Rice said no one could imagine using an airplane as a
missile. Guess she was out of the loop. Able Danger Able Danger
See the whole post from the JPEG above.
Ron Jacobs : Betty Medsger’s ‘The Burglary’ is extraordinary tale of historic ‘B and E’
In 1971, eight anti-war activists broke into the FBI field office in Media,
Pennsylvania, and removed confidential files about FBI surveillance against
political organizations it considered anti-American. By Ron Jacobs | The
Rag Blog | February 11, 2014 [The Burglary: … finish reading Ron Jacobs :
Betty Medsger’s ‘The Burglary’ is extraordinary tale of historic ‘B and E’
Video Game Violence and Sociology
While we're on a moral panic tip, here's a recurring one for you: violent
video games cause *x, y, z* social pathology. The latest story to plough
the well-worn farrow is that killing digital representations of human
beings leaves teenagers morally immature. Yup, blasting away at screens of
bad 'uns, Russians and space Nazis stunts emotional growth and depresses
developing empathy. Readers know I'm interested in the the narcissistic self,
hence the claims made of this research are worth a look. After all,
preoccupation with self demands a certain crowding out of others (though,
par... more »
Factual basis need not be established for valid bylaw
Seguin (Township) v. Hamer, 2014 ONCA 108:
[7] We agree with the comments of Twaddle J.A. of the Manitoba
Court of Appeal in *Mr. Pawn Ltd. v. Winnipeg (City)*, 2002 MBCA 2, 170
Man. R. (2d) 1, at para. 11:
City Council is a legislative body, not a court. It must, of course, act
within the authority conferred on it and, in doing so, enact its by-laws in
good faith and not for an improper purpose. There is, however, no
requirement that Council have evidence of anything before enacting a
by-law. In particular, there is no requirement that Council have evidence
of potential... more »
Mark, Man of Steel
Mark Steel
Life can be really strange sometimes.
Over the weekend I visited my 81-year old dad, and was asked by him if I
ever listen to Mark Steel on Radio 4.
Dad was talking about the Radio 4 comedian's *Mark Steel's in Town. *He
thought it was very funny.
I said, no, I haven't been listening to *Mark Steel's* *in Town. *
I didn't add that listening to ex-Socialist Workers Party loony lefties
like Mark Steel is something I try to avoid on medical grounds. (Got to
look after my blood pressure after all.)
He said I should listen to it, and that I'd like it.
I'm a bit ashamed t... more »
Who Will Protect Social Security-- And Who Wants To Wreck It?
In the new ad above, the DCCC-connected SuperPAC, House Majority PAC,
quotes AARP about the dangers seniors face if conservatives ever get their
way in regard to privatizing Social Security. And they point out that the
Republican candidate in the FL-13 special election, for the remainder of
Bill Young's term, David Jolly, was a lobbyist who worked to privatize
Social Security and who still favors that approach. All true. What the DCCC
will avoid at all costs, of course, is an discussion of how so many of its
candidates (and incumbents-- primarily New Dems and Blue Dogs) also favor... more »
Stephen Harper`s 2014 budget is a sham, smoke n mirrors..and Previous Posts Vindicated As Fact
*Stephen Harper`s 2014 budget is a sham, smoke n mirrors..*
Shipbuilding money has been slashed and delayed, Stephen Haper dangled a
shipbuilding carrot during the 2011 federal election and now the truth is
out there, there is no funding and or ship being constructed until AFTER
the 2015 election..
As for protecting consumers from cross-border price discrepancies as
promised, there is no legislation framework, meaning Stephen Harper is
doing nothing on that front..
There is scant infrastructure money, none for British Columbia, that needed
bridge in Quebec crumbling is a $4 bill... more »
“The Stench of Political and Financial Corruption”
*“The Stench of Political and Financial Corruption”*
By Jesse
“Wall Street had been doing business with pieces of paper; and now someone
asked for a dollar, and it was discovered that the dollar had been mislaid.
It was an experience for which the captains of industry were not entirely
prepared; they had forgotten the public. It was like some great convulsion
of nature, which made mockery of all the powers of men, and left the
beholder dazed and terrified. In Wall Street men stood as if in a valley,
and saw far above them the starting of an avalanche; they stood fascinated
with hor... more »
KPFK: US cover-up of nuclear testing of Indigenous in Marshall Islands
U.S.
Government Cover-up of Nuclear Testing on Indigenous Peoples
Tuesday, 02/11/2014, on American Indian Airwaves
8pm to 9pm --- KPFK
American Indian Airwaves Tuesdays 8pm to 9pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in
Los Angeles, FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, FM 99.5 China Lake, FM 93.7 North
San Diego, WCRS FM 98.3/102.1 in Columbus, OH, and on the Internet @
www.kpfk.org
Part 1
Irradiation of
Chris Matthews on Hillary, then versus now!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014*
*Biggest con man on the planet:* Last night, MSNBC’s liberal viewers got
majorly conned once again.
Hillary Clinton had gotten bashed by all the usual suspects, including GOP
chairman Reince Preibus. For many years, Matthews was one of those
suspects, of course.
He got very rich in the process.
By now, Matthews has been reinvented. So he spent an entire segment last
night venting his fury about the way the GOP is battering Clinton about
everything from her past comments about Monica Lewinsky to her past
comments about single-payer to her support for Ba... more »
The Realist Report - Reinhard: Renegade Tribune
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Jim, who uses
the pen name *Reinhard* when publishing at The Renegade Tribune. Jim and I
will be discussing a variety of subjects relating to the pro-White
movement, including the upcoming White Man March.
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 links relevant to this program:
- *Renegade Tribune - Honest, uncensored, and hard-hitting articles*
- *What is the White Man March?*
- *One Struggle, One Vic... more »
Modern Maths is crap
Those roundings used to check reasonableness are just wrong. 354 should
round up to 400 not down to 300,and as for 291 how does that roughly equal
200 not 300?
Insanity
More here http://www.momdot.com/common-core-is-making-me-stupider/
Love Quest : Day 4 - Afraid?
This journey is half over.
We are “just as far in as we’ll ever be out” (Anna Nalick – Breathe)
So, despite all opposing forces, if you are still reading this, there’s
been at least a nod towards self love. That’s fantastic and life altering.
Let’s keep going.
What stops you? For each of us, regardless of what it looks like or sounds
like, it’ll boil down to FEAR. Look closely and you’ll see. A fearless
being stops only when the goal has been reached.
There are so many reasons to be afraid. But loving yourself? That’s easy.
It isn’t happening because of three letter... more »
Stephen Harper would not approve
THIS
is what Canadians do.
When someone needs help, real Canadians go out of their way to provide
it.
Then we have the Harper party approach to helping others:
First up, James Moore. Your neighbour's kid can starve for all he cares.
Next, the man who prostituted the Progressive Conservative party, Peter
"Airshow" MacKay. If you have nothing, he'll take that away from you
too.
Can you imagine
Do I Have To Disclose My Medical Condition To A Potential Employer?
An AOL Jobs reader asked me:
Your columns are extremely educational and full of information. Thank you
from an appreciative reader. I may have missed this, but when applying for
a job, is it necessary to disclose any medical conditions? I am a Diabetic
Type 1, and use a pump, which could bulge through my clothes, though I take
care to avoid that.
I was hired by a high-end jewelry store one month ago, and after working
for 10 days, was told by HR, that I was "not a good fit." No other
explanation. Needless to say, I was devastated. I am a University graduate
with a B.A. and have al... more »
If Obamacare reduces labor supply, will it raise wages?
In a couple of recent articles written by smart economists, I have read the
following claim: CBO says the incentives in the Affordable Care Act will
reduce labor supply. If it does, then real wages will increase.
That sounds like reasonable, textbook economics. But I don't think it is
true. The problem is that the logic is entirely partial equilibrium. It is
holding everything else constant. But that is surely not right in the long
run. Lower labor supply means lower income, which means lower saving, which
means lower investment, which means a lower capital stock, which means
lower ... more »
Yitzakh Rabin
*"Today I stand before you, members of Knesset, and before the citizens of
the State of Israel -- and in front of the entire world -- and as a Jew, as
an Israeli, as a man and as a human being, I am shamed over the disgrace
imposed upon us by a degenerate murderer. . . .*
*This murderer came out of a small and marginal political context. *
*He grew in a swamp whose murderous sources are found here, and across the
sea; they are foreign to Judaism. . . .*
*To him and to those like him we say: You are not part of the community of
Israel. *
*You are not part of the national democrati... more »
Owl Be Your Valentine
[image: Housewife Eclectic: Owl Be Your Valentine with Free Printable]
I can't believe it is almost Valentine's Day already. Does February always
seem to fly by for anybody else? Today I am sharing my last Valentine for
2014.
This is actually the Valentine I created to give to my little girl from my
husband and I. My mom always had a Valentine, usually a little box of
chocolates, for each of us when we woke up on Valentine's Day. It was
never something big and fancy, just a little something to celebrate the
day. It is a tradition I loved and decided I wanted to carry one with our
... more »
The Role of Richard Mellon-Scaife and The President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB)
The President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) is an advisor to the
Executive Office of the President of the United States. According to its
self-description, it "...provides advice to the President concerning the
quality and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates,
of counterintelligence, and of other intelligence activities."
The PIAB, through its Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB), also advises the
President on the legality of foreign intelligence activities.
Or, as Bro. Steve Cokely describes it: *"That's the outside intelligence
community on the insi... more »
Britons 'too ignorant' for EU referendum says Viviane Reding, VP of European Commission via Mail Online
'Britons 'too ignorant' for EU referendum: Top official says debate on
Europe is so distorted that people could not make an 'informed decision'
Viviane Reding, vice-president of European Commission, made
commentsSpeaking in London, she said British people must know 'the facts'
on EUShe boasted about how 70 per cent of UK's laws are now made in Brussels
Her comments were attacked by critics for 'dangerous' assumptions
Britons are too ignorant about Europe to vote in a referendum on the
subject, a top Brussels official claimed last night.Viviane Reding,
vice-president of the Europe... more »
Hoover : Undercover Brother
The Mysterious Origins of J. Edgar Hoover
------------------------------
*by Edward Spannaus*Printed in the *American Almanac*, August, 2000.
------------------------------
One of the most virulent racists to hold a top government position in this
country in the 20th Century was J. Edgar Hoover, the long-time director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Hoover was notorious for his
targetting of blacks: civil rights leaders, elected officials, newspaper
publishers, or even artists such as the great singer Paul Robeson.
But yet, during Hoover's tenure as head of the FBI, which... more »
Tuesday Noon-ish Linkage
As it is my turn again for Tuesday links, heaps of NATO and security stuff
dwell below. I am most NATO-obsessed these promoting my new book with Dave
Auerswald so I was interested in seeing that NATO is the preferred
organization for peace-keeping a potential Israeli-Palestianian agreement.
Speaking of NATO, the Balkans continue to be
Continue reading
New Jersey: "A System Where Back Room Deals, Fueled By Greed And Self Interest, Are Just The Order Of Business"
Symbols of New Jersey's transpartisan and all-pervasive corruption:
Norcross (D) and Christie (R)
One of my personal favorite candidates last year was Barbara Buono. It
wasn't just because of her sparkling personality and her warmth and her
courage, it was also for her forward-thinking ideas and her amazing
platform. Digby, John and I all spoke with her in person and all of us
couldn't have been more proud for Blue America to have endorsed her and
raised some campaign money for her. In yesterday's *NY Times* story by
Jason Horowitz on Democrats' buyer's remorse, there was a line that... more »
NEIL KEENAN UPDATE – THE KEENAN TEAM REPORTS: IRS – Private, Lying, Globalist-Controlled Thugs – We Want Our Money Back!
Posted on February 8, 2014by Jean
A Personal Introduction by Neil Keenan
We have been had. Nothing we have grown up believing to be real is in fact
real.[image: Keenan 1]Connecting all the dots, it dawned on me that there
was so much more behind the curtain of everything than I was led to
believe. I came to believe the only thing that I could trust was real was
the love of my family. My government has turned out to be one big phony
corporation — a massive worldwide scam perpetrated by Zionists, Nazis, and
Khazars. It has to be stopped!
My original mission was supposed to be about the ... more »
Thaksin's War on the 99% Continues - This Time Against the Handicapped
*February 11, 2014* (ATN) - What may have seemed like an isolated incident
perpetrated by one of the more unsavory supporters of the current regime of
accused mass murder, convicted criminal and fugitive, Thaksin Shinawatra,
now appears to be more systemic - the abuse, mockery, and neglect of
Thailand's handicapped.
It was reported in "Senior Reuters Journalist Mocks Disabled Man," that
pro-regime propagandist Andrew Marshall formally of Reuters, shamelessly
mocked a double amputee. The tasteless hate speech went uncondemned by the
many Western media outlets that defer to him as an ... more »
Navajoland Billboard reveals Dine' cheated by BHP coal
Navajoland
billboard reveals Dine' cheated by BHP coal and Navajo Nation
government
By Dine' CARE
Censored News
Purpose: Members of Diné C.A.R.E., Honor the Treaties, and Diné
community advocates collaborated on a Billboard project to provide a
powerful message to the people. The Billboard states the monies used for
the Navajo Mine purchase and Johnny Naize’s misuse of discretionary
The Bermuda Triangle and ABC Evening News
In the category of “What Isn’t News,” we have the ABC Evening News on
Sunday night (February 9) telling us that scientists have come up with a
solution for the Bermuda Triangle. Really? I thought it had been explained
more than thirty-five years ago, and in fact, on this very blog several
years ago I offered an explanation that I thought was reasonable.
Here’s the deal. Back in the mid-1970s, when I was much younger and
believed that those writing books and magazine articles actually engaged in
original research and first-hand reporting, I thought there was something
mysterious abo... more »
Lambs to the Slaughter
Humanity to Barack Obama: Don't pee down our backs and tell us it's raining.
The president last week signed a nearly trillion-dollar Farm Bill that,
besides rewarding the ultra-rich, immediately cuts an average $100 a month
from the food stamp stipends of nearly a million more people. Yet there he
goes, traveling the country, claiming to be a champion of the oppressed.
Look at the graphic put out by the White House. The most cherished aspect
of the Farm Bill is that it "strengthens the economy" by reducing the
deficit in the usual way: enriching the rich while immiserating the poor. ... more »
Free Trade 32: Hong Kong's Unilateral Trade Liberalization and John Cowperthwaite
Nice article about Hong Kong below, written by a friend, Larry Reed,
President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in the US.
Slightly shortened, see the original article here. The territory's
unilateral trade liberalization policy -- no trade negotiations, no hiring
of trade negotiators and bureaucrats with frequent travels, no
finger-pointing of who caused the collapse of trade negotiations -- is a
major factor for its fast growth and stable development. In addition, its
low taxes, or absence of tax on certain transactions, attracted more
businesses, which created more ... more »
ANYTHING GOES: For information, see page D3!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014*
*Part 1—The two percent misperception:* In this morning’s New York Times,
the truth appears on page D3.
On that page, Justin Gillis does a Science Times report about climate
change. As he starts, he describes how easy it is to get mis- and
disinformed about this particular topic:
GILLIS (2/11/14): *At the exact moment President Obama was declaring last
month that “climate change is a fact,” thousands of drivers in Atlanta were
trapped in a grueling winter ordeal,* trying to get home on roads that had
turned into ribbons of ice.
As the president address... more »
'Economists Against Austerity' - Statement by 70 Canadian Economists
*Statement by 70 Canadian Economists Against Austerity*
*We, the undersigned, strongly urge the federal government to stop
implementing fiscal austerity measures just to achieve its political goal
of budgetary balance by 2015.*
*Since the mid-1990s, we have witnessed an era during which, under the
influence of the same economists who had also advised the deregulation of
the financial sector in the US, Canada, and other G20 countries, government
policies brought the international economy to the edge of economic meltdown
in 2008. After initially implementing a series of necessary fisc... more »
FLOODS AND STORMS EXPLAINED
Hollywood has prepared us for floods.
The Day After Tomorrow, 2004
The UK in 2014
*Weather Modification in the UK?*
*Stuart Syvret (child abuse whistleblower) Blog Removed by Google.*
Celebrification, commodification!
*TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014*
*Reintroducing the Beatles:* We were never Beatle fans, although we’ll
acknowledge we knew some.
When the mop tops arrived in the U.S., we were high school juniors in the
San Francisco suburbs. For us, Bob Dylan had already hit.
One month before the now-famous Sullivan program, Dylan’s third album had
been released. At the time, it was hard to get from The Lonesome Death of
Hattie Carroll back to I Want to Hold Your Hand.
Even as the lads evolved, we never really found our way to their work.
Fifty years later, we watched the bulk of Sunday’s tribute ... more »
Will KC ALEC Protest - Be A Closed Shop Event?
I can't help wondering if the folks in Missouri are going to have an open
house party for the Kansas City ALEC meeting in May - or a closed shop
party for the ALEC meeting in May.
Why would I wonder that?
Well for the ALEC meeting in December - the notice for the protest went out
two days in advance of the protest.
Coming from out of state - I couldn't drop everything and be in Washington
DC in two days.
Coming from out of state - I couldn't justify flying into Washington DC and
hoping someone had planned to do a protest.
It was a closed shop protest.
I can't help thinking that th... more »
So, Are All Jewish Leaders Criminally Insane? (Is This A Trick Question?)
With all the problems that we face right now in the world, I am still truly
surprised that most people have not awakened to the scoundrels and misfits
that are responsible for every single crisis that is right now putting us
on the brink of world wide economic collapse.... It is surprising that
everyone goes about their daily business unaware that everything around
them is about to change dramatically... Only then will people suddenly ask
the questions: What the hell just happened?.. And of course: Who the hell
is responsible for this mess?
I am especially troubled that these crimi... more »
Cardinality of bases doesn't matter for Hilbert spaces
*Set theory, cardinals, ordinals, unmeasurable sets, and other pathological
mathematical structures have no legitimate power in physics*
Laymen (e.g. postmodern philosophers) interested in spirituality and
physics (...) often talk about things like the "influence of Gödel's
theorems about incompleteness on physics" and similar things. They usually
want to believe that this theorem must imply that mathematics and science
must be limited, leaving the bulk of the human knowledge to witches,
alternative doctors, ESP experts, dragons, priests, and global warming
alarmists, among related ... more »
ALEC is an IT - ALEC Legislators Are the Problem
Saw this on Twitter.
*ALEC is an IT *
*ALEC spokeswoman Molly Fuhs explained ... . “We do not advocate for
anything.” *
*ALEC legislators R the real problem.*
ALEC legislators R the real problem.
ALEC legislators R the real problem.
Until people really, truly understand that the meetings of the American
Legislative Exchange Council are nothing more than a flea market where
lobbyists can buy a malleable, ignorant, hicktown state legislator -
nothing meaningful can happen in fixing our political system.
.
*#VoteNo2ALEC*
*and ALEC implodes *
“What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and Language
“What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of Poverty and
Language. via “What These Children Are Like”: Rejecting Deficit Views of
Poverty and Language.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
I thought my capacity for being shocked had reached its limits...
*I was wrong.*
Nice Deb has put it all together for us - and we thank her.
On Monday night’s Kelly File, Megyn Kelly covered the ObamaCare Employer
Mandate delay, focusing “on one little nugget” that was “found under a
mountain of new regulations” which stipulates that in order to be eligible
for this *gift* from the White House, “the employer may not reduce the size
of its workforce or its overall hours of service of its employees.”
“Basically”, she continued, “what the government is telling employers is
that you will not fire a single person. You will not lay off a single
pers... more »
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*Power grid attack in California raises concerns locally ~Sabrina Wilson,
WVUE*
*Violet Canal to be closed for Bayou Dupre sector gate maintenance ~Jed
Lipinski*
*Scientific studies funded by BP start to yield results ~Susan Buchanan,
Louisiana Weekly*
*Artists suffer for art, and a City Hall permit to display it ~Jaquetta
White, N.O. Advocate*
*Krewe du Vieux builders working hard on floats ~Mary Rickard*
TODAY IS THE DAY
- Today is the NSA action day. All you have to do is make a call or
send an email - and share the action with others. This is the kind of
action day that helps decide whether we have any rights at all or we become
a full-blown police state. Just go *here*to help the cause.
- We had a meeting at the house yesterday of a group of Bath residents,
and one from Arrowsic, to plan a public forum on the
diversification/conversion of the local shipyard at Bath Iron Works (BIW).
They make nothing but warships there now. We'll hold the event in June and
ha... more »
Musings On Iraq’s January 2014 Security Report Breakdown
There were a reported 1,031 security incidents in Iraq in January 2014.
That averaged out to 33.2 attacks per day. In comparison, in January 2013
there were 564 attacks for an average of 18.1 per day. That was an 83%
increase in one year’s time showing that the insurgency was reborn last
year. The chart shows that there was a slight dip in attacks in the second
half of the month, 461, compared to the first, 570. January 14 had the most
attacks with 59 while January 29 only had 18.
Those 1,031 attacks led to 1,495 deaths and 2,876 wounded, which averaged
out to 48.2 deaths and 92... more »
Most Americans Agree-- Time To End The Cuban Trade Embargo
Over the weekend, Charlie Crist told Bill Maher's HBO audience that he favors
ending the Cuban trade embargo, a complete reversal from his position as
the state’s former Republican governor and as an independent Senate
candidate in 2010. "The embargo," he said, "has done nothing in more than
fifty years to change the regime in Cuba."
Crist couldn't have been surprised by the predictable screaming fit from
the far right in his own state. Right on cue, anti-Castro relics Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart, had public meltdowns. Marco Rubio,
currently taking heat from the GOP'... more »
Syria: Russia & China skip UN talks- West pushing for 'humanitarian' war
2nd post for today-* Is it just me or does it seem the war agenda is
advancing?*
*1st post Ukraine *- The EU urges the creation of a new Ukrainian
government- Surprise!
*Now, over to Syria- *
UNITED NATIONS: Russia (China too) is blocking Western efforts to push
through a security council resolution that would raise the prospect of
sanctions against Syria unless the government gives unrestricted access to
deliver humanitarian aid.
Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin vowed to veto the proposed measure if
necessary. Both he and China's UN ambassador were no-shows at a meeting o... more »
Mistrust Breeds Contempt
Mitchell Anderson writes that Canada has become The Great Weird North,
where the government doesn't trust its own citizens. Consider the
evidence:
Revelations last week that Communications Security Establishment
Canada(CSEC) was spying on Canadians cell phones through airport Wi-Fi
networks
only came to light due to documents leaked by whistleblower Edward
Snowden.
Ontario's privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian said she was "blown away"
by
the news, adding that CSEC's methods seemed those of a "totalitarian
state,
not a free and open society."
If the "Harper Government" is suspiciou... more »
Barclays Fires 12,000; Reports Horrible Earnings, Awards Itself Bigger Bonuses - the hubris of the bankers is profound !
Barclays Fires 12,000; Reports Horrible Earnings, Awards Itself Bigger
Bonuses
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- Barclays
- E-Trade
- fixed
- HFT
- Market Manipulation
- Reuters
- United Kingdom
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It is not easy for one bank to anger more people with one announcement than
what Barclays did in the past 24 hours. In one fell swoop, the British bank
infuriated shareholders after announcing dismal earnings (an adjusted Q4
profit of about 200 million pounds and a statutory profit of less than 10... more »
Massive UK Flooding That Could Wreak Havoc For Months .... But is the EU to blame ? The Slog posits - Yes , they are !!!!
11 Surreal Photos From The Massive UK Flooding That Could Wreak Havoc For
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Resident Holly Phillips stands on a box outside her house after the river
Thames flooded the village of Wraysbury, southern England February 10, 2014.
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Southern and western Britain have been drenched by the wettest winter in
250 years, and nature isn't letting up quite yet.
The River Thames burst its banks after r... more »
Bill to Block Federal Funding to Universities that Boycott Israel
* (I'm sure that THIS will be all over the news [NOT!} . . I catch myself
wishing this was all just a bad dream more and more . . . )*
*By Eugene Volokh *
February 10, 2014 "Information Clearing House - "Washington Post" - The
bill was introduced yesterday, HR4009, and provides, in relevant part,
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an institution of higher
education shall not be eligible to receive funds or any other form of
financial assistance under this Act [not including student aid funds] if
the Secretary determines that such institution is participating in a
b... more »
The EU urges the creation of a new Ukrainian government- Surprise!
Not. I am not surprised to read of the EU making this call.
Why, it was just yesterday we saw Victoria Nuland's anointed one call for
the creation of a parallel government*...... And then today the EU urges
the creation of a new Ukrainian government*
*First: Recall Victoria Nuland wanted 'Yats' in?*
*Video here*- *Victoria Nuland "F the EU on the Ukraine"? Political elite
or something else? *
*Transcript here*
*Quote**- Nuland:* [Breaks in] I think Yats is the guy who's got the
economic experience, the governing experience.
*Then just yesterday-Ukraine- A parallel government & Be... more »
Honduras seizes 'crime zoo,' animals go hungry
Back in September the Honduran government started seizing the assets of Los
Cachiros, an alleged drug and crime organization. The $500 million in
seizures included a zoo and resort business the organization had
established between San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa. We had meant to go; the
TripAdvisor reviews were pretty good.
Uh-oh, I thought, when news of the seizure broke. Those animals were a lot
better off in a zoo owned by narcos than one run by the Honduran
government, which has demonstrated a consistent lack of competence in
almost everything it touches.
Sadly, that seems to be t... more »
Where's The Outrage???
Oh, it's there all right. Every time you type "I can't believe there hasn't
been an uprising yet" there are many more Canadians thinking the same
thing. It's still a small minority of Canadians, but they're there. It's
just that the "progressive" or "leftist" brain-trust has no idea how to
harness this energy.
Nobody appears capable of large-scale, strategic thinking. (I'm making
myself an exception here. My problem is getting access to the resources
that the plodders are in control of.)
Now, the vast majority of Canadians aren't even thinking about this shit.
They're busy going ab... more »
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*The proposed British ban on smoking in cars where children are present*
*The data on passive smoking indicate that it is not generally harmful but
smoking in cars with children may be a special case. There appears to be
no relevant research*
The Commons will vote on whether to give the health secretary the power to
impose a ban on smoking in cars, despite the opposition of some MPs
including members of the Cabinet.
Steven Wibberley from the British Lung Foundation explained the health
implications of smoking in cars.
"Because it's an enclosed environment, it concentrates the smo... more »
Parent’s unconscious of risks faced by children on smart phones
According to a study many parents are out of touch with the dangers faced
by their kids on tablets and smart phones. Almost one in five children
supposed they had seen something on their devices that had upset them,
twice the number parents had thought. A separate study found that just over
20% of parents do not monitor what their children are doing online.
The study was commissioned as part of Safer Internet Day. While 90% of the
parents surveyed said they had spoken to their children about staying safe
online when using a tablet or a *Smartphone,* most said they allowed their
c... more »
Turn It Off: Fight the NSA Stasi at State Level
What has become painfully apparent is that any effort to restrain the rogue
NSA and the ongoing illegal surveillance and mass data-mining programs
conducted against law-abiding Americans is doomed to fail at the federal
level. With each new report based on the data procured by former government
contractor turned NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden the outrage grows even
as Leviathan on the Potomac digs in to resist calls for accountability.
With the stories that came out yesterday on how the Obama administration is
furiously working on their next extrajudicial murder of an American ci... more »
message to all TRANSDIMENSIONALS, "I'm waiting,"
TRANSDIMENSIONALISM, what a joke.
"Come on," if you've got access to the trans-dimensional hardware
or wetware, "Arrive. You can see me on your 'scope'. Visit me now."
I dare you.
ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE: I'll add a report to this blogpost that you were
here. "Clock's ticking, pussies."
*EVENING UPDATE:* well, of course, nothing happened. Nobody came through.
Nobody manifested. Nobody broke into my reality, walked into my living room
and said something like, "Hi, Mike, here's proof that TRANSDIMENSIONALS
EXIST and isn't it about time you apologised for the 'pussies' comment?"
... more »
The Parasitical Elite – Defining The Shifting Enemy Of The Common Man
*"Being of non-physical substance, they do not eat food as we define food.
They do not get drunk on what we call alcohol. These entities feed upon
fear and negative emotion. The tools they use to grow their food are found
in the machinations of central banks, the CFR, warmongering corporations
and a host of earthly minions, all dedicated to sowing fear and creating
negative emotion within us. This is their food."*
Michael T. Winter
*Activist Post*
Who are these people? Some will immediately chime in, “They aren't people
at all!” Perhaps so...perhaps not. They go by many names; T... more »
The Pro-China team gets the attention of the locals
*The 145A in Yunlin.*
The pro-China forces were sprinkling the land this week with little
reminders of just how life will be when China annexes Taiwan. First, the
ongoing controversy over the changes to the high school textbooks showed
the full colonial thrust of the Deep Blue pro-China academics who drafted
them: aborigines in Taiwan are referred to as China's 56th minority, the
"high mountain people" (高山族). Hey, way to go! And this an election year
too. This controversy couldn't have happened at a better time.
Meanwhile this week China refused visas to journalists from Apple Dai... more »
English lecturer Job at Kinmen University
Got this in the email:
Lecturer or Assistant Professor (Contract-based full-time position), Dept.
of Applied English, National Quemoy University. Click READ MORE to read
more.....
Qualification and experience
*Education
**Earned Master or doctorate in English Education or related field
*Experience
** University/College level ESL/EFL teaching experience
** Experience in ESL/EFL teaching students English
** Excellent oral and written communication skills
** Ability to work collaboratively in university setting
* Preferred
** Experience in planning English learning activities (Preferred... more »
Signed in right Blogger account but no blogs? Solution
Ever have that frustrating experience of being logged into the right
Blogger account but have zero blogs in the Dashboard?
[image: Blogger: signed into correct Blogger account but no blogs in
Dashboard]
I have experienced this myself too and I have 2 possible solution.
First to confirm that you are actually signed into the right Blogger
account. Surf to the blog which you want to do some editing or to make a
new post. If you are signed into the right account, then you should be able
to see the quick edit orange pencil icon and the wrench and screwdriver
icon [image: Blogger wrench... more »
headline Door from the Future - artist Klemens Torggler - item Drehplattentür
Austrian artist, Klemens Torggler, has created a 4-part "flip panel door"
and it's like 'something from the future'.
If you want to Whine & Complain about the Health & Safety aspect of this
design, you're not getting it.
Jordan’s Journey from Gardasil into the Unknown by Kami Wightman Fulton
JordenJordan’s Journey from Gardasil into the Unknown
By Kami Wightman Fulton
Bitley Michigan
Sane Vax Inc., 11 February 2014
*What Gardasil did for Jordan*
My daughter was an amazing athlete! Volleyball and wakeboarding were her
life.
Now, we are lucky if she can complete a full day at school let alone play
sports.
This all started a week after my daughter had the first shot of Gardasil
and began to have lots of pain and swelling in her joints. Her knee in
particular was really bad. It was terribly swollen as were her neck and
ankles. The doctors thought she had J... more »
QEG- Quantum Energy Generator: Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!
Exciting doesn't even come close to describing adequately the feeling of a
breakthrough being within reach. Hope Girl's updates on the QEG- Quantum
Energy Generator - have left a lot of people holding their breath in
anticipation of it's release. I chatted briefly last night with Hope and
the excitement is almost palpable as it's release is imminent. I am hoping
to get into a much more in depth conversation with Hope very soon as both
Nick and I are very very keenly interested in the QEG and bringing it out
to the people through mass production.
As I wrote last night, this is th... more »
Take a Stand For Steve Marsh & Organic Farmers Around The World! - Sign This Petition
Take a stand for Organic Farmers around the World!*A threat to an organic
farmer anywhere, is a threat to all organic farmers everywhere!*
This week, an important case is being heard *halfway around the world* in
Western Australia about organic farmer Steve Marsh, whose organic field was
contaminated by his neighbor’s genetically engineered canola. As a result, *Steve
lost his organic certification and as much as 70% of his Steve’s farm has
been contaminated* with Monsanto’s patented genes.
With clever fine print in their seed contracts, *Monsanto is not legally
liable* for their p... more »
Zeilinger's Newton Lecture on foundations of QM
On Sunday, Peter F. would send me a link to an obnoxious anti-quantum
tirade by Adrian Kent. Except for some random uncontroversial spam about
the discovery of nuclei and other things, it's nothing else than another
salvo saying that quantum mechanics has to collapse because it is not
classical physics – it is refusing to fulfill the obligation to say what is
happening during the experiment. Well, quantum mechanics answers this
question completely clearly and unambiguously when it says that it is
physically invalid to ask about the measurable quantities before they're
measured – the... more »
LORD McALPINE; SATANISM
*Lord Alistair McAlpine*, who was accused of sexually abusing boys from a
UK children's home, died in PUGLIA in Italy in January 2014.
"And as with Savile - no real cause of death?"
Police say that Satanists are particularly active in Puglia.
Italian priests join the war on Satanic crime - Telegraph
*Puglia is famous for? McALPINE, PUGLIA.*
In 2012 we wrote: *WARWICK SPINKS AND VIOLENT PEDOPHILE RINGS*
On this post, *Anonymous* comments on the relationship between Lord
McAlpine and whistleblower Steve Messham who made accusations of child
abuse against Lord McAlpine.
There i... more »
More brazen, shameless "Holocaust" chutzpah
The organized Jewish community residing in Hungary, in yet another display
of brazen chutzpah and arrogance, has decided to *"boycott the
state-sponsored Holocaust memorial program unless the government makes
changes to redress distortions of history,"* the *Jewish Telegraph Agency*reports.
The Jews living in Hungary are upset that the Hungarian government is not
perpetuating the false narrative of WWII, particularly as it relates to the
fake Jewish "Holocaust" story we constantly hear about, in a manner that
adequately suits the Jewish community and advances the primacy of alleged
... more »
NYT: Nuclear Waste Solution Seen in Desert Salt Beds
One of the great problems of nuclear power has always been what to do with
the radioactive waste. Most of it presently is stored at the reactor sites,
and most of the spent rods are kept in specially designed pools, called wet
storage.
The rest of the waste, also usually kept on site, is in dry storage.
According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, dry storage began in 1986: "In
this method, spent fuel is surrounded by inert gas inside a container
called a cask. The casks can be made of metal or concrete, and some can be
used for both storage and transportation. They are either ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Exit Plan'
EXIT
PLAN
Posted on February 10, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. FEB. 10, 2014. The hierarchal charade is ending. Looks like Canada
is joining the US and UN control grid [Agenda 21]. Lawyers for the
Corporation of Canada are fleeing and saying in effect, “Let’s get out
now while the going is good. We’ll join Piper, the international law
firm, run out of the UN. We can help make laws for
MeTA 16: Day 1 of Conference 2014
The 2014 Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) Philippines forum 2014
started today, here at the Bayanihan Center of Unilab Complex, Pasig City,
Metro Manila. Attendance is big, 100+ people attending. I see many new
faces here compared to past MeTA PH fora.
Below, they key speakers, from left: Former Bulacan Gov. Roberto "Obet"
Pagdanganan, MeTA Philippines Chairman, gave the Opening Remarks. Dr. Tim
Reed, Health Action International (HAI, Amsterdam, the International MeTA
Secretariat). Dr. Deirdre Dimancesco of WHO in Geneva, and Dr. Francisco
Tranquilino of the UP College of Med... more »
today: call your m.p.! stop the (un)fair elections act!
I trust by now you've all heard about Stephen Harper's latest plan to
undermine democracy in Canada, his electoral reform bill that the chief
electoral officer of the country has called an affront to democracy.
Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand told CBC: "My reading of the act is
that I can no longer speak about democracy in this country." Now, as per
usual, the Harpercrats want to pass the bill before it can be properly
debated. It was just introduced a few days ago, but could be adopted by the
House of Commons as early as today or tomorrow.
The so-called Fair Elections Act wou... more »
US Attorney Eric Holder to step down this year ? But note the pushback - DOJ Disputes Report That Holder Will Resign Or not in 2014 - who knows what this Administration will do from day to day anyway ?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/10/eric-holder-step-down-year-report/
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will step down this year, he said in an
interview with the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin in the magazine’s Feb. 17
edition.
In a feature article, Mr. Holder said he plans on staying in his position
“well into” the year.
Last November, Mr. Holder, the first black attorney general, told CBS News
he didn’t have “any plans” to step down.
Mr. Holder has made voting rights the test case of his tenure, the New
Yorker reported. He has been a vocal critic of the Supreme Court c... more »
Anne Lewis : Bridging the chasm between environmental and economic justice
A conversation with activists Bill Fletcher, Jr., and Bill Gallegos. By
Anne Lewis | The Rag Blog | February 11, 2014 Steelworkers President Leo
Gerard said about the choice between a clean environment and good jobs,
“You can have both, … finish reading Anne Lewis :
Bridging the chasm between environmental and economic justice
Listen: Gary Foley's advice to young Aboriginal people
Listen
to Aboriginal Gary Foley, recently featured in articles on how the
Australian intelligence agency spied on Aboriginals in the '70s and
earlier. Foley tells young people to think for themselves, analyze for
themselves, stay away from government jobs, and don't consider a person
an elder just because they turned 45 years old.
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*Doubts about the hiding ocean heat*
The latest episode in the claim that heat is "hiding" in the ocean is here,
reporting a study led by a Prof. England. Just a few preliminary notes:
The study offers an explanation for the pesky fact (for Warmists) that
there has been a "standstill" in the earth's temperature for about 17
years. Prof. England calculates that stronger winds in the Pacific in
recent years would have pushed hot surface water to below 700 meters and
that the heat is just lurking there to come up again some time and warm us.
So the heat is not absent, just hidin... more »
Love Quest : Day 3 - The Square Peg
So, stuff may be coming up, lots of stuff. This is stuff that has been
swept under the rug and remained there for years. You are re-decorating
now and someone has moved the rug. There is nothing nearby to cover it
with. You’ll have to deal with it in a new way.
When my children were very young and in the midst of a creative project,
inevitably something would go wrong. Some would call this a mistake – but
after a few tears were shed, we’d consider it an opportunity, a chance to
do things differently, to try something unexpected. Nothing was ever
“ruined”. Yet many picture... more »
Republican Civil War Isn't Just About Money… Bigotry And Racism Are Big On The Right As Well
Matt Bevin, the radical right's McConnell slayer?
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks Animation, is probably the most
prodigious Democratic bundler in California. It was huge news when he
backed Obama instead of Hillary in 2008. Today's news was that he's back on
board with the Clintons. In the last 2 cycles, plus this year, he's
personally donated over $3.5 million to Democratic organizations and
candidates, particularly Priorities USA Action. Between 1990 and 2008, he
wrote checks for $1.3 million. Jeffrey Katzenberg doesn't contribute to
outfits like Blue America; he gives to ... more »
Does your food do more than fill you up?
[image: Elderly couple enjoying vitality because of healthy eating.]*Spices
improved their health*I was standing in the spice isle, admiring all the
varieties and colors, when, out of nowhere, an elderly woman began speaking
to me about her husband's past health issues. Evidently, he suffered for
years with arthritis, circulation problems, and heart disease. She recalled
someone telling her, when she was a young woman, that spices were very
healing. So, she began to add them to every meal. She claimed that, after
years of spicing up their meals, her husband's health issues went away ... more »
The NY Times (Formerly Known as a Newspaper) Outed As First-Rank Disinformant
Bill Fucking Keller, editor extraordinaire. Or undercover agent
extraordinaire. Cancer survivor libeler. Keeper of Bush secrets.
Misinformer/liar to millions. Ready to perform more public services. And
write off taxes to public. As usual. A hit! Providing even more evidence
that the Karl Rove Apparatus maintains tight control. NY Times Editor Who
Held Bush Wiretapping Story For a Year
My comment to Congress on the Keystone Pipeline. Where's yours?
Here's
what I submitted. You can submit your own comment at
http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=DOS-2014-0003-0001.
How many spills will it take before we realized this was a horrible
idea? How many lives will have been ruined, farms
swamped with tar sands that are harder to clean up than oil? Is that a
worthy trade-off for the relatively few American jobs this will create?
Would not
Enbridge and Stephen Harper Can Expect The Same Protest and Worse In British Columbia, Northern Gateway Is Dead
*A March In North Carolina For The Soul Of America*
*The scene was Raleigh, N.C., but for many of the people who were there the
message and its impact was intended to be national: There is a growing
populist resistance to the conservative extremist agenda, and the tens of
thousands of people from 43 states who converged on the North Carolina
state capital on Saturday is just the beginning.*
*The people who came to North Carolina to join Moral March on Raleigh saw
it as the next phase of the push-back against tea-party Republicans and
their assault in North Carolina and elsewhere a... more »
You can’t drive a Toyota with a cloth cap
If you had a dollar for every time a local unionist or union supporter was
heard to say that higher Australian wages are due to greater union
militancy (as if all that extra capital Australian workers have to work
with were irrelevant), you’d have enough money to pay all of Matt
McCarten’s outstanding debts.
Sure, unions can push wages high. But *sustainable* wage levels are
generally a function of capital and its productivity – push them higher,
and they soon become unsustainable.
Latest example: Toyota Australia, joining Ford Australia and General Motors
Australia on the scrap... more »
Thorne Dreyer : Workers Defense Project’s Cristina Tzintzún joins us on Rag Radio
Tzintzún, who has been heralded as a ‘Hero of the New South,’ is featured
on the Rag Radio podcast. By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | February 10, 2014
Cristina Tzintzún, executive director of the Workers Defense Project,
was … finish reading Thorne Dreyer :
Workers Defense Project’s Cristina Tzintzún joins us on Rag Radio
Alan Waldman : Clever British series about four 50-year-old men who struggle with the challenges of aging
The cast is outstanding, and the quartet’s vain attempts to recapture their
youth are amusingly presented. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | February
10, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite
films and … finish reading Alan Waldman :
Clever British series about four 50-year-old men who struggle with the
challenges of aging
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“Putting Big Brother in the Driver’s Seat: V2V Transmitters, Black Boxes & Drones”
*“Putting Big Brother in the Driver’s Seat: *
*V2V Transmitters, Black Boxes & Drones”*
By John W. Whitehead
“It’s a future where you don’t forget anything…In this new future you’re
never lost…We will know your position down to the foot and down to the inch
over time…Your car will drive itself, it’s a bug that cars were invented
before computers…you’re never lonely…you’re never bored…you’re never out of
ideas… We can suggest where you go next, who to meet, what to read...What’s
interesting about this future is that it’s for the average person, not just
the elites.”—Google CEO Eric S... more »
STANDING UP FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA
Investigative journalists Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald join Democracy
Now for their first interview upon launching The Intercept, their new
digital magazine published by First Look Media, the newly formed media
venture started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. Greenwald is the journalist
who first broke the story about Edward Snowden’s disclosures on the
National Security Agency. He was previously a columnist at The Guardian
newspaper. Scahill is producer and writer of the documentary film "Dirty
Wars," which is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
"We ... more »
George W. Bush is honored by the ADL for his support of the two-state solution -- are you laughing or crying?
*by Ken*
I think this story pretty much speaks for itself, except to note that if
you line up your angles right, it's possible for the giving of an honor to
dishonor both the giver and the recipient.
Once upon a time, it was at least my impression that the Anti-Defamation
League and its longtime director, Abraham Foxman, did serious work. But
somewhere along the line (and again, this is my impression of the history)
the ADL and its director went, well, nuts, and transformed themselves into
shrill propagandists, shills for the lower lowlifes of the Israeli
government and the offic... more »
Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 16, 1953-1954
The movement to democratize Egypt: Nasser forces resignation of General
Naguib; no mass Jewish emigration during this period. By Bob Feldman | The
Rag Blog | February 10, 2014 [With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob
Feldman's Rag Blog … finish reading Bob Feldman :
A People’s History of Egypt, Part 16, 1953-1954
Gold news of the day February 10 , 2014 ..... Morgan Warns of Possible Physical Gold Shortage ....... GATA missives discussing China gold demand , gold manipulation and conrasting Venezuela's recovery of its gold in contrast to the flailing efforts of Germany !
GATA.....
Sprott praises GATA consultant Speck's 'The Gold Cartel'
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-02-10 21:22. Section: Daily Dispatches
4:22p ET Monday, February 10, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
On the weekly market review by Sprott Money News, Sprott Asset Management's
CEO Eric Sprott explains his optimism about gold and silver prices and
praises GATA consultant Dimitri Speck's new book, "The Gold Cartel," for
detailing the largely surreptitious manipulation of the gold market by
central banks.
Information about Speck's book is available at the Internet site of his
publish... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report ( Market manipulations become more extreme , more desperate ) - February 8 , 2014 - Data , News and Views touching upon the precious metals -- additional items from GATA ( key article discussing German gold repatriation attempts and German BS regarding same ) and Koos Jansen ( China's need to buy gold ) ..... JP Morgan selects Mercuria for the sale of its physical commodities unit - Blythe Masters not part of the package ? Blythe Masters Withdraws From CFTC : Furious Twitter Backlash Blamed
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/market-manipulations-become-more-extreme-more-desperate
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
By the time the jobs report came out at 8:30 a.m. EST in New York
yesterday, gold was up about five bucks or so from it's closing price on
Thursday. The jobs number precipitated a down/up price spike---and the
'up' spike got hammered flat by JPMorgan *et al *within 15 minutes.
Once the London p.m. gold fix was out of the way, the gold price rallied a
few dollars going into the London close---and then the gold price traded
sideways into the 1:30 p.m Comex clo... more »
Want to Raise Achievement? End Socioeconomic Segregation.
*Richard Kahlenberg in the NYTimes:*
Parental involvement in education is both critical for students and
unequally distributed, with upper-middle class parents much more likely to
be engaged. There are, however, important steps that policy makers can take
to ensure that students in all schools have champions for higher standards
and strong teaching.
*Lower-income parents can't get involved as easily. An economic mix gets
active parents lobbying for excellence in every school.*
Parents are the key to improving education in two senses. First, parents
are the primary educators of stude... more »
Untitled
*Oil industry, 'Green Army' at odds ~Lynda Edwards, Daily Advertiser*
The warmist “consensus” concedes the pause [updated]
Struggling to explain why global atmospheric temperatures have refused to
rise over the last 16 years in accord with their scary models and
frightening predictions – even as carbon dioxide emissions have continued –
the warmist story now concedes that, yes, there has been a pause in the
onset of catastrophe. And, yes, it is rather inconvenient. And, well, we
now have an excuse.
It’s been caused by strong winds.
Yes, true story:
- *The reason for ‘the pause’ in global warming, excuse #37 in a series:
‘trade winds’* – WATTS UP WITH THAT
- *Do winds control the climate or ... more »
Obama Administration Plots Next Extrajudicial Murder
Having already acted as judge, jury and executioner and gotten away with it
scot-free President Barack Obama, our constitutional law professor in chief
is preparing to target yet another American citizen for termination with
extreme prejudice. In a flurry of stories on Monday it has been stated that
the Obama administration is about to launch another operation to carry out
an extrajudicial murder of a so-called threat to America, reported to be a
member of the now umbrella term that is applied to ALL Islamic militants -
Al Qaeda. The yet unnamed target of the coming murder without... more »
Defeat Deception! Alan Grayson and Dr. Lee Rogers For Congress! (Win Joni Mitchell Art Print Never Offered For Sale Before - Random Drawing) Who's Paying Obamatrons? (Revolt Outside The Media Spotlight)
I think I've mentioned several times before how much respect and admiration
I have for Joni Mitchell's artistry (and good works). Senator Alan Grayson,
another one of my favorite people/artists (if you believe that political
actors can also be artists) has an imaginative offer for us that will
benefit everyone politically. Except for the bad guys, of course. From our
friend at Down With
Obituary: Stuart Hall
I was very sorry to hear about Stuart Hall this afternoon. A figure who
tends not to get much coverage in academe or the left these days, his
impact on the social sciences and socialist politics in Britain was deep
and influential. When I started studying sociology in the early-mid 1990s,
Hall's work cast a benign shadow over the British intellectual scene. His
was an attempt to come to grips with how politics and culture worked
together for the benefit of prevailing configurations of class and power.
In 1978's *Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State and the Law* Hall and
his coll... more »
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