BNP Election propaganda (Photo credit: mia!)
The BNP Paribas building in Paris, as seen from the Rue de Rougemont (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: BNP_Paribas_London_Trading_Floor (Photo credit: Wikipedia)US Taxpayer "Bailed Out" BNP Paribas Probed By DoJ & Fed On Sudan, Iran, Libya Deals ....... Wonder if Presidents Obama and Hollande discussed BNP Paribas while enjoying their splendid feast ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-13/us-taxpayer-bailed-out-bnp-paribas-probed-doj-fed-sudan-iran-libya-deals
US Taxpayer "Bailed Out" BNP Paribas Probed By DoJ & Fed On Sudan, Iran,
Libya Deals
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- Federal Reserve
- Iran
- TARP
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*TARP Recipient BNP Paribas got $4.9bn of bailouts from the U.S. Taxpayer* -
Today, as the WSJ reports we learn *BNP Paribas has been funding
transactions in Iran, Syria and other countries subject to U.S. Sanctions
s... more »
Anbar Before And After The Awakening Pt. XI General Tariq Dulaimi Fmr Anbar Police Chief
General Tariq Youssef Dulaimi was Anbar’s former provincial police chief.
He originally served as a border guard under Saddam Hussein from the 1980s
to the 1990s. In 1992 he was court martialed and sentenced to death, which
led him to flee the province. He did not return until 2003 when he
re-joined the border police, and went on to the regular police where he
eventually took charge of the entire governorate. Dulaimi became an
opponent of the insurgency, and worked closely with the Anbar Awakening,
while holding a feud with the Iraqi Islamic Party that ran the province.
The gener... more »
Bosnian Spring? "Let's call it a Putsch" !
*With thanks to freethinker!*
*A Bosnian Spring- Let’s call it a putsch.*
Feb 09/2014
I have added additional links to the post
Mr. Karganovic, in Tuzla, Mostar, Zenica and Sarajevo, government buildings
have been set on fire by protesters and there have been demonstrations
across much of the rest of the country. Hundreds have been injured,
including policemen. BBC News talks already about „Balkan Spring“...
Karganovic: (laughs) This is not surprising at all. I predicted this a long
time ago and I discussed this already with officials of the Republika
Srpska last year. It did not ... more »
King Corn: Common Core Syrup
I read an article by Alice Crites about the influence of big business (corn
and sugar) on the food policies and productions. I was astounded at how,
within the first minute of reading about how BIG BUSINESS manipulates
legislation and public perception in food production, I was able to see how
that system of corruption […]
GOP Says Obama Has To OK Environmentally Unsound Keystone XL Pipeline Because It Will Create Jobs-- But It Won't
Do you find it odd that there are some labor unions who contribute to
Republicans? By far the building trades unions are the biggest culprits,
especially when it comes to Mafia-backed candidates like Michael "Mikey
Suits" Grimm. And, as Slate reported yesterday, the building trades have
dragged the AFL-CIO into backing the GOP position on Keystone XL.
This has some people surprised on the grounds that the project is set to
create very few permanent jobs. The issue here, however, is all about the
building trades unions. The building trades have been backing Keystone for
a long ti... more »
Libya updates February 13 , 2014 -- In reply to a question from the media about the statement by the GNC official spokesperson that the GNC had come to an agreement in principle on replacing the Prime Minister, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that he did not accept that Hamaidan was speaking for Congress , Defence Minister threatens action after calls for military rule in Libya ........ Security issues of the day - Sharara oil pipeline again blockaded in Jebel Nafusa , Power cut warning of Tripoli after gas pipeline blockaded , Intelligence services take time to rebuild – Zeidan
Political intrigue.....
http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/02/13/omar-hamaidan-did-not-speak-for-the-gnc-zeidan/#axzz2tE0NDUo1
Omar Hamaidan did not speak for the GNC – Zeidan
*By Sami Zaptia.*
[image: Ali Zeidan press conference yesterday held at the Islamic Call
Society (Photo: Libyan Government Facebook page).]
Ali Zeidan at his press conference yesterday held at the Islamic Call
Society (Photo: Libyan Government Facebook page).
*Tripoli, 13 February 2014:*
In reply to a question from the media about the statement by the GNC
official spokesperson that the GNC had come to an agreeme... more »
New Jersey political round up February 12 , 2014 - Focus on Bridge Gate , Hurricane Sandy Legislative Hearing , Chris Christie's political fortunes .......
Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
New bridgegate subpoena focuses on former Port Authority official's
November testimony
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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Deputy Executive Director Bill
Baroni testifies before the Assembly Transportation Committee *(Tony
Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger)*
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A newly issued subpoena in the ongoing George Washington Bridge
investigation seeks information related to a former Port Authority
official'... more »
Nothing simple about building volunteerism in Honduras
After many years as both a volunteer and an employer working with
volunteers, I am well familiar with the highs and lows of the volunteer
experience from both sides of the fence. So I'm watching with much interest
as the organization that placed me here in Honduras, Cuso International,
reshapes itself in the country as the lead hand in the development and
management of a national volunteer program.
It's a wonderful vision. Honduras has a considerable amount of informal
volunteering going on - through the church, neighbour-to-neighbour, a
handful of service clubs - but coul... more »
WHAT'S WITH THAT WEATHER?
- The snow is coming again now, up to 18 inches in some parts of the
state, the media plays it up big. Everyone is beginning to fear climate
change but we are still not allowed to talk about the subject in any
meaningful way - particularly the military aspects of weather modification.
- In 1999 I was part of a small group that went to Puerto Rico to
support the people's occupation of the island of Vieques that was then a
bombing range for the US Navy. It's was thrilling and humbling to visit
the occupied island as Puerto Ricans waged an ultimately long... more »
Humanity Olympics Prospective
No picture cause its a hard read.
A tragic failure to lead. Opportunity costs in the trillions. This is the
legacy of big C conservative government in general, and doubly true of
Canada's current crop of idiot ideologues. Economics is an art masquerading
as a science. Even the simple proven acts of Economic cause and effect
have been repeatedly sacrificed by this current band. For which a perfect
metaphor exits, Stephen Harper singing a Beatles song. Out of tune, out of
touch, as soulless as a master of the water board recording his surfing
exploits on GoPro.
This governments Econ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Voice of Russia Radio Interview'
VOICE
OF RUSSIA RADIO INTERVIEW
Posted on February 13, 2014
MNN. FEB. 13, 2014. ATTACHED IS THE RECENT INTERVIEW OF THE MNN
PUBLISHER WITH JOHN ROBLES OF THE ‘VOICE OF RUSSIA’ RADIO, PART 1.
Feb. 12, 2014. “Voice of Russia Radio” interview: Kahentinetha.
We are still waiting for the carrier of the white stone. Hopi Prophecy.
As the Beatles sang: “The Ukraine girls really knock me
How can China's " quiet " ongoing credit crisis be over if the PBOC had to bailout a 'small' wealth management product due to fears of contagion, which merely amplifies the future problems, and investors are pricing coal companies (which back a vast amount of shadow bank facilities) for major problems ahead... and the PBC had to pump CNY 375 billion in last week just to prop up the banks through the new year ? ? ? What if the chinese government's efforts to engineer a deleveraging lead to a hard landing in China ??
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
And one day later we see proof of the theorem that the " quiet " ongoing
crisis in't over..........
It Begins... Another High-Yield Chinese Shadow Banking Trust Defaults
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- Bond
- China
- CRAP
- default
- George Soros
- Gross Domestic Product
- Hong Kong
- Jim Chanos
- Michael Pettis
- Reuters
- Shadow Banking
- Yuan
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While the eyes of the world were focused on thenow infamous "Credit Equals
Gold #1" Chinese wealth management p... more »
Universe is maths, but only some maths is relevant or true
Max Tegmark of MIT has released his book, *Our Mathematical Universe: My
Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality*, a month ago and it just appeared
in the Kindle edition, too.
I won't write a full-fledged review, especially because the book looks way
too similar to Brian Greene's *The Hidden Reality*. Greene's latest major
book talks about "parallel universes of all types" we find in physics and
the most speculative ones, simulated universes and the universe of the
mathematical totality as promoted by Tegmark, were described in the last
chapters of Greene's book.
Tegmark introduce... more »
Gold news February 11 , 2014 -- Bundesbank Changes Gold Repatriation Schedule - while Buba tries to hide what's happened to Germany's gold , the is leaking out ... and Germans want to know the deal ! ! A 500-tonne gap in China's gold consumption data is fuelling talk that the central bank took advantage of weak prices last year to bulk up its holdings of the precious metal ...... Trends Of The Latest Bank Participation Report - by Turd Ferguson ! Harvey Organ's daily missive - data , news and views !
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.ingoldwetrust.ch/bundesbank-changes-gold-repatriation-schedule
Bundesbank Changes Gold Repatriation Schedule
One of the initiators of the German public campaign “Repatriate our Gold” is
Peter Boehringer of “German Precious Metal Society” (est 2006). After
lengthy efforts together with partner the “European Taxpayers Association”,
the team finally, in January 2013, brought about Bundesbank´s decision to
repatriate 300 tons of gold from the US and 374 tons from France by
end-2020. Because asking your gold back from the US being quite sensitive,
the repatriation would be s... more »
Emergency lockout early today in snowstorm non-whiteout conditions!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014*
*Posts will be somewhat delayed:* After 31 years of unblemished service,
even the best of house keys will finally snap right in half.
That’s the emergency lesson we learned today during emergency snowstorm
non-whiteout conditions. Survival skills were put to use. Access was
recently gained.
On the brighter side, last night’s cable was extra pathetic. Today’s posts
will be somewhat delayed.
Update: Brief history of earth
In a video format. Now if you miss a frame you can pause and read it.
Bitcoin updates February 11 , 2014 - Following the February 7 , 2014 Mt Gox suspension of all withdrawal requests and subsequent February 10 , 2014 indefinite halt on bitcoin withdrawals due to their perception of a technical issue ( transaction malleability ) impacting not just Mt Gox but any other crypto - currency or Exchange , today has seen Bitstamp also halt bitcoin withdrawals ! Will BTC - e also halt withdrawals and what about other Exchanges ? JP Morgan issues a " timely " slam of bitcoin as inferior to fiat currencies ! Mere coincidence or enemy action ? You decide ......
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
Bitcoin Foundation Confirms Work on Transaction Malleability-Related Bug
Fixes
Eric Calouro | February 11, 2014 | 0 Comments
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Gavin Adresen has provided the bitcoin community with an update related to
theongoing distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) that takes advantage
of the transaction malleability issue we’ve been reported so much on these
past two days.
“Somebody (or several somebodies) is taking advantage of the transaction
malleability issue and relaying mutated versions of transactions,” wrote
Andresen on a blog post. “This is exposing b... more »
Yet another major weather/storm event with severe winds and heavy rain/snow next week
*Yet another major weather/storm event with severe winds and heavy
rain/snow next week*
As we progress throughout the remainder of this week, it will be remaining
rather unsettled with further periods of rain and strong winds developing
across the country. Some of this rain will also turn to snow across parts
of Scotland and northern England at times within this period. Friday
evening and into Saturday will bring severe winds in excess of 70-80 mph in
some coastal areas, and there will also be the increased risk for some
additional flooding problems in already prone areas. Saturday ... more »
585,000 Without Power As "Catastrophic" Winter Storm Pax Pounds Northeast
585,000 Without Power As "Catastrophic" Winter Storm Pax Pounds Northeast
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Winter Storm 'Pax' has already crippled much of the South, snarling traffic
and dumping more snow than most can remember on places that are unarguably
ill-prepared to cope. But, as The Weather Channel warns, *up to 18 more
inches of snow is forecast for the Northeast *as Pax pushes up the East
Coast. With no thaw expected in the South until at least the weekend (and
freezing winds causing havoc)... more »
Brief history of the world
Does this make sense? What folks think about it.
Note: There are numerous frames. I have slowed down the animation so that
there is enough time to read.
Another Former KIPP Teacher Steps Forward
Posted at Edushyster:
*A former KIPP teacher in New Orleans finds her voice*
I was never much of a champion [reference to *Teach Like a Champion*, Doug
Lemov's exhausting checklist that serves as a bible for TFA and KIPP], to
be honest. KIPP defines a successful teacher as someone who keeps children
quiet, teaches children how to answer each question on a test composed of
arbitrary questions, and then produces high scores on this test. Mind you,
I was teaching Pre-K and then kindergarten at a KIPP school in New
Orleans—and these were still the metrics by which I was being evaluated.
... more »
EU bans "butter spread" in Czechia
Maoist comrade Barroso is celebrating another victory in his Blitzkrieg
against freedom in Europe.
In 1977, a creamery in Liberec, North Bohemia began to produce the
traditional butter spread known as "pomazánkové máslo" which became an
instant hit with the Czechoslovak consumers (although the legend wouldn't
ever spread abroad). Other dairies joined and began to produce it. The
popular product survived the fall of communism, of course.
Let me mention that in the Czech language, "pomazánkové" is an adjective
derived from the noun "pomazánka", a "spread"; "pomazánka" itself is
der... more »
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*Louisiana bays and bayous vanish from nautical maps ~Rick Jervis, USA
Today*
*A sad day for the city of New Orleans as four beloved veteran Saints
players are released ~Library Chronicles*
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*The national broadcast of The Whole Gritty City will air on CBS Saturday,
2/15 at 8PM CST ~Defend New Orleans*
*Carrier celebrates 25 years on zydeco road ~Herman, Fuselier, Daily
Advertiser*
Has The GOP Cornered The Market On Political Closet Cases? Meet Illinois Gubernatorial Aspirant Dan Rutherford
"Josh Lanning has the worst job"
A year or so ago, I found myself at the fabulous Beverly Hills restaurant
of one of the world's most celebrated chefs, José Andrés, The Bazaar. But
my dining companion was even more famous-- perhaps infamous-- than Andrés
who has won James Beard awards and who beat Bobby Flay on *Top Chef*. My
dining companion's name and face had been splashed all over the media a few
years before for inappropriate behavior with underage boys-- while he was a
congressman. So why was I having dinner with a Republican ex-Congressman at
The Bazaar? He wanted to feel me o... more »
Will He Go With A Bang Or A Whimper?
Yesterday, Jim Flaherty signalled that he is packing his bags. In
announcing his opposition to income splitting, he placed himself in direct
opposition to his boss and the men, like Jason Kenny, who hope to replace
the prime minister -- if and when he retires. Flaherty also became a target
for social conservatives -- mainly evangelical Christians -- whose vote
Harper bought with his promise to split incomes. Andrew Jackson writes:
Evangelical Christian institutions in particular had close ties to the
Reform Party and have maintained and even increased their influence on
policy und... more »
Assault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for Terrorism ....April 2013 Sniper Attack Knocked Out Substation, Raises Concern for Country's Power Grid . Just me by anyone wonder why this attack was blared across the major media including TV and newspapers ? This was a precision terror attack and it doesn't look like " Al Qaeda " had anything to do with this one ! Maybe because DHS is still busy portraying gun owners as nut cases and bio weapon threats ! LIGHTS OUT FOR NSA? MARYLAND LAWMAKERS PUSH TO CUT WATER, ELECTRICITY TO SPY AGENCY HEADQUARTERS - other event watch for Maryland ..... Some items in the news that make you wonder where we actually live
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Assault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for TerrorismApril
Sniper Attack Knocked Out Substation, Raises Concern for Country's Power
Grid
By
REBECCA SMITH
CONNECT
Feb. 4, 2014 10:30 p.m. ET
SAN JOSE, Calif.—The attack began just before 1 a.m. on April 16 last year,
when someone slipped into an underground vault not far from a busy freeway
and cut telephone cables.
Within half an hour, snipers opened fire on a nearby electrical substation.
Shooting for 19 minutes, they surgically knocked out 17 giant transformers
that funnel power to Silicon Valley. A minu... more »
You probably missed this. A game changer.
It's a long video. You can't afford to miss it. The world has changed when
we weren't looking.
If that's too long to watch, and too full of marketing hype, here's how it
works.
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*The great statins divide: As go-ahead's given for one in four adults to be
offered heart drug, one doctor says this mass pill-popping is folly...*
Dr Malhotra
The man in my consulting room was in his mid-50s and had arrived
complaining of severe chest pain. ‘I’ve had it for a while now, doctor,’ he
said, grimacing, ‘it won’t go away.’
I glanced at his notes — an angiogram had showed that his heart was fine,
while an endoscopy had revealed there was nothing untoward going on in his
oesophagus or stomach. Then I asked what drugs he was taking regularly.
‘Well, nothing really . . .... more »
The War on the First Amendment
With our society now so saturation bombed by decades of rampant militarism
to the point where everything has become a cliché that invokes combat – the
WAR on terror, the WAR on poverty, the WAR on drugs, the WAR on women etc.
we now should be aware of the Obama administration’s WAR on the First
Amendment. The War on the First Amendment specifically applies to the
portion that establishes the freedom of the press. While truth-telling has
always been an enemy of a secretive state determined to use all of the
tools in the shed to suppress those who would expose criminality and
corrup... more »
Uprisingis to Defend the System?
Once again; it's called a "Constitutional Insurgency."
A Holistic First Aid Kit by Dr. David Levi
First Aid Holistic Essentials
By Dr. David Levi, ND
*The Healthy Home Economist, 11 February 2014*
Band-aids, Neosporin, Tylenol, heating pad, etc. are the items you’ll find
in a conventional *first aid kit*. Well, if you have children, you’re going
need a lot more than that!
This is where homeopathy comes into the picture.
As a Naturopathic Doctor, I consider homeopathy to be the best home remedy
modality for acute (as opposed to chronic) situations, particularly with
children. Homeopathic remedies can be found at most healthfood stores, they
are inexpensive, and those tiny s... more »
TENNESSEE AND WORLDWIDE PEDOPHILE NETWORK
What may link Senator Lamar Alexander, *AZOV FILMS*, Jerry Sandusky, Mitt
Romney and the Bush family?
Wayne Madsen and Silvija Germek have been investigating.
* The Suicide Of Ryan Loskarn - A Likely Story** / **Loskarn Arrest Only A
Tip Of A Pedophile Network That Includes Alexander, Other Tennessee
Politicians*
*Alexander and Loskarn.*
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander's 35-year-old Chief of Staff *J. Ryan
Loskarn* was caught in the Azov Films (child porn and pedophile ring) bust
in Toronto in December 2013.
Azov Films Prosecutions.
*Loskarn was found dead in January 2014.*
... more »
Thursday Linkage – China’s Environmental Impact Edition
I came across this news story which underscored to me the challenges that
the Chinese government has in confronting their air quality problem, what I
previously likened to rapidly turning a supertanker. An official Chinese
study described Beijing air as “barely suitable” for living, the second
worst of 40 global cities. In response to last
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Mammograms don't detectably save lives
*I would recommend to scrap the policy of regular, semi-mandatory
mammography screening*
Overscreening, overdiagnosing, and overtreatment are three of the chronic
diseases of the modern healthcare systems. The New York Times brought to
our focus the results of an extensive, 25-year-long survey involving 90,000
Canadian women whose results just appeared in the *British Medical Journal*.
The results seem to clearly show that the use of mammograms doesn't reduce
the breast cancer death rate. It is not the first study with a similar
outcome – see e.g. this mammogram study one year ago... more »
For Heart Day: More images from Longest Walk 4
Just
in time for Heart Day, friends share a few more photos from the the
five-month Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz. Leslie Reed Soggs,
Sakonnet Band of Wampanoag, shared photos from the arrival at Alcatraz
in December, photos 1, 2 and 3.
Ralph Powell shared photos 4, 5 and 6 from Garden City, Kansas.
Thank you both for sharing with Censored News, and thank you to the
Thorne Dreyer and Bob Simmons : Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn spark lively and thoughtful exchange on Rag Radio
Video and Podcast: Activist/scholars Ayers and Dohrn, former leaders of SDS
and the Weather Underground, join Thorne Dreyer on Rag Radio. Bill Ayers
and Bernardine Dohrn interviewed by Thorne Dreyer on Rag Radio, Friday,
January 17, 2014. Video produced … finish reading Thorne Dreyer and Bob
Simmons :
Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn spark lively and thoughtful exchange on Rag
Radio
Roger Baker : Can Austin survive the current Texas drought? / 2
We look at the water-blind politics of Central Texas growth planning, and
the developer-friendly role of regional transportation planning group
CAMPO. Water use chart from stateimpact.npr. In the graphic above, one can
see a dramatic shift to municipal use as … finish reading Roger Baker :
Can Austin survive the current Texas drought? / 2
Are the banksters about to receive their comeuppance? And if so, what will happen to the rest of us when the crooked banks crash?
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JP Morgan Executive Becomes 5th Banker to Die in Last 2 Weeks
Some fear spate of deaths linked to imminent financial crisis
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
February 12, 2014
Two weeks after the suicide of a JP Morgan banker who jumped to his death
from the top of a building, another of the firm’s employees has died, with
37-year-old Ryan Henry Crane becoming the 5th banker fatality in just the
last few weeks alone.
Crane was an Executive Director in JPM’s Global Program Trading desk based
in New York and had been with the firm for 14 years.
Few d... more »
Guest Post - Is Green the New Red this Valentine’s Day?
The history attached to the Day of Love isn’t all romantic, not in the
traditional sense at least. This sweet day wouldn’t have happened without a
Roman Priest, St. Valentine, who existed at the time of an unkind emperor,
rightly called ‘Claudius, the Cruel’ who maltreated the church and its
preaching.
Claudius illegalized marriages on the argument that unmarried soldiers
fought better than those who were married, but our hero, St. Valentine, was
against it. He secretly encouraged them to get married because of the
ruler’s edict. Valentine was ultimately caught and executed. But hi... more »
ADELAIDE CHILD MURDERS
*The Beaumont children.*
*In 1966*, Jane, Anna and Grant *Beaumont* (above) vanished from Glenelg
Beach in Adelaide.
*In and around Adelaide*, in Australia, there is said to be a powerful
pedophile ring linked to the deaths of up to 18 children and the deaths of
two anti-child-abuse campaigners.
The ring is said to include top politicians, judges, lawyers and police.
The media calls those involved "The Family".
Fears, rumours lurk in heart of Adelaide.
Between 1966 and 2000, 18 children were murdered in and around Adelaide in
Australia.
There may be more than one pedophile rin... more »
Energy Econ :13: Universal Charges and Thin Power Reserves
A friend posted today in his fb wall,
*DOE Ssec. Petilla reportedly told the supreme court that the
implementation of the Epira law is a learning process. Fine, if that is how
this govt wants it. However, we, the consumers, do not have to pay for your
lessons.*
I commented that the main problem is the lack of power generation, lack of
power plants, and not on power distribution or transmission. If you have
only 200+ MW of excess reserves, and one 300 MW power plant will suddenly
conk out (especially if it is 20+ years old), brown out is the logical
thing to happen.
Someone sugges... more »
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*Time to reform the Endangered Species Act*
By Marita Noon
If you find oil or natural gas on your property, the value goes up. If you
find an endangered species, your land becomes virtually worthless because
the critter prevents productive use.
Most people would be excited to have a Jed-Clampet moment when, while
hunting for dinner, the shot resulted in bubbling crude coming up from the
ground. Like the Clampet family, your life would change dramatically. Your
land would suddenly be worth more than you’d ever dreamed!
If, while hunting for dinner, you instead find an endangered sp... more »
Politicians Lying To Voters? Meet Tony Strickland
Strickland (R) and Khanna (D)-- 2 crooked politicians
Last week 2 of the biggest names among Los Angeles Democratic Party donors
told me why they have such antipathy towards Wendy Greuel-- and it has
nothing to do with her platform, her policies or even with the fact that
she's one of those "ex"-Republicans who now populates the Republican wing
of the Democratic Party. Nope, each had contributed substantially to her
political career-- one massively. The reason neither will give her a dime
again was remarkably similar. Both found her ungracious and frighteningly
self-absorbed. She's o... more »
Thailand: Desperate Western Media Unravels into Juvenile Gossip Mill
*February 13, 2014* (ATN) - Having spectacularly failed to defend the
incompetent and now terminally ill regime of Thaksin Shinawatra and his
nepotist proxy, sister Yingluck Shinawatra, the Western media has resorted
to slander, gossip, and deferrals to discredited propagandists passed off
as "experts."
The British "Independent" newspaper, in their article, "Thai princess uses
social media to ‘declare war’: Photos posted by Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol
widely interpreted as a sign of her support for anti-government protesters,"
attempts to monkey the tweets of discredited hate-speec... more »
Looking ahead
Garden blog? What garden blog? First it snowed again, but at least did not
go below zero (F) again, then there was an ice storm, then branches and
trees crashing down, then temperature up to 55F but raining hard. I stay in
a lot. I eat soup a lot.
Our big oak threw down four branches that look to be in the thousand pound
range, but none of them hit the house. For us that's a boon (we can put the
fences back up with ease after firewooding) but across the street the
neighbors will be rebuilding their shop from scratch.
A friend lost her garage when two mature cottonwoods smashed rig... more »
The Face of Education Reform
Every time I read a story about some education reformer saying something
dumb, like “status quo” or “student achievement,” I shake my head and sort
of giggle to myself. Then, I read another story about a child who is really
hurting under the system those reformers are pushing so fiercely into our
public schools. The […]
New York State's Meaningless Concessions Throw Out the Only Tests Worth Keeping
In New York, the teacher evaluation formula is based on 20 percent state
mandated tests, 60 percent observation, and 20 percent local assessments.
While canceling nary a state test or any of the planned implementation of
the Corporate Core, the New York Board of Regents and their new panel of
CorpEd advocates have have come up with a plan to shove local systems into
dumping their own local assessments in favor of, what? Will state tests
now count 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation instead of 20 if local
assessments are jettisoned? From the Press Release February 10:
Increasing ... more »
FREE Download: Fukushima: “Plume Gate: Something Wicked This Way Comes”
*Fukushima: “Plume Gate: Something Wicked This Way Comes”*
by Hatrick Penry
Read, download here:
- http://hatrickpenryunbound.com/
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Hat tip to Ana for this material.
Are there qualifications for the people we send to foreign countries as our ambassadors?
*With her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearings to serve
as ambassador to the Bahamas coming up Monday, former White House lawyer
Cassandra Butts better be prepared to have a genius like Young Johnny
McCranky or Marco Rubio ask her "the ever-been question."*
by Ken
It's not exactly news that many if not most of our ambassadors to foreign
countries don't count high among their credentials any great familiarity
with the countries they're tapped to represent us in. It's a pretty good
guideline that if the country is anyplace a sensible person is likely to
want to g... more »
The Gift of a Clean House with Glover Maintenance
I would be lying if I said this pregnancy has been easy. I have been hit
with some really not fun complications this time around and sometimes it
feels like I am muddling through. Between work with Housewife Eclectic,
being a mom, being pregnant and working as a photographer, something had to
give. Sadly, that something was the more difficult housework. I am usually
the clean my floors on my hands and knees kind of person, but it was
getting to the point where cleaning my floor or kitchen up to the standards
I wanted, wasn't even possible. It was really frustrating to me to feel so
... more »
In discussing the Winter Olympics, I brought in a piece of it. #evaluatethat
For a portion of what was to be my 120 minute literacy block today, as
mandated by my District, I brought in my ice hockey gear and put it all on,
in honor of the winter Olympic Games. Sorry if it had no objective other
than to satisfy my students’ curiosity and perhaps expose them […]
The Daily "Near You?"
Martinez, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Musical Interlude: Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75SGQ65QhaU
Show Me the (Subsidy) Spreadsheets!
Good Jobs First's new report, *Show Us the Subsidized Jobs*, is its third
assessment of state subsidy transparency, following up on reports published
in 2007 and 2010. The good news is that transparency continues to spread:
From 23 states in 2007 to 37 in 2010 to 47 plus the District of Columbia in
2014.* The bad news is that for most states, online transparency still has
a long way to go.
Why is transparency important? As the reports says, without it, it
makes it impossible for the public to get at
even the most basic return on investment,
accountability or equity questions. Which
c... more »
Revolution in Bosnia?
It'd all kicking off. This from Euronews.
Thousands of Bosnians have been demonstrating for a sixth day, calling for
the resignation of the government.
There have been mass protests in more than 30 cities and the heads of four
regional cantons have already resigned.
The protests started in the former industrial heartland town of Tuzla after
four state-owned companies were privatised and sold off leaving workers
unpaid and without jobs.
In Tuzla on Monday, locals were clearing up after government buildings were
destroyed in riots.
In Sarajevo, demonstrators gathered outside the pre... more »
Lorde’s Suppressed Grammy Award acceptance speech (Full Transcript) 26 January 2014
Queen Bee Sting: Grammy audience told to read more
*Reblogged
from:
http://snoopman.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/lordes-suppressed-grammy-award-acceptance-speech-full-transcript-26-january-2014/*
*Lorde’s
Suppressed Grammy Award acceptance speech (Full Transcript) 26
January 2014*
Lorde:
Thank you soo much everyone for making this song explode because this
world
is mental. (Laughter). Planet Earth is run by psychopaths that hide
behind
slick marketing, ‘freedom’ propaganda and ‘economic growth’ rhetoric,[1]
while they construct a global system of corporatized totalitarianism.
As Ameri... more »
2014 State Vaccine Legislation in America: Battle Lines Are Drawn & Your Participation is Needed!
Posted: 2/11/2014
*National Vaccine Information CenterYour Health. Your Family. Your Choice.*
*By Dawn Richardson, NVIC Director of Advocacy*
Vaccine related legislative activity in states across the country is at an
all time high in 2014. The National Vaccine Information Center has been
busy monitoring the bills filed in different states and analyzing them for
their potential impact on vaccine freedom of choice.
The NVIC Advocacy Portal (NVICAP) is already tracking 58 bills across 24
states. With many bill filing deadlines weeks away, and several upcoming
opportunities for a... more »
“Where Did White People Come From?”
*“Where Did White People Come From?”*
by Gary Leupp
“Last month the Guardian reported that a team of scientists studying early
homo sapiens in Europe had extracted DNA from the tooth of a male
hunter-gatherer who lived in what is now the Asturias region of northern
Spain around 7000 years ago. They drew some surprising conclusions from the
analysis. The man was dark-skinned but blue-eyed. His nearest DNA matches
with contemporary ethnicities are with Swedes and Finns, among the palest
of peoples.
Scholars had earlier argued that blue eyes had appeared as the result of a
genetic mu... more »
Surveillance State Gomorrah
NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE
It is a stunning glimpse at state grandeur that would be worthy of Albert
Speer. In a photo expose of the National Security State that deputed on
First Look Media’s online magazine “The Intercept” Trevor Paglen captures
in high definition the decadence of the lavish palaces of America’s secret
government. My first reaction upon seeing these pics of the headquarters
of the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office and the National
Geospatial Intelligence Agency was that there are one hell of a lot of
parking spaces which translates... more »
Open Letter To All Universities, Colleges, Schools and Education Centers Across Canada
In Light of Stephen Harper`s Government requiring acceptable identification
to be able to cast a vote, vouching for friends not allowed, vouching for
seniors in care homes not allowed, neighbors vouching for neighbors not
allowed, voter registrations cards are no longer acceptable as proof of
voting eligibility in Canada..
Students and younger voters are the largest group in raw numbers that use
voter registration cards as identification to cast votes, and as you
educators know, media pundits know, political parties and Election`s Canada
knows voter participation is in decline, h... more »
Photos: In bitter cold, North Dakota protests fracking
By Huucii
Idax-gish Nuxbicii Xaagish
Censored News
Feb, 12, 2014
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota -- North Dakotans protested fracking and the
widespread destruction by the oil and gas industry at the Bakken Three
Forks Shale Oil Conference being held Feb. 10--12.
Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara were among those protesting outside the
expo. Their protest signs said, "You can't unfrack
“TV Propaganda and the Mind Control Culture”
*“TV Propaganda and the Mind Control Culture”*
by Inherent Autonomy
“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make
the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power,
because they control the minds of the masses.”
- Malcolm X
“Few subjects present an undisputable window into modern society than the
electronic version of reality that is dispensed through television
broadcasts. This technology does not require interactive skills or critical
thinking acumen. Just watch and fall into a daydream trance. TV is the
stealth killer that penet... more »
Obama acknowledges 'diplomacy' is failing in Syria
Diplomacy? Is that really what is ongoing in Syria?
Obama-Nobel peace prize winner? Which tells us a whole heck of a lot about
anything Nobel
The Obama administration acknowledged Tuesday that diplomacy, the main
pillar of its Syria policy, is failing even as civil war is destroying the
country, leaving open the question of what the United States will or can do
to stop the slaughter.
Negotiations between the Syrian government and parts of the opposition are
“far from achieving” a peaceful end to the conflict, President Obama said,
and in Geneva, the United Nations envoy leading the... more »
Brief update on New Docs from Heather
The documents Heather is producing will be out soon. She has refined them
some more the last couple of days, spending long hours perfecting them.
I will post them here as soon as they are ready.
All is well.
-AK
Why Precisely Do Teachers Leave High Poverty Schools?
Originally posted on EdCentrist:
Why Precisely Do Teachers Leave High Poverty Schools?. Recently, I
participated in a 9 minute podcast, via BAM Radio Network, with host Larry
Ferlazzo, an inner-city High School teacher. Mr. Paul Bruno, a middle
school teacher in Los Angeles, California, and I discussed the following
topic: Why do teachers avoid, or…
Graph of the Day: UN Population Projections for Africa and China
I was using the data above for a piece I'm working on and thought I'd
post
it up for future reference. The graph shows UN population
projections(medium fertility scenario) for China and the continent of
Africa.
Africa is projected to surpass China's population in about 10 years,
reach
double China's population soon after mid-century and end the century
with 4
times China's population.
It's good to be bad... In a Jaguar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OhsP8jnyK0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
My computer is headed out the door...
*sigh...*
*Goodbye...*
*Soon...*
*See ya all in a few days...*
Digital Warming and Self-Publishing
Today there is much debate over the value and size of the self-publishing
channel. Yesterday this channel was restricted by the physical supply
chain, which effectively remains owned by the traditional publishing
channel. This is no longer the case with the digital channel and works are
only restricted by all the other works that they compete with on their
virtual shelf and the money spent in promoting and marketing a title.
Self-publishing was once seen by the market as vanity publishing and being
the books that publishers didn’t want and therefore unworthy of the
attention of co... more »
Which Congressmembers Are The Most Dedicated To Polluting The Water We Drink And The Air We Breath?
Maybe you read yesterday that the water in tens of thousands of West
Virginia homes is still polluted. No perp walks for any of the culprits…
certainly not in West Virginia. Kiley Kroh reported at Think Progress that
40% of homes in the area of the toxic spill are still testing positive for
the chemicals that polluted the Elk River. Schools have been forced to
close down and Evan Hansen, principal at Downstream Strategies, the
environmental consulting firm that carried out the testing said that
"people are still reporting smells and some people are reporting reactions
with their ... more »
MILLION$ TO MAR$
Read it and weep - and discourage your kids from taking the nuclear bomb
to Mars.....
Universe Today reports:
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is a huge fan of Mars exploration and Mars
colonies, and in a new interview he says a launch system to send people to
the Red Planet could be available in 10 to 12 years. Requirements: it has
to be big, and it has to be launched frequently to send millions of people
and tons of cargo space wards.
“We need to develop a much larger vehicle, which would be a sort of
Mars colonial transport system, and this would be, we’re talking about
rockets... more »
Thomas Sowell explains some of the problems we have today...
*a national treasure.*
Common Core for Airlines: (Thanks to Ben Cassel: teacher)
You are a pilot for American Airlines. You are good at your job, as
evidenced by the fact that your number of landings equals your number of
takeoffs. American has just purchased a new fleet of jets – actually the
government, who threatened their FAA certification if they didn’t buy them,
told them to. […]
Love Quest : Day 5 - What you have to lose
Yes, you’ll have to lose something. This thing you’ve got a death grip on
is yours alone. We can’t see or imagine it and you’ve never told a soul. So
sure are you that it’s all you need to set things right, that you carry its
image with you always.
It’s not a photograph. No, this is not a real life image. This is your IF
image. IF I *did* this, IF I *looked like* this, IF I *were*this, IF I
*achieved* this, IF I *had *this – then I’d love me. Then you’d love me. Then
the world would love me. Enough.
Your IF image has been carefully crafted. It’s perfect down to the las... more »
NC's Moral Monday Marches Kick Off 54 Years After Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In With Massive March of 80,000 in Raleigh (WTF? Turn Your Watch Back 50 Years)
After talking with North Carolina Attorney General (and possible 2016
gubernatorial candidate (by his own admission)), Roy Cooper, one evening
recently about how having no "initiative" or "referendum" ability in NC has
severely confounded our ability to lessen if not get rid of the toxic
Rethuglican policies brought to us by the Kock-Pope-bought General Assembly
and Governor's mansion, I
Mohawk Nation News 'Canada Declares War on Mohawks'
CANADA
DECLARES WAR ON MOHAWKS
Posted on February 12, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Feb. 12, 2014. This is a detailed report on the readiness of the
colony of Canada and its military to attack the “Keepers of the Eastern
Door”. We, the sovereign Kanion’ke:haka [Mohawk] were asked to give the
Kaia’nere:kowa, Great Law of Peace, to the world. Canada is bound by
international law to
John Kane, Mohawk 'A Tale of Two Cases'
A
Tale of Two Cases
By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
Last week two stories about the ongoing battle by New York State and the
U.S. federal government against the Native tobacco trade hit the
papers.
In the state case
(http://www.mpcourier.com/article/20140204/DCO/702049802), the
government prosecutor joined with defense attorneys in a motion to
dismiss felony charges
How we spent our mid-winter long weekend!
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014*
*Lessons from Stephen Hawking’s first popular book:* We were in the Hudson
Valley last weekend, visiting a sick older friend.
We saw a nurse, whose name isn’t famous, who knows how to capture the focus
of Parkinson’s sufferers by playing their favorite music. (We saw it happen
before she explained that she’d done it.)
In a local newspaper, The Northern Duchess News, we read five pages of
remembrances of local favorite son Pete Seeger. For us, this passage stood
out:
FASHONA (2/11/14): *Seeger was an enigma in some ways. Although he was a
staunch oppo... more »
Civil jury charge need not be perfect
Hansen v. Williams, 2014 ONCA 118:
[11] The trial judge's charge did not need to be perfect. Absent an
error that amounts to a substantial wrong or a miscarriage of justice, or
circumstances where the interests of justice otherwise so require, a new
trial will not be ordered: *Brochu v. Pond* (2002), 62 O.R. (3d) 722
(C.A.), at para. 68.
What the hell is this?...
*it looks like a terrarium, not a salad.*
I love the little parsley tree.
This is libtard yuppie "foodie" arrogance at it's best.
*Served at the State Dinner:*
The Realist Report - Dave Mansfield: MindWideOpen.net
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Dave Mansfield
of *MindWideOpen.net*. Dave is a good friend of mine, and has been making
some excellent videos on the *Realist Report YouTube channel *including *American
Leaders JOKE About Dead Veterans and Children*. We'll be talking about a
variety of subjects, including media deception and propaganda.
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:
- *"Holocaust" satire* - John ... more »
Mike Honda- 92%, Ro Khanna- 8%
Mike Honda is considered one of the most serious legislators in Washington.
He isn't a show horse; he's a work horse. So it probably didn't surprise
too many people in CA-17 when the local Democratic Party delegates in his
district gave him a stunning 92% of the votes for endorsement this weekend,
despite his conservaDem's enormous stash of cash, much of it from
Republicans eager to take out Honda. The Party endorsed Honda-- as have
President Obama, Senators Feinstein and Boxer and every Democrat in the
California House delegation. His opponent, Ro Khanna, got 8% for all that
$1,... more »
“Treating People with Fundamentally Unequal Backgrounds as Superficially the Same”
“Treating People with Fundamentally Unequal Backgrounds as Superficially
the Same”. via “Treating People with Fundamentally Unequal Backgrounds as
Superficially the Same”.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
New Model Country, New Model Army
I
want to add something to the outstanding series of posts from Dave this
week. Harper wants to change Canada into some kind of theocratic
fascist petro-state, complete with dead coasts and rivers, impoverished
workers, and rigged elections. This much is clear when we look at the
indicators and EVERYTHING he and his party do should be viewed through
this lens. The man is at war with his own
Sochi, swimming, climate, activism
I guess that many TRF readers are following the Olympic Games.
Anthony Watts wrote about the attempt by the climate activists to
politicize the event. Even the whacko-in-chief of 350.org Bill McKibben has
endorsed the petition to fight the climate change.
However, it was only supported by about 105 Olympic athletes, mostly
Americans. About 96% of the Olympic athletes silently endorsed the opinion
that the climate activists are obnoxious self-serving jerks and scammers.
It is really crazy if some athletes were expecting harsh winter conditions
in Sochi.
Someone should have told... more »
Embezzlement and Criminal Investigation at KIPP New Orleans
Story below from Times Picayune:
*Danielle Dreilinger, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune *By *Danielle
Dreilinger, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune *
*Email the author* | *Follow on Twitter*
on February 10, 2014 at 5:00 PM
An employee of New Orleans' second-largest *charter school*network
embezzled $69,840 in the 2012-13 academic year, according to an *audit*released
Monday. The money has been recovered, the employee was fired and a criminal
investigation is underway, KIPP spokesman Jonathan Bertsch said.
Short for "Knowledge Is Power Program," *KIPP New Orleans*educates 3,755
students, o... more »
The Sandy Hook HOAX: Pounding Nails In The Coffin Of The Official Narrative And Putting Naysayers Out Of Their Misery: Very Important Audio Interview With Wolfgang Halbig!
Sandy Hook... The more I have looked into the evidence, the more I am fully
convinced without any reservations that it was a criminal operation that
was long time in planning with the ultimate goal of not only taking
American guns away, but for creating an absolutely paranoid society where
American children are now no longer going to schools, but to full
indoctrination facilities that are nothing more than prisons!
What to me is truly shocking is that we still have those disinformation
agents in this fraud "truth movement" that are now doing nothing more than
trying to ruin our effo... more »
ANYTHING GOES: Eric Cantor and news orgs and voters oh my!
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014*
*Part 2—Why is it left to Paul Krugman:* For decades, we have lived in a
time when pretty much anything goes.
Disinformation is all around us. News orgs agree not to notice.
Last Friday, Paul Krugman discussed this problem in a column for perhaps
the ten millionth time. On February 3, in his previous column, The Krugster
had done the same thing.
Last Friday’s column had the word “lies” right there in its headline. As he
started, Krugman referred to “the latest falsehood in the ever-mendacious
campaign against health reform:”
KRUGMAN (2/7/14): *Health... more »
The Economy: “The Collapse Is Here & Now”
*“The Collapse Is Here & Now”*
by Tom Lupshu
“In this latest video report from YouTube videographer Tom Lupshu we learn
that the collapse IS here right now and is an ongoing process. While
thousands of Americans use their rapid refund tax returns to buy up large
screen TV’s, the wise are prepping for the inevitable moment when the
dollar is worth much less than the paper it is printed upon.”
- http://beforeitsnews.com/
MILLION$ TO MAR$
Read it and weep - and discourage your kids from taking the nuclear bomb to
Mars.....
Universe Today reports:
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is a huge fan of Mars exploration and Mars colonies,
and in a new interview he says a launch system to send people to the Red
Planet could be available in 10 to 12 years. Requirements: it has to be
big, and it has to be launched frequently to send millions of people and
tons of cargo space wards.
“We need to develop a much larger vehicle, which would be a sort of Mars
colonial transport system, and this would be, we’re talking about rockets
on a b... more »
Bank Tests, SS Closed in US and Australia: This weekend
Earlier last week I wrote about "*The "Debt Ceiling" aka: "special
manouvers" of the Fed... I mean, "Treasury" *" In the article I reviewed a
few previous articles that have all been relevant to this moment and what
seems to be the groundhog day template that we keep seeing over and over
again.
Specifically I talked about the Debt Ceiling "Crisis" and about the coming
banking closures due to "testing the system". These bank closures are
purported to be taking place on Feb 15-16- this coming weekend. At the
moment I was writing that article, Jack Lew had announced that the Tre... more »
Dangerous and erratic weather in U.S
Signs of more dangerous storms to come as the effects of climate change
become more intense. What will the deniers say now? Global climate change -
from human activities - is no longer a prediction... it's a reality, and
it's getting worse. It is costing governments money as they have to clean
up after multiple disasters. Also, creates havoc for people's lives.
The Day After the Day We Fought Back
Tens of thousands of people from all over the world took to the streets,
the Internet, and the monitored phone lines yesterday to protest the
Surveillance State. I am sorry to say that I was so busy fighting back
against the atrocious Farm Bill and neoliberal doublespeak that I'd totally
missed the international "Day We Fight Back."
But here's the good news. We can still fight back. Today, tomorrow, next
month and next year. A website (here) set up for you to call or email your
legislators is still operational. I know, because I clicked on the right
buttons a day late this morning, ... more »
Craig Ferguson's Travel Photography Book Out!
*One of Craig's photos, Orissa, 1998.*
Locally-based travel photographer Craig Ferguson says...
Travel Photography Essentials is now live. A 98 page eBook covering all
aspects of travel photography. The official launch via the publishing
company is still a couple of days away but advance copies are now
available. Normally $15, you can get it for $10 using the code taiwanphoto
Get it at http://www.craigfergusonimages.com/travel-photography-essentials/
_______________________
[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its
sidebars for events, links to previous ... more »
Untitled
*Doug Potter Benefit Concert at Howlin’ Wolf Tonight ~offBeat*
*Louisiana Crawfish Season in Deep Freeze*
Can The Republican Party Shed Its Image As The Grand Party Of Old White Men? Does It Even Want To?
Sunday, as part of an introduction to Blue America's latest endorsed
candidate, George Gollin in central Illinois, we mentioned in passing that
the mediocre Republican incumbent, careerist Rodney Davis, has a primary to
worry about next month. His opponent, Erika Harold, an African-American
former Miss America backed by Herman Cain and the Tea Party, would be a far
more interesting and exciting candidate than the dull, whitebread Davis.
But, as Todd Frankel pointed out in *Politico* over the weekend, the
corrupt Republican Party Establishment is as wedded to Davis and the
corrupt ... more »
Wed Short Shorts
[image: NorthCrossJune012__44]
Vietnam and China: a dangerous incident. This 2007 incident involved what
we have come to understand are the typical Chinese ramming tactics, stuff
we saw in the 2010 incident with the Japanese in the Senkakus, and the
Cowpens incident, and which is actually normal for Chinese fishing boats
when picked up by Pacific nation coast guards. Read article!
Meanwhile, at home, Mayor Hau of Taipei, who is often mentioned as a
possible Presidential candidate, rips President Ma, the Chairman of his
party. With Ma's popularity low and the nation in a ferment over... more »
Scandal excitement on cable news!
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014*
*Monday night, Tuesday morning:* According to the New York Times, nothing
gigantic has occurred in the past few days concerning the Fort Lee lane
closings.
The paper has published news reports in recent days concerning the
legislative probe into the lane closings. But the reports have appeared
inside the paper, in the New York section—and generally *not* on that
section’s front page.
That isn’t the way this topic has been played on MSNBC, which has committed
to the lane closings as a signature event. Consider the treatment the topic
received on the M... more »
Another man's poison
*Dawn; and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the
plain outside Korem, it lights up a biblical famine - now, in the 20th
century. “This place,” say workers here, “is the closest thing to Hell on
earth.”*
So said Michael Buerk in his iconic 1984 report on the famine in Ethiopia.
The report that inspired Bob Geldof to create Live Aid. It was a remarkable
report, it fired up people with the will and the clout, to ‘do something.’
It galvanised the West into taking action.
*“But we can now see how this event has backfired, despite the best of
intentions. It was fo... more »
Does the Gates Foundation’s Evidence Argue For or Against Vergara?
The corporate reform group Students Matter wants to strike down the
duly-enacted laws of California that protect the rights of teachers. Their
case, Vergara vs. California claims that laws protecting teachers damage
poor children of color. Vergara is known as the “bad teacher” lawsuit. I
have joked, however, that it should be known as the […]
Press Freedom: The collapse globally and in Indian country
The
World Press Freedom Index 2014 describes the violence and collapse of
media -- but does not include widespread plagiarism and deception in
national Indian country news
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The World Press Freedom Index 2014 details the violence against
journalists around the world. It includes the decaying state of press
freedom in the United States, where the Obama
How the Fuck is it Supposed to Work???!!!?
Non-violent, mainstream protesters; you leave me kerfluffled. Boggling.
Please explain it to me!
There's an inhuman policy that you don't like.
You decide to protest.
You set a time and place and you advertise.
A few people show up. You know many of them. Depending on the issue and
other factors, your numbers can be anywhere from 5 to 100,000.
You have people speak about the issue. You affect to speak directly to the
politicians you disagree with. You chant. You wave your signs.
You go home.
How in the fuck is that supposed to accomplish anything?
I wouldn't ask except for the fa... more »
"Use force to save starving Syrians" An opinion piece
Yesterday I commented on the fact that the drums of war were beating louder
and more insistently
And what seemed like a renewed push for 'humanitarian' war. You know the
meme? Kill to save.
Last night I came across this rather bizarre oped. But had no time to post
it.
So here it is, today- Use force to save starving Syrians
Written by DANNY POSTEL and NADER HASHEMI
Both men are affiliated with University of Denver- Middle East Studies
We should always consider how very co-opted people such as this are by the
war machine.
How persons like Postel and Hashemi put forth views very compatib... more »
child sexual abuse in context: soraya chemaly asks, "are children supposed to document their abuse?"
Soraya Chemaly places Dylan Farrow's claim in the context of rampant child
sexual abuse, and the persistent myth of false rape claims.
Dylan Farrow is in a situation that thousands deal with every day. In
general, people want to look away, muttering some variant of "he said/she
said." But, that phrase implies an equivalence where we have a gross
imbalance, because "he" is more trusted, virtually always, in every
capacity, than "she."
There is a substantial body of research documenting our preference for
thinking of men as more competent and moral. Researchers who studied
gendered s... more »
is the food movement elitist? michael pollan connects the dots between labour and our tables
In an excellent interview in Truthout, Michael Pollan responds to critics
who accuse the food movement of being elitist. He very rightly credits Eric
Schlosser's *Fast Food Nation* with explicitly drawing the connection
between labour issues, animal issues, and our own food issues. And Pollan
calls out the industrialized food industry that has been able to
artificially depress food prices by paying workers sub-living wages.
When you buy cheap food, the real costs have been externalized. Those
externalized costs have always included labor. It is only the decline over
time of the min... more »
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