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Sandy Hook Lighthouse. (Photo credit: Fazia_)
10:34pm MSTMusical Interlude: Adiemus, “Adiemus”
Adiemus, “Adiemus”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL8kZ-iVk90
Founder of the Zionist State of Israel - Sir Charles Warren
*"Let this be done with the avowed intention of gradually introducing **The
Jew**, pure and simple, who is eventually to occupy and govern this
country. *
*It is written over and over again in the **Word of God** that **Israel**
is to return to their **own land**.*
*That which is yet to be looked for is the public recognition of the fact,
together with the restoration, in whole or in part, of Jewish national
life, under the protection of some one or more of the Great Powers."*
*Lieut.-General Sir Charles Warren, G.C.M.G., R.C.B., F.R.S.*
*Grand Master Freemason,*
*The Land of Prom... more »
Sandy Hook Fraud Exposer, Wolfgang Halbig, Threatened AGAIN By Florida Law "Enforcement" (What Are The Criminals Afraid Of?)
Last week, I posted a fabulous audio link to a very important interview
conducted between Dave Gahary, of American Free Press, and Wolfgang Halbig,
school security expert and former law enforcement officer, about exposing
the truth about the Sandy Hook operation and hoax. Wolfgang Halbig brought
forward some very damaging evidence that clearly shows that the entire
"official story" behind Sandy Hook was a complete lie. It does seem that
Wolfgang Halbig has touched a few "nerves" concerning his allegations that
Sandy Hook was a complete fraud and that NOBODY DIED in that operation.... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Mesquite, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
“The Psychological Mistakes People Make That Lead to Misery”
*“The Psychological Mistakes People Make That Lead to Misery”*
By Jonathan Rottenberg
“The puzzling reality is that human depression is increasing in an era when
environmental conditions are relatively benign. The average citizen in
Western society now lives longer, is less likely to starve, and enjoys
considerably greater wealth than his sixteenth-century counterpart.
Presumably these objective conditions for survival and reproduction would
cause depression rates to fall, not rise to nearly one in five citizens.
This environment-depression disconnect seems less strange when we
app... more »
New Clues in Suicide of JP Morgan Banker Add to Mystery - As many will recall , there have been a rash of mysterious deaths including alleged suicides that have erupted since the end of Janaury - just as numerous commodity and forex exchange trading / fixing investigations have become quite serious. Dennis Li Junjie plunged to his death from the high rise building where he work , becoming the third JP Morgan employee to die under strange circumstances in barely 3 weeks ! But why kill oneself over alleged work stress if you were planning to leave Hong Kong and return to Canada ? Friends were not aware of any unusual issues , so this one becomes another oddity ! What did Dennis learn or what was he told before the fatal leap ? And why the silent treatment from JP Morgan --- A Third Death at JPMorgan and Another Press Lockout on Information ..... any coincidence that these odd deaths all occurred involving employees working in JP Morgan's major markets of New York , London and Hong Kong ? Questions , questions , questions .......
http://www.infowars.com/new-clues-in-suicide-of-jp-morgan-banker-add-to-mystery/
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Friends suggest Li Junjie was planning to return to Canada days before
death leap.
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
February 21, 2014
Friends of the JP Morgan banker who leapt to his death from a high rise
building in Hong Kong this week, becoming the 7th financial wor... more »
Daily Reminder
"8a. An aircraft at Eglin AFB would be painted and numbered as an exact
duplicate for a civil registered aircraft belonging to a CIA proprietary
organization in the Miami area. At a designated time the duplicate would be
substituted for the actual civil aircraft and would be loaded with the
selected passengers, all boarded under carefully prepared aliases. The
actual registered aircraft would be converted to a drone.
b. Take off times of the drone aircraft and the actual aircraft will be
scheduled to allow a rendezvous south of Florida. From the rendezvous point
the passenger-carr... more »
Venezuela protests in focus February 21 , 2014 - As the news media focuses on Ukraine and their massive protests , very little media attention has been given to the 19 days of protests in Venezuela ....Protesters speak out as to why they're involved .... Mish rebukes lax media coverage and provides a good comprehensive review of the facts on the ground there
Venezuela protests: demonstrators tell us why they're taking part
We asked protesters in Venezuela why they have taken part in the
anti-government demonstrations. Here is a selection of their views
- If you are opposed to the demonstrations – or have decided not to
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Mt Gox update - February 20 , 2014 - No implementation of a patch to allow resumption of fiat and bitcoin withdrawals , but Mt Gox did move suddenly ( running away from a few protesters or from death threats ? ) Mt Gox bitcoin prices sinks to a low today of 134 ! As mentioned , Mt Gox protests continue - now three protesters ( expect that number to grow as Mt Gox stalls , runs to a virtual office and continues to not allow resumption of withdrawals ) ...... various warning from Central Banks / Regulators on bitcoin ( Israel , Hungary , Brazil ) ...... Clas Action Lawsuit looming ?
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Going , going .... and then will Mt Gox just be gone ?
Bitcoin Price Hits $135 on Mt. Gox Following Office Move and Verification
Demand
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Updates and rumors related to Mt. Gox this week include: a possible company
relocation, a requirement for users to hold verified accounts to withdraw
bitcoins and a fall in Gox’s listed price of bitcoin.
A user contacted CoinDesk to tell of the verification requirement this
morning, saying it “suddenl... more »
“Does Money Make You Mean?”
*“Does Money Make You Mean?”*
by TEDTalks
“It's amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. Psychologist Paul
Piff shares research showing that people who feel wealthy tend to behave
badly. Why is that? And what does it mean for America?"
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Kim Kardashian Insures her Butts For $21 Million
It is a Crazy world.
And there is more:
Dolly Parton supposedly covered her breasts for $600,000.
Mariah Carey reportedly thought her legs were worth a cool $1billion.
David Beckham insured his body for £100million.
Now what damage will entitle them to make a claim? What about age?
Read the story here.
Energy Econ 14: Power Rate Hike, Who Colluded?
In a fb group, Government and Taxes, Freedom andResponsibility, I had a
debate with Troy ZD last February 5 this year. He posted this news report
from the Inquirer,
http://business.inquirer.net/163008/meralco-admits-telling-therma-mobile-to-sell-at-p62kwh-at-spot-market#ixzz2sPIrwxBR
and commented that
* If this and other admissions by Meralco, the ERC etc are not an evidence
of collusion that would make the SC strike down the price increase and to
force the re-evaluation of EPIRA and particularly the WESM then the SC has
sold us out.*
I replied that an electricity distributio... more »
The Economy: “Crash of 2014: Like 1929, You’ll Never Hear It Coming”
*“Crash of 2014: *
*Like 1929, You’ll Never Hear It Coming”*
by Paul B. Farrell
“Imagine, you’re in the exciting new 21st century. Civilization still
exists on Planet Earth. Wall Street’s still in business. But you’re still
asking: Why can’t we hear the next crash? Are we deaf? No. The warnings are
always long and loud. So why can’t we “hear” them? In fact, it’ll get
worse. Here’s why...
Yes, crashes will keep coming: History lesson: The 1929 crash led to the
Great Depression. On March 20, 2000 we warned: “Next crash? Sorry, you’ll
never hear it coming.” Few listened. The 1990’s do... more »
"You're Only a Nutter if You're Wrong" - Sherlock and the Tavistock Agenda
*"Oh I see. The big coat should have told me. *
*You're one of the conspiracy lot, aren't you?"*
*Sherlock:*
Are you alright? John.
*Watson: *
Jesus Christ, it was the hound.
Sherlock, it was here. I swear it, Sherlock.
It must— Did you see it?
You must have?
*Sherlock: *
It's alright. It's okay now.
*Watson:*
No, it's not! It's not okay!
I saw it, I was wrong!
*Sherlock:*
Let's not jump to conclusions.
*Watson:*
What?
*Sherlock:*
What did you see?
*Watson:*
I told you, I saw the hound.
*Sherlock:*
Huge, red eyes?
*Watson:* Yes.
*Sherlock:*
Glow... more »
Tony Bennett's Chewytrain Lands in Camden
by Doug Martin
One of the most embarrassing moments of Tony Bennett’s rein as Indiana’s
corporate school chief (and there were many) was when his partner Dale Chu
(better known as @chewytrain), happy as a teenage girl at a Jonas Brothers'
concert (one of the Jonas Brothers, by the way, loves to perform at
for-profit school Rocketship events), tweeted his admiration of the filthy
rich out to privatize education at a Jeb Bush/Rupert Murdoch shindig in San
Francisco.
The Ivy Leaguer and former charter school principal who resigned with
Bennett in Florida after it was revealed that Ben... more »
Why Teach For America Cannot Change
This past Monday, the group Students United for Public Education (aka
SUPE)–led by two amazing college students, Stephanie Rivera and Hannah
Nguyen–organized a highly successful twitter storm using the hashtag
#ResistTFA. For a few hours, #ResistTFA became one of the top trending
hashtags in the nation. Now, TFA’s response to the outpouring of rage at
Teach […]
Saboteurs
*Saboteurs - Some saboteurs pretend to be activists. She or he will ....*
*1) Write encyclopedic flyers (in the present day, websites)*
*2) Print flyers in English only.*
*3) Have demonstrations in places where no one cares.*
*4) Solicit funding from rich people instead of grass roots support*
*5) Display banners with too many words that are confusing.*
*6) Confuse issues.*
*7) Make the wrong demands.*
*8) Cool Compromise the goal.*
*9) Have endless discussions that waste everyone's time. The agent may
accompany the endless discussions with drinking, pot smoking or other
amusem... more »
Saboteurs
*Saboteurs - Some saboteurs pretend to be activists. She or he will ....*
*1) Write encyclopedic flyers (in the present day, websites)*
*2) Print flyers in English only.*
*3) Have demonstrations in places where no one cares.*
*4) Solicit funding from rich people instead of grass roots support*
*5) Display banners with too many words that are confusing.*
*6) Confuse issues.*
*7) Make the wrong demands.*
*8) Cool Compromise the goal.*
*9) Have endless discussions that waste everyone's time. The agent may
accompany the endless discussions with drinking, pot smoking or other
amusem... more »
Tired of More Compromise and More Talk about Less Action?
Stay tuned.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
Our focus should be on protecting children from the impact of poverty.
Published in the Wall Street Journal, February 21.
Response to: "A progressive education" (Editorial, Feb. 14)
Your editorial sends the message that our public schools are failing. They
aren't. When researchers control for the effects of poverty, American
schools rank near the top of the world. Our overall scores are
unspectacular because the child poverty rate in the U.S. is very high, 23%,
second-highest among all economically advanced countries. Children of
poverty suffer from hunger, malnutrition, inferior health care and lack of
access to books. All of these have a powerful impac... more »
Churchill: The Gathering Storm...
*is waiting for me.*
I plan on reading the entire 6 volume set about WWII. Our local library
has the entire set and The Gathering Storm is awaiting my attention.
Since we are witnesses to our very own "gathering storm", I thought it
important to learn more about the beginnings of WWII. History does have a
way of repeating itself.
I'm in the habit of looking up books I plan to read on Amazon and reading
the reviews. Usually I stick to the 5-star and 1-star reviews and judge
accordingly.
I found this 1-star review of The Gathering Storm rather hilarious:
Too many details are ma... more »
Talk Today: Basic Research as a Political Symbol
Here in PDF are the slides from my talk today in Bonn. The talk was based
on several works (see second-to-last slide) but this is the main one in PDF.
Comments welcomed!
Classroom Activity: Comparative Advantage
Editor’s note: this post previously appeared on my personal blog. This
fourth activity comes after students are to have listened (slides) to a
lecture on how states are currently leaving a lot of money lying on the
ground by failing to cooperate more fully. The examples I used all concern
economic cooperation—specifically, how there’d be a whole
Continue reading
Coming tomorrow: Maddow’s program this past Wednesday night!
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2014*
*Meanwhile, Salon—good God:* Rachel Maddow made an unfortunate
accusation/insinuation on Wednesday evening’s program.
Truth to tell, her accusation/insinuation doesn’t make seem to any sense.
But she slimed it out there anyway. When scandal culture takes control, you
need a new claim every night!
Long ago, Chris Matthews almost got somebody killed this way. Tomorrow,
we’ll run through this latest piece of slime from his highly
self-indulgent, not especially honest colleague.
In the meantime, Salon: Good God!
We refer to this pitiful piece by young Nico ... more »
The Savage Sextet
This year’s annual *Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show* was held over
President’s Day weekend, and as the weather was particularly fine (as it is
ordained to be!), I decided to walk across the drawbridge over Lake Worth
to the Convention Center. There I expected to wallow in cognitive
dissonance, suspended between overt ecosystem collapse and the outrageous,
glittering opulence of a community founded by Standard Oil, and I was not
disappointed.
Before I set out, I checked by phone to see whether photography was allowed
- because I didn’t want to haul my heavy camera over there ... more »
'THE SPOOKS RUN THE COUNTRY' - SIR DAVID HARE
*Sir David Hare*
According to the British playwright Sir *David Hare*: *'The security
services are running the country.'*
In *The Guardian*, Hare is quoted as saying: "The reason I'm writing about
the security services is that there is no democratic control of them
whatsoever.
"And now it seems the judiciary is joining in."
Hare has written three films for the BBC about an MI5 agent who is fed up
with MI5's abuse of power.
The second of these BBC plays, *Turks and Caicos*, to be broadcast in March
2014, is about the MI5 agent hiding on a Caribbean island.
There he meets a CI... more »
Doctor Who Cybermen Baby Onesie
I was given the Heat Transfer Vinyl to create this shirt. All opinions and
instructions are 100% my own.
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I might be a little bit of a Doctor Who fanatic. It is one of the reasons I
haven't shared pictures of my completed craft room yet, because I am not
sure I am ready for the world to know how nerdy I am. I have an entire
Doctor Who wall in my craft room, full of Tardis pictures and miniature
Daleks. My Tardis salt and pepper shakers in my kitchen were lovingly hand
carried back from England by dad when he was there on bus... more »
Just a hairy guy...
Like this?
A blast from the past.
All three male party leaders in the House of Commons are hairy guys, though
Harper's helmet-head looks suspiciously synthetic, like the rest of him.
Once known (also envied and demonized) for his flowing locks, JT has left
those behind, on his own counsel or perhaps at the urging of Team Justin.
Merely having a little fun, here.
Will resume serious political blogging soon.
Tarsands tailing ponds leaking; scientist muzzled
*Federal study confirms oilsands tailings found in groundwater, river*
The least surprising thing about this CP story on Environment Canada
research indicating water from tarsands tailings ponds is leaching into
groundwater and seeping into the Athabasca River is the by now depressingly
familiar way the lead Environment Canada scientist was muzzled from
speaking about it.
*First* : News of the study, published here in the *Environmental Science
and Technology *journal in January, followed up by a good outline of the
study from the CP reporter.
*Second*, muzzling of the lead scien... more »
THE PRESS CORPS [HEART] ACCUSERS: What Chris Matthews did next!
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2014*
*Part 4—After the gunman appeared:* On Tuesday, May 11, 1999, Chris
Matthews engaged in heinous misconduct on his cable “news” program.
In a truly ridiculous bit of behavior, he put a false accusation into the
mouth of Kathleen Willey, one of his most beloved accusers. By the end of
the week, he had almost gotten someone killed.
(For background, see part 3 in this series.)
Matthews’ conduct that night was astounding, though it presaged much that
would follow over the next several years. Indeed, over the next several
nights, the clownish cable news hit-ma... more »
Fair - that is non-fraudulent - elections
Yesterday this retweet in Nancy LeBlanc's twitter stream caught my
attention.
Like all politically aware and engaged Canadians, the blogging team at DJ!
has been observing the CONtemptuous CPC maneuvers to pass their Unfair
Elections Act, which the smarmy Poilièvre titled, with considerable
malevolent double-speak from PMSHithead's PMO, the "Fair Reform Act".
So I turned to resolution 31 in the LPC convention program. It's a long
one, and advances this:
... A truly independent, properly resourced Parliamentary Budget Officer;
A more effective Access-to-Information regime with s... more »
Conventional.
A message confirming that I could attend the Liberal Party of Canada
convention as an accredited blogger arrived without fanfare in my email box
a few weeks ago.
This is the program.
First, I was surprised; DAMMIT JANET! has published some very rude posts,
justifiably critical of specific LPC actions.
Then ambivalent - did I want to spend four days or so in the febrile,
adrenaline-charged environment of a political convention? I had attended
one at the provincial level when I lived in Québec; from my perch as an
observer, I noted what ideological hothouses they are.
Which is ine... more »
Parthenon Group Advises Schools, Education Industry, and Investors: How Could They Ever Lose?
The billions of ready cash from No Child Left Behind provided
a dollar-powered incubator for the birth of the modern day education
industry. State and local education agencies in search of quick solutions
to meet NCLB’s impossible demands desperately turned to business solutions,
ranging from direct instruction products to more expansive plans for
corporatization of schools and school governance. NCLB’s focused control
mechanism built on collection of test data and a primitive fear-based
accountability provided a model for expansion of the education industry
into higher education.... more »
The RB-47 Case, American Airlines and Original Sources
Over the last several weeks I have been looking into the RB-47 UFO sighting
from July 17, 1947. It is an interesting case with the possibility of
multiple chains of evidence but that is a discussion for another time.
Right now I’m more interested in the problem of original sources.
Let me explain.
I thought that I would see what Richard Dolan had to say about the case and
was a little surprised that he devoted only about a half page to it. What I
found more interesting is a second case he described on that same page. He
wrote, “On the same day as the RB-47 incident, an airliner on... more »
BURDEN OF PROOF
*The Daily Show*
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"How A Former General Lost His 'Political Virginity'"
This was a front page headline on The Huff Post yesterday.
Retired general Andrew Leslie might have expected the
verbal jostling that comes with the rough and tumble of
politics — after all, both of his grandfathers served as
Liberal defence ministers. (CP) | CP
.
*Lost his 'political virginity'*
*Leslie may have been prepared for the scrutiny that began last weekend
with Conservative MPs questioning his 2012 moving expenses, which totalled
$72,225.86 — the bulk of which was likely realtor fees. Leslie moved a
couple of blocks under a program that sees the government cover the cos... more »
Understand the value of the Olympics cost curve
I have a great idea, yes I do, not only one, enough to transform the planet
and make every one happy. So why is the planet not healthy and why am I
blue?
Is the Question my message or the ability to please. Now in fairness to the
children I would not expect you to decode the fact that your basic
programming was hacked. Almost every child loves its parent and when
indoctrinated correctly will kill themselves before seeing those parents
ripped asunder by the wild.
So believe me children and I am not the only one. You can love your parents
but laugh at the folly they followed that mad... more »
Yank That Chain
I'm confused. How can President Obama claim that he is officially flushing
his chained CPI method of starving old people but at the same time promise
that, if the Republicans get hungry enough, he'll gladly snake his
austerity plan right back out of the toilet? And that he'll place millions
of already discarded, partially digested human carcasses right back on the
dining table for the further delectation of the plutocrats?
From AP:
Obama is *scrapping* his previous offer to *trim* cost-of-living increases
in Social Security and other benefit programs. That idea had been a central... more »
KNOWING THE BACK STORY
In Venezuela the CIA is funding and directing protests against that
government - a government the US corporate oligarchy has long wanted to
take down. It's about the oil in Venezuela. Not all protests are truly on
the mark. Some protests, like in Venezuela, are doing the work of the
corporate elite. It helps us to know the back-story.
The *Democracy Now* video just below about Ukraine tells a similar tale
about the street protests there. It might look like the Occupy movement in
one sense - but in the real world a significant part of the street violence
is coming from long-st... more »
Obama on the violence in Ukraine
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Global Research
*The U.S. thinks it has found a formula for regime change, beginning with
destabilization from within. Venezuela’s democratically elected government
has long been a target. “Over the last decade or so we have seen this
strategy attempted in Zimbabwe, Libya, Iran, and Syria.*
The political plan for Venezuela took stage in the streets of Washington
DC February 15, 2014. Passers-by on Georgetown’s 30th Street on a freezing
Saturday were perplexed at the standoff between two groups assuming
opposite sides of th... more »
Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time
I was looking for one and found this at Red and White.
The American Film Institute have made a list of the 100 Greatest movie
quotes of all time...
What are your favourites?
http://afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx#list
1. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. Gone With the Wind, 1939
2. I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. The Godfather, 1972
3. You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I
could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. On the
Waterfront, 1954
4. Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. The Wiza... more »
AL QAEDA IN ACEH
*Aceh in Indonesia. www.rontravel.com.*
*In 2000, top Al Qaeda leaders visited Aceh in Indonesia.*
Los Angeles Times
*'The CIA's Free Aceh Movement'.*
*It is believed that the both the Free Aceh Movement and Al Qaeda are tools
of the CIA.*
It is believed that the purpose of the* Free Aceh Movement*, a militant
Islamist body, is to promote the agenda of the CIA.
The *Free Aceh Movemen*t has helped to keep Aceh poor, backward and feudal.
When MI6 was trying to topple Indonesia's President Sukarno, it trained and
armed Islamists in Sumatra.
The CIA's use of militant Moslems over... more »
Picking Up The Tab
Jim Flaherty's budget may have been full of happy talk. But, Frank Graves
writes, Canadians -- particularly young Canadians -- are not happy. They
know they've been had:
The simple fact is that the agenda of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s
government is no longer about an incremental, gradual shift away from a
progressive state to a model of minimal government embodied by
neo-conservative Reaganism or Thatcherism. The public may now see
trickle-down economics as a cruel hoax — but it still seems to be the
theory informing the current government’s approach to the economy.
Stephen... more »
THE REAL STORY ABOUT UKRAINE
A short-lived truce has broken down in Ukraine as street battles have
erupted between anti-government protesters and police. Last night the
country’s embattled president and the opposition leaders demanding his
resignation called for a truce and negotiations to try to resolve Ukraine’s
political crisis. But hours later, armed protesters attempted to retake
Independence Square, sparking another day of deadly violence. At least 50
people have died since Tuesday in the bloodiest period of Ukraine’s 22-year
post-Soviet history.
While President Obama has vowed to "continue to engage al... more »
Will The Reason For My Termination Turn Up In A Background Check?
A reader left this question in the comments to my post Loss Prevention is
Lying to You.
*Hey Donna, would you know if for example LP fired a person from a company,
would other companies that person applies for be able to see everything
that happened between him and the company he got fired from?*
One of the very common statements I hear is, "I know they aren't allowed to
say that in a reference." This statement usually comes from someone who is
shocked (shocked!) to find out that their former employer gave them a very
bad reference. Many people think employers can only give out date... more »
Google: Amazing Smartphone with 3D sensors
*Google has unveiled a prototype smart phone with "customized hardware and
software" that enables it to make 3D maps of a user's surroundings.* The
device's sensors permit it make over 250,000 3D measurements every second
and update its position in real-time. Google said possible applications
may include indoor mapping, helping the visually-impaired navigate untried
indoor places unassisted and gaming.
It has offered 200 prototypes to developers keen to make apps for it.
Google supposed its Advanced Technology and Projects unit developed the
phone as part of a project called Pr... more »
Ukraine president announces concessions- state sponsored terrorism at work
Ukraine president announces early elections, promises coalition government
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has announced early
presidential elections and promised to form a coalition government in a bid
to defuse a deep crisis in which scores have been killed and hundreds
injured. There was no immediate comment from opposition leaders, who were
meeting among themselves. In a statement on his website, Yanukovych said he
would start the process for early elections but gave no date. He also
promised constitutional reforms trimming presidential powers, a key demand ... more »
Trans-Pacific Partnership " Trade Deal " Updates February 21 , 2014 -- Obama's TPP negotiators received huge bonuses from big banks ! Matt Stoller: “Free Trade” Pacts Were Always About Weakening Nation-States to Promote Rule by Multinationals !
Obama's TPP negotiators received huge bonuses from big banks
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A controversial trade deal being touted by the White House is expected to
give American corporations broad new authority if approved. Now according
to newly released documents, big banks gave millions to the execs that are
now orchestrating the agreement.
Investigative journalist Lee Fang wrote for Republic Report on Tuesday this
wee... more »
The Madness of King Bibi
To use one of those wonderful Hitler analogies that Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu so cherishes the increasingly unstable leader of our
most influential ally is now like Der Führer hunkered down in his Berlin
bunker wailing at phantoms as the Russian army closed in. While the
rumblings that plague Bibi aren’t so much the sound of tank treads
pulverizing Berlin into rubble they are much more ominous, they are the
sounds of shifting world opinion. With the state of Israel methodically
being reduced to a racist, war addicted doppelganger of the very land whose
heinous cri... more »
Gold news items February 19 , 2014 .......Koos Jansen -- The World Gold Council Clueless on Chinese Gold Demand ? With Comex gold warehouses reflecting no movement in or out yesterday - and the debiting of delivery of bullion for February longs still waiting , is an impending gold and silver smash looming ? Might negative data tonight from China and Japan give the needed excuse ?
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
2/20/144 updates......
TF Metals Report: Gold is NOT flowing back into GLD
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-02-20 18:35. Section: Daily Dispatches
1:30p ET Thursday, February 20, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The TF Metals Report's Turd Ferguson today contradicts assertions that gold
is flowing back into the exchange-traded fund GLD. Instead, Ferguson
writes, the metal moving back into GLD is being withdrawn almost
immediately. "Physical gold is clearly in very short supply worldwide as
demand is insatiable," Ferguson writes. His commentary is headlined "The
GLD Two-Step" and i... more »
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 2.21.14”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 2.21.14”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“Violent protests continue in the Ukraine. At least 70 people have been
killed and 500 injured. In a bazaar twist, 67 police officers were
temporarily captured by the protesters. Now, the EU and Canada have put
sanctions on Ukraine officials because of the severity of the
crackdown. The sanctions target finance and trade. The European Union says
the force is “excessive” and charges there are “human rights
violations.”Also, the U.S. is warning the Ukraine not to go too far in the
crackdown. Meanwhile, it has been repo... more »
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*FEMA declares New Orleans area levee system accredited, clearing way for
lower flood insurance rates for many ~Mark Schleifstein*
*Lecture by Lt. General Russel Honoré *
*Water rights: Industry, environmentalists, regulators clash on how to
slice the pie*
*Facing billions of dollars in coastal erosion lawsuits, oil industry seeks
public's help ~John Harper, Daily Comet*
*Kenner company owner says he won't give up 'Who Dat' casket fight ~Antwan
Harris, WWLTV *
*New Orleans Is On Way To Becoming A Model City ~Joel Kotkin, New Geography
*
*Mardi Gras parades for Friday!*
*Greeting... more »
EASY TO BE INDEPENDENT?
*Union soldiers 1863.*
How easy might it be for Texas, or Scotland, or Western Ukraine to become
independent?
In 1861, the *USA* fought a civil war to prevent a break up of the union.
Since the 19th century, the *Kurds* have been trying to break away from
Turkey. 35,000 people have been killed in the recent Turkish-Kurdish
conflict.
*In 1905, Norway voted in a referendum to become independent from Sweden. *
*Sweden briefly considered war.*
*Then the Swedes let Norway break away peacefully.*
*1916 Easter Rising in Dublin*
Britain put up a fight to prevent *Irish* independence,... more »
An Oopsie in Arizona.
HB2153 was supposed only to target GLBT people. But the way it's been
drafted means it goes rather further than that.
Sec. 2. Section 41-1493.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-1493.01. Free exercise of religion protected; definition
A. Free exercise of religion is a fundamental right that applies in this
state even if laws, rules or other government actions are facially neutral.
B. Except as provided in subsection C, government of this section, state
action shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even
if the burden results from a rule of ge... more »
Embattled Ukraine: Kiev’s vicious cycle of violence rages on LIVE UPDATES February 21 , 2014
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Embattled Ukraine: Kiev’s vicious cycle of violence rages on LIVE UPDATES
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At least 75 people have died in the street violence, as the broken truce
between the government and the opposition has turned the Ukrainian capital
into bloody turmoil.
Fr... more »
Snowden Documents Reveal Covert Surveillance and Pressure Tactics Aimed at WikiLeaks and Its Supporters --- key takeaways Top-secret documents from the National Security Agency and its British counterpart reveal for the first time how the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom targeted WikiLeaks and other activist groups with tactics ranging from covert surveillance to prosecution The efforts – detailed in documents provided previously by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden – included a broad campaign of international pressure aimed not only at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but at what the U.S. government calls “the human network that supports WikiLeaks.” The documents also contain internal discussions about targeting the file-sharing site Pirate Bay and hacktivist collectives such as Anonymous.
Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/02/18/snowden-docs-reveal-covert-surveillance-and-pressure-tactics-aimed-at-wikileaks-and-its-supporters/
Snowden
Documents Reveal Covert Surveillance and Pressure Tactics Aimed at
WikiLeaks and Its Supporters
By Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Gallagher18 Feb 2014, 1:50 AM EST153
[image: Featured photo - Snowden Documents Reveal Covert Surveillance
and
Pressure Tactics Aimed at WikiLeaks and Its Supporters]WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Top-secret documents from the National Security Agency and its British
co... more »
Musical Interlude: Georg Deuter, “Sea and Silence”
Georg Deuter, “Sea and Silence”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf_tlrRhCRs
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages is popularly
called Thor's Helmet. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet
is about 30 light-years across. In fact, the helmet is more like an
interstellar bubble, blown as a fast wind from the bright, massive star
near the bubble's center sweeps through a surrounding molecular cloud.
Known as a Wolf-Rayet star, the central star is an extremely hot giant
thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova stage of evolution.
*Click image for larger size.*
Cataloged as NGC 2359, the nebula is located about 15,000 light-years a... more »
“The Ocean Is Broken”
*“The Ocean Is Broken”*
By Greg Ray
"It was the silence that made this voyage different from all of those
before it. Not the absence of sound, exactly. The wind still whipped the
sails and whistled in the rigging. The waves still sloshed against the
fibreglass hull. And there were plenty of other noises: muffled thuds and
bumps and scrapes as the boat knocked against pieces of debris. What was
missing was the cries of the seabirds which, on all previous similar
voyages, had surrounded the boat. The birds were missing because the fish
were missing.
Exactly 10 years before, when New... more »
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*Charles Krauthammer Destroys Global Warming Myths in 89 Seconds*
Last night on “Special Report with Bret Baier”, columnist Charles
Krauthammer questioned the “settled science” of global warming — an issue
that is currently driving the President’s agenda.
In a clip discovered by The Daily Caller, Krauthammer rails against the
notion of “settled science,” noting that Isaac Newton’s laws were settled
for 200 years before Albert Einstein turned them over.
Speaking about the economic effects of climate change, Krauthammer noted
that “all of this is driven by this ideology, which in it... more »
Review - Just Mayo
On the day that we went vegan, I went through every item in my pantry,
reading labels, and giving away anything which included animal products.
There was an unopened jar of mayonnaise and, with just the slightest
regret, I placed it into the box headed for a friend's kitchen. That was
the last time that I tasted mayonnaise ...
Until now!
Sure, I tried the vegan substitutes on the market (hated them) and even
made some versions, using tofu, that came close to the original. Still,
they just didn't have that taste.
I was invited to try Just Mayo.
[image: Review of "Just Mayo"]
It co... more »
“…a rare achievement.”
Blogger and Melbourne cartoonist Gavin Aung Than, blogging at Zen Pencils,
“turns inspirational quotes into comic strips.” In this strip, he
illustrates life advice from Calvin & Hobbes’s cartoonist Bill Watterson.
[image: image]
Read on at Zen Pencils not to only to see what happens next – but for some
great life advice.
[Hat tip Jenn Casey and Slate]
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
"Fukushima Update, 2/20/14"
*"Fukushima Update, 2/20/14"*
by Various Sources
"TV: It’s a “record-high” leak at Fukushima, extraordinarily radioactive;
Almost 8,000,000 times limit; Even more toxic since it was from early in
disaster; Alarm went off 9 hours before, but disregarded; Now checking for
other leaks; “News came as a shock.”
NHK, Feb. 20, 2014: Record-high tainted water leak at Fukushima plant. The
leaked water contained an extraordinarily high 230-million becquerels per
liter of beta-ray emitting substances, consisting mainly of strontium 90.
The level is about 7.6 million times the government’s pe... more »
Welcome to the Stasi State ! The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to roll out something called the Critical Information Needs study, which will embed government “researchers” into media organizations around the nation to make sure they are doing their job properly ... While Democrats and media puppets of Comrade Obama sit mute , Americans need to wake up as to hat the heck is going on here at home ! This is what would expect from China , the Soviet Union and the proverbial " Tinpot Dictators " in Banana Republics - and maybe that's the message from on high as to where things stand .....
As if the Media Were Not Controlled Enough Already...
By stephanie | Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 7:02 pm
*They're running scared.*
They have to be. Otherwise, why would the FCC want to insert itself into
newsrooms to determine who selects which stories to run?
I'm certainly frightened to hear that our government feels it is their job
to monitor our newsrooms, but then it hit me: They are on the defense.
The alternative media is on the offense.
It's bad news, but it's also good news.
I'm happy to be a part of a website such as TF Metals Report that can break
through the mainstream me... more »
Expert evidence
*R. v. Sekhon* 2014 SCC 14:
[43] As set out *R. v. Mohan*, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9,
at pp. 20-23, and affirmed in *R. v. J.-L.J.*, 2000 SCC 51, [2000] 2 S.C.R.
600, and *R. v. D.D.*, 2000 SCC 43, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 275, the admission of
expert evidence depends on the following criteria: 1) relevance; 2)
necessity in assisting the trier of fact; 3) the absence of any
exclusionary rule; and 4) a properly qualified expert.
[44] With respect to the "relevance" criterion,
*Mohan*states that the judge must conduct a cost-benefit analysis to
dete... more »
The Daily "NearYou?"
Stuarts Draft, Virginia, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Like We Said, It's About More than Your Genes
*Guest post by Daniel Jepson and Chris Wood, writers for “Casey
Extraordinary Technology”*
In last week's article on epigenetics at Casey Research, we began with a
brief discussion of the enormous expectations that were placed on the Human
Genome Project such as, that its results would lead to the end of
disease—and how those expectations ultimately went unfulfilled because of
course, things are never that simple. More importantly, in this case, genes
are only part of the story.
To quote briefly from that article:
Little did the community know at the time that the project [i.e., ... more »
UHC 23: Orthopedic Hospital Corporatization, Not Privatization
There have been a number of political noise about the corporatization and
modernization of the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC). Many groups are
opposing its “privatization” with lots of street rallies and the
petitioners going to the Supreme Court opposing the said “privatization.”
This is a typical disease of confusing and equating corporatization as
privatization. The former means the government will just create a board
relatively (but not fully) independent of Malacanang and Congress, with
private sector presence in the board as they will inject their own money.
The DOH Secre... more »
dispatches from ola 2014, part 2: a year of tween programming
Tweens - older kids who are not yet teens - are among my favourite library
customers. Tween books are my favourites to read, and a tween audience is
my most natural writing voice.
Sadly, tweens are often underserved at libraries. Library programming often
focuses on either pre-school kids or youth, usually defined as ages 12 and
up. The 8-12 group is too old for baby stuff, but usually too young for the
real teen scene. And libraries are often desperate for tween programming
ideas.
To that end, two librarians from the Oshawa (Ontario) Public Library,
Brianne Wilkins-Bester and Tiff... more »
Satire: "Republicans To Discontinue Use Of Email"
*"Republicans To Discontinue Use Of Email"*
By Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Citing the scandals embroiling Wisconsin
Governor Scott Walker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the
Republican Governors Association today ordered its members to discontinue
the use of e-mail, “effective immediately.” According to a memo sent to all
Republican governors, “Any plots, schemes, conspiracies, or violations of
campaign-finance laws should be conducted using pay phones or easily
disposable cell phones such as the ones used on ‘The Wire.’ ” The governors
were instructed ... more »
Global Protests February 18 , 2014 -- Hell's Bells tolling in Ukraine , Venezuela and thailand !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Ukraine........
2/19/14.....
Ukraine Government-Opposition Truce Announced
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In my room, and not that happy about it
I know that after I've said a sad goodbye to the Comision de Accion
Social Menonita and have returned to Canada, I will talk fondly to my
friends about having had the amazing opportunity to travel around so much
of Honduras through my work in all seven regions of CASM.
But tonight I’m in a down-market hotel room in teeny La Campa, sitting
under a hideous fluorescent doughnut light while dining on weird little
coconut sticks I packed in my bag knowing that I’d be dead bored by Day 3
with the limited food selection here. There’s absolutely zilch on the
13-inch TV. I’m a very ... more »
Robert King in Canada for Hard Time screenings: Photos and Media Coverage
*ROBERT KING IN THE NEWS:* *Morning News Montreal Televison Interview*
*II* *La Presse: En croisade contre le milieu carcéral américain* II *Montreal
Gazette Interview* *II* *Le Devoir: 29 ans d’isolement en prison* *II* *BBC
News: Scientists call solitary confinement 'damaging and unnecessary'* *II*
*Japan Times / AFP: In prisons, solitary takes toll on minds* II *VIDEO:
Science Magazine Live Chat w/ Robert King; Is Solitary Confinement Torture?*
*(PHOTO: Robert King w/ filmmaker Ron Harpelle at the Toronto Film
Festival. View more photos below.)*As announced in our la... more »
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*Retired Louisiana Lt. General Russell Honore" may run for governor of
Louisiana*
*The Bar That's a Second Home for a Generation of New Orleans Journalists
~Michael Patrick Welch, Vice*
The Community In Morocco: Traveling Living DOing
Community Morocco: Update!
Things are coming together very very quickly now and moving forward so fast
it is becoming difficult to keep track of it all.
Brian and Justin have written an excellent update that covers most of the
updates of the Community in Morocco and how we are moving forward.
As for my family's update, we picked up our passports yesterday! YAY!!!
and it only took 2 attempts, 3 sets of couriered documents, a few hundred
dollars, and just about 7 weeks ...... But that's behind us now, and NOW
we move forward!!!
We are packing to return to Morocco as soon as ... more »
REPOST: Where's my free will?
I don’t know about you, but when I tune in to the infantile ‘debate’ about
obesity – about who to blame when folk get fat and how ‘someone must do
something” (for “someone” read “government,” and for “something” read
coercion) – I find it disturbing that fatties and pollies alike find common
cause in removing personal responsibility from their respective equations.
If you're a fat bastard and you don't want to be, how about you stop
blaming vending machines, your school, your parents, your genes and just
try the 'don't-eat-so-frigging-much' diet. (Do you see many fat starving ... more »
Why are Welfare Cuts a Moral Crusade?
Can't find employment and dread the fortnightly grilling down the job
centre? Can't afford the bedroom tax so have to rely on food banks to get
you and yours through the week? At the end of your tether because you're
waiting an age for the appeal against your Work Capability Assessment
decision, which found you fit for work when your doctor and consultant both
have prescribed nothing but rest? Well, chin up. These humiliations all
come from a compassionate place. You see, Dave's on a mission. A moral
mission.
Taking time out from dithering over the floods to rebut the soon-to-be Ca... more »
"I'm a Ukrainian" smells like western style psy-op
*You can, if you so chose to, watch the video... here*
*I am not posting it, because it is a propaganda video. It's purpose is to
draw you in emotionally which will cause you to think irrationally and
uncritically*
Appealing on an emotional level, most often sadness or fear. Instead of
facts, persuasive language is used to develop the foundation of an appeal
to emotion-based argument.
The face and somewhat pleading voice of an attractive woman is being used
to elicit feelings of sympathy from gullibe dupes
*The video hits every meme button being pushed by the NATO media*
As I... more »
God Save the Queen: Brits in a Race with U.S. towards Full Blown Fascism
From the *‘if you think we have it bad here department’* more tales of
jolly old England’s stiff-upper lipped charge into a full blown fascist
state have surfaced in the last day. First being that human rights attorney Jesselyn
Radack who assists in the representation of former government contractor
turned NSA whistleblower was detained and harassed by goons at London’s
Heathrow Airport. While the Queen’s subjects aren’t subjected to the same
sort of ritual humiliation that American travelers are by the government
sanctioned bullies, petty power freaks, pedophiles and thieves that ... more »
"I Desire" by John Hinkley Jr.
*John Hinckley Letter to Radio StationNov. 1982*
Copy of letter written by John Hinckley to the "Morning Zoo" radio DJs at
KZEW in Dallas, TX.
Dated Nov. 1982, John mentions his love of new wave music, especially DEVO.
He says "I co-wrote a song on their new album. The song is *My Desire* and
I want you to play it 58 times each day."
DEVO used portions of a letter that John Hinckley wrote to Jodie Foster as
lyrics to the song "I Desire" from the "Oh, No! It's DEVO" album. Warner
Bros was not happy when they found out they'd have to pay Hinckley for his
lyrics.
From RollingSto... more »
The GCR & RV : Exogen Update with my comments
I was sent this in a skype room so I do not have a link to the original
post- if you know where it was posted, please feel free to repost this back
to that site and send the original link to edit into this article.
I have remained silent on the "RV" stuff for a long time- mostly because
there was so much bull crap and lies and ridiculousness going on that I
basically said "To hell with this idiocy!!!" and I have backed away from
most of my sources.
Having said that, those that I have kept in touch with have been keeping me
apprized of what's been going on in the "back rooms" so... more »
Do the Uber-Uber Wealthy Have Any Idea How Foolish They Are Acting? (Men In Drag - No Better Vision of Manliness?) No One Will Get Credit for Being Right About Ridiculousness of Afghanistan Attacks? (Certainly Not A Smart Black Woman) Tar Heels Beat Duke (74 - 66) !!!
BREAKING! Dancing in the streets! (Franklin and Columbia Streets!) As
Tarheels celebrate UNC's win over Duke (74-66) North Carolina rallies to
beat No. 5 Duke 74-66 Williams: A bunch of guys fought really hard
Krzyzewski: We just didn't have 'it' UNC celebrates win over Duke Duke
and UNC battle in Chapel Hill Fan cam: Battle of the Blues Slideshow:
Duke and UNC Battle in Chapel
“The Shocking Deals Behind Bankster Fines, The Real Reason No One Goes to Jail”
*“The Shocking Deals Behind Bankster Fines, *
*The Real Reason No One Goes to Jail”*
By Shah Gilani
“Headline news about banks settling charges for violating rules,
regulations, and laws- and announcements of the fines they agree to pay-
appears every day. Rarely- if ever- do they reveal how much money is really
being paid or where it's going. They also seldom explain what kinds of
settlements are reached. Or how banks negotiate what they'll actually pay
and to whom... or how they negotiate tax deductibility of fines... or how
they get "credits" for fines they never pay... or how in... more »
Greg Hunter, “Karl Denninger: Retail Sales Drop was Enormous”
*“Karl Denninger: Retail Sales Drop was Enormous”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"Financial writer and stock trader Karl Denninger says the most recent
Obama Care delay is all about politics. Denninger thinks, “It’s just simply
an attempt to push the issue past the 2014 election. I suspect that if you
really get down to it, it’s just simply about 50 to 60 million people were
going to get cancelled, and it was going to happen about the end of
September. The idea that you were going to throw all these people in
hospitals out in the street, I think it was a little bit too much for t... more »
Trifecta: Longing for Hope & Change: 71% Regret Voting for Obama...
*we tried to tell you.*
“When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over”
Folks, these are *police*, cops...
They could fight, and win, a war with this stuff...
*“When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over”*
by Jim Karger
“When they come for my gun, they will have to pry it out of my cold, dead
hands,” is a common refrain I often hear from the Neo-Cons when there is a
threat, credible or otherwise, that the US government is going to take
their firearms. And, when I hear this crazy talk, I agree with them openly.
“You are right. They will pry your gun from your cold dead hands,” which I
often follow with the question, “And where will that leave... more »
The Science Advocate's Dilemma
I am in Bonn, at a fascinating (if you are a science policy wonk) workshop
titled, "Basic and Applied Research: Historical Semantics of a Key
Distinction in 20th Century Science Policy" and organized by David
Kaldewey, University of Bonn, and Désirée Schauz, Munich Centre for the
History of Science and Technology. The workshop so far has been excellent.
I'm speaking tomorrow and I will mention John Kay's column in the FT from
earlier this week, in which he wrote about what has been called basic,
fundamental or pure research:
In 1969 Robert Wilson, director of the National Accelerat... more »
Ukraine if you want to. The BBC's not for Yanukovych
I was going to post something yesterday about Tuesday night's *Newsnight *and
its coverage of the latest upsurge of political violence in *Ukraine *but
ran out of time. Still, an extra day's wait gives me the chance to add Wednesday
night's coverage to the mix.
I'll begin with what I wrote yesterday...
We've noted before here at *Is?* the BBC's tendency to side with protesters
during these kinds of uprising - and, indeed, specifically during the past
few weeks of the Ukrainian protests. So it wasn't particularly surprising
to note that *all* the programme's 'talking heads' (from ... more »
“Is the Great Correction Over?”
*“Is the Great Correction Over?”*
by Bill Bonner
“First, the market news: The Dow lost 89 points yesterday. Gold fell by
four bucks an ounce. And now the good news: The Great Correction is over!
Hallelujah! People are going deeper into debt... and getting divorced
again.
No kidding. Bloomberg reports: "The number of Americans getting divorced
rose for the third year in a row to about 2.4 million in 2012, after
plunging in the 18-month recession ended June 2009, according to US Census
Bureau data. "As the economy normalizes, so too do family dynamics," said
Mark Zandi, chief econo... more »
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