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*DOONESBURY -- Monday*
In this week's *Doonesbury* "Flashback" we -- along with select members of
the Walden community -- see dear old Walden entering the 21st century.
(Note: You should be able to click on any of the strips to enlarge it. But
I always hate to promise.) -- *Ken*
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On the Serving Platter: The NEA-Teach Plus “Partnership”
I think both national teachers unions have some skewed arrangement to “seek
solidarity” by fastening themselves to privatizing groups. Perhaps such is
an adult display of grasping to belong to the “cool kids” clique. The “cool
kids” are the ones exploding with reform philanthropy money to invest in
ways to drain money from the teaching […]
THEM
It's the title of an early Joyce Carol Oates novel, possibly her best and
deserving a place in the US literary canon.
*_THEM_* depicts the chaotic lives of a family living in poverty in the
Detroit slums, from the 1930s to the 1967 riots. Oates draws a vivid
portrait of a matriarch, from self-awakening as a naive young mother nagged
by regrets at the age of sixteen, to a mature woman whose aspirations and
struggles encompass the destinies of her children battling to survive in a
perilous world fraught with violence. Poor white trash folks, before that
epithet became a thing.
US ag... more »
Beware Of Filthy Lies Spread By The SPLC And The Bankrupt Media About The Growth of Racism
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a total joke. In the video below, the
leader of the useless organization named Mark Potok says that, "Anti-black
racism has risen over the last four or five years. There's polling that
shows that both implicit and explicit anti-black attitudes among American
whites have gone up quite significantly between 2008 and 2012, to the point
where now more than half of white Americans have these anti-black
attitudes."
More than half? Yeaaah riiight you lying piece of shit. This huckster got
this number out of his ass, one hundred percent. He gets all his po... more »
Timothy Snyder, "Disjuncture Between History and Memory in Ukraine and Eastern Europe"
Video Title: Timothy Snyder, "Disjuncture Between History and Memory in
Ukraine and Eastern Europe." Source: UkeTube. Date Published: November 3,
2012. Description:
"Disjuncture between History and Memory in Ukraine and Eastern Europe" a
lecture by Timothy Snyder, 31 March 2011. Audio courtesy of University of
Cambridge, R.E. Finnin, & Timothy Snyder.
"Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, to revert to that cliche,
there really isn't European history yet. And, more strikingly, it's not
clear that there's even been that much progress made towards European
history, with ... more »
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Our Country Is Up To No Good Again-- This Time In Venezuela… And On Behalf Of Big Oil
You would never guess it from the U.S. media coverage but the U.S. is
making its move against the people of Venezuela, doing all it can to incite
and support a violent right-wing takeover of a legitimately elected
government of the working masses. Sure, that's the kind of thing that
scumbags like Nixon and Kissinger did. But Obama and Kerry? You bet your
ass! You'd like the Obama Administration gets it's Venezuela policy direct
from Fox-- or vice versa. Since the government of Venezuela nationalized
the oil industry, the standard of living for Venezuelan working families
has made... more »
Joke
A duck walks into a post office and asks the man behind the counter: 'Do
you have any corn?'
The man answers politely: 'No, we don't have any corn here.'
The next day, the duck enters again and asks: 'Do you have any corn?'
Annoyed, the man answers: 'No! We don't have any corn.'
This goes on for a couple of days until finally, when the duck asks 'Do you
have any corn?', the man gets so upset he yells: 'NO! For the last time we
don't have any corn, and if you ask again I'll nail your beak to the
counter!'
The next day, the duck returns and asks: 'Do you have any nails?'
The ... more »
Professor Stephen Cohen Talking Sense On The Crisis In Ukraine
*Fascism is making a comeback in Europe, thanks in part to Washington*. *Source
of photo*.
"While President Obama has vowed to "continue to engage all sides," a
recently leaked audio recording between two top U.S. officials reveal the
Obama administration has been secretly plotting with the opposition. We
speak to Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics
at New York University and Princeton University. His most recent book,
"Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War,"
is out in paperback. His latest Nation article is "Distorting... more »
Independence Day
If you've been following along lately, you may have noticed that we've been
pushing in a direction that diverges from what I like referring to as the
two corrupt Beltway parties and reminding people that the lesser of two
evils is still… evil. That has been manifesting itself as a lot of positive
coverage of recovering-Democrat/now independent progressive Marianne
Williamson in her CA-33 congressional race out in Santa Monica/Beverly
Hills. I would never say anything negative about state Senator Ted Lieu and
I imagine he and Marianne would vote pretty much identically. But she wou... more »
Reflexes 'n' reflections
As Sue's in a reflective mood tonight (and inventing much better titles
than me)...
It was quite amusing in the early days of *"Is"* that the website that the
website for Radio 4's *Sunday *had not one but two links to our site.
They used to have a 'buzz' section, picking up on posts about the programme
from across the intercyberwebosphere. Our two links stayed there for months.
That felt weird at the time. Admittedly, one of the two posts they linked
to was broadly (but not completely) complimentary to them, but the other -
the one about their bias on the subject of welfare - mo... more »
The Ones - Flawless
Hard as it is to believe, this 2001 ditty wasn't written about me. But it
might well apply to my coming piece on intersectionality and socialism. We
shall see.
The World Stands and Says: "NO MORE!"
Many people are feeling a pause, like the quiet before the storm. The huge
intake of breath that is held in anticipation, with a quickening of the
pulse that is the prelude to the adrenaline rush. It feels as if the world
is sitting on the blade of a knife, waiting for the slightest flicker of
air to ever so gently brush against it and waft it over the edge of
Change. Many many people stand watching intently to see which way the
breeze will blow....
And there are many people who feel the pause like a deadening emptiness
that threatens to swallow them whole. They fear, they doubt... more »
Bringing Out Spring
February 22, 2014 Having spent the last two months finding ways to stay
warm without bankrupting myself in the cold and snowy weather, this past
week has been a pleasure. Most days have been in the high fifties to mid … Continue
reading →
Exxon CEO Joins Lawsuit to Stop Fracking Near His Home
Exxon CEO Joins Lawsuit to Stop Fracking Near His Home
*Rex Tillerson finally tells the truth about fracking. It lowers property
values.*
*Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson may be the world's biggest fracker (Exxon is the
biggest natural gas producer in the U.S.) but he isn't stupid. He'll frack
my backyard and tell me it's good for me and he'll frack your place too,
but don't let any frackers near his home. He knows damn well that fracking
lowers property values, but he wouldn't admit it until the frackers came to
his place. He just joined a lawsuit to stop the fracking because it would
low... more »
Syria and Ukraine: Kindred Nations?
Ukraine tied up with Syria- Russia crucial to them both
From Robert Fisk @ the Independent.
Fisk presents a narrative of dependance on Putin's Russia- and goes through
the similarities between Ukraine and Syria that extend beyond Putin
Assad *“will instead be dwelling upon the remarkable similarities between
Yanukovych’s besieged government and his own Syrian regime*, which is still
battling an armed struggle against insurgents.
Assad & Yanukovych *Similarities indeed, and there are so many:* Blood in
the Streets: Is the west repeating the Syrian model in Ukraine
Fisk- The simila... more »
UPDATED: Bank of International Settlements....BEing and Doing...? Why the Banking Documents Were Not Accepted
BIS ATTEMPT TO FILE A SECURITY ON ETERNAL ESSENCE - CLICK TO ENLARGE
Reblogged from:
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*UPDATED: Bank of International Settlements....BEing and Doing...? Why the
Banking Documents Were Not Accepted*
*Bank of International Settlements....BEing and Doing....?*
February 22, 2014
By Brian Kelly
This picture was just shared with me on Facebook. Fortunately, I'm sitting
here in a café in Morocco with Heather only a few tables away, so of course
I jumped up and showed it to her. Immediately she burst o... more »
The Draft
University of Chicago's Allen Sanderson discusses the economics and
political economy of conscription.
As for my view: I find it hard to imagine that I would ever endorse the
reinstatement of the draft, not so much for economic reasons, but out of
respect for individual liberty.
BIS: BEing and Doing...? Why the Banking Documents Were Not Accepted
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very big puzzle that ties a lot more pieces together!!!!!
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UPDATED: Bank of International Settlements....BEing and Doing...? Why the
Banking Documents Were Not Accepted
*Bank of International Settlements....BEing and Doing....? *
February 22, 2014
This picture was just shared with me on Facebook. Fortunately, I'm sitting
here in a café in Morocco wit... more »
UKRAINE WILDCARD IS YULIA TYMOSHENKO
* The recent freeing of imprisoned Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister
and leader of the EPP party, is a possible game changing wildcard in the
current Ukraine dilemma. Tymoshenko has often found common ground with **Yanukovych
while demonstrating the ability to deal with Putin to ease the
implementation of a Ukraine-EU deal: Allen L Roland*
*What's needed now in Ukraine is the presence of a respected political
figure who can deal with all internal political factions and keep the
outside players, Moscow, Washington, and Brussels, effectively at bay.*
Former Ukraine P... more »
Alberta's oil-sands are polluting groundwater
Harper government will like us to believe that Alberta's oil-sands are
safe. However, a recent study has shown that that is not the case.
*New federal research confirms that Alberta’s oilsands are polluting
ground water and seeping into the Athabasca River. The industry has
maintained that toxic chemicals are contained safely in tailing ponds, but
new research shows this isn’t the case.*
Read more here.
Satire: “Arizona Governor Fears Government Regulation Could Ruin Bigotry and Hatred”
*“Arizona Governor Fears Government *
*Regulation **Could Ruin Bigotry and Hatred”*
by Andy Borowitz
PHOENIX (The Borowitz Report)— “Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said today that
she was reluctant to sign an anti-gay “religious freedom” bill passed by
the Arizona state legislature this week, telling reporters, “I believe that
bigotry and hatred should be free of government regulation.” She said that
while many Arizona business owners currently enjoy employing hateful
practices, “I worry that if big government gets involved, that’ll ruin
everything.” “Don’t get me wrong—I think the ant... more »
"He has Fled the Country..!"
*The Frontier of the NATO Alliance, 1968*
*PARIS*
*The Face of the Enemy*
*Daniel Cohn-Bendit of the Situationalist International.*
*Agent of N*A*T*O.*
*Takes his orders from McGeorge Bundy of the Round Table Group, the House
of Rockefeller and the Council on Foreign Relations.*
*Not French. German, Jewish and Boirgoise. *
*Gaullist response : announce deportation of German resistence leader.*
*"We are All German Jews!!"*
*"No demands..!!!!"*
"Je suis Marxiste—tendance Groucho. "
(I'm a Marxist—of the Groucho variety.)
"This concerns everyone."
"Soyez réalistes,... more »
MEXICO'S SINALOA DRUG CHIEF Joaquin "El Chapo " Guzman arrested alive by US and Mexican forces ! Will he face justice in the US or Mexico ? Note renewed efforts to really bust up Sinaloa , Zetas , Gulf Cartel and Knight's Templar Drug Gangs since PRI regained power in Mexico ( kudos to the Administration of Enrique Pena Nieto who has done what the prior Administration of Felipe Calderon failed or refuse to do ) !
Feb 22, 12:32 PM EST
MEXICO'S SINALOA DRUG CHIEF ARRESTED
BY ALICIA A. CALDWELL AND KATHERINE CORCORAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel who was the world's
most powerful drug lord was captured overnight by U.S. and Mexican
authorities at a hotel in Mazatlan, Mexico, The Associated Press had
learned, ending a bloody decades-long career that terrorized swaths of the
country.
A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was
taken alive overnight by Mexican marines in the... more »
THE PRESS CORPS [HEART] ACCUSERS: Rachel toys with her Chip Michaels doll!
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2014*
*Epilogue—Matthews’ spawn:* In the past week, we’ve reviewed an astonishing
bit of conduct by Chris Matthews, a remarkable false accusation.
For yesterday's post, click here.
Matthews’ conduct occurred in May 1999; it could have gotten somebody
killed. Our review triggers a basic question:
Fifteen years later, how can an unbalanced person like Matthews possibly be
on the air?
It isn’t just the false accusation, which involved heinous misconduct. We
also recalled the ridiculous way Matthews proceeded from there.
He consulted by phone with Gennifer Flow... more »
A VISIT FROM A FRIEND
A story telling friend visited last night for dinner and wood stove sharing
afterwards. James Williamson, from good New England stock, is a very
bright man. He lives in Cambridge, Ma. and frequently drops by Harvard to
listen to many speakers who normally represent mainstream views. James
loves to ask long and complex, but pointed, questions and prides himself on
getting his face and question on the C-SPAN TV channel. He was on two
nights ago and called me to quickly turn the TV on and see him in action.
After talking for a good while we watched a couple episodes of the Netflix... more »
Fukushima updates - February 22 - 23 , 2014 Weekend thread - another Tepco screw up allows for another huge release of contaminated water , updates on contamination in Japan and North America ....WIPP Plutonium release at US nuclear facility , roof collapse , serious breach , related to seismic event ? Remind anyone of the non information in Japan regarding Fukushima ?
Energy News......
Japan.....
09:30 AM EST on February 22nd, 2014 | 33 comments
Nuclear Professor: Fish on West Coast found with Fukushima radioactive
material — We’re testing fish that are sold at markets to U.S. consumers
(AUDIO)
10:33 AM EST on February 21st, 2014 | 198 comments
NHK: Failure at Fukushima — Gundersen: Extraordinarily radioactive leak
will be in Pacific shortly; “Site is going to bleed into ocean for 100
years”
09:54 PM EST on February 20th, 2014 | 138 comments
TV: It’s a “record-high” leak at Fukushima, extraordinarily radioactive —
Almost 8,000,000 times limit — ... more »
CHICAGO, RAHM EMANUEL, OBAMA
*Chicago 1948. A penniless mother*
Chicago is associated with Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama.
And Al Capone and Osama bin Laden and child abuse.
135 Arrested In Chicago Area Child Prostitution Sting
Chicago is one third Hispanic, one third White and one third Black.
Rahm Emanuel, who worked for the Israeli army in the 1991 Gulf War, became
mayor of Chicago in 2011.
Reportedly, "The late FBI director John O'Neill exposed Emanuel as a Mossad
agent." (Comment at dailymail.N web site)
Rahm Emanuel currently has the support of a majority of the Whites and
Hispanics.
Rahm Emanuel s... more »
Poisoning The Air And Water-- For Fun And Profit: Today's Republican Party
For the past several years, we've been pointing out how Buck McKeon has a
bunch of worthless relatives who work as lobbyists, where they can trade on
his name for their personal enrichment. This week Legistorm.com released a
list of congressmembers whose direct relatives are also lobbyists-- and
McKeon was only the *second* worst. The title of worst belongs to
career-long Florida career criminal John Mica who makes McKeon look like a
piker. Mica has two shady brothers, Dan and David, working as lobbyists,
plus a son, Clark, and a daughter, D'Anne, *and*, as if that weren't
enough... more »
the ET Rebel Force would rather destroy the planet and Human life, then to admit they were wrong
*( I don't know that I "believe" what Peter Kling is saying here, but to
rule it out would be irresponsible . . )*
Peter Kling
2-22-2014
[image: Peter Kling]
*UNDERSTANDING EXOPOLITICS...*
There are several species of ET or Interdimensional lifeforms across the
Multiverse, the issue we face, is that about 6000 Earth-years ago there was
a dispute across all species of ETs which led to a revolt and the future of
the Human Family and whom has legal right to direct the future expansion
across the galaxy and then the universe.
The Rebel Force wants control over the Human Race, hence ... more »
War Watch Updates - February 20 , 2014 -- Syria war focus on islamist / jihadist rebels imposing Sharia law in areas under their control , US acts interventionalist again ( which audience are they playing to this time ) , Syria government and " moderate rebel truce holding in Damascus ( how long these actors team up against islamist / jihadists ) , UN Food Aid deliveries resume as rebel fighters beat a retreat , UN vote on Syria Aid could come this week........Another day of Iraq death dealing ...... US reluctantly admits Iran has complied with all terms of the Interim Agrement , while US still downplays chances of a Final Deal ...... Militias' ultimatum heightens Libya tensions Leader of parliament calls the demand for power handover an "impending coup", as different factions compete for power.
Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
Syria......
Obama Looks to Escalate Military Role in SyriaOfficials Mull 'Limited
Strikes' on Syria
by Jason Ditz, February 20, 2014
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After failing to sell the American public on a full-scale invasion of
Syria, President Obama let the matter drop, briefly at least. Now,
officials are mulling ways to escalate their military involvement in the
nation again.
Earlier in the week, the talk was of dramatic escalations of arms to rebel
factions and possibly the establishment of a no-fly zone. Now, the talks
are also said to include the possibility of “limited” US str... more »
Contaminated Water at Fukushima Daiichi Threatens World's Oceans
Here is a link to an interview I did with Voice of Russia Thursday.
The interview was supposed to be aired live, but we had so many connection
problems that they made a rough transcript, which is the article (with a
somewhat misleading title
http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_02_21/Leaked-radioactive-water-may-soon-affect-Californian-soil-expert-2098/
Voice of Russia is still connected to the government so I find it
interesting that the Russians are pushing for international cooperation
around Fukushima. I think they are most concerned about the contaminated
water.
Voice of Russia ... more »
Bricks 'n' mortification
Last year - my goodness - nearly a whole year ago - I wrote a post about
blogging. It fell into the category we like to call ‘introspection’.
At the time I was sort of examining our reasons for leaving Biased-BBC and
going it alone, also addressing the seemingly insurmountable problem of
being discredited by one’s own supporters in the form of unsolicited (or
unintentionally solicited) below-the-line comments or if you’re Tommy
Robinson, over-enthusiastic followers, fellow members and rabble rousers.
Like, thugs and that.
Anyway, when the news came that ‘right-wing’ Breitbart was s... more »
Hezbollah: Jews have "hijacked global culture" through media, Hollywood
*Al-Manar TV*, a Lebanese-based television and media company with ties to
Hezbollah, recently aired a television program (correctly) claiming that *"Jews
use skills and superheroes to hijack global culture through mass media,"* *The
Times of Israel* reported yesterday.
American Jews invented Hollywood movies, from “Superman” to “Schindler’s
List,” in order to take over the world, according to a program aired on
Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV and translated by MEMRI. Hezbollah would like to do
the same thing, but doesn’t know how to, the report lamented.
According to the program, the Jews “... more »
WSJ: Nuclear Plants to Get Loan Guarantees
by Alicia Mundy Feb 19, 2014 p. B7:
The Energy Department plans to grant final approval this week of $6.5
billion in loan guarantees for two nuclear reactors under construction in
Georgia by a consortium led by Southern Co.... The loan guarantees show
that the White House is committed to the 'all of above' energy
policy....[end]
Majia here: the overall price tag for the new reactors is estimated at $14
billion.
However, an earlier news article from December 24 in the WSJ reported
cost-over-runs due to delays:
December 24, 2012 WSJ: New Nuclear Plant Hits Some Snages Dec 24, 2012... more »
Wealth is a Reward for Notoriety
I don't know what the fuck you people want from me, anymore, if
anything. Unless it's just to go away forever, as if I'm a splinter in the
middle finger of the universe that's trying to push me out. Maybe I'm an
anomaly, perhaps I never should've been born and the universe, in its
collective wisdom, recognizes that and is doing its level-headed,
dispassionate best to purge me forever.
Remember when money used to be remuneration for toil, for a job well
done? Sure, the working class never got rich in this capitalist state but
that wasn't the idea. The idea, back when we had ... more »
What You Should Know About the Ukraine-Style Anti-Government Protests in Venezuela
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Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
BoilingFrogsPost
*The Venezuelan autocrats of the past are now masquerading as democrats
with the aim of just getting all their old privileges back*
The US-supported opposition in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is
taking its cue from the anti-government protests taking place across the
Atlantic Ocean in Ukraine. Failing to win any of Venezuela’s elections by
earning a popular mandate from the majority of the population in the last
few years, the leaders of the mainstream opposition are now r... more »
Ukraine updates February 20 , 2014 -- Threats of sanctions against Ukraine look like blackmail - Lavrov .........The battle for Kiev’s Independence Square has reignited as rioters clash with security forces amid sniper fire. The death toll has increased to 35, the Ukrainian Health Ministry confirmed ..... Rioters have reached the Rada building (the country's parliament), while the police have been pushed back into Mariinsky park nearby. An emergency evacuation has been declared and parliament members and employees are leaving the building.
Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
The "Ukraine Situation" Explained In One Map
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/20/2014 09:39 -0500
- Corruption
- Martin Armstrong
- Ukraine
inShare27
Sadly, everything you need to know about the crisis in Ukraine in one
worrisome map which summarizes all the relevant "red lines."
Given this - is there any doubt this will not end with peaceful resolution.
As Martin Armstrong warned this morning:
BOTH the USA and EU will now fund the rebels as Russia will fund
Yanukovych. At the political level,* Ukraine is the pawn on the chessboard*... more »
Over the Long Term: A Case Study in BBC Bias
One of the standard responses from the BBC whenever someone complains about
an example of bias within a single edition (or two or three editions) of an
ongoing series - say, *Newsnight *or *PM* - is that the BBC will balance
such imbalances (on controversial issues) over time. Overall, long-term
balance (give or take) is what they promise.
The way to test the truth of that then is to monitor a particular BBC
current affairs programme over the long-term, which we've at *Is *have been
doing with Radio 4's *Sunday*.
One of the earlier posts here chronicled the programme's interview... more »
Colonial Philadelphia, or Colonized?
from Ken Derstine:
*Is the School District of Philadelphia a colony of the state of
Pennsylvania?*
by Ken Derstine
February 20, 2014
Parents of Philadelphia students and prospective students should know their
right to choose a school for their children is under attack. Several weeks
ago the SRC held round table discussions about Universal Enrollment.
Participants were asked their opinion about a system where parents would go
to a central location when they wanted to choose a school. Parents would be
directed to a few selections that an administrator pointed them towards. At
the meet... more »
Campaign Slogans
The harpercons are not just soft on crime. They're pro-crime. Their
economic policies create the conditions for crime and criminals and their
prison policies create repeat offenders.
Dignity. Where is the dignity in unemployment or precarious employment?
Stable jobs, strong unions, decent wages, create dignity and confidence in
the future. The harpercons want to rob you of your future.
Free and fair elections. The harpercons are serial violators of election
laws. They're the most detestable hypocrites imaginable. Now they're
proposing legislation that will make their criminal behavi... more »
Cross-Dressing Billionaire Banker Fraternity Drunkenly Mock The Financial Crisis
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Inside Wall Street's most secret society: The billionaire banker fraternity
where cross-dressing new members make jokes about Hillary Clinton and
drunkenly mock the financial crisis
- Kappa Beta Phi was founded in 1929 and has remained secret for more
than eight decades
- One reporter managed to sneak into their January 2012 induction for
new members
- Witnessed them dressed in drag, telling jokes in bad taste and mocking
Main Street and the bailout
REVEALED: MEMBERS OF WALL STREET's SECR... more »
A Progressive Party?
Andrew Coyne is upset. The Liberals may have a new leader. But he worriesthat they are pretending to be a left wing party:
This is not a “new” or “reinvented” Liberal party; it is not even the
centrist party of recent memory. From the evidence of the convention, it is
an almost parodically left-wing party, and even if, as expected, the leader
ignores most of the members’ handiwork in drafting the platform, what has
been coming out of his own mouth is not hugely dissimilar: a difference
more of degree than direction.
The fact is that it's just too soon to know what is really happe... more »
Ukraine Independence Day?
I've never been to Ukraine. My ancestors were from there-- Beyond the Pale,
a phrase my grandfather never taught me but that Mick Jones of the Clash
did; his ancestors were too. Last we checked in, the country was in turmoil
and seemed headed right towards bloody civil war. Hundreds are already dead
and thousands injured. Suddenly, this morning, things are looking up. The
gangster president, Viktor Yanukovych, has fled Kiev and is either in
Kharkov or in Mariupol (not Dubai), both near Russia, where, presumably,
he'll go into exile and be granted asylum. His palace in Kiev has bee... more »
Party like it's 1964
By Capt. Fogg
If you haven't been so immersed in sports and entertainment that you
haven't read or listened to the news, you probably know about the rash of
state level legislative efforts to affirm the "right" of business owners to
refuse service to people whose private lives include amorous proclivities
inimical to religious bigots. Yes, if you won't give a glass of water to a
thirsty homosexual person you're a bigot and most definitely not the sort
of Christian who credits the canonized teachings of Jesus. If you don't
agree, I maintain the right to call you a bigot anyway and ... more »
Untitled
*10 — count ’em, 10 — parades to roll on Saturday ~Authur Hardy, N.O.
Advocate*
*Thirty Six: “You Probably Thought Tennessee Williams Was Making All That
Shit Up” ~Mark Folse *
*Residents thwart thieves trying to steal Banksy painting~WWLTV*
*New Orleans Never Stops: 10 Days of St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations ~Red
Streetcar, GONOLA*
Untitled
*Changing advice*
*I don't think that the writer below has got it completely right but the
article does show the importance of skepticism*
The seven foods below are ancient. But they’ve gone from being considered
healthy (long ago) to unhealthy (within the last generation or two) to
healthy again, even essential.
1) Coconut Oil
Old wisdom: Coconut oil is a saturated-fat body bomb that should be avoided.
New wisdom: Coconut oil can cure what ails you.
Talk about an about-face. Anyone who grew up eating such nutritious fare as
SpaghettiOs, Nestle Quik and Bisquick—actually, anyone ... more »
Time to STAND UP to the Food Industry
It IS Time to Stand Up.
The world around us is standing up and saying "No More", in numbers that
have never ever been seen before. While the Main Stream Media tries to
hide what is going on world wide, the truth is getting out faster and
faster as the "alternative" media has now become the leaders in bringing
news to the people.
CHANGE comes from and through the people. If you think you can sit back
and that someone "official" will look after you and your family, then you
are vastly misguided.
No One Is Coming To Save You.
If you want CHANGE then you must be the CHANGE you wish... more »
No, there won't be another fracking pun in the title of this post
According to a report in *The Times *(£) the BBC has been accused of bias
by the fracking company Cuadrilla and by UKOOG, the industry body which
speaks for shale gas companies.
Given the way my local BBC news programme *Look North West *seems to have a
less-than-friendly obsession with the subject of fracking, it's hardly a
surprise to read that it's a local BBC current affairs show, *Inside Out *(Yorkshire
and Lincolnshire), that finds itself under (hydraulic) pressure.
The fracking organisations main charges against the programme (broadcast a
month ago) are:
(a) that the pro... more »
Nahko Sings Build a Bridge (Live in San Francisco)
*Published on Sepember 26, 2013*
Nahko and Medicine for the People performing "Build a Bridge" live at The
Independent, San Francisco on 8/23/13.
"Dark As Night" - the new album from Nahko and Medicine For The People is
now available on iTunes: bit.ly/DANiTunes
www.nahko.com
www.facebook.com/nahkoandmedicineforthepeople
The 10 Very Best Zen Stories by Myrko Thum
"禅" (zen). It is translated as zen.
This character is written by Kanzi, Semi-cursive script.
Etymology : Phono-semantic compound
semantic 示 (show) + phonetic 単 (sole)
単 is expressed that live now in this moment.
*Source of zen symbol: *
*http://www015uppso-netnejpcalligraphy.blogspot.se/*
The 10 Very Best Zen Stories
by Myrko Thum
Many teachings from Zen-Buddhism are told in short and delightful zen
stories. They are usually designed to develop the mind and to free it from
distortions and so to connect with our spirit.
Some of them are really inspiring and enlightening. It is he... more »
“UCB Test - Huge Fukushima Cesium Level On CA Road”
*“UCB Test - Huge Fukushima Cesium Level On CA Road”*
by NationOfChange
"For all the naysayers who said that Fukushima radiation wasn’t hitting the
West Coast, here’s a new one for you. UC Berkeley lab tests are now showing
high levels of cesium in cattle feed from a California dairy farm that was
sent to a lab nine months prior to the test results being received - a
long delay that suggests levels are much higher now. Then, the one
-two-punch – asphalt along a roadside in the sunny city which catches
plenty of rainfall was then measured, much more recently, and a disturbing 3579
p... more »
The Planetary Deadline: From The Aquarian Passion Play - A Guest Post by Michael Brine
The Planetary Deadline - from The Aquarian Passion Play.
“If we could look down from outer space upon the Earth with clairvoyant
vision we would see the auric field of the planet as a murky ball of
seething mist and fog. We might stand aghast at beholding this great dark
cloud of subtle matter, which would evidence itself to be of a density and
thickness that indicated not only impenetrability but also those conditions
that are unfavourable to life and which make all things appear unclear and
distorted. Thus it would be appreciated that there is a pressing need for
change and ... more »
Save The Fish & Save Ourselves - Just Don't Buy Roundup Herbicides
Independent peer reviewed studies have found that GLYPHOSATE based
herbicides adversely impact 15 species of fish. This leads us to ask: What
about the species they didn't test.... as well as us homo sapiens? Hold
onto those goldfish in you...r backyard pond. Scotts' Roundup Ready grass
could be coming to a neighbor's yard near you...
For your reading pleasure, here are links to the science that backs this
up:
Fish impacted by glyphosate based herbicides at environmentally relevant
levels.
1. European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Guilherme S, Gaivão I, Santos MA, Pacheco M. (20... more »
ON WHOSE SIDE IS THE CIA IN THAILAND?
*Obama and Yingluck Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand since 2011.*
Currently, in* February 2014*, Thailand's Prime Minister *Yingluck
Shinawatra* is under attack by protesters.
In Thailand it has been the Red Shirts (supporters of the *Shinawatra* family)
against the Yellow Shirts (traditionalists).
*The big question is - does the CIA support the Red Shirts or the Yellow
Shirts?*
Bloggers are divided on this issue.
*The CIA is likely to support whichever party is seen as being more
pro-Globalist and more anti-China.*
Perhaps the CIA backs both sides in order to cause chaos.... more »
Modified Limited Hangout: The Bogus Whistleblower's Shibboleth
*"I would say, really, we're looking to expose....Governments. And hold
them to account."*
*Julian Assange,*
*Page One - One Year Inside the New York Times, *
*2010*
Assange, Manning, Snowden.... All of these guys say the same thing "The US
Government has gone too far (for reasons left unspecified) - I will use the
power of free information and the Internet to hold corrupt governments who
abuse their power to account in the court of world opinion!"
Really. Is that right. Then I have a handy little Shibboleth for the next
phoney whistleblower they try and foist on us to spin us a loa... more »
Musical Interlude: Adiemus, “Adiemus”
Adiemus, “Adiemus”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL8kZ-iVk90
TV Watch: " 'Mad Men' in Less Than 2 Minutes: Don Draper Edition"
*by Ken*
At last we have a date: April 13. That's when the seventh and final season
of *Mad Men* debuts on AMC. I've got so much stuff to watch now that it
will require even more juggling than I've been doing lately, but I had
already taken the precaution of ordering Blu-rays of Seasons 4 and 5 to go
with my U.K. DVD set of Seasons 1 and 2 and the U.S. DVDs of Season 3. I
guess when it comes time I'll have to bite the bullet and pay the stiff
current asking prices for Season 6.
Or . . . I can take advantage of AMC's online posting of the complete
episodes of Season 6. Meanwhile, ... more »
Musical 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.
RIP, Sunny John? Here's why a House floor vote on a clean minimum-wage bill should be an urgent priority
*If it works for Sunny John, it works for me.*
*by Ken*
As I've had frequent occasion to note, Howie and I tend to respond to
remarkably similar stories, and so it is that while I was still thinking
about the hoped-for suicide of Housa Speaker "Sunny John" Boehner, Howie
was already asking: "Will Boehner Commit Suicide Over The Minimum Wage? Or
Just Retire To His New Florida Condo?"
Howie is intrigued by the possibility that the Sunny John of 2014 doesn't
have to worry about maintaining his fortress-like opposition to a straight
vote on a minimum-wage increase because he doesn't e... more »
“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/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/25/us-economy-on-schedule-to-crash-march-2014/?page=all
( Was Grady Means on point - check his article from October of 2012 ! )
Those wild and crazy Mayans put down their marker that the end of the world
would occur on Dec. 21, 2012 — about two months from now. There is, of
course, some small chance that they might be right. On the other hand,
there is a very large probability that the real end of the world will occur
around March 4, 2014.
The doomsday cl... 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
protest for another reason – tell us why by sharing your story on
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[image: Protester wears 'no more Madur... more »
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 - 1 day ago
Going , going .... and then will Mt Gox just be gone ?
Bitcoin Price Hits $135 on Mt. Gox Following Office Move and Verification
Demand
Jon Southurst (@southtopia) | Published on February 20, 2014 at 12:02 GMT | *Companies, Exchanges,Mt.
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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 »
Will Boehner Commit Suicide Over The Minimum Wage? Or Just Retire To His New Florida Condo?
*Cook*'s Amy Walter penned a warning for Republicans on the minimum
wageyesterday: "when it comes to the debate over the minimum wage, there
is
more risk than reward for Republicans."
This week, a CBO analysis found that an increase in the minimum wage
from
$7.25/hr to $10.10/hr would lift 900,000 workers out of poverty and
increase wages for about 16.5 million. However, it would also "reduce
total
employment by about 500,000 workers." This comes on the heels of a CBO
report that determined that one impact of Obamacare was a reduction in
the
number of hours worked by Americans, "a... more »
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