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*SCIENTIFIC ADVISER OR COURT JESTER?*
According to an article in The Times (London) earlier this week, the
government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Mark Walport, is about to start
a lecture tour, which ‘will put climate change back on the political
agenda’.
With the global effort to reduce CO2 emissions in tatters, with the EU
doing a volte-face on its own green energy targets, with the UK examining
its own commitment to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
and to green legislation, and with scientists scratching their heads about
the absence of warming over the... more »
Free Peltier Reno Nevada Rally Photos
Photos by Western Shoshone Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson
Free Peltier Rally today, Feb. 6, 2014, at the federal building in Reno, Nevada.
Republicans Kill Unemployment Insurance Extension Again
This morning the Democrats were unable to break the Republican Party
filibuster against extending unemployment benefits for three months,
despite Democratic compromises with GOP demands. Harry Reid's attempt to
shut down the filibuster through cloture failed 58-40. Almost two million
American workers who lost their jobs because of the vicissitudes of the
market-- almost entirely caused by conservative economic policies-- are now
stuck with no income… as the GOP celebrates another victory in their Class
War against America's working families.
Although 4 Republicans-- Kelly Ayotte, ... more »
Thursday Linkage
This Duck spent the day in the car en route to the Brazilian consulate to
get visas for a summer field course so I’m running behind in my linkage for
the week. In the car, I had the amazing experience of listening to an
audioversion of The Idealist, Nina Munk’s magisterial account of Jeff
Sachs and the
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Update on Common Core Status in the States: Part One
With many states beginning their legislative sessions, issues surrounding
the fate of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are front and center in
statehouses across the country. Below is the first installment of updates
on the issue of CCSS. Given the volume of information, I will likely have
to break the information into three posts. […]
US Media, DJI, And TSA: Stop Fear-Mongering About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
The TSA is banning carry-on liquids on flights heading to Russia because
the geniuses over at the Department of Jokeland Insecurity believe that
"terrorists could target the Olympic Games with explosive components hidden
in toothpaste tubes" (*Source*). We're supposed to believe that toothpaste
bombs are flying around?
Come on, stop this stupidity and silliness. Stop the fear-mongering about
the Sochi Olympics. The athletes have decided not to bring their families
because of the mainstream media's blatant and illogical fear-mongering
about the games. The US media is ruining this ... more »
Great Article By John Kaminski: The Larger Picture - The Hive MInd Is The Tomb Of Humanity
With all the division going on right now in the so called "truth movement",
due primarily to a select few that have now been outed at true
disinformation agents, I have had to turn to those who are true allies and
friends and are not driven by greed or self interests.... One such person
is of course John Kaminski, whom I have always seen as a true force of good
against the evil machinations of the criminal Jewish supremacists....
Right now, I want to present to my own readers the newest article from John
Kaminski, who writes for The Rebel, at www.therebel.org. It was sent to me
via... more »
Do you have this uncomforable feeling that your financial situation has been declining since 2008? We know that those on Wall Street who caused the financial crash are thriving while those on mainstreet are struggling. If you buy a home for $100,000 it will likely have costed $250,000 once your loan is paid off. So taxpayers are paying more to those that financed the project than those that built it. Are you alright with that? Well, there is an answer: Public Banks.
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*Prosperity For Main Street, Not Wall Street*
Posted on February 4, 2014 by ErnieM
Another great video from Rudy Avizius and Mike Krauss –
http://youtu.be/8b856VzNlSE
Cherchez la Verite
This One Is Too Good To Miss: Prime Minister And Jew Suck Up Stephen Harper's Drummer Has Been Charged With Sexually Assaulting Children!
Last month, everyone who lives in Canada witnessed the revolting and
disgusting Prime Minister and Jew suck up, Stephen Harper, go to Israel and
absolutely pledge his undying loyalty and support for that evil criminal
enterprise.... It showed the world how badly this once free country,
Canada, has now fallen under the Jewish yoke and is nothing more than a
slave nation to the criminal nation of Israel itself! It was also
revolting to see that idiot Prime Minister perform in front of the criminal
Prime Minister of Isra-Hell, Benyamin Miliewkowsy, a very ugly rendition of
the Beatl... more »
What is that thing called Taiwanese identity?
*Sashimi, a Taiwanese dish.*
Lorand Laskai writes in The Diplomat from Tainan on the KMT's de-Taiwanization
policy and the history textbook revisions.
The potential hazards of a hostile occupation—Taiwanese protesters dying
under PLA fire, freedom fighters waging guerrilla campaigns from house to
house, and the international backlash that these images would set off—would
very likely restrain Beijing from moving its threats beyond words. The
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) derided the foreign adventurism that landed
the U.S. in Iraq, gleefully denoting the event as a milestone on Ame... more »
Hey, Scott Brown, keep your shirt on -- unless you're thinking of . . .
*by Ken*
"It's the middle of winter," writes *Boston Globe* columnist Joan Vennochi
("Don't dismiss Scott Brown's chance in N.H."). "Scott Brown has his shirt
off, and it can only mean one thing. He’s running for US Senate in New
Hampshire."
That’s the way the political press read the picture of a bare-chested Brown
taking part in the Granite State’s 15th annual Penguin Plunge. Whether
Brown was showing off his body or just avoiding the embarrassment of
wearing his team’s official T-shirt -- "Buckley’s Frozen Seamen" -- his
shirtless-ness during a charity plunge to benefit the Sp... more »
Black Bears vs Pandas
A cartoon points out that there are only 300 Formosan Black Bears but 1500
pandas, so why are we subsidizing China's pandas? Just another case of
using Taiwan assets to help China.
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*Daily Links*:
- DON'T MISS: What will happen to the Taiwan media after China takes
over? Great paper by paper review of the situation in Hong Kong from Asia
Sentinel
- BBC has an interesting piece on people transitioning from white collar
to blue collar jobs as white collar jobs dry up and wages remain stagnant
under brutal working hours.
- Great blogpost on the Taichu... more »
Why Enbridge`s Northern Gateway Pipeline Will Never Be Built, Even If It Means War In The Woods
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*Russian oil tanker splits in half *
*[image: Russian TV grab of freighter caught in storm - 11/11/07] *
*Russian TV showed pictures of other boats damaged in the storm*
*Leaking tanker *
* Up to 2,000 metric tons of fuel oil have leaked near the Black Sea after
a Russian oil tanker split in half. *
*It came apart after it was smashed by 108km/h (67 mph) winds and 5m (16ft)
waves in the Kerch Strait between the Azov and Black Seas. **Four other
ships sank in the storm, some of them carrying dangerous cargos, and
several more were in trouble. **The ... more »
The Enslavement of Society by a Hidden gang of Banksters.
*Nobel Prizewinner and Social Activist on the Banksters.*
See her video interview at this link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCb15I5-ujs
Gold news and views February 6 , 2014 ......... The Farce Is Complete: Blythe Masters Joining CFTC ..... May the FARCE be with you ! 61 tons of gold bullion flow out of Western ETFs and Exchanges in January 2014...... Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Word for the Day: Rehypothecation ........ Gata items of the day including Germany's continuing effort to fend off well earned suspicions about its gold allegedly vaulted in the US ......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-06/farce-complete-blythe-masters-joining-cftc
The Farce Is Complete: Blythe Masters Joining CFTC
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/06/2014 16:53 -0500
- Blythe Masters
- Bond
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Elizabeth Warren
- Enron
- JPMorgan Chase
- None
- Precious Metals
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We thought today's newsflow and "market action" ranked pretty high on the
absurd surrealism scale. And then we saw this.
- BLYTHE MASTERS TO JOIN CFTC GLOBAL MARKETS COMMITTEE
- JPMOR... more »
US suffers a huge foreign policy own goal -- "Fuck The EU" - US State Department Blasts Europe; Revealed As Alleged Mastermind Behind Ukraine Unrest ...... And in hgih irony ( in light of the NSA recording not just private communications of US citizens , but also global communication intercepts of foreign leaders / foreign companies , we see the US complaining about an intercepted communication on an allegedly unsecured line ???? Lol ! Hubris defined when one assumes you have a god given right to spy on others at will but no one should spy on you.......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-06/fuck-eu-us-state-department-blasts-europe-revealed-alleged-mastermind-behind-ukraine
"Fuck The EU" - US State Department Blasts Europe; Revealed As Alleged
Mastermind Behind Ukraine Unrest
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/06/2014 12:47 -0500
- Ukraine
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A leaked recording of a telephone conversation allegedly between *US
assistant secretary of state Victoria Nuland and the US envoy to the
Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt discussing who should be in Ukraine's next
government* has, according to The FT,threa... more »
Here We Go Again: Explosive Toothpaste Alert
With the crown jewel of American cultural decadence that is the Super Bowl
now receding into the recesses of the national memory the next great
offering up of bread and circuses for the masses will be the 2014 Winter
Olympics in Sochi, Russia. While the Super Bowl was a national celebration
of all that has gone awry in this once great country, in particular the
worship of the militaristic security state this edition of the world games
presents the establishment with a particularly fine opportunity to traffic
in the fear and loathing that have become the coin of the realm. In the sa... more »
Pussy Riot's letter: Out of prison and making change
Out
of prison, and making change
Pussy Riot reminds Amnesty International that their performances are
always illegal, radical and not for entertainment to sell pricey tickets
By Pussy Riot
Censored News
We, the anonymous members of Pussy Riot, would like to say many thanks
to all the people who have supported us all this time, those who
demanded the release of our members, those who
Community Update: Hardening the Plans
Good evening everyone!!!
Tonight I have just a short update for you as I have had a ridiculously
busy day of.... well the usual shenanigans.
I have been very quiet for the past few weeks on the subject of the new
community. This was not due to inaction, but due to working and planning
and working some more, talking and discussing all aspects of where, when,
and how.
I am not ready to give out details until the plans have hardened more and
right now we are still in the "not quite set yet" zone. BUT...... after
two weeks of what seemed like a very pregnant pause, as if we were... more »
Teacher who played drums in Harper's band charged with sex assault
And so?
I am not a big fan of Stephen Harper but he can hardly be held accountable
for things his acquaintances do secretly.
Not to mention these are charges and not convictions.
http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/story.html?id=9477379
Dithering Dave and the Floods
Dithering, indecision, fighting shy of consequences, all these can kill a
political career. Ask Gordon Brown about the election that never was. But
for all his faults - and they are legion - Dave does a good job of
affecting the prime ministerial. As a pointy-elbowed member of the *ruling
class* with the born-to-rule training and public relations CV at his back,
he is one oily slick customer. Yeah, Ed occasionally bests him at the
despatch box but most people don't bother with PMQs, and don't see his
frequent slips into schoolboy bullying a red-faced ranting. Dave knows
about the i... more »
Thinking Aloud
It's a curious thing, but right-leaning blogs about BBC bias tend to pass
over Laurie Taylor's longstanding *Thinking Allowed *on Radio 4*. *
From time to time, on blogs like *Biased BBC*, you might see the occasional
comment about it (usually from ChrisH), but these are rare events, and I
myself have never written about the programme before. (I've thought about
it but never done it.)
Given that on any objective analysis *Thinking Allowed *has just about the
strongest left-wing bias of any Radio 4 programme you might expect it to be
a much more regular target for criticism - a low... more »
The Economy: “Stay Away from Obama's MyRAs...”
*“Stay Away from Obama's MyRAs...”*
by Bill Bonner
“Stocks fell hard on Monday, bounced on Tuesday, and came to rest on
Wednesday. Which way does this market want to go? We don't know. But so far
there was not much follow through in either direction. So, we wait...
glance up at our "Crash Alert" flag from time to time... and watch... from
the sidelines, of course.
Meanwhile, have you opened your MyRA account yet? As you remember from
carefully following President Obama's State of the Union address, there's a
new way to save for your retirement. The Los Angeles Times explains: "The... more »
Momentum Continues To Build For Pennsylvania's Liberal Lion, Daylin Leach
Today two more important progressive groups, MoveOn and the Philadelphia
Chapter of DFA (Philly for Change), joined Blue America and the PCCC in
backing state Senator Daylin Leach in his bid for the open congressional
seat (PA-13). In the May 20th primary Daylin will face a crowded field of
garden variety Democrats, endorsed by Big Money interests. Republicans have
no shot in this deep blue seat, so the bad players are backing conservative
Democrats who will play ball with them.
It's a dynamic not unlike the one in the Silicon Valley high profile
primary (CA-17) where Big Busines... more »
“Dying Dad Writes Over 800 ‘Napkin Notes’ To His Daughter To Ensure She Never Has To Eat Lunch Without Him”
*“Dying Dad Writes Over 800 ‘Napkin Notes’ To His Daughter *
*To Ensure She Never Has To Eat Lunch Without Him”*
By Ryan Perry
“Garth Callaghan has been diagnosed with cancer three times — prostate
cancer once and kidney cancer twice. Recently told he was “high risk” by
his oncologist, Garth asked what exactly that meant. “You’re going to die
of this,” the doctor responded. Jarred by those words (statistics say the
44-year-old has just an 8% chance of living another five years), Callaghan
has taken an extraordinary step to make sure he sees an important family
tradition through to ... more »
Margarita Alarcón : Cuba hosts the CELAC Summit, and ‘parallel’ dissident gathering
The CELAC Summit was unprecedented, with all the leaders from Latin America
and the Caribbean gathering together with a common goal: unity. By
Margarita Alarcón | The Rag Blog | February 6, 2014 HAVANA — All of Latin
America and … finish reading Margarita Alarcón :
Cuba hosts the CELAC Summit, and ‘parallel’ dissident gathering
PM Harper's drummer charged with sexual assaults. On children
Well, well, well...... Prime Minister Stephen Harper's bandmate, his
drummer, has been charged with molesting children. Sexual assaults on
children. What is that saying about the company you keep?
“Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are"
*PM Harper certainly keeps some interesting company *
Ottawa police have charged a 43-year-old public school teacher — who is
also the drummer in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's band — with sexual
assault.
Police say* Phillip I. Nolan* has been charged with five counts each of
sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual ex... more »
Big Snow? + Even Colder Still
*Big Snow? + Even Colder Still*
The early part of Friday will see some outbreaks of rain turning wintry at
times across some parts of central, southern, and eastern England. Some
moderate falls of snow are also likely across certain parts of Wales and
central England for this period, especially across higher ground. As we
progress throughout *Friday* evening and into Saturday some strong winds
will begin to develop from the west, before pushing in across many other
parts the country (roughly 1 day out in terms of timing from several days
ahead in below forecast, weather timings devi... more »
Maddow spots Christie changing his story!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014*
*If only she’d change her approach:* If it’s Monday, it must be Salem
Village!
On her increasingly ridiculous TV show, Maddow had another victim to dunk
in the village lake that night. For details, just click here.
Last night, she started with her endless piddle about how no one can say
what Wildstein did at the Port Authority. Plus, he was paid too
much—$150,000!
One hour later, a WNYC editor explained Wildstein’s job in substantial
detail. And, according to TV Guide, Maddow is paid about $7 million per
year. For the full skinny, click this.
This i... more »
And in Other Weird Sculpture News Today
That's NOT funny.
The Davis Museum at Wellesley College is holding an exhibit of the work of
sculptor Tony Matelli, and to help advertise the exhibit, the museum placed
one of Matelli's statues outside. Titled The Sleepwalker, the
realistic-looking statue shows a bald man in his tighty-whities lumbering
forward with his arms outstretched, his eyes closed, and his head lolling
around in deep sleep. It's funny and is, unsurprisingly, a big hit on
Instagram. It's also creating controversy, as reported by the Boston Globe,
as many students object to the statue on the grounds that it's... more »
Small irony
The Slender Man was created online in 2009 as part of a contest to
manufacture paranormal images. Many people will have seen the original
thread with the original pictures and stories. I have, and they were great.
I say 'were' because some time last year they began to be taken down.
It turns out someone has bought the rights to the Slender Man. Not his
creator, the well-known Victor Surge, but an unknown third party. A small
irony: private property in ideas means a mysterious entity has bought the
rights to a mysterious entity.
Quote of the Day: On political battles
“A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with
muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.”
- Ayn Rand, from her essay “What Can One Do?”
in her book *Philosophy: Who Needs It*
Discuss.
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Victoria Nuland "F the EU on the Ukraine"? Political elite or something else?
I gotta admit a certain term crossed my mind when listening to Ms Nuland.
Can't say why it just popped into my head? It just did. The elites.....
phooey
*ht karin*
Penny,
Leaked phone tap of Victoria Nuland of State Dept clearly shows depth of US
intervention in Ukraine affairs including using "international' celebrities
(
Terminator and Rocky) Stalone and Arnold.
*It further inplicates UN use as a tool for US operations in Ukraine* and
mz nuland clearly says "Fuck the EU on Ukraine" at the 3:02 min mark of
confab (sorry, just quoting out illustrious Gov appointees ) ;^)
Lea... more »
Bonus quote of the day: On our system of government
*“Ineptocracy*: A system of government where the least capable
to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where
the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed,
are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated
wealth of a diminishing number of producers.”
- Anonymous
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Roger Baker : Can Austin survive the current Texas drought?
There is sound science that says there is likely to be big trouble, even in
supplying Austin’s current population with enough water. By Roger Baker |
The Rag Blog | February 6, 2014 First of two. I met a traveller …
finish reading Roger Baker :
Can Austin survive the current Texas drought?
did adult city-based 3D gaming just go photo-realistic?
I'll not spin this with my own flavour of 3D-game freakish, I'll just leave
the evidence to speak for itself.
EXTREMELY HIGH RESOLUTION LANDSCAPES:
EXTREMELY HIGH RESOLUTION CHARACTERS:
I am the weaver!
Nothing lifts me out of a funk faster than a dose of Trey Gowdy (R-SC, 4th District) - a must see!...
*if video doesn't show up go *
*HERE*
Doll Face (and Body)
Twitter is often a very strange place.
One of the people I follow, @SarahSecord, posted this earlier today.
I had to ask: Where does it come from? She didn't know, said the person who
posted it "did not a) post it respectfully or b) provide the name of the
artist."
So I used the fabulous feature of Google Images and dragged the image into
the search box and found the artist, Freya Jobbins. Have a look at her
other work. For me, it's about equal parts playful and seriously creepy.
Here's an Artist Statement from her.
Toys, especially dolls can represent so much to us all. Memories... more »
Kobo Takes Over Sony's North American eBook Business
Today, two days after Takahito Aiki, took over the reins as CEO of Kobo, he
has announced the effective consolidation of the Sony ebook business under
Kobo in North America. It is almost certain that this is the final and long
overdue retreat of Sony from a market that they expected to win and sadly
lost from beginning. It also sends a strong signal to the market that the
dominance of Amazon in this sector is real and is giving even those with
potential credentials and market presence a hard time.
Sony entered the market some 8 years ago with huge fanfare, fancy ebook
readers ba... more »
MYSTERIOUS WILLIAM ROACH
*William Roache, at a Druid ceremony.*
On 6 February 2014, TV star William Roache was cleared of rape and indecent
assault charges by a jury.
Linus Roache, William Roache's son, is managing director of the New York
centre of EnlightenNext.
http://www.dailymail.
Some people believe that EnlightenNext is a brainwashing cult.
WHAT enlightenment. / Andrew Cohen (spiritual teacher).
Such cults are usually run by the CIA.
*Stuart Hall (left), William Roache (back) and Owen Oyston (right). *
Five women claimed that TV star *William Roache* sexually assaulted them
when they were aged ... more »
Khashoggi, Cults, Cover-ups & Mars & Venus Doing Lunch - by DanielHopsicker
*Genghis Khan*: Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best
in life?
*Dai Ye*: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind
in your hair!
*Genghis Khan*: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?
*Conan*: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the
lamentation of their women.
*Genghis Khan* That is good! That is good.
The story of the auto thief from Cleveland who discovered 39 dead bodies in
Rancho Santa Fe Ca. in March of 1997 in the Heaven’s Gate cult mass suicide
is a reflection in a fun house mirror of America's s... more »
Apeman Experiments Disclosed - New Breed Of Subhuman Slave EnvisionedIn Tests, Chicago Tribune May 14, 1987
[Bow-ties are Cool.]
Apeman Experiments Disclosed
*New Breed Of Subhuman Slave Envisioned In Tests*
May 14, 1987|By Uli Schmetzer, Chicago Tribune.
ROME — The image of the mad scientist with the white beard concocting an
apeman in his laboratory is no longer a science fiction fable but a 1987
reality.
An Italian anthropologist said this week that biogenetic scientists, using
refined techniques of artificial fertilization, are capable of creating a
new breed of slave, an anthropoid with a chimpanzee mother and a human
father.
Brunetto Chiarelli, dean of anthropolgy at Florence Univ... more »
Who cares?
When I say that BBC insiders seem to be the only sentient beings who are
unaware that the BBC’s influence is wielded irresponsibly, in the
willy-nilly manner of those who don’t know their own strength, I
immediately think of the way that your man in the street regards Israel.
(sigh)
The recent news concerning Scarlett Johansson and the SodaStream factory,
together with the Bethlehem Unwrapped debacle highlighted the magnitude of
wrong assumptions that are generally held about Israel. Both these
newsworthy occurrences showed how widespread is the reach of the BBC, with
the inextrica... more »
Do we care?
I
see Archie Bland has reviewed Alain de Botton’s book in the Indy.
Unlike
Craig and me, Archie’s actually read it, and even though I suspect he’s a
bit of a lefty, he’s not keen. “Simplistic and ultimately flawed.” We,
however are going merely by what we’ve heard on the BBC.
A few days ago, unbeknownst to me, Craig was writing about Alain de
Bottonat the same time as I was, and would you believe it, we came to
similar
conclusions. For example Craig outlined Alain’s theory:
*“Too much information "starts to numb you", and makes you forget what
you're interested in and what can be c... more »
OAIS Blogging Awards: Last Call to Vote
Voting closes tomorrow at 5pm EST for this year’s OAIS Blogging Awards. If
you haven’t already done so, now is the time to cast your ballot. You can
review the nominees and get more information here. Once the votes are in,
we’ll identify the finalists for each category and turn the process over to
our
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‘Come The Revolution’
Fascism And Contemporary Canada. Locating The Present Conservative
Government Led By Stephen Harper. Part XII....
*‘Come The Revolution**’*
*Written by Robin Mathews*
From the so-called Peasants Revolt of 1381 in England through the French
Revolution of 1789 to the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Chinese
Revolution of 1949, the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the Nicaraguan Revolution
of 1978-9, the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Bolivarian (electoral)
Revolution in Venezuela in 2007, the Ecuadorian Citizens’ (electoral)
Revolution of 2008... more »
Republican North Carolina Senate Candidate Thom Tillis Caught Blatantly Lying About The Affordable Care Act Again
It may be hard for normal people to understand that there are actually candidates
to the right of Thom Tillis running for Senate in North Carolina and that
he's playing the role of the Establishment (Art Pope) shill. Tillis was
first elected to the North Carolina legislature by beating a more
mainstream Republican, John Rhodes, in a primary in 2006 and 4 years later
was elected by the far right as Speaker. Most people in North Carolina view
the General Assembly as far too radical for North Carolina and are
horrified at how radical and extreme Tillis' GOP-controled legislature has ... more »
Charlie's Angels (...and Hell followed with Them...)
Charlie's Angels (...and Hell followed with Them...) from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*Revelations Number 9*
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the
earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit,
as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by
reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was
given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they sh... more »
ANTI-SNOOPING ACTION
*DEAR USERS OF THE INTERNET,*
In January 2012 we defeated the SOPA and PIPA censorship legislation with
the largest Internet protest in history. Today we face another critical
threat, one that again undermines the Internet and the notion that any of
us live in a genuinely free society: mass surveillance.
In celebration of the win against SOPA and PIPA two years ago, and in
memory of one of its leaders, Aaron Swartz, we are planning a day of
protest against mass surveillance, to take place this February 11th.
Together we will push back against powers that seek to observe, co... more »
觀看禧項目的最新一個良好的事業視頻
http://blog.angryasianman.com/2014/02/watch-jubilee-projects-latest-video-for.html
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http://www.blacklistednews.com
/Supreme_Court_justice_predicts_internment_camps_in_America%E2%80
%99s_future/32643/0/38/38/Y/M.html]
法官Scalia，不幸的是，正確的在他的評估。
這將是有趣的，看看誰的政府將採取拘捕行動，我願意打賭，這組的搜捕首先必須做的種族，因為它做了最後一次，而只是一個不同的種族（如，與任何人一個
中東冠冕堂皇的姓氏）。
如果你還沒有看過這部電影，這將是一個很好的時間去租“圍攻”，丹澤爾·華盛頓主演，安妮特班寧，托尼Shahoub和Burce威利斯。
請記住，在NDAA的語言下，總統可以下令軍方拘捕任何美國公民和扣留他們無限期，未經正當程序，權利的憲法和比爾該死！...
Maddow and the very large salary!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014*
*Seven million ways to get fake:* What did David Wildstein do at the Port
Authority?
Last night, one of Lawrence’s guests has no trouble explaining. WNYC’s
Andrea Bernstein described some of the gentleman’s projects:
BERNSTEIN (2/5/14): *I mean, this wasn’t a nothing job. This was a really
important position, where he was in charge of doling out billions of
dollars for capital projects,* much of that in New Jersey. And what we know
now is that David Wildstein was taking money and putting them into projects
that solved other problems for Chris Christie, ... more »
What the Fascist fear
That you will co operate. Listen to me now, and I will tell you later I
have only said whats on my mind. Kafka spoke of this before 1939. Lock me
up but stop these guys, in the whole universe of ideas its not much of a
compromise.
Maddow and the false cover story!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014*
*Fuzzy claims, disappeared facts:* We thought Rachel Maddow’s Monday night
program was pretty much a disgrace.
It wasn’t just the fuzzy claims, a staple of her extended performance in
the Fort Lee theater. It was the way she staged the latest summary trial of
her latest defendant.
The new defendant was Philip Kwon, a Port Authority lawyer, part of the
Christie team.
Has Kwon done something wrong in the Fort Lee mess? So far, there’s
absolutely no way to know that—unless you’re watching Maddow’s program,
which turned on some fuzzy assertions this nigh... more »
We have the money to do this now
the lottery knows no numbers
no meaning to the prize'
it is just a statically anomaly
brining joy to some family tribe
Looking down deep
its a government solution
to government mission creep
We all love to dream
and I suggest its
just human nature
that the richest billionaire
is frustrated because he can
not be in a first somewhere
So all these bored people
without enough chlorine
in their pool
must decide
what is more pretty
living well served
or living in an organic
block of getting along/
Imagine a scocity were you
did not have to fight
even if your house
was more better than
the one... more »
'CHRISTENING' PROTEST PLANNED IN BATH
*The Zumwalt 'stealth' destroyer was put into the water at BIW in late
2013. The warship is outfitted with new electromagnetic 'rail guns' right
out of a sci-fi movie. Using electric pulses, not chemical explosives, the
guns can shoot a 40-pound metal slug from New York to Philadelphia at up to
5,600 mph - more than seven times the speed of sound - with 32 times the
force of a car traveling at 100 miles per hour.*
The Navy has announced that the 'christening' of the new $3
billion 'stealth destroyer' USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is scheduled for
Saturday, April 12, 2014 in Bath, Maine.
... more »
Sam Zell 'The 1 Percent Work Harder'
*When the going gets tough, the rich dudes stick together. Or at least rich
dude Sam Zell did in an interview with Bloomberg TV Wednesday. The
billionaire chairman of Equity Group Investments backed up fellow rich guy
Tom Perkins, who set off a firestorm when he recently compared the
"progressive war on the 1 percent" to Nazi anti-Semitism in a letter to the
Wall Street Journal.*
Read more here.
Obamacare Emancipation Proclamation
When you have a cumbersome free-market health insurance reform package like
the ACA instead of, say, Medicare for All, confusion and disinformation are
the inevitable byproducts. You really do have to be an economist to fully
understand all the ramifications of a program that covers some of the
people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time.
The latest outbreak of mass confusion revolves around headlines falsely
claiming that the Congressional Budget Office had announced that there will
be a net loss of some two million jobs as a result of Obamacare. What's
actu... more »
Pacific Rim Job
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.)
It's time I wrote about the Transpacific Partnership, aka the TPP.
It's not as if I hadn't known about its existence. But being a political
journalist in the 21st century necessarily involves some intellectual
triage, in weighing how much attention one scandal should get over the
countless multitudes of others. It's literally an embarrassment of riches.
Yet journalists still have a responsibility to the people even if only
to justify our remuneration. And it can't be said the utterly worthless
mainstream media have bee... more »
KIPP Uses Funds Shortage As Excuse to Shut Two Galveston Schools
Having collected hundreds of millions of federal grants, public education
dollars, and tax-exempt philanthrocapitalist cash, KIPP Inc. is the richest
corporate charter chain in the world.
Yet when Galveston Schools finally decided it was unfair to give KIPP $1.5
million more per year than it does for the same number of its public
schools, KIPP decided that the public teat is no longer fat enough to
justify keeping its two Galveston schools open.
When you look at test scores by these two schools, one has to wonder if
there were other considerations for closing them. It is easy enoug... more »
Teflon, Fatalism, and Accountability
Teflon, Fatalism, and Accountability. via Teflon, Fatalism, and
Accountability.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Absent an explanation an unlawful search is unconstitutional
*R. v. Mandziak*, 2014 BCCA 41:
[72] The fact that there was no evidence or a paucity of evidence to
support the Crown’s attempt to justify the unlawful seizure was not
*per se *probative of whether the police acted in bad faith. It merely
left the seizure as unlawful with no explanation for it. What was
probative was the fact the seizing officer acted knowing that he was
seizing documents he was not authorized to seize; in fact, documents he
specifically had not been authorized to seize. In the absence of any
explanation, how can it be said that the officer was not acting... more »
YOU WANT A JOB?
When Keystone XL's top job recruiter comes to town, he reveals just what
jobs the controversial oil pipeline would really create.
Oil executives like to claim that the Keystone XL pipeline would create
thousands of jobs. But in a project fueling so many environmental and
health risks, only one man is honest enough to say exactly what those jobs
would be. (Hint: they're not construction.)
It's true, Keystone XL has a job for you! But the question is: do you
really want it?
Terrible Humans
Everybody has a flaw
It may be in their
face or body weight
these are things we can
define and understand
we do not fall in love
with imperfections
except for that lizard brain
source of deception
that makes us
all turtle
Thats why you
can see everyday
people so in love
that do not in any way
belong together
I can see the phycisla
contributions to this
kind of non normal clover
In the reality of men
there are only women
this is our fire
our reason to exist
what make us wake up
in the morning
and take that first piss
The world is built upon piss
and fire
and thats what is wrong
wit... more »
The Insurgency Makes It Personal, House Bombings In Iraq
As Iraq’s insurgency has rebuilt itself it has become bolder in its
attacks. One of its new tactics is to bomb houses. Sometimes these are
improvised explosive devices (IEDs) placed outside someone’s residence, but
more often than not they are bombs placed inside houses that destroy them.
This is a much more personal and intimidating type of operation, because it
lets the targets know that the militants know where they live, and that
they can lose their property and families, not just their own lives.
In January 2014, 46 houses were bombed across the country. The vast
majority o... more »
ALEC Mission Has Lost Focus
We are currently watching the implosion of the RepubliCONS at a national
level as the Tea Party factions tears the party apart.
One thing any group needs is cohesion and cooperation among its members.
Another thing any group needs is a purpose and mission that is coherent and
consistent.
Those things are not happening for the RepubliCONS at the national level
and ALEC may be beginning to experience the same thing.
This entry is just one example - other examples include ALEC members who
are at each others throats - like Cantor and Boehner - - - or Enzi and
Cheney - - there's more, lo... more »
Choice in Canada vs. No Choice in Texas
In Canada, a brain-dead pregnant women is being kept on life support until
her fetus, dubbed "Baby Iver", can be delivered.
In Texas, a brain-dead pregnant woman was similarly kept on life support to
incubate her fetus.
Can you spot the difference? The Canadian partner and family believe that
the mother would have wanted it this way and, indeed they want the process
to continue if possible, notwithstanding potential damage to the eventual
child.
In Texas, however, the parents, paramedics both, had discussed this sort of
horrible possibility and had decided that life support should ... more »
ALL ROADS LEAD TO BIAS: Rachel Maddow’s week that was!
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014*
*Part 3—Scandal culture hits critical mass:* Last evening, a guest on
Hardball made a sensible statement.
The guest was Robert Del Tufo. From 1990 through 1993, Del Tufo was
attorney general of New Jersey, serving under Governor Florio, a Democrat.
An excited cable host threw to his guest. The guest made a sensible
statement:
MATTHEWS (2/5/14): Let me go to Mr. Del Tufo. Thank you for joining us
about this, legally. And I’m looking at this question, which any reasonable
person asks:
All these people running around speaking for the governor. A young wo... more »
The Fair Elections Act
*First : Five things you need to know about "Fair" Elections Act.*
then : Kady O'Malley :
"After giving MPs just two hours to debate the pros and cons of a bill that
would radically rewrite Canada's election laws, the government has, it
seems, heard quite enough from the duly elected representatives in the
House.
Yesterday afternoon, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan served notice
that he intends to bring forward a motion that would force an end to the
first round of debate, which will likely be tabled shortly after the
Commons reopens for business later this morning, and -... more »
Don't Worry… Franklin's List Is Never Going To Turn Into Anything Like EMILY's List… It's Not In Their DNA
Of course, when EMILY's List started their incredible work, I never thought
they would turn into the anti-progressive monstrosity that have morphed
into either. Franklin's List has nothing to do with them, other than the
last name. Franklin's List is a brand new PAC dedicated to electing public
officials with professional science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) backgrounds. I've heard a lot about them from Blue
America candidate Lee Rogers, who went to Washington to meet them. A
scientist by vocation and by nature, Rogers looks forward to being
appointed to the Ho... more »
Disney on Ice Family 4 Pack Giveaway
I have been given tickets to Disney on Ice in exchange for hosting a
giveaway. All opinions are 100% my own.
Are you excited for Disney on Ice to come back to Salt Lake City? We sure
are. Tickets are currently on sale, for this spectacular featuring Merida,
Belle, Rapunzel and Ariel. We love the video and have found ourselves
watching it over and over, we can't wait to see Merida on ice! You can win
four tickets to take your family to the show in Salt Lake City in March.
Enter to win at the bottom of this post.
What is Rockin' Ever After all about? You can *Jam to a Scottish jig ... more »
He Won't Change
Yesterday, Rob Ford announced that he would not attend World Pride in
Toronto because "I'm not going to change the way I am." Judging from his
continuing escapades, it would seem that the public can take that statement
to the bank.
And, after reading Robin Doolittle's book *Crazy Town*, Tasha Kheiriddin writes
that Ford is anything but mayoral:
The Fords — according to Doolittle — live in a world of thugs and drugs.
From high school on, the four Ford siblings — Kathy, Randy, Doug and Rob —
were enmeshed in the drug culture in various ways, as users and (allegedly)
in the case of... more »
Bridge - Gate and Sandy - Gate updates February 3 , 2014 - Items of the day surrounding the Chris Christie Scandal-A-Ramas !
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Sandy - Gate ?
WERE HOBOKEN AND OTHER NEW JERSEY TOWNS SHORTCHANGED ON SANDY AID?
SCOTT GURIAN | FEBRUARY 3, 2014
Click to expand/close.
An in-depth analysis by NJ Spotlight in collaboration with WNYC/NJ Public
Radio has discovered multiple irregularities in how funds have been
allocated through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Energy Allocation
Initiative -- the program at the heart of Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s
allegations against the Christie administration.
An examination of the fund shows that despite a scoring system that awarded
various towns and cities points for eligibil... more »
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*Jury rules for parish in Jefferson Parish flood suit ~Chad Calder, N.O.
Advocate*
*Nagin Trial - dados cargados? ~American Zombie*
*Soul Rebels and DJ Soul Sister featured in VH1 documentary, “Finding the
Funk” ~Jocelyne Ninneman, offBeat*
War Watch February 6 , 2013 - Geneva 2 Talks set to resume next week , US arms transfers and aid to rebels increased after Geneva Talks - rebels told to try to pressure Assad ........... US Steps Up Military Support for Iraq State Dept: Al-Qaeda in Iraq Is an Army ....... Misread Telexes Led Analysts to See Iran Nuclear Arms Program ........ Troop Deal Delay Renews Administration Debate Over Afghanistan Role
Syria.....
Syria Rebels: US Increased Aid After Geneva TalksRebels Launch US-Funded
South Syria Offensive
by Jason Ditz, February 05, 2014
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The last few days of the Geneva II peace talks took place under the shadow of
US arms transfers to Syrian rebels, with a lot of fear that the US was
trying to undermine the deal. The talks ended with no deals, but a plan to
resume mid-February.
Rebels are reporting that virtually the moment the talks ended, the US
started pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to rebel
commanders in Jordan. The money was given o... more »
War watch February 3 , 2014 - Syria rebel infighting continues apace as Assad forces continue to pressure rebel held areas , Kerry tells Capitol Hill that Obama’s Syria policies have failed ...... Iraq sectarian fighting continues as Iraq Government allegedly sets stage for ground invasion of Fallujah........ Iran focused on reaching long term nuclear deal but not inclined to give up centrifuge research...... Afghanistan Election off to violent start....... Turkey is focus - corruption probe items of note as PM Erdogan in the spotlight , Economy facing inflation headwinds based on various factors !
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Syria.........
Syria chemical weapons handed over by March, says Russia
Regime will dispatch large shipment this month, says Russian deputy foreign
minister, blaming security concerns for delays
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[image: Danish chemical warfare officers on a frigate that is to escort
chemical weapons shipments from Syria.]Danish chemical warfare officers on
a frigate that is to escort chemical weapons shipments from Syria.
Photograph: Reuters
Syria plans to send a ... more »
Japanese Calligraphy - Direct, Guide, Lead, Conduct - "導" (dō, or michibiku).
* "導" (dō, or michibiku). It is translated as direct, guide, lead, conduct.*
* This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script. *
* Etymology : Ideogrammic compound*
* 道 (path) + 寸 (hand) *
*This character reminds me a parent hold the child by the hand.*
*I feel that would have been led to something at all times.*
*Source:*
*Calligraphy in the Landscape Blog - Japan*
Two Decades Is Enough to Show Value-Added Is a Scam
by Joey Garrison at The Tennessean:
Tennessee’s largest teachers union has turned against the policy of
including student *learning* gains in the evaluation of teachers, a flip
that shows its growing discomfort with a major Race to the Top reform.
When Tennessee applied for $501 million in federal Race to the Top funds in
2010, a critical part in landing the coveted grant was that competing
stakeholders reach accord on major education policy overhauls. That
especially meant the Tennessee Education Association, which agreed to sign
on to a *new* teacher evaluation system that based 35... more »
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*How smearing micro-fat on your joints can ease arthritis*
*Sounds hopeful*
A radical new treatment for arthritis has just appeared on local pharmacy
shelves - a gel that contains no medication.
It is smeared, not rubbed, on to the skin, where it apparently slides
through the pores and into the painful joint, where it begins to replace
the natural lubrication lost through the disease.
It takes around a week to provide relief - about the time it takes you to
use up a single tube on one joint.
The gel, Flexiseq, contains tiny spheres made of the same sort of fat,
called phospholi... more »
Lawless Abortion Still Safe
More as satisfying dénouement than as surprising development, here is the
end of Maurice Vellacott's doomed last kick at the abortion can.
If you listen carefully, you may be able to hear a quiet collective sigh of
relief emanating from Langevin Block this week, as the prime minister's
House strategists go through the fine print of the next batch of private
members' business set to hit the Commons floor over the next few weeks.
Despite constant rumours of continued, if muted, muttering from the
government backbench, it doesn't look like any of the 5 Conservative MPs
set to join the ... more »
Latest EU Proposal: Let's Pretend for Another 50 Years ! Why Now ? Why not pretend for another hundred years ? Speaking on the subject of pretending - ECB decision day is here , what will they pretend to address ? Is Italy pretending they are insane as they threaten to sue S&P for a downgrade - failure to value art and history Italy's sword ?
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2014/02/latest-eu-proposal-lets-pretend-for.html
Wednesday, February 05, 2014 5:26 PM
Latest EU Proposal: Let's Pretend for Another 50 Years! Why Now?
What cannot be paid back won't, but that never stops officials from
pretending it will. Please consider EU Said to Weigh Extending Greek Loans
to 50 Years.
The next handout to Greece may include extending the maturity on rescue
loans to 50 years and cutting the interest rate on some previous aid by 50
basis points, according to two officials with knowledge of discussions
being held by Eur... more »
dylan farrow and woody allen: a feminist, a rape survivor, and a woody allen fan weighs in
Wmtc friend and reader Dharma Seeker writes:
Some of my discussion groups have been blowing up since Dylan Farrow's open
letter to actors in Woody Allen films. My brain is muddled trying to sort
out the various issues. I'd love your thoughts and hoped you might blog
about it, although if you've not read it yet Dylan's open letter should
come with a trigger warning.
If the allegations are true, does that mean that actors have a moral
obligation to boycott his films?
Do movie lovers have a moral obligation to boycott his films?
Where do we draw the line that separates the personal ... more »
SONY gutted
SONY remains an iconic brand to me. If I am buying a TV it is going to be a
SONY. I have had my reality enchanted by fantastic SONY products. A Buddakan
Walkman I now really regret throwing away, just because cassete tapes where
no longer shiny. An XBR CRT TV that played every format and used any
voltage.
By far my favorite was a Stereo Betamax player. I bought it at Whitby Audio
when Beta and VHS were fighting Samurai. I paid $1200 1984 dollars for my
precious, in today's dollars over $5000. I was a pioneer that got arrows.
Although at the pro level Betamax remained the sole ... more »
Forget the Internet - soon there will be the OUTERNET: Company plans to beam free Wi-fi to every person on Earth from space
The New York company plans to ask NASA to test
their Outernet technology on the International
Space Station*Forget the Internet - soon there will be the OUTERNET:
Company plans to beam free Wi-fi to every person on Earth from space*
*Forget the Internet - soon there will be the OUTERNET: Company plans to
beam free Wi-fi to every person on Earth from space. An ambitious project
known as Outernet is aiming to launch hundreds of miniature satellites into
low Earth orbit by June 2015. Each satellite will broadcast the Internet to
phones and computers giving billions of people across ... more »
MYSTERIOUS JAMES DEAN
*James Dean*
*James Dean* (1931-1955) was born in Marion, Indiana.
James's father Winton Dean got a job at the Sawtelle Veteran's
Administration Hospital in Los Angeles.
Veterans Administration Hospitals have been used for CIA mind-control. Mind-Control
Programming Sites.
*James Dean and his father Winton. **"James slowly turned into a moody,
unruly unpredictable boy. James liked to kill cats." *Biography - The
Ultimate Rebel.
James Dean's mother died when he was nine.
James Dean was sent to live with relatives.
Two years later, around the age of 11, James Dean began an intim... more »
Kary Mullis, 1993 Nobel Lecture
*The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993*
Kary B. Mullis, Michael Smith
Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1993
The Polymerase Chain Reaction
In 1944 Erwin Schroedinger, stimulated intellectually by Max Delbrück,
published a little book called *What is Life?* It was an inspiration to the
first of the molecular biologists, and has been, along with Delbrück
himself, credited for directing the research during the next decade that
solved the mystery of how "like begat like."
Max was awarded this Prize in 1969, and rejoicing in it, he also lamented
that the work for which he was h... more »
Haig in '63
*Prouty:* . . . Millions and millions of dollars were poured into that
exercise -- a lot of people were involved in it -- and it never went
through any Air Force procurement. Now, the cleared individual -- the man
in the team -- in the procurement offices, made papers that covered up this
gap.
*There were papers in the files but they had never been worked on -- they
were simple dummy papers in the files*.
Now, we could do things like that with no trouble at all. The *U2* was
started like that. That's how the *U2* got off the ground. Ostensibly,
purchased by the Air Force,... more »
Life 15 million years after Big Bang vs anthropic principle
Harvard/Israeli astrophysicist Abraham Loeb posted a rather creative,
playful preprint one month ago that was discussed by Shalom Life (plus
others) a few days ago:
The Habitable Epoch of the Early Universe
When we talk about life in the Cosmos, we usually think about habitable
zones around the stars where the temperature is "just right" to allow for
liquid water and other compounds that are useful for life as we know it.
But Loeb pointed out that the right temperature was once found in the whole
Universe so stars were not needed.
Today, the temperature of the cosmic microwave... more »
Jonestown - A Review by L. Fletcher Prouty
*JONESTOWN INVESTIGATION *
*INV. NO.: USA-19039586 *
*DATE: STARTED IN 1994 *
*COUNTRY: UNITED STATES *
*SUBJECT: JONESTOWN *
*NAME OF INVESTIGATION: JONESTOWN TRAGEDY *
Whether they liked him or not, most who knew Leo Ryan agreed he had
flamboyance, tenacity, nerve and a knack for drawing attention to social
abuses. A man who marched to the beat of his own drum, he galled
bureaucrats, some of whom, according to a former aide, viewed the
Democratic congressman from Northern California as the worst-case-scenario
bull in their china shop.
After the riots in Watts in 1965, Ryan... more »
Paul Buhle : Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’
Whose Radical Jesus? ‘Zealot’ is the story of a literary success. By Paul
Buhle | Truthout | February 6, 2014 [Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of
Nazareth by Reza Aslan (2013: Random House); Hardcover; 336 pp; $27.] A …
finish reading Paul Buhle :
Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’
Amnesty International renews call to release Leonard Peltier
USA:
After 38 years, time to release indigenous leader Leonard Peltier
By Amnesty International
Censored News
February 6, 2014
It is time for the USA authorities to release Leonard Peltier, an
Anishinabe-Lakota Native American and leading member of the American
Indian Movement (AIM), who has been imprisoned for 38 years despite
serious concerns about the fairness of proceedings leading to his
John Kane 'Latent Racism and Blatant Racism'
Latent
Racism and Blatant Racism
By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
I am never quite sure if there is a real difference. "Latent" is defined
as not visible or dormant. Well, to those of us who feel the effects of
this sentiment, almost nothing is missed or 'not visible.’ Even the
dormant talk in their sleep.
There is probably a third category that is simply ignorance. Of course,
Mohawk Nation News 'George and George'
GEORGE
& GEORGE
Posted on February 5, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Feb. 5, 2014. George Washington was selected by the bankers to be
the first CEO of the Corporation of the United States of America [1789
to 1797]. He became the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
during the American Revolutionary War. The rules he helped draft to run
the corporation is called the US
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*A Tale of Two Droughts*
Despite recent sporadic rain, California is still in the worst extended
drought in its brief recorded history. If more storms do not arrive, the
old canard that California could withstand two droughts -- but never three
-- will be tested for the first time in memory.
There is little snow in the state's towering Sierra Nevada mountains, the
source of much of the surface water that supplies the state's populated
center and south. The vast Central Valley aquifer is being tapped as never
before, as farms and municipalities deepen wells and boost pump size. Too... more »
Amid Marine Corps War Crimes Cover-up We Learn the Pentagon Investigates Millions in Massive Fraud Case
Investigator Probes Alleged Marine Corps War Crimes Cover-up_ _ _ _ _ _ _
When the U.S. military delivered the cash to Baghdad, the money passed into
the hands of an entirely new set of players — the staff of the American-led
Coalition Provisional Authority. To many Americans, the initials C.P.A.
would soon be as familiar as those of long-established government agencies
such as D.O.D. or HUD.
Thailand: The People Have Spoken - No Confidence in Regime or System
With a regime and system rendered illegitimate with a sweeping boycott of
sham elections - Thailand must find alternatives to patching itself
together beyond the broken ballot box.
*February 5, 2014* (ATN) - Thailand's February 2, 2014 elections produced
the worst ever voter turnout in Thai history with a humiliating 46% coming
out to cast their ballots. Of this paltry number, many chose to deface
their ballots or cast "no vote" in protest of both the process and the
regime overseeing it.
The elections were highly controversial, with all major opposition parties
boycotting them a... more »
Even If Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) Goes To Prison For Taking Bribes, Israel And Wasserman Schultz Will Make Sure She Has No Democratic Opponent
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and the "candidate" she picked to run against her
There was a time that Ileana Ros-Lehtinen represented a safely red
district. But that was quite some time ago. The old 18th CD-- the
boundaries of which she helped draw when she was in the state legislature,
was an R+4 district and filled with anti-Castro reactionaries. Many of
those reactionaries are dead and Ileana's new district (FL-27) is a blue
district. But the DCCC acts as though no one told them. In 2008, McCain
still managed to eke out a narrow 123,543 (51%) win over Obama but by 2012
the tide had inexorab... more »
What's In Your Deodorant? #Review and #Giveaway
[image: What's in your deodorant?]
Try this: get your deodorant and look at the back label. What do you see?
I looked at a well-known brand and the first thing I noticed, at the top of
the label, was the caption "Drug Facts". Drugs? In my deodorant? As my eye
wandered down the label, I noticed a whole section of warnings. There were
words like "rash", "irritation", and a sentence which suggested that users
with kidney disease call their doctors before using the product. I also
found a warning that if the product was ingested, get medical help or call
poison control right away.
I was... more »
David Rovics : Coca Cola’s ‘America the Beautiful’
Here’s my contribution to the discussion resulting from Coca-Cola’s
multilingual ‘America the Beautiful’ Super Bowl commercial. ‘America the
Beautiful’ By David Rovics | The Rag Blog | February 5, 2014 America is
beautiful but it’s got a lot of ugly … finish reading David Rovics :
Coca Cola’s ‘America the Beautiful’
Book Review: “Making Human Rights a Reality”
My students and I have just read Emilie Hafner-Burton‘s grand treatise on
the human rights regime, Making Human Rights a Reality. Following her
earlier empirical studies, this is a sweeping descriptive appraisal of how
human rights law works and why it works so poorly, coupled with a
level-headed argument about strategies that human rights champions
Continue reading
Hearing Loss up, North Americans are not protecting their ears enough
With the number of people listening to headphones way too loud, it is a
wonder more teenagers are not going deaf or suffering hearing loss from
listening to loud music.
Instead the biggest contributors to hearing loss is people who have very
loud professions. Jobs like construction work, mining, military, plumbers,
carpenters, agriculture, firefighting, or manufacturing.
* I wish I could find statistics for hearing loss for musicians.
What I can tell you is that the percentage of people who are suffering
hearing loss is going up - and is predicted to keep going up.
Why?
A multitu... more »
Musical Interlude: Yanni, “Spirit of Nature”
Yanni, “Spirit of Nature”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJv_ZziKUJg
Top 10 Reasons to Join Teach for America
Top 10 Reasons to Join Teach For America
Posted on February 3, 2014
*Did you miss the last application deadline for Teach for America? Fret
not, young reader—you still have three more weeks before the next and final
deadline to join the 2014 corps.*
*By Jay Saper, TFA reject*
*1. Teach for America saves taxpayers a fortune. *Let’s face it: ending
poverty in this country would cost a fortune. That’s why instead of
focusing on what we *don’t* have—say, a place to sleep for all of our
children—TFA aims its laser of excellence on what we have plenty of: lazy
teachers who confess to only w... more »
"We can't reason with cats," says expert John Bradshaw -- which makes them sound a lot like right-wingers
*Domesticated cats may have developed in the Americas!* *So says cat
authority John Bradshaw, director of the University of Bristol's
Anthrozoology Institute, and author of Cat Sense: How the New Feline
Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, in this really wonderful
interview with WNYC's Leonard Lopate.*
*"We can't reason with cats. We have to accept them as they are.”*
*-- John Bradshaw*
*by Ken*
My original plan was to write about the truly astonishing round of braying
lies screeched by the Usual Right-Wing Suspects twisted beyond recognition
from projections about O... more »
Police State Updates February 5 , 2014 - Bringing new meaning to "going postal " - U.S. Postal Service Announces Giant Ammo Purchase ........ Total surveillance coming into view , TSA part of Security State Thug Complex........ Supreme Court Justice Scalia Confirms American Internment Camps Will Happen Again: “It is the Reality”
U.S. Postal Service Announces Giant Ammo Purchase
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Post Office joins other federal agencies stockpiling over two billion
rounds of ammo
*Kit Daniels*
Infowars.com
February 5, 2014
The U.S. Postal Service is currently seeking companies that can provide
“assorted small arms ammunition” in the near future.
[image: The U.S. Postal Service joins the long list of non-military federal
agencies purchasing large a... more »
Musical Interlude: Yanni, “Nostalgia”
Yanni, “Nostalgia”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWUe-iwyB2M
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista
recorded with the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys,
distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp
188, the Tadpole Galaxy. The cosmic tadpole is a mere 420 million
light-years distant toward the northern constellation Draco. Its
eye-catching tail is about 280 thousand light-years long and features
massive, bright blue star clusters.
*Click image for very large size.*
One story goes that a more compact intruder galaxy crossed in front of Arp
188 - from left to right i... more »
"We Remember What Is Meaningful To Us"
*"We Remember What Is Meaningful To Us"*
by the Association for Psychological Science
"We hold many beliefs about memory - for instance, if you study more, you
learn more. We are also constantly making judgments about particular
instances of learning and remembering - I'll never forget this party! That
was easy to understand. I'll ace it on the test. But do beliefs influence
judgments, and how do judgments affect memory performance? "There's a
disconnect among beliefs, judgments, and actual memory," says Williams
College psychologist Nate Kornell. Ask people to predict how or what t... more »
Chet Raymo, “In The Morning Of The World”
*“In The Morning Of The World” *
by Chet Raymo
“We knew the morning was special when we saw the blue meadow. Oh, yes, we
knew - Bailey, Greg and I - that the grass in the meadow beyond the trees
was green, but on that particular morning, with sunlight streaming aslant
through honey-colored leaves, the meadow was indisputably, undeniably,
stop-in-your-tracks-and-take-a-deep-breath blue. And in some corner of our
minds - as happens to all who attend the world and write - we scribbled
mental notes: morning light, honey dew, blue meadow.
I've introduced Greg and Bailey on this site bef... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Wakefield, Kansas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Black Elk, "I See His Face..."
"The Sun, the Light of the world.
I hear him coming.
I see his face as he comes.
He makes the beings on earth happy
And they rejoice.
O, Wakan Tanka, I offer to You this world of Light."
- Black Elk, "The Sacred Pipe"
"An End In Itself..."
“Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether
it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Between Hope and Acceptance
I recently read an essay by Shaheer Cassim, a young man from British
Columbia. I was unable to stop thinking about his extraordinary narrative,
in which with rare courage and lucid prose he shares his agonizing journey
into an awareness of the most dire implications of our rapidly
destabilizing climate. In the uncharted territory that arises when
seriously contemplating the Sixth Mass Extinction, no one can emerge with
equanimity unscathed. Shaheer's willingness to expose his painful
awakening with raw honesty will resonate with all who have been confronting
our perilous future. ... more »
"The Pig Farmer"
*"The Pig Farmer"*
by John Robbins
"One day in Iowa I met a particular gentleman—and I use that term,
gentleman, frankly, only because I am trying to be polite, for that is
certainly not how I saw him at the time. He owned and ran what he called a
“pork production facility.” I, on the other hand, would have called it a
pig Auschwitz. The conditions were brutal. The pigs were confined in cages
that were barely larger than their own bodies, with the cages stacked on
top of each other in tiers, three high. The sides and the bottoms of the
cages were steel slats, so that excrement from... more »
GCHQ secret unit uses DDOS attack tactics against Anonymous – Snowden leak
*GCHQ secret unit uses DDOS attack tactics against Anonymous – Snowden leak*
Published time: February 05, 2014 08:48
Edited time: February 05, 2014 10:51 Get short URL
AFP Photo / Peter StefenAFP Photo / Peter Stefen
http://rt.com/news/gchq-ddos-attacks-anonymous-670/
British intelligence has its own hacker subdivision that uses questionable
practices for hunting down enemies of the state, reveals a new leak from
Edward Snowden. GCHQ is fighting Anonymous and LulzSec hacktivists with
DDoS attacks and malware.
A classified document obtained by NBC News reveals that the British secr... more »
Gold news of the day February 5 , 2014 - items of note from Turd Ferguson , Koos Jansen and Jesse's Cafe Americain......
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