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US-Turkish Relations: In Search of a Comfortable Footstool
[image: c_1371020270_540x540]*March 11, 2014 *(Tony Cartalucci - New
Eastern Outlook) - It began in Istanbul’s Gezi Park where we are excepted
to believe protests over 2.5 million strong (.pdf) stemmed from opposition
to a development project. AFP would report in its article, “Turkish
protesters have long list of complaints,” that:
*What started as a small group opposed to a development project in Istanbul
has become an outpouring of national anger over how the Islamist-rooted
government treats its citizens, testing Ankara’s quest to be a model
country in its neighborhood. *
*Turk... more »
Will Running Against The Koch Brothers Help The Democrats In November?
By now you've probably noticed that the Democratic base's antipathy towards
the fascist-leaning Koch brothers has been adopted by Harry Reid and is
becoming standard fare in Democratic Party strategies against the
"Koch-addict" Republicans. If you're wondering what's behind the new-found
populism from the Democratic Establishment, Ashley Parker explained it for *NY
Times* readers last week. "Democrats," she wrote, "are embarking on a broad
effort that aims to unmask the press-shy siblings and portray them,
instead, as a pair of villains bent on wrecking progressive politics." The ... more »
Could you live "off the grid"?
[image: Could you live "off the grid"?]*Could you disconnect?*Have you ever
considered living off the grid?
The basic idea is to disconnect from the national electrical grid,
operating one's home using autonomous systems such as solar or wind power.
It sounds nice, independent living which is kinder to the earth. But, in
reality, how easy would it be to make the switch?
Eco-friendly forms of energy require nature's cooperation. When the sun
shines and/or the wind blows, energy flows into batteries and "electrical"
needs are met. But when nature doesn't accommodate us, the saved en... more »
"Choices"
“You cannot manage your life if you do not manage yourself.
You cannot manage yourself if you do not manage your choices.
Manage your choices, and you will manage your life.”
“You may think that in life, a lot of things happen to you along the way.
The truth is, in life, you happen to a lot of things along the way.”
“Another person’s choice is nothing more than another alternative for you
to consider.”
“If you’d like to know what your choices have been, look at yourself
and the life you have lived. What you see is the choices you’ve made.”
“If you were given only one choice:
To c... more »
"No One Thinks..."
"Everyone thinks of changing the world,
but no one thinks of changing himself."
- Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
West’s Muted Response on Terror Attack in China
*March 11, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - New Eastern Outlook) - Saturday March
1, 2014′s horrific terror attack at China’s Kunming railroad station left
29 victims dead and over 100 wounded. The terrorist attack was the work of
Uyghur separatists hailing from Western China’s Xinjiang province. The US
would only condemn the attack as an act of terror after China accused
Washington of applying double standards to its coverage and stance on the
incident.
However, the US’ failure to initially condemn the attack as terrorism runs
deeper than mere superficial double standards applied to a glo... more »
Fukushima Anniversary: Nuclear is the Road Toward Our Extinction
Please see a condensed transcript of my interview with Voice of Russia here:
Nuclear power is the road to our extinction
http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_03_10/3
Here are my responses to their interview questions:
1. Three years ago a disastrous tsunami and earthquake killed nearly 19000
people and set off the nuclear crisis in Japan. Did the region manage to
recover from the catastrophe? What are the current results of its recovery?
Contaminated water production continues at the site as ground water and
water injected for cooling encounter uncontained nuclear fuel:
The volume of co... more »
Smoke at Daiichi?
Majia's Blog - 47 minutes ago
March 10 at 1:33 TEPCO cam looks steamy and TBS cam was obscured
entirely
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Bonus Quote of the Day: On Our Hold on the Planet
“One of the things that we forget sometimes – you know, the fact I’m
talking to
you now in real time and you are literally on the other side of the planet
– and
we like to think we’re technologically sophisticated -- but once you get
out
over the deep ocean, you realise just how big a planet this still is.”
- Former Aircrash Inspector and Professor of Safety Science at Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University
Bill Waldock ,talking to Kathryn Ryan this morning on Radio NZ
[Listen in at ‘No sign of wreckage from the missing Malaysian airlines plane,’
at 12:35]
Content is copyright PC... more »
Rochester Teachers Sue Over Bogus VAM Scores
by Christine Fien:
The Rochester Teachers Association filed a lawsuit today (read the
complaint below) alleging that the new teacher evaluations are unfair
because they fail to adequately account for the effects of severe poverty
on students.
The suit names John King, commissioner of the State Education Department;
the State Board of Regents; the State Education Department; the University
of the State of New York; the Rochester school district; the Rochester
Board of Education; and Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas.
The suit was filed in State Supreme Court in Albany ... more »
Cronyism and the Transcontinental Railroads
*Anyone promoting or considering the merits of so-called public-private
partnerships (PPPs)– a collusion between public force and private profits
that is simply an invitation to cronyism, corruption and worse – should
examine the tainted history of American railroading in the Gilded Age. Why?
Because it’s precisely what PPPs will produce again today. In 1962 Ayn Rand
gave a lecture titled “America’s Persecuted Minority: Big Business” in
which she identified two types of businessmen, later called “economic and
political businessmen,”—the first were self-made men who earned their ... more »
Even this baby harp seal knows what a great place the Newtown Creek Nature Walk is for just hanging out
*The long steps of the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, fronting directly on the
creek, attracted a maritime visitor yesterday. (The photos were taken by
Sean Scaglione for NYC's Departmental of Environmental Protection.)*
*by Ken*
Newtown Creek, which separates the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and
Queens, may be one of North America's most contaminated waterways, which
means that most visitors to the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, one of the
city's most wonderful attractions, came from the landward direction. The
youngster pictured here, however, on an exceptionally nice late-winter d... more »
Holy hell, my God almighty?!? AFT turns away Gates money? Outstanding.
Check out this article from Politico while I step outside to see if hell is
frozen over. To wit: Weingarten said she didn’t believe Gates funding
influenced the Innovation Fund’s direction, but still had to sever the
relationship. “I got convinced by the level of distrust I was seeing — not
simply on Twitter, but […]
Intersectionality, Position and Agency
By way of following up this and this, I want to say a couple more things
about intersectionality to clear up any misunderstandings - especially as
intersectionality has come to be identified with privilege-checking and
various forms of radical narcissism.
First off, intersectionality can look something like this:
It demonstrates that if you're a woman, the poorer you are the more likely
you are to be obese as compared to men (there are problems with using the
Body Mass Index as a measure, but we'll leave that for another occasion).
What you have here then is the *intersection* of ... more »
BITCOIN WORLD about to implode ? Whistleblower Threatens to Expose Corruption at Bitcoin Foundation ! Explosive allegations against Bitcoin Foundation members Peter Vessenes and John Matonis ! Snapshot -- An "entrepreneur and former venture capitalist" who goes by the handle the Two-Bit Idiot declared "war" today in a blog post entitled Coup or Death for the Bitcoin Foundation? The blogger, whose name is Ryan Selkis, previously talked to Fortune's Dan Primack about leaking documents about Mt. Gox. In today's post, he threatened to publish a searing expose on Monday unless two of its board members resign. TBI also claims that the foundation's corporate sponsors "discouraged" him from airing Bitcoin's filthy laundry. According to TBI, chairman Peter Vessenes and executive director Jon Matonis are not "ethically entitled" to retain their board seats in the Seattle-based non-profit because conflicts of interest and gross negligence. The most damning allegations are related to the disastrous implosion of Mt. Gox. In the early days, Mt. Gox was the largest Bitcoin exchange and a tent pole for the budding economy, hiding questionable practices...... TBI says Vessnes and Matonis got their money out through connections with Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles, while $473 million swirled down the blockchain drain !
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Something everyone can agree upon..... customer security and consumer
protection must evolve .....
http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-industry-must-recognise-responsibilities/
Why The Bitcoin Industry Must Recognise Its Responsibilities
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Libya flashpoint March 8 , 2014 .......Libya rebels claim to export oil outside of the direction and control of the government of Libya , to an oil tanker flying under the flag of North Korea to boot ! ! Rebels who seized oil ports in eastern Libya say they have loaded oil on to a North Korean-flagged tanker. The Morning Glory docked at Sidra port earlier on Saturday, after a failed attempt to dock on Tuesday. "We started exporting oil. This is our first shipment," a rebel spokesman said. The rebels demand more autonomy - and oil wealth - for Libya's east. Libyan officials confirmed to the BBC the Morning Glory had docked. They said the rebel move was an "act of piracy". ...... Sunday key GNC day as it votes on adopting new Road Map recommended by “February” Committee --Tomorrow’s GNC agenda as provided by the GNC is as follows: 1st Item: Adoption of the road map and vote on direct or indirect presidential elections. 2nd Item: Hearing to a mutual report from the Audit Bureau and Administrative Control Authority. 3rd Item: Voting directly to withdraw confidence from the government and name a new Prime Minister. 4th Item: Voting on amendments to the constitutional declaration to ensure rights of ethnic groups in the Constituent Body for Drafting Committee.
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
North Korean-flagged tanker still in port – NOC
*By Tom Westcott*.
*Tripoli, 10 March 2014*:
The North Korean-flagged tanker that has illegally loaded a shipment of
crude from Es-sider oil export terminal is still berthed in the port,
according to the National Oil Company (NOC).
“The ship has not left. It is still at the port,” NOC spokesperson Mohamed
Al-Harrari told the *Libya Herald*.
He said that NOC was receiving constant updates on the status of the
tanker. Reports were now also being received from vessels under control of
military forces that yesterday surrounded the port, he a... more »
On a slightly lighter note...
A tortoise was walking down a street in Barrow-in-Furness when he was
mugged by a gang of snails.
A policeman came to investigate and asked the tortoise if he could explain
what happened.
The tortoise looked at the policeman with a confused look on his face and
replied, "I don't know, it all happened so fast."
Alan Waldman : Dramatic Brit series ‘Chancer’ introduced me to dynamic leading man Clive Owen
Owen is a lovable con man who helps pals out of jams, plots against slimy
villains, and romances lovely ladies in this fine 1990-’91 series. By Alan
Waldman | The Rag Blog | March 10, 2014 [In his weekly column, …
finish reading Alan Waldman :
Dramatic Brit series ‘Chancer’ introduced me to dynamic leading man Clive
Owen
I LOVE I
Communications tower in Taipei Tawian, 14 Feburary 2014
"Dear Readers, Several of you have told me that you are tired of reading about the deplorable state of affairs in Ukraine produced the by idiots that comprise 'our' government. In this current posting you can read instead about the deplorable state of jobs in 'your' economy or, rather, the absence of jobs. 'Your' same government that lies to you about foreign affairs also lies to you about the economy." -- Paul Craig Roberts
------------------------------
*OpEdNews Op Eds 3/9/2014 at 22:13:20*
No Jobs, No Economy, No Prospects For Peace Or Life *By Paul Craig Roberts
(about the author)* Permalink
opednews.com
*Headlined to H2 3/9/14*
Source: Paul Craig Roberts
No Jobs, No Recovery, No American Dream
(image by YouTube)Over the decades various administrations, seeking to
improve their economic record, monkeyed with economic statistics to the
point that the statistics are no longer meaningful.
According ... more »
Untitled
*Judge upholds AG Buddy Caldwell's approval of levee authority's vote in
wetlands damage suit ~Mark Schleifstein*~Attorney General Buddy
Caldwell acted appropriately in approving the east bank levee authority's
vote to hire a law firm for a wetlands damage suit against 97 oil, gas and
pipeline companies, a Baton Rouge judge ruled Monday. The judge also ruled
that the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association's lawsuit attempting to overturn
Caldwell's approval was *frivolous*.
Greg Hunter,“Ukraine: Desperation to Save the U.S. Dollar”
*“Ukraine: Desperation to Save the U.S. Dollar”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“Newsletter writer Dr. Jim Willie thinks the Ukraine crisis is an enormous
struggle for financial power between East and West. Dr. Willie contends, “I
believe what we got with Ukraine is an absolutely desperate situation where
the U.S. government realizes we have to stop Ukraine from becoming a
central transit point for energy pipelines in the fast developing Eurasian
Trade Zone. They need to stop the Eurasian Trade Zone because the United
States and England are largely going to be excluded. If you look... more »
Lying Snake Rogers Slithers Out on Sunday Morning Blabfest
Having laid rather low as of late which is an enormously difficult task for
a pathological liar of a bully like Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers it was
only a matter of time until he surfaced on the Sunday morning ‘news’ show
circuit. Rogers is the very definition of the tyranny of the minority in
that he has been anointed the exalted Grand Poobah of the US House
Intelligence Committee based upon only actually representing a fraction of
less than one percent of the population of the USA. This is one of the more
serious problems with the US Congress as it exists in that districts ar... more »
What's Going To Happen In The FL-13 Race Tomorrow?
A week from tomorrow there's a crucial primary in central Illinois' swingy
13th congressional district. It pits progressive physics professor George
Gollin against a Machine-backed run-of-the-mill hack, Ann Callis. Tomorrow,
however, there's a special election in the 13th congressional district of
another state, Florida. This one pits a dreadful Republican lobbyist, David
Jolly, against a garden variety Democratic centrist, Alex Sink. Neither
candidate has an ounce of authenticity, neither is even remotely attractive
as a leader or public servant and there isn't much reason for any... more »
I am fucked
You can not say repeatedly the things I say without consequences. Call me
pardoned but I am far from the worse. Incredible harm has come in this
country and the world when people speak up and say, hey I believe in people
and if you want to run a pipeline, get their word.
t
The acceptance of Netficks
Tease me once or twice or three times or some manipulated way into
controlling my brain. TYhose wo know, and do not kid me we are looking at
everybody.
Take a stand, watch TV or pay to go to a pay wall to defend the brand. Like
Shaw TV running Vikings and expecting us to say, jezz they grew petunius in
a climate that would otherwise say it can not.
First of Many Tennessee Lawsuits Filed Over Use of High Stakes Value-Added Testing
Andy Spears has more here.
From WATE in Knoxville:
NOXVILLE (WATE) - The Tennessee Education Association has filed a lawsuit
against the Knox County Board of Education saying its use of Tennessee
Value Added Assessment System estimates in high-stakes bonus decisions is
unconstitutional.
"It is unacceptable for any teacher to be punished financially or otherwise
as a result of unreliable, flawed statistical estimates that can vary years
after a student was in that teacher's classroom," said Gera Summerford, TEA
president.
TEA says Knox County teacher Lisa Trout was unfairly denied ... more »
Bill de Blasio Under Fire from Wall Street Billionaires and Vulture Philanthropists
Corporate Welfare Queen, Eva MoskowitzWith the Oligarchs now marching out
Eli Broad's rabid poodle, Steve Barr, to attack Bill de Blasio for his
position on charter schools, the Mayor has his hands full. Thankfully, he
is not flinching, even with the lead corporate welfare queen and snapping
hyena, Eva Moskowitz, in full attack mode.
With her half-million dollar salary at stake, Little Eva canceled school
for her 22 schools and bused the students to Albany last week to use them
as props for the fake Democrat, Andrew Cuomo, to offer a speech that could
have been written by Wall Str... more »
I am a protest singer singing a protest song
There was a time when that was true
but the Illuminati who lag a generation behind
knowing what the public see as true
missed the sixties
by a country mile
and they mad up
for that double
time with disco
and today
they feed us
like we are a brian
dead population
only thinking about
sex and fashion
but I have to say
the general population
do not disappoint
no on realieze freedom
is the last app
that will ever go online.
I represent come on girlfriend
and all the trust that comes with it.
What is really wrong with this
world and the call to arms
for not leaving the house
without a nineteen r... more »
Bahe: 'Gradual Resurgence of Land Based, Sovereign Dineh Resistance at Big Mountain'
Gradual
Resurgence of Land Based, Sovereign Dineh Resistance at Big Mountain
By Bahe (Kat) Keediniihii Katenay
Censored News
March 8, 2014 Mosquito Spring, Big Mountain – Four major meetings since
last fall and which were held throughout the Big Mountain Dineh
resistance communities has brought forth the return of the original
Dineh voice for the protection of the sacred relationships
The missile defense system was promised not to be directed against Russia, Mr McCain
Senator John McCain claims that the ongoing reorganization of Crimea should
be interpreted as a justification for the resuscitation of the U.S. missile
defense system composed of a radar in Czechia and missiles in Poland. The
plans were scrapped in September 2009. Perhaps, they were "postponed
indefinitely" (or at least through 2015). So far, it didn't make any
difference.
*When the project was still a hot issue in 2009...*
The planned radar site near Míšov, Brdy Hills (Břízkovec, "spot height
718", Google Maps) is located 30 kilometers from my home. As a clearcut
defender of the... more »
Quote of the Day: On Elections
"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They
have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of
government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their
principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for
something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out
of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by
looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage,
and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods."
- H. ... more »
Video Mohawk Warriors at Blockade
Read more:Deep Green Resistance: Mohawk Warriors demand inquiries into murdered and missing women
http://dgrnewsservice.org/2014/03/10/mohawk-protesters-blockade-rail-line-demand-inquiry-into-indigenous-women-murders/
Deja Vu Much?
If there's anything the two political parties in this country have in
common, it's this:
They keep making the same mistakes over and over.
George Santayana, Thou Art Vindicated Time and Again.
During the live road show of the DSM V (aka CPAC 2014, held,
appropriately, at the Gaylord Hotel again), the GOP held a minority
outreach forum that drew...
...well, this many people, if John Hudak's picture is to be believed.
The worse-than-anemic turnout was sniffed at by Republican flaks, one
saying (and I'm paraphrasing here), that Democratic minority outreach ... more »
Wake Up To The Modern World
*Wake Up To The Modern World.*
*written by Robin Mathews*
A number of people began to wake up to The Modern World in the nineteenth
century. Two key things were becoming evident to them. The first was that
private corporations - so entangled with government they were fast becoming
indistinguishable – were claiming ownership of more and more of The
Commons.
People think of The Commons as shared land surface. But it’s much more
than that. It’s the natural resource wealth of the nation (which is one of
the reasons for present “globalization”, or “government by ... more »
The 'misleading' Ms Montague (continued)
Here's an update on a story covered by both *BBC Watch* and *Is the BBC
biased?*
The story begins last November when* Today*'s Sarah Montague gave Radio 4
listeners a misleading impression about how Israel treats Christians by
bracketing it with Pakistan and Iraq, in the context of countries that
persecute Christians.
Complaints went in, and *Today*'s assistant editor Dominic Groves made a
particularly poor fist of trying to fob one of those complainants off.
In early January the BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit overruled Dominic
Groves and informed the complainant that it wou... more »
Getting ever more interesting
CNN are reporting the following:
Tickets linked to stolen passports for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
were purchased by an Iranian man, authorities say.
At least two people on board the plane were traveling on passports stolen
from an Austrian and an Italian.
According to Thai police officials, an Iranian man by the name of Kazem Ali
purchased the tickets for two friends who he said wanted to return home to
Europe. While Ali made the initial booking by telephone, either Ali or
someone acting on his behalf paid for the tickets in cash, according to
police.
Get complete c... more »
KPK Separistits
This has to be the greatest betrayal in human history. Also I hope an
example of hubris gone gold.
he book on Karl as I see it is he was born on third base. He is running for
a pop up fly and falls on his face. This guy is so out of touch with
reality it will be super to watch. He is Rob Ford without crack or peeing
in the park. Believe me now and I tell you later his character is going to
be explosive.
There is no way Quebcor or any of its arms should get one ore cent of
Federalist Government Money for advertising, hockey teams, etc as long as
it lines Karls pockets. In a real se... more »
How many times can you spend one lot of money?
How many times can you spend one lot of money?
If you're an ordinary taxpayer the answer is once. If you're the Labour
leader or one of his team, then the answer is 10 or maybe 11 times, so far.
Guido Fawkes makes it 10 times and has the video clips to prove it...
My favourite clip is the hopeless Harriet Harman showing her
mastery/mistressy of the subject. You just know if that had been a
Conservative spokesman that clip would have been played over and over
again, but as it's a Labour bigwig, I don't think I've ever seen it on-air
as opposed to to on the web.
But BuzzFeed think ... more »
Gabe Sherman describes propaganda at Fox!
*MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014*
*And perhaps at that other channel:* Earlier this year, New York magazine’s
Gabriel Sherman published The Loudest Voice in the Room, a strongly
critical biography of Roger Ailes.
In January, Sherman discussed the book with Jane Hall as part of C-Span’s
After Words series. We watched their discussion two weekends ago.
To watch the full hour, click here.
Late in the hour, Sherman and Hall discussed the nature of propaganda,
especially as practiced by Fox. Sherman’s description was basic but
interesting.
This is the way he began:
HALL (1/29/14): What about t... more »
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum honors leaders and culture
Agua
Caliente Cultural Museum reflects beauty of Cahuilla Desert People
Article and photos by Brenda Norrell
Censored News
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, which hosted
the Native American FilmFest, is a beautiful tribute to the leaders and
culture of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in what today is
known as southern California.
At the
Recorded Phone Call to Movie Theater in Danbury Ct. regarding Adam Lanza and "Dance Dance Revolution" game
In my post/video about Peter Lanza and his interview with a lot of
propaganda and about Adam Lanza being a Ron Paul fan, gun fascination and
obsession with mass murders. Peter Lanza mentioned how Adam went to a
local movie theater and would play with the Dance Dance Revolution game
there for 10 hours at a time. I decided to research the movie theaters in
Newtown and near by areas. I found only
More Protests In Iraq Over Pension System
The beginning of March 2014 saw another round of protests against Iraq’s
new pension law that was passed in February. This was the second time this
year people came out onto the streets after the original demonstrations
started last year demanding that politicians and high officials give up
their lavish retirement plans. Many of the country’s leaders came out in
support of the activists then, but when it came time for parliament to deal
with the issue this year it passed a piece of legislation that largely
maintained the present system. This has angered many in the public and
rel... more »
Gallo
Gallo from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*"First came God, then came Gallo"*
Dr. F. Wong-Staal, AIDS researcher
"More than anyone, Robert Gallo is the embodiment of AIDS research in the
United States. He was the man who proved that the virus now known as HIV,
for human immunodeficiency virus, causes AIDS; he was the man who developed
the test that safeguards the world's blood supply against the disease. He
holds or shares 79 patents, and his discoveries have generated more than $1
billion in private-sector revenues."
"By 1975 his [Gallo's] lab had finally isolated a retrovirus from human
... more »
Pol. Ideology 54: On the Multiple "Death" of Capitalism
A friend who considers himself a "social liberal" reposted in his fb wall
Akbayan Party's "progressive books", one of which is this book published in
July 2013 and written by Cong. Walden Bello of Akbayan. I commented that *pallpak
na naman* (a loser) si Walden Bello and other socialists. Capitalism's last
stand? Which is... facebook? twitter? youtube? coca cola? samsung? toyota?
shimano bikes? When socialists keep using capitalism's inventions and
innovation, they are in effect recognizing capitalism's dynamism.
My friend commented that “history has shown the excesses of both plann... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Vlad the Impaler'
VLAD
THE IMPALER
Posted on March 10, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Mar. 10, 2014. In 1710 the Haudenosaunne sent five chiefs from
each of our nations to Europe for the first and only time to spread the
peace. They took the wampum belts to explain and ratify the Guswentha
with the monarchs. All 13 royal bloodlines attended and received a
wampum belt. It was their invitation to send
Have you seen the Cadillac ad that has libtards in a twist?...
*personally I like it because I'm a big fan of Neal McDonough, who does a
superb job on this ad.*
In 2002, McDonough, along with Donnie Wahlberg, starred in the brilliant TV
series Boomtown. It was (IMO) one of the top 5 shows I've ever seen on TV.
Each episode followed a criminal investigation from different points of
view; those of police officers and detectives, lawyers, paramedics,
reporters, victims, witnesses and criminals.
It was a bit disconcerting to watch the first few episodes because it
would appear some scenes were actually just reruns of what you just
watched. I ... more »
Syria to miss OPCW deadline so says unnamed official- false flag take 2?
I wanted to get this up end of last week.....
A bit late, but, still important!
*Syria to miss deadline to destroy 12 sites- so says an unidentified
official*
Yes, that is right an unidentified official is providing us with a
narrative. But, it's not just narrative creation it's also prognosticating.
The unidentified official (who knows who this really is?) is speaking
certainties nine days before the said official could/should be certain.
Counting chickens/unhatched eggs. You know?
Syria will miss a major deadline next week in the program to destroy its
chemical weapons production ... more »
Bowen; still smarting
Jeremy Bowen has written a new book “The Arab Uprising” Not only that, but
he has received an award: News Television Journalist of the Year
*[Jeremy] is among the best known foreign correspondents on British TV and
the judges called his entry a "masterclass in TV journalism." Even when
injured by shotgun pellets he continued to report the events around him.
What particularly impressed the judges was his ability to provide context
and analysis from within fastmoving events on the ground.”*
Even when injured by shotgun pellets he soldiered bravely on which gave us
the opportunity to... more »
How Did The Democrats Allow Ohio To Turn Into Such An Electoral Hellhole?
Over the weekend, Marilou Johanek took apart the Ohio Republicans'
elaborate excuses for strangling voters' access to the polls and concluded
that it's just plain old voter suppression.
If we rule out cost-cutting, uniformity, and fraud as legitimate excuses to
restrict the voting process in Ohio, what other explanations make sense?
Why else would Republican lawmakers pass bills, signed into law by
Republican Gov. John Kasich, that erect voting hurdles for Ohioans?
Why curtail early voting, regulate the mailing of absentee-ballot
applications, and make provisional ballots harder ... more »
Edward Snowden LIVE from Russia Right now
Snowden LIVE from Russia right now.
http://new.livestream.com/texastribune/events/2823117
EPIC's epic NEP - Part 2
Con "fixer" Bruce Carson and Lib National Campaign Co-Chair Daniel Gagnier
worked together on a national energy program for industry lobby group, the *Energy
Policy Institute of Canada, *and have both given speeches and published
numerous papers in support of it*. *
Former EPIC president, now *Senator, *Doug Black was duly grateful :
"I would like to acknowledge our three vice chairs that presented our work
to the energy ministers: Bruce Carson, Gerry Protti and Daniel Gagnier."
In light of EPIC's subsequent presser in 2012 (h/t Hugh) that :
"Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver ann... more »
DIY Crate Shelf
[image: Housewife Eclectic: DIY Crate Shelf]
This is one of those projects I have had finished for years, but have never
posted, mostly because I don't love the photos. My bathroom is a pretty
shade of blue, and while I love the blue for everyday, taking a picture
inside a small, poorly lit space that is painted all blue is never ideal
for a photograph. Even though I don't love how the pictures turned out for
this project, I love the project itself.
This crate shelf, is really simple, just a stained crate hung using
decorative L brackets, but it breaks up a long wall in our bathroom... more »
The World Stands and Says: "NO MORE!"
March 10th, 2014 reposting: Many new additions to the original list, and
there are new updates almost daily.
Please book mark and visit the page "Global Uprising" here on RTS for
updates to the list.
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 pe... more »
Q & A w/ Traditionalist Youth Network
What follows is a transcript of questions I posed to Matthew Heimbach, Matt
Parrott and Thomas Buhls of the *Traditionalist Youth Network* for an
article I recently submitted to *American Free Press*, followed by their
responses.
*Matthew Heimbach, Founder*
*Matt Parrott, Co-Founder and Chief Information Officer*
*Thomas Buhls, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer*
*JF*: Can you please provide us with a brief overview of the origins,
goals, and agenda of the Traditionalist Youth Network?
*Matt Parrott*: Thomas Buhls, Matthew Heimbach, and I are experienced White
Advocates who’ve ... more »
Bartcop Down
Just before this weekend, I'd heard of the passing of Bartcop through,
I think, Susie Madrack's byline at *Crooks and Liars*. Then I read Jill's
lengthy semi-autobiographical commentary on BC's life and legacy at her
place, Brilliant at Breakfast.
As his masthead showed, Terry Coppage had been a political blogger
since before the contraction for "web log", or blog, had even been coined.
To put it in terms we can all understand, he'd been writing about politics
since Bill Clinton's first term or almost two years before the Monica
scandal broke. He'd consistently been at it ... more »
Peter Lanza Speaks "Adam a Fan of Ron Paul, Loved Guns and Obsessed with Mass Murders"
How photo shopped can you get? After all this time, Peter Lanza did an
interview with the New Yorker magazine. Overall the article says, Adam
difficult when growing up, they took him to many psychiatrist and he was
diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, he Loved Ron Paul and Guns. He began a
'private fascination with mass murders. The whole article is B.S. in my
opinion. What it does it
Support Chicago Boycott of ISAT
Support Chicago Teachers’ Test Boycott: Call and Sign Petition
Chicago teachers, joined by parents and students, are boycotting the
Illinois ISAT tests at several schools. The district is threatening
teachers with loss of certification, and bullying and intimidating parents
and students who have opted out or wish to opt out of the ISAT.
They need your support. Please call the Chicago Board of Education and
voice your support for Chicago's teachers, parents and students standing up
for their rights. Call 773-553-1600 and tell the Board:
"I’d like to leave a message for all members of... more »
The latest very important key fact!
*MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014*
*In our world, facts don’t matter:* As we’ve often noted, facts play almost
no role in our national discourse. We’ll give you four quick reasons:
The facts we hear are often wrong. Other key facts get disappeared.
When people in *our* tribe make up facts, we tend to applaud them for it.
And in a highly tribalized culture, it’s hard to convey basic facts across
tribal lines, even if the facts in question are accurate and important.
We’ll now offer a fifth, more specialized reason. Some key facts about the
looting of the middle class tend to get disappeared by... more »
ERP
The new *Economic Report of the President* is available here.
Weekly Message from Hilarion - 3/9/2014
*Weekly Message from Hilarion*
by Marlene Swetlishoff ~~ 3/9 - 3/16/2014
Hilarion
Beloved Ones,
Upon the face of the planet, many changes are taking place. The weather
patterns are creating anomalies in areas that have usually relied on stable
weather conditions. The world’s water sources are being cleansed and
renewed through the efforts of many people throughout the planet who work
together to add energy to the water and give assistance to the water
elementals. Many areas are experiencing drought and this is a worry for
those who live in these places. Other areas of the world a... more »
Common Core: Why Money Trumps Evidence
Common Core: Why Money Trumps Evidence. via Common Core: Why Money Trumps
Evidence.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
IN SEARCH OF EVEN THE MOST BASIC SKILLS: Reporting the new-and-improved SAT!
*MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014*
*Part 1—Could our journalists get into college:* If we might borrow from
our Camus:
The SAT was massively changed last Wednesday. Or maybe not, we’re not sure.
Is the SAT being changed in some major way? Even now, we’re not sure—in
large part, because of the blizzard of reporting and punditry which
followed Wednesday’s announcement.
The SAT is a very big deal to upper middle-class readers of our major
newspapers. Perhaps for that reason, the New York Times and the Washington
Post reacted to last week’s announcement as if V-S Day had occurred.
That said, mu... more »
The Orions' got the Eternal Essence memo!
*I think I've heard similar words somewhere before...hmmmm....good to hear
the word is getting to where it needs to go! :) -AK*
http://lightworkers.org/channeling/197276/high-council-orion-message-awareness-energetic-essence-6th-march-2014
*Channeled Ascension Message from the High Council of Orion*
March 6th, 2014
Channeled by Holly Hawkins Marwood
Transcribed by Paul Marwood
Audio file is available at
http://www.akashahealingstudio.com/high-council-of-orion-awareness-of-energetic-essence-6th-mar-2014/
AWARENESS OF ENERGETIC ESSENCE
“Greetings Dear Ones.
We are the High Council... more »
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*Saints free-agent wish list: Wide receiver ~Mike Triplett*
*Daily Who Dat Dish*
*It's Monday. Somebody call Da NOLA DEFENDER*
*The Wisner Trust: Horse trading in Louisiana's wild, wild justice system
~American Zombie*
*Battles over BP settlement could be nearing an end ~Richard Thompson, The
Advocate*
*Reflecting on a show: Ani Difranco ~Disenfranchised Citizen*
"The Most Difficult Of All Our Tasks..."
"For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of
all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which
all other work is but preparation. I hold this to be the highest task for a
bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. This
is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more
they give, the more they possess.
There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked
to deal with what is most difficult.
Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part ... more »
Using Taichung as a Biking Base: Routes and commentary
One of the reasons I've come to enjoy living in Taichung is the great
weather and the magnificent biking opportunities. An hour will put you in
the mountains, with fantastic views and experiences. So here is a guide to
some of my favorite routes and roads accessible from Taichung, almost
everything here can be done as a day trip from Taichung. For other
perspectives and other routes, see the awesome Drew Kerslake at Taiwan in
Cycles.
Note that none of the routes here include routes in Ta-ken, the ones that
are popular with foreigners and locals. There are exceptions, but a good
ru... more »
The Virginia Establishment Aims To Install One Of Its Own-- Don Beyer
Virginia food stamp slashers George Allen and Don Beyer
When Jim Moran announced his retirement in January, first politician
out-of-the-box declaring an intention to run was multimillionaire car
dealer and ex-Lieutenant Governor Don Beyer. It's almost as though he knew
and was prepared. He's certainly the Establishment choice for the
progressive D+16 Arlington and Fairfax counties suburban DC district (Obama
68% in 2008 ands 2012). No one has to be Republican-lite to win in VA-08.
But Republican-lite is what Don Beyer is-- and has always been.
Beyer was elected Lt. Gov in 1989 when D... more »
Federal Reserve policy stances changing ? March 10 , 2014 fed ponderings ...... Fed’s Plosser: Taper pace may be too slow ...... WSJ scribe Hilsenrath: Fed shifting exit strategy ( To exit QE programs and ZIRP , the potential new plan involves paying interest on excess reserves in the banking system, as well as holding down rates through "reverse repos" ) Trial balloons floated today for reaction from markets.....
Fed’s Plosser: Taper pace may be too slowCentral bank may find itself
behind the curve, Philly Fed boss says
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Archives | Email alerts
March 10, 2014, 8:11 a.m. EDT
By Gabriele Parussini and William Horobin
PARISn — The Federal Reserve may have to accelerate the pace of tapering to
take into account the economic pickup currently ongoing in the U.S. and the
improving forecast for the near future, Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said Monday.
“We must back away from increasing the degree of policy accommodation in a
manner commensu... more »
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*The sugar war descends to "ad hominem" abuse*
*Robert Lustig must be feeling on top of the world these days. Long
dismissed as a crank for his war on sugar he is now seeing his crusade
become the fad of the day. Now that fat has been exonerated as the main
cause of obesity, the do-gooders have had to find a new villain -- and
sugar has been elected to that role. Your total calorie intake undoubtedly
influences your weight but where is the evidence that sugar is more
fattening than other calories? There is none. So all we see below is
abuse and appeals to authority -- plu... more »
The Price Of Conservatism
Robert Reich writes that, in the three decades after World War II, the
United States created the largest middle class the world has ever seen:
During those years the earnings of the typical American worker doubled,
just as the size of the American economy doubled. (Over the last thirty
years, by contrast, the size of the economy doubled again but the earnings
of the typical American went nowhere.)
In that earlier period, more than a third of all workers belonged to a
trade union — giving average workers the bargaining power necessary to get
a large and growing share of the lar... more »
200 000 reads
I'm proud to announce that, today, *Philosophical Comment* (using the
statistics of Blogger) reached the handsome number of 200 000 reads.
Thank you!
*Philosophical Comment Blog: Christian Munthe, Professor of Practical
Philosophy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Chief interests are
ethics/moral philosophy, political philosophy and their applications to
practical issues*
What Can I Do About Sexual Harassment At A Small Company?
An AOL Jobs reader asked me:
*I work for a small family-owned business.*
*One of the married employers is having an affair with another owner. There
are pictures going around of him standing in his doorway (which is directly
across the hall from her office) masturbating and then going into her
office, where she continued the act for him. This all took place within
thirty feet of his wife's office, which could have been seen by anyone
walking out of their office into the hallway.*
*The company was recently sued for sexual harassment by another employee
for sexual acts from this same ... more »
Malaysian Airlines Flight 777 mystery deepens Monday March 10 , 2014 -- oil slicks found off the southern coast of Vietnam not from the missing plane ......48 hours have elapsed and yet : no signs of wreckage yet ; the mystery of the stolen passports ( and who did check in and board the flight ) and mystery passengers is still an open question as to the importance of this information - and how many mystery passengers were on board ( as many as four perhaps ) .... why did the pilots NOT attempt distress cals or contact anyone if they attempted to turn the plane around ........ pilot error , terrorism , mechanical failures ????? Clear as mud still !
http://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2014/mar/10/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-search-continues-live-updates
Summary ( 8:10 AM EST )
Here’s a summary of the latest developments:
- *More possible sightings of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight have
been ruled out as frustration mounts at the lack of progress in the search
for plane. *An oil slick spotted in the South China sea was found to
have no connection to missing Boeing-777. Reports of a possible life raft
from the plane also turned out to be false.
- *One of the two suspects who boarded the flight on a mis... more »
Saudia Arabia and Qatar " quiet supremacy battle " becoming an open secret ? Saudi Arabia deems Muslim Brotherhood a 'terrorist group' , move seen as not just as one directed at quashing dissent , but a rebuke to Brotherhood supporting Qatar ! The Friday move by Saudia Arabia follows the public dispute early this week at the GCC -- Arab States "Unprecedentedly" Withdraw Ambassadors From Qatar After "Stormy" Meeting !
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Saudi Arabia deems Muslim Brotherhood a 'terrorist group'
March 7, 2014 9:30PM ET
Move seen as an attempt to quash dissent in country, and as a rebuke to
Brotherhood-supporting Qatar
Topics: Saudi Arabia Muslim Brotherhood Qatar
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Ukraine situation March 10 , 2014 - Russia and Putin stand firm regarding the Crimea Referendum set for Sunday March 16 , 2014 , what will be worthwhile to watch is what happens next regarding Eastern Ukraine ( noting rallies in Lugansk , Kharkov and Donetsk ) On the flip side , Kiev's PM Yatsenyuk and the West stand firm in their opposition to the Referendum and Russia's actions and tactics - it remains to be seen whether a face saving middle ground can be found , but at least there has not been blood shed between the Russian military and Ukraine's fighting forces to date
http://rt.com/news/kiev-clashes-rioters-police-571/
Monday, March 10
10:26 GMT:
The Russian language has been declared an official administrative language
in Sevastopol, a city with a special status which is located in the Crimean
peninsula.
*“Taking into consideration the norms of international law and the fact
that the Russian language is the mother tongue of the majority of the
people [in Sevastopol], the city authorities have declared Russian as an
official language of clerical work,”* said Dmitry Belik, the acting head of
the Sevastopol administration.
Earlier, all official in... more »
Gold and silver News and Views ( directly on point or touching on the PMs ) - March 8 , 2014 -- Koos Jansen's missive " China's road to secret gold accumulation " offers insights as to how China deals with western manipulation of the price of gold as well as control schemes involving the international monetary system , one interesting nugget - 600 tons of China gold stored with the New YorK Fed - has that gold been leased out ? South Africa notices gold fix controversy - one would expect a country that mines significant quantities of precious metals such as gold and platinum would put two and two together and understand fixing screws them royally ....... With physical gold in high demand and supplies disappearing , no coincidence that the hunt for lost treasure has surged - SS Central America salvage job resumes after 20 years of court battles ....... Dave in Denver discusses the US Government being one big lie ( Ukraine and other foreign misadventures , government stats such as jobs - gold is a store of value in a world based on lies ) ...... Additional items including Ed Stee'r Saturday March 8 , 2014 missive ( including precious metal data for the week , daily data , news and views on and / or touching on the precious metals ) , follow on news and views guaranteed to peak your interest !
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.ingoldwetrust.ch/chinas-road-secret-gold-accumulation
China’s Road To Secret Gold Accumulation
In august 2013 I published a translation from an article written by a
Chinese gold commentator called Zhang Jie. In the article Zhang described
how not only the US but also other western countries have been involved in
manipulating the price of gold to control the international monetary system
for decades. I suggest to read the full article - here are a few snippets:
…Gold leasing is an important innovation in the gold settlement system.
Through continuous gold leasing the gold ... more »
dreams - nightmare time synchrony across two nights - what'll happen tonight?
*xenomorph rex* by nebezial
two nights ago, dream of ferocious black Giger Alien type beast that was
'hunting' me, it could go transparent, too. It looked very similar to
Nebezial's 'xenomorph rex' image above, except its face soft soft and grey
like cushions with felt buttons for eyes and mouth.
Last night, I dreamt of a knife-attacker stalking me and my family.
In both cases, I forced myself to wake up from the 'denouement' of the
dream, it was all emotionally too much. The time in both cases was two
minutes either side of 01:20, that's twenty-past one in the morning. And
t... more »
Three interesting hep-th papers
First, a comment about the phenomenological hep-ph archive. Three new
"primarily hep-ph" papers among twelve, namely the papers #5, #6, #8, are
talking about the \(3.5\keV\) X-ray line that Jester described as a
possible dark matter signal. Jester would talk about "sterile neutrinos"
but the three new papers try to identify the dark matter particle with a
radiative neutrino; decaying moduli; and axinos. If you're intrigued by the
\(3.5\keV\) line, maybe you should bookmark the list of followups to the empirical
paper by Bolbul et al..
*Off-topic: a new colleague of Bill O'Reilly w... more »
Quotations from Rudolf Steiner
Source of this poster:
http://notesalongthepath.com/2014/03/08/on-fear-and-prejudice-a-guest-post-from-rudolf-steiner/
How the construction-industrial state really works
So... for a couple of years now a man, we'll call him Mr Ching, who lives
in a Taipei suburb, has been talking to a developer about an urban renewal
program for his house. Mr Ching's house is old and the original builder
ignored the law and built one end of it into the alley behind. The city has
promised to knock more than a meter off the end of each house on that
alley, some day.
Anyway, the program was always presented to Mr Ching as an urban renewal
program, under which he'd have certain rights since the government was
involved, and he could appeal to the authorities if anything ... more »
After A 2-Year Court Battle Michigan Organic Farmer Baker’s Pigs Are Now Legal
Baker Family
After 2-Year Court Battle Baker’s Pigs Now Legal
Farm To Consumer Legal Defense Fund, March 4, 2014
*Judge Orders DNR to Leave Farmer Alone*
*Lake City, Michigan—(March 4, 2014 – Globe Newswire)—*Two years after
suing the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) over the legality
of its swine *Invasive Species Order* (ISO), Mark Baker is now free to
raise and sell his hybrid heritage breed pigs. In a February 26, 2014
hearing, less than two weeks before a scheduled March 11, 2014 trial date,
DNR backed off its prior position that Baker’s pigs were illegal, in ord... more »
“The Rights Trap: Constricted By a Sense of Entitlement”
*“The Rights Trap: Constricted By a Sense of Entitlement”*
by Harry Browne
“The Rights Trap is the belief that your rights will make you free. It’s
not hard to fall into this trap and become preoccupied with your rights as
a way of getting what you want. You’ve probably heard since childhood that
you have certain rights- to life, liberty, property, the freedom to pursue
your happiness. In addition, it’s easy to feel that someone owes you
certain things in a relationship- such as respect, honesty, or fair play.
Unfortunately, rights exist only in theory. In practice, they don’t
acco... more »
Monday Linkage
Okay Ducks, here are your links from South Asia and Beyond! Marshal
Mohammad Qasim Fahim, the Vice President of Afghanistan, has died of
natural causes at age 57. Marshal Fahim fought along side the Lion of
Panjshir, Ahmad Shah Massoud, during the Soviet Occupation. After
Massoud’s assassination, Fahim led the Northern Alliance against the Taliban
Continue reading
George Soros, quantum mechanics, and Ukraine
George Soros is arguably the world's most famous wealthy speculator. He has
made most of his fortune by being malicious his whole life; and by being
lucky in certain weeks. As a rich guy, he began to do a lot to harm the
human society in the whole world. Instead of the term "a major sponsor of
terrorist organizations in the whole world", some people often use the
insane codeword "a philanthropist" to describe his activities.
I wouldn't count myself as a George Soros conspiracy theorist; the actions
and influences that Soros and his hired guns are doing openly are enough
for me to be... more »
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*Climate Science Consensus: Last 60 Years of Global Warming Below Earlier
Periods, Experts Say*
Scientists associated with the UN's IPCC predicted that the huge
consumer/industrial emissions of the modern era would cause not only
"unprecedented" global warming but also dangerous "runaway" warming, which
would then produce "tipping point" climate change.
The climate science consensus today is that these speculative climate
forecasts, based on flawed computer models, did not happen and expert
analysis of the gold-standard of temperature datasets (the UK's global
HadCRUT4) confirms... more »
Darth Vader speaking Dine' wraps up Agua Caliente Film Fest Adventure
Dine'
Manuelito and Jennifer Wheeler at Agua Caliente Film FestPhoto Brenda
Norrell
Outside the box, Indigenous filmmakers reinventing the industry
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Darth Vader speaking Dine' is not something to
be missed. Star Wars in Navajo was a crowd favorite tonight at the Agua
Caliente Native American Film Fest, along with an eclectic, and
A User-friendly Tutorial on IRS 990s
One of the panel discussions in which I participated at the first annual
Network for Public Education (NPE) conference was on investigative
journalism. I chose to use my twelve minutes to only touch the surface on
using IRS 990s (the tax forms for nonprofit organizations) as a research
tool. In this post, I would like […]
History Is On The Side of Crimea: Russia Backs Peaceful, Popular Revolution In Crimea Against Bankster Puppet Government In Kiev
"Ukraine accused Russia on Monday of giving its forces in Crimea an
ultimatum to surrender, *as US President Barack Obama said Moscow was on
the "wrong side of history"* in Europe's worst standoff since the Cold
War." - Dmitry Zaks and Michael Mainville, *"Obama says Russia on 'wrong
side of history' on Ukraine,"* AFP, March 3, 2014.
"Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken insisted today that Russia
will pay costs that “would increase significantly” if next week’s Crimean
referendum ends with secession from the Ukraine and joining the Russian
Federation.
*Blinken went on t... more »
kind of a not-funny story: ned vizzini, youth fiction, and suicide
*It's so hard to* talk *when you want to kill yourself.*
That's the first line of Ned Vizzini's excellent 2006 youth novel, *It's
Kind of a Funny Story*. By the time I read the book this year, the author
was already dead. Vizzini committed suicide last December; he was only 32
years old.
Those facts alone are tragic. But now that I've read this book, I find
Vizzini's death even sadder. On some level, I chide myself for that: every
person's life is of equal value, and every early death is a loss. But we
feel the way we feel, and Vizzini's suicide feels, to me, inexpressibly
sad, a ... more »
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