TPP FTA (TPPA): Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement Subordinates Nations (And People) To Corporations (Photo credit: watchingfrogsboil)
Kate, Sawyer, and Karl rowing to the main island. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I'm a Stranger Too! (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Deek Jackson - New History of Humanity - civilisation millions of years earlier
Deek Jackson makes some bold claims about Human Evolution in his
documentary New History of Humanity.
TOOL USE: one million years earlier
TOOL MAKING: three hundred and fifty thousand years earlier
HUNTING: a million years earlier
FIRE USE/COOKING: three hundred thousand years earlier
*Until recently the oldest, unchallenged evidence of human hunting came
from a 400,000-year-old site in Germany the evidence came from marks left
by spears on horse bones - horses were clearly being speared and their
flesh eaten. but new Evidence from ancient butchery site in Tanzania shows
early man... more »
RT > Sophie & Co > How Coup'd You?
Sophie Shevardnadze (host of Sophie & Co) talks to *former US intelligence
officer* Scott Rickard to find out how one funds a foreign revolution.
*Scott Rickard, never heard of him, like what does he gain from doing
seemingly destructive interviews like this? I mean, I like his data, his
'alternative history lessons' but am unsure of his motivation. Is Scott
Rickards a KNOWN WHISTLEBLOWER that I didn't get the memo about? (ed)*
"Sanctions are an act of War," boasts Scott Rickard.
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Post on these mainstream media FB pages and tell them to cover this toxic
trade agreement. The public NEEDS TO KNOW about the TPP. Starting at 6pm
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While it looks like we and a spectrum of other organizations have helped to
stall Fast Track and the TPP, it has not gone away. There is still much
work to be do... more »
After Gardasil: Will I Ever Get My Normal Life Back? by Helena Overgaard Andersen
Helena
After Gardasil: Will I ever get my normal life back?
By Helena Overgaard Andersen
Helsingør, Denmark
Sane Vax, Inc. 18 March 2014
*As I am now in touch with many other girls who have been vaccinated with
Gardasil and who also have been suffering many health issues, many similar
to mine, I am determined to do the best I can to investigate ways of
improving my Health.*
I am a 15-year-old girl from Denmark, who unfortunately has been harmed by
the HPV vaccine like thousands of other girls worldwide. I had no idea that
this vaccine could change my life so much and take aw... more »
In Syria, God Is No Longer Great
An excerpt from, *"War turns Syrian society upside down"* by Suhaib
Anjarini, Al Akhbar English, March 18, 2014:
The word “takbir,” which is the Arabic term for the phrase “God is great”
is now used all the time and has become a way to jest and joke. *The use of
the phrase “God is great” is no longer welcomed within certain circles
because of it association with fighters.* Fouad tells *Al-Akhbar*: “I
received my passport after waiting five months. In the meantime, I checked
with the immigration and passport department about 10 times until I lost
hope of ever getting it. Finally, whe... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Paper Towels
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
White Man March - the beginning of something much bigger?
Kyle Hunt, host of *The Blitzkrieg Broadcast* on *Renegade Broadcasting*,
is one of the leading organizers of the *White Man March* which took place
this past Saturday, March 15th. What follows is a transcript of the
questions I asked Kyle for a review of the White Man March I am currently
writing for *American Free Press* (America's last *real* newspaper!),
followed by his responses. I also *interviewed Kyle* on my radio program, *The
Realist Report*, earlier this morning (mp3 is *here*).
*JF:* Could you please provide a brief explanation of the purpose and
goal(s) of the March?
*... more »
Suddenly MI-11 Is In Serious Play For The Democrats-- Nancy Skinner Is Running
One of the most bitter and brutal Republican mini-civil wars is raging in
MI-11, west and northwest of Detroit and we took a brief look at it last
week. Incumbent teabagger Kerry Bentivolio is up against a fatally flawed
eviction and foreclosurer specialist, Dave Trott, who is being financed by
the corrupt Republican Establishment. The teabaggers are currently running
this *very* effective ad against Trott:
Steve Israel, sensing an opportunity to elect one of his vile mystery meat
candidates, recruited an ex-CIA agent, Bobby MacKenzie, who refuses to talk
issues and is hoping t... more »
Big success with the big bang!
To give you some context, after thirty-five years scientist Andrei Linde
had his hypothesis about the birth of the universe confirmed this week.
Wonder no longer that must have felt like, as “Assistant Professor Chao-Lin
Kuo surprises Professor Andrei Linde with evidence that supports cosmic
inflation theory. The discovery, made by Kuo and his colleagues at the
BICEP2 experiment, represents the first images of gravitational waves, or
ripples in space-time. These waves have been described as the ‘first
tremors of the Big Bang.’”
This is what it looks like to see your life’s work vi... more »
US Expels Syrian Diplomats - Dangerous Desperation in the Air
[image: 453453]*March 19, 2014 *(Tony Cartalucci - New Eastern Outlook) -
In Al Jazeera's report, "US suspends diplomatic relations with Syria," it
states:
The United States has officially told the Syrian government to immediately
suspend its diplomatic and consular missions in the country, and ordered
its diplomats to leave the country if they are not US citizens.
"We have determined it is unacceptable for individuals appointed by that
regime to conduct diplomatic or consular operations in the United States,"
US special envoy for Syria, Daniel Rubinstein, said in a statement issue... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On the cause of cronyism
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Update
Wow! My last post was about not drinking caffeine, and I have not drank it
since. It was not a hard process at all. I still crave it sometimes when
I am tired, but I have avoided it. Yay!
So, we have so much going on. Tomorrow morning, we are heading out early
to Ohio to buy our vehicle for Costa Rica. We are buying a Nissan Xterra.
It is the best choice for us for Costa Rica. Cannot wait to have that.
We are then going to renew our passports in Detroit at this place that
does expedited passport renewal.
Kurt is planning on leaving April 24. He has two friends going with m... more »
BREAKING: Students Take Legislature UPDATE WITH LIVESTREAM
BREAKING: Students occupy legislature to protest illegal trade pact moves.
The KMT ignored procedure to bring the pact to a vote, and has ignored the
public's expressed wish for a line by line review.
- Buzzfeed with good explanation
- LiveStream *[NEW]*
- Ketagalen media
- CNN iReport.
- Slideshare.net: problems with the trade pact (in Chinese)
- FocusTaiwan: gov't media view, love the comical stuff from Ma about
respecting the legislature -- remember the MaWangMess when he went after
its speaker?
_______________________
[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below!... more »
Musical Interlude: Medwyn Goodall, “Eye of the Wolf”
Medwyn Goodall, “Eye of the Wolf”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBuSKPD2jY0
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The bubble of
expanding gas pictured below is the planetary nebula PK 164 +31.1, the
remnants of the atmosphere of a Sun-like star expelled as its supply of
fusion-able core hydrogen became depleted. Visible near the center of the
nebula is what remains of the core itself- a blue-hot white dwarf star.
This particularly photogenic planetary nebula shows intricate shells of gas
likely expelled at different times toward the end the star's demise, and
whose structure is not fully understood.
*Click image for larger size.*
This deep i... more »
"The Essential Thing..."
"The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."
- Pierre de Courbertin
"Lifting Pain's Veil: Bitterness"
*"Lifting Pain's Veil: Bitterness"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Bitter feelings allow us to become perfect victims in that we no longer
feel obliged to work toward healing. It is natural to feel resentment or
anger when life does not unfold as expected. We consciously or
unconsciously anticipated one experience, and we grieve for the loss of it
when the universe puts something else in our path. Most of the time, we
work through these feelings and they pass. Occasionally, our anger and
resentment do not fade and are instead transformed into bitterness. Bitter
feelings allow us t... more »
Health: “What is a ‘Cytokine Storm?’"
*“What is a ‘Cytokine Storm?’" *
by Wisegeek
"We think of external microbes as our worst enemy during an outbreak of
influenza or bronchitis but our own immune system is potentially more
lethal. When our body detects foreign microorganisms indicating an
infection, our body might respond by over-protecting the site of infection.
The body may race so many antibodies to the infection site that they
collect in a cytokine storm. When the infection is in the lungs, for
example, a cytokine storm can potentially block airways and result in
suffocation. Medical researchers have identified th... more »
Clarissa Dickson Wright (1947-2014)
*in this Two Fat Ladies "Afternoon Tea" clip, that's Jennifer Paterson
(1928-1999) who cooks first. Clarissa gets her turn at 2:36.*
*by Ken*
I'm kind of surprised to see that in all there were only 24 episodes of *Two
Fat Ladies*, produced in four series from 1996 to 1999, when Jennifer
Paterson (born 1928) died, within a month of being diagnosed with lung
cancer. The younger lady, Clarissa Dickson Wright (born 1947), died
Saturday. Separately or together, the two were about the least probable TV
stars you could imagine. But together, they were something else, and theirs
was a co... more »
Alan Watts,“Chivalry”
*“Chivalry”*
by Alan Watts
“It comes, then, to this: that to be "viable", livable, or merely
practical, life must be lived as a game - and the "must" here expresses a
condition, not a commandment. It must be lived in the spirit of play rather
than work, and the conflicts which it involves must be carried on in the
realization that no species, or party to a game, can survive without its
natural antagonists, its beloved enemies, its indispensable opponents. For
to "love your enemies" is to love them as enemies; it is not necessarily a
clever device for winning them over to your side.... more »
The Poet: Mary Oliver, “The Spirit Likes To Dress Up”
*“The Spirit Likes To Dress Up”*
by Mary Oliver
"The spirit likes to dress up like this:
ten fingers, ten toes, shoulders, and all the rest,
at night in the black branches,
in the morning in the blue branches of the world.
․
It could float, of course,
but would rather plumb rough matter.
Airy and shapeless thing,
it needs the metaphor of the body,
lime and appetite, the oceanic fluids;
it needs the body's world, instinct and imagination,
and the dark hug of time, sweetness and tangibility,
to be understood,
to be more than pure light that burns
where no ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Talca, Maule, Chile. Thanks for stopping by.
Sam Smith,"Never Despair"
"Never Despair"
by Sam Smith
"Empires and cultures are not permanent and while thinking about the
possibility that ours is collapsing may seem a dismal exercise it is far
less so than enduring the frustrations, failures, damage and human
casualties involved in constantly butting up against reality like a boozer
who insists he is not drunk attempting to drive home. Peter Ustinov in
'Romanoff and Juliet' says at one point: "I'm an optimist: I know how bad
the world is. You're a pessimist: you're always finding out." Or as GK
Chesterton put it, "We must learn to love life without ever... more »
"Who Are You? What Do You Know?"
"Go without a coat when it's cold; find out what cold is. Go hungry; keep
your existence lean. Wear away the fat, get down to the lean tissue and see
what it's all about. The only time you define your character is when you go
without. In times of hardship, you find out what you're made of and what
you're capable of. If you're never tested, you'll never define your
character."
- Henry Rollins
Chet Raymo,"Six Things"
*"Six Things"*
by Chet Raymo
"My mother was part of the last generation of Americans who were welded
into a national cohesiveness by the classroom memorization of poems by
English language poets - Longfellow, Whittier, Riley, Lowell, Field, and
all the rest. All her life, lines of verse were on her lips...
"All at once, and nothing first,
Just as bubbles do when they burst."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The One Hoss Shay"
"Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close;
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose."
Longfellow, "The Village Black... more »
Another Escalation: US Freezes Diplomatic Relations With Syria, Orders Non-US Personnel To Leave Country ..... Is this like the man who kicks the dog after a bad day at work ?
Another Escalation: US Freezes Diplomatic Relations With Syria, Orders
Non-US Personnel To Leave Country
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2014 11:28 -0400
- Michigan
- Reuters
- Ukraine
inShare2
Putin 2 - Obama 0, which means it is time to go back to the one place where
it all started last year, and where Putin had his most resounding victory
over the US foreign policy apparatus (at least until the Ukraine, where we
trampled not only over Obama's red line... again... but where nobody quite
explained the "costs" to the ex-KGB leade... more »
Pond Inlet
Pond Inlet is considered to be one of Canada's 'jewels of the north.' It is
ringed by scenic mountain ranges, with many glaciers and fiords. There are
ice caves to explore, hoodoos to marvel at and abundant species of wild
animals to watch, including narwhals. There are also beluga and orca
whales, ringed and harp seals, caribou, arctic foxes and wolves, seabirds,
geese, gyrfalcons, ptarmigans, gulls and ravens to encounter, plus the
occasional polar bear to be viewed from a safe distance.
Indeed, a safe distance!
Nice Job Neocons: Now What?
Nothing can be more exceptionally American than the shock and arrogance
expressed by the US political class in the aftermath of Russia’s annexation
of Crimea. They are outraged, I tell you, outraged that the loathed Russian
President Vladimir Putin would call their bluff and refuse to sniff the
glove after they had pissed on his prized showcase of the Sochi Winter
Olympics and then with assistance of fascists, neo-Nazis and assorted other
anti-Semitic miscreants toppled the democratically elected government that
sits on his borders. The nerve of Putin to not submit to having yet mor... more »
Hand-wringing
Sue has already neatly knocked the stuffing out of Owen Jones's
shouty-but-featherweight piece on BBC bias...
[Anyway, any man who begins his article with the words, *"There are
three
certainties about British life: it rains on bank
holidays...,"*automatically disqualifies himself from being taken
seriously, in my ever
so 'umble opinion.
[The Morecambe Marketing Board (slogan: "Sunshine guaranteed, with a
friendly smile and a few Morecambe Bay shrimps chucked in (at a price).
And
don't forget to photograph yourselves with the Eric Morecambe statue
whilst
you're here") will have... more »
Ron Jacobs : The multi-pronged provocation of Crimea
After years of watching Washington and its NATO alliance entice and cajole
traditionally Russian allies to join the western capitalist sphere, Moscow
has recently begun fighting back. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | March 18,
2014 Recent events … finish reading Ron Jacobs :
The multi-pronged provocation of Crimea
Bad Chinese tattoos
And you think Chinglish on signs and T-shirts is hilarious. What about
having “chicken soup” tattooed on your chest in Chinese? Or worse?
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ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: Going Scottish
[image: image]What’s on at this week’s Auckland Uni Econ Group? Thanks for
asking:
In this week’s seminar we’ll be looking at an economic idea developed by an
eighteenth-century Scotsman that changed course of history. An
uncomplicated idea presented through a simple story with history-making
implications.
What was the story? And what can this sixteenth-century Scotsman teach
both modern-day Peruvian hill tribes and today’s economists?
We’ll see that this idea provides the foundation for the whole field of
economics and can be used to help us answer almost all questions related ... more »
Sniper attack in Crimea- Two dead- Maidan take two?
* Did a sniper manage to slip through the security checks?*
2 Incidents?
One pro-Russian militiaman was killed and two other wounded on Tuesday in a
sniper attack on the streets of the Crimean capital, Simferopol, *local
media reported.*
*A unit of pro-Russian self-defense forces came under sniper fire *w*hile
searching for a group of unidentified gunmen on a tip from local residents*,
the Kryminform news agency said citing a *Crimean police source.*
“As a result, one member of self-defense forces was killed and two were
wounded,” the source said, adding that the incident could hav... more »
Why Marx Was Right
I'm currently reading Terry Eagleton's *Why Marx Was Right*, a little book
that came out in 2011. And, I have to say, it is possibly the best short
introductory work to Marx and Marxism I've read. And I've read *a lot*.
Taking a set of common charges made against Marx (Marx was a determinist,
Marx hated individualism, Marx is outdated, Marx foreshadowed Stalin, etc.)
Eagleton patiently but clearly explains why those objections are mistaken
and in so doing sets out Marx's stall for him. The Marx that springs from
the page is a profoundly positive thinker and comrade sceptical of gran... more »
Dahlan: Mahmoud Abbas is a Catastrophe; Negotiations Are "One Big Lie"
"Mahmoud Abbas no longer represents Fatah. He represents the negotiations,
the destruction of the PA (Palestinian Authority), the plundering of the
PA, and all that is evil in the lives of the Palestinians." - Mohammed
Dahlan, "the former leader of Fatah in Gaza...In 2007, Dahlan assisted in a
U.S. plan to overthrow the elected Hamas government in Gaza, but the coup
failed when Hamas carried out a counter-coup, and routed Fatah forces in
Gaza instead" (*Wikipedia*).
Video Title: Dahlan: Mahmoud Abbas is a Catastrophe; Negotiations Are "One
Big Lie." Source: MEMRIReports. Date Publ... more »
Untitled
*Let The Freak Show Begin ~Adrastos, First Draft** ~I really didn't think
that 4 term former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards (hereinafter EWE or
just plain Edwin) would run for Congress. I even predicted a non-candidacy
on social media. In the immortal words of Graham Parker "I thought I was
right, I was wrong."*
*After EWE's announcement there was a lot of back and forth on NOLA twitter
between the moralists who were outraged and horrified and those of us who
view politics as entertainment with higher than average stakes. The
moralists are concerned that EWE's candidacy will "hurt ... more »
The New Zealand Left Needs To Reinvent Itself [updated]
*Guest post by Hugh Pavletich*
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This week’s big local political news is NZ Labour’s Travails. A fairly
balanced *Otago Daily Times* editorial summarises, asking rhetorically:
Can it get any worse for Labour leader David Cunliffe … six months out from
the September 20 general election?
The results of the *Herald* DigiPoll survey released this week put
Labour's support down to 29.5%, the lowest it has been since Mr Cunliffe
took over the leadership from David Shearer in September last year, and Mr
Cunliffe's individual support down to 11.1%, lower than the worst D... more »
GOP Plutocrat Ken Langone And New Dem Wall Street Shill Jim Himes Are Waging Class War Against American Families
Although he occasionally writes a check to Democratic corporate whores who
serve Wall Street and fight for the plutocracy-- like Chuck Schumer,
Kirsten Gillibrand, Andrew Cuomo, Steve Israel and Cory Booker-- in the
last few election cycles Ken Langone has contributed hundreds of thousands
of dollars-- at least $800,000-- to the Republican Party, to right-wing
Republican candidates and to GOP committees (like $25,000 to Rove's
American Crossroads). Forbes estimates his net worth at around $2.1
billion, so his contributions of around $800,000, would be like a normal
person giving ... more »
Light Guacamole made with Greek Yogurt
There a few things that I love more than guacamole. I love it on my tacos
or just with a package of tortilla chips. The one thing I don't love about
guacamole is the calories. If I am not careful, I can eat an entire bowl of
guacamole in one sitting. Three avocados is enough to kill anybody's
calories for the day. When I am looking for a lighter, delicious option, I
will make this Light Guacamole. It is easy to pull together, and made with
Greek Yogurt, for added protein.
You will need:
1 Large Avocado, mashed
1 Container Plain Greek Yogurt
The juice of one lime, to taste
1/2 tsp. ... more »
Why I Don't Want My Daughter to Work in Silicon Valley
As someone who worked in the tech world for over 30 years, my heart goes
out to this gentleman who is concerned for his daughter's well being there.
I hired women in the 70's and 80's in an effort to make the
engineering/tech world smarter and more beneficial a place in which women
could make a living, support their families and learn skills useful for
their future work lives. As the articles
NAZI PROVOCATEURS 'KILL TWO IN CRIMEA'.
On 18 March 2014, an unknown sniper' killed a 'self-defense member'
(presumably pro-Russia) and a Ukrainian soldier near a military research
centre in Crimea.
*2 killed in shooting near Crimea military research center, sniper
suspected*
The 'suspected sniper' opened fire in two directions from a partially
inhabited building near the military research centre in Simferopol.
The Kryminform news agency, citing an unnamed local police source, reports
shooting came from a house under construction opposite the centre and
targeted Crimean self-defense units as well the military centre i... more »
Robert Jensen and Pat Youngblood : Working for a realistic left politics in Texas
To our friends outside Texas, we ask: Is it really so much better where you
live? Where in mainstream politics in the United States is there much
sanity? By Robert Jensen and Pat Youngblood | The Rag Blog | February …
finish reading Robert Jensen and Pat Youngblood :
Working for a realistic left politics in Texas
Governor Christie Starving Public Education for a Fifth Year
Governor Chris Christie is still bullying public schools and public school
teachers who do not work for his bosses in New Jersey. You know, the ones
who are being paid off with favors and punished for not bowing down to him.
The governor who is under investigation for closing bridges and playing
games with Hurricane Sandy funds, is once again putting children and
families in harms way by not adequately funding public schools. He knows
how to keep a promise when it comes to not raising taxes on millionaires
and billionaires in his state. After all, why would a governor want to
gener... more »
Extremely important bail decision
R v Beck 2014 NWTTC 07 is an extremely important bail decision. It is, as
far as I can tell, the first decision to consider the impact of TIS on the
decision to seek bail and find the 1 for 1 provision unconstitutional for
that reason. The Court holds:
[140] For the reasons stated above, I find that:
(a) The impugned portion of s. 719(3.1) of the Criminal Code (i.e., the
words "unless the reason for detaining the person in custody was stated in
the record under subsection 515(9.1)" violates sections 11(e), 11(h) and 7
of the Charter and is not saved by s. 1 of the Charter;
(b) Th... more »
Quick update...
Heather has published some new legal papers and banking tools in English
and Italian for those interested. You can find them on her web site at
http://heatheranntuccijarraf.info Heather is quite enjoying her entre into
web pages and blogging and is catching on to it very fast.
A big thank you to all those that helped out in the last month with
donations, its greatly appreciated! You cannot know how much its
appreciated. A friend is bringing my ATM cards from states in a few days.
I will be able to withdraw my money directly without funneling it via
Paypal through Caleb and his ... more »
The Realist Report - Kyle Hunt: White Man March
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Kyle
Hunt of *Renegade Broadcasting*. Kyle and I will be discussing the recent
White Man March and his latest article *Destroying The Anti-White Arguments*published on the *Renegade
Tribune*.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *What is the White Man March? (MUST READ article)*
- *This is the White Man March (MUST WATCH vid)*
- *Destroying The Anti-Wh... more »
“Wells Fargo ‘Too Big to Fail’ Bank Is Going Down”
*“Wells Fargo ‘Too Big to Fail’ Bank Is Going Down”*
by Shah Gilani
“Last week I told you about “The Coming Curse of Zombie Foreclosures.” I
described how folks – who thought they were foreclosed on – are suddenly
finding out they are actually still on the hook for mortgage payments,
taxes, and all kinds of maintenance on abandoned homes. What I didn’t tell
you is that the nation’s largest mortgage-issuing bank – and the most
profitable bank in 2013 – may have been bitten itself by the very zombie
foreclosures it breeds. And now it could be a dead bank walking. The bank
I’m talking... more »
Hemingwee. (the pee formed when journalistic integrity is crushed by rocks)
Just trying to coin a phrase or a word
Grand Inquisitor keeps pouring it on!
*TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014*
*Most simply put, not honest:* Rachel Maddow’s handling of the Fort Lee
matter continues to warrant attention.
Last night, Maddow continued to frame events in highly prejudicial ways. By
now, we would simply have to say that she is being dishonest.
Maddow ended her program with a short segment about the release of some new
emails and texts. To watch the full segment, click this.
This is the way Our Own Lynch Mob began:
MADDOW (3/17/14): *“At least we have explained the counter-narrative.”*
*That’s a newly released text message from former Port Authority e... more »
Russian Assertiveness Vs NATO Transgressions: Who Is Right In Crimea?
Objectivity is missing in the mainstream coverage of the ongoing
developments in Ukraine and Crimea. So is history. So are basic facts.
Fantasy is at the base of the media's portrayal of what has been termed *"Europe's
biggest crisis"* in the 21st century by British Foreign Secretary William
Hague. Neil Clark *writes*, "it‘s not the first time leading western
politicians have talked in such alarmist terms in recent years."
What is essentially a democratic, peaceful, and spontaneous response by the
people of Crimea to the unexpected and frightening coup by war-hungry
radicals in U... more »
The Economy: “Planet Debt”
*“Planet Debt”*
by Bill Bonner
“Well, there's the bounce. The Dow up 181 points yesterday. Gold off $3 an
ounce. The end will come – sooner or later – for the big bull market in US
stocks... and for the debt bubble. But it didn't come yesterday. Will it
come today or tomorrow? We don't know. All we know is you want to be
prepared. (Unlike bonds, gold has no counterparty risk.)
Today, we explore the time that land forgot. That phrase doesn't really
make any sense, but we wanted to try it out anyway. We're talking about the
space on the calendar filled by "eventually" and "sooner or... more »
Not focused on you hair not even thinkingaboot your feet
Hair comes and goes it is some kind of good camouflage
feet are a different matter
no man looks that low
so who are you buying
all those silly shoes for
US closes Syrian embassy, expels diplomats & appoints an Ambassdor...
*The ambassador is a 'Jewish/American' not my wording. And the UN is busily
being NATO's shiny happy face* * All of a sudden*-* The U.S. closes Syrian
Embassy in Washington, orders diplomats out*
The Obama administration on Tuesday closed the U.S. Embassy in Syria and
pulled all American diplomats out of the country.
The Syrian Embassy in Washington and its consulates in Texas and Michigan
have also suspended operations, and diplomats who are not U.S. citizens or
permanent residents have been told to leave the country, Reuters reported.
“We have determined it is unacceptable for i... more »
Play MYSTIC For Me
"Nobody is listening to your phone calls." -- Barack Obama, June 7. 2013.
"NSA program 'reaches into the past' to retrieve, replay phone calls." -- *Washington
Post*, March 18, 2014.
Barton Gellman and Ashkan Soltani report on the latest Edward Snowden
bombshell:
The National Security Agency has built a surveillance system capable of
recording “100 percent” of a foreign country’s telephone calls, enabling
the agency to rewind and review conversations as long as a month after they
take place, according to people with direct knowledge of the effort and
documents supplied by former ... more »
Pepe Escobar: "The Obama administration's "strategic" gambit to subcontract the State Department's [plan] to extricate Ukraine from the Russian sphere of influence -- and ultimately annex it to NATO -- by instrumentalizing a coalition of willing neo-nazis and fascists with a central bank veneer (prime minister "Yats"), is in utter shambles."
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*OpEdNews Op Eds 3/17/2014 at 19:33:09*
Russia 1, Regime Changers 0 *By Pepe Escobar (about the author)*
Permalink
opednews.com *Headlined to
H2 3/17/14*
Source: Asia Times
John Kerry: War and Sanctions for Russia over Ukraine
(image by YouTube)
Let's cut to the chase -- short and sweet.
1. The Obama administration's "strategic" gambit to subcontract the State
Department's "Khaganate of Nulands" to extricate Ukraine from the Russian
sphere of influence -- and ultimately ann... more »
Sequels to Airplane and Network emerge!
*TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014*
*Crazy new films write themselves:* Let’s give credit where credit is due!
Last night, Bill O’Reilly and Bernie Goldberg produced an impressive
segment. It concerned the inanity of much of the cable coverage of the
missing Malaysian airplane.
Bernie described the sweep of the cant. Mr. O said he won’t go there:
GOLDBERG (3/17/14): *Well, first, let's acknowledge that this is a
legitimate news story,* that it's just a tremendous mystery, and that in
the beginning, a certain amount of speculation was legitimate because,
since we didn't know what happened to... more »
Jim Crow In South Dakota? Conservatives Have Plans
Phil Jensen, vicious Kansas GOP racist, brings the hate to South Dakota
South Dakota Republican Phil Jensen is proud to be widely considered the
furthest right member of the state legislature and never tires of calling
other Republicans in the state Senate RINOs. If you think Paul Ryan is a
racist, Phil Jensen makes him look like Al Sharpton!
This session, Jensen sponsored Senate Bill 128, which would have allowed
businesses to deny service to people based on their sexual orientation and
not fear a lawsuit.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates, and even some
Republicans... more »
Connecting the dots paints a picture of great decay
Humans are inherently bi polar, smart enough and armed with self
actualization skills to accept there is a dichotomy between reason and
faith. Faith is marketing reason is product. Every person with the least
bit of critical thinking ability will ask themselves why I am a here. Those
who ask themselves the question instead of accepting being told they are
here to serve some kind of sky god have to move on to harder and more
personal questions. First one is why am I not rich and powerful. Thats when
the critical thought becomes hacked by the sky god faith. You were not
worthy is ... more »
Hundreds of Natives join California rally opposing fracking
Caleen
Sisk, Chief and Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, opens the
rally with a ceremony and prayer. Photo by Dan Bacher.
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original image ( 5184x3456)
Hundreds of Tribal representatives join huge rally to oppose fracking
by Dan Bacher
Censored News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Hundreds of members of California Indian Nations
and Tribes from throughout
MICK JAGGER, SATANISM AND THE CIA
Reportedly, the CIA and its friends have taken a strong interest in Mick
Jagger (seen above with Obama).
The CIA plan is to control the minds of the musicians and then use the
musicians to control the minds of the populace.
The CIA uses drugs and Satanism when it mind-controls the stars.
The Rolling Stones and The Occult - Global Truth
In his book, *The Ultimate Evil*, Maury Terry wrote that between 1966 and
1967, the (CIA-linked) Satanic cult called the Process Church, "sought to
recruit the Rolling Stones."
*'Kenneth Anger' (right)*
Jagger has been influenced by Kenneth Ang... more »
Musings On Iraq Security Report Feb. 15-21, 2014
MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 16 hours ago
The third week of February was the deadliest of the month. February 15-21,
2014 saw not only the most reported attacks, but the most casualties as
well. This was due to a combination of on going fighting in Anbar,
increased violence in Babil and Salahaddin, plus continued bombings in
Baghdad. While most of the focus has been on Anbar and the regular
explosions in the capital, the insurgents have been able to pick up their
operations in other provinces as well.
The third week of February was the worst of the month. The press reported a
total of 264 security incidents. That was mo... more »
When Will Ravitch Stop Enabling Weingarten's Corporate Addiction?
From PsychCentral:
Enabling is a term often used in the context of a relationship with an
addict. It might be a drug addict or alcoholic, a gambler, or a compulsive
overeater. Enablers, rather than addicts, suffer the effects of the
addict’s behavior.
Enabling is “removing the natural consequences to the addict of his or her
behavior.” Professionals warn against enabling because evidence has shown
that an addict experiencing the damaging consequences of his addiction on
his life has the most powerful incentive to change. Often this is when the
addict “hits bottom” – a term commonl... more »
Rightwing fairytale
Since many of us have been flabbergasted and rendered speechless by a CIF
article entitled:
*“It's the BBC's rightwing bias that is the threat to democracy and
journalism” *I feel obliged to mention it here.
Owen Jones has many enthusiastic fans, who agree with him; at the time of
writing there are 1671 comments to prove it. Well, not every single one of
them is from a fan, but this is, after all, the Guardian.
A great deal of obfuscation has been caused by the general lack of any
robust definition of the terms left and right wing. Many participants in
the debate seem to be at ... more »
'Independent investigator' of Tex Hall is actually oil and gas lobbyist
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The firm Dentons that the Three Affiliated Tribes hired to do an
"independent investigation" of Chairman Tex Hall and the alleged
oilfield corruption is actually a lobbyist for the Bakken oil and gas
industry. The push for the probe comes as a murder investigation
continues into one of Hall's business partners in the oil and gas
industry. A second partner is
“8 Shocking Instances of Moronic Right-Wing Malevolence This Week”
*“8 Shocking Instances of Moronic Right-Wing Malevolence This Week”*
By Janet Allon
“The far-right assemblage called CPAC may have ended, but the wingnuts
carried on undaunted this week.
*1. Paul Ryan: When I said 'inner city' men are too lazy to work; that's
their 'culture,' I didn't mean it racially. *It seems that now that poverty
is spreading to white people, the topic has piqued the interest of a
handful of Republican leaders. Notably, Republican bullshit artist par
excellence, Paul Ryan, who has lately been trying to convince the public
that he really cares and is earnestly ... more »
They don't want you to know
By Capt. Fogg
I'm probably repeating myself by warning you that a sales pitch insisting
that the item or idea or information you're selling is something someone
doesn't want you to have or to learn about is a marker for hokum and
perhaps outright fraud. Similar marketing techniques include warnings that
you must get this or read that or go to the website "before *they* ban it"
or that scientists, or historians or doctors or liberals are hiding the
real truth from you about things like magic beans or some dietary trick
that will block the effects of eating ten thousand calories a d... more »
TALKING TO OURSELVES: Jonathan Capehart, straight outta Crimea!
*TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014*
*Part 2—Five panelists, one point of view:* In this morning’s New York
Times, Jochen Bittner describes the role which has always been played,
around the world, by the clan, the “race,” the tribe.
Bittner is a political editor for Die Zeit, a German weekly. In an opinion
column, he reports a conversation he recently had in Crimea with a
checkpoint guard, “a warlord from central casting,” who was “Serbian and a
member of the Chetniks, a nationalist paramilitary.”
As it turned out, this guard had a good sense of humor. According to
Bittner, here’s how the Che... more »
Breaking News: New Study Shows Glyphosate Residues In Animals & Humans
BREAKING NEWS: NEW STUDY: Detection of Glyphosate Residues in Animals and
Humans. CHRONICALLY ILL HUMANS HAD SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER GLYPHOSATE RESIDUES
IN URINE THAN HEALTHY HUMANS. The presence of glyphosate residues in both
humans and anima...ls could haul the entire population towards numerous
health hazards. Presence of glyphosate in urine and its accumulation in
animal tissues is alarming even at low concentrations. Studying the impact
of glyphosate residues on health is warranted and the global regulations
for the use of glyphosate may have to be re-evaluated.
LINK TO STUDY: ... more »
De Jaeger - no cross on character
R. v. De Jaeger, 2014 NUCJ 07 is a very strong decision refusing a Crown
application to exam on prior criminal offenses. In giving its reasons the
court held:
An accused does not put his or her character into issue in circumstances
where he or she is tricked into doing so by inappropriate questions raised
by the Crown in cross-examination. See R v Beecham, (1921) 16 Cr App R 26
(CCA); R v Bricker, (1994) 90 CCC (3d) 268 at p.19 (ONCA), leave to appeal
to the SCC refused; R v Turpin, 2005 BCSC 490.
Untitled
*Edwin Edwards running for Congress ~Mike Hasten, Daily Advertiser*
*St. Joseph’s Altar has deep ties for Uptown family ~Stephanie Bruno, New
Orleans Advocate*
*Corps awards $8 million levee contract in Plaquemines Parish ~AP, via The
Republic*
*For New Orleans' new maker movement, a Mini Maker Faire ~Jed Lipinski*
*Odd Words: Best of the Tennessee Williams Fest*
*Preview: BUKU Music + Art Project ~Alex Woodward, Gambit *
Harper's Mephistopheles
Politics has always been a nasty profession. But Stephen Harper has brought
a new viciousness to the way it is practiced in Canada. That viciousness, Michael
Harris writes, has been orchestrated by a merchant of venom -- Arthur
Finkelstein:
Three U.S. Republican presidents, countless senators and other right-wing
world leaders like Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu owe their
success to Arthur J. Finkelstein’s brilliance as a communications
mastermind.
Finkelstein bases his approach to politics on three axioms:
“Finkel-think” is an approach to new-age techno-politics ba... more »
Beltway Democrats' Failure-- Focus: Wisconsin
Over the weekend, E.J. Dionne suggested in the *Washington Post* that Democratic
Party strategists are blowing the 2014 midterm cycle. "Listlessness is bad
politics. Defensiveness is poor strategy. And resignation is never
inspiring."
Obama and his party are in danger of allowing the Republicans to set the
terms of the 2014 elections, just as they did four years ago. The fog of
nasty and depressing advertising threatens to reduce the electorate to a
hard core of older, conservative voters eager to hand the president a
blistering defeat.
American politics has been shaken by two r... more »
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*Fatness and health among diabetics*
The interpretation of weight among diabetics is greatly distorted by the
"war" on obesity. Because diabetes is a nasty condition, researchers are
determined to find that obesity causes diabetes, whereas the evidence is at
least as good the other way around: Diabetes causes obesity. That most
fatties don't have diabetes should be sufficient to ignite skepticism in
the matter.
The fact that diet can control diabetes does not show that gluttonly causes
diabetes. Just because I put bandaids on scratches, does that mean that
bandaids cause scrat... more »
Overnight review from Monday and weekend aftermath on Ukraine situation ... Lok ahead as Russia and Ukraine figure to be front and center ( Putin speech ) , China financial tremblors ( second corporate bond default , but another bail-out could be in the works ) , Fed meeting starts today ( two day meeting , first chaired by Janet Yellin ) , data and from Europe ( ZEW survey collapse , ESM rescue scheme upheld by German Constitution Court ) , US data coming up this morning ( CPI , housing starts and permits are highlights ) , Argentina debt cut by moody's to Caa1 - severe crash in reserves noted ,
Risk On Mood Tapers Ahead Of Putin Speech
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2014 06:55 -0400
- Bank of England
- BOE
- Bond
- Borrowing Costs
- China
- Copper
- CPI
- Crude
- default
- Equity Markets
- European Central Bank
- Eurozone
- Fed Speak
- Fisher
- Fitch
- France
- Germany
- headlines
- Housing Starts
- Iran
- Italy
- Monetary Policy
- Morgan Stanley
- Nikkei
- Nomura
- Obamacare
- Paul Fisher
- POMO
- POMO
... more »
Musical Interlude: David Nevue, “Greensleeves”
David Nevue, “Greensleeves”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8wVIr8b6MA
BICEP2: some winners and losers
*While some theories and theorists got even bangier, others were banged in
their heads*
In this blog post, I will assume that the observation of BICEP2 suggesting
\(r\approx 0.20\pm 0.05\) and \(n_s\approx 0.96\pm 0.01\) is right and will
eventually be confirmed by independent experiments. If the result turns out
to be wrong, the blog post below will become irrelevant and misleading, but
so will many other, more important texts and papers.
This new discovery is groundbreaking and has a huge impact on the health of
virtually all detailed models of inflation and its audaciously propos... more »
Youtube suspends Russia Today's channel - blamed on technical glitch @ Youtube Russia.
Well, that came as quite a surprise, this morning ... imagine all the video
data on there that'll need restoring if/when this suspension is revoked.
Will the soviet media station Russia Today ever again have a youtube
channel?
RUSSIA TODAY'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL
*This account has been suspended due to multiple or severe violations of
YouTube's policy against spam, gaming, misleading content or other Terms of
Service violations.*
Okay, RT is state (soviet) run, but at least their 'read between the lines'
propaganda held various tasty morsels for the discerning to winkle out.
Is RT's obvi... more »
BUDI
As the weeks went by I made lots of weekend trips to the countryside.
One sunny October day I discovered a particularly magical realm on the
outskirts of Bogor. Along a bosky country lane I found myself taking
photographs of buffalo, fields of tapioca, dark wooden shacks among tall
trees, and smiling children carrying huge baskets of mangoes and bananas.
There was an aroma of burning wood and goat manure. Some of the houses
along the lane were simply grubby slums, full of naked babies and toddlers,
but some had decent brick walls, concrete floors, peach-coloured tile roofs
and glas... more »
Breaking News: Sri Lanka First Country to Ban Monsanto’s Glyphosate Due to Study on Chronic Kidney Disease By Christina Sarich
Breaking: Sri Lanka First Country to Ban Monsanto’s Glyphosate Due to Study
on Chronic Kidney Disease
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 18 March 2014
Forget the tit-for-tat tactics in the EU and the U.S. causing the political
steamrollering of anti-GMO activists. Behold the light at the end of the
tunnel: Sri Lanka has become the first country to ban Monsanto’s toxic
RoundUp Ready chemical, glyphosate, in light of recent studies linking it to
chronic kidney failure.
The Minister of Special Projects S.M. Chandrasena decided to ban Monsanto’s
glyphosate for good, old-fashion... more »
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*How the Global Warming Scare Began*
Heartland friend John Coleman is among the many courageous meteorologists
who are speaking out against the fake science of man-caused global warming.
He’s brave, influential, and has the backing of his TV station in San
Diego, KUSI, to produce videos such as the one at left titled “How the
Global Warming Scare Began.”
Coleman is the founder of The Weather Channel, was the first weatherman on
“Good Morning America,” and was named “Broadcast Meteorologist of the Year”
by the American Meteorological Society. (NOTE: Coleman quit the AMS when,
he sa... more »
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So, these German thinkers walked into a room…
I know what you’re wondering. You’re wondering what might happen if four of
the most well-known German thinkers sat down to play Monopoly…
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Read on here at Existential Comics for the politically-charged ending!
[Hat tip Stephen Hicks]
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to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Rocket Men.......(BC NDP Leadership Battle)
Well there they be, our 2 contenders for leadership of the NDP....John
Horgan and...
Mike Farnworth, let me first say that both are excellent candidates and I
have the utmost respect for both men, furthermore our province would be
better served with either man running the government, all the BC Liberal
crimes committed, past, present and future by Gordon Campbell now by the
Christy Clark corporate gang..
However, this site is called The Straight Goods for a reason, fact-filled,
opinionated and well researched, opinions and positions uttered by me come
from listening, learning a... more »
Progressive Music Classics. Killing Joke: "Empire Song"
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*By MARC McDONALD*
Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics, a salute to
left-leaning music that champions the cause of working-class people around
the world.
The great post-punk band *Killing Joke* released their sixth single, *"Empire
Song,"* on March 20, 1982. It turned out to be an eerily prescient song
when, less than two weeks later, Argentina invaded and occupied the
Falkland Islands.
Thatcher's Britain then sprung into action, gearing up for the subsequent
Falklands War. *"The Empire Strikes Back"* was the cover story headline on
the April 19, 1982 edi... more »
St. Patrick's Day 2014
Happy
St. Patrick's Day! Here's a tune I've posted elsewhere, Makem and
Clancy's rousing rendition of "The Rocky Road to Dublin":
(I posted the High Kings' excellent version last year.)
For the day, Digby posts a U2 classic.
Meanwhile, Anne Laurie at Balloon Juice has posted an open thread (and
there are some other posts for occasion).
My archives: 2013 (A children's version of the
failure
"All war
is a symptom of man's failure
as a thinking animal."
John Steinbeck
The Sick Farce of the Ukraine Crisis
So, Putin the Homophobe holds a post-Stalinist referendum and gets over 90%
of the vote! The Obama the Betrayer and Kerry the Krustacean say that the
referendum is illegal. These two idiots vow to stand by the legally-elected
Ukrainian government cabal of kleptocrat and fascist usurpers until there
is justice in the Ukraine.
Pro-coup/anti-Russian Ukrainians cry out that they who were so long under
the heel of the murderous Soviet dictatorship will not submit to Russian
tyranny. Very true. Stalin's terror-famine was an abomination on par with
the Holocaust. But what's curious is that... more »
Traveling And Living Abroad
Howie, into the Sahara Desert
I don't recall there being any blondes in the part of Brooklyn where I grew
up. When I got to college, one of my first girlfriends was blonde-- when
her head wasn't shaved. She was from an aristocratic Alabama plantation
family… but she had broken free-- got a job as a model, enrolled in a state
university and dropped a lot of acid. I never have been able too figure out
what she saw in me, but I'll never forget her. My first trip "abroad" was
with her. We decided to hitchhike to the North Pole. We got as far as
Montreal, which we both loved. The next sum... more »
Is your laundry detergent natural, toxic free, and Eco-friendly? #Review
[image: Celadon Road Lavender Laundry Detergent Review]
How many ingredients are in your laundry detergent? Go ahead ... go count
... I'll wait!
Got it? Okay ... what's the verdict?
Mine, Celadon Road's Lavender Laundry Detergent, has six ingredients:
sodium bromate, soda ash, coconut oil, clay powder, vinegar, and essential
oil. It is made in the USA and was originally created to ease the suffering
of a child's eczema which was aggravated by commercial laundry products. It
is safe for skin, clothing, and septic systems. It is not tested on animals
and comes in a reusable container... more »
Crimea Referendum aftermath -- Tuesday March 18 , 2014 - Examining sanctions , Crimea moving forward as an independent state , while waiting for the next shoe to fall in Ukraine
http://rt.com/news/kiev-clashes-rioters-police-571/
Tuesday, March 18
02:35 GMT:
Tokyo is set to impose sanctions against Russia after it recognized Crimea
as an independent state, a top government spokesman said on Tuesday. The “*Japanese
government does not recognize the referendum in Crimea*," Chief Cabinet
Secretary Yoshihide Suga has said. As part of the sanctions Japan will
suspend talks on an investment pact and relaxation of visa requirements. "*The
recognition of Crimean independence by Russia violates Ukraine's
sovereignty and territorial integrity and is regrettable*," Su... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Sea of Dreams”
2002, “Sea of Dreams”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JllFeTxxZ_Y
“The Limits Of Your Language Are The Limits Of Your World”
*“The Limits Of Your Language Are The Limits Of Your World”*
by Chet Raymo
“Here is a recent APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). The title on the
APOD site is "Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula." Something about the
incongruity of the prosaic "Why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road?" title and
the awesomeness of the image rendered me speechless. Talk about bringing
heaven down to earth! The Running Chicken Nebula takes its name from its
perceived shape (although I don't see it). The nebula spans dozens of
light-years in the Milky Way Galaxy, about 6000 light-years from the Solar
S... more »
Ed Felien : Straight talk about Crimea
Was the referendum on Crimea’s independence legitimate? Does Catalonia have
a right to secede from Spain? Scotland from Britain? Texas from Mexico? By
Ed Felien | The Rag Blog | March 17, 2014 Crimea is a dangling appendix to
the … finish reading Ed Felien :
Straight talk about Crimea
The Daily "Near You?"
Findlay, Ohio, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
PICKING A FIGHT
- Just landed in Newark after aircraft maintenance problems interrupted
my planned flight sequence of Santa Barbara-San Francisco-Chicago-Portland.
Now I won’t make it back home tonight as originally scheduled and have
to spend the night in Newark… getting home a day late on Tuesday. Had
to cancel the taping of my next public access TV show on Tuesday morning.
- I’ve been out of world news contact for several days and have not yet
caught up with the latest about US-NATO intervention into Ukrainian affairs.
I did notice some comments by the recen... more »
Chief Arvol Looking Horse Honoring Water and Horse Nation March 22, 2014
March
22nd World Water Day Statement by Chief ARVOL LOOKING HORSE - 19th
Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf PipeWelcome Back the
Wakiya Oyate (Thunders) Ceremony Honoring the Sunka Wakan Oyate (Horse)
NationIn the past the Welcome Back the Wakiya Oyate - Thunder Ceremony
has always been done on March 21st, but because there is an
International effort to respect the Mini
In the beginning
We keep our seed packets in a wooden index box in the refrigerator, and
it's an exciting moment every year when the box comes out to be gone
through for early planting in the potting shed/greenhouse.
This year, for perhaps no very good reason other than that I like to, I've
put a lot of greens seeds and roots seeds in an herb shaker, swirled them
all together, and shaken out seed, as one might in salting one's dinner,
over a flat of potting soil, to see what comes up.
And again, two weeks later.
Things have indeed come up, and while I recognize the lettuce, the kale,
collards, c... more »
A Colloquy with God by Sir Thomas Browne
Related: *"They Tore Down Paradise To Put Up A Parking Lot."*
*Wikipedia:*
*Religio Medici* (*The Religion of a Doctor*) is a book by Sir Thomas
Browne, which sets out his spiritual testament as well as being an early
psychological self-portrait. In its day, the book was a European
best-seller and brought its author fame and respect throughout the
continent. It was published in 1643 by the newly qualified physician after
an unauthorized version of his writings on the Christian virtues of Faith,
Hope and Charity had been distributed and reproduced with added text the
previous year... more »
Gates Dined on March 13, 2014, with 80 Senators
Bill Gates has too much power. The following announcement, dated March 13,
2014, is from Politico: DINNER WITH GATES – About 80 senators are expected
to attend a dinner discussion at the Capitol tonight with Microsoft founder
Bill Gates and the NYT’s David Brooks. The 6:45 p.m. dinner, according to
an invitation obtained by Huddle, is sponsored by […]
Dine' and Hopi to Peabody Coal: Stop the abuse of Black Mesa remains and artifacts
Peabody
coal removed 250 human remains from Black Mesa, 1.3 million artifacts
Today the remains and artifacts are in infested areas, and looted.
Scattered at universities, this could be the source of the auctions of
sacred items in Paris.
Jennafer Waggoner-Yellowhorse
Black Mesa Coalition
Censored News
March 17, 2014
French translation by Christine Prat
Black Mesa Archaeology Project was a
For government officials, is anything more important than making the boss(es) look good?
*by Ken*
This story is left over from late last week, but I don't think that, in the
time it has taken me to get around to it, it has lost its topicality. It
got a certain amount of attention, but it needs more.
It's one of those periodic stark reminders of how the world so often
doesn't run quite the way we naively think it does, or at least should. And
it puts me in mind of a plot line last season on *Blue Bloods* involving
Police Commissioner Reagan's daughter, Erin (Bridget Moynahan), who's an
ADA in the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
Erin, coming from a police-satur... more »
The Truth About Diego Garcia: Stealing A Nation
I have been following the recent reports about the disappearance of
Malaysian flight MH370, and I am beginning to wonder if the reports that
the flight was diverted to Diego Garcia, located the Chagos Archipelago in
the south Indian Ocean some 1000 nautical miles south of the southern tip
of India, are true. There is so much mystery surrounding the flight and
why it changed direction and started flying along a southwestern flight
path over the Indian Ocean. The direction that the flight took before it
mysteriously disappeared off all radar screens put it in a direct course
for Di... more »
Kate Braun : Lady Moon brings intense water energy on the Vernal Equinox
Balance is an important consideration for this celebration: hours of
daylight and darkness are equal, hence the term ‘equinox.’ By Kate Braun |
The Rag Blog | March 17, 2014 “Pretty colors…everywhere / Mother Nature,
she still cares…” Thursday, March … finish reading Kate Braun :
Lady Moon brings intense water energy on the Vernal Equinox
BBC Bias and Balance
Congrats to Duncan Weldon on his appointment as *Newsnight's* economics
editor. But not everyone is wishing him well. The Tories have made their
displeasure known. The *Daily Mail* aren't happy either. They're
carrying
on as if Yevgeni Preobrazhensky has been appointed. This is Buggers
Broadcasting Communism, after all. Replying, Owen Jones has
highlightedsome evidence that shows far from being a hive of socialist
counter-hegemony, the BBC is pro-establishment and mainly rightwing. The
response from *The Speccie* is "yeah, but the BBC is suffused with
liberal
bias" - characteristica... more »
“The Genius of Erasmus”
*“The Genius of Erasmus”*
by David Swanson
“Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, who lived from October 27, 1466, to July
12, 1536, faced censorship in his day, and has never been as popular among
the rich and powerful as has his contemporary Niccolò di Bernardo dei
Machiavelli. But at a distance of half a millennium, we ought to be able to
judge work on its merit — and we ought to have regular celebrations of
Erasmus around the world. Some of his ideas are catching on. His name is
familiar in Europe as that of the EU’s student exchange program, named in
his honor. We ought perhaps to w... more »
Bitcoin and Crypto-currencies updates March 15, 2014 ......Think Banks were leery of bitcoin before - wait until this sinks in -- Japanese Lender Mizuho Caught in Mt. Gox Scandal ! TigerDirect: Second Online Retailor to Top $1 Million in Bitcoin Sales ....... Mt. Gox kept exchange open despite knowledge of large-scale theft Exchange continued to operate and collect transaction fees despite its troubles, U.S. bankruptcy filing suggests ....... Icelandic government warns against Auroracoin ....... Bitcoin Exchange Doing Security Right: Bitcurex Successfully Blocked A Hacking Attack ...... CFTC is considering Bitcoin regulation ........ Balanced Energy has Been Told by Texas Regulators to Not Take Bitcoin for Exploration Investments ........ Bitcoin Businesses and Canadian Banks: The ‘Catch 22’ Dilemma
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/2014/03/16/japanese-lender-mizuho-caught-mt-gox-scandal/
Japanese Lender Mizuho Caught in Mt. Gox Scandal
Tom Boice
16/03/2014
Bitcoin, Bitcoin Exchanges, Business, News
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Posted 16 hours ago
[image: Mizuho bank connected to Mt. Gox]
Mizuho is the latest in a string of organizations facing heat over
connection to MT. Gox
(Reuters) Connection to the former leading Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, has
entangled another business partner in the exchange’s highly publicized
demise.
One of Japan’s largest lenders, Mizuho Bank Ltd., was added as... more »
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and conflicting government reports. Various sources estimate a total of at
least $17-$20 million in foreign investments, and property worth $2.5
million that passed through deed, sale and ownership from 1976 to 1979.
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Obama Sanctions are All Bark and No Bite
With all of the smack-talking about bringing down a biblical plague of
economic misery upon Russia unless the hated and demonized president
Vladimir Putin stopped the Crimean referendum Barack Obama's sledgehammer
of sanctions was as impotent as his five year tenure in office. With the
once mighty US establishment and it's pocket media having spent weeks
snarling like the hounds of hell themselves over opposition to their
ill-advised and ultimately disastrous coup d'etat against the
democratically elected leader of Ukraine today's announcement of a tepid
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“A Scientific Breakthrough Lets Us See to the Beginning of Time”
*“A Scientific Breakthrough Lets Us See to the Beginning of Time”*
by Lawrence Krauss
“At rare moments in scientific history, a new window on the universe opens
up that changes everything. Today was quite possibly such a day. At a press
conference on Monday morning at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics, a team of scientists operating a sensitive microwave
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