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Sevastopol is a port city located on the Black Sea coast of Crimean peninsula. It has a population of 328,600 (2004). Former home of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, the city is now a naval base shared by the Russian and Ukrainian Navy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Untitled
*Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré recruits St. Martin fishermen ~Ken Grissom,
TecheToday.com*
The Liar's Crusade
By Capt. Fogg
*Reckless and incompetent expounders of Holy Scripture bring untold trouble
and sorrow on their wiser brethren when they are caught in one of their
mischievous false opinions and are taken to task by those who are not bound
by the authority of our sacred books. For then, to defend their utterly
foolish and obviously untrue statements, they will try to call upon Holy
Scripture for proof and even recite from memory many passages which they
think support their position, although they understand neither what they
say nor the things about which they make assertion. *
*--S... more »
Oh, the Humanity
If CNN devoted even a hundredth as much time covering our hijacked economy
as it does to covering that missing airplane, we might just be getting
somewhere and afflicting the comfortable. But reality shows which feature
an international scavenger hunt with overtones of terror, intrigue, and
anguish are ratings magnets. And so the corporate media are only too happy
to sate our appetites. The Saga of Flight MH370 must and will take
dramatic precedence over that other truly epic humanitarian crisis playing
out right now, in our own backyard. That's because marathon coverage by
cable ... more »
How do you get suspended from preschool?
*FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014*
*Smith-Evans, Rich don’t know:* How do you get suspended from preschool?
We don’t know the answer to that. We never taught below the fifth grade
level.
That said, someone else doesn’t seem to know, and it seems to us that maybe
she should. That person was quoted today in a news report by Motoko Rich.
Rich was reporting on “comprehensive data released Friday by the Department
of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.” We were struck by this passage:
RICH (3/21/14): One of the striking statistics to emerge from the data,
based on information collected during th... more »
Jenny Kwan, Have A Nice Life In The Private Sector
Well well well...
Let me first say that I support John Horgan and Mike Farnworth, I hope
either one or both of them show real leadership and ask Jenny Kwan to leave
the NDP caucus..
It`s true that the BC Liberals have committed outrageous crimes against
British Columbia,BC Rail stolen, ethnicgate, Basi/Virk payoff, IPP`s
bankrupting BC Hydro, the list is 100`s of pages long..
Bill Good today on the Yawning edge of the ledge ignored Jack Mintz`s and
Imperial Oil`s LNG monkey wrench, a huge story that Global BC..CTV and CKNW
completely ignored..The 3 stooges at CKNW..Not Larry Cur... more »
Everything about the situation in Ukraine and Crimera you should want to know that the mainstream media won't tell you. (In fact, the "mainstream media" is the propaganda arm of the lying neocon-infested U.S. Government that is looking for an excuse to trigger a nuclear World War 3.)
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Paul Craig Roberts on Crimea, US Foreign Policy and the Transformation of
Mainstream Media
Tuesday, 18 March 2014 13:47
*By Harrison Samphir, Truthout | Interview*
Original Here
Russian soldiers in Perevalne, Crimea, Ukraine on
March 5, 2014. (Image: via Shutterstock)
The Crimean peninsula was controlled by the Russian Empire from the 18th to
20th centuries until it became part of an independent Ukraine following the
breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Now the country ... more »
Market Failure vs. Government Failure, Part 4
Market failure can be created by everyone and anyone in this planet,
anytime and anywhere. For instance, person A will demand a USB/flash disk
with 100 GB memory sold for only P300. Person B may demand for the same
product for only P400 (their “willingness to pay”) and so on. There is a
demand for that product. Where is the supply? Zero at those prices. There
is no market clearing price as its current price could be several thousand
pesos now. Market failure.
Person C has invented through biotechnology a tilapia variety that can grow
to commercial size within a few weeks and selling... more »
GN ANNUAL CONFERENCE REPORT
*Jo Yakgol from Jeju Island sings during protest at Vandenberg AFB*
*Dave Web from Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the UK talks about
"missile defense" deployments at Vandenberg*
*Alice Slater from New York speaks about the nuclear missile tests launched
at Vandenberg during vigil**Dennis Apel arrested once again by military
police at the base**On the final day of the GN weekend conference we met
outside under the warm California sun*
Our 22nd annual Global Network (GN) space organizing conference was hosted
this year by Catholic Worker (CW) activist Dennis Apel from the Guadal... more »
Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach
Your eyes do not deceive you. I am endorsing a song with guitars.
The week the (cable news) music died!
*FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014*
*Anderson Cooper finds Earhart:* By happenstance, we were watching CNN late
Wednesday night when the news broke from Australia.
The excitement started just before midnight. In this morning’s column, Gene
Robinson—he must have been watching too—offers this account:
ROBINSON (3/21/14): *Late Wednesday night, when Australian officials
announced that a satellite had spotted what might be two pieces of floating
debris in a remote part of the ocean, Anderson Cooper announced via Twitter
that he was rushing back to the studio* to cover this breaking development.
... more »
An Actor's Range
I never realized what an amazing actor Ren Hoekk was until I saw this:
Not wearing seatbelt strict liability offence
R. v. Wilson, 2014 ONCA 212 holds not wearing a seatbelt is a strict
liability offence:
[33] Holding s. 106(2) to be an offence of strict liability comports
with the wisdom of *Sault Ste. Marie* by enabling efficient and effective
enforcement of important public safety legislation while avoiding the
injustice of no-fault liability. The prosecution need only prove that the
driver was not wearing a seat belt. As this court stated in *Kanda,* at
para. 31, "[s]trict liability is what its name implies – a serious
commitment to enforcement of the law." But in the admittedly rar... more »
Gulen Webinar, Part I, with Sharon Higgins
"Video of January 22, 2014 webinar focusing on an introduction to the
secretive transnational Turkish social movement whose members have
effective control of some 150 American taxpayer-funded public charter
schools."
Thank you, Sharon for your leadership on this:
Gulen 101 Session One With Sharon Higgins from Tim Furman on Vimeo.
Corporate Reform Schools Helping the Poor?
By Jim Naureckas at FAIR:
Richard Cohen doesn't understand why people are so down on the rich. The *Washington
Post* columnist (3/18/14) writes:
The rich are incessantly accused of being slyly manipulative and
self-serving. For instance, they support charter schools. Apparently, there
is nothing worse.
I am mystified. Charter schools are not private schools. They are free
public schools open to any student, usually by lottery. Some rich people
support them, provide funds for special programs and, in return, get
vilified for their efforts.
"They're helping poor children," Cohen ins... more »
A Divided Ukraine to be Proving Ground Between East and West
The West's antiquated unipolar world collides with the East's vision of a
mulipolar future.
March 21, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - In Reuters' 2007 article, "Putin
says Russia threatened by 'Unipolar World'," Russian President Vladimir
Putin stated:
"Some people are constantly insisting on the necessity to divide up our
country and are trying to spread this theory."
Reuters would also quote President Putin as saying:
"There are those who would like to build a unipolar world, who would
themselves like to rule all of humanity."
While Reuters then attempted to spin the comment... more »
Native Comedians 1491s hit Aljazeera's Stream Tonight!
On
Aljazeera America's The Stream, Friday, March 21 at 7:30pm EST:
Aljazeera's The Stream will have a discussion with the Native American
sketch comedy group “The 1491s.” Aljazeera says, "The 1491s poke a
serious kind of fun about how they are perceived by non-Natives, but
their hilarious skits don’t stop there. Using pointed cultural and
political satire, they address taboo topics
The Ugly Face Of Republican Racism Rears Its Head In California Politics Again
Lancaster's multimillionaire right-wing mayor, Rex Parris, hasn't been a
big Blue America cause célèbre despite a record that has painted him as one
of California's more unsavory and fringy mayors. We learned that in 2008 he
fired the Lancaster Planning Commission because it had refused to rubber
stamp an application from WalMart to build a mega-store selling alcohol,
ammunition and weapons next to a school in Quartz Hill, an unincorporated
area of Lancaster. Last year we ran across him again, the guy who tried to
ban dogs he says are favored by gangs and who proposed restrictions ... more »
The Coat Hanger Symbol: Anti-Choice Victory
USian fetus fetishists have their shrieeeky panties in a major twist. (More
than 1000 comments there, many with the word 'satan' and 'sick' in them.)
And more.
The fact that someone would wear a coat hanger as a display of support for
abortion just shows that the culture of death knows no bounds.
The occasion is a thank-you gift from a DC charity that provides small
grants to women needing abortions.
The brouhaha took the charity somewhat aback.
The coat hanger is a reminder of women’s suffering when abortion is placed
out of reach. It is a promise from reproductive justice advo... more »
TALKING TO OURSELVES: What’s in a word?
*FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014*
*Part 4—At Salon, upset with Piers Morgan:* At the Babel-inflected new
Salon, Prachi Gupta was upset, perhaps even very upset.
Was she also showing how we progressives can end up talking to ourselves?
Whatever one thinks of Gupta’s piece, it often seems the new Salon was
invented to teach that very lesson.
How do progressives end up talking to themselves—perhaps even alienating
the sympathies of others? In this instance, Gupta was very upset with Piers
Morgan, or so Salon’s headlines implied:
*How to be an ally: What Piers Morgan can learn from W. Kamau Bel... more »
How To Decorate a Mug So It Lasts
I have seen a ton of posts floating around Pinterest for Sharpie mugs and
lots of frustrated posts by people who tried out the method and couldn't
make it work. While it can work if you use the Oil-Based Sharpies, I have
found the best method is to use porcelain paint pens. These pens are easily
set by baking your decorated items in your home oven and last over being
washed many times.
You will need:
- Pebeo Porcelain Paint Pens, you can find some here.
- Stickers or other decorations to dot around
- An Oven
For this decoration, I took a set of stickers and placed them... more »
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*Mardi Gras Indians postpone Super Sunday ... again ~WDSU*
*Water Challenge Day, Monday, March 24th at Gallier Hall during New Orleans
Entrepreneur Week ~WatershedNOLA*
*Corporate raider Churchill Downs Inc. needs to reinvest in historic New
Orleans Fair Grounds ~Jeff Duncan*
Kewaunee Lapseritis - Psychic Sasquatch - the Giants are among us
Jack *Kewaunee* Lapseritis is a Holistic Health Consultant, Master
Herbalist and Master Dowser with background in anthropology, psychology,
conservation, holistic health. He is the author of the book Psychic
Sasquatch and others. He claims that these gentle forest-dwellers live
among us, with access to *eight different dimensions*.
*Keewaunee Lapseritis has been encountering the Big Foot for 35 years.
These highly intelligent, telepathic trans-dimensional beings have been
contacting him in one way or another over 1000 times.* [source MEGAWATTS1066
]
PART ONE:
PART TWO:
It's Friday...
*what's going on.*
Liberty's Torch: * Threats Real And Imagined*
Nox and Friends: *Priorities Ain’t What They Used to Be !*
NewsBusters: *Genuflecting To Obama: WashPost Sees 'Only Positive'
Results, 'Huge Potential' in Pope-POTUS Meeting*
iOwnTheWorld: * Oregon Gov: ‘I Am Angry’*
Reaganite Republican: * Far-Right TGIF Toonz *
Mr. AOW: *This year's spring cardinal *
MOTUS: * Breaking: Wind Arrives in the Forbidden City*
Righteous Iranian Supreme Leader defies Zionist-occupied West, speaks the truth
Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, speaks the truth, unlike virtually all
political "leaders" and other high profile individuals in the
Jewish-dominated Western world. According to *The Times of Israel*:
A day after Israeli and US leaders sent conciliatory messages to Tehran in
honor of the Nowruz new year’s holiday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
marked the event by *questioning the Holocaust* and *vowing to overcome
US-led sanctions*.
Speaking at Mashhad, in northeastern Iran, Khamenei also *intimated that
Israeli Palestinian peace talks were a US-Israeli plot to cleanse
“... more »
BILL MALONEY
*Bill Maloney* hijacked the BBC broadcast to proclaim, "institutional
pedophile rings are operating in this country..."
*Protester Crashes Live BBC Broadcast to Warn of Pedophile Rings*
Deputy Prime Minister confronted during incident.
~~~
*Making money from the War on Terror.*
*Turks and Caicos*
~~~
The Malaysian Minister of Defence (above), who is also Transport Minister,
in charge of the MH370 crisis, is *Hishammuddin Hussein, who is allegedly
gay*.
The allegedly gay *Hishammuddin Hussein *is seen above with his friend
Chuck Hagel, US Secretary of Defence.
*MALAYSIAN... more »
Nadon decision and reasons
*Reference re Supreme Court Act, ss. 5 and 6* 2014 SCC 21 is carefully
reasoned. Some might prefer the decision of the minority. That said there
is no question but this is a striking defeat for the Federal Government:
A judge of the Federal Court or Federal Court of Appeal
is ineligible for appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada under s. 6 of
the Act. Section 5 of the Act sets out the general eligibility
requirements for appointment to the Supreme Court by creating four groups
of people who are eligible for appointment: (1) current judges of a
superior cour... more »
Lloyd Pye r.i.p. - Starchild Skull - last interview for ANCIENT ALIENS series
as you all know, Lloyd Pye passed away on December 9 2013 in Destin,
Florida, after a brief but courageous battle with aggressive B-cell
Lymphoma cancer.
Here's the last interview given by Lloyd Pye as part of the History
Channel's ANCIENT ALIENS series. An interesting retrospective of his
personal amateur investigation of the enigmatic 900-year old skull, with
input/corroboration from special guests.
*First broadcast on History Channel, Feb 2014*
Human Rights: The Civil Rights Issue of This Generation
By now it is abundantly clear that the federal government plans to do
nothing about enforcing the Fair Housing Act, which was passed in 1968 as a
sop to those grieving the assassination of Dr. King, just as it is clear
that the Feds plan to do nothing to stop funding the resegregation and
cultural neutering of American minority children by corporate reform
charter school missionaries.
When Arne Duncan proclaimed that he had a Rosa Parks moment as he watched
the corporate welfare school informercial, "Waiting for Superman," it was
clear that the civil rights movement that began in ... more »
Answering the Call of Peru- I'M Possible Radio show tonight
AMAZING NEWS!!!! Peru is moving ahead!!!
please join Dave and India and Bill Ballard tonight on the I'M POSSIBLE
Radio show for lots of details on the next steps to be taken to build the *“Center
for Mass Creation” *Community in Peru!!!
Dave and Bill Ballard are currently taking donations in- money for
expenses/tickets, clothing, suitcases, etc.... Please tune in tonight on
the show for further details of the amazing work that they are moving
forward with.
http://xi4.com/2014/03/20/mission-im-possible-6-pledge-peru/
New Medicine
[image: Amazonia]
Mar 20 2014
MISSION I’... more »
Not historic.
CBC,
the prime minister's stop in Ukraine is not likely to be "historic"
unless something interesting happens to him or because of him while he's
there that is likely to be recorded in the history books. God help us
if he does that because, well, the Harper Conservative nostalgia for big
wars that mostly happened before they were born might get the better of
him.
It's an opportunistic photo-op
The Curse Of The Honeypot
With the departure of Alison Redford, Andrew Nikiforuk writes, the honeypot
has claimed another victim. Nikiforuk believes that petro states eventually
become honeypots:
American political scientist Terry Lynn Karl, an expert on the politics of
oil, once noted that "petroleum dependence turns oil states into 'honey
pots' -- ones to be raided by all actors, foreign and domestic, regardless
of the long-term consequences produced by this collective rent seeking."
People come to Alberta to make a killing in the oil fields, not a living.
And that sense of entitlement pervades the prov... more »
Rob Ford's stunts and odd explanations
*TORONTO - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he was imitating a retired
professional wrestler (Hulk Hogan) in a video in which he threatens to kill
someone, denying that the target of his rant was his sister's ex-boyfriend.*
To watch the video and read the story click here.
Chinese Stocks Bounce On Short-Squeeze Over Funding Hopes - March 21 , 2014 -- Fundamentals remain shaky.... *CHINA YUAN WEAKENS 0.06% TO 6.2315 VS U.S. DOLLAR ...... ICBC, CCB STOP SELLING TRUST PRODUCTS: SECURITIES DAILY .... CHINA CDS surged 10.5bps (the most in 9 months) and are back over 100bps ...... China corporate bonds are at one-month lows. .....China warns of risk in insurance industry ..... Hong Kong property sellers slashing prices....... China to drastically curb number of new shipyards.......
Chinese Stocks Bounce On Short-Squeeze Over Funding Hopes
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/21/2014 08:43 -0400
- Barclays
- CDS
- China
- headlines
- Hong Kong
- Insurance Companies
- Japan
- Real estate
- recovery
- Yuan
inShare
*Rumors of a new "preferred shares" program which could implicitly mean
easier access to desperately needed liquidity* for Chinese banks and real
estate developers prompted what one analyst called "a short-covering-led
recovery after shares had fallen a lot." The banks of the Sha... more »
The Case For Hope… In Virginia
On January 15, when Jim Moran announced his retirement after serving 12
terms as the congressman from Virginia's 8th congressional district
(Arlington and Fairfax counties, Falls Church and Alexandria), he was
giving up a solidly blue seat. The PVI is D+16 and Obama took the district
with 68% both in 2008 and 2012. Moran himself was reelected in 2012 with
65%. In other words, whoever wins the Democratic primary on June 10, will
be the next congressmember from Virginia. There are 11 candidates and many
of them are very good, particularly state Senator Adam Ebbin, talk show
host Ma... more »
Does Zero Tolerance For Bullying In Schools Impact the Workplace?
We have an entire generation emerging from schools that had zero tolerance
for bullying, and I think we're already seeing the effects. I have some
hypotheses on how zero tolerance in schools is changing the American
workplace. Here are some of my thoughts. Do you agree with me?
*Cocky nerd*: With no bullies to suppress nerds, we're seeing the advent of
the cocky nerd. Nerds used to be shy and hardly emerge into the light, but
now they can be the most popular kids at school. I see a lot of cocky nerds
emerging in music, and I think they're showing up everywhere. This is
probably a go... more »
Tom Hiddleston, “Desiderata” by Max Ehrmann
Tom Hiddleston, “Desiderata” by Max Ehrmann
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-2dezSW0q4
Gold and precious metal updates -- March 19 , 2014 -- Goodbye Blythe Masters: JPM Sells Its Physical Commodities Business To Mercuria For $3.5 Billion - but note , following the sale, J.P. Morgan will continue to provide traditional banking activities in the commodities markets, including financial products and the vaulting and trading of precious metals ..... Ed Steer's daily report - March 19 , 2014
Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-19/goodbye-blythe-masters-jpm-sells-its-physical-commodities-business-mercuria-35-billi
Goodbye Blythe Masters: JPM Sells Its Physical Commodities Business To
Mercuria For $3.5 Billion
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/19/2014 08:50 -0400
- Bear Stearns
- Blythe Masters
- China
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Crude
- Germany
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Jamie Dimon
- JPMorgan Chase
- Phibro
- Poland
- Precious Metals
- RBS
- Risk Managemen... more »
Summary eventualities have been observed and processes are now available for succeeding up-steps
*Summary eventualities have been observed and processes are now available
for succeeding up-steps*
by ÉirePort
Summary eventualities have been observed and processes are now available
for succeeding up-steps.
Frangibilities have been breached and collective hybrids are under
surveillance.
Secondaries no longer required.
Primaries are now in place.
ÉirePort | March 19, 2014 at 8:37 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL:
http://wp.me/p2tSAX-14
(Meanwhile) Ma Ying-jeou takes another beating
The fallout from the MaWangMess continues. First, State Prosector Huang,
who leaked the information to President Ma Ying-jeou that Speaker Wang
Jin-pyng had allegedly conspired with the justice minister and prosecutors
to get a DPP legislator off has been sentenced to 14 months....
State Prosecutor-General Huang Shyh-ming was sentenced to one year and two
months in prison Friday for leaking classified information related to an
ongoing investigation to President Ma Ying-jeou.
Huang has said he would resign if found guilty. His four-year term is due
to end on April 18.
The Taipei Di... more »
Adrift, A Video by Simon Christen
*Enjoy.............*
Rep. John Lewis's dance
*Clapping and swinging his hips, civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis danced
to Pharrell Williams' hit song "Happy" in a recent YouTube post.*
*“This is my song!” the 74-year-old Georgia Democrat exclaimed...*
Mr. Lewis hopes that good days are ahead as the civil rights movement has
made a lot of progress and the U.S has its first black president, Barack
Obama. Mr. Lewis was a colleague of Martin Luther King Jr. and fought along
side him for civil rights.
Read more here.
What’s Wrong with Teacher Education?
What’s Wrong with Teacher Education?. via What’s Wrong with Teacher
Education?.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 - Where the Plane REALLY Went
It's in San Francisco.
In bits.
Spot the difference:
*First Principles:*
*You can't lose a Boeing full of iPhones.*
*That's impossible.*
*So that didn't happen.*
*I Quote The Enemy:*
*"The type's third hull loss and first involving fatalities occurred on
July 6, 2013, when Asiana Airlines Flight 214, 777-200ER registered HL7742,
crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport after touching
down short of the runway.*
*Surviving passengers and crew evacuated before fire destroyed the
aircraft. The crash led to the death of three of the 307 people on board.
These... more »
A Message From the Past: I AM
A friend just sent this video to me- an advertisement commercial from
2006....
....One would think that perhaps it is more relevant in 2014? Or perhaps
someone was just prepping the world for what is coming? I AM. IS
empowerment. IS the Frequency of CHANGE. IS the change of frequency that
IS.
IAM..... IS.
BICEP2: the announcement (1-hour video)
Most of us had at least partial problems while watching the BICEP2 press
conference on Monday. I urge the dear readers to find some time and watch
these 60 minutes again (or for the first time):
The important event was very smoothly recorded and posted by the
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. In my opinion, the number of
views of this video – below 1,770 at this moment – is totally inadequate
for a discovery of this magnitude.
Someone introduces the speakers – including one "dispassionate external
cosmologist", Marc Kamionkowski – and then the boss of BICEP John Ková... more »
The ISA Survival Guide: Everyone needs some Crack Pie
ISA is coming, like winter for the Starks; it’s always just around the
bend. Luckily, I almost have nothing but fond memories of ISA. It was my
first conference and will be the one I remain loyal to for as long as I
remain able. The key though is to maximize your experience. I know
Continue reading
Crimea Updates March 19 , 2014 - Daily news on the Ukraine / Crimea situations - keep your eyes on East Ukraine ! Russian Forces Storm Ukraine Naval Base In Crimea: Klitschko Calls For Ukraine Troop Withdrawal
Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
Late day items......
Ukraine Announces Joint US Military Exercises As Obama Rules Out "Military
Incursion" - Recap Of The Day's Events
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/19/2014 18:12 -0400
- Barack Obama
- Budget Deficit
- European Union
- Germany
- Iceland
- Iran
- Joe Biden
- Kazakhstan
- Lithuania
- national security
- Natural Gas
- NBC
- Norway
- Recession
- Reuters
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- Vladimir Putin
inShare<span class="IN-right" id="li_ui_li_gen_1395271234989_... more »
Greg Hunter,“Weekly News Wrap-Up 3.21.14”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 3.21.14”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“This week, we, once again, lead with the Ukraine crisis. Russian President
Putin now says, “Crimea is part of Russia.” A referendum in Crimea voted
overwhelmingly in favor of joining Russia. The West is not buying it and
has sanctioned Russia. This is supposed to be a serious international
crisis. So, why are the sanctions so light? We hit with a feather and then
another feather by only sanctioning a few people in Ukraine and
Russia. Russia hit back with some feather sanctions of its own, but also
threatens to damage ... more »
Edward Snowden explains Big Bang Theory to TED
oh, my god, don't watch that,
watch this, and wonder "Why, oh, why," they wheeled him on stage like this:
"Here's how we take back the internet?" please, it's already been done -
thank you Global Surveillance Corporations.
War World intact, please keep earning PROFIT off the backs of our Slave
Labour.
3 Videos: Freedom of Expression in Syria + Battle of Yabroud - Hezbollah's Decisive Victory in Syrian War + Syria in Our Sights
*Ban Ki-Moon and Brahimi have proven to be ineffective peacemakers in Syria
and need to be replaced by more balanced, honest, and trustworthy
international figures. Oh, wait, there are none, nevermind. The
international community lacks real and independent diplomats who can
resolve deep conflicts fairly and justly. So the world is stuck with these
two clowns.*
The Assad regime does not deserve to survive, but it will as long as
Israel, the United States, and Europe continue to menace the Syrian people
and threaten the country with total destruction via their sponsorship of
Al-Qaed... more »
The Health Benefits Of Raw Honey
*To learn more about honey, please click on the link provided below:*
*What's So Special About Raw Honey?*
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*NEW BOOK: CORNUCOPIA: Our Inexhaustible Resources *
George Boyce (Author)
Kindle Price: $7.52
Cornucopia is an optimistic view of the universe we live in and its
inexhaustible resources. We are constantly bombarded with claims of future
shortages, usually food, water, energy and minerals. This has been going on
since humans became sentient, but none of these predictions ever
materialise. Cornucopia examines resources in the light of the past,
present and future, explaining why Malthusian predictions always fail.
Ultimately, when something becomes scarce, we find more of it, subs... more »
Cloddish CIA Head John Brennan, Who Was Too Preoccupied Trying To Spy On The Senate, Missed The Crimea
Earlier this week, Harrison Samphir interviewed Paul Craig Roberts
regarding how mainstream media is twisting the facts about the crisis in
Ukraine. You may remember Roberts as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
under Reagan. A former editor of the *Wall Street Journal* and *Business
Week*, he is also a noted civil libertarian who has written extensively how
Bush and Obama have used the so-called "War of Terror" to strip away
American citizens' constitutional protections. In 2011 he forever broken
with the Establishment elite saying that "The west prides itself that it is
the... more »
Guest Post - How to Create a Zen Garden
[image: How to Create a Zen Garden.]
Your home is your sanctuary.
You need a space – no matter how small – where you can find peace.
That space can be tiny (about notebook size) or huge (several acres). A Zen
garden can fit anywhere.
But the theme is always the same. Simplicity.
Creating a Zen garden is easy if you follow these 6 steps.
Step 1: Decide on the scale
Do you want a small desktop Zen garden? A corner of your outdoor yard or
garden? All of your garden? It can be wherever works best for you.
A Zen garden is traditionally made only of sand and stones. Larger gardens
have... more »
(Overseas Tax Shelter LIFT Fraud Exposed) Tech Companies (Apple, IBM, MS, Cisco, Intel, Oracle, Google, Facebook, Intuit and H-P) Hide Assets Overseas To Await Lobbied-For Repatriation Act So Taxes Not Paid Instead Dispersed As More Job Outsourcing, Bonuses and Stock Options (Profits From Unpaid Taxes Invested in U.S. Debt Yielding Another Public-Funded Gold Mine To Overseas (Even More Untaxed) U.S. Entities)
Our heroes! Those smarty-pants techie gurus! So corruption laden with even
greater big $$$$$$ dreams running amok. And serious people still say these
sweet-assed techie honchos can't really want to bankrupt their native
country (that provided them with so much of their stake at their
beginnings). According to Securities and Exchange Commission filings,
Apple, Microsoft and IBM accelerated
Measuring Slack in the Phillips Curve
According to a new paper coauthored by Alan Krueger, the short-term
unemployment rate works better than the standard unemployment rate in
explaining changes in inflation, and according to this measure, the economy
was about at its NAIRU in 2013. This finding is related to issues I
discussed in a recent *Times *column. Here is a relevant graph from the
Krueger paper.
Bill Gates’ Sobering 2009 Speech to Legislators
On March 13, 2014, Bill Gates had dinner with 80 senators and other elected
officials. Given his keynote the following day to members of the National
Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), make no mistake that
Gates used his time with the senators and other officials to push the
Common Core State Standards (CCSS). However, Gates is more than […]
Rot in hell, Fred Phelps (1929-2014)
*Thanks, Hank Fox! I too am struggling to be a bigger person about the
(now) death of Fred Phelps, just as Alexandra Petri suggests -- see below.
But it's hard.*
So don't dance on the grave. Don't cheer. It's an understandable urge.
Instead:
• Stop picketing funerals at all, ever, full stop. It is a terrible way of
getting attention.
• Play with a kid. Do not hand that kid a hateful sign. Again, this should
go without saying.
• Love someone.
• Send someone a thank-you note.
• Call your grandmother.
• Take a nap.
• Make a big colorful sign that says something polite. Take it to a pla... more »
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*Edwards Leads Congressional Poll ~Jeremy Alford, John Maginnis, LaPolitics*
*Garret Graves forgoes coastal position to run for congress ~LaCoastPost*
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery - the search down under resumes March 21 , 2014 ...... the degree of difficulty under the weather and sea conditions makes finding the needle in the haystack even more difficult .....
10.13am AEST
In case you missed it earlier, we’ve put together a graphic of the search
area and its knowns and unknowns –* you can see the full graphic here, *
which includes a step-by-step sidebar of how the search would progress
should debris from MH370 be confirmed.
[image: Southern Indian Ocean search area]Southern Indian Ocean search area
Photograph: The Guardian via Malaysia Airlines/Malaysia Govt/Australian Govt
10.04am AEST
Though the Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, has reiterated that
satellite imagery showing two large objects float... more »
CATHOLIC WORKER - THE WORKS OF MERCY
In 1971, Dorothy Day and Tom Cornell were interviewed on the Christopher
Closeup Show. Dorothy was introduced as the cofounder of the Catholic
Worker movement, author of several books, and widely travelled lecturer.
Tom Cornell was the former editor of the Catholic Worker newsletter.
During the interview, Dorothy, comments that “There is a movement of
nonviolence all over the world.”
2014 OAIS Blogging Awards and Reception, Thursday, March 27!
Mark your calendars for one week from tonight! Please join us for the
second annual IR blogging awards and reception at ISA next week: Thursday,
March 27 from 7:15pm to 8:30pm in Sheraton Ballroom C at the Sheraton
Centre Hotel in Toronto. The reception and awards are co-sponsored by SAGE
Publications and Duck of Minerva.
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Ukraine citizens facing a trio of hardships as soon as April ? Ukraine ponders imposing a "wealth tax " aka " haircut " ( thanks IMF ) on deposits ....... Meanwhile , a 40 percent hike on natural gas is looming as soon as April 1 , 2014 ( thanks to US / US / Russia sanctions tiddly winks and Russia and Ukraine mutual posing ) ..... Finally , pensions also may take a " haircut " of perhaps 50 percent this Spring ( once again , as soon as April - take another bow , IMF ) ..... will Ukrainians have any hair left by June after the haircuts ? And after possible bank runs and any russian enclave able to obtain shelter in the Russian Federation has left the new Ukraine , who pays the freight ?
Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:34 PM
Ukraine to Impose Wealth Tax on Deposits; Run on Ukrainian Banks Coming?
*IndexToday* has an interesting story on a Ukraine Wealth Tax.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk proposed on Wednesday 19th
of March 2014 the adoption of taxes on wealth of the richest Ukrainians in
order to tackle the economic crisis in the country, clarifying that the law
will apply to him as well.
The Ukrainian prime minister stated that the proposed tax measures should
apply on deposits more than 50,000 hryvnia (less than 4,000 euros). The
measure is expect... more »
Japanese Stocks Tumble To 13-Month Low Against Dow After 35th Consecutive Trade Deficit on March 19 , 2014 but really the action is in China ( slipping back toward 2,000 once again and keep your eyes on the CCFDs and corporate default situations ) ....... Grant Williams notes........Things That Make You Go Hmmm... Like Every New Fed Chair Gets A Test ........ Is Belgium a front for the ECB buying Treasurys ?
Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
Cruising for a bruising......
"The Cacophony Of Fed Confusion," David Stockman Warns Will Lead To
"Economic Calamity"
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/19/2014 20:22 -0400
- Ben Bernanke
- Carry Trade
- Gross Domestic Product
- Main Street
- Monetary Policy
- recovery
- Saks
- Sears
inShare
"We never should have painted ourselves so deep in this QE corner in the
first place," chides David Stockman, "because *the whole predicate [of Fed
policy] is false*." The author of The Great Deformation holds nothing back
i... more »
US thinktank ponders- How about annexing Canada?
Curiously? Or, not really*? **The only article mentioning the pondering of
US annexation of Canada is from the Guardian.* I looked and didn't find
this 'debate' reported on at any Canadian news websites. Checked for major
American news outlets covering the Woodrow Wilson Centres musings about
annexation and nothing.
Of course you and I know or should know, that this is the NAU being spoken
of, openly, *in the UK *
Have we had any real discussion or public acknowledgement of the elites
moving us towards this long planned union?
The proof of connivance in moving Canada/US/Mexico tow... more »
Kith
Jay Griffiths soared away on a seven-year pilgrimage to forage for the
knowledge that illuminated her book Wild. She spent a lot of time with
wild tribes, and with conquered people who still had beautiful memories of
wildness and freedom. As she bounced from place to place, both modern and
indigenous, she became aware of a glaring difference between wild people
and the dominant culture — their children.
This presented her with a perplexing riddle. “Why are so many children in
Euro-American cultures unhappy? Why is it that children in many
traditional cultures seem happier, flue... more »
Ukraine and Russia go head to head at the U.N.
Ukraine's ambassador to the UN used the phrase "civilized world" during his
plea for international support for his regime at the UN. That is a major
red flag, and shows he is a bullshit artist. Does he really believe that
Russia is uncivilized and the EU and IMF banksters who now rule Ukraine
represent the epitome of civilization? LOL, what a moron. Dividing the
world into civilized and uncivilized does not reflect the reality of the
21st century. The thugs and lawless snipers who were behind the coup in
Ukraine can't be called civilized.
Title: Ukraine and Russia go head to head at... more »
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*Republicans Koch Suckers take aim at oil and gas legacy lawsuits ~Billy
Gunn, The Advocate*
*Ousted levee authority member John Barry rallies support in St. Bernard
for suit against energy companies ~Benjamin Alexander-Bloch*
“'Then They Fight You'- Why The 1 Percent Is In Full Panic Mode”
*“'Then They Fight You'- *
*Why The 1 Percent Is In Full Panic Mode”*
by Will Bunch
“It was nearly a century ago that a trade union leader said this: "And, my
friends, in this story you have a history of this entire movement. First
they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want
to burn you. And then they build monuments to you." The quote is often
misattributed to Gandhi, and it's usually paraphrased: "Fist they ignore
you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." But the
reason it's remembered at all is because it's a pretty darned goo... more »
John Kane: Republican-Democrats, Liberal-Conservatives: What's the Difference?
Republican-Democrats,
Liberal-Conservatives … What's the Difference?
John Kane
By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
Although I cannot embrace the rape of the planet and obscene support for
the rich lords of capitalism that seems bound to Republican DNA, there
is no question that some of the worst actions and most aggressive
policies our people have seen toward our trade and
Haslam and Huffman Sued by TEA Teacher Over VAM Unfairness
Full story from the Tennessean:
Tennessee’s largest teachers’ union is suing Gov. Bill Haslam and his
commissioner of education over an evaluation tool they say penalizes good
educators unfairly.
It’s the second suit filed recently against the Knox County Board of
Education on behalf of a teacher, but this one expands legal action to name
top state officials as defendants. The plaintiff is Mark Taylor, a science
teacher held up by the union as an example of why they believe a tool that
scores teachers based on student learning gains doesn’t work.
Taylor teaches high-school-level phys... more »
I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but the air is a bit fresher today ...
I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but the air is a bit fresher today
http://t.co/md8U85ZUbn #RevFredPhelps
— leftdog (@leftdog) March 20, 2014
*Anti-gay hate monger, Rev Fred Phelps dies ...*
*(I'm not even going to put his ugly pic up on my site ...)*
*Montreal Gazette*
Russian national anthems
This is very by-the-by (especially for a blog about BBC bias), but I
learned today that what we hear being sung as the national anthem of
Putin's Russia - namely the old national anthem of the Soviet Union - has
very different words these days, as might (perhaps) be expected.
In its final version the lyrics of the old Soviet Union read:
An unbreakable union of free republics,
The Great Russia has welded forever to stand!
Long live the creation of the will of the people,
The united, mighty Soviet Union!
CHORUS:
Be glorious, our free motherland,
A reliable stronghold of peoples' frie... more »
Delivery Deficit
I have a bad feeling about Princess. I don’t think she will get heart
surgery and I don’t think she will make it. And I really hope I am wrong.
With Princess we don’t have a medical diagnostic dilemma. We have a
delivery dilemma.
The technology that exists to diagnose Princess is magical. Not too many
years ago who would have thought bouncing sound waves off a 7.5 pound
baby's heart could be done in Port-au-Prince, one of the most dilapidated
cities on the face of the earth? And who would have thought that these
sound wave images could be converted into a video that showed Prince... more »
Are We Russophobes?
Lots of words have been spilled on this Crimea thing, and so it is
reasonable to ask whether our opposition to Crimean self-determination
might be more about our feelings about Russia than about
secession/irredentism. Chris Blattman asked: Bleg: Someone please explain
to me why I should accept that the annexation of Crimea is a terrible
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FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: St Patrick’s Week edition
*Q: Why do the Irish wear green on St Patrick's Day? A: So that later we
can CGI ourselves out of the embarrassing videos. - *Iowahawk
Maybe that could work for the Greens, who “like to think they’re friends of
the earth but aren’t so keen on all its earthlings.”
*Enemy of affordability* – HOME PADDOCK
And Labour donors of an evening are also partial to a wee portion of
xenophobia.
*Selwyn Pellett blaming the Chinese* – KIWIBLOG
Mind you, so are the New Zealand Government. “New Zealand is actually
quite strict when it comes to permitting foreign investment. We are
actually ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Quebec 1970 False Flag'
QUEBEC
1970 FALSE FLAG
Posted on March 20, 2014
MNN. Mar. 20, 2014. Watch Quebec’s ‘pure laine’ leader Jacques Parizeau
ruminate on the “final solution to the Mohawk problem”. Parizeau, is
from the corporate version of the oligarchical matrix. He thinks Mohawks
should be done away with! Parizeau’s final solution!
The FLQ Crisis of 1970 was a continuation of the bankers’ assault on us
in
Mohawk Nation News 'Real Referendum'
REAL
REFERENDUM
Posted on March 19, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Mar. 19, 2014. The Kaianerekowa is clear on the rights of the
people. The “Keepers of the Eastern Door” to Great Turtle Island, the
Mohawks, have a duty to guard the entrance to our land from the East. On
June 25, 1701 [Great Peace of Montreal], we allowed our European
visitors to live here if they adhered to the laws of
Mohawk Nation News 'Divostock 'Tea Party'
DIVOSTOCK
“TEA” PARTY
Posted on March 19, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Mar. 18, 2014. We heard the Russians and Chinese are dressing up as
Mohawks and dumping the US dollar into the Sea of Japan to start the
“Dollar Revolution”.
China and Russia can destroy the dollar very quickly. People the world
over are tired of paying a cut to the US Federal Reserve just for using
the US
Mississippi Is Going To Elect Someone… To The U.S. Senate
And the Democrat still isn't worth voting for!
Joe Manchin (WV) is the most conservative Democrat in the Senate. According
to ProgressivePunch, his lifetime crucial vote score is 60.71, pretty
dreadful. He's the 55th "most progressive" member of the Senate. Every
Republican is worse. The 5 Democrats almost as bad as Machin-- from bad to
worse-- are Kay Hagan (NC), Joe Donnelly (IN), John Walsh (MT), Mark Pryor
(AR), Mary Landrieu (LA), all in red or purple states. These 6 cross the
aisle and vote with Republicans far more than any other Democrats. The half
dozen Republicans who occas... more »
Beverly Baker Moore : Finding some happiness nearby South By
There may have been insanity downtown but my friendly neighborhood venues
were rife with talent all day and all evening all week. By Beverly Baker
Moore | The Rag Blog | March 20, 2014 AUSTIN, Texas — South By Southwest …
finish reading Beverly Baker Moore :
Finding some happiness *nearby* South By
Pelosi: "It's the Affordable Care Act, not Obamacare" Is this woman certifiable?...
*why yes, yes she is.*
I just saw this over at White House Dossier (and we thank him) and couldn't
believe what I was seeing with my very own eyes.
People actually voted for this woman?
Schoolkids are more indoctrinated than during late communism
*A report by Václav Klaus, quick translation by L.M.*
*Summary of the fifth Dialogues at Hanspaulka*
*Is the degree of indoctrination at our schools higher or lower than during
late communism?*
On Wednesday 19th, the halls of the Institute of Václav Klaus witnessed the
fifth "Dialogues at Hanspaulka [a neighborhood in Prague]". The
participants – about 20 panelists – were spending their time with the issue
of our education system from a particular angle described in the title
above: they were deciding whether the degree of indoctrination of our kids
at schools is higher or lower t... more »
Tom Hayden : The Cold War that threatens democracy
The new Cold War doctrine is that democratically elected nationalist or
socialist leaders are new dominos threatening the fall of a U.S.-controlled
order. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | March 20, 2014 While the first Cold
War was … finish reading Tom Hayden :
The Cold War that threatens democracy
Does Rakuten Deal in Blood eCommerce?
Japanese retail giant Rakuten who own the likes of Play.com and ebook
operator Kobo has been exposed by the Environmental Investigation Agency
(EIA) as the world’s biggest online marketplace for elephant ivory and
whale meat products. The EIA in conjunction with Humane Society
International (HSI) have issued a joint report “Blood e-Commerce: Rakuten’s
profits from the slaughter ofelephants and whales” which reveals that
Rakuten’s Japanese website carries more than 28,000 ads for elephant ivory
products and some 1,200 whale meat products ads. Japan's controls continue
to fail to co... more »
Why don’t we hear about low-income kids?
*THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014*
*Michael Lind, being unpleasant:* Michael Lind is a hold-over from the old
Salon.
In his new piece, he tells a naughty tale. For once, the headline basically
captures the tone of the piece:
“College-educated professionals could doom progressive politics.”
Lind starts by noting an obvious fact: “college-educated professionals are
an increasingly important part of the base of the progressive movement and
the Democratic Party.”
As he continues, he lists three reasons why “the growing domination of the
center-left by college-educated professionals is bad on ... more »
NO to NATO/Newport
*Clothcap @ Clothcaps place asked if I wouldn't mind terribly bringing this
to readers attention?*
Not a problem Clothcap!
*NO NATO- Newport- check'em out!*
On 4th & 5th September 2014 the NATO summit will be taking place at the
Celtic Manor Resort in Newport. We will be opposing it. Join in!
*Wales could see its biggest protests in a generation as 60 world leaders
meet at the Celtic Manor in Newport for the NATO summit on 4th -5th
September to plan their war on the world. Previous summits in Chicago and
Strassbourg saw thousands protest war, austerity and global inequality.Fro... more »
The Digital Devil's In The Detail
One of the most disturbing rulings occurred this week in the court of US
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald and relates to a case of copyright infringement
brought by HarperCollins in 2011 against Open Road in relation to the ebook
publication of Jean Craighead George’s 1973 bestselling children’s book ‘Julie
of the Wolves’.
The judge ruled that the original contract which was signed in 1971
differed to that of the 2001 ruling in Rosetta vs RandomHouse and clearly
granted HarperCollins exclusive right to licence electronic publications as
then in 1973 and into the future. They still need... more »
Equinoxious
Happy first day of Spring, everybody! Let us rejoice in one of only two
magical days in the astronomical year when, legend has it, Night and Day
achieve parity. (equinox is Latin for "equal night") Twelve hours of
sunlight and twelve hours of darkness. Isn't equality grand? I imagine that
Consensus Builder in Chief Obama is reveling in this rare, balanced
approach. On the one hand, darkness has its soporific benefits, as in an
entire population too exhausted and depressed to notice they are living
under the most secretive, privacy-killing, income-disparate political
system in Ameri... more »
What’s the Status of the Decline of War?
In light of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Josh raised the question this
morning about how we are all feeling about the war decline thesis. Also in
reaction to Russia’s actions, Mlada Bukovansky issued a strong call to end
the complacency regarding the acceptance and influence of global liberal
norms and institutions. These comments appear to
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Chicago: It’s surprising how often this happens!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014*
*New York Times attempts to cite statistics:* It’s surprising how often
this happens.
This morning, a headline said this in our New York Times: “Gang-Related
Shootings Decline in Chicago.”
That sounded good to us. But uh-oh!
When we sought the specific information, we were confronted by this:
YACCINO (3/20/14): *Gang-related shootings here [in Chicago] are steadily
declining, officials said on Wednesday,* citing violence-reduction efforts
that prevent gang retaliation and that are prompting the interest of other
cities.
*Since the beginning of the yea... more »
Congress Can Control College Costs-- Guest Post By Mark Levine, VA-08 Congressional Candidate
*Mark Levine, former Chief Legislative Counsel to Democratic Congressman
Barney Frank, is currently running for Congress himself to represent the
8th Congressional District of Virginia. His nickname is "The Aggressive
Progressive" and we asked him to write a guest post explaining his ideas on
college affordability and the skyrocketing costs of college as a threat to
the American Dream, one of the issues on which he's campaigning in his bid
to win the crowded primary to replace Jim Moran in northeastern Virginia.*
The millennials may be the first generation in American history to be... more »
Repeal of early parole violates rights, Supreme Court rules
*Canada (Attorney General) v. Whaling*, 2014 SCC 20:
W, S and M were all serving federal penitentiary sentences. As first‑time,
non‑violent offenders, all three were eligible for accelerated parole
review (“APR”) under the system in place at the time of their sentencing.
With the coming into force of the *Abolition of Early Parole Act* (“*AEPA*”),
APR was abolished. Section 10(1) of the *AEPA* made the abolition of APR
apply retrospectively to offenders already serving their sentences. This
changed the timing of eligibility for day parole: eligibility after the
offender had served... more »
:Love is a beautiful thong
Never felt heartbreak
never faced that recall
I just think I was given
something special
I am a tool
that needs no more information
to work as it was meant so
no drama no conquest
I came to love
as a modest view
I saw this girl
and then i saw her twice
and so many times after that
She saw me as well
which made our first coupling
swell
No more people could be so far
apart as me
and my sweetheart
and thats what makes
me weak at the knees
we can love and hate
we can have all these great debates\
but at the end of the day
when the sheet need to be washed clean
we all know one sound that rings
l... more »
Real Wages Rise Slightly but Remain below Peak for 41st Straight Year
Remember the *Economic Report of the President*? If you've been reading
this blog for at least a year, of course you do. It's where we get our
annual data on real wages (and apparently some other stuff, too). The 2014
edition was released on March 10. As you may recall, I made my first post
on the declining real wage trend through 2011 and was literally the firstperson to notice 2012's further slight decline.
The good news is that, in what is now Table B-15 rather than B-47, real
wages advanced somewhat in 2013, from $294.31 per week (in 1982-84 dollars)
to $295.51, an increase of 0.... more »
OLD IBM LOTUS NOTES R5 COMMERCIAL - "I AM" - Did they know?
On Mar 19, 2014, at 10:55 PM, Denise wrote:
Do you think they knew then what was coming? I woke up after a dream last
night recalling an old commercial from GE or another big company from the
1990s. Couldn't find that one, but this one came up when I searched.
Cannot link, but you can copy into browser. Lotus from IBM "I AM"
commercial. ..
2006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRAhCCGb7BY
Peace,
Denice
"I AM, I AM SUPERMAN and I can do anything" a refrain/chant repeated over
and over
who is everywhere (writing)
I am
Who is aware?
I am
who is powerful?
I am
who is human?
I am
... more »
The Return to Morocco: What is, IS.
Good morning everyone I will preface this article by asking for your
indulgence to deal with what will most likely be horrible typing, lol. I
am currently using Nick's computer/laptop.... and his keyboard doesn't like
me much. I"m also sitting outside and the brightness is making it very
difficult to see the screen, so more than likely this will not be the
neatest article I've ever written, lol.
(ps: Nick's spacebar also doesn't like me but I'll try my best to not make
too many runon words!!)
As you probably know by now, my family and I have just returned to Morocco
a few days a... more »
We Are Watching You Rand Paul
Video produced by *B'Man's Revolt*
Chocolate Dipped Marshmallows and Spring Banners- You're Invited Link Up
These link parties are quickly becoming one of my favorite things! I LOVE
seeing what you are all working on and we are so thankful to each of you
that takes the time to link up projects every week! We would love it if you
would link up your projects this week as well, but first, we need to get to
some features from last week. [image: You're invited header 2] As you know,
we each take a week to choose the features, and this week the features come
from Jonie who blogs at Just Between Friends. Hey everyone! I am so excited
to share some of my favorite projects with you as well as pick ... more »
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that retroactive changes to parole eligibility brought in by the Harper government are unconstitutional
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that retroactive changes to parole
eligibility brought in by the Harper government are unconstitutional.
The top court was the third successive court to find that the March
2011 legislation was in clear breach of the Charter of Rights because it
imposed new punishment on people who had already been tried and sentenced.
The retroactive changes which lengthened the amount of time a
non-violent, first-time offender had to spend behind bars before being
eligible for parole were deemed by the court to be a form of double
jeopardy.
The rul... more »
Business 360 16: ASEAN Economic Community 2016
* This is my article for B360, a monthly business magazine published in
Kathmandu, March 2014 issue.
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The Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is composed of 10
countries in East Asia -- Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam,
Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It has
a combined population of around 670 million people -- about twice the US
population.
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has been envisioned to be a common space
to facilitate mobility of goods and people markets of the member-countries.
It will officially mat... more »
US-ISRAEL PUSHING 'MISSILE DEFENSE'
Israeli Homeland Security (iHLS) interviews Missile Defense Advocacy
Alliance (MDAA) Chairman Riki Ellison about American and Israeli missile
defense.
Ellison's expertise appears to come from being a former pro-football
linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers where they used to put up defenses
against the 'long bomb'.....other than than I can't figure out why he is
the 'leading citizen proponent' of MD.
The truth is that the aerospace industry needs some kind of 'grassroots'
base to promote MD. Since there is not really any out there the industry
funds Ellison to travel around th... more »
Sound of my Voice
*Sound of my Voice *with Brit Marling
Somewhere in the valley, there is a woman living in a basement. She claims
to be from the future and she’s amassing followers. These people believe
that she will actually lead them to salvation. The FBI say she is
perpetrating a con ..stockpiling weapons and forming a militia.
'Free Speech' and censorship - the debate goes on (outside the mosque)
Do you remember that BBC Three discussion programme, held in a mosque,
which featured a short film of a Muslim drag queen asking the question,
"When will it be right to be Muslim and gay?", before the presenter turned
to the audience and said
We were going to debate that question today, but after speaking to the
Mosque, they have expressed deep concerns with having that discussion
here..so we'll move on to our next question.
before the programme did, indeed, move on to another question without
inviting either the audience or the panel to comment on this act of
censorship?
If yo... more »
Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “The Voice”
Moody Blues, “The Voice”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-umqM9R8cnI
What? LOL, after 5 1/2 years and over 24,000 posts I've earned the right to
play a little, lol...
- CP
Energy Econ 16: Electricity and Development
* This is my article in thelobbyist.biz last March 07, 2014.
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Energy is development. It is not possible to develop economically and
socially if a country or economy has little electricity and hence, energy
prices are high and there is frequent brown out.
In many economic literatures, growth in energy use is often used as proxy
or “checking mechanism” for GDP growth as there is a generally one on one
correspondence in energy use and real GDP growth.
A data from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is very interesting, below.
Countries are grouped into three: Northeast Asia, So... more »
TALKING TO OURSELVES: Whitesplanations of belly-dancing!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014*
*Interlude—Salon serves the one percent:* Current progressive messaging is
built around a weird distinction.
Quite correctly, we talk about the power of the one percent. In this way,
we fashion ourselves as part of the 99.
This raises a puzzling question:
How in the world can the one percent maintain so much control over policy
and politics?
In part, we’d say the answer lies with the way we progressive choose to
talk to ourselves. In the process, we help fragment the 99 percent,
obliterating natural bases for unity.
No one performs this service better... more »
PEEK INSIDE THE FAR RIGHT
BBC Newsnight's Gabriel Gatehouse investigates the links between the new
Ukrainian government and Neo-Nazis.
The Hanged Man and the Towers
As the Fool leaves the throne of the Goat God, he comes upon a Tower,
fantastic, magnificent, and familiar. In fact, The Fool, himself, helped
build this Tower back when the most important thing to him was making his
mark on the world and proving himself better than other men. Inside the
Tower, at the top, arrogant men still live, convinced of their rightness.
Seeing the Tower again, the Fool feels as if lightning has just flashed
across his mind; he thought he'd left that old self behind when he started
on this spiritual journey. But he realizes now that he hasn't. He's been
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*General Honore and the "Green Army" coming for Sasol hearing ~Theresa
Schmidt*
*Louisiana's coastal insects still dying from BP oil spill, researcher says
~Mark SchleifStein*
*Offshore Drilling Rig Marketing is Becoming Very Serious Business ~Rob
Almeida, gCaptain*
*Port engages agency in India ~WDSU*
*Russia bans entry to US lawmakers, including La. Sen. Landrieu ~AP, via
WWLTV *
*Still in Rotation: The Big Easy Soundtrack ~Ron Thibodeaux, Midlife
Mixtape*
*French Quarter Fest Releases Full Schedule ~NOLA DEFENDER*
*Uptown Super Sunday 2014 ~WWOZ*
Iraq’s Anbar Council Claims Stability Returned To Ramadi
Fighting continues every day in Iraq’s western Anbar province. Recently
however, the Anbar provincial council has claimed that the city of Ramadi
has become a bastion of stability in an otherwise unstable governorate. Its
talked about the end of military operations in the city, the return of
displaced families and everyday life, and called on Baghdad to send funds
to help the refugees and compensate those that have suffered losses. Those
statements are contradicted by the fact that Ramadi has seen the most
violence in the governorate over the last several weeks.
(*BBC*)
Beginnin... more »
Policy Follies
My experience has made me skeptical. I believe that’s a requirement for
scientists and “herd quitters.” After all, the opposite of skeptical is
gullible.
When sustainability comes up, I’m usually left wondering who’s defined the
criteria. It frequently seems that profitability isn’t part of these
discussions, for example. But there’s no sustainability without profit.
After all, there are easier ways than farming to not make money!
A definition I am most comfortable with describes sustainability as “ …
meet[ing] the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future ge... more »
Spending our Money like bees harvesting honey
(steve at Newton)
Alison Redford retired yesterday
she was a women
who fought battles
with men
and when the writ was dropped
she rose the top.
So revealing what came then
she thought she was Bill Gates
or Larry Ellison
because on her personal spending
she opened the floodgates/
We want good people in goverment
this is the system established very
well in Singapore
where their goverment and governance
leaves every other looking
like clown throwing coins
down a wishing well.
Everybody knows
Knowledge flows
and Singapore is
on the GPS
but we resit
Lee Quan Yew
because he puts his nation
first... more »
Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, “Forever Autumn”
Justin Hayward, “Forever Autumn”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU0_BOSgyRs
This song, at 31:00, is from Jeff Wayne's wonderful "War of the Worlds",
narrated by Richard Burton. The full album is here:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFPIDCk8FIs
Students Occupy the Legislature, Roundup and Linkfest =UPDATEDX7=
*UPDATE 7:* TVBS poll out. 48% support students, 40% oppose, only 21%
support pact, 70% favor line by line review. That's in a pro-KMT media
organ.
*UPDATE 6: *Lots of rumors flying around that tonight the police will move
in to clear the legislature. Wang Jin-pyng's refusal to act has dumped the
mess in Ma's lap, and he lacks the common touch and is neither patient nor
subtle. Lots of police bussed up from elsewhere in Taiwan.
Apple reminds that today is 24th anniversary of the day Lee Teng-hui went
down to talk to the Wild Lily movement.
A friend posted to Facebook:
Democracy a... more »
A form of madness
I always enjoy The Life Scientific. I wasn’t even put off by the episode
where the subject turned out to be a prominent anti-Israel campaigner as
well as an eminent scientist. Well, I was a bit, and I probably learned to
be even more distrustful than I already was.
Anne Glover
Anyway, I listened to the delightful Anne Glover, professor of molecular
and cell biology at Aberdeen University amongst other things, and one thing
in particular resonated with me, and stayed in my mind. The strap line to her
episode states: “Opposing GM crops is a form of madness”
Her expertise is in the... more »
Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, John Lodge, “This Morning”
Justin Hayward, John Lodge, “This Morning”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImN3OpvI1l8
Music should make you *feel*...
Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward and John Lodge, “I Dreamed Last Night”
Justin Hayward and John Lodge, “I Dreamed Last Night”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C9DHVeuXH0
Possible next steps for Russia after Crimea ? Might not necessarily be the Eastern or Southern Regions in Ukraine ......
Estonia Next? Russia "Signals Concern" For Its Citizens In The Baltic
Republic
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Amid the growing Crimea crisis, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - which like
Ukraine were all parts of the old Soviet Union and have very significant
concentrations of ethnic Russian-speaking citizens - have expressed growing
apprehension over Moscow's intentions. As Re... more »
Full Blown Paranoia
Commentators are lining up to praise Jim Flaherty. Andrew Coyne is not
among them. Under Flaherty, he writes, budgets ceased to have much meaning.
They became masterpieces of obfuscation:
Under Flaherty, not only did budgets cease to be budgets — now they are
Economic Action Plans — but they ceased to mean much of anything.
The budget and the estimates are not only expressed on different accounting
systems, but parliamentarians are provided with no means of reconciling the
two. Actual departmental spending, as recorded in the public accounts,
routinely bears no resemblance to ei... more »
Could Lindsey Graham Lose to a Democrat?
The South Caolina Senate race may be more of a tossup than anyone realizes.
With Patty Murray, the architect of the DSCC's stunning series of victories
in 2012, having turned over the reins of the committee to one of the
Senate's weakest, lamest and least capable members, Michael Bennet, there
are ominous signs ominously pointing to the possibility that Democrats will
narrowly lose the Senate this year. The hackish executive director, Guy
Cecil, who totally controls Bennet has vetoed DSCC involvement on behalf of
grassroots progressives in races in South Dakota and Maine and Senate... more »
Singing & Music Were Given To Man - A Discourse by Peter Deunov
*Singing and music are given man as a method of transforma**tion of
energies*.
Music plays in Nature the role of a transformer. Music is a transformer not
only for man but also for the whole of Nature.
The occult science recommends singing as a method of transformation of
negative energies into positive.
Music uplifts the vibrations of human organism and on the other hand,
revives the vital energies. Knowing the power and action of music upon the
organism man should sing in all life conditions – being sick or healthy,
during difficulties, trials, sufferings.
When sic... more »
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*Saturated fat 'ISN'T bad for your heart': Major study questions decades of
dietary advice*
Guidelines urging people to avoid ‘unhealthy’ fat to stave off heart
disease are wrong, according to a major study.
After decades of advice on the harm done by saturated fat such as butter,
scientists have found no evidence of a link with heart problems.
A ‘mega’ study which analysed a huge amount of existing data also said
so-called healthy polyunsaturated fats, such as sunflower oil, had no
general effect on the risk of heart disease.
In contrast, a dairy fat called margaric acid ‘signifi... more »
Parody or parody of parody
I must say I wasn’t as impressed by the much lauded W1A last night as I’d
hoped to be. It wasn’t that the acting was any less sharp or the characters
any less truly parodic. But there was one weakness that spoiled the whole
thing and made me think of mirrors of infinity.
What if the writers of W1A were in fact the creation of another set of
writers, sitting round the table at a script meeting and having a creative
brainstorming whilst creating writers sitting round the table having a
creative brainstorming about the script of W1A.
Let’s imagine the writers discussing their idea ... more »
Music: The Language of Creation by Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
*Music* - the language of creation and its creatures
"Running streams, gushing springs, the falling rain, roaring torrents, the
ceaseless motion of oceans and seas, the sound of the wind blowing, of
leaves rustling, of insects chirping and birds singing… everything in
nature is music. And from the dawn of time, it is this natural music that
has awakened and sustained human beings’ feeling for music. It has prompted
them to express themselves through an instrument or through song, to evoke
the important moments of their life, to express their love, their joys and
their sorrows. T... more »
Fukushima nuclear debacle update March 20 , 2014 -- An absolute shocker and should be a government rocking scandal ( assuming anyone in Japan gives a damn ! ) KPFA in Japan: I’ve learned over 800 people have disappeared from Fukushima plant — “May have been killed or died during work” — “Government actually in business with the Yakuza” !
http://enenews.com/kpfa-in-japan-ive-learned-over-800-people-missing-from-fukushima-plant-they-may-have-been-killed-or-died-during-work-govt-is-actually-in-business-with-the-yakuza-audio
KPFA
Flashpoints, Mar. 10, 2014 (*at 3:00 in*):
*Steve Zeltzer, reporting from Japan*: One of the things I learned in
Osaka
from the president of the day laborers is that many of the day laborers
being brought into the plant, they’re not being registered and they’re
disappearing. There were over 800 day laborers who have disappeared from
contact by the union, which means they may have been killed or d... more »
Gold and Silver News and views - March 20 , 2014 -- Not surprisingly , on the FOMC Meeting Announcement Day , gold and silver take a tumble ! Ed Steer's daily report , numerous news and views items touching on the precious metals !
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/india-allows-more-banks-to-import-gold-in-easing-of-curbs
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
Yesterday's trading session in gold turned out pretty much as I talked
about in *The Wrap* yesterday, except for the fact that I thought that
JPMorgan *et al* would hit the gold price harder on the Fed news, but they
didn't. But it was still a lousy day nonetheless.
The CME Group recorded the high and low ticks as $1,360.20 and $1,327.80 in
the April contract.
The gold price closed in New York yesterday at $1,330.60 spot, down $24.90
from Tuesday's close. ... more »
Ukraine situation March 20 , 2014 State of Play -- • Crimea 'self defence' militia on Wednesday stormed Ukrainian military facilities • Moscow has approved annexation of strategic peninsula • EU leaders meeting in Brussels to discuss response to Russian seizure of Crimea • Splits have emerged in Europe over whether annexation should trigger sanctions • Barack Obama has ruled out military intervention in Ukraine • Ukraine plans war games with US and UK though no confirmation from London
*Latest*
*12.04 *Here's a fuller report from* Reuters* on this morning's UN human
rights meeting in Geneva, where Ukraine's ambassador to the organisation
has warned that Russia is planning further incursions into Moscow-leaning
parts of the country:
*Russia may be preparing a further military incursion to Ukrainian
territory, Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva told UN
diplomats on Thursday.*
*"There are indications that Russia is on its way to unleash a full blown
military intervention in Ukraine's east and south," ambassador Yurii
Klymenko said at a briefing on ... more »
ATMS purposely left wide open and exposed by two thirds of the banks in the world ( as of April 8 , 2014 ) ..... So , the Banks are leaving their ATMS open to hacking globally ( how did that work for bitcoin , leaving a security open for hackers ? ) This is happening just as Ukraine wobbles toward a possible war of some type involving Russia ( Nato dragged in perhaps ) ....... And as we suddenly decide today to freeze diplomatic relations with Syria for no particular reason and quite curious timing ( did I mention there's a missing jet plan - a 770 Boeing jumbo jet ? )
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
ATMs Open to Hacking
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- Citigroup
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Computer programs are obsolete before they even get put on the market and
it’s been that way for years now. There’s also the added bonus of actually
making sure that the buyers keep buying and always want the latest.
Obsolesce... more »
"What Is There To Fight For?"
"Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. The trouble
is you won't fight. You've given up. But there's something just as
inevitable as death. And that's life. Think of the power of the universe-
turning the Earth, growing the trees. That's the same power within you- if
you'll only have the courage and the will to use it."
- Charlie Chaplin,
Calvero's answer to Terry's question: "What is there to fight for?" in
“Limelight”, (1952)
Musical Interlude,1968:“Classical Gas”, “Love is Blue”
Mason Williams, “Classical Gas”
- http://www.youtube.com/
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Paul Mauriat, “Love is Blue”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjsNNcsUNzE
Malaysia Airlines 370 Mystery - Day thirteen , March 20 , 2014 -- Possible debris sighting ( unconfirmed presently ) by way of satellite .... Alleged debris comprised of two objects in the south corridor ( which seems to be the focus rather than the northern corridor ) .... Press Conference from the Malaysian Transport Minister - focusing upon debris observed , search efforts , care of / concern for family members
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/20/mh370-two-possible-objects-may-have-been-found-in-australian-search-zone
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Here’s a summary of the latest developments:
*• Australia’s maritime search agency is focusing all of its resources on
finding two objects picked up on satellite images that they believe could
be related to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.* One of the objects is
said to around 24 metres (79ft) long.
*• Australia has despatched four search planes and two ships to the area. *So
far there’s has been no word on the results of those searches. A US search
fligh... more »
Toronto to Pond Inlet is the same distance as Toronto to Vancouver
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