Washington Monument (Photo credit: Peter Liu Photography)
English: GORKI, MOSCOW REGION. With Secretary-General of the National Security Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Bandar bin Sultan. Русский: МОСКОВСКАЯ ОБЛАСТЬ, ГОРКИ. С генеральным секретарём Совета национальной безопасности Королевства Саудовская Аравия принцем Бандаром ибн Султаном. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Breaking bad in southern NATOstan- Pepe Escobar
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*I am just going to excerpt from Pepe after the background info*
* If you have not read these posts you may want to:*
1-Trigger a cold war to make it easier (for the US) to annex Europe
2- Ukraine: Regime Change & the IMF's Bitter Pill
3-The New Great Game: Why the Ukraine matters to so many other nations
4- * Ukraine: Cargill acquires stake in UkrLand Farming/food control =
people control *
*Apparently China is not looking for the US to capitalize anymore then it
... more »
Old AJOB Rut re. Prenatal Dex Picks up New Steam as Undisclosed Double Loyalties and Dependencies of Now Editor Skip Nelson are Revealed
I'm sure several readers remember a long series of posts across 2011-12,
connected to a series of internal troubles in the management of the *American
Journal of Bioethics.* One of the roots of all that mess was a controversy
that eventually led to the resignation of Hilde Lindemann from the AJOB
editorial board in protests of its managerial operations, followed by other
weighty ones later by, e.g. Udo Schuklenk and John Lantos. Eventually,
after much external pressure, following a less than elegantly handled
stepping over to private business by then editor-in-chief, Glenn McGee
(la... more »
Neocon Washington Post Gives Rand Paul a Forum
Outside of Fox News there has been no bigger cheerleader for the ongoing
series of American wars of aggression that only serve to alienate, bankrupt
and poison the national soul than at The Washington Post. Do not be fooled
by the Pulitzer Prize for journalist Barton Gellman's reporting on the
documents procured by former government contractor turned NSA whistleblower
Edward Snowden, the WaPo is a teeming snakepit of neoconservative
propaganda. Which is why it was a bit surprising to see an editorial
written by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul shoehorned in between the rants,
screeds, p... more »
East Ukraine Jew Registration Tale Reeks of CIA Psyop
In a rapidly spreading sensationalist story about the evils of the
pro-Russian (translation: anti-austerity) opposition in East Ukraine a
particularly lurid piece of vile propaganda has been launched into the US
state-corporate media echo chamber. There has been an amazing discovery of leaflets
distributed in Donetsk requiring all Jews over the age of 16 to register
with the authorities, the culprit behind this obvious false flag operation
is the vaunted bastion of dumbed down American journalism USA Today - which
is written at about a seventh grade reading level. For those who ha... more »
Was the US behind the ousting of Prince Bandar (Bush) bin Sultan
I saw the news that Bandar had retired. Or something like that? Kuwait
Times is suggesting US displeasure was behind the sudden stepping down. The
trusted American friend couldn't "get'er done"
[image: Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud]
* Saudi spy chief ousted under US pressure – Washington irritated by Prince
Bandar’s handling of Syria dossier *
DUBAI: *The exit of Saudi’s spy chief was the result of US pressure over
his stance on Syria but does not signal a shift in Riyadh’s goal of
toppling the Damascus regime,* experts say. Riyadh, as is usual, did not
elaborate... more »
April 17: No foreign news...doh-dee-doh
In the midst of the worst, international crisis we have seen in 50 years
- maybe ever - the Tand T has not a single word of foreign news in it. This
is a big-talking city. But the Tand T barely qualifies as a Hicksville
paper.
To make it worse, there are stories out there of Harper having given a
secret order to the Canadian armed forces to prepare for service in Syria.
(I don't believe that one. First, the Canadian military has no equipment up
to such service. Second, it would mean significant casualties; and Harper
doesn't want that with an election coming up. Third, Harper's st... more »
Michael Hudson is one of the top economists in the US and also a fearless teller of the truth. And this time the truth that America's president and government is creating, while lying about it to its citizens, is almost too horrible to bear.
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*Investigation Finds Former Ukraine President Not Responsible For Sniper
Attack on Protestors*
Michael Hudson: A German TV investigation disproves the West's claim that
Yanukovych was responsible for killing of dozens of Ukrainian protestors,
making this President Obama's WMD moment - *April 17, 14*
More at The Real News
*Bio
.*
Michael Hudson is a Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the
University of Missouri, Kansas City. His two newest... more »
Just Why Exactly Did Bernie Sanders Endorse Paul Clements In Michigan-- When Steve Israel's DCCC Refuses To?
West Virginia Blue Dog Nick Rahall is never going to be endorsed by Blue
America and we often note that he acts in concert with the GOP more than
almost any other House Democrat-- there are a few who are worse.
Example:
only 9 Democrats refused to sign the discharge petition to force Boehner
and Cantor to bring immigration reform to a vote. Every Republican and
those 9 shameless Democrats refused to sign and, predictably, Rahall was
one of them. But that hasn't stopped him from being targeted and
attackedby Republicans and their predatory allies. In Rahall's new TV
spot above,
he ... more »
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the BBC.
Having castigated the BBC for playing down the elephant in the peace
negotiations, i.e., the PA’s officially sanctioned cradle-to-grave
incitement to hate/kill/exterminate Jews whilst amplifying spurious
obstacles to peace concocted by the PA, I’d like to mention that the BBC
has in fact publicised Brandeis University’s unfortunate decision not to
award an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali. They even link to this, with
its sympathetic Q and A.
Brandeis's deplorable decision is worse than merely ‘deciding not to’
because having decided to award it, they were persuaded by an angry... more »
Easter Uplift: It’s Your Revised Sermon on the Mount
Put down your symbols of torture for a moment, grab a couple of good old
pagan Easter Eggs, and consider something more uplifting than the Easter
story Here, courtesy of *Lindsay Perigo*, is his wholly revised, updated
and uplifted *Sermon on the Mount.*
A Revised Sermon on the Mount
Blessed are the poor in spirit—when they become rich in spirit and matter,
for theirs will be the kingdom of earth.
Blessed are they who mourn—when they get over it.
Blessed are the meek—when they acquire pride, for then they shall inherit
the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after... more »
Annulment for lack of consummation
Annulment is a rare proceeding in modern Canadian law. That said, it is
available and proof of non-consummation does not require independent
evidence.
So the Ontario Court of Appeal set aside the application judge’s order and
granted an annulment where the parties agreed that the marriage had never
been consummated. The application judge erred in concluding there had to be
independent evidence of incurability. It was a reasonable inference that
the respondent husband was unable to consummate this marriage to this
woman, which sufficed for an annulment: *Gupta v. Garg*, 2014 ONCA 217
Western Shoshone Walk on Sacred Land May 5 -- 11, 2014
Photo
by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Western ShoshoneLong Walk 4 Western
Shoshone land
Newene Sogobi Mava's Mia Walk on the Sacred Land
May 5, 2014 - May 11, 2014
"This event is NOT a protest or a political event. It is about praying
and blessing our Shoshone land. Everyone is welcome. Please tell your
friends and help us get the word out!" -- Johnnie L. Bobb
After an initial orientation
Mike Philbin Facial Manipulation - ARTIFACE - new online art service
ARTIFACE ex1: Free Planet banner image
ARTIFACE ex2: corporate cousins
ARTIFACE ex3: Liberator (free planet #2 novel) cover image
in the same way that I offered an online PALM READING service via my Oxford
Cheiromancy post, I'm offering an online ARTIFACE service.
Same setup as the palm reading service. I'll need about eight character
shots of you. In day light, no flash. Preferably naked shoulders up to top
of head. From same position, in same lighting. Against a neutral
background, say a white wall or something. Don't move about too much, just
EXPRESS YOUR INNER SELF to the ... more »
The Economy: "What Do Janet Yellen and Yuri Geller Have in Common?"
*"What Do Janet Yellen and Yuri Geller Have in Common?"*
by Bill Bonner
“It looks as though the US stock market is in the process of topping out.
But if you'd bet heavily on a bear market, each time you saw one coming,
you'd be broke by now. We will wait to see what happens...
Meanwhile, we are still puzzling over the miracle produced by the Fed. Yuri
Geller could bend spoons. The Fed bends the entire economy. Hardly a single
price is unaffected. Hardly a single business plan or investment strategy
goes forward without an eye on the central bank. Jesus turned water into
wine and m... more »
The eternal shortcomings of show trials!
*THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014*
*Professors in Nerdland object:* Gene Lyons wrote his column this week
about the Jonathan Chait show trial.
Then he did a Facebook post about how depressing the whole topic is.
We feel the same way. On the whole, we remain puzzled by Chait’s cover
piece for New York magazine. But in our view, Sunday’s show trial
represents a changing of the guard and a depressing addition to
pseudo-liberal culture.
To review: Chait was denounced for a full six minutes before he was
introduced. After a six-minute exchange with Melissa Harris-Perry, he was
sent to the sto... more »
Putin on the Blitz
By Capt. Fogg
Well, of course the media still hasn't come to the end of all the
discussion, speculation, mourning wailing and fantasizing possibilities
regarding that missing airplane and they need to keep reminding us that
nobody has ever suffered as much grief as the families of the missing nor
ever will, but I can't help but noticing that events in the Ukraine might
be causing a bit of speculation as well. Something we can do on our own
during commercial breaks at least.
Russian troops are massed on the border, obviously fake stories of
persecution are rampant in the Russian pr... more »
Defamation law must be abolished -- Join the effort to abolish defamation law
Defamation
law can't be fixed. It is the only common law tort (cause of action)
that presumes guilt. It is a legal abomination, a persistent residue
from Star-Chamber England.
Other torts are enough. This one must go.
Read this report published by the Ontario Civil Liberties Association:
OCLA position paper on Bill 83 – The tort of defamation must be
abolished in Ontario
Listen to this
The Narcotic Farm- A documentary
*Let's see.... connecting the dots*
Pharmaceutical experimentation without consent-
MkUltra-with it's roots in the second world war and Operation paperclip.
The CIA
The LSD experimentation in the '60's? Way before that.
The birth of the so called Hippie Culture? The Laurel Canyon Scene
predating Haight- Ashbury
Timothy Leary-Tune In, Turn on, Drop out.
Roll all that into this very interesting little documentary
“Overpopulation Is Not A Problem For Us”
*“Overpopulation Is Not A Problem For Us”*
By Raul I Meijer
“On a day like this, when Bloomberg runs the hilarious and preposterous
headline “Euro Periphery Emerges as Haven as Bonds Rise”, and markets are
up because the Chinese government announces a 7.4% GDP growth number, which
might as well be 4.7% for all we know given the opaqueness and rosy bubbly
with which Beijing is known to “calculate” these numbers, let’s talk about
something entirely different. And what better to talk about than a topic I
know beforehand will antagonize a substantial part of my readership? And
add a ti... more »
See Me After Class, Part II
In a first post on Roxanna Elden’s See Me After Class, I focused on her
sage advice for lesson and unit planning. I argued that one reason why the
contemporary school reform movement failed is that it ignored Elden’s
wisdom on why implementing plans is “easier said than done.” This post
contends that reformers also […]
Call for Proposals: ISA Midwest 2014
Dear all, I’m currently the program chair for ISA Midwest 2014. The
conference will take place from November 7th to 9th at the Hilton Ballpark
in St. Louis. This is a fabulous conference – one I’d really recommend for
all scholars but one that is especially inviting for junior scholars. Here
is the call for proposals:
http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/MidwestStLouis2014/Call.aspx
Continue reading
Landmark ruling on rights of Métis upheld
Story
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling from last year that said
Ottawa is constitutionally responsible for the 400,000 Métis in Canada as a
distinct aboriginal group, but overturned a similar decision about
non-status Indians.
The appeal court decision released Thursday will likely be appealed to the
Supreme Court. But, if it is ultimately upheld, it means the government
would have to negotiate with the Metis on outstanding rights claims and
other potential benefits in the same way it now must deal with the First
Nations and the Inuit.
“This is a huge win for the M... more »
A3 Newsletter: Beyond Imagining - 42 Years in Solitary (April 17, 2014)
(*PHOTOS:* *A billboard campaign to mark the 42-year commemoration launched
in New Orleans today.*)
As we mark the 42nd year since the tragic and as yet, unsolved murder of
Angola correctional officer Brent Miller, and the 42nd year since Albert
Woodfox was first put in solitary for a crime he didn't commit, we are
confident that it will be the last. We remain hopeful that the 5th Circuit
will finally side with justice and affirm Judge Brady's second decision to
throw out Albert's conviction once and for all. Although he will then have
to petition for bail and potentially face ... more »
Lowongan Kerja PHP PROGRAMMER Di Jakarta Utara April 2014 Terbaru
Lowongan
Kerja PHP PROGRAMMER Di Jakarta Utara April 2014 Terbaru - mungkin anda
adalah salah satu orang yang telah bekerja tapi anda inginkan adalah
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Menikmati Indahnya Taman Laut Nasional Bunaken
Menikmati
Indahnya Taman Laut Nasional Bunaken - Jika anda ingin melihat
keindahan taman laut di Indonesia Taman Nasional Bunaken
tempatnya.Bunaken merupakan taman bawah laut yang mempunyai ekosistem
perairan tropis yang muncul diIndonesia. Di sini terdapat ekosistem
rimba bakau,terumbu karang.padang lamun dan ekosistemdaratan/pesisir.
Di ronde utara Taman Bunaken terdiri dari pulau
Smore's Cupcakes and Recovered Lampshades- You're Invited Link Up Party
Another
week has come and gone which means that we get to start a new link
party! Of course we had fun looking through all of the projects that
were
linked up last week. Thanks to everyone that participated and we really
hope that you will link up again this week! The features for this week
were
picked by Jonie from Just Between Friends. [image: You're invited header
2]Things have been busy over at my house, but we have been having fun
getting
ready for Easter. We LOVE bunnies at our house so of course that means
that
we needed some bunny projects over on the blog. I made a bunny deco... more »
Oklahoma City Voters Don't Need Another Democrat Too Scared Of Republicans To Stand Up For Working Families
As you already know, Blue America has endorsed Tom Guild for the Oklahoma
City congressional seat James Lankford has abandoned to run for the U.S.
Senate. His an unabashedly progressive leader who isn't compromising
principles and values to win his a House seat. He's running for a House
seat to promote those values and principles.
His main opponent, state Senator Al McAffrey, who jumped in when Lankford
said he wouldn't run for reelection, wants to be the Democratic nominee as
the next setp in his career trajectory. But what's his position on the
issues important to Oklahoma Democ... more »
Windows Vista is no laughing matter...
First of all from The I.T. Crowd
IT: What kind of operating system does it use?
Operator: Vista
IT: We're going to die!
Then from The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon doesn't like Windows Vista
But Sheldon prefers Windows Vista to Windows 7
And from Futurama
And
Preferring the evidence of a police witness as having extra credibility is not proper
*Laver v. Swrjeski*, 2014 ONCA 294 deals with reasonable apprehension of
bias. Preferring the evidence of a police witness as having extra
credibility is not proper:
*Issue 1: Did certain comments made by the application judge during the
argument of the application create a reasonable apprehension of bias?*
[17] The issue of reasonable apprehension of bias was most recently
discussed and considered by this court in *Martin v. Sansome*, 2014 ONCA
14. In that case, the context was interventions by a trial judge during the
examination of witnesses. This court set out the legal frame... more »
4 Cara Ampuh Mengatasi Kulit kering secara Alami
4
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sahabat pembaca kamuscara.com, jumpa lagi dengan kita-kita satu hal blog
standar yang akan selalu berbagi mengenai kumpulan berbagai macam cara
serta tutorial yang dapat membuat hidup kalian menjadi makin mudah.
Untuk kesempatan pada pagi hari yang cerah itu kami akan membahas
mengenai cara mengelola kulit kering.Mempunyai
Really? Do We Really Want Experienced Teachers to Resign
How many more experienced, professional educators will submit their letters
of resignation before Washington and the State Legislatures stop catering
to the monied interests intent on destroying any meaningful and real
education for the next generation? Haven't we already documented
extensively through research and blogging how damaging the current
corporate education reform movement is to the nation;s future and a
democratic republic?
From Diane Ravitch's blog:
Dear Administrators, Superintendent, et al.:
This is my official resignation letter from my English teaching position.
I’m s... more »
While the US "mainstream media" lie about Russian troops entering Ukraine, US sponsored Neo-Nazi fanatics are running a violent "anti-terror" campaign to subjugate Russian speaking eastern Ukrainians who reject the unelected regime's seizure of power.
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NATO’s Pet Nazis Savage Ukrainian Presidential Candidate
By Tony Cartalucci
Region: Russia and FSU
Global Research, April 15,
2014 In-depth
Report: UKRAINE REPORT
Land Destroyer Report
US-EU legitimacy is crippled as their Kiev regime uses overt, systematic
violence and intimidation to consolidate its hold over Ukraine.
*Ukrainian presidential candidate Oleg Tsarev was savagely beaten outside a ... more »
Security In Iraq 2 Weeks Before National Elections
Iraq is set to have parliamentary elections on April 30. Besides the bitter
political disputes the country is facing other challenges including
securing the vote, and getting people to participate. The insurgents have
ramped up their attacks and are actively campaigning against people casting
their ballots. During previous elections there was always some violence,
but this year may be different. The Americans are not present to help, and
the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) is stretched thin because of its
commitments in Anbar. That might mean wide spread attacks during the
voting, an... more »
sons of adam
"You may think I'm taking up a lot of your time,
but I don't think man has much time."
"collapse" documentary
"paradise or oblivion" documentary
COLD WAR IS HERE
As negotiations over the crisis in Ukraine begin in Geneva, tension is
rising in the Ukrainian east after security forces killed three pro-Russian
protesters, wounded 13 and took 63 captive in the city of Mariupol.
Ukrainian officials said the pro-Russian separatists had attempted to storm
a military base. The killings came just after the unraveling of a Ukrainian
operation to retake government buildings from pro-Russian separatists.
Earlier today, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the authorities in
Kiev of plunging the country into an "abyss" and refused to rule out
sendi... more »
Oligarchy USA
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the rich have an outsized
influence on politics. There have been signs and symptoms of the wealth
pestilence all over this land. Premature deaths, one in five children in
poverty, the worst income disparity since the Gilded Age, the highest
incarceration rate on the planet. It's just that it couldn't be absolutely,
scientifically established that a plague of oligarchs has descended upon
us, chewed us up, digested the nutritious bits, and upchucked the rest.
Until now, that is.The pathology report is in, folks. At long last, we have
irrefut... more »
44, 44 and 44
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari Goldstein.)
Hank Aaron proves we as a nation have advanced not one micromillimeter
regarding race relations in at least four decades. But to begin at the
beginning as Lewis Carroll advised...
Four decades ago last April 8th (and I know I'm dating myself here), I
was a 15 year-old boy watching the Braves play the Dodgers at the start of
the 1974 season. Curt Flood's attempt to free his fellow players from the
onerous yoke of the reserve clause was still a fresh wound in the hearts
and minds of many who cared about ... more »
Do private money and Title I money break even?
In a word, no. The two kinds of money don’t represent an apples-to-apples
comparison because different rules govern how they can be spent, but the
raw totals show that schools that get public money do come out a little bit
ahead – especially since they don’t have to raise it themselves. Even
though this article […]
Best of a bad bunch
This seems to be a case of the BBC’s anti-Israel bias being the least of
the worst. In the spirit of "The BBC’s is the worst form of bias, except
for all those other forms that can be observed" it seems that the BBC,
although far from perfect, hasn’t stooped so low as the Guardian, or fallen
so deeply into the abyss as - of all things - the Times.
There was a terror attack in Israel on the evening of April 14th by a
terrorist / gunman/ hero, which killed an Israeli father of five / off-duty
policeman / settler, depending on whose side you’re on.
This incident was the subject of two ... more »
THE 77 PERCENT CONFUSION: Are those figures “adjusted for relevant factors?”
*THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014*
*Part 3—Or are you just happy to see us:* According to one familiar
statistic, American women earn, on average, only 77 percent as much as men.
This statistic may well represent a real societal problem. But no one who
actually works in this field claims that this is a measure of how much
women get paid, as compared to men, for doing the same work.
That said, partisans constantly make that claim. When they do, we the
liberal rubes get conned, just as our conservative brethren get conned when
they watch Sean on Fox.
How much less do women get paid for doi... more »
Stephen Harper -the Portraits
I did a picture of Harper on a horse in front of Parliament, as the leader
who is set to conquer the world. Now a Canadian artist has done an
interesting portrait of Harper on a horse. It looks good.
Mahshid Farhoudi
This one looks good too.
By Tony Clark
See more portraits here
HERE AND NOW
*Gangjeong village on Jeju Island*
The starkness of the times
causing even old warriors
to fall
the suffering can be a load
even on the strongest
For many moons our people
have struggled to survive
been through hell
and back
but we are here
Now
Many of us have fallen
victim to the hype, the pretense,
the flim-flam man,
and the desire to just
be one of the crowd
That's OK
It's just time to move on
to get serious about dealing
with our present here
and now
Feel the spiritual connection
to our relatives,
that is real,
the two-leggeds,
the four-leggeds, the things
that fly, the things t... more »
So What am I Doing?
Given all that I typed yesterday about how the left needs to start thinking
about solutions and thinking big and thinking long-term and thinking major
resources of time and energy, in order to TAKE power and SOLVE problems,
... what exactly am i doing?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I'm doing nothing at the moment.
I thought i could give up my political pretensions altogether, after
gradually winding things down. But not so far. So far I just can't seem to
give it all up and resign myself to life as a helpless shlub with no
autonomy and no agency. (Besides the autonomy and ... more »
Whole Lotta Hypocrisy On Immigration Reform-- On Both Sides Of The Aisle
Early yesterday, President Obama addressed the House Republicans
obstruction of the bipartisan Senate immigration reform bill. "Both sides,"
he pointed out, "worked together to pass that bill with a strong bipartisan
vote. The Senate’s commonsense agreement would grow the economy by $1.4
trillion and shrink the deficit by nearly $850 billion over the next two
decades, while providing a tough but fair pathway to earned citizenship to
bring 11 million undocumented individuals out of the shadows, modernizing
our legal immigration system, continuing to strengthen border security, and
... more »
NYT Talking about the Tests as Weapons of Mass Distraction
The *New York** Times* editors appear to be catching on to the fact that
the proliferation and misuse of high stakes testing are not only a huge
waste of resources that are actually doing more harm than good, but are
also a "distraction" from the very real problems of poverty and inequality.
It's about time.
*To the Editor:*
Elizabeth Phillips decries the gag order that school principals are under
vis-à-vis the high-stakes tests administered in New York State (“We Need to
Talk About the Tests,” Op-Ed, April 10).
Best practice in educational and psychological measurement requires t... more »
Untitled
*'Crisis' warning as up to four in 10 British children refused first choice
primary school*
Up to four in 10 children missed out on their first choice primary school
in parts of England while hundreds of pupils were not allocated places at
all.
There were warnings of a mounting admissions "crisis" as figures show that
almost 40 per cent of infants in parts of the country failed to secure
places at the main school of their choice.
Officials were also warned to brace themselves for a surge in the number of
official appeals.
In some areas pupils were not allocated any places at all,... more »
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*Food for thought in fad diets*
*Very interesting point below that most proposed diets have a lot in
common -- a large degree of "consensus". Consensus is not science however
and as far as I can see the consensus is blatantly wrong. They all say,
for instance that "processed" food must be avoided: ALL processing.
Cooking is processing so should we all eat our food raw? There may indeed
be some forms of deleterious processing but which ones? The discussion has
not even begun about processing. So how can it be sweepingly condemned?*
It turns out that there is good food for th... more »
The Stench Keeps Getting Stronger
Geoff Norquay -- Stephen Harper's former Director of Communications --
believes that, with the RCMP's decision to drop its investigation of Nigel
Wright, the Senate scandal is off the public's radar screen. But Michael
Harris asks the question we should all be asking ourselves: "Does the RCMP
work for us, or the PMO?"
The stakes are high here for all concerned. The hallmark of the Harper
government is the impulse to politicize everything from science to the
running of elections. Is justice being added to the list? There is a
growing suspicion that the RCMP is now the prime minis... more »
MORE ON ZUMWALT
An example of corporate media promotion of the military industrial complex.
They undercut the actual price of the warship which will be more than $4
billion and they celebrate its provocative mission.
Unreasonable Verdict
*R v PRL*, 2014 SKCA 38:
[9] The standard of review is set out in *R. v. Yebes*, 1987 CanLII
17 (SCC), [1987] 2 S.C.R. 168: “The Court must determine on the whole of
the evidence whether the verdict is one that a properly instructed jury,
acting judicially, could reasonably have rendered” (para. 25). An appeal
court may not substitute its view for that of the trier of fact.
[10] In *R. v. R.P.*, 2012 SCC 22 (CanLII), 2012 SCC 22, [2012] 1 S.C.R.
746, the Court stated the following:
*9* To decide whether a verdict is unreasonable, an appellate court
must, as this Cour... more »
The mild civil war in Ukraine
Thankfully, the number of the new casualties in Ukraine remains relatively
low. Whether we call the confrontation "a civil war" is a matter of
terminology and only with the hindsight we will acquire in the future, we
will be able to decide whether it is an appropriate word for the recent
events.
The attitude of the would-be mainstream Western politicians, institutions,
and media (and the brainwashed hundreds of millions of average citizens who
never question anything they are fed) looks staggeringly hypocritical,
cruel, and just plain idiotic to me. My overall sentiment concerning t... more »
First Borey-Class Strategic Sub Ready for Combat Patrols
[image: Yury Dolgoruky]The first Borey-class ballistic missile submarine
could be put on combat duty this year after taking weaponry on board, a
senior Russian Navy commander said Wednesday.
"Upon receiving new weapons on board this year, the Yury Dolgoruky
submarine will be ready to perform its duties," said Rear Admiral Alexander
Moiseev, commander of the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet.
The Yury Dolgoruky joined the Northern Fleet in January 2013 while the
second Borey-class boat, the Alexander Nevsky, was commissioned by the Navy
in December last year.
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Navy Set to Pick Presidential Helicopter Contractor
[image: Sikorsky S-92 helicopter]The Navy plans to select the contractor
who will build the next generation presidential helicopter next month.
Of course, it appears the service will only have one contractor to choose
from, Sikorsky, after two other teams dropped out of the bidding process.
AgustaWestland and Northrop Grumman had planned to offer the AW101
helicopter, and Boeing had discussed offering modified versions of the V-22
Osprey and the CH-47 Chinook. Both dropped out.
Read more
Lockheed Martin GMLRS Alternative Warhead Logs Successful Flight-Test Series, Shifts To Next Testing Phase
[image: HIMARS firing]Lockheed Martin successfully conducted the fifth and
final Production Qualification Test (PQT) for the new Guided Multiple
Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead recently at White Sands
Missile Range, N.M.
During the long-range test, four rockets were fired from a HIMARS launcher
and destroyed their respective targets approximately 65 kilometers away.
The test is the final milestone before the Developmental Test/Operational
Test (DT/OT) phase, which incorporates soldiers into the system testing.
The DT/OT phase will begin this summer and will conclud... more »
U.S. drone strike in Yemen kills New Zealander and Australian
[image: MQ-9 Reaper]The controversial deadly drone strikes by the Obama
administration are likely to come under more intense attack than ever now
with reports of foreign citizens killed by a drone attack in Yemen.
A U.S. drone strike has killed a New Zealander and Australian in Yemen
reported Al Jazeera on April 16, 2014.
It has been confirmed that a citizen from each country has been killed in
U.S. strikes in Yemen.
Read more
NATO Boosts Military Presence Amid Russian Threat
[image: NATO E-3A Sentry]NATO is strengthening its military footprint along
its eastern border immediately in response to Russia's aggression in
Ukraine, the alliance's chief said Wednesday.
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said NATO's air policing aircraft
will fly more sorties over the Baltic region and allied warships will
deploy to the Baltic Sea, the eastern Mediterranean and elsewhere if needed.
"We will have more planes in the air, more ships on the water and more
readiness on the land," Fogh Rasmussen told reporters in Brussels,
declining to give exact troop figures.
... more »
Happy Easter 2014 To All
*Translation: Happy Easter Dear Friends*
*Happy Easter to all who visit my blog.Glad Påsk till alla.Lovely weekend
to all who are not of this tradition.*
Best wishes,
Mike
F-35 Fighter to Make Overseas Airshow Debut This Summer
[image: F-35B Lightning II]Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter will make its overseas airshow debut this summer in the U.K. as
part of efforts to boost foreign sales of the jet and offset near-term cuts
in U.S. purchases and cuts by some international partners.
The F-35, the Pentagon’s most expensive conventional-weapons program, is
due to make appearances in July at the Farnborough International Airshow,
and another event at the Fairford military airfield, the U.K. defense
ministry said on Wednesday.
Boosting production rates is viewed by the Pentagon and its contract... more »
Navy Plan to Halt MH-60 Buy Rattles Sikorsky
[image: MH-60 Seahawk]The U.S. Navy’s plan to cut short a multi-year deal
for maritime helicopters may have serious implications for Sikorsky
Aircraft Corp., as well as the military and the broader defense industry, a
company official said.
For instance, the deal doesn’t just include the sea service. In July 2012,
both the Army and Navy inked the five-year, $8.5 billion contract with the
subsidiary of Hartford, Conn.-based United Technologies Corp.
The agreement called for the services to buy at least 653 helicopters
through December 2017, including a mix of UH-60M Black Hawks and H... more »
Indonesian Navy set to have domestically built frigate in 2016
[image: Sigma 10514 corvette]The Indonesian Navy will soon have its own
domestically made frigate when the construction of the PKR 10514
guided-missile destroyer escort is completed in 2016.
Navy chief of staff Adm. Marsetio led a keel laying ceremony for the PKR,
which the navy classifies as a frigate, at the state-owned shipbuilder PT
PAL Indonesia in Surabaya on Wednesday. The warship is being built under
the supervision of Dutch shipbuilder Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
(DSNS).
“The PKR frigate will have the modern surface warfare capabilities being
equipped with [anti-ship]... more »
Lafayette scandal ruling finalized; Kuo to return NT$10.4 billion
[image: Lafayette class frigate]The Supreme Court yesterday finalized
former Navy Captain Kuo Li-heng's (郭力恆) verdict, ruling that Kuo should
serve 15 years in prison, pay a fine of NT$200 million and return NT$10.4
billion in illegal income to the country over the procurement of
Lafayette-class frigates from France in the 1990s.
The verdict can not be appealed.
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office (TDPO) said, however, that unless
Kuo commits another crime he likely will not need to serve his prison term
in accordance with the Criminal Code.
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Lockheed to continue torpedo maintenance
[image: Mk-48 torpedo maintenance]A $10 million contract has been given to
Lockheed Martin by the U.S. Navy to continue supporting the readiness of
MK-48 torpedoes.
The contract from Naval Sea Systems Command exercises the first option of a
2013 award, Lockheed said, and brings that award’s value to more than $18
million.
“The key to this program’s success is our strong partnership with the U.S.
Navy," said Dr. Rob Smith, vice president of C4ISR for Lockheed Martin
Information Systems & Global Solutions.
Read more
HMCS Chicoutimi One Step Closer to Returning to Operations, Navy Says – Dive Planned For Today
[image: HMCS Chicoutimi]Her Majesty’s Canadian Submarine (HMCS) Chicoutimi
is under tow to Ogden Point, near Victoria Harbour today, where it is
expected to conduct a camber dive.
This is a key moment in the submarine’s Extended Docking Work Period, begun
in 2010 as the first ever performed by industry under the Victoria
In-service Support Contract.
The camber dive is also a key early stepping stone in Chicoutimi’s return
to the fleet, expected later this year, as it advances through an
exhaustive test and trial program.
Read more
Bitcoin Updates April 16 , 2014 -- SecondMarket Officially Launches Institutional Bitcoin Exchange ...... Price of Bitcoin Tops $500 as China Fears Subside , PBOC Deadline Day: Business as Usual for BTC China ....... Mt. Gox Files for Liquidation Defunct Bitcoin Exchange Gives Up On Plan to Rebuild , potential buyer gives CNBC interview..... Neo & Bee CEO Brewster tries to prove innocence in public letter
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
SecondMarket Officially Launches
Institutional Bitcoin Exchange
Daniel Cawrey (@danielcawrey) | Published on April 16, 2014 at 20:45 BST |
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New York-basedSecondMarket is informing investors that its
professional-level bitcoin exchange service is available for institutional
traders.
The company had previously confirmed it would launch a US-regulated
exchange by summer. That effort is still ongoing, and will be separate from
the SecondMarket brand acccording to Barry Silbert:
“This is not the digital... more »
Navy delays submarine commissioning, says more work needed
[image: USS North Dakota]The Navy on Wednesday said it would delay the
commissioning of the North Dakota, a new Virginia-class submarine that was
due to enter active service on May 31, to carry out more design work and
resolve quality problems with certain components.
The submarine, built jointly by General Dynamics Corp and Huntington
Ingalls Industries, is returning to drydock for the additional work,
according to the submarine's Facebook site. It said no new commissioning
date had been set.
Colleen O'Rourke, spokeswoman for Naval Sea Systems Command, said the Navy
decided to del... more »
North Sea Boats (PT. Lundin) and SAAB working on an improved 63m FMPV Trimaran
[image: SAAB booth during DSA 2014]At DSA 2014, the 14th Defence Services
Asia Exhibition and Conference currently held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia),
Indonesian shipyard North Sea Boats (PT. Lundin) and SAAB are showing an
updated model of the 63m FMPV Trimaran design ordered by the Indonesian
Navy.
Talking to Navy Recognition during DSA 2014, a SAAB representative
explained that the Swedish company is planning to fit its new Sea Giraffe
1X 3D radar higher up in the mast for better radar coverage and less
limitation because of the curvature of the Earth.
This is possible because the... more »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery Day 39 April 15 , 2014 -- MH370 Tragedy: US denies MH370 'cover-up' ..... A SURPRISE ATTACK? China's military newspaper likens missing MH370 to Pearl Harbor ........ The US Embassy here, in an email to the New Straits Times, said claims that MH370 was hidden somewhere in its island military base, Diego Garcia, were also wild allegations ..... Malaysia jet search area too deep for submarine , MH370 Tragedy: Search resumes
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Never believe something until it's officially denied .......
New Straits Times....
15 April 2014| last updated at 10:48AM
MH370 Tragedy: US denies MH370 'cover-up'
By TASNIM LOKMAN | news@nst.com.my
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RIDICULOUS: It's just baseless conspiracy theories, says US embassy official
KUALA LUMPUR: WASHINGTON has strongly refuted all allegations of a cover-up
in the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight
MH370.
As discussions, including on social media, on United States purported role
behind the Boeing jetliner going missing continue ... more »
US GITMO Detainee Killed in Syria While Leading NATO-backed Death Squad
[image: 896678634]*April 17, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The Long War
Journal reported in its post, “Former Guantanamo detainee killed while
leading jihadist group in Syria,” that:
*Ibrahim Bin Shakaran, a Moroccan who spent more than three years at the
Guantanamo Bay detention facility before being released to Moroccan
custody, has been killed while leading a jihadist group that fights Syrian
government forces.*
*Bin Shakaran, who is also known as Abu Ahmad al Maghribi, Abu Ahmad al
Muhajir, and Brahim Benchekroune, was “martyred, Insha’Allah, in battles
for Hilltop # 45 in... more »
WHY IS NETANYAHU PUSSYING UP TO PUTIN?
Just a quick thought today. It seems that Americas are a bit upset with
Netanyahu at the moment and its not just about the peace talks with the
Palestinians breaking down. Apparently Netanyahu has adopted a neutral
stance over the Ukraine crisis.
One has to wonder why.
One really good reason I can think of is because Netanyahu doesn’t want to
upset Putin because he doesn’t want to give Putin an excuse to provide
sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. Russia has already cancelled
the S300 missile sale to Iran but could just as easily reinstate the order
if Israel decided to... more »
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*BP oil spill cleanup will continue, Coast Guard tells state coastal
authority ~Mark Schleifstein*
*James Gill: Fair Grounds not what it used to be*
*City, sheriff's office reach settlement on Death Jail consent decree*
*Could the Bible become the new "State Book" of Louisiana? ~WVUE*
*Decades-old Lakeshore Drive weekend motorist ban lifted ~WWLTV*
*Neil DeGrasse Tyson at Tulane ~NOLA-dishu*
*Today in New Orleans ~NOLA DEFENDER*
*Rep the Who Dat Nation at Earth Day!*
[image: https://nolaearthdayfest.wordpress.com/]
~Check out the Silent Auction tent for all the Saints memorabilia th... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“In the 1920s, examining photographic plates from the Mt. Wilson
Observatory's 100 inch telescope, Edwin Hubble determined the distance to
the Andromeda Nebula, decisively demonstrating the existence of other
galaxies far beyond the Milky Way. His notations are evident on the
historic plate image inset at the lower right, shown in context with ground
based and Hubble Space Telescope images of the region made nearly 90 years
later. By intercomparing different plates, Hubble searched for novae, stars
which underwent a sudden increase in brightness. He found several on this
plate and m... more »
Curiosity and Answers From Afar, A Christy Clucking Clark LNG Fable
*Written by Grant G*
Glen Clark in the late 90s told the media that "*British Columbia will have
three aluminum smelters, count em three" ...*Glen Clark`s musings didn`t
actually work out too well*.....*Gordon Campbell sold dozens of BC Rivers
to BC Liberal party donors and insiders in the independent power game,
Gordon Campbell told our media and the public that British Columbia was
going to be an electrical exporting superpower, again, Gordon Campbell`s
musings didn`t have the desired effect either, in fact now because of
Gordon Campbell`s Liberals BC Hydro is now bankrupt and ... more »
Easter Week, 4: Surely There Are Better Stories to Tell?
*Today’s reflection on the celebrations of Easter Week, and their source…*
In Pagan times you see, Easter was the time in the Northern calendar when
the coming of spring was celebrated -- the celebration of new life, of
coming fecundity. Hence the eggs and rabbits and celebrations of
fertility. Indeed, the very word "Easter" comes from Eos, the Greek goddess
of the dawn, and means, symbolically, the festival celebrating the rebirth
of light after the darkness of winter.
But with the coming of Christianity, the celebration was hijacked to become
this veneration of torture and sa... more »
Arivaca Arizona rises up against occupying army of Border Patrol
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Arivaca rises up against Occupying Army of Border Patrol!
Censored News: The mighty folks of Arivaca, Arizona, have once again
risen up against the Occupying Army of the Border Patrol. Some of you
might remember when the good folks of Arivaca flew kites around the US
spy towers to mess with them. The spy towers were pointed at their
homes. There's lots of artists and mellow folks out
Rosebud Lakotas aren't selling gas to TransCanada trucks!
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe in South Dakota halted its first megaload and directed its
businesses to prohibit the purchase of fuel to anything that transports
material affiliated with the TransCanada XL tarsands pipeline!
Also see: Rosebud halts megaload
Lakota Voice: Rosebud counts first coup on megaload:
http://lakotavoice.com/2014/04/15/rosebud-sioux-tribe-counts-first-coup-on-megaloads/
What A Grassroots Progressive Blueprint For America Sounds Like Far, Far From The Beltway-- OH-06
We've written a few posts here and there about Steve Israel's worst
recruit
of the 2014 cycle, Jennifer Garrison, an anti-Choice, anti-environment,
homophobic fanatic who has been embraced by the DC Blue Dogs and by
others
from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. We haven't done as
muchabout Garrison's progressive primary opponent, Greg Howard, mostly
because
he is relatively new to the field of battle. Progressives in eastern and
southern Ohio didn't mobilize to find a real Democrat until early in
2014,
long after Garrison assumed she had wrapped up the nomination (having
... more »
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*Dozens pack tense meeting on fracking in Mandeville ~WWLTV*
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*Unending false prophecies*
*With their huge record of failure, no aware person could respect the
latest lot of climate disaster prognostications*
The Boston Globe noted on April 16, 2014: “The world now has a rough
deadline for action on climate change. Nations need to take aggressive
action in the next 15 years to cut carbon emissions, in order to forestall
the worst effects of global warming, says the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change.”
Once again, the world is being warned of an ecological or climate “tipping
point” by the UN.
In 1982, the UN issued a two decade tippin... more »
METRO EVENT | Rag Blog ‘Highbrow Happy Hour’ features literary hotshots Barrios & Zigal
Event: Rag Blog ‘Highbrow Happy Hour’ Date: Friday, April 25, 2014 Time:
5-8 p.m. Place: El Mercado Address: 1302 S. 1st Street, Austin Special
Guests: Writers Gregg Barrios & Thomas Zigal Sponsor: Friends of New
Journalism AUSTIN — The Rag … finish reading *METRO EVENT* | Rag Blog
‘Highbrow Happy Hour’ features literary hotshots Barrios & Zigal
“The Descent Of Man”
*“The Descent Of Man”*
Has Human intelligence been on an intellectual and
emotional decline since its peak thousands of years ago?
by Steve Connor
"Is the human species doomed to intellectual decline? Will our intelligence
ebb away in centuries to come leaving our descendants incapable of using
the technology their ancestors invented? In short: will Homo be left
without his sapiens? This is the controversial hypothesis of a leading
geneticist who believes that the immense capacity of the human brain to
learn new tricks is under attack from an array of genetic mutations that
have ac... more »
"Always Been Sane..."
"As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you
create morbidity. Indigenous humans have always been sane because they have
always been mystic. They permit the twilight."
- G. K. Chesterton
The Daily "Near You?"
Ft. Worth, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, "Free As A Bird"
*"Free As A Bird"*
by Chet Raymo
"All afternoon I have been watching a pair of hummingbirds play about our
porch. They live somewhere nearby, though I haven't found their nest. They
are attracted to our hummingbird feeder, which we keep full of sugar water.
What perfect little machines they are! No other bird can perform their
tricks of flight - flying backwards, hovering in place. Zip. Zip. From
perch to perch in a blur of iridescence. If you want a symbol of freedom,
the hummingbird is it. Exuberant. Unpredictable. A streak of pure fun. It
is the speed, of course, that gives the ... more »
"The Champ"
*"The Champ"*
by CoyotePrime
Ding, ding, ding... you hear the bell for the start of the fight, hear the
crowd, noisy, excited to see this rematch between you and Life. You’re
here, and still the Champ, right? Fought this guy many times before, always
beat him, too, though you took many a beating yourself in the process, each
fight a little tougher, taking a little more out of you each time. You meet
in the center of the ring... damn, has this guy grown somehow? He looks
bigger, more muscled, and has a real confident look in his eye. So what?
You’re the Champ, still standing, righ... more »
Rumi, "The Tavern,"
"All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from,
and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from
elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. Who looks out
with my eyes? What is the soul? I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one
sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. I didn't
come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me
here, will have to take me home."
- Rumi, "The Tavern," Ch. 1:, p. 2, from "The Essential Rumi"
What happened that day . . .
*by Ken*
The first thing I remember hearing as I regained consciousness was somebody
asking somebody else if the somebody else had heard about what happened in
Boston. What with my still-woozy state and the time it took to be moved to
someplace where I had even minimal media accesst, it must have taken me
awhile to piece together what-happened-in-Boston that day, a year ago
yesterday, but in the days that followed I had an inoridnate amount of face
time with the talking TV, so along with everyone else I was able to glean
the occasional bits of news out of the 95 percent that could... more »
George Carlin, “The American Dream”
*STRONG LANGUAGE ALERT!*
George Carlin, “The American Dream”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14SllPPLxY
"An Inconvenient Truth"
*"An Inconvenient Truth"*
by Karl Denninger
"We're better than those damned Russians and their Putin; we have
democracy! Well, maybe not. "Multivariate analysis indicates that economic
elites and organized groups representing business interests have
substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average
citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent
influence. The results provide substantial support for theories of Economic
Elite Domination and for theories of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories
of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy or Maj... more »
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METRO PAGE | Beverly Baker Moore reports that ‘Life goes on at Austin’s
Death Café.’
METRO | Life goes on at Austin’s Death Café
Death Cafés are a community-based response to a mass media-plagued modern
American culture that has no place for end-of-life discussion. By Beverly
Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2014 AUSTIN — Death Café is a
nation-wide salon … finish reading *METRO* | Life goes on at Austin’s Death
Café
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*Live blog: Senate committee considers bill giving governor more control
over levee board ~Tyler Bridges, The Lens*
*Southeast Authority bill rewritten, gives more power to Jindal ~Marsha
Shuler, The Advocate*
Measles outbreak traced to fully vaccinated individual
This is not the first time I have blogged on this topic .There have been
cases of polio vaccines spreading polio. Flu vaccines can also spread the
flu and the rotavirus vaccine can also spread the virus through feces
expression
Never mind the fact that rotavirus vaccine in Canada and the US is
contaminated with Pig DNA
More on these subjects here- Rotavirus vaccines: Problems with Pig virus
contamination & conflicts of interest & GSK Rotavirus vaccine contaminated
with Pig virus
** -The Virus & the Vaccine- Cancer causing monkey virus & contaminated
polio vaccine**
That book is h... more »
Rick Ayers : Crimea, Obama, and the nostalgia for World War I
The poet Wilfred Owen had the courage to look reality in the face. What can
he tell us? By Rick Ayers | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2014 It is fitting
that President Obama should quote the poem “In … finish reading Rick Ayers:
Crimea, Obama, and the nostalgia for World War I
Saturday In The Park
It was a gray morning and not conducive to photography but Southern Man's
redbuds have *finally* bloomed. They always wait two weeks after the other
redbuds bud out and make him think that they didn't make it...
We planted dozens and dozens of trees fifteen years ago and tended them and
watered them and then one hot, hot summer Southern Man went out to The Land
and they were *all* gone - eaten to the ground by deer or beavers or
something. But these three redbuds came back from the roots. All three are
native, harvested from a friend's estate. None of the store-bought trees
made ... more »
The Economy: “The Great Keynesian Fraud”
*“The Great Keynesian Fraud” *
by Bill Bonner
“Economics has been called the "dismal science." But even that is merely
fraud and flattery. Economics is dismal, but it isn't science. At best it
is merely voyeurism – peeping in people's windows as they go about their
business and trying to figure out what they are doing. At worst, it is
pompous theorizing about how to get the schmucks to do better.
We doubt that you are especially interested in economics, dear reader. We
know we are not. But we can't resist a good comedy... or a good opportunity
to point and giggle. We keep our eye ... more »
The Rime of the BBC Reporter
Apropos of nothing (to put it mildly), there was a report on today's *The
World at One *about the Conservative Party's apparent problems with ethnic
minority voters from BBC political reporter Iain Watson. It came from the
marginal seat of Croydon Central.
BBC Iain went there because Croydon "has a long history as an ethnically
diverse borough". Or so he said.
His evidence for which was provided by the music playing in the background
of his report's opening seconds - *Hiawatha's Wedding Feast *by the black,
Croydon-based composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912).
Unfortunatel... more »
308-MH370 - the saga of political expediency and top level conspiracy
Jane Doe A.C.T (Airline Crashes Truth) Movement
(developing story – last updated on 21 March 2014)
100. Ever since the “News of the World” scandal broke in 2011 (following
revelations of unscrupulous hacking and spying), people have become more
aware of the fact that mainstream media journalists are not as professional
and incorruptible as they were made up to be. Journalists used to report
the news, not make them.
101. The military, DHS, TSA and other quasi-governmental transport
(including airport security) agencies are supposed to make air travel safe.
Not play Russian Roulett... more »
Despite Beltway Pundits, Matt Miller Will Never WIn A Congressional Seat
Henry Waxman's district, CA-33, is solidly blue. The PVI is D+11 and, with
only a tiny African-America population (3.3%) Obama beat McCain 64-34% and
beat Romney 61-37% 4 years later. With Waxman retiring, there are, at last
count-- James Graf having just pulled out-- 9 Democrats running. With
Republican turnout always better than Democratic turnout to begin with and
the 9 Democrats splitting the DEmocratic vote up among themselves, it looks
like one of the slots in the June 3 primary may well go to one of the GOP
crackpots running, Elan Carr. And that's without even factoring in
... more »
What a coincidence? A disaster on the 1st and 102nd anniversary of Boston Bombing & Titanic respectively.
-by Amin Fasei.
How often do you make a prediction and it happens right on que? Seems like
the KZB (Khazar-Jews Zionist Banksters) are truly desperate. Normally there
is a cooling period between successive wave of disasters. Could the house
of cards that Rothschild built be close to its final collapse? Desperation
shows. Their days are numbered. The number patterns are all over the place.
Easter Greetings...
*April 17, 2014* (New Eastern Outlook)
The world is what we make of it.
Regardless of our differences, we have many similarities, including our
desire for peace and prosperity. Understanding our differences and our
similarities allows us to move forward together, creating a vibrant,
colorful tapestry made by the very best we have within.
Happy Easter from the editorial board of New Eastern Outlook.
*Audio: The song is "We are singing to you," composed by Sergei
Rachmaninoff. Performed by the Dzvinochok Boys Choir. *
Quote of the Day: Your Money is Your Life
*"Time is our most precious resource, and most of us invest a third or more
of it into productive work so that we can support our lives and make our
hopes and dreams a reality. Every penny we earn represents some
irreplaceable part of our life — and every penny [and every minute] the
government takes from us represents a moment stolen from our life."*
- Don Watkins, “Your Money is Your Life”
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Back when Ronald Reagen termed the Soviet Union "the evil empire," Paul Craig Roberts was his Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for policy. Now in the 21st Century Roberts sees the US as the evil empire and hopes that Russia will realize this in time to avert a nuclear World War III on the centenial of WW I.
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*Washington Drives The World To War — Paul Craig Roberts*
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Washington Drives The World To War
Paul Craig Roberts
The CIA director was sent to Kiev to launch a military suppression of the
Russian separatists in the eastern and southern portions of Ukraine, former
Russian territories for the most part that were foolishly attached to the
Ukraine in the early years of Soviet rule.
Washing... more »
Roxanna Elden’s Excellent See Me After Class
Rereading the second edition of Roxanna Elden’s See Me After Class is just
as much fun as the first read. And it begins with one of the best and
truest endorsements I have seen. Dave Berry says, “You know how you’ve
always thought if you were a teacher you would go insane? Well, this very
[…]
Hold on, this could be serious! (A Rule 5 and probably NSFW post)
There's a lot of bad news and evil in the world but this news is
potentially really serious:
*Kate Upton wants to have smaller breasts!!!*
“I wish I had smaller boobs every day of my life as I love to wear
spaghetti tops braless or go for the smallest bikini designs. Every single
day, I’m like, ‘Oh, man, it would be so much easier,’ especially if people
didn’t constantly bring them up. If only they were a little more like…
earrings. If I could just take them off like they were clip-ons... I know I
say I wish I had smaller boobs - and that's true because at least twice a
day I wish t... more »
Repetition, hesitation and repetition
The theme of this morning's *Something Understood *(Radio 4, Sunday) was
repetition.
It began with 17th Century composer Johann Pachelbel's famous *Canon*, in
which a variety of evolving melodies unfold over a constantly repeated
pattern of eight notes. Presenter John McCarthy (who knows more than most
people about repetitive days) then noted that our days are full of
repetition. We get up, eat breakfast, go to work, come home, chat to the
family, eat a meal, cruise the internet, watch TV and go to bed. Like those
eight notes underpinning Pachelbel's *Canon,* these daily doings p... more »
Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama: Don't approve Keyston XL Pipeline
I believe Jimmy Carter was one of the best presidents U.S ever had. I
suppose nice guy finishes last. Too bad he did not win the second term. He
is giving a great advice to Obama.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks during an interview on
Monday March 24, 2014 in New York. Carter said Monday that he doesn't
support the Palestinian-led "boycott, divest, sanction" campaign against
Israel but said products made in Israel-occupied Palestinian territories
should be clearly labeled so buyers can make a choice about them.
(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Read more here
Front page headline in today’s Times!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014*
*Journalistic scruples disappear:* This pair of headlines appears in
today’s hard-copy New York Times. In fact, they appear at the top of this
morning’s front page:
*Russia Is Quick To Bend Truth About Ukraine*
Bluster and Hyperbole for Home Audience
We don’t doubt that those headlines are accurate. That said:
Journalistic relativism disappears fast when some *other* country is
bending the truth about a foreign adventure.
Probing and pranging
In a former blogging life (at *Beeb Bias Craig* and *Biased BBC*), I might
have posted something tonight about how Sky News is prominently featuring
the headline* Ed Balls Facing Police Probe Over Car Prang* on its website,
adding that it's one of their Top 10 stories.
I'd then have gone on to note that the BBC website *doesn't* feature the
story among its main headlines at all, merely relegating it to its Politics
page with the headline [visible from its home page] *Police probe Ed Balls
car prang*.
I'd then have pointed out that the Sky headline makes it crystal clear that
Ed... more »
Making Reading Fit Today's Lifestyle
Is it a surprise that men read less in today’s channel hopping, multimedia,
time poor environment? Are we really shocked to find that some 63% of men
polled in a recent UK survey said that they prefer to spend time on the
internet or watch the big screen version of a book? Many claim to blame a
lack of time, whilst 20% stated that they find it difficult or don’t enjoy
reading.
So what is the industry response and reaction to the news from the study
commissioned by the Reading Agency conducted by OnePoll which polled some
2,000 UK men and women?
Some believe that the answer lies i... more »
Companies Start Recovering Costs From Iraq’s Majnoon Oil Field With Exports In April 2014
The Majnoon field, which stretches across Iraq’s Basra and Maysan
provinces, had its first exports to Shell's trading company in April 2014.
Majnoon is one of the giant fields in the south, which the Oil Ministry is
hoping will eventually be the basis for a huge increase in petroleum
production. Royal Dutch Shell is developing the field with Malaysia’s
Petronas and the Iraqi government holding minority stakes. Like its
brethren Majnoon has run into a series of problems that have delayed it
reaching its marks, all signs that Iraq will likely not meet its lofty
goals.
(*Energy-Ped... more »
The Realist Report - Dr. Kevin MacDonald & John de Nugent
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by *Dr.
Kevin MacDonald*. Dr. MacDonald and I will be discussing White pathology
and the future of White people in America and around the world. In the
second hour, *John de Nugent* and I will be discussing the alleged shooting
purportedly carried out by Glenn Miller in Kansas City.
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:
- *Diversity is Strength! It's Also... Raci... more »
Untitled
FRONT PAGE | See Rag Radio interview with Austin school trustee and East
Austin community activist, Rev. Dr. Jayme Mathias.
April 16: It starts on p.1....
Go to the bottom of page 1 of Section A. "Proposed high school changes are
discussed".
I have spent my life in education. So I read that rather long story. And I
haven't the faintest idea what it's about.
Okay. They're changing the curriculum. Why? It doesn't say. Exactly how are
they changing it? Well, there's new numbers on some of the courses The only
clue as to what it's all about is to "improve student achievement". (Well,
I never thought it was to worsen student achievement.") But what do they
mean by student achievement?
Well - it's to score higher marks on standardized tes... more »
Frank Bruni’s questions for Howard Stern!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014*
*The undying law of the guild:* One of our craziest citizens killed three
people this weekend.
At the start of yesterday’s column, Frank Bruni reviewed the carnage. In
the process, he asked a pair of questions which we found revealing:
BRUNI (4/15/14): Most of the hate crimes in the United States don’t take
the fatal form that the shootings in Kansas over the weekend did, and most
aren’t perpetrated by villains as bloated with rage and blinded by
conspiracy theories as the person accused in this case, Frazier Glenn
Miller. He’s an extreme, not an emblem.... more »
When a Loss for the Republican Party Is a Gain for the Radicals Within (Pay for Performance? It Depends on the Measuring Stick)
What Digby says: As the conservative movement godfather Richard
Viguerie likes to say: Sometimes a loss for the Republican Party is a gain
for conservatives. Often, a little taste of liberal Democrats in power is
enough to remind the voters what they don’t like about liberal Democrats
and to focus the minds of Republicans on the principles that really matter.
That’s why the conservative
Rand Paul, The GOP Nominee? Over Dick Cheney's Dead Body
Two wings, one grand old party
Bret Stephens is a deputy editor of the radical right editorial page of the *Wall
Street Journal*. Before that he was the editor-in-chief of the *Jerusalem
Post*. No telling when his bigotry made him one of America's most vile
smear artists. Is column Monday was well-written, a well-written diatribe
against poor Rand Paul, who the Cheney wing of the Republican Party,
Stephens' wing, fear could somehow win the next-to-worthless Republican
nomination against Hillary. He comes right out, dripping with sarcasm, to
warn that nominating Paul will give the Rep... more »
來自美國：這是廢話：由美國白人顯示瘋狂的偏執！ 或者：如果你是非洲裔美國人：這個怎麼樣？
http://barbaradiamond.blogspot.com/2013/05/blog-post.html
或者：如果你是非洲裔美國人：這個怎麼樣？
Mike's Suicidal Tendencies
*By Jenna Orkin*
In response to the internet sages who have concluded, in the face of all
known evidence from the people who were most in...timately familiar with
him as well as with the admittedly real dangers that had faced him over the
course of his life as an investigative journalist, that Mike did not kill
himself but was in fact murdered, his suicidal ideation goes back at least
eight years. As a small example, below are excerpts from a few of his
emails sent from Venezuela in 2006. In addition, he would call at any and
all hours to be talked out of jumping from the roof or ... more »
Our basic reactions to Chait’s famous piece!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014*
*Overwrought overstatements on race:* In our view, Jonathan Chait got
dunked in the pond on Sunday’s Harris-Perry program.
For background, see yesterday’s post.
That said, we weren’t crazy about the piece for which the professors tore
Chait up. Here’s some reasons why:
Chait wrote a cover piece for New York magazine about—well, what the heck
*was* his piece about? It appears beneath these headlines:
*The Color of His Presidency*
Optimists hoped Obama would usher in a new age of racial harmony.
Pessimists feared a surge in racial strife. Neither was rig... more »
Mariann G. Wizard : VERSE | Stronger and More Dangerous
By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2014 Stronger and More
Dangerous: April 20, 2014 I read it in the newsfeeds, I hear it all the
time: the marijuana grown today is not the same as … finish reading Mariann
G. Wizard :
*VERSE* | Stronger and More Dangerous
SWITCHING SIDES
Kiev’s military faced off with protesters in east Ukraine on Wednesday to
sort out their differences…and found none. Soldiers appeared reluctant to
go into battle against anti-government activists.
When Ukrainian Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) entered downtown
Kramatorsk as part of Kiev’s military operation against anti-government
protesters in the east of the country, they were stopped in their tracks,
surrounded by crowds of local residents.
One YouTube video of what happened next shows a woman coming to a soldier
with the reproach: “*You are the army, you must protect the p... more »
Joining The Club?
Dan Nexon argues that efforts to have Ukraine join NATO could be self
defeating: Moscow’s greatest fear is that Ukraine winds up a member of
NATO. The more that NATO suggests it views Ukraine as worthy of military
confrontation, the more Moscow will become convinced that an autonomous
Ukraine — rump or otherwise — will
Continue reading
Mike Ruppert: His Life and Legacy
*"I will tell you Director Deutch, that as a former Los Angeles Police
Narcotics Detective, that the Agency has dealt drugs throughout this
country for a very long time..." - 1996*
*Mike Ruppert & Peak Oil*
By Ian R. Crane
*I have learned recently that Mike Ruppert was taken seriously ill in
Venezuela and is now recuperating in Canada. It’s very sad to hear of
Mike’s predicament and wish him a full and speedy recovery. I suspect that
Mike has for some time now realised that he is caught up in a web of
intrigue which goes far beyond anything he ever dreamed of when he ’signed
... more »
"I Will Not Weaponize Space."
*"I Will Not Weaponise Space."*
*Senator Barack H. Obama, 2007*
*“I’m the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And
as president I will end it. *
*Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending. I
will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not
weaponize space. I will slow our development of future combat systems. And
I will institute an independent “Defense Priorities Board” to ensure that
the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary
spending. *
*Third, I will set a goal of a world withou... more »
ODDS & ENDS
- It took me 12 hours to get home yesterday from Toronto. Time has new
meaning as travel becomes even more problematic.... airline corporations
are cutting corners and wild weather is disrupting schedules.
- My hosts in Toronto were long-time activists Judy and Jim Deutsch.
Jim was a radical student at Columbia University during the 60's student
occupation of the administration building. He was there when Columbia
Professor Seymour Melman (father of economic conversion) crawled through
the window in an attempt to join with the students. Apparently ... more »
Good Americans - by John Judge
Almost since its inception, the successful revolution in the Soviet Union
in 1917 came under attack.[1] The Romanov family was spirited Fut of the
country, along with the royal treasury.[2] The monarchists, the White
Russian counter-revolutionaries, and the colonial powers of France,
Germany, England, and even the United States saw the great wealth of Russia
as a prize worth regaining or winning.
From 1918 to 1932, that royal treasury, as well as funds from rich
monarchist families, international investors, and U.S. investors led by
President Herbert Hoover, poured into the secret... more »
Press release from @whitehouse shows some promise for public schools. Seriously.
Just released from the Office of the Press Secretary, American Job Training
Investments: Skills and Jobs to Build a Stronger Middle Class. In a
nutshell: Today, as part of this effort, the President and Vice President
are announcing new federal investments using existing funds to support
job-driven training, like apprenticeships, that will expand partnerships
with industry, […]
THE 77 PERCENT CONFUSION: Observing a basic bone-simple distinction!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014*
*Interlude—Are journalists up to the task:* How much less do women get paid
for doing the same or equal work?
On a sweeping societal basis, it isn’t easy to say.
In the court case which became famous, it was fairly easy to say how less
Lilly Ledbetter got paid, as compared to men in her office who held the
same position. According to the Supreme Court record, Ledbetter was making
$3,727 per month, while men doing the same job were being paid between
$4,286 to $5,236 per month.
It isn’t obvious that this would be wrong in every imaginable case. People ... more »
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