1964... 'Dr.-Strangelove' (Photo credit: x-ray delta one)How the West Gassed Thousands to Death in Damascus
*April 19, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The bombshell report by Pulitzer
Prize-winning veteran journalist Seymour Hersh titled, “The Red Line and
the Rat Line,” contains many shocking revelations for those following the
West’s version of reality regarding the Syrian conflict. It particularly
sheds new light on the August 2013 chemical attack that left over a
thousand dead (US estimates) and thousands more affected.
It reveals that not only was the Syrian government not behind the attack,
but that it was a false flag operation designed specifically to serve as an
impetus for We... more »
Urban Gadabout: Coming up -- Wolfe Walkers spring walks, World of the #7 Train, Jane's Walk Weekend
*The No. 7 train to Flushing here has its most dramatic view of the
Manhattan skyline. Jack Eichenbaum is doing this year's version of his
"signature tour," the all-day "World of the #7 Train," on May 31 (see
below).*
*by Ken*
I mentioned recently that I did a pre-Passover tour with Justin Ferate to
the heart of Chassidic Brooklyn -- to the worldwide nerve center of Chabad
Lubavitch, on and around Kingston Avenue below Eastern Parkway in Crown
Heights South. It was the first tour on Justin's Wolfe Walkers Spring 2014
Calendar. (You can download the Spring 2014 brochure here.) Whe... more »
“The Strangelove Effect”
*“The Strangelove Effect”*
by John Pilger
“I watched “Dr. Strangelove” the other day. I have seen it perhaps a dozen
times; it makes sense of senseless news. When Major T.J. “King” Kong goes
“toe to toe with the Rooskies” and flies his rogue B52 nuclear bomber to a
target in Russia, it’s left to General “Buck” Turgidson to reassure the
President. Strike first, says the general, and “you got no more than 10 to
20 million killed, tops.”
President Merkin Muffley: “I will not go down in history as the greatest
mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler.”
General Turgidson: “Perhaps it might be ... more »
Rittrati Carichi Persiano: The ‘Loaded Portraits’ of Mohammad Ali Ziaei
With
wretched pencil to debase
Heaven’s favourite work, the human face,
To magnify and hold to shame
Each little blemish of our frame.
- The Marquess Townshend, 1773
Not since Tom Hachtman’s “DoubleTakes,” published in 1984, has there
been a motley collection of caricatures of notable public figures –
world leaders, celebrity personalities, all-star athletes, renowned
artists – so
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*Do as you're told ~Michael Gorman, Daily Comet *~*Oil and gas companies
are used to getting their way in our great state. And if you know what’s
good for you, you’ll sit down and take it. Lord knows if you make much of a
fuss, you will find yourself the target of smears by the industry and its
fawning lapdogs in state government.*
Citizen Jack's analysis of Michelle Rhee's recent mendaciousness
*"In an even more disturbing revelation heard on the tape Rhee laughs about
when the tape was removed hurting the children and some even started to
bleed." — John Kugler*
[image: Michelle Rhee has been caught in another series of lies.]"Jack," a
frequent commenter on Professor Ravitch's site, sent me the following
analysis in which he compares various sources on Michelle Rhee recent
deceitfulness. Jack's commentary takes the original guest post on *NYC
Educator*, combines it with other information from *The Frustrated Teacher*,
and makes several salient points. What struck me the ... more »
“Steepness” of Energetic pathways now increases
*“Steepness” of Energetic pathways now increases*
by ÉirePort
Suspended energetics are illuminated with full clarity and transparency for
all to view.
Standard correction protocols will no longer be useful to those desiring
release.
Effective correction strategies are available via consultation with Higher
Cosmic Source.
Cosmic signalings are in progress via newly opened and reconfigured
gateways.
Answers to ancient inquiries are surfacing and are apparent to all with
Higher Eyes.
"Steepness" of Energetic pathways now increases.
ÉirePort | April 19, 2014 at 12:36 am | Categor... more »
It's a tough moment for right-wing fake-news media -- time to change the subject?
*"We think just a look at a few of this week’s health-care related
headlines provides the best summary: the ACA is working." This is the
"bottom line" in this evening's ThinkProgress report, "The Thing Is
Working." (For working linnks, you'll have to visit the site.)*
*by Ken*
In a "Progress Report" post this evening, "This Thing Is Working," the crew
in the CAP War Room reports: "A Slew Of Good Health Care News Has
Conservatives On Their Heels," with news like "19 Million Americans
Covered," "Exchanges Working And Costs Down," and "Conservatives On
Defense."
On the latter front,... more »
Extremes of experience accompany Higher Cosmic Aligned Nova Gaia energetic grids
*Extremes of experience accompany Higher Cosmic Aligned Nova Gaia energetic
grids*
by ÉirePort
Extremes of experience accompany Higher Cosmic Aligned Nova Gaia energetic
grids.
Nothing escapes Illumination at this time.
Most strongly illumined, and most strongly affected, are dormant revert
energetic structures within human individuals, communities, and so-called
governmental bodies.
After initial flarings, conscious individuals, communities, and so-called
governmental bodies, learn to accept such, and release the revert
structures.
Predominance of heart connections becomes a... more »
Democrat-Republican Warmongers Unite to Crush Antiwar Rand Paul
Perhaps the greatest hoax in the toxic sewage lagoon that is the political
system of The Homeland circa 2014 is that there is no such thing as
bipartisanship. Bullshit! While the ongoing con job that is staged for
public consumption of the irreconcilable differences between Team Red
Elephant and Team Blue Jackass is what passes for conventional wisdom in
the state-corporate media and as such is eaten up by the rubes and
low-information types that comprise the vast majority of the American
electorate the truth is pretty clear to any who want to see. Both American
political parties (... more »
Guest post from teacher Mark Butler: Kicking the Common Core Football @parccinfo
On the surface it might seem confusing as to why Gov. Bobby Jindal (LA)
would suddenly come out in opposition to the PARCC assessment- and in doing
so, undermine the authority of State Superintendent, John White, Jr. Jindal
hand-picked White for Superintendent in January 2012, and has until this
recent turnabout, remained lockstep with him on […]
Rick Weiland-- Channelling Johnny Cash, George McGovern And Elizabeth Warren
Tuesday, Blue America-endorsed Rick Weiland, the prairie populist and
progressive candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota,
visited tiny Hudson (pop. 296). That made him the first candidate to have
ever visited every one of the state's 311 incorporated towns and cities.
And this morning he released a song about doing it.
Joined by his daughters, Taylor and Alex, and brother Ted, Rick re-worked
the Johnny Cash classic "I’ve Been Everywhere" (written by Geoff Mack in
1959). Weiland and his family like getting together and playing music-- his
son Nick shot the video--... more »
Shock news! 'Today' editor says BBC gets its about right on climate change
...still, there is one thing I can do tonight, blog-wise, that puts the
question 'Is the BBC biased?' back at the forefront of our attention, and
that's to transcribe part of Roger Bolton's *Feedback *interview with *Today
*editor Jamie Angus, namely the bit about the BBC's coverage of global
warming.
Please see what you make of it (though I can probably guess!):
*Roger Bolton*: I want to raise this question of balance, specifically in
relation to climate change. The programme has come in for some criticism,
particularly over a story in which *Today *interviewed Nigel Lawson, who'... more »
Timothy Egan gets it right!
*FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014*
*Names Sean Hannity’s name:* In this morning’s New York Times, Timothy Egan
penned a column about Cliven Bundy, our excessively thrifty rancher.
In many ways, Bundy’s slice of Nevada is our own eastern Ukraine. It’s hard
to maintain a sense of unity within the population of a vast continental
nation.
There will always be some people and groups who don’t feel like they’re
part of the game. Bundy’s comrades in the west “don’t recognize” the United
States government. There are those in eastern Ukraine who don’t recognize
Kiev.
We wouldn’t affirm every word i... more »
A good Good Friday
It was a lovely, sunny Friday today here in Morecambe, which is good -
especially as I was off work.
I took the family out for a walk towards Torrisholme Barrow, a Bronze Age
burial site with spectacular panoramic views, as they might say in tourist
brochures - if such brochures ever bothered to mention such things [which
in Morecambe they don't.]
As this Friday was Good Friday, the locals performed their annual
procession of the cross through the village of Torrisholme [a village that
pre-dates the Norman Conquest] up onto the barrow.
As they were coming back down we went up,... more »
Mike's Story
*Jenna Orkin*
Mike left us an abundance of gifts, not least of which was his story. As
an investigative journalist, he loved a good story even more keenly than
the next man. And perhaps the one he loved most (as we all do, or would
like to) was his own.
It was indeed a fascinating story, which goes some way to account for his
thousands of friends and followers around the world, both "Facebook" and
otherwise. Whether uncovering dirty dealings between politics and Wall
Street that even Matt Taibbi wouldn't touch or enduring the flip side, "I'm
done in; I'm about to jump off the r... more »
Sanction Threats, Imposition, and Protest
Editor’s note: a more detailed version of this post previously appeared on
my personal blog. If sanctions are to succeed as a tool of coercive
diplomacy, they must impose real costs on the target. Yet, in most cases,
they fail to do this—at least, directly. The economic costs tend to fall
disproportionately on the average
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Mohawk Nation News 'Canada threatens ancient Mohawk allies'
CANADA
THREATENS ANCIENT MOHAWK ALLIES
Posted on April 18, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
Please post & distribute.
MNN. Apr. 18, 2014. Corporation of Canada CEO Harper is sending 6 CF18s
and other weapons of mass destruction for NATO provocations against our
ancient allies, Russia. Russia is legally a longtime ally of the
Rotino’shonni:onwe/Iroquois Confederacy and its friends and allies on
My concise definition of institutional education
Institutionally imposed "study" is unpaid forced labour done by adults
and minors. It is as dehumanizing as any regime of forced labour, and it
is not only unpaid but it imposes life-long personal debt and health
deterioration. Its ancillary benefits (socializing) are only
tolerated as a necessary management allowance.
Links to Denis Rancourt's essays about the student condition and
Friday Nerd Blogging: Exceptional That Proves the Rule
I stopped collecting Spider-man long ago when it got all clone-tastic. I
tend to hate TV/movies/comic books that use clones in their plots.
However, there is one exception Orphan Black is back tomorrow night. Only
ten episodes last season so plenty of time to binge to catch up. Just
heaps of fun and some amazing
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April 18: Journalism and ethics
Yesterday, I gently disagreed with Norbert on the quality of BBC news; (he
regarded it as a world leader.) Last night, by chance, I came across the
BBC report on the Geneva talks on Ukraine.
It set the beginning of the crisis with the Russian annexation of Crimea.
In fact, almost all the western press begins with that annexation. And that
is propaganda and lying. The Russians annexed Ukraine for a reason. It was
because highly organized street mobs had overthrown the elected government
of Ukraine, replaced the government with, among others, neo-Naziis, and
were planning to join Ukra... more »
Ratings Changes-- From A "Leans Dem" Down To A "Tilts Dem"
Rich, conservative New Dem in trouble with the Democratic base back home…I
wonder why!
The Rothenberg Political Report (*Roll Call*) changed some of it's November
ratings today. Stuart Rothenberg's and Nathan Gonzales' Beltway-oriented
ratings changes are worthless. The silliest one day was moving Julia
Brownley's reelection contest (CA-26) from "safe" down a tick to "Democrat
favored." Either one is accurate in the real world but in their own world
it is a demotion. And what was it based on? It seems to be based entirely
on what the NRCC told them. Their analysis didn't include a wo... more »
THE PIRATES ARE IN CONTROL
Everyone is talking about it
those running the show here
are heavily psychopathic
(Miriam Webster dictionary: "one who has not lost contact
with reality
but who engages in abnormally aggressive and seriously
irresponsible behavior
with little or no
feelings of guilt")
Sounds familiar
their bloodlines
like Forbes
ran drugs during
Opium Wars
pirates did slave trade
sold and still sell weapons
bought up our media
and government
they are MR. BIG
the pirates dug up
Geronimo's skull
grandpa-Bush did the deed
and now the Indian remains
inside the Tomb at Yale
The message from Skull & Bones... more »
love
what is the purest form of love ?
...selfless love.
what is love ?
...giving what is needed without expecting anything in return.
when we expect,
we allow others to determine the hour of our happiness.
the only power we have,
is in our word,
say what you mean...mean what you say.
Paternalism, Old or New, Blinds
Paternalism, Old or New, Blinds. via Paternalism, Old or New, Blinds.Filed
under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Classroom Activity: Gambling Over War
This activity comes after students are to have listened to
a lecture (slides) on information problems as an explanation for war—which
I’d say is the most useful explanation we’ve got. The broad contours of the
argument are pretty straightforward, but the full implications are not.
(That’s something of an understatement. As I’ve discussed a few
times before, a lot of very smart
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Rank-and-File Educators Seek Solidarity with Parents, Public
Parents are rising. Students are stepping up. Some lawmakers are even
slowly walking away from corporate influences. And now, rank-and-file
teachers are organizing to transform their local and state unions in order
to move them back into the democratic organizations they were born to be.
For teachers, there is power in numbers–there has to be–but in […]
Jews, SPLC hysterically demonize "racist", "White supremacist" websites
*The Jewish Daily Forward* published an article yesterday highlighting a *recently
released report* written by the anti-White Southern Poverty Law Center
alleging that individuals who view "racist" and "White supremacist"
websites, blogs, and forums have been responsible for roughly 100 murders
over the course of the past 5 years.
A white supremacist charged with killing three people near two Jewish
community facilities in suburban Kansas City this week posted more than
12,000 messages on a racist website which carries the slogan “No Jews, Just
Right,” according to a leading organiz... more »
The Media and Jim Flaherty's Death
It doesn't really surprise me that Jim Flaherty would be remembered as a
competent financial manager by the mainstream media. You see, I belong to
the team that is never surprised when the corporate-capitalist system falls
flat on its face. We instinctively understand that when corrupt greed-heads
compel their politician cat's-paws to impoverish and exploit the majority,
then the overall economy is not going to prosper. Wealthy media elites and
the journalists that they tend to hire are incapable of such insights.
Therefore, the fact that Jim Flaherty was a dangerously deluded simple... more »
Opt Out Wave Growing
The articles below are captured in one day of Google Alert for "opt out."
The movement to end a century of miseducative, classist, and racist tests
will not be denied.
Town Hall
NY Schools Struggle Where to Put Students Who *Opt Out* of Standardized
*Tests*
Town Hall
A battle between parents and educators has erupted over standardized
*testing* in the state of New York. These exams have been the norm under
the ...
[image: Google Plus][image: Facebook][image: Twitter]Flag as irrelevant
Growing group of parents pulling kids from FCAT *testing*
WFTV Orlando
Florida Department of Educa... more »
War watch April 18 , 2014 ...... Iraq -- Army Base Attacked; 106 Iraqis Killed, 79 Wounded ........ Reports: Saudi Spy Chief Ousted at US Behest Bandar Had Repeatedly, Openly Criticized US ......... Iran ahead of schedule on implementing Nuclear Deal as per IAEA......... Syria news of note .....
Iraq....
Army Base Attacked; 106 Iraqis Killed, 79
Wounded
by Margaret Griffis, April 17, 2014
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At least 106 were killed today in Iraq, and another 73 people were wounded.
Over half the fatalities were militants, but security forces and civilians
were also harmed.
In *Anbar*:
The Iraqi government announced the deaths of 54 militants following clashes
in*Garma*.
In *Ramadi*, a militant leader was killed. Four gunmen were killed and four
more were wounded in an air strike.
Five people were killed and 11 more were wounded during continued shelling
in*Falluja*.
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No Reason Allowed
By Capt. Fogg
Here Comes Easter again. Easter and the media puff pieces about how it's
really all true enough in one sense or another and how it's wrong to say
that it's a borrowed holiday, re-badged from pre-Christian European
fertility cults, egg laying rabbits and all. The Easter holiday (is it OK
to call this one a holiday?) carries a large basket of baggage without my
needing to illustrate its long history and I'm quite as content to let
people celebrate it as they will as I am to let anyone celebrate anything
at any time including life itself. It's a wonderful life after al... more »
Nigel Wright & Linda Frum in the Republican wayback machine
In a week that has featured ...
1) Nigel Wright let off the hook by the RCMP for bribing sitting legislator
Senator Mike Duffy in spite of weeks of PMO discussions involving over a
dozen senior party officials re buying Duffy's silence, and
2) Senator Linda Frum making the most idiotic and widely-mocked attack on
Elections Canada over the Fair Elections Act to date, ie that it is a
conflict of interest for Elections Canada to both administer the vote
during elections and encourage people to vote between elections,
... it is fitting that Jay Watts III should dig up a piece of C... more »
Links to Denis Rancourt's essays about the student condition and student liberation
Plato as the post-60s student: Rancourt’s only chance?
Need for and Practice of Student Liberation
University Student for Sale
Concrete Accomplishments of Student Activism of the 1960s
Students: Plan your escape from academia before you enter it
CLASSE analysis of Quebec student movement tactics
And on transforming education:
ACADEMIC SQUATTING - A democratic method of
THE 77 PERCENT CONFUSION: Hey, rubes!
*FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014*
*Interlude—Joan Walsh toys with the masses:* With a 7-year-old relative
suddenly in town, our hours are limited today and tomorrow.
For that reason, we’ll postpone our review of Maddow and Hartmann’s
seminars concerning the gender wage gap. Instead, we’ll consider the new
piece by Joan Walsh at Salon.
Our basic question:
Do you think Walsh is sincere in the things she says in her piece? Or do
you think this tribal leader is simply conning us the rubes, as plutocrats
and commissars have done down through the ages?
We find it hard to believe that Walsh is b... more »
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*Stephanie
Grace: Bill eliminates levee boards' independence ~New Orleans
Advocate*
*Children's Hospital holds news conference to address public concerns
over
fatal "mistakes made" ~John Simmerman*
*Chain stores, rising rents may make Magazine Street the victim of its
success ~The Lens*
*Gulf Oil Disaster’s Impacts to Wildlife and Habitat Still Unaddressed
Four
Years Later*
[image:
http://www.mississippiriverdelta.org/blog/2014/04/17/gulf-oil-disasters-impacts-to-wildlife-and-habitat-still-unaddressed-four-years-later/]
~Four
years after the Gulf oil disaster began, killing 11 men ... more »
China: The hypocrisy of the U.S. in Ukraine, Old government 'inhumane' against Demonstrators. Now U.S. considers, Demonstrators as Terrorists.
China has said it perfectly regarding the U.S. position in Ukraine. In
February, the U.S. took a stand against the elected President and his
reactions to (CIA led) demonstrators. They yelled and screamed that any
action against the demonstrators for 'Freedom' was inhumane and would not
be tolerated. The U.S. said the elected President, Yanukovych was
'suppressing Democracy' with his
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Updates Day 40 April 16 , 2014 -- - PERTH: The hunt for a missing Malaysian plane suffered another setback today when a second seabed search by a mini-submarine was cut short due to “technical” troubles after the first also aborted in very deep water .......... Is China's involvement in the MH370 search a HINDRANCE? Comments made by officials and experts observing the hunt for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have suggested that a number of false leads coming from China have notably hampered search efforts for the missing jet.
Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
16 April 2014| last updated at 03:56PM
MH370 Tragedy: Mini-sub aborts again
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PERTH: The hunt for a missing Malaysian plane suffered another setback
today when a second seabed search by a mini-submarine was cut short due to
“technical” troubles after the first also aborted in very deep water.
Australia’s Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) issued a brief
statement which spoke of an unspecified “technical issue” with the unmanned
Bluefin-21 sonar device.
The first mission which began Monday night aborted automatically after
breaching the machine’s maxi... more »
Why Is Pelosi Allowing Steve Israel To Gratuitously Screw Over Working Families In Southwest Michigan?
The ruin of Franklin Roosevelt's great political party
In a recent report from the *Kalamzoo Gazette*, Upton challenger Paul
Clements sets new record for Democratic fundraising in 6th district, the
photograph caption was "WMU Professor Paul Clements, who is looking to
unseat U.S. Rep. Fred Upton in 2014, speaks to a packed crowd at the
Kalamazoo County Democratic headquarters." Packed crowd? Maybe someone
should tell DCCC chairman Steve Israel. Or perhaps mention the title to
Israel, the part about setting new fundraising records, supposedly the only
thing Israel really cares about a... more »
Christians Like Us
The Harper Party insists that its values are the values of the vast
majority of Canadians. But Linda McQuaig writes that Senator Linda Frum's
recent musings reveal just how narrow and inverted Conservative values
really are:
Frum’s adamant insistence — at a Senate hearing and later in a series of
well-publicized Twitter exchanges — that Elections Canada should not
encourage people to vote sounded so out of sync with widely-held democratic
principles that it appeared mystifying.
Indeed, it only made sense when you realized she was inadvertently
revealing how deeply she and other H... more »
Pregnancy Covered By Florida Civil Rights Act, Supremes Rule
This being Florida, I expect bizarre court cases from time to time.
However, the Florida Supreme Court has restored my faith (for now) that
sanity will eventually reign. Two years ago, the Third District Court of
Appeal, which covers Miami, ruled that pregnancy discrimination was not
discrimination based on sex. Fortunately, the Fourth District, covering my
home county, ruled the other way. This let the Florida Supremes decide
which was right.
They just ruled, and they found that the Florida Civil Rights Act, which
covers sex discrimination, but doesn't mention pregnancy, makes preg... more »
Easter Rice Krispie Nests with Kendra from The Things I Love Most
*I am so happy to welcome Kendra from The Things I Love the Most to share
her Easter Rice Krispie Nests with you today. Check out her blog for some
awesome posts on food, and homeschooling! I especially love this post where
she breaks down what a day of homeschooling looks like for them.*
My name is Kendra and I blog over at The Things I Love Most. I am a stay
at home mom that loves to blog about the things that I love. You will see
all sorts of posts on this blog from exercising and fitness to food and
budgeting to homeschooling and religion. I have a wonderful husband & five
beau... more »
Propaganda and Social Control - by John Judge
"The battle, I believe, in the current period, since the time I was born,
l947, or even a little earlier, is for the last frontier that's being
explored; it's the one where we have to do battle in order to survive; it's
for what George Orwell called* "the space between our ears." *It's that
little space, and what's in it, that the government finds the most
valuable. Believe me, the Defense Department does not sit around in fear of
the Soviet Union, who are technologically and militarily well behind us on
every critical point. If they plan anything in relation to the Soviet
Union, ... more »
USA Today: Eliminate Personal Belief Vaccine Exemptions.
*NVIC*
4/16/2014
*Barbara Loe Fisher: Parents Should Be Free to Choose.*
On Apr. 13, 2014, *USA Today* became the first U.S. national newspaper to
call for an end to the personal belief exemption to vaccination in the U.S.
and for narrowing of “strictly defined” religious and medical exemptions.
In an opposing OpEd, NVIC President Barbara Loe Fisher disagreed and said:
“Non-medical vaccine exemptions immunize individuals and the community
against unsafe, ineffective vaccines and tyranny.”
The OpEds generated a heated online debate among *USA Today* readers.
Within 72 hours, there w... more »
Democracy, How..? : A. Goodman Goes to War
Democracy, How..? : A. Goodman Goes to War
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*"Among Pacifica’s debts are more than $2 million in broadcast fees owed to
Amy Goodman’s “Democracy Now!,” the network’s most popular show. To cover
Pacifica’s operating costs, the network has drained most of its accounts,
hobbling the organization and raising the doomsday scenario in which it
would have to sell WBAI’s broadcast license.*
“For the last 10 years working at WBAI has been a nightmare,” said Jose
Santiago, the news director for two decades. “I compare it to the nation
facing Democrats and Republicans... more »
Michael C Ruppert r.i.p. - Abby Martin's tearful tribute - fire your weapon
RT's Abby Martin gives a (surprisingly) tearful tribute to independent
investigator and government whistleblower Michael C Ruppert (April 13th
*suicide*) on a recent Breaking The Set show.
"I regret not telling you just how much you were loved and needed by us,"
summarises Martin.
*Fire your weapon*, was Mike's personal mantra, this means 'do what you
can' to have THE TRUTH revealed to Humanity. End the silence of complicity,
speak up for reality; end games.
For any 9/11 troofers out there
From CA News:
'NEW YORK, N.Y. - Osama bin Laden's hours in a dark Afghanistan cave the
evening of the Sept. 11 attacks were brought to light when his son-in-law
testified in his own defence at his terrorism trial, portraying the
al-Qaida leader as worried and apprehensive as he contemplated how America
would respond.
The son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, said the al-Qaida leader asked him
hours after the attacks what he thought would happen next.
"Politically, I said, America, if it was proven that you were the one who
did this, will not settle until it accomplishes two things: to kil... more »
Lockheed Martin delivers MH-60R EWSS to RAN
[image: RAN MH-60R]Lockheed Martin Australia has confirmed delivery of its
MH-60R electronic warfare support system (EWSS) to the Royal Australian
Navy.
Built in its Adelaide facility, the EWSS will provide the Navy with the
ability to generate and test unique Australian mission data loads for the
24 aircraft MH-60R Romeo naval combat helicopter fleet.
Lockheed Martin Australia has worked with in-country companies to procure
the component parts, fabricate cabling and assemble the EWSS.
Read more
Turkey pressured over Chinese missile deal
[image: FD-2000 / HQ-9]Following its decision in late-2013 to purchase
long-range air defense missile systems from a Chinese, rather than a
western defense company, Turkey is being reportedly pressured to change its
decision.
Hurriyet Daily News tells us that American and European companies which
hold joint projects with Turkey valued in the billions of dollars have
issued a ultimatum to Turkish defense companies warning them that, "If
Turkey buys missiles from China, our partnerships in certain fields will be
over."
The military alliance NATO is also against Turkey using such miss... more »
India’s Air Force to get 40 strike fighters with BrahMos missiles
[image: Airlaunched BrahMos]India’s Air Force will get 40 SU-30MKI strike
fighters armed with a smaller version of BrahMos missiles, Russian-Indian
joint venture BrahMos Aerospace President Sivathanu Pillai told ARMS-TASS
at the international arms exhibition DSA-2014 in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday,
April 16.
The company is working to reduce the weight of the missile so that it could
be integrated with different platforms, including the fifth-generation
fighter India is creating together with Russia, he said.
Pillai noted that the commissioning of the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier
com... more »
Japanese Stealth Demonstrator To Fly This Year
[image: Mitsubishi ATD-X]Speaking to the foreign affairs and defense
committee of Japan’s upper house, defense minister Itsunori Onodera has
confirmed that the Mitsubishi ATD-X (advanced technology
demonstrator-experimental) future fighter demonstrator is on course to fly
later this year, albeit with a slight delay.
Originally to have been unveiled to the media in May, the ATD-X is now a
few months behind schedule but should be revealed later this year, with a
first flight to follow soon afterwards.
ATD-X is a project led by the defense ministry’s TRDI (Technical Research
and Deve... more »
'Newsnight' - 14-17 April
Because of the Easter weekend, it's a four-day week for many of us this
week (and next week), including *Newsnight*. So, a day early, here's this
week's run-through of the topics covered by *Newsnight *this week, plus
details of the people they interviewed. Can you spot any bias?
*Monday 14/4*
1. *Ukraine*: "Are the towns in eastern Ukraine falling to the mobs or to
Russian special forces?" Interview with Dmitry Linnik, bureau chief of
Voice of Russia & Orysia Lutsevych, Chatham House.
2. *Nigel Evans's acquittal*: "Following Nigel Evans's acquittal, a Tory MP
rejects accusations s... more »
Putin Did It? (We Wish We Could Sell That Hard) Boston Bombing Bloopers? Well, Would You Believe . . . ?
Don't you hate it when we (all of US) don't seem to be getting the whole
story? I know I do. But I really enjoy some good investigative reporting
every now and then - something we never receive anymore from the mainstream
media (unless it benefits (wins a meaningless prize) them). It's also good
to be able to connect the dots on the next resource-stealing "security
moves" (as those seem to
Canada sending jets to eastern Europe in response to Ukraine crisis
[image: CF-18 Hornet]Canada is sending six CF-18 fighter jets to eastern
Europe as part of a NATO operation in response to the ongoing crisis in
Ukraine.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the decision in Ottawa Thursday.
He said the jets are being sent “in response to a NATO request” as it
expands its operations in eastern Europe.
Read more
F-35 Program Production Costs Rise $7.4 Billion
[image: Pratt and Whitney F-135 engine]The cost to develop and build the
Joint Strike Fighter fleet rose 1.88 percent over the past year because of
delays in the production line and failures of the engine producer to bring
down costs, said Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, F-35 Program Executive Officer.
The cost of the program rose by $7.4 billion to $398.58 billion in
2012-year dollars, according to the Pentagon’s Selected Acquisition Report
that is released each year to Congress. The increase in costs means tax
payers will end up paying $162 million for each fifth generation fighter
jet by ... more »
Pentagon Moves to Block Russian Spy Plane in American Skies
[image: Tu-214R]Russian surveillance planes already fly over America,
thanks to a long-standing treaty. But a new, ultra-sophisticated spy plane
has U.S. military and intelligence bosses spooked.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. military and American intelligence
agencies have quietly pushed the White House in recent weeks to deny a new
Russian surveillance plane the right to fly over U.S. territory.
This week, the White House finally began consideration of the decision
whether to certify the new Russian aircraft under the so-called “Open Skies
Treaty.” And now the question be... more »
Greg Hunter,“Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.18.14”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.18.14”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“A deal has been reached over the Ukraine crisis, and that will supposedly
“de-escalate tensions and restore security.” This deal is between the EU,
U.S., Russia and Ukraine. I guess this is good news, but I would call it
extremely temporary. This is supposed to lead to disarming the pro-Russian
militia and returning control of government buildings in Eastern
Ukraine. Loyal Ukrainians and pro-Russian factions have been going at it,
and I am not sure this deal is going to “de-escalate tensions.” Even
President Obama is... more »
US Navy releases draft of UCLASS RFP
[image: X-47B UCLASS]The US Navy has released a draft request for proposal
(RFP) for its unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike
(UCLASS) programme, the service announces in a media statement.
The RFP was released to the four prime contractors permitted to bid on the
programme, which calls for development of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
capable of operating from USN aircraft carriers.
Those contractors — Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Atomics Aeronautical
Systems and Northrop Grumman — are currently contracted to conduct
preliminary design reviews for the pr... more »
Man Convicted After Selling $US2.6 Million In Cheap Batteries The US Navy Used On Ships
[image: USS New Hampshire]A former Southern California man who fled the
U.S. to live on his yacht has been convicted of selling the U.S. military
more than $US2.6 million in cheap, knock-off batteries that were used in
aircraft carriers and submarines.
Federal prosecutors say Didier (Did-ee-yay) De Nier was convicted Wednesday
of conspiracy and wire fraud. His wife previously pleaded guilty to
conspiracy.
De Nier was CEO of a company that sold the government 80,000 batteries that
were used as emergency backup power for Navy vessels.
Read more
David Mermin on Quantum Bayesianism
Many physicists, when they get older (and, in some unfortunate cases, long
before that), have the tendency to reduce their powerful brains back to the
era of Newton or ancient Greece and "undo" their knowledge of quantum
mechanics. People like Gerard 't Hooft – and even, to a much lesser extent,
Steven Weinberg and Leonard Susskind – start to pay lip service to
fundamentally deluded ways to squeeze the laws of quantum mechanics into
the straitjacket of classical physics, using one (or many!) of the several
popular, comparably misguided strategies: hidden variables of one kind or
ano... more »
Thursday Linkage: Get the Duck out of this Semester
With the tale end of this semester bearing down on me, this Duck is barely
keeping his head above water. Fortunately, time has stopped and nothing has
happened in the world. Ukraine is fine (no more Russian incursions). The
global environment has put the threat of major disruption from climate
change on pause. It’s clear
Continue reading
Sol Stern and Common Core: Still Disconnected
On April 6, 2014, I published this post, entitled, Sol Stern Thinks Common
Core Is About Rich Curriculum. In the post, I rebutted another post of
Stern’s entitled, A Sorry Attack on the Common Core. On April 17, 2014,
Stern responded in this post entitled, The Real Common Core Story. Hardly
the “real” story of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS); nevertheless,
[…]
Forget The Beltway Pundits-- Could Kathleen Sebelius Win Back Voters In Kansas' Senate Race?
In 2002, Democrat Kathleen Sebelius, then the state's Insurance
Commissioner, was elected Governor of Kansas over fringe Republican
extremist Tim Schallenberger, 441,858 (53%)- 376,830 (45%). She ran on a
platform that was pro-Choice, anti-capital punishment and against people
carrying concealed weapons, called for a $1,000 per student increase in
public education spending and refused to take the conservative "no new
taxes" pledge.
Her 4 years in office made an excellent impression on Kansas voters and in
2006 she was reelected with a whopping 491,993 votes (58%) against
Republic... more »
Holistic Wellness - Dealing With Stress Naturally
[image: Dealing With Stress Naturally]*Stress can cause headaches,*
*fatigue, and anxiety*Stress is a normal part of life! It is our physical
and emotional response to pressure. Most of us can handle some stress and,
in fact, would probably be bored with life if we didn't experience any. It
also helps us stay safe, giving us the ability to take action if we need
to. The trouble comes when we have to deal with too much.
[image: Holistic Wellness - Dealing With Stress Naturally]*Stress helped
early humans*
*react quickly when danger looked*
*them in the eye*When we are under pressure, t... more »
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*Restoring Louisiana's Coast Will Require Restoring Its Democracy --
Governor Jindal Is Trying to Undermine Both~Robert F. Kennedy Jr.*
WHY Is The Idiot Prime Minister Of Canada Sending Canadian F-18 Fighter Planes To Eastern Europe?
The situation in Ukraine should be de-escalating... At least there has been
some good news coming out today that a deal has been reached to try to
alleviate tensions and to stop the US puppet regime in Kiev from continuing
to shoot its own citizens in Ukraine's eastern provinces.... The situation
in Ukraine should have all parties agreeing to pull back their military and
let cooler heads prevail in proper negotiations....
However, I am indeed troubled by some news that was sent to me by a recent
commentator, and it should concern everyone, especially my fellow citizens
living in thi... more »
Has War With Russia Been Averted? (For Now).... A Deal Has Been Reached On Calming Ukraine Tensions!
I have been busy the last few days continuing with renovations, personal
work, and family business... I just started taking a look at what has been
happening around the world via the alternative news via the Internet ( I
have long ago given up on any of the BS news coming from the Jewish run
mainstream media), with much interest in the continuing situation in
Ukraine.
What I found tonight has been some of the best news over the last while
about the ongoing troubling situation in Ukraine....It appears, according
to the following report from the Anchorage Daily News website, at
www.a... more »
Bundy Ranch and Liberty Movement News April 17 , 2014 -- Federal Judge: BLM Engaged In A Criminal Conspiracy Against Ranchers ....... Harry Reid Calls Cliven Bundy Supporters “Domestic Terrorists”
Harry Reid Calls Cliven Bundy Supporters “Domestic Terrorists”
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“I repeat: what happened there was domestic terrorism”
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
April 17, 2014
Senator Harry Reid has escalated the war of words over the Cliven Bundy
dispute, sensationally labeling the Nevada cattle rancher’s supporters
“domestic terrorists” during an event in Las Vegas today.
Image: Harry Reid (YouTube).
During... more »
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*Amusing: Lewandowski revisited*
Stephan Lewandowski has written two papers designed to show climate
skeptics as nutters. The first was accepted for publication in a good
journal but not actually published and the second was published but then
withdrawn. Both papers have however been readily available on the internet
for some time. The second paper was largely designed to refute the many
substantial criticisms of the first.
A major criticism of the first paper is that many of the statements
Lewandowski gathered could have been the work of "trolls", impostors or
other people no... more »
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*IPCC cries wolf on global warming, again*
PierreGuy Veer
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released the
summary of its fifth report. Unsurprisingly, it still blames humans as the
main driver of global warming — or, climate change, climate disruption, extreme
weather; whichever term you prefer. It’s unsurprising that the IPCC, an
organization founded to find a way to limit human influence on climate,
would sound such an alarm. After all, if it was discovered that nature is
the main driver of the changes in climate, the IPCC would be out of a job.
Of cour... more »
Instead of apologizing for their lies, the lying liars of Fox Noise simply tell . . . new lies!
Fox Noise
*What? Ya mean we wuz supposeta sign up for evil, liberty-destroying
Obamacare? Who knew? And now this terrible surprise creeps up on us. (Even
though people who were in even occasional contact with reality knew about
it . . . well, from the start. Apparently nobody told poor Jim Angle, or
his editors.)*
*by Ken*
Thanks to HuffPost's Joan McCarter ("Fox News outraged that all the people
it told not to buy insurance can't get insurance until fall") for calling
attention to Brian Beutler's newrepublic.com post "The Right's New Scam:
Feigning Anger on Behalf of People They... more »
A tire goes flat, a meeting starts: Defining a culture
I suppose I’ll be comparing here with there for a while yet, even though
I’m a big believer in living where you’re at. But just two weeks back, I’m
seeing the differences between Honduras and Canada so clearly right now
with these newly returned eyes, and it’s pretty interesting to reflect on
what’s good and bad in each of our cultures.
I've come up with a little story that I hope demonstrates what I think
is a fundamental difference between the cultures of Canada and Honduras.
Here’s the scenario: A person is in a car going down the highway, headed
for a morning meeting at ... more »
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 Suggested
*Amended 2014-04-18: see bottom of this post!*
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 bu... 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
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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 »
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