we are prepared for the NATO Tiger Meet! (Photo credit: MilanNykodym)
Ku Klux Klan members march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC 1928 with the Capitol in the background. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Kansas Jewish Center Shooting Hoax: A Must See Video That Exposes the Fraud
I have been asked to offer up my opinion about the recent Kansas Jewish
Center "shooting" and all I can say is that considering that Sandy Hook,
the Boston Bombing, and other "shootings" are proven hoaxes, this one
definitely fits that same pattern and therefore again we are dealing with
an absolute fraud.... Originally we were told that 3 people died in this
Jewish center and that the shooter was a member of the "Ku Klux Klan" (how
convenient is that) who after the shooting was captured and when
apprehended shouted out "Heil Hitler" to the people present. The fact that
this man wa... more »
harper putting Canadian lives behind profits, ... as usual
Lorne, over at Politics and its Discontents has the info from the Toronto
Star:
*Health Canada is keeping secret the vast majority of the drug reviews it
conducts despite a clear promise from the federal minister to publish this
critical safety information.Only 24 of 152 drug reviews completed last year
by Health Canada are being considered for public release, the Toronto Star
has learned. The drug safety reviews that will be open to the public are
those triggered by alarms raised by foreign regulators, medical or
scientific literature or Health Canada’s routine monitoring activit... more »
Musical Interlude: Hong Kong Festival Orchestra Flash Mob 2013: Beethoven's “Ninth Symphony, ’Ode to Joy’"
Hong Kong Festival Orchestra Flash Mob 2013: Beethoven's “Ninth Symphony,
’Ode to Joy’"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuzKk7upkdE#t=211
Transitory Income and the One Percent
From today's* NY Times*:
Thomas A. Hirschl of Cornell and I [Mark Rank of Wash U] looked at 44 years
of longitudinal data regarding individuals from ages 25 to 60 to see what
percentage of the American population would experience these different
levels of affluence during their lives. The results were striking.
It turns out that 12 percent of the population will find themselves in the
top 1 percent of the income distribution for at least one year. What’s
more, 39 percent of Americans will spend a year in the top 5 percent of the
income distribution, 56 percent will find themselves ... more »
REPRESSIVE NEW WORLD
They try to sell all of this new surveillance technology as a way to make
our lives more secure and easier. But there can be little doubt that these
technologies are all about tracking every move we make.
The next step will be getting rid of money and just having all your
financial dealings computerized. Then if you move into opposition against
the corporate oil-i-garchy they could just have your computer file turned
off and you would have no way to travel, buy food, or the like.
Think I am being paranoid? Think again. We are being sold a pig in a poke
here that will make it ea... more »
Shooting near Slavyansk Ukraine/ Sniper reports
Happy Easter to those so inclined and thanks for the good wishes
Been reading about the shooting... outside of Slavyansk.
-We clearly have local (pro-federalist) victims. As many as five.
-We have sniper reports.
-We have cars that left with shooters and potential victims?
-And, we have the western/NATO media spinning on the same message that *"We
don't know what really happened" *. That in itself is very, very curious. *Because
NATO media always knows.*
The know Assad, Hussein, Qadafi and Putin are all Hitler.. They knew Saddam
had WMD's.
The NATO media 'knows' that the uprisings in Sy... more »
Barry Cryer jokes
*Broadcasting House *today. Barry Cryer. Jokes. Including parrot jokes.
(1) A couple going out for dinner, and she's in the bathroom trying on a
new dress, and she came out of the bathroom and said to her husband, "Does
my bum look big in this?" He said, "Oh be fair, love, it's quite a small
bathroom".
(2) A parrot in a cage in the window, and a woman walked past in the road,
and the parrot said, "You're a fat cow", and she was outraged and
complained to the parrot's owner, and he said, "Behave or I'll sellotape
your beak up". So the parrot stopped. And two hours later the same wo... more »
1991
"What do Ronald Reagan, President George Bush, former CIA Director William
E Colby, Democratic presidential candidate Bob Kerrey, billionaire and
second richest man in America and now head of Salomon Brothers - Warren
Buffett, and Ronald Roskens, the current administrator of the Agency for
International Development, all have in common?" I asked my close friend and
adviser William Colby one day in 1991.
"I give up," former head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Colby
said. "What could that group have in common?"
"Three things," I replied, "all of them a burden at times for t... more »
Preaching From the Propaganda Pulpit on Easter Sunday
Pope Francis made a plea for peace in Syria and Ukraine on Easter Sunday
while the warmongers here in The Homeland took to the airwaves to sell the
exactly the opposite message. You would think that the corrupt
state-corporate media, the neocons and the American political class would
at least honor those who wish to celebrate the Easter holiday in peace with
their friends and family. In actuality, it is a great time to go on the air
with dishonest interviews of characters of ill repute, peddle outrageous
lies and reach the maximum desired audience so as to bring their horseshit
to... more »
Chet Raymo, “Live Long Enough To Live Forever?”
*“Live Long Enough To Live Forever?”*
by Chet Raymo
“Since we returned to New England from a winter on an island with little
access to medical technologies, my spouse and I have been busy sorting out
all those things that make life at age 77 active and enjoyable. Eye tests
and glasses. Hearing aids. Dental check-ups and repairs. Prescriptions
filled. Keeping the old bodies in working order.
I said to my spouse: "Just think, for most of human history our ancestors
didn't have spectacles or hearing aids." She replied: "For most of human
history our ancestors were dead before they nee... more »
Easter at the BBC
Kate Chisholm of *The Spectator *is impressed with BBC Radio's coverage of
Easter:
Given the decline of Christian belief in the UK, it’s surprising to
discover there’s quite so much about the Easter story on the airwaves this
week. You might have assumed that no space would have been found in the
schedules for a retelling of the central but yet most difficult Christian
narrative....
Yet on the evening of Good Friday, Radio 2 gave us an hour-long meditation
uncompromisingly entitled *At the Foot of the Cross *[actually, it was two
hours-long]. No avoiding, then, the implications o... more »
Sunday Classics, special Resurrection Edition: Chopin's ballades and Beethoven's Op. 111 Sonata revisited
[C*lick to enlarge*]
*Agustin Anievas, piano. EMI, recorded in London, June 1975*
*Sviatoslav Richter, piano. Praga, recorded live in Prague, Feb. 21, 1960
(mono)*
*by Ken*
Sometimes when I go back to an old "Sunday Classics" post I take heart in
the realization that if there's nothing else to be said for it, there's the
music. It happened again this week with a May 2012 post I happened to be
looking at, "A vision for the future in Beethoven's last piano sonata," for
a reason I'll explain in a moment.
After a tease of Beethoven's immensely compact and cryptic yet approachable
Op... more »
Friday Beaver - Was busy chasing Easter bunnies
Miscellaneous multi colored messages of meaningless meanderings. Put that
in you smoke and pipe it.
Almost be afraid to smoke the latest of BC bud lest the mind go into
intergalactic overdrive and that's not a far trip from what I hear. Ooh no
no no no this boy don't smoke it no mo cause ya never know who'd you wake
up next to. She didn't look that fat last night ewww.
But I digress there was a point here if I can just find it. Have to call
NSA and see if they can find it. Ah yes there it is in the last place to
look. Now why didn't I look there first? Bracket creep or more to th... more »
New broom at BBC Two
BBC Two has a new controller (and not a fat one). She's called Kim
Shillinglaw.
She worked for the *Guardian *(specifically Observer Films) before moving
to ITV and Channel 4, finally joining the BBC in 2006, where she helped
develop *Horrible Histories. *She worked in BBC News, including *Newsnight.* She
then became the head of science and natural history in 2009, overseeing the
rise of Brian Cox.
According to the *Guardian*, Kim's achievements have been to put more
science programmes into the BBC's schedules and more female experts and
presenters on screen.
She shares BBC dir... more »
All That Is Solid ...
Names matter. Take *A Very Public Sociologist*, for instance. What does it
*say*? Well, it suggests the author is a self-defined sociology fan. That's
pretty unambiguous. What then is a *public sociologist*? If you're not
party to the discipline's debates, chances are you wouldn't know that
public sociology is a movement that, surprise surprise, seeks to engage
with the public. Why is it that criminologists, economists, journalists and *even
psychologists* get a look-in when it comes to opinion pieces and
talking-headery. Where's our slice of the action? But there's more to it
than... more »
Easter In Iraq 2014
Easter service at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Baghdad (*Iraq
Pictures*)Communion at an Armenian church in Dohuk (*Radio Free Iraq*)Mass
at Armenian church in Dohuk (*Radio Free Iraq*)Mass at Chaldean Sacred
Heart Cathedral Kirkuk (*AFP/Getty Images*)Mass at Our Lady of Flowers
Catholic Church Baghdad (*AP*)Service at Our Lady of Flowers Catholic
Church Baghdad (*AP*)Our Lady of Flowers Catholic Church Baghdad (*AP*)Communion
at St. Joseph Cathedral Baghdad (*Reuters*)Catholic Priest Emmanuel Dabgean
during Easter service at Our Lady of Flowers Catholic Church Baghdad (*AP*)Ser... more »
Ukraine thoughts
So
now that NATO is rediscovering why it exists and squaring off against
Putin's Russia, and RCAF is redeploying CF-18s to the Soviet Russian
frontier in Europe, does anyone wanna argue for why the
still-undeployable F-35 is the best warplane out there? Back to the
Ukraine, the media is still reporting Russian troops in Eastern Ukraine
as "pro-Russian activists". There are pro-Russian activists
@DCSDFagen pushing propaganda: “No Shelter” for Professional teachers.
In this video Liz Fagen (Douglas County Schools Superintendent in Colorado)
attempts to spew mythology concerning market place tactics for employing
and keeping teachers (pay for performance). First let it be known that
since 1710, market principles such as merit pay have been tried to motivate
and keep teachers. The result was a narrowed curriculum which […]
Fukushima Fallout, Neurological Disorder, and Organized Insanity in Medicare
The last three weeks have been hell. My dad, who has Parkinson’s Syndrome,
has been in steep decline over the last three months. On Monday I took him
to a new neurologist. She described his extraordinarily steep decline as
unusual and atypical, although she recently had another patient who
experienced the same pattern of steep decline.
On Tuesday my dad was hospitalized because he couldn’t move. The hospital
staff at Banner Thunderbird in Glendale AZ told me that they couldn’t admit
or treat Parkinson’s patients because Medicare doesn’t recognize this as a
treatment category for h... more »
youth books, children's book edition #10, and the best part of my job
I thought readers' advisory was the best part of my job, but that was
before I began running our library's teen book club.
Once a month, I spend an evening with a group of teens who choose to spend
*their* evening at the library, talking about books. We hang out, eat
snacks, talk about books, talk about life. Although I've never had an
interest in book clubs for myself, facilitating these young people's
enjoyment of reading is a joy and a privilege.
The teens themselves come from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Most
are the first generation of their family born in Canada. Some ... more »
what i'm reading: eleanor & park, another truly great youth book for readers of all ages
If you enjoy youth novels of the realistic (non-fantasy) variety, *Eleanor
& Park*, by Rainbow Rowell, is just about as good as it gets.
Who else might enjoy *Eleanor & Park*? Readers who like beautifully drawn,
believable, yet quirky and unique characters. Readers who are teens.
Readers who have ever been teens. People who have fallen in love. People
who dream of falling in love. People who like to read.
*Eleanor & Park* is about two people who don't fit in slowly and tenderly
finding their way to each other. It's about the horrors that ordinary young
people endure, adults who mak... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, April 20th, 2014
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Sunday... And yes, I have been busy these last few days taking care of
other matters,and therefore I do have a lot of catching up to do... Time
for my usual weekly rant!
First, it is Easter, and I do want to say "Happy Easter" to those who
celebrate this religious holiday... For me, I have not the time or the
patience for any religious garbage, period... I have studied enough about
all religions to see that they are used to brainwash and weaken the minds
of the masses. They are primarily used as another control mechanism for
the masses used by our criminal g... more »
The Republican Party Still Exists In New York-- But Just Barely
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn)
I'm from Brooklyn. I went to PS-197 and then James Madison High School. So
did Ken-- not to mention Bernie Sanders, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chuck Schumer
and… Norm Coleman. When Ken, Chuck and I were kids, the congressman was the
dean of the House Dems, Emanuel Celler, who served from 1923 to 1973. [An
opponent of civil rights he was finally defeated in a primary by a more
progressive Democrat, Elizabeth Holtzman. She went to Lincoln, the next
high school over.] But when I was growing up I remember there were always
Republicans who ran against Celler. You... more »
the crucifixion
from the movie "frida"
Chavela Vargas sings
"La llorona"
Untitled
*Remembering ~Disenfranchised Citizen*
*Southeast Louisiana coastal restoration, hurricane protection are new ,
booming 'water management' economic sector, Data Center says ~Mark
Schleifstein*
April 20: Just thinking out loud
This may be short; I feel the need of a break. However, there's an element
in the Ukrainian crisis that news media have not touched on. Why should we
get involved in what's going on in Ukraine?
Oh, I know - we must help the weak; we must spread democracy; we must help
little girls go to school. I've heard those many times. The reality is that
no countries go to war for those reasons. To kill a million people so that
little girls could go to school is absurd. Ditto for the usual reasons for
war that we hear about.
Sure. And big business is just desperate to go to war to spread democ... more »
BOSTON STRONG: A Celebration of the Police State
*"It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable".*
*- Eric Hoffer*
On April 19, 2013 the police state came to Boston. Days after the heinous
act of cruelty and desperation that was the Boston Marathon bombing, where
two homemade pressure cooker bombs packed with shrapnel were detonated at
the finish line the order was given and the paramilitary police squads were
sent into the streets in search of one 19 year old punk. Injury was
followed by insult as a portion of the city was placed under an undeclared
state of martial law in a preview of what in the futur... more »
Eurovision 2014 Preview
Nation after nation are lining up to do battle. Natural allies and
surprising new ones will come together along a schism that will divide
Europe. No, we're not talking about the new Cold War with Russia some silly
people appear to be wishing for. We're talking about something more
important than that - the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Saturday 10th May
is the grand final from Copenhagen so, as per tradition, here are my picks
for this year.
Let's begin with some Latvian hippies:
Readers know I usually have a guitar allergy, so something completely
acoustic - ugh. BUT Aarzemnieki... more »
Newark Citizens United Against CorpEd Miseducation Plan
*Signed by 77 local ministers:*
Hollywood Accredits the Memes: Obama Will Be Kidnapped
Hollywood Accredits The Memes: Obama Will Be Kidnapped from Spike EP on
Vimeo.
"These are warnings..."
* 18 U.S. Code § 871 - Threats against President and successors to the
Presidency*
Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for
a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper,
writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life
of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United
States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in
the order of succession ... more »
Hollywood Accredits the Memes: The Body National and the Myth of the Nation
Hollywood Accredits the Memes: The Body National and the Myth of the Nationfrom Spike
EP on Vimeo.
"Strauss believed it was for politicians to assert powerful and inspiring
myths that everyone could believe in.
They might not be true - but they were necessary illusions.
One of these was religion; the other was the myth of the nation."
HFT round up continues -- April 18 , 2014 -- "Holy Grail" HFT Firm Virtu Questioned By NY AG - but what about Citadel ?
Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-18/holy-grail-hft-firm-virtu-questioned-ny-ag
"Holy Grail" HFT Firm Virtu Questioned By NY AG
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/18/2014 11:08 -0400
- HFT
- Market Conditions
- Michael Lewis
- New Normal
- Risk Management
inShare
Having the trade record of Bernie Madoff and the braggadocio of a WWF
wrestlerwas just too much for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
to ignore.*Rigged Market HFT Poster-child, and recent-delayed IPO, Virtu
Financial has received a letter of inquiry fro... more »
Why does Easter move around in the calendar?
Easter and Christmas are both very important Christian holidays, but while
families always gather on Dec. 25
in the winter, the annual spring celebration changes drastically each year
on our calendars.
Steven Engler, a professor in religious studies at Mount Royal University,
says the basic reason the two differ is because Christmas is fixed to a
solar calendar, near the winter solstice, and Easter is based on the Jewish
lunar calendar.
He said the Last Supper, which according to Christian belief is the final
meal Jesus shared with his apostles before his crucifixion, was a Passove... more »
One Weekend Jesus Would Love to Forget
Meanwhile, as we speak, the President is indoctrinating children into
the Socialist philosophy of boiled egg redistribution. Where will it end?
Spend part of your holiday with us at 6PM EST as we speak to GA parents with a strange #optout story
Here’s the deets. Now listen to the story.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD:
Musings from the Chalk Face Tagged: at the chalk face, opt out, testing
Ukraine Updates - April 20 , 2014 -- Easter Truce broken by Kiev and Right Sector forces in Eastern Ukraine ? Five people have been killed in a gunfight in Slavyansk, a city in eastern Ukraine held by anti-government protesters. The fatalities include three protesters and two attackers, who are believed to be from the Right Sector paramilitary.
http://rt.com/news/slavyansk-checkpoint-shooting-killed-640/
Five people have been killed in a gunfight in Slavyansk, a city in eastern
Ukraine held by anti-government protesters. The fatalities include three
protesters and two attackers, who are believed to be from the Right Sector
paramilitary.
Read RT's live updates on Ukrainian turmoil
The deaths came after a night attack on a protester checkpoint on the
outskirts of the city. Four cars drove by the checkpoint and opened fire at
the local residents manning it, killing two people and seriously injuring
several others.
*“They app... more »
South Korea Ferry Disaster April 18 - 20 , 2014 --- April 20 , 2014 Updates -- Two more bodies recovered, raising death toll from sunken ship to 56 ........ Sewol's crew appears to have begun evacuation 40 minutes after distress call ....... -- April 19 , 2014 Updates -- Death Toll rises to 32 , 270 missing , the Ferry Sewol has sunk , Captain and two Crew Members arrested ...... April 18 , 2014 news of note - S Korea prosecutors seek ferry captain arrest , Death toll rises as details emerge that captain was not at the helm when ferry capsized....... S. Korea Ferry Incident: Transcript shows ferry captain delayed evacuation ....... S. Korea Ferry Incident: Divers pumping air into submerged ship
Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
Updates - April 20 , 2014 --
S. Korea Ferry Incident: Delay in ferry evacuation puzzles maritime experts
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MERCHANTS OF DOUBT
Worldwide 'Biblical' disasters predicted by new UN study; successive global
catastrophes served by a small sinister network of 'institutes'; and
corporate-funded gangs trained to troll web users. Seek truth from facts
with Merchants of Doubt co-author Professor Naomi Oreskes; As You Sow chief
executive Andrew Behar; and science writer John Gibbons.
My progressive friends prefer demagoguery over truth on education reform
My progressive friends in the broader media have it frequently wrong on
corporate education reform, touting views that are hardly socially just.
Instead, they mine their neoliberal connections to peddle the same
corporate canards. It is obvious to me that mainstream progressive media
are so disinterested in education that their reporting on the issue is […]
Chemtrails Pathogen, Xenobiology & Engineered Bacteria - Vincent Freeman w/ Red Ice Radio
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April 4, 2014
Vincent Freeman is a molecular biologist and artificial intelligence
scientist who has worked on classified programs at some of the top-50
defense contractors. He has also conducted genetic and biological analysis
for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Vincent is currently
volunteering his time as a senior consultant to the Carnicom Institute, a
non-profit research organization whose goal is to identify and expose
covert geo-engineering and bio-engineering. Vincent will discuss his
current pr... more »
How Is Steve Israel's Advice Working Out For New Hampshire Democrats?
Anne and Carol, New Hampshire Democrats with different approaches
Last year, as early New Hampshire congressional polling began showing up,
we saw an interesting trend. Anne Kuster, a New Dem who represents the
bluer of the two congressional districts (D+3) but who votes far more
conservatively, was jeopardizing her reelection by turning off the
Democratic base, while the more progressive and independent-minded Carol
Shea-Porter, who represents a Republican-leaning swing district (R+1), was
in excellent shape because, in sticking to her progressive values, she had
pleased the base an... more »
Let's all go to the mall by Robin Sparkles
Let's All Go To The Mall by Robin Sparkles - "At the mall having fun is
what it's all aboot..."
If you watch How I Met Your Mother then this will make sense, otherwise
probbaly not!
And here's the cast of How I Met Your Mother singing Let's All Go To The
Mall at 2013 Comic Con
Untitled
*Changing dietary "wisdom"*
Cut sugar intake by half, eat seven or nine portions of fruit and
vegetables a day rather than five, avoid protein, shun low-fat foods –
these are just some of the often conflicting dietary tips we have received
this year as experts seek to reiterate that what we eat has a direct effect
on our health.
But with a growing list of things that we should supposedly avoid at
mealtimes, it might be easier to ask: What SHOULD we be consuming?
For those looking to the Government for help, there is currently little
resolution. A generation of Britons has grown up... more »
Untitled
*Pushback Continues: States Grow Increasingly Wary of Common Core*
Common Core is on the ropes. More and more states are pulling back from the
national standards as the 2014–15 school year implementation deadline looms
near.
In Louisiana, Governor Bobby Jindal (R)—formerly a Common Core supporter—is
now encouraging the legislature to remove the state from the Common Core
aligned Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers
(PARCC) test. And if they don’t act, he will.
Jindal’s new stance comes after eight members of the Louisiana State House
of Representatives ... more »
Stephen Marois?
On the surface, Stephen Harper and Pauline Marois couldn't be more
different. They have diametrically opposed visions of what is best for this
country. But, Haroon Siddiqui writes, they are disturbingly alike:
Both use phony wedge issues to consolidate their base and polarize the
public. Neither cares for the long-term consequences of deeply dividing
society. Her charter of Quebec values dealt with a crisis that did not
exist. He spent billions on “tough-on-crime” initiatives when crime has
been going down.
Both exploit prejudices against minorities. Marois was crude in going
a... more »
The Impermanence of Things
This morning's *Something Understood *meditated on the theme of freedom. It
was presented by an evangelical Christian *Spectator *writer, who made a
passing dig at public sector waste and featured The Beatles' anti-tax
classic *Taxman *among his selection of music.
Of course it didn't really. As if it ever would!
No, this morning's *Something Understood *actually meditated on the theme
of impermanence and was presented by a Buddhist *Guardian* writer, who made
a passing dig at zero hours contracts and featured a Billy Bragg song among
her selection of music.
Still, it wasn't bad... more »
The Resurrection Mural
Recreating The Resurrection
The Resurrection Mural, is a 40 foot by 12 foot oil on canvas mural by
acclaimed artist, *Ron DiCianni*. Commissioned by The Museum of Biblical
Art, this mural took over two years to create and involved movie studios to
make a life size tomb, family members to assist with costumes for the
models, and countless hours of prayer.
While the mural itself is breathtakingly beautiful, its purpose goes much
deeper than just merely art. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the single
most important occurrence in human history. This mural brings people in and
le... more »
Gold Updates for April 18 , 2014 -- First , examining the rising demand for physical gold in Asia and the seemingly confounding fall in price ........ Conspiracy fact: Top central bankers meet secretly every six weeks at BIS ..... Koos Jansen examinies Chinese Gold Demand and its relationship to the Shanghai Gold Exchange withdrawals ( third part of an ongoing series )
Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
Asia takes every ounce West unloads but gold will fall for two years,
GFMS says
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-04-17 11:54. Section: Daily Dispatches
Gold Price Likely to Average $1,225 in 2014 as Investors Shy Away: GFMS
By Ben Kilbey
Platt's Metals Daily
Thursday, April 17, 2014
http://www.platts.com/latest-news/metals/london/gold-price-likely-to-ave...
LONDON -- A lack of investment interest in gold is starting to take its
toll on the price, with an average of $1,225/oz forecast for 2014 and
heading lower in 2015, GFMS said Thursday in its Gold Survey 2014.
The price forecast is ... more »
My Easter Post
Today is Easter, the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus
Christ, Who claimed to be the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament.
George Friedric Handel wrote about Him in the famous musical
composition, Messiah, first performed on Easter Sunday in the Musick Hall
in Dublin on April 13, 1742. I believe Jesus is the Messiah. On September
13, 1981, […]
The Team: You Affect the Quantum Field, as received by Peggy Black
*The Team : You Affect the Quantum Field, *
*as received by Peggy Black*
April 16, 2014
www.morningmessages.com
We are here once again offering you our gratitude as well as encouraging
you to remember who you are. You are here in this timeframe, in this
physical focus to support and assist the transformation of consciousness.
You are the doorway, the portal and the anchor for the awareness of the
oneness of all.
We certainly understand your feelings and sensations of separateness which
your physical body provides. We know that you can feel the texture of your
skin, the muscles t... more »
Mike's Story - Part 2
By Jenna Orkin
One morning a few weeks after he'd settled in to my apartment in
Brooklyn, Mike said, "Honey? I'm having a hard time this morning."
He was supposed to call his therapist but the prospect was causing him
such anxiety, he broke down in tears. I comforted him until the storm
abated - at which point he said, "Would you make me breakfast?"
* Is that what this was about? An appeal for pity so I'd make him
breakfast? *
"Why?" I asked suspiciously. I provided the first B of B&B since he was
otherwise homeless, and the ingredients for the second since he was liv... more »
'Sunday' in Belfast
This morning's *Sunday *on Radio 4 was an Easter Sunday special from
Belfast, presented by William Crawley.
Its themes were (1) the criticism of the government for failing to include
the Church in plans for the future of Northern Ireland, (2) the dangers of
commericialisation at Easter, (3) the role of faith groups in Ukraine, (4)
the rise of Islam in N Ireland, (5) food poverty, (6) the legacy on the
ground of the Good Friday agreement, and (7) the question of whether there
should be an amnesty for those involved in the Troubles - a range of
familiar and expected *Sunday* topics, ... more »
He is Risen...
*Rejoice*
Download of Kelley's actual Hallelujah recordingKelley Mooney's website
The Islamic extremist threat to charities
The head of the Charity Commission, William Shawcross, has told his old
newspaper *The Sunday Times* that Islamic extremism is becoming the
deadliest problem faced by charities:
I’m sure that in places like Syria and Somalia it is very, very difficult
for charities always to know what the end use of their aid is, but they’ve
got to be particularly vigilant,” he says. “The problem of Islamist
extremism . . . is not the most widespread problem we face in terms of
abuse of charities, but is potentially the most deadly. And it is, alas,
growing.
This is the second story on Radio 4's ... more »
Navy's European missile sites move forward
Deveselu Air Base, Romania, home of the first of two European Aegis Ashore
locations
The military could speed up deployment of a land-based missile defense
shield in Europe to hem in a resurgent Russia, the Navy 3-star in charge of
the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said in early April.
Vice Adm. James Syring said it was possible to speed up the deployment of
the second Aegis Ashore installation, planned for Poland in 2018, but such
a move would require some help from Congress.
“We’d need some additional funds in the [fiscal 2015] budget, and we’d need
to move up the development of th... more »
Portuguese navy’s drone launch ends in embarrassing fail
The Portuguese navy unveiled its new state-of-the-art surveillance drone
this week, but things didn’t exactly go to plan.
It was launched in front of the nation’s media and Portugal’s defence
minister at a Lisbon naval base, with disastrous results.
‘It will be highly effective in missions the navy has to fulfil,’ declared
minister José Pedro Aguiar-Branco before the demonstration.
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Study: U.S. Combat Aviation Stuck in the Industrial Age
[image: F-22 Raptor]U.S. combat air forces are ill equipped to fight a
technologically empowered enemy, and it could be years or decades before
the Pentagon deploys more advanced weapons.
Such is the grim picture painted in a new study by the Center for Strategic
and Budgetary Assessments.
The authors, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula and CSBA analyst Mark
Gunzinger, make the case that aviation forces are not up to the challenges
of 21st century warfare and the Pentagon has only itself to blame.
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Boxing and Politics 3: Manny Pacquiao vs. BIR
After Manny Pacquiao beat Tim Bradley last week, grand celebration among
millions of Filipinos as well as other fans of Pacman abroad.
Then the next round of jokes and sattire went to Bureau of Internal Revenue
(BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares, in relation to its pending tax charges
against the boxing icon. of "tax evasion".
Public sentiment is predominantly against the BIR of course.
More Pacquiao vs Henares memes. The BIR will simply harass Manny,
especially if he will side with the opposition in the coming elections.
Aside from the prize money, reportedly at $20 million, plus poss... more »
Navy surveys female sailors for sub duty
[image: Ohio class SSBN]A survey meant to gauge interest among enlisted
women for submarine service is going out to the fleet.
Every enlisted woman in the Navy will receive an invitation to take the
voluntary survey, which asks questions about everything from their career
aspirations to their opinion on how switching to subs would affect their
career.
The survey was sent to reservists March 31 and to active-duty women a day
later — more than 57,000 enlisted women, all told.
Read more
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*Climate "science" as medieval theology*
*Re: "Why climate deniers are winning: The twisted psychology that
overwhelms scientific consensus" -- by Paul Rosenberg*
The Rosenberg heading above leads into a long article. The article is too
long to reproduce here but I thought I might make a few comments. I
initially found it fascinating that the author is an Al-Jazeera journalist
with an Ashkenazi surname.
The article is mainly a discussion of work by our old friend Lewandowski.
And it is notable that NOT ONE climate fact is mentioned in the article.
That Warmists are desperat... more »
There Is "Bipartisanship" And Then There Is Bipartisanship-- West Virginia And California
Evan Jenkins was a very right-wing Democrat who followed his opportunistic
instincts to switch parties recently and run against a right-wing Democrat
who hasn't switched parties, Nick Rahall. Jenkins' TV spot above has a
couple of lines I want to call special attention to:
"Nick Rahall-- a lying politician, just like Obama. A better choice: Evan
Jenkins-- the backbone to defend our way of life from Obama's 'War On
Coal.' Jenkins puts West Virginians first, not politics. Work with both
parties, create jobs… *That's* Evan Jenkins."
"Work with both parties?" By calling Rahall and O... more »
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Mohawk Nation News 'Hanging Tobacco'
“HANGING
TOBACCO”
Posted on April 19, 2014
Please post & distribute.
MNN. Apr. 19, 2014. O’ien’kwen:ton [hanging tobacco] is an elite part of
the Warrior Society [Roti’skennen:kete]. They are also known as the
“ghost warriors”. A bundle of fresh tobacco is tied and hung in the dark
corners of the longhouse so they will stay green and almost invisible.
The men of this society secretly
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery Day 41 , April 19 , 2014 --KUALA LUMPUR: The next 48 hours will be crucial in the underwater search for missing Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 with the search area narrowed, said Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein - “Whatever happens in that period, we will then regroup and discuss our next move,” he said at the press conference at Royale Chulan hotel, Saturday ...... PERTH: A U.S. Navy deep-sea drone is diving to unprecedented depths to scour a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean floor for a missing Malaysian jetliner as the Malaysian government said it may use more remote control submarines to help with the search. ...... The Bluefin 21 sub has covered around 133 square kilometres (51 square miles) since it began diving into the depths earlier this week to scan the seabed with sonar. The latest data are being analysed, and a seventh mission is already underway, it said. So far, no debris has been spotted.
Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/04/19/MH370-search-Next-48-hours-crucial/
Published: Saturday April 19, 2014 MYT 3:04:00 PM
Updated: Saturday April 19, 2014 MYT 3:12:53 PM
MH370 search: Next 48 hours crucial, says Hishammuddin
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*Political Horizons: Honoré wants public involved on environment ~Mark
Ballard, The Advocate**~“Look, the reason we have so many lawsuits in this
state is because we don’t have enough laws. When you break someone’s stuff
… you should be held responsible. But they can say, ‘No, no, I don’t have
to pay for it because it’s permitted under state law.’”*
*Legislation stripping levee districts of autonomy raise questions about
flood protection taxes, emergency response ~Andrea Shaw *
When the young(er) Joanie Caucus met up with the Doonesbury gang
*You remember this Doonesbury strip?*
*DOONESBURY -- Monday, Februay 4, 2013*
[*Click to enlarge*]
*by Ken*
Awhile back, pursuing an earlier fit of *Doonesbury* nostalgia, I offered "Our
own Doonesbury flashback: When Joanie Caucus joined Elizabeth Warren's
Senate staff," reprising two weeks' worth of strips that Garry Trudeau
himself had just reprinted, originally from February and March 2013, when
our old, old *Doonesbury* companion Joanie Caucus came out of retirement to
join the Senate staff of Elizabeth Warren, whose candidacy she had
supported so ardently. What I couldn't ge... more »
Leveraging Laureen
Last night when the story of Laureen Harper first, *hosting/sponsoring* a
cat video fundraising thingy -- in kitty ears to boot -- then dismissing a
question from a young woman on missing and murdered indigenous women at
that event hit the news, I was enraged but couldn't put my finger on
exactly why.
Watch.
Then I read this:
Somebody needs to tell Laureen Harper that missing and murdered indigenous
women isn't a cause... It's a national shame. #mmiw #cdnpoli
— Allison Fenske (@AllisonFenske) April 18, 2014
Yes.
True, I don't like cats. The time, attention, and money spe... more »
Standard for interpretation
R v Moo, 2014 ONCJ 127 holds an interpreter need not be perfect to meet the
requisite constitutional competence. "What is required ultimately is that
the information held by the accused person can be communicated as
effectively after interpretation as it could have even if the accused
person spoke the language of the trial".
Some might ask if the accused person is not entitled to understand the
trial as well as merely communicating information?
Fukushima Updates April 18 , 2014 --Japanese citizens fighting efforts to whitewash exposure data and lies from Japan / Tepco ............. Losing the war to contain contaminated water -- Huge tanks shipped to Fukushima plant / One gets full within less than 2 days ......... 4,200,000,000Bq of β and 10,000,000 Bq of γ nuclides leaked from ALPS again / New technology never get into operation ......... [Assumption overturned] Bypass water already exceeded the safety limit / Tepco “won’t stop pumping up”
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140418_42.html
Residents respond to exposure estimates
Residents and evacuees of Tamura City's Miyakoji district are voicing
dissatisfaction with the publication of radiation exposure estimates for
the area.
Kazuo Yoshida lived in Miyakoji, but is now in temporary housing. He says
the government should have released the data when discussions were underway
on whether to lift the evacuation order for Miyakoji. He says he gave up
farming and won't return unless authorities decontaminate mountains which
are the source of the water he uses ... more »
Breaking news....Muammar Gaddafi killed in Libya
I must be losing track of time as I get older. I could have sworn that
Colonel Gaddafi was killed by our nice Libyan allies (and hasn't that
turned out wonderfully!) well over two years ago, but it appears that it
has only just happened.
The current third 'Most Read' article on the BBC News website is...and,
yes, it *really* is ...Muammar Gaddafi killed in Libya.
Maybe this is Einstein's gravitational time dilation in action though.
Gaddafi was quite a big man after all, and I'm quite short.
Syria has removed or destroyed 80% of it's chems
Notice the lying corporate media is spinning away on that hoax out of
Donetsk, instead of reporting on the substantial progress Syria has made!! *Despite
all that the US/Israel and Turkey have thrown at that beleaguered nation.
Almost 80 percent removal.*
OPCW-UN mission reports approximately 80 per cent of its chemical weapons
material.
Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission, said in a
statement that further engagement is expected to sustain momentum and to
complete removal operations during the next days.
This will contribute to meeting the deadlines set b... more »
“8 Terrifying Facts About NSA Surveillance”
*“8 Terrifying Facts About NSA Surveillance”*
By Jim Hightower
“On Monday, April 14, the the Washington Post and the Guardian US
newspapers received the Pulitzer for Journalism Public Service for their
reports on NSA spying. In light of their hard work, let's recap events of
the last year.
Embarrassed and irritated by Edward Snowden's leaks, Obama charged last
year at a press conference that Snowden was presenting a false picture of
NSA by releasing parts of its work piecemeal: "Rather than have a trunk
come out here and a leg come out there," he said, "let's just put the whole
el... more »
"How Many Times?"
“How many times do you have to get hit over
the head before you figure out who's hitting you?”
- Harry S. Truman
“What the 1% Don’t Want You to Know: America’s Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy”
*“What the 1% Don’t Want You to Know: *
*America’s Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy”*
by Moyers & Company
"A new report shows that top CEOs were paid 331 times more than the average
US worker in 2013. At the same time, the poorest fifth of Americans paid an
average tax rate of 11 percent while the richest one percent contributed
half that rate at state and local levels. In this essay, Bill reflects on
the forces that are causing inequality to skyrocket, why it matters and
where we’re headed in the future.
- http://www.commondreams.org/video/2014/04/19
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*"Krugman: Worried About Oligarchy? Y... more »
“Have you enlisted Katty too?”
Oh, for David Preiser's take on this at *Biased BBC *(David is presently
missing, presumed kidnapped. I suspect a police search of Mark Mardell's
basement might restore him to us)...
*The Times* is reporting that Jay Carney, Barack Obama's official
spokesman, has 'become the story' - something official spokesmen are
famously *not* supposed to become.
Republican critics are aghast that he and his wife, writer Claire Shipman,
photographed in their kitchen in *Washingtonian Mom* magazine, have been
found to have decorated their walls with two 'two framed Soviet-era
propaganda poster... more »
Bulgaria news updates - April 19 , 2014 .....Will Bulgaria be the next testing ground in the escalating confrontation between Putin’s Russia and the West—and why should you care ? Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksander Novak revealed that the South Stream gas pipeline project is moving forward , The statement comes a day after the European Parliament adopted a resolution for halting the South Stream construction and revising agreements on the project with Russia.
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Is Bulgaria the Next US-Russia Flashpoint?
By Victor Kotsev on Apr 18, 2014
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*Will Bulgaria be the next testing ground in the escalating confrontation
between Putin’s Russia and the West—and why should you care ?*
*The answer may have something to do with gas.*
*Follow the Pipelines*
“If the Russians get their way in Ukraine, we will be the next country they
will turn their attention to,” said Evgeniy Dainov, a political science and
sociology professor at New Bulgarian University in Sofia, Bulgaria’s
capital.
He is a staunch critic of the Kremlin who nevertheless refuse... more »
Republican Godfather Viguerie Joins anti-Libertarian Crusade
You have to give one thing to Richard Viguerie, besides being really old in
that he represents the fossilized relic of an idealized and selectively
recalled bygone past era that will never again mesh with the modern world.
He also just like the rotten, neocon saturated Republican establishment
that he represents does not ever quit. Viguerie joined the neocon war on
libertarians with potential 2016 presidential candidate Rand Paul in their
cross-hairs with one hell of a manifesto that was published at the
chronicle of the inside the beltway circle jerk that is Politico Magazine.
I... more »
Lawrence Krauss brings some lively insights and delusions to Czechia
*A visit that the narcissist had to like*
Tonight, people called me to remind me about a program on the ÄŒT24 channel
of the Czech Public TV:
Hyde Park Civilization (1-hour interview with Lawrence Krauss, Czech video)
------------------------------
...click at "English version" at the bottom of the page above to watch dze
Czenglish version of the program (around 5:30, English starts again, after
a few minutes in Czech only)...
A one-hour interview on the public TV isn't a negligible thing. Note that
the Hyde Park Civilization program was previously mentioned on this blog in
2013 when... more »
PA-13-- How Much More Mud Will The Mezvinsky Clan Drag The Clintons Through?
I hate the money game that American electoral politics has devolved into,
drowning out ideas and, in too many cases, all agendas and even visions
other than those of the donor class. But it's how the Beltway pundits and
the mass media view momentum and electability. And, normally, the candidate
with the most money wins-- not always, but most frequently. In the PA-13
(northeast Philly and Montgomery County in the clsoe-in Philadelphia
'burbs) race to replace Allyson Schwartz, the candidate long dubbed the
"front-runner," a corrupt, conservative wretch and former failed
congresswoma... more »
New Studies Show Health Risks From Wireless Technology
Saturday, April 19, 2014
*Warnings from the BioInitiative Working Group / University at Albany,
Rensselaer, New York*
*Activist Post*
The BioInitiative Working Group says evidence for health risk from wireless
tech is growing stronger and warrants immediate action. The Group released
a mid-year update covering new science studies from 2012 to 2014.
New studies intensify medical concerns about malignant brain tumors from
cell phone use. “There is a consistent pattern of increased risk for glioma
(a malignant brain tumor) and acoustic neuroma with use of mobile and
cordless phones” ... more »
where is it? - where's the truth in this world? - I just can't find it
*where is it?*
I looked for truth in God, and found priests and churches and money.
I looked for truth in Science, and found blinkers and dogmas and
persecution.
I looked for truth in People, and found zombies and robots and lies.
Where's the truth in this strange, sick, wicked, wistful, pointless world?
Paradise
I hate being a perennial sourpuss when it comes to blogging, so I'm going
to recommend that you make an effort to catch the third and final part of
Radio 4's most recent Classic Serial, Dante's *Divine Comedy*, *Paradiso*,
while you can.
Failure to do so will see you damned for all eternity. After all, the sign
at the entrance to Hell reads, "Abandon hope all ye who failed to catch *Paradiso
*on Radio 4."
You can listen at 9 o'clock tonight [now] or on the i-Player for the next
nineteen hours.
The whole thing, as adapted by Stephen Wyatt and narrated by John Hurt, was
staggerin... more »
Ukraine and Gardening – Yet Again
April 19, 2014 [My condolences to the family, loved ones and friends of
Michael Ruppert. I didn’t know Mike personally, but his writings on peak
oil and his blog, From the Wilderness, were among the handful of sources
available when … Continue reading →
Vladimir Putin basically told Stephen Harper to go and take a hike
Stephen Harper thinks he is a world leader. He has been prominent in
criticizing Russia over Ukraine and promised Ukraine some military help.
Putin primarily told him to go and 'screw yourself'.
A toast to Stevie
*"The Conservative government's tough rhetoric over Russia’s actions in
Ukraine may play well to some voters domestically, but analysts doubt it
will have any impact on curtailing Moscow's policies in the region.*
*"I think the only people Putin’s going to pay any attention to, if he pays
any attention at all, are going to be the United States and the European
Union, above... more »
April 19: Sh! Baby's sleeping...
What could be the biggest crisis in world history has taken a turn for the
worse in the last couple of days. But not in the Irving press. In the fact,
even the word "Ukraine" did not appear in the paper yesterday, and did not
appear again today.
But there are big, front page stories that drivers are still talking on
cell phones, and Easter is a big time for retail sales but Christmas is
bigger. Way to set priorities, guys.
Of course, they don't carry the big story that has hit the European papers
- but not the North American ones. When the elected government of Ukraine
was still i... more »
CA-33-- One Way To Know What To Expect From Political Leaders Is To Examine What They've Already Done
Wendy Greuel has a shocking campaign payroll. She has an army of lame,
high-priced consultants from outside the area who can't seem to lessen the
intensity of the negative perception their employer has working against her
in the CA-33 House race. Instead, they're running around whispering their
poisonous messages about the other candidates to anyone who will listen.
The latest is a nasty attack on Marianne Williamson as the "Paris Hilton
candidate," although it doesn't seem to be based on anything concrete other
than that *other* Hollywood celebrities-- though not Hilton-- have end... more »
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Is Factory Farming Making Us Sick?
From:* prepography.com*
I believe the answer to this question, which is a resounding YES, is
self-evident in our society.
Amongst our species.
Endorsement of Court of Appeal of limited precedential value
*R. v. Singh,* 2014 ONCA 293:
[12] While all decisions of this court are binding, care must be
taken to avoid reading unwarranted jurisprudential principles into a
decision of the court rendered in an endorsement as brief as in *Bugler*.
Such endorsements are intended primarily to simply pronounce a decision for
parties who, having been present in court during the argument of the
appeal, will understand the thrust of the court’s reasoning. When the court
intends to articulate jurisprudential principles for the first time, it
does so in a written judgment. *Vanderbruggen* ... more »
Christ Lived In The Now - A Discourse by M.N.Hopkins
*From the Now, past and future co-exist together with no division or
separation.*
*The Now is the great revealer and equalizer. *
*The Now is both the seeds of possibility as well as the fruits of your
labors here on Earth.*
*The Now is the quickest, safest and shortest route to ones' Glory. *
*Being in the Now opens countless doors of opportunity as well as countless
possibilities of being and doing.*
*Christ lived in the Now and brought forth great possibility as well as
opportunity for Mankind to develop and evolve into something greater than
yourselves.*
*Christ lived in t... more »
Iran nuclear talks updates April 19 , 2014 .....Iran says reactor dispute 'virtually solved' Vice-president says world powers have accepted proposal to redesign heavy water plant at Arak. ........ Tehran vetoes discussion of its missiles in nuclear talks ......... Iran adhering to nuclear freeze, watchdog says Iran is complying with an interim agreement freezing parts of its nuclear activities, the UN's chemical watchdog says. Last year's temporary deal came in return for mild sanctions relief.
Debka...
*http://www.debka.com/article/Salehi-Arak-deal-cover-up-for-1-300-kg-enriched-uranium-smuggled-to-Parchin-for-secret-upgrade*
Tehran’s trickery and tactics of misdirection were on full show Saturday,
April 19, when Iran’s Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi offered “to redesign”
the controversial Arak reactor so that it produces one-fifth of the
plutonium initially planned and his claim that this concession had
“virtually resolved” Iran’s controversy with the West. But the giveaway was
his mock-innocent comment: “We still don’t know why they [nuclear watchdog
inspectors] want t... more »
JESUS, THE LONELY REBEL
*With the emergence of a popular pope this Easter within a morally
disintegrating Catholic Church, which is torn by sexual abuse and
corruption, it's time for a new look at the very human* *and **lonely**
Jesus, the ultimate populist rebel with a timeless cause ~ love one another
**~ but who also deeply knew something that most people chose not to be
conscious of: Allen L Roland *
*"All great truths begin as blasphemies" *George Bernard Shaw
As I wrote the last few Easters, I personally do not think of Jesus as meek
and mild but instead as a determined and compassionate rev... more »
Bowling
Today was a long hard work day - first class at 7:30 AM, a long day of
grading, an evening meeting about the upcoming trip to Spain, and then our
monthly outing to the bowling alley!
Paul is the event organizer.
Got a strike, whoo hoo!
I got one too!
That makes three of us!
Princess alert!
Southern Man's geocaching buddy.
With one of the girls.
Adam has a big...ball!
Really, guys?
All three of you?
And afterwards we went to Chili's for food and drink and more fun times.
It's good to end a long hard day playing with friends!
The master of the homosexual inuendo - Julian Clary
Julian Clary the master of audience participation and sexual innuendo...
You have to look at the little church
Anything that has been behind any solid had been backed up by some kind of
belief not totally going to float. I wish for a day when we would all say,
something like we are now drowning in a a ocacan our grandfather put as a
profit play. Life on this planet does not move with Adams Smiths invisible
hand, no the wisdom of the planet predates his original play by
circumstance, and the body of evidence.
We are animals you can put us in cages but sooner or later
it will be your death
and a sad mourning of circumstance.
Obama to America: God Is Totally Awesome
(graphic by Kat Garcia)
Separation of church and state? Like the Bill of Rights, that is becoming
quite the quaint concept. What the one indispensable nation on the bright
shining hill hath joined together, let no politician worth his salt put
asunder.... especially when the economy sucks for the vast majority. Thus
spake Obama:
*These holy days have their roots in miracles that took place long ago.
And yet, they still inspire us, guide us, and strengthen us today. They
remind us of our responsibilities to God and, as God’s children, our
responsibilities to one another. *
*For... more »
Harvard Re-Kindles Its Eugenics Past with Embrace of KIPP's Richard Barth
In the 1920s Harvard was a beehive of activity aimed at segregation and
sterilization of those deemed mentally and socially defective, based
principally on classist and racist assumptions about the poor and the those
of different ethnic backgrounds. One of the Eugenics Movement rock stars,
Charles Davenport, was a graduate of Harvard and instrumental in assuring
the forced castration of a number of Massachusetts boys during that era.
Today the castrations of boys and involuntary sterilization for girls is a
thing of the past. Instead, we have a new method now energetically
embrac... more »
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*New Orleans Earth Day Festival & Green Business Expo!*
[image: http://nolaearthdayfest.wordpress.com/]
*Developer sentenced for filling in Bay St. Louis wetlands ~WVUE*
Musings On Iraq In The News
I was cited in this new report by the Institute for the Study of War “Overt
Shi’ia Militia Mobilization in Mixed Areas.”
The Railing Class
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(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on, loan from Ari.)
"*This is 1888, isn’t it? I knew I was Jack. Hats off. I said Jack. I’m
Jack, cunning Jack, quiet Jack. Jack’s my name. Jack whose sword never
sleeps. Hats off I’m Jack, not the Good Shepherd, not the Prince of Peace.
I’m Red Jack, Springheeled Jack, Saucy Jack, Jack from Hell, trade-name
Jack the Ripper!*" - Peter Barnes, *The Ruling Class*
*or, You Get What You Don't Pay For*
We are all Jack Gurney, whether we like ... more »
Islamofascists take over the "secular" school system in Birmingham
Yesterday, the Telegraph published quite a shocking story
State schools isolate non-Muslims
about a leaked official report uncovering the Islamist Blitzkrieg takeover
of schools in Birmingham. Not surprisingly, it is the most widely read
article in the Telegraph now and it has received almost 3,000 comments.
The latest, 2011 U.K. census says that only 3 million (5%) Britons are
Muslims; they are mostly immigrants from Pakistan and their descendants, as
the well-known semi-joking map above shows.
The largest Muslim population, over 200,000, lives in London but Birmingham
has almo... more »
USA USA USA
I have to admit that cry from the crowd raised my eyebrows more than I
would have been in similar circumstances proud. That cry erupted in a Tampa
vs Montreal Canadiens playoff game. Did the locals think they were playing
a game against Canada, for sure in that context the chant would be in sync,
So what happened there and is this a precursor to the notion that when it
comes to thinking the USA takes first place in not there.
Showing the flag is one thing, but not knowing how to host it in general is
another.
I worry about the USA because they are living a myth, that now days is
bei... more »
Can Research Inform Climate Policy? A Columbia University Workshop
For me, yesterday’s main activity was a home game workshop on the policy
implications of research on climate policy. I co-organized the workshop
with Alex Ovodenko and Scott Barrett, both of whom are active in the
climate policy research community. We had a group of about 30 people, both
academics and practitioners. The six presentations
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CAMBRIDGE CONFERENCE
I took the bus early this morning from Portland to Boston in order to get
to the Asia-Pacific peace conference being held in Cambridge at the Friends
Meeting House. I will speak on a panel after lunch.
I got here about 30 minutes after the event began and caught the end of
speech by Hideki Yoshikawa from Okinawa who was sharing stories about their
struggle against expanding US military bases. Other activists from Korea
and China will also be talking.
Hyun Lee, the Korean activist from New York City, who came to Maine last
week to our rally at Bath Iron Works is here. She, alon... more »
Let It Go for the test refusers
Originally posted on An Antique Teacher:
I was making my way around the internet and found this, which was billed as
a “parody”. I guess in the simplest terms, it is a parody, but sadly as I
watched it, I realized that it was a video encouraging students to do their
very best on the…
Smelling A Skunk
Eric Grenier writes that, the more Canadians learn about the Fair
Elections
Act, the less they like it:
Opposition to the Conservative government's proposed Fair Elections
Act(Bill C-23) is widespread and growing, according to a new
poll by Angus Reid Global.
The survey, conducted online from April 14-15 and surveying 1,505
Canadians, found that 59 per cent of Canadians who said they were very
or
fairly familiar with the proposed legislation were opposed to it, an
increase of three points since Angus Reid last polled Canadians on the
topic in February.
Unfortunately, there is s... more »
Two Americas: George W. Bush and Neil deGrasse Tyson
Two Americas: George W. Bush and Neil deGrasse Tyson. via Two Americas:
George W. Bush and Neil deGrasse Tyson.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming
Radical
Police State Updates - From Clive Bundy alleged by Harry Reid to be a domestic terrorist , to the Control Grid - recent items to consider on the ever-growing US Police State ....
Cliven Bundy: Domestic Patriot
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April 19, 2014
Alex and David Knight break down the latest lunacy from politicians and
bureaucrats. Earlier this week, White House Counterterror Chief Lisa Monaco
suggested that your confrontational children could be terrorists.
Similarly, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and rancher Cliven Bundy have a response
to Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who declared all Bundy supp... more »
DC 's Conservative Consensus Has Us On The Road To Patrimonial Capitalism
Paul Krugman to Bill Moyers: "We’re seeing inequalities that will be
transferred across generations. We are becoming very much the kind of
society we imagined we’re nothing like." Wednesday was my sister's
birthday. In her honor, we ran a post, Oligarchy, It's Never Too Late For
Americans To Recapture Democracy. But maybe it is.
Yesterday, Marianne Williamson, one of the leading candidates running for
Henry Waxman's old congressional seat (CA-33) tweeted that this was the
reason she is running. What she was pointing to was part of the BBC's
"Today's Must-Read," a study of the rep... more »
Musical Interlude: Bruce Springsteen, “Streets Of Philadelphia”
Bruce Springsteen, “Streets Of Philadelphia”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2DtNW79sQ
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*Kids being used as guinea pigs for tests*
It’s easy to experiment on schoolchildren, because they are a captive and
vulnerable audience. States require all children to attend school, and once
there the kids can be forced to do all sorts of things, aided by the fact
that parents are rarely in class to monitor what’s going on.
The latest scheme is the field testing of Common Core assessments. This
spring, more than four million kids will be required to spend hours on
tests that have little connection to what they learned in class this year
and will provide their teachers and schools... more »
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*Pregnant women who take SSRI antidepressants are three times more likely
to have a child with autism*
*This is just correlational stuff. The effects could be due to the
underlying illnesses only*
Mothers-to-be who take antidepressants have an increased risk of having a
child with autism, a study has found.
U.S. researchers say women who took commonly prescribed selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors - SSRIs - were three times more likely to have a baby
boy with autism or developmental delays.
The effect of the drugs, prescribed for depression, anxiety and other
disorders, is... more »
War watch Iraq April 19 , 2014 --Iraq Candidates Targeted; 69 Killed 73 Wounded ....... Militants Launch Takeover of Iraq Town , Militants attempted to take over a village in Diyala province but, so far, have failed to do so. This would be the second location in Diyala to suffer a prolonged siege against it at the hands of DAASH/ISIS militants. Baghdad is bookended by Diyala and Anbar provinces, so the fall of Diyala province would be a great coup for militants working their way toward the capital. At least 35 people were killed, almost all of them militants, and 53 more were wounded today ...... Two maps for consideration , one showing various Regions of Iraq , the second showing the various Oil Company Regions of Iraq .....
Iraq......
Iraq Candidates Targeted; 69 Killed 73 Wounded
by Margaret Griffis, April 19, 2014
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At least 69 people were killed in ongoing violence. About half of them were
militants. Another *73 civilians and security personnel were wounded*.
There were at least three attacks on political candidates today, and
another attack on campaigners. Elections are at the end of the month.
In *Anbar*:
Artillery fire in *Falluja* killed three people and wounded eight more.
Earlier, one civilian was killed and three more were wounded in shelling.
Eleven militants were killed... more »
Newsnight, David Axelrod, Operation Trojan Horse, Marine le Pen and Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The final *Newsnight *this week dropped Ukraine from its prime position.
The deal in Geneva was obviously not as exciting as the 'bang bang' earlier
in the week [as Jeremy Paxman might put it], so into third place in the
programme's running order it duly went.
Into prime position instead went the boring Westminster bubble story exciting
*Newsnight *scoop that the Labour Party has hired *West Wing *star American
strategist *David Axelrod* to help make Ed Miliband electable. If it worked
for Obama, it's bound to work for Ed.
Even though *Newsnight *and Kirsty Wark were clearly exc... more »
Ukraine news of note - April 19 , 2014 -- US, Russia Trade Warnings, Criticisms Over Ukraine Deal .......Demand to Ukraine to settle payment for gas isn't connected with political process - Putin ......... Ukraine concerned over Transdniestria’s address for independence — Foreign Ministry .....
Anti war .....
US, Russia Trade Warnings, Criticisms Over Ukraine DealForeign Ministry: US
Being Unreasonable
by Jason Ditz, April 18, 2014
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Yesterday was deal-making day in Geneva, as US and Russian officials
reached a joint statement on the growing eastern Ukraine crisis. Today,
that’s all but forgotten, as the two sides are back to issuing stern
warnings to one another.
When the East Ukraine protesters, who weren’t invited to the talks, said
they didn’t feel obligated to the deal, Secretary of State John Kerry
issued a statement warning Russia about it, a... more »
Ukraine evening overview April 17 , 2014 - where things stand now -- Russian Foreign Minister Announces Four Party Agreement On Steps To De-escalate Ukraine Crisis ...... Ukraine immediately nixes -- So Much For The De-escalation? Kiev Says Military Operation In East Ukraine To Continue and Nato promptly ups the ante by sending 5 more ships toward Ukraine...... Obama and Putin trade tough talk as Rusia reserves right to use military force in Eastern Ukraine , while US prepares additional sanctions... Ukraine politics in focus - Donetsk Separatists begin organizing May 11 , 2014 Referendum....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
More "De-escalation" - NATO Sends Five Warships To Baltic Sea
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- Belgium
- Estonia
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Ukraine
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For 100 years, the federal government has usurped powers not delegated to it in our Constitution. What should we do about it?
*(**this is a very well done and simple explanation of the predicament we
are in, and really the ultimate answer to it . . many people, including
me, realizes that so much/all of the laws, actions and beaurocracies being
used against the people are unconstitutional . . but do not really know
"why" or "how" they are unconstitutional. . . . as well as the snakes
everywhere who put themselves out there as "patriotic" and "conservative"
on the radio, tv, etc, and get a following (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity,
Glen Beck, Mark Levine, etc, etc) that ultimately are working for the
glo... more »
The Jews, always the other...
' Posters and leaflets have appeared in Donetsk, Eastern Ukrainian,
demanding Jews register, pay a new tax or leave, because of 'their support
for the Kiev government'.'
More here http://m.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27086345
Newsnight, Keith Blakelock, self employment, Central African Republic and Irish dancing
Wednesday's edition continued the pattern so far in beginning with Ukraine.
It then dealt briefly with the South Korean ferry disaster before moving on
to a report about the* murder of P.C. Keith Blakelock*.
P.C. Blakelock was stabbed 43 times by a Tottenham mob during the 1985
riots. Some of whom were evidently trying to decapitate him. His family
have never found justice.
*Newsnight *was evidently very pleased with itself for having obtained the
first T.V. interview with Nicky Jacobs, the man recently found not guilty
of Keith Blakelock's murder. No doubt (being good left-libe... more »
Newsnight, the cost of living, sexism, Facebook jihadis, Lord Tebbit and the Kop
Like Monday's edition, Tuesday's edition of *Newsnight *began with Ukraine
before moving on to Labour's *Cost of Living Crisis* campaign in the light
of the latest stats seemingly undermining Labour's case. As Jeremy Paxman's
introduction put it:
Now, inflation in this country is now running at its lowest rate for four
years, 1.6%. Figures out tomorrow are expected to show that wages are
rising by more than inflation. A year ahead of the election this is good
news for the Conservatives. The shadow chancellor Ed Balls was steadfastly
maintaining today that the improvement didn't me... more »
Baku’s Military Spending Surged 493% in 9 Years
[image: Mi-35 Hind]According to a report a report released by a leading
arms observation group on Monday, Azerbaijan is second in the ranking of
nations with sharpest increase in military spending, registering a 493
percent increase from 2004 to 2014.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in its report
that while countries like the United States are cutting military spending,
a staggering number of countries around the world were doubling their
military capabilities.
The report attributed Azerbaijan’s spike in military expenditures to the
ongoing Nagorno-Karabak... more »
Selex ES successfully demonstrates BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy technology
[image: BriteCloud]Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, has successfully
carried out multiple end-to-end tests of its BriteCloud Expendable Active
Decoy (EAD) technology.
The tests proved the new technology’s capability under live conditions and
will clear the way for Selex ES to begin production of the decoys.
BriteCloud is a self-contained Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammer for fast jet
aircraft, providing an off-board capability to decoy RF-guided missiles and
fire control radars.
Read more
Boeing-Built Fighter Jets Could Launch US Military Satellites Into Space
[image: Artist's concept of the DARPA Airborne Satellite Launch Vehicle
under an F-15E aircraft]And you thought space launches couldn't get any
cooler: The next generation of small satellites may blast into orbit from
the belly of a fighter jet.
The United States military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) gave Boeing a $30.6 million contract last month to develop a
24-foot (7.3-meter) launch vehicle that would attach to the bottom of an
F-15E Strike Eagle.
The concept calls for the jet to drop this vehicle when it reaches an
altitude of 40,000 feet (12,192 meters... more »
Female Soldiers Shine on China's First Aircraft Carrier
[image: Female soldiers]Female soldiers have presented a bright and brave
public image on China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, since the
female crew team was set up in June 2010.
These soldiers have witnessed historic events on the Liaoning, including
its handover ceremony to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the first
taking-off and landing exercises of its fighter-jets.
In conjunction with International Women's Day this year, the 90 member
female crew team was honored with the National March 8th Red-banner Unit
award, an honor granted by the All-China Women's Federat... more »
Aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov ends Mediterranean mission, leaves for Atlantic Ocean Read
[image: Admiral Kuznetsov]Russia's heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
has accomplished its mission within the Russian naval force in the
Mediterranean and has headed for northeastern areas of the Atlantic Ocean,
North Fleet spokesman Capt. 1st Rank Vadim Serga said.
"The cruiser has accomplished its mission within the Navy task force in the
Mediterranean and headed for Severomorsk. The aircraft carrier Admiral
Kuznetsov is expected to return to base by late May," Serga said, Interfax
reports.
He said that the cruiser entered the Mediterranean Sea on January 15.
Read more
Iranian Navy Starts Manufacturing Training Destroyer
[image: Jamaran corvette]The Iranian Navy started to manufacture an
indigenous destroyer for training purposes, dubbed ‘the Persian Gulf’, a
top Navy commander announced.
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced on Friday
that his forces have embarked on implementing “one of the biggest projects”
of the Navy to manufacture the Persian Gulf destroyer for training purposes.
He made the comments on the sidelines of massive military parades to mark
Iran’s National Army Day.
Read more
Iran marks Army Day
Marking the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army; Different
units from the armed forces of the Iranian army have held nationwide
military parades to mark the national Army Day.
The annual event provides an opportunity to showcase the latest weaponry
and military hardware developed domestically.
During the parades, the Iranian armed forces displayed different weapons
and military tools and equipment, including different kinds of fighters,
helicopters, drones, different types of missiles, tactical and armed
vehicles, surface and underwater vessels, electronic and te... more »
The Massive Russian Radar Site in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
When you are in the middle of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and your tour
guide asks, with just a hint of guile, if you would like to see the Russian
Woodpecker, you might think that you will finally be afforded a glimpse of
one of the area’s fabled mutants, an irradiated avian with a beak the size
of Finland.
You assent. Yes, let’s go see the Russian Woodpecker! How much more strange
can things get, really? You then start driving into the woods, on a narrow
lane that was once a road: everything in Chernobyl was once something, and
something else. A deer skipped along our path.
T... more »
Delays And Cost Challenges Beset Airborne ASW
[image: P-8A Poseidon]The U.S. Navy's Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol
and antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft made the headlines in March when
aircraft of patrol squadron VP-16, deployed to Kadena AB in Okinawa,
supported the search for the vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
But although the P-8A is the largest and most costly aircraft ever built
for ASW, its ability to detect submarines at long range is inferior to that
of the P-3C Orion, which it is intended to replace.
Meanwhile, France has had to accept a second reduction in its future ASW
aircraft fleet. It had hoped... more »
Newsnight, Nigel Evans, death row, and Morpurgo v Gove
Looking back over this week's editions of *Newsnight, *Monday's
editionspent its first quarter of an hour discussing Ukraine before
moving on to
discuss the fall-out from *Nigel Evans*'s acquittal.
Rod Liddle wrote an interesting piece about this in the *Spectator*:
The lowbrow public may not know how to spell Barack Obama, or be
entirely
au fait with the name of the country of which he is leader. But...they
are
worried about the hyperbole from our political elite over the Ukraine,
and
on an entirely different issue they are not prepared to simply swallow
bundled charges of histori... more »
David Brooks, Common Core Circus Performer
Why newspapers hire individuals to regularly offer the public
unsubstantiated opinions baffles me. I am a researcher. Unless my posts are
grounded in my personal experience, I offer my readers links to document my
position on matters about which I write. David Brooks is an opinion writer.
He publishes his opinions regularly in the New York […]
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*
~*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. The
governor and his sympathetic legislators are on the verge of changing one
state law after another just to put a stop to this lawsuit. *
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
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 Continue readingRelated articles
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