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US warns China over contested islands
US defence secretary warns China against unilateral action over disputes with Japan, a day before his visit to Beijing.
HBO's 'Silicon Valley' Is a Nerdy 'Entourage' Nailing Tech Culture
"God, I hate Palo Alto," an exotic dancer exclaims inside a house
full of awkward tech nerds during an episode of HBO's Silicon Valley,
which debuts Sunday at 10 p.m. ET — an ideal time slot after the Game of
Thrones season four premiere.
But for all of the things that this frustrated dancer hates about
Silicon Valley, you'll likely find them enjoyable while watching the new
half-hour satirical comedy, as the series doesn't hold back mocking the
area's burgeoning startup culture. The sitcom was somewhat inspired by
co-creator Mike Judge — the mastermind behind King of the Hill, Beavi
Roger Penrose continues his weird anti-ïnflation jihad
...as well as anti-quantum, anti-string...For more than 30 years,
Roger Penrose would be offering many irrational and wrong criticisms of
the cosmic inflation. He didn't stop after the publication of the
discovery of primordial gravitational waves by BICEP2. On Friday,
instead of hiding somewhere in a closet, he went to Ira Flatow's show,
Science Friday, and displayed more self confidence than ever:Sir Roger
Penrose: Cosmic Inflation Is ‘Fantasy’ (click this and click the
"LISTEN" button)In the 27-minute interview, he reminds us about the book
"Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy"
blogger-following
Sedona Dreams w/ George Whitehurst Berry
George Whitehurst Berry is a student of David John Oates,the legendary
discoverer of Reverse Speech. For almost 5 years, George hosted the
Crash! Are You Ready?! show on the Genesis Communications Network, where
David John Oates was a regular guest. In addition, George conducted the
most extensive series of interviews on the planet exposing the HIV/AIDS
Scam: http://fauxcapitalist.com/2011/08/27/
Abbott tells G20 that climate is off the agenda (and the EU are not happy)
Australia is holding the G20 later this year. P.M. Tony Abbott has
said climate will not even be on the agenda. The EU and the UN are not
happy about that, so we know this is an excellent move. Bravo Abbott. EU
‘unhappy’ climate change is off G20 agenda [The Australian] EUROPE is
unhappy with Australia’s decision to drop climate change from the G20
agenda and is lobbying the Abbott government to
Catherine Austin Fitts: The UFO Economy
Via: Dark Journalist: Related: Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World by Trevor Paglen
Was Windows 8 a Mistake? Microsoft Seems to Think So
Microsoft showed off the future of Windows this week at its 2014
Build developer conference, and it looks pretty retro. In fact, it looks
a lot like Windows 7.
During a tease of some possible new features in a future update,
Microsoft's executive vice-president of operating systems Terry Myerson
revealed a tool that users will recognize from previous versions of
Windows: a Start menu. He also show
The Richest Rich Are in a Class by Themselves
Via: Bloomberg: The rallying cry of the Occupy Movement was that
the richest 1 percent of Americans is getting richer while the rest of
us struggle to get by. That’s not quite right, though. The bottom
nine-tenths of the 1 Percent club have about the same slice of the
national wealth pie that they had […]
Probing the future: very good news… and some very bad...
We'll get to weighing some very good news… and some bad… in a
second. But first --So You Think You're Smarter than a CIA Agent? asks
an article on NPR News, citing The Good Judgment Project -- a four-year
research study organized as part of a government-sponsored forecasting
tournament. Thousands of people around the world predict global events.
Their collective forecasts are surprisingly accurate
Apple Emails Reveal Concerns Over Samsung's Success, 'Holy War' With Google
A document presented Friday in federal court for the Apple versus
Samsung patent trial revealed that some Apple officials had serious
concerns about the iPhone's competitive position vis-à-vis the growing
popularity of Android smartphones
Shown during a cross-examination of Phil Schiller, a 2013 email from
Apple's senior vice-president suggests he was seriously concerned about
how the consumer mar
$6 Billion Goes Missing at State Department
Via: Fiscal Times: The State Department has no idea what happened
to $6 billion used to pay its contractors. In a special “management
alert” made public Thursday, the State Department’s Inspector General
Steve Linick warned “significant financial risk and a lack of internal
control at the department has led to billions of unaccounted dollars
over […]
The Corbett Report
Interview 849 – James and JoAnne Moriarty Reveal the Truth About the Libyan War
Joining us on the program today are James and JoAnne Moriarty of
LibyanWarTheTruth.com. We discuss their experiences as businesspeople in
Libya since 2007 and as eyewitnesses to the destruction wrought by the
NATO-sponsored Al-CIAda perpetrated overthrow of that country in 2011.
From the truth about the outside forces brought in to destabilize the
country to what really happened in Benghazi, their
Interview 852 – Sibel Edmonds Breaks Down the Turkish False Flag Leak
Sibel Edmonds of BoilingFrogsPost.com joins us to uncover the
truth about the recently released conversation between top ranking
Turkish officials discussing plans for a staged provocation pretext to
start a war with Syria. We talk about who likely leaked the recording
and why they did it, as well as how it impacts the war between Erdogan
and the CIA-Gulenists that we discussed in our last convers
Interview 850 – James Corbett on Global Imperialism and Global Collapse
James Corbett talks to Elijah Johnson of FinanceAndLiberty.com
about the crisis of civilization humanity is facing as the gaping maw of
the global empire starts to turn inward to gobble up its own. We
discuss the collapse of the dollar reserve paradigm and the threat it
poses to the average man or woman, as well as ways that people can
remove themselves from the system to prevent from being crushe
Interview 853 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com — the video series from
Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important
developments in open source intelligence news. This week:
Monsanto’s ‘Healthier Environment’ Ads Banned in South Africa
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South Africans Erase Bad Credit History
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China Destroys Illegal GMO Crop Trials on Hainan Island
http://
The EnvironmentaList
Galveston Bay Oil Spill Might be Hard to Clean Up
New, on-location footage
Kentucky Lawmakers Using Animal Welfare Bill to Sneak in Ag Gag Provision
Senate ag committee introduces amendment that would penalize whistleblowers and undercover investigators at factory farms
d-Con — Our Next DDT?
Reckitt Benckiser sues California over ban on rat poison that kills wildlife
Crossing the Border
Climate researcher set out to raise alarm about a warming world,
but it was his understanding of the world’s problems that changed the
most
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The Rules of Exposition
Word Order
The words of each sentence must be in order such that the meaning
of the sentence is never in doubt. "The next word" must never be allowed
to create confusion. Every word must build on what has come before.
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A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
White Dog: The rest of the story
White Dog in my stepson's Vancouver apartmentI've been posting a
lot of White Dog updates on Facebook but realized that not everyone who
saw my blog post on her is my Facebook friend and might be wondering
how the story ended. It ended well. White Dog is now settled in her
new home in Cumberland, and judging by the little video I saw yesterday
of her bouncing around with my daughter and her f
Bringing a dog home from Honduras: Hard lessons learned
Maybe one day you’re going to find yourself somewhere in
Honduras thinking, hey, here I am in a country with way too many sick,
underfed dogs, and I’d like to find at least one of them a great new
home in Canada. And with that one little thought, the grand and costly
adventure will have begun. I must admit, bringing White Dog home
seemed destined. We've been feeding a variety of dogs during
The wheels on the bus go round and round: Tips for a better Honduran bus experience
Spend enough hours on a Honduran long-distance bus and you
will end up boarding them with the seasoned eye of a veteran
seat-assessor, able to take in the available options at a glance and
make the best choice with barely a moment of additional anxiety to the
passengers jamming in behind you. Having been up, down and around this
country on all manner of public transportation, here are my recom
Sometimes a girl just needs to shop
I went shopping today, and it made me really happy. Is that
wrong? I wouldn't care anyway, that was how good it felt. As much as I
tried to pretend it wasn't so, Honduras was not a shopping mecca. I
struggled with both the styles and the fabrics, and the shape of the
clothes just isn't cut for broad-backed, big-shouldered Canadian girls.
So when I pulled my bike up to Value Village this afterno
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A Different Perspective 6
Roswell, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel had Bill Clinton on his show, and said that had he,
Kimmel, been elected as president, almost before he had finished the
oath of office, he would have run to the White House to look at all the
classified files on UFOs.Clinton said that he had “sort of” done that,
though it came out it took him about four years to make the run. Then he
talked about Area 51 and said that he had someone
untitled
I have argued for years that the Eisenhower Briefing Document
(EBD) is not authentic. I have argued that it was created in the early
to mid-1980s because the information contained in it reflected the
UFOlogical thought of that time. The one paragraph that seemed to prove
that more than any other was the one referring to the December 6, 1950
crash near El Indio – Guerrero area of northern Mexico. I
The Roswell Slides - Once Again
Although this might be considered kicking the sleeping dogs and
stirring the pot unnecessarily, I think it important to address this
issue one more time. I have, previously, denied that I was involved in
the investigation of the slides that allegedly show the body of an alien
creature. When I said that I hadn’t participated in the investigation,
some saw that as a lie on my part, but the truth the
MJ-12 and Major Contradictions
Here’s something that I have never understood. How can you hold
two beliefs that are contradictory? If one is true, then the other
cannot be true. They cancel out one another.Here’s what I mean. For the
sake of argument, let’s say that the Eisenhower Briefing Document (EBD)
received by Jaime Shandera is authentic (which means only for this
point). It tells of two crashes, one on the Brazel ranch
A Way to Live
You do that when it's raining
It's raining off and on, but I hear a record high may be heading
our way, which would be a shock to my worn-out body if I tried to do the
heavy stuff in it, so I get out in the grey mist and have a go at the
remains of the big ash tree. It had loomed over the end of the driveway
and the power lines and the main trunk had suffered from heart rot --
always very common in Oregon ash, though a friend
What we get is all we get
Beloved is cutting the flowering stalks from the rhubarb. I'm in
the greens bed.Seedlings. In February the shaker of mixed seeds was
shaken across the flats and what came up, came up. Lots of lettuce, but
as usual the eager beavers were the radishes and kale. There might be
some spinach or joi choi, can't tell yet. Everything that looked better
than halfway decent was pricked out in March, after t
In the beginning
We keep our seed packets in a wooden index box in the
refrigerator, and it's an exciting moment every year when the box comes
out to be gone through for early planting in the potting
shed/greenhouse.This year, for perhaps no very good reason other than
that I like to, I've put a lot of greens seeds and roots seeds in an
herb shaker, swirled them all together, and shaken out seed, as one
might in s
What to do when it 's mucky out
Not much is doing at Stony Run Farm. We are spring cleaning
indoors mostly; it is just too wet out for a lot of infrastructure
maintenance, construction or farming.Beds laid outWe did have a dry
spell. I used it to make up the main beds, add some compost, plant sugar
snap peas and broadbeans, and bring out and sort the seed potatoes. We
only plant one 3X50 foot bed of these a year, and though our
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The Social Construction of Sex
The Social Construction of Sex - Pacific Standard: The Science of
Society - Alice DregerThis, then, brings us to the issue of gender
identity. Gender identity can be described as the internal feeling of
being a boy, girl, man, woman, or something else. Is gender identity
socially constructed—that is, are people taught to feel like one or the
other?When I started doing intersex work,I thought so. I
US MilitaryTransgender ban
From the APAn independent commission led by a former U.S. surgeon
general has concluded there "is no compelling medical reason" for the
U.S. armed forces to prohibit transgender Americans from serving and
that PresidentBarack Obama could lift the decades-old ban without
approval from Congress, according to a report being released
Thursday."We determined not only that there is no com
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Adventures with Kurt and Lor
Costa Rican Car
What an exhausting day.Got up super early to drive to Cuyahoga
Falls, OH, to buy our new car for Costa Rica. Had to go to the bank
there first to get a cashiers check and deposit money to get this check.
A simply transaction ended up taking an hour as they could not figure
out the transaction since I was getting a check made out from me and not
the business to the dealership. Super frustrating.
Update
Wow! My last post was about not drinking caffeine, and I have not
drank it since. It was not a hard process at all. I still crave it
sometimes when I am tired, but I have avoided it. Yay!So, we have so
much going on. Tomorrow morning, we are heading out early to Ohio to
buy our vehicle for Costa Rica. We are buying a Nissan Xterra. It is
the best choice for us for Costa Rica. Cannot wait t
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Allen L Roland's Weblog
The 12 Truths Of Roland'S Unified Field / Now On Kindle
The basic underlying, uniting and healing force of
the universe is a psychic energy field of love and soul consciousness
(The Unified Field ) which lies not only beyond time and space but also
beneath our deepest fears ~ and whose principle property is the
universal urge to unite. It’s now on Kindle: Allen L RolandIn physics, a
unified field theory, occasionally referred to as a uni
Three Brilliant Minds / One Spiritual Solution
The late astrophysicist Carl Sagan, and British
Science Fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke along with English
theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking candidly
discuss the Big Bang theory, Black Holes, God, our existence, the
Universe as well as the possibility of extraterrestrial life ~
brilliantly moderated by the late BBC Television Journalist Magnus Magn
True Detective Soars To Spiritual Heights
True Detective Soars To Spiritual Heights
True Detective Soars To Spiritual Heights
Matthew McConaughey (Rust Cohle), left, and Woody
Harrelson ( Marty Hart) played partners in Louisiana on the HBO series
“True Detective.” Credit Lacey Terrell/HBOSeldom have I seen a
television series as brilliantly accomplished as HBO's True Detective.
It seemed that Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson inspired each
other to new heights of character development. Essentially this
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American Scofflaw
搜索地圖不包括迪戈加西亞！這不是一個巧合！
搜索地圖不包括迪戈加西亞！這不是一個巧合！證據堆積如山，美國盜版飛機的一個尚未未知的目的，它被空運到迪戈加西亞，在太平洋的那部分的唯一跑道足夠長
的時間降落的777安全，然後允許起飛。777-200ER，裝滿燃料，能飛7,700海裡這使所有中東，歐洲大部分地區，包括黑海，可用於假標誌罷！
The radar return off the plane at Silver Island in the Malacca
Straights was something the plotters did not expect. Absent that datum,
everyone would presume the plane continued northeast. The evidence is
piling up that the US commandeered the plane for
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Angola 3 News
Razor Wire, Prison Cells, and Black Panther Robert H. King’s Life of Resistance --An interview with filmmaker Ron Harpelle
Hard Time (2014) from Shebafilms Kelly Saxberg on Vimeo. In
Security from Shebafilms Kelly Saxberg on Vimeo.Razor Wire, Prison
Cells, and Black Panther Robert H. King’s Life of Resistance--An
interview with filmmaker Ron HarpelleBy Angola 3 NewsA new 40-minute
documentary film by Canadian History Professor Ron Harpelle, entitled
Hard Time, focuses on the life of Robert Hillary King, who spent 29
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bastard.logic
Obligatory ZOMG CONCERNED!!1 #CancelColbert Post
Jamilah King breaks down #CancelColbert:
What’s important to understand here is that Park’s aim wasn’t
necessarily to get The Colbert Show kicked off the air. Instead, it was
to, as point out that satire isn’t always the best
activism. “Well-intentioned racial humor doesn’t actually do anything to
end racism or the Redskins mascot,” Park told the Jay Caspian Kang at
the New Yorker. “That sort of
#CancelColbert and ‘Radical Choices’ Re: Rhetoric
This:
The #CancelColbert supporters have a very valid point in arguing that
radical action and racial outrage should not require that people of
colour temper our actions and reactions to appear more acceptable to the
mainstream, particularly when this is in conjunction with needing to
silence valid expressions of racial anger and pain. Race activists
should not need to be “well-behaved” to be tak
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Because I Can
Pot - New Target for ALEC Corporate Members?
Been watching this for about a month now and it's driving me crazy
- Main reason is that for decades - decades - agri-business has sat on
their a$$es and did nothing, nothing about the pot industry.And now
after decades - decades - of local activism - the pot industry - is
becoming legal - the fight has been fought and won and NOW the
corporations want in and they have found the quickest way
ALECs Fingers in Fed Business
Wake up America.From the LinkedIn page of new lobbyist Michael
Correia Director of Federal Affairs American Legislative Exchange
Council (ALEC) Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Construction industry March
2007 – February 2009 (2 years) Lead ALEC external outreach on Capitol
Hill and with the White House, including direct communication with 85
Members of Congress (ALEC Alumni). Worked with members, n
Alaska - Looking for ALEC Members?
Always remember when looking for ALEC members that most of them
hide their ALEC membership.The best way to find out if they are an ALEC
member - is to ask them - is to check their expense accounts and
campaign funds.Exposing ALEC members is done by activists - thru
research.Most ALEC members do not self identify with ALEC - they know
what they are doing for ALEC is wrong and they are ashamed. Onl
ALEC - We Hate Local Control
I hate red-light cameras.Don't get me wrong I've been nabbed by
them and I hate them.But - - -for the life of me I could never figure
out why ALEC had a piece of legislation to eliminate redlight cameras.I
don't agree with anything ALEC does - so why would they have an
innocuous piece of legislation - that didn't seem to help out the profit
of ALEC corporationsan innocuous piece of legislation- th
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BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com
Progressive Music Classics. Killing Joke: "Empire Song"
..By MARC McDONALDWelcome to another edition of Progressive Music
Classics, a salute to left-leaning music that champions the cause of
working-class people around the world.The great post-punk band Killing
Joke released their sixth single, "Empire Song," on March 20, 1982. It
turned out to be an eerily prescient song when, less than two weeks
later, Argentina invaded and occupied the Fal
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Big Dan's Big Blog
I Just Stopped WWIII: Have The U.S. Media Call Russia "SETTLERS" For
Stealing Land, Like They Do When Israel Steals Palestinians' Land
!!!!!!!
I have a genius idea to avoid WWIII !!! I will probably receive no
credit for this, but that's OK.You know how when Israel burns down
Palestinian homes, bulldozes them down, kicks them out, and build
Israeli homes the U.S. media calls them "SETTLERS"? Why don't we just
call Russia "SETTLERS", too, for stealing Crimea from the Ukraine and
move on without a war?We could just say
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Brave New World
Self Publishing Is Going to Just Get Bigger, Embrace It
Today we face the prospect of drowning in tidal wave
self-published eBooks, YouTube videos, photos, independent music videos
and tracks etc which are loaded onto sites alongside and often more
frequently than traditionally produced works. Historically these
self-published works have been regarded by many as substandard works,
looked down upon by the traditional marketplace who referred to them by
Does Rakuten Deal in Blood eCommerce?
Japanese retail giant Rakuten who own the likes of Play.com and
ebook operator Kobo has been exposed by the Environmental Investigation
Agency (EIA) as the world’s biggest online marketplace for elephant
ivory and whale meat products. The EIA in conjunction with Humane
Society International (HSI) have issued a joint report “Blood
e-Commerce: Rakuten’s profits from the slaughter ofelephants and wha
How Do We Compete With Amazon?
The questions over what the industry can do, or not do about
Amazon’s dominance, were raised yet again last week. It was first
sparked first by Barnes and Noble's declining interest and funding of
its Nook venture, then we had Sony shutting up it US store and handing
the keys to Kobo as it battles with many greater corporate issues, then
came Kobo itself filing objections to a Competition Bureau a
The Digital Devil's In The Detail
One of the most disturbing rulings occurred this week in the court
of US Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald and relates to a case of copyright
infringement brought by HarperCollins in 2011 against Open Road in
relation to the ebook publication of Jean Craighead George’s 1973
bestselling children’s book ‘Julie of the Wolves’.The judge ruled that
the original contract which was signed in 1971 differed to th
Buckdog
$$$ Why Is High Spender June Draude Still Sitting At Brad Wall's Cabinet Table? $$$
REGINA — Saskatchewan Social Services Minister June Draude came
under fire Wednesday after it was revealed her expenses for an overseas
trip last summer included more than $3,600 for a car service and over
$200 for lunch with a friend. [...]BY THE NUMBERSWhat was taxpayer money
spent on during Draude’s overseas trip?$3,634.33 — car service for
Draude and (staffer) Mantey while in London$4,366.43 —
Fuddle Duddle 2.0
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau used some decidedly un-prime
ministerial language when speaking publicly at the Fight for the Cure
charity boxing match in Gatineau, Que. on Saturday night.Invited by the
ring announcer at the Hilton Lac Leamy, Trudeau climb through the
ropes and took the microphone to say a few words about the event at
which, two years ago, he thrashed a much larger Sen. Patrick Braz
I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but the air is a bit fresher today ...
Anti-gay hate monger, Rev Fred Phelps dies ...(I'm not even going to put his ugly pic up on my site ...)Montreal Gazette
Criminalizing Protest In A Democracy Is The Beginning Of A Police State .... Montreal police hold 150 protesters
Police march up the street as they clear out demonstrators during
the annual anti-police brutality march in Montreal. REUTERS/Christinne
Muschi MONTREAL — Montreal cops have declared a march against police
brutality illegal and kettled more than 100 protesters. More than 250
people took to Montreal's streets Saturday afternoon to take part in the
18th annual march.The protest, which was scheduled
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Current news updates, World current news
Innovative TV streaming and gaming device: Amazon
Amazon has launched an internet-connected TV set-top box as it
vies with Apple and Google to get a share of the well-paid television
market. Dubbed Amazon Fire TV, the device is a small black box similar
to Apple TV and it will cost $99 (£59) and is accessible instantly in
the US. It will permit consumers to stream content from Amazon's
library, as well other video-on-demand services, unswervingl
Reasons to Invest in apartment building Buildings by Jeff Adams
When most people hear about the millions of dollars investors
make buying and selling real estate, the majority of them imagine about
homes and duplexes. That’s because nearly each person starts on its own
family market. The main reason investors start out buying homes is
because they have heard all the stories or watched an infomercial where
some guru is pitching the latest and greatest money do
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Danger Room
Darpa’s Robots Could Soon Assemble Satellites in Space
Building satellites in the future could be as easy as sending
robots packed with hardware into orbit, if a new project from Darpa
takes off.
Tomorrow’s Super-Soldiers Will Wear Night Vision Contact Lenses
As the Pentagon continues to build a lighter, faster and stronger
soldier of the future, new technology that could provide night vision
without bulky goggles has caught the Army's eye.
The Navy’s Plan to Beam Down Energy From Orbiting Solar Panels
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is building technology
that will allow the military to capture solar power in orbit and project
it back down to Earth.
Dirigible Drones Will Watch the World From 13 Miles Up
With UAVs crowding navigable airspace and plans underway to put
giant mega-satellites into orbit, it was just a matter of time before a
drone-satellite hybrid was developed to fit between the two spaces.
StratoBus, a new project out of France, is conceptualized to do just
that. Designed to be about the length of a football field […]
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DeadBanksterSociety
Mossad's Malaysian Mayhem and Murder of Flight MH370.
Mossad's
Malaysian Mayhem and Murder of Flight MH370
The
disappearance of flight MH370 of Malaysian Airlines was no accident.
It was planned months in advance by the arch criminal Israeli Mossad
along with collusion of the CIA, MI6 and corporate owners of
Rolls-Royce and Boeing. Corporate owners of these are the Zionist
Jews.
Events in
Ukraine
Obama
losing face to Putin in the Syrian de
Vampire Banksters descend on the Ukraine and Putin does the Exorcism!
Interview by Cara St. Louis with F.William Engdhal on the Ukraine
Catharsis and the vampirism activity of the IMF, NATO, EU and
Zionist/Nazi subhumans.
Also mentioned is "Operation Paperclip" where Nazi's from a losing
Germany were brought over to seed the US with their greater
"intellectual prowess"; with the likes of V2 rocketeer Wernher Von Braun
- who plastered Londo
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Did You Know
Canada: Inuit go hungry more than any other indigenous group
Inuit go hungry more than any other indigenous group: report
A Nunavut family’s annual groceries cost $19,760, but half of Inuit
adults earn less than $20,000
March 27, 2014
A new study released Thursday says people in Nunavut have the highest
food insecurity rate for any indigenous population in a developed
country at 68 per cent.
A new study released Thursday highlights the fact that people in
What Happened to the US and no one noticed
This is a fabulous video and a must to watch.
It starts a bit slow but be patient you will find a lot of answers you never thought of before.
It is an older video but definite worth watching.
Do take the time. You may learn a thing or two.
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Crimeans in referendum voted to join Russia
About 95% of Crimeans in referendum voted to join Russia
March 16, 2014
Around 95 percent of voters in the Crimean referendum have answered
‘yes’ to the autonomous republic joining Russia and less than 5 percent
of the vote participants want the region to remain part of Ukraine,
according to preliminary results.
With around 50 percent of the votes already counted, preliminary result
show that 95.5
Ukraine: Truth and Fiction
What are we suppose to believe?
Who is behind all the violence and the coup?
Where did some of the protesters come from?
When did this plan begin?
Why would anyone want to create a mess in the Ukraine?
Those are just a few of the questions ,we need answers to.
For some of those answers I myself only have to look at the events now and those that lead up to the events in:
Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria,
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Dr Cintli
Running With Our Hummingbird Named Consuelo
There’s nobody that I know that doesn’t like a hummingbird. That
is especially true in Tucson. For many of us, the hummingbird signifies
Consuelo Aguilar. For some, she is but a memory. For others, not even
that. And yet, in Tucson, we run for her. We run with her. And on April
5th, we will run and walk for and with her again.She represents all of
what was right with Tucson several years ago. All
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Dying in Haiti
Delivery Deficit
I have a bad feeling about Princess. I don’t think she will get
heart surgery and I don’t think she will make it. And I really hope I am
wrong. With Princess we don’t have a medical diagnostic dilemma. We
have a delivery dilemma.The technology that exists to diagnose Princess
is magical. Not too many years ago who would have thought bouncing sound
waves off a 7.5 pound baby's heart could be done
Ebstein's Anomaly
Marc--March, 2014(Photo by John Carroll)
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Fort McMurray Adventures
Hookers and Blow in Fort Crack?
One thing I get asked about living here is the crime rate. It's
not really something I like to talk about or really think about, not
because I want to ignore or whitewash things but simply because I've
found the stereotype annoying and removed from the reality of my
everyday life. I'm not naive enough to think that we inhabit a perfect
world or that this city isn't without its challenges. But f
"Seal-fie"
This post is re-post from my Nunavut blog that I thought I'd share
here. It never hurts to have more than one platform to get a message
out.Having lived in both Nunavut and Alberta, I'm used to running into
stories about celebs spouting off against issues involving seal hunting
and the oil sands. Issues they aren't necessarily that educated about.
I'm not saying that such celebrities are necess
25 And In Transition
I was tagged in a little Facebook meme by an old school mate and
thought I'd do an extended post here. Essentially it's a trip down
memory lane as I have to think back to when I was 25 and share a few
things about my life then. As it turns out, it was a good age to be
randomly assigned since that was a pretty big year in my life with many
changes.At age 25 I had been living more or less on a per
Redford Resigns
It just seemed like it would be an interesting day this morning
when I left for work. And it was....the first day of a new shift, a
pleasant discovery of a recording of all 6 of Bach's Brandenburg
Concertos by I Barrochisti, a nice spring dump of snow continuing on as I
type this, a mere few hours before the (supposedly first day of Spring.
But the biggest surprise of the day was undoubtedly the
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GEEZERPOWER
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Malaysia releases transcript of last words from missing
planeSnip:The last exchange took place at 1:19 a.m. Nothing appeared to
be wrong, as Malaysian air traffic controllers told the pilots they were
entering Vietnamese air space, and received a fairly standard sign-off
with call sign in reply. Air Traffic Control: "Malaysian Three Seven
Zero contact Ho Chi Minh 120 decimal 9, good night.&qu
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Sydney Morning Herald LINDSAY MURDOCH Last updated 13:40
28/03/2014 A senior Air Asia pilot has been suspended for suggesting in a
Facebook post Malaysian authorities have been "hiding facts" about the
disappearance of MH370. "The supposed debris...isn't even confirmed to
be from the plane yet! Show us the proof and then tell us MH370 has
crashed," wrote the pilot from the Kua
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what have we learned...a little about
everything?...or...everything about a little?the truth need not be
shouted nor spiced up with expletive's...it just is...eternal and
unchanging...to name everything that you disagree with is
impossible...to control it is impossible, even for god.god don't play
poker because, even if he understands everything, he can't beat an ace
with a deuce. be aware... al
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Grass Based Health
As Simple As Possible, But No Simpler
Albert Einstein is frequently credited with saying that
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
While the composer Roger Sessions appears to be the actual author of
this quote, it accurately captures the sentiment of a statement that
Einstein did make describing the role of true scientists as they state
hypotheses for testing.“It can scarcely be denied that the supreme
Once upon a time: The refuted roots of organic farming
Can you tell the difference between these two molecules of
urea?Image creditThe urea on the left can be isolated from cattle urine
(urea is the principal nitrogenous waste product of amphibians and
mammals). The urea on the right can be produced via the Wohler process.
They are, of course, exactly the same molecule. Subscribers to organic
farming methods, however, believe that the urea on the left
Policy Follies
My experience has made me skeptical. I believe that’s a
requirement for scientists and “herd quitters.” After all, the opposite
of skeptical is gullible.When sustainability comes up, I’m usually left
wondering who’s defined the criteria. It frequently seems that
profitability isn’t part of these discussions, for example. But there’s
no sustainability without profit. After all, there are easier way
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Green & White
10Pearls and National Geographic Release A Geography Challenge App
10Pearls, one of the leading Pakistani IT companies, has recently
added another feather to its cap. This time, in partnership
with National Geographic, 10Pearls has released the GeoBee Challenge App
– an interactive app to challenge and grow the geographic knowledge of
the users.
Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in
the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared
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IPS Inter Press Service Earth Alert: Confront...
Mars Latest to Announce “No Deforestation” Palm Oil Pledge
By Carey L. BironWASHINGTON, Mar 10 2014 (IPS) The multinational
food giant Mars, Inc. unveiled Monday a new set of guidelines aimed at
ensuring that its palm oil supply lines are completely traceable and
sustainable by next year.
Global demand for palm oil has increased substantially in recent years,
for use in both foods and household goods. Yet the industry,
overwhelmingly centred in Malaysia a
Sun Shines on Forest Women
Forest women in Anantagiri forest in the south-east of India check
out their solar dryer. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS.By Stella
PaulANANATAGIRI, India, Mar 7 2014 (IPS) Chintapakka Jambulamma, 34,
looks admiringly at a solar dryer. It’s the prized possession of the
Advitalli Tribal Women’s Co-operative Society- a collective of women
entrepreneurs that she leads.
She opens up a drawer in the dryer, sco
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LILITH NEWS
How to Dress like a Manly Man
By Monique Bellamont - March 2014Ack!It is that word many "manly
men" shy away from - metrosexual.Which we women find silly because it
reveals that many men are so homophobic that they refuse to deal with
anything that is remotely "gay".As such men's high fashion has suffered
over the decades to the point that men really can only wear suits and
uniforms. Anything too risque and
Hey Toronto, need a hobby? Join a Meetup or Facebook group!
Toronto has literally hundreds of different Meetup.com and
Facebook groups that meet regularly to explore whatever topics or
hobbies they find interesting.Thus regardless of your interests, there
are lots of hobbies out there for Torontonians (or any other city
dweller) for you to try and learn more about.Take for exampleThe Toronto
Poetry Club operates a Meetup group, a Facebook page, and a poetr
Stealing Words at the University of Toronto
By Ai Lung NguyenI plagiarized this article about plagiarism. Just
kidding, I only partly plagiarized it. I plagiarized part of the
title.Not the whole title. Just part of it. Technically just the word
"Words" is still the same, along with the concept that words have been
stolen. Everything else is original. Except the statistics, which I
found.Call it the beauty of the internet. Plagiar
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Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues
Prog Rock's Greg Lake Has An Opinion About Punk
Here's the link:Right hereI always thought the best "punk" rock
bands were the ones that came long before there was even a name for the
movement. Stones, Kinks, Doors, Stooges, MC5, Flamin' Groovies, etc. The
Sex Pistols' one album was a good listen, but the whole thing went
downhill quickly after them, with a few exceptions from the likes of Joy
Division and The Clash.There are people w
Wal-Mart's Crocodile Tears Don't Hide Its Greed
By Manifesto JoeI got a little hot under the collar reading a
recent story that quoted Wal-Mart U.S. CEO Bill Simon as saying that if
Wal-Mart employees "can go to another company and another job and make
more money and develop, they'll be better. It'll be better for the
economy. It'll be better for us as a business, to be quite honest,
because they'll continue to advance in their economic li
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Middle Class Political Economist
Hawaii Cuts Uninsured Population in Half
In case you haven't seen Charles Gaba's great website
ACAsignups.net, you really need to see it. It is the best source
available for tracking Obamacare enrollments, covering all categories of
signups, including Medicaid, the federal and state exchanges,
off-exchange signups, and estimated under-26ers.One of the most notable
achievements of Obamacare is in the President's birthplace, Hawaii,
where
Real Wages Rise Slightly but Remain below Peak for 41st Straight Year
Remember the Economic Report of the President? If you've been
reading this blog for at least a year, of course you do. It's where we
get our annual data on real wages (and apparently some other stuff,
too). The 2014 edition was released on March 10. As you may recall, I
made my first post on the declining real wage trend through 2011 and was
literally the first person to notice 2012's further slig
RIP BartCop
I'm a little late on this, but I would be remiss if I did not
mention the recent death of Terry Coppage, aka BartCop. Bart died March
5th at the age of 60, from complications of the flu, pneumonia, and
leukemia.Bart was one of the pioneers of the liberal blogosphere,
starting out in February 1996 with an email newsletter that was
converted to web pages by Marc Perkel. He gave much support to new b
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News Center PK
Misperceiving Two Nation Theory
Written by Sajjad Shaukat
Drought in Tharparkar in Sindh, which was going on for the last three
years, has been worsened recently to a dangerous level, raising the
death toll of starving children. It has adequately exposed the real
worth of the rulers, uncovering their verbal assertions to reach the
poor masses in order to save their lives.
In this regard, Supreme Court of Pakistan, most of the po
Beware of TTP’S Double Face
Written by Sajjad Shaukat
After the continued aerial strikes by the Pakistani jets and helicopters
which have bombed militants’ hideouts including bomb-making factories
in some tribal and surrounding areas of North Waziristan, killing
several terrorists, on March 1, this year, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP) has announced a month-long ceasefire with the government for
resumption of peace talks. In
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News From Atlantis.
A Conversation with Sven of Fascovereign Weltanschauung
From The Daily Stormer:''Sven Longshanks, writer and assignment
editor of the Race War and British news sections of the Daily Stormer,
herein interviews Rufus of News From Atlantis. Rufus has had several
featured articles on the Daily Stormer, and has been working in the
Nationalist cause online for 7 years now. He is based in the North of
Britain, and has seen his area change from being 100% Whit
Happy White Day. Onward to the White Man March
Today, the 14th March is White Day. This is a day when boys are
supposed to give sweets to girls that they like. Never heard of White
Day? Well, unless you live in Korea, you aren't likely to be familiar
with it. In these times of United Nations sanctioned International Days
for all manner of nonsense - such as a day to 'remember' the ludicrous
propaganda about kosher bars of soap - one would
Activism MUST go beyond online efforts
To peruse the internet, one cannot fail to appreciate that the
efforts of activists in bringing forbidden truths to a wider audience,
are having a positive effect upon those who are seeking solutions to the
problems created by the international menace. The multi-faceted
attacks upon all we hold dear are routinely exposed by an
ever-increasing number of internet activists. Issues such as the dang
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Our Manmade Disasters
Our heartfelt condolences to all grieving the death of veteran activist Irene Fernandez, one of Malaysian true heroes.
Hospitalised with breathing difficulties last Tuesday, veteran
activist Irene Fernandez passed away of heart failure this morning. She
was 67.Comrades, colleagues and those who knew her share their
condolences online:Ambiga Sreenevasan (former Bersih
co-chairperson): Always there for the marginalised, you have fought the
good fight with passion and courage. Rest now my friend. Rest in
peace.Abdul
Flight 370 was US weapons demo for Putin, Payback for Tribunal vs Israel, US/UK
!!!!! Alfred Webre interviews Leuren Moret: Flight 370 was US
weapons demo for Putin; Payback for Tribunal vs Israel, US/UKPosted
on March 13, 2014by Jean“World War III will be a guerrilla information
war with no division between military and civilian participation.”
Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), Canadian thinkerLeuren Moret: Flight 370
downing was U.S. Navy Energy weapons demo for Putin; Payback
MH370 vaporised by DEW Laser?
This has not been given any coverage at all by the MSM. Worth
considering.
http://actb42late.blogspot.com/2014/03/all-bullshit-still-doesnt-add-up-3-days.htmlAll
the details coming out of the most recent airline crash, Malaysian
Airline System (MAS) flight MH370, still doesn't add up so far. The
number of blunders by MAS, the main stream media and government of
Malaysia is starting to make a serio
Janet Yellen Angrily Rejects Central Bank Audit
New Fed Chairman Angrily Rejects Central Bank AuditThe audacity
and blatant arrogance of this Rothschild Zionist scum whore should have
the whole entire country up in arms...she is forbidding the simple act
of an audit on the fed...hmm I wonder why !? Oh maybe because it would
enclose information on trillions of dollars that are being funneled into
the coffers of 9 Zionist Jew families...should I
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Paying attention
BC Liberal's executive director refuse to answer questions in Ontario police investigation
No one has to co-operate with the police when they’re
investigating a possible crime. You’re free to tell the officers that
you have no interest in helping them and won't say a word.But not if
you’re a politician or political operative who hopes to be credible and
trusted.Laura Miller, the executive director of the BC Liberal Party,
has refused to be interviewed by police officers from Ontario’s a
So long, Copan Ruinas
We’ve been counting down the lasts for a while now. The last
four-hour bus trip home from San Pedro Sula a week ago. Last trip to the
pool with the kids from Angelitos, the care home/orphanage we’ve been
helping out, on Sunday. Last concept note for Cuso International. Last
trip up the hill for a $1.25 haircut yesterday. Last boiling up of three
pounds of chicken menudo for the dogs. (The slogan s
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Philosophical Comment
The Anti-Roma Racist Apartheid Stink of the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel Can't Be Washed Off as "Mistake"
So, this is what happened in my country today: As the Swedish
Government was to launch a long awaited and important white book,
documenting and finally publicly acknowledging decade after decade of
endemic discrimination and persecution or Roma people in Sweden, one of
the main speakers, Diana Nyman, chairman of the Roma council in
Gothenburg, and specially invited prominent guest to speak at the
Now Online: Special Symposium of Public Health Ethics: New Media, Risky Behaviour and Children
All good to those who wait, it's said, and in this case this
certainly holds up to scrutiny... Yesterday afternoon, a special
symposium in this year's first issue of the journal Public Health
Ethics, guest-edited by myself and my colleague Karl Persson de Fine
Licht, on the topic of New Media, Risky Behaviour and Children, went
online after about 2 years of work, starting with this call for paper
In these New Times of International Tension out of Ukraine: Remember the Military Industrial Complex!
I suppose no one has missed the turbulent events in Ukraine the
last couple of weeks and there are, of course, many things one might say
about those. At the moment, there appears to be a stalemate, where
sympathies are allocated according to (i) what leadership orientation is
preferred, and (ii) how one assesses the legality of the initial shift
of power in Kiev, when the 2010 democratically elect
How to Access Twitter in Turkey Despite the Ban, Block and Censorship
As I'm sure all of you know that, the other day, Turkey's
president Erdogan went public with the not only ill-considered and
unjustified, but plain stupid, decision to "block" access to twitter
from Turkey as a first step in a campaign to "wipe out" social media
from the country. Stupid, that is, unless his objective is to hurry the
country back to the dark ages, shut down int
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Phronesisaical
Bits and Pieces - March 29, 2014
I'm still writing about Ukraine and posting links to stuff I think
is worth reading at Nuclear Diner. It's looking like Vladimir Putin
feels he's in a strong enough position to negotiate. We'll see what
comes of it.This is worth thinking about: If Vladimir Putin is worried
about "Nazis" in Kiev, why is he supporting far-right groups across
Europe? And we can consider his claim to be lead
The President Of All The Russias Speaks
Before he signed a measure incorporating the Crimea into the
Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin gave a speech (official English
translation). The speech lays out his justification for annexing Crimea
and lists a number of grievances and a few promises. It is shot through
with misstatements of fact. The Washington Post’s Fact Checker, Glenn
Kessler, gives the factual content of the speech four pino
Bits and Pieces - March 18, 2014
I keep meaning to cross-post these three here, and just don't get
to it. Maybe tomorrow.War With No HopeSoviet EconomicsRussian
ExceptionalismTrapping and tracking the mysterious snowy owl.Like those
maps that show countries' characteristics by distorting the physical
size of the countries? This is the site for you!Some history to remind
us that once upon a time, women dominated computer programmi
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Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog
Some News
We're also bringing on Emily Oster (@ProfEmilyOster) and Roger
Pielke Jr. (@RogerPielkeJr) as contributing writers at @FiveThirtyEight—
Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 14, 2014I'm thrilled to be joining
Nate and the excellent team @FiveThirtyEight!
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Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Why Legal Marijuana Use Can Get You Fired
If marijuana use is legal in your state, or if you have a legal
prescription for medical marijuana, are you safe from being fired? The
short answer is no. Worse, if you work for a legal marijuana dispensary,
you can still be convicted of a crime for doing your job.Why? There are
two big reasons legal marijuana use can get you fired. I discuss them,
along with what legal rights you have if you are
Guest Post: Why Employers Want To Check Your Background
Donna's note: I sometimes write here about how employers break the
law conducting background checks and why hiring practices that exclude
arrests/criminal records may be discriminatory. I thought it would be
interesting to hear the perspective on why employers want background
checks and what they're looking for. Here's what a background check
expert has to say on the topic.By Rebecca GrayDue to a
Does Zero Tolerance For Bullying In Schools Impact the Workplace?
We have an entire generation emerging from schools that had zero
tolerance for bullying, and I think we're already seeing the effects. I
have some hypotheses on how zero tolerance in schools is changing the
American workplace. Here are some of my thoughts. Do you agree with
me?Cocky nerd: With no bullies to suppress nerds, we're seeing the
advent of the cocky nerd. Nerds used to be shy and hardly
Is Sexual Harassment Against Contract Employees Legal?
I received this question on my post I Reported Harassment and Now
HR Wants to Meet With Me. What Do I Do?Thank you for this article, it is
very informative. I was wondering what the difference is when I'm a
contract employee for a company. I work minimal hours weekly at a
private company. I experienced verbal sexual harassment by a coworker. I
reported it to the director and was fired via email a
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